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Steel's takeover of Sapporo would harm shareholder interest

TOKYO, Japan - Shunko Muto, chairman of Sapporo Holdings Ltd.'s independent advisory panel, tells a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4 that the panel has judged that U.S. hedge fund Steel Partners' proposed takeover of the major Japanese brewer would be detrimental to the interests of Sapporo's shareholders.

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Buddhist temples joining matchmaking boom

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Shunko Yoshino (R), chief priest of Anrakuji, a Buddhist temple of the Nichiren sect in the city of Wakayama, and Ryushin Yasutake (C), chief priest of Dorakuji, a Buddhist temple of the Kuze Kannon sect in the town of Katsuragi, Wakayama Prefecture, accept participants in a spouse-finding hunting event in front of an altar in the main hall of Anrakuji on Feb. 11, 2013.

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Buddhist temples joining matchmaking boom

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Shunko Yoshino, chief priest of Anrakuji, a Buddhist temple of the Nichiren sect in the city of Wakayama, explains rules of a spouse-finding event at the temple to a female participant on Feb. 11, 2013.

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Steel's takeover of Sapporo would harm shareholder interest

TOKYO, Japan - Shunko Muto, chairman of Sapporo Holdings Ltd.'s independent advisory panel, tells a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4 that the panel has judged that U.S. hedge fund Steel Partners' proposed takeover of the major Japanese brewer would be detrimental to the interests of Sapporo's shareholders. (Kyodo)