By Sayuri Nitani / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff WriterThis is the second installment of a six-part series. KUMANO, Hiroshima — With small bundles of animal hair in various colors laid out in front of them, factory employees work carefully, holding the bundles between their fingertips. The hair — white, black, gray and brown — comes from animals such as goats and weasels. This factory, run by makeup brush manufacturer Hakuhodo Co., stands in a pastoral area dotted with fields and houses. Though they are factory workers, all employees here do their work almost entirely by hand, and the sounds of machines are barely heard. Upon closer observation one notices that the workers comb the hair with metal...
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