Japan's Obama city cheers Democrat contender 17508
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Wed Feb 13th, 2008 9:56am
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TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese city called "Obama", hoping to boost its profile at home and abroad as a tourist attraction, cheered Barack Obama's victories in three more Democratic nominating contests on Tuesday.
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"So far we have been unilaterally giving him 'love calls' as we have a close affinity with him, although we have not met him,said Hideki Ikegami, a city official in charge of promoting tourism."
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