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Japanese buys into English soccer club

PLYMOUTH, England (AP) A Japanese businessman has become the majority shareholder at English second-tier soccer club Plymouth. Yasuaki Kagami has increased his stake from 20 percent to 38 percent in the New World consortium, which now owns 51 percent of... ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Fri, Jul 03 2009

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