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Vietnamese adore Japan as the country of the rising sun. Japanese products on sale at department stores are too expensive, so everyone buys the goods cheaply at markets.

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A 26-year-old Vietnamese woman in Ho Chi Minh City, on why there is a thriving black market for Japanese goods, usually smuggled in by Vietnamese Airlines crews. (Yomiuri Shimbun)

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SCENE: Japanese customs official upon reading today's JT Quote of the Day: " . . . smuggled in by Vietnamese Airlines cre . . . What the . . . ?! Hey! Someone get me the head of Vietnamese Airlines on the phone!"

SCENE: Vietnamese customs official upon reading today's JT Quote of the Day: " . . . smuggled in by Vietnamese Airlines cre . . . What the . . . ?! And I've been paying retail all this time?!

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". . . adore . . ." Baloney. It's WE WANT YER MUNNY!

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