Sogo closes 3 branch outlets

Sogo closes 3 branch outlets

TOKYO, Japan - Customers read a ''closedown notice'' at the entrance to the Tama store of department store operator Sogo Co. in Tama, Tokyo, on July 13. The debt-laden group shut down three of its 27 retail outlets in Japan, while letting two of the three launch bankruptcy proceedings with local courts.

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