Assets were flowing out of traditional brokerage accounts and into mutual fund firms in order to gain index fund exposure.

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Mr Ota is having to walk a tightrope between, on the one hand, trying to find an acceptable site for the heliport so as to keep the generous subsidies flowing from Tokyo while, on the other hand, pandering to local residents in order to get re-elected.

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