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Tokyo: Something in the Air

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Mar 10, 2008
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Japan’s weather is turning warmer, the plum trees are in blossom – and Tokyo’s allergy clinics are filling up with people suffering from runny noses and bloodshot eyes.

Tokyo is known for many things: the Imperial Palace gardens, cherry trees in the springtime, super-crowded commuter trains. But it has a more dubious distinction. It is also the world cap…

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