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Fortunately, Hiyakuta's ruthlessness is all in good fun. Last week in London he became the first Japanese to win the world's Monopoly championship, defeating 29 players from 28 countries. His final challenger: 13-year-old Ken Shabtay, an Israeli. Hiyakuta was breathless after collecting his last dollar in the 2 1/4-hour final. "Most pleased!" he declared. "I really wanted to win. I was determined." His title is no mean feat: the game has now been translated into 19 languages, and 100 million copies have been sold. Hiyakuta, a trading-company employee from Chiba City, took home a cash...
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