「東京都の主張は的外れ」島根県知事、自治体の税収格差めぐり反論
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Haiku in English: Aug. 20, 2026
war ruins--not a single window leftfor the moon--Hifsa Ashraf (Rawalpindi, Pakistan)Selected by Dhugal J. Lindsay