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Old stores, new arrivals slug it out in Ginza shopping area

TOKYO, Japan - The 21-story Yurakucho ITOCiA shopping-office complex, under construction in front of JR Yurakucho Station, will open Oct. 12. Marui Co.'s Ginza outlet will be located on the first to eighth floors.

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Brazilian sumo wrestler Kaisei

TOKYO, Japan - Brazilian sumo wrestler Kaisei (R) floors Gagamaru of Georgia with a beltless arm throw during the eighth day of the May Technical Examination Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 15, 2011.

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Yurakucho, the new shoppers' paradise in downtown Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Yurakucho, the once drab adjunct to the ritzy Ginza shopping district in downtown Tokyo, is now emerging as a shoppers' paradise rivaling the best in town. Opposite the trendy entrance to JR Yurakucho station, across a square with a concentric design, stands the newly opened 21-story ITOCiA complex, which houses the Marui department store on the first to eighth floors. The ITOCiA complex provides office space on upper floors and restaurants and a movie theater in an annex. Popular Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is located in the basement level. The 12-story Marronnier Gate shopping mall opened Sept. 1 near the ITOCiA complex and the luxury Peninsula Tokyo hotel also opened the same day.

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(1) Munoz TKOs Kobayashi for WBA super flyweight crown

TOKYO, Japan - Venezuela's Alexander Munoz floors Shoji ''Celes'' Kobayashi for the day's third knockdown in the seventh round of a scheduled 12-round title match at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan on March 9. Munoz captured the World Boxing Association super flyweight championship after sending the defending champion to the canvas for the fourth time in the fight as referee Stanley Christodoulou of South Africa jumped in to signal the end at 1:31 in the eighth round.

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Yurakucho, the new shoppers' paradise in downtown Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Yurakucho, the once drab adjunct to the ritzy Ginza shopping district in downtown Tokyo, is now emerging as a shoppers' paradise rivaling the best in town. Opposite the trendy entrance to JR Yurakucho station, across a square with a concentric design, stands the newly opened 21-story ITOCiA complex, which houses the Marui department store on the first to eighth floors. The ITOCiA complex provides office space on upper floors and restaurants and a movie theater in an annex. Popular Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is located in the basement level. The 12-story Marronnier Gate shopping mall opened Sept. 1 near the ITOCiA complex and the luxury Peninsula Tokyo hotel also opened the same day. (Kyodo)

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Brazilian sumo wrestler Kaisei

TOKYO, Japan - Brazilian sumo wrestler Kaisei (R) floors Gagamaru of Georgia with a beltless arm throw during the eighth day of the May Technical Examination Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 15, 2011. (Kyodo)

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(1) Munoz TKOs Kobayashi for WBA super flyweight crown

TOKYO, Japan - Venezuela's Alexander Munoz floors Shoji ''Celes'' Kobayashi for the day's third knockdown in the seventh round of a scheduled 12-round title match at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan on March 9. Munoz captured the World Boxing Association super flyweight championship after sending the defending champion to the canvas for the fourth time in the fight as referee Stanley Christodoulou of South Africa jumped in to signal the end at 1:31 in the eighth round.