The department of immigration said it had granted the first significant-investor visa to a Chinese toy manufacturer and his family.

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The department of immigration said Monday it had granted the first significant-investor visa to a Chinese "toy manufacturer" and his family.

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Although the store is named Toy Tokyo, Mr. Levarek says he has been buying toys from U.S. and Chinese suppliers in recent years because importing from Japan has been too expensive.

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