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PRESS DIGEST - Japan - July 8

Tue Jul 7, 2009 6:50pm EDT

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Following are some of the leading stories in the Wednesday morning editions of Japanese newspapers, as compiled by Kyodo news agency:

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-- Mitsui & Co (8031.T) to procure large amount of lithium from Canada (Nikkei)

-- Japan, United States eye first talks to discuss U.S. nuclear umbrella (Yomiuri)

-- Auto insurance premiums to be sharply cut (Asahi)

-- Government studied possibility of allowing nuclear weapon-carrying U.S. vessels into Japanese ports in 1974 (Mainichi)

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