Plastic sheet = 236 yen ($2.34 €1.82)

A plastic sheet is a unique stationery of Japan. We call it Shitajiki (See shitajiki in Wikipedia). The plastic sheet is placed under a sheet of paper when a student is writing. My daughter's plastic sheet cost 236 yen ($2.34 €1.82). She uses it at her second school. Its size is B5 size (250 x 176 mm or 9.84 x 6.93 inches).

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Today's headline of Japan 

Hiroshima, May 14

A father stabbed his own two children at home, then tried to commit suicide. 13-years-old boy and 17-years-old girl died. Recently 49-years-old father has divorced. The police is planning to do questioning him after he recovers.