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FILE PHOTO: Kyushu Electric Power's Sendai nuclear power station is seen in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan, August 8, 2015. Picture taken August 8, 2015. REUTERS/Issei Kato TOKYO : Japan's antitrust watchdog slapped three utilities with a record fine of more than 100 billion yen ($733 million) for violating anti-monopoly laws, local media said on Thursday, in a fresh blow to a sector already reeling from high input costs. Among the three, Chugoku Electric Power Co was hit with the biggest fine, of more than 70 billion yen ($514 million), the Nikkei business daily said.

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