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Japan striker Lee signs with Southampton

SOUTHAMPTON, Britain - Japan striker Tadanari Lee is pictured at a press conference in Southampton, England, on Jan. 26, 2012. Second-tier English Championship club Southampton said Lee has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with an option for a further year.

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Japan striker Lee signs with Southampton

SOUTHAMPTON, Britain - Japan striker Tadanari Lee (L) and Southampton manager Nigel Adkins shake hands in Southampton, England, on Jan. 26, 2012, after a press conference. The second-tier English Championship club said Lee has signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with them with the option for a further year.

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Kumagai Gumi, Tobishima to scrap merger plan

TOKYO, Japan - Kumagai Gumi Co. President Kazutoshi Torikai (L) and Tobishima Corp. President Yoshiharu Tomimatsu tell reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 15 that the two struggling second-tier construction companies will scrap their merger plan set for April 1, 2005.

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New Japan, Wako finalize merger plan

New Japan Securities Co. President Tadashi Kawaguchi (L) and Wako Securities Co. President Masaaki Sugishita shake hands after announcing plans for a merger between the two second-tier brokerages at a news conference March 24.

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Kumagai Gumi, Tobishima to scrap merger plan

TOKYO, Japan - Kumagai Gumi Co. President Kazutoshi Torikai (L) and Tobishima Corp. President Yoshiharu Tomimatsu tell reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 15 that the two struggling second-tier construction companies will scrap their merger plan set for April 1, 2005. (Kyodo)

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Japan striker Lee signs with Southampton

SOUTHAMPTON, Britain - Japan striker Tadanari Lee is pictured at a press conference in Southampton, England, on Jan. 26, 2012. Second-tier English Championship club Southampton said Lee has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with an option for a further year. (Kyodo)

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Japan striker Lee signs with Southampton

SOUTHAMPTON, Britain - Japan striker Tadanari Lee (L) and Southampton manager Nigel Adkins shake hands in Southampton, England, on Jan. 26, 2012, after a press conference. The second-tier English Championship club said Lee has signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with them with the option for a further year. (Kyodo)

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4 execs of failed Kokumin Bank held over loan scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Hideyuki Suzuki (C), former vice president of the failed Kokumin Bank, is arrested in Tokyo on Nov. 30 on suspicion of dubious lending to a Tokyo karaoke-parlor management company. Suzuki, 66, was nabbed along with Yukio Okonogi, 66, president of the second-tier regional bank when the loans were made and two other former bank executives.

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New Japan, Wako finalize merger plan

New Japan Securities Co. President Tadashi Kawaguchi (L) and Wako Securities Co. President Masaaki Sugishita shake hands after announcing plans for a merger between the two second-tier brokerages at a news conference March 24. ==Kyodo