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NTT to slash pay phones by 92,000.


... IN BRIEF: In 1985, there were 935,000 pay phones in Japan. By the end of this fiscal year, there will be 490,000 left. NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
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 East and West will get rid of 92,000 of the phones during this fiscal year as demand for the once ubiquitous Found in large quantities everywhere. This English word means "all over the place."  machines dwindles. The companies lost more than 34 billion yen in the pay phone business in 2001.

... COMMENTARY: Visiting Japan on business? Stop by a convenience store and pick up a temporary cell-phone and save yourself the aggravation Any circumstances surrounding the commission of a crime that increase its seriousness or add to its injurious consequences.

Such circumstances are not essential elements of the crime but go above and beyond them.
 of searching for a pay phone, which is quickly becoming an endangered species endangered species, any plant or animal species whose ability to survive and reproduce has been jeopardized by human activities. In 1999 the U.S. government, in accordance with the U.S. .
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Publication:Japan Inc.
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:9JAPA
Date:Jun 1, 2003
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