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Women - and their gadgets - get charge out of Japanese wonder-bra
A Japanese city has been forced to destroy thousands of flowers grown for a local festival after a police officer noticed they were illegal opium poppies, an official said Wednesday. (Daily News)
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Pair of Yubari melons sell for record high 2.5 mil. yen
A pair of Yubari melons, a premium orange-fleshed cantaloupe variety from Hokkaido, sold for 2.5 million yen in this harvest season's first auction held Tuesday at the Sapporo City Central Wholesale Markets. (Kyodo)
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Companies order 'fat' employees to lose weight
"My waistline is none of my company's business!" fumes an employee in his 40s who of course is wrong; his waistline is his company's business, and chances are, says Shukan Post, the company has a plan, program or regimen to drive the point sharply home. Last month company medical tests for metabo became mandatory, and "shape up or else" is the implicit message. (Japan Times)
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