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S&P Cuts Japan Sovereign Debt Rating

Standard & Poor’s cut Japan’s credit rating for the first time since 2002, saying Tokyo lacked a plan to deal with its mounting debt, in a warning that will rattle other heavily indebted rich nations.

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