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National › Mainichi vows promises start following criticism of online English column

The Mainichi Newspapers Co, publisher of the Mainichi Shimbun, pledged Sunday to make its online English-language website more ''news-oriented'' after criticism that its ''WaiWai'' column… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Sun, Jul 20 2008

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