Pants type disposable diaper

A disposable pants, comprising:

• a liquid-permeable topsheet;
• a liquid-impermeable backsheet;
• a liquid-absorbent core disposed between said topsheet and said backsheet;
• said topsheet, backsheet and core establishing a front section, a rear section and a crotch section therebetween of said pants;
• first and second elastic members provided around waist portions and leg-portions, respectively, formed in said front, rear and crotch sections;
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• a discard fastening tape extending longitudinally of said backsheet at said crotch section on an outer surface of said backsheet, said fastening tape being folded into upper and lower longitudinally extending sections, an outer surface of said lower section being attached to the outer surface of said backsheet, an inner surface of said upper section being applied with a first adhesive so that said inner surface is releasably bonded to an inner surface of said lower section;
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• wherein said upper and lower sections are bonded to each other with a second adhesive having an adhesive strength higher than that of the first adhesive, said second adhesive being disposed directly adjacent a fold line along which said tape is folded longitudinally thereof into said upper and lower sections.