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Taiwan: Typhoon Danas Batters Southern Region, Leaving Widespread Damage 3

Typhoon Danas made landfall near Chiayi's Budai Township around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, bringing gusty winds and heavy rainfall to the southern region. Typhoon Danas weakened to a tropical storm after its eye departed Taiwan early Monday.

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Corners for locally published books attract readers

TOKYO, Japan - The Shinjuku store of Junkudo Co. in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward maintains the ''Hometown's Shelves'' for locally published books from across Japan.

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Cellphones and credit cards to link up in 2006

TOKYO, Japan - Press Center Store of Junkudo Co., a major bookstore, in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward, accepts payments using a cellphone to buy books by credit card., Jan. 13 Kyodo -

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(2)Large bookstores mushrooming across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Kinokuniya bookstores (left) will have to compete with a new big bookstore to be opened by Junkudo Co. in late October on two floors of the Mitsukoshi Ltd.'s department store in Tokyo's Shinjuku district (right).

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Japan's largest bookstore to debut in Tokyo's Ikebukuro

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Junkudo Co.'s newly expanded outlet in Ikebukuro, central Tokyo, which re-opens March 1 to become Japan's largest bookstore with a total floor space of 6,600 square meters and a stock of 1.5 million books. The store, first opened in 1997 with a floor space of 3,300 square meters, has tables and chairs on each floor for use by customers.

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Japan's largest bookstore to debut in Tokyo's Ikebukuro

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Junkudo Co.'s newly expanded outlet in Ikebukuro, central Tokyo, which re-opens March 1 to become Japan's largest bookstore with a total floor space of 6,600 square meters and a stock of 1.5 million books. The store, first opened in 1997 with a floor space of 3,300 square meters, has tables and chairs on each floor for use by customers.