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| | KIPPO NEWS Wednesday, October 19, 2005 |
 | | Business conditions in the six prefectures of the Kansai region (Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Shiga, Nara and Wakayama) were slowly recovering in September, with production picking up momentum, according to the quarterly "tankan" report released by the Osaka branch of the Bank of Japan. |
 | | Busette was told by local residents that storks, which were once seen everywhere, were disappearing as the forests where they made nests were felled down, while their favorite feed, such as loaches and crucian carps, vanished from rivers, ponds and paddy fields due to water contamination. |
 | | While in Toyooka, Busette was constantly surrounded by reporters of news media, because he watched the storks so earnestly, checked temperature and currents of paddy water and explored paddy fields to see whether there were enough loaches. |
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