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Despite economic gloom, Japanese couples splurging on weddings

THE ASAHI SHIMBUN

2012/12/21

A hotel's wedding reception room in Niigata Prefecture (Asahi Shimbun file photo)

Times might be tough, but that's not stopping couples in Japan from splurging on getting hitched.

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