Japan urges limiting kids' cell phones

May 27, 2008 By YURI KAGEYAMA, AP Business Writer

(AP) -- Japanese youngsters are getting so addicted to Internet-linking cell phones that the government is starting a program warning parents and schools to limit their use among children.

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