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Firm suspected of selling fishing-bait oysters from China as food

NARITA, Japan - Oysters (photo) imported from China as fishing bait were sold in Japan as food for human consumption, police say. The police sent papers to prosecutors on the food trading company, Ichiban Boeki in Yokohama, and the company's president Tomohiro Tanaka for allegedly selling the imported oysters as food without state permission. Ichiban Boeki allegedly imported about 400 kilograms of raw oysters by air from China for use as fishing bait on Nov. 6, 2007.

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Dollar hits 115 yen for 1st time in 7 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - A bulletin board in central Tokyo shows the U.S. dollar rising above the 115 yen line for the first time since November 2007 in the morning on Nov. 6, 2014. The dollar was buoyed by divergence in the monetary policy directions of the Bank of Japan and the U.S. Federal Reserve.

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Ueda wins Mizuno Classic

SHIMA, Japan - Japanese golfer Momoko Ueda holds the victor's trophy at Kashikojima Country Club in Mie Prefecture on Nov. 6, 2011, after winning the Mizuno Classic title. The 2007 Mizuno champion edged China's Feng Shanshan in a playoff.