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  Special Cooperation / East Japan Railway, HITACHI, Japan Airlines
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                  | Name | 
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                  The 17th International Amateur Pair Go Championship 
                    (I A G-GO CUP / J A P-GO CUP) | 
                 
                
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                  | Date | 
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                  Nov. 18th, 19th, 2006 ( Sat.,Sun.) | 
                 
                
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                  | Venue | 
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                  Hotel Metropolitan EDMONT (Tokyo Iidabashi) | 
                 
                
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                  Participating 
                    Countries | 
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                  21 countries territories, 32 pairs, | 
                 
                
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                  Asia | 
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                  China, Chinese Taipei, Indonesia, Japan, Korea,  
Vietnam, Mongolia | 
                 
                
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                  Europe | 
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                  Bulgaria Cyprus, France, Germany, Hungary,  
                    Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom | 
                 
                
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                  Africa | 
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                  South Africa | 
                 
                
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                  North America | 
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                  Canada, U.S.A | 
                 
                
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                  Middle South America | 
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                  Chile | 
                 
                
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                  Oceania | 
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                  New Zealand | 
                 
                
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                  | Organizer | 
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                  Japan Pair Go Association,The International Amateur | 
                 
                
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                  Pair Go Championship Excutive Committee | 
                 
                
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                  | Supervise | 
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                  International Go Federation | 
                 
                
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                  | Support by | 
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                  Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Land Infrastructure andTransport, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Nihon Ki-in, NHK | 
                 
                
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                  THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN, SANKEI SINBUN Co.,Ltd., | 
                 
                
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                  NIHON KEIZAI SHIMBUN INC, The Mainichi Newspapers | 
                 
                
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                  Special 
                    Cooperation | 
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                  East Japan Railway, HITACHI, Japan Airlines | 
                 
                
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                  | Sponsored by | 
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                  Hino Motors / LUMINE INC. / CROWNE PLAZA METROPOLITAN-TOKYO / 
HOTEL METROPOLITAN EDMONT / East Japan Marketing And Communication Inc. / 
Japan Freight Railway / Tokyu Corporation / Keihin Electric Express Railway / 
Tetsudou Kaikan / Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd. / JR East Urban Development Corporation / 
NIPPON RESTAURANT ENTERPRISE Co., Ltd. / EAST JAPAN KIOSK Co.,LTD. / 
PANDANET INC. / Bic Camera Inc. / NIPPON KOTSU BUNKA KYOKAI / NKB INC. | 
                 
                
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                  | Cooperation | 
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                  East Japan Marketing And Communication Inc., Go Weekly, THE DAILY YOMIURI. | 
                 
                
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                  Planning and 
                    Administration | 
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                  NKB INC., "La-LaLa" Planning | 
                 
               
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