Japan confronts piles of suitcases abandoned by tourists

Travelers buy new ones to fit purchases, leaving old ones in hotel rooms, airports and elsewhere

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An abandoned suitcase on an Osaka street.  (Photo by Yuto Yamane)

JINO ASANO and RYOSUKE MATSUO

OSAKA -- With a surge of international visitors, Japanese hotels, airports and communities popular with tourists are being forced to contend with a new nuisance: suitcases discarded by travelers. 

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