That compares with 199.9 tons of skin lighteners used in Japan, the market-research firm said.

这家市场研究机构说，相比之下日本使用了199.9吨美白产品。

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Shotaro Nagai, a spokesman at Shiseido Co. , Japan's biggest cosmetics firm, said Shiseido's sales of skin lighteners have risen slightly since Kanebo announced its recall.

日本最大化妆品公司资生堂（Shiseido Co。）的发言人Shotaro Nagai说，自从佳丽宝宣布召回以来，资生堂美白产品的销售额略有增加。

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He says over the past six years there has been a significant increase in the number of skin lighteners flooding local markets, some of them legal and some illegal.

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