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fp\b0\i0\fs10Date~20.07.2000; Slug=Japan_Markets; Source=AP; Time~22:12; Type=Picture;
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A Japanese businessman speaks on a cellular phone in front of an electronic stock board in downtown Tokyo Thursday, July 13, 2000. Share prices plunged as investors worry about a major corporate bankruptcy’s impact on Japan’s economy. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closed at 17,036.90 points, down 305.23 points, or 1.76 percent. (AP Photo/Tsugufumi Matsumoto)
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fp\b0\i0\fs10CREDIT~AP; Category~I; Municipality=Tokyo; Photographer=Tsugufumi_Matsumoto; TransRef~TOK106;