Tokyo beef fair opens to revive demand

TOKYO, Japan - People attend an annual beef fair which opened Nov. 17 in Tokyo's Minato Ward. Sponsors of the two-day fair hope to boost beef consumption, which has sharply dropped amid fears of mad-cow disease following the discovery of Japan's first case of the deadly brain-wasting illness in September.

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