JAPAN: U.S. beef will be sold in...
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JAPAN: U.S. beef will be sold in vending machines in Japan beginning in April, when the government scraps quotas on imported beef. Packages of different cuts of frozen beef will sell for about $3.50 a pound. Japan, which has the world’s highest number of vending machines per capita--one for every 23 people--already sells alcohol, pornographic magazines, Bibles, diapers, lingeries, eggs, milk, flowers, condoms and jewelry from them.
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