E-Bikes Shine in Dull Japan Market 

TOKYO, Japan - First the sad news: the Japanese are buying fewer bicycles. Last year the total shipment to the country's distributors stood below eight million units for the first time in years; 7.78 million. Imports and exports were also down. The good news is that Japan's long-suffering local bicycle producers reached increasing unit and value sales.

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