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$1 million golden tub missing, authorities and police clueless
Jun 1 2007, Parul G

Even being a heritage hotel and high security zone, the officials were unable to protect their precious possession, a golden bathtub worth nearly $1 million that was stolen from Kominato Hotel Mikazuki in Kamogawa, a city south of Tokyo. The stolen...

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