Amazon Japan Pres. Cheung, Sendai Mayor Okuyama

SENDAI, Japan - Jasper Cheung (L), president of Amazon Japan K.K., shakes hands with Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama at the Sendai city office on the afternoon of Sept. 27, 2011. The Japanese unit of U.S.-based Internet commerce giant Amazon.com Inc. said the same day it will open a call center in the capital of Miyagi Prefecture, which was hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, in March 2012. (Kyodo)

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