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Monday, July 9, 2007 5:21 pm

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Akita amusement park to close, unable to afford emergency inspections

An amusement park here is closing because it cannot afford the emergency inspections ordered by the land ministry after a fatal accident in May on a roller coaster in Osaka Prefecture.

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