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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
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The Yomiuri Shimbun

Japan firm develops windbreaker that blocks 99.9% of UV light to help young XP sufferers

A UV light measuring instrument used by Arata Abe's parents (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

A Japanese apparel manufacturer has developed a special windbreaker for children with xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), a disease that causes burn-like blisters and increases the risk of skin cancer in people with extreme sensitivity to UV light.

Peekaboo Inc. has made 22 of the special jackets, which block almost 100% of UV light.

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