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Before we knew it, the historical district of Kanda became known as a town of loan sharks. We couldn’t stand for that.

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Toshiaki Akiyama, who chairs an association of shopping district owners who go on nighttime patrols to remove signboards and flyers put up by shady consumer credit businesses in the Kanda district of Tokyo. (Yomiuri Shimbun)

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Kanda became known as a town of loan sharks. We couldn’t stand for that.

Well done, but watch your knees.

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The police should be doing that.

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Better play it safe, call in the seven samurai to expertly go around town and take down all the loanshark adverts...

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I guess they don't charge their customers negative interest rates.

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