THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
December 28, 2021 at 07:00 JST
Atsushi Yasuda, chief priest of Shokyuji temple, chats with elementary school pupils about the history of the concrete bell replica, right, and a bell reintroduced after the end of World War II on Dec. 2 in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture. (Tomoaki Ito)
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