Its Japanese-language counterpart, which currently accepts orders but not online payments, will be relaunched next month as a full-service e-commerce center complete with virtual shopping trolleys and real-time credit-card processing.

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It will take several days to complete the processing and the researchers do not expect to have confirmation of a signal until some time this week.

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