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National › Object taken on flight to remote Okinawa island was grenade

An object that a university student from Kanagawa Prefecture picked up on the shore of Okinawa Island last week and took on a flight to… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Tue, Mar 24 2009

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23 Mar 09 visit National › Tourist took grenade-like object on flight in Okinawa  »  Japan Today A 20-year-old male university student from Yokohama picked up a decayed grenade-like object on the shore of Okinawa Island during a sightseeing tour and took…
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