FUKUOKA, Japan -- On a brisk day in mid-November, about 50 volunteers gathered to clean a beach on the southern island of Kyushu. It was roughly 60 km from Okinoshima island, a World Heritage site in the Genkainada Sea that is worshipped as a divine island.
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Debris drifting onto beaches in the Genkainada Sea, northwest of Kyushu, has become a serious concern. (Photo by Shinya Sawai)
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