Police are inspecting a large iron ball that washed up on a beach in Japan, but authorities have said they do not know what it is – only that it is not about to explode. Police began inspecting the ball, which is orangey-brown with what appear to be darker patches of rust, after a local woman spotted it resting on the sand metres from the shore while she was out for a walk earlier this week, Asahi TV reported. There are no indications, either, that it was involved in espionage by nearby North Korea or China
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