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Tokyo: Japanese musicians urged the Government on Tuesday to exclude musical instruments from the list of second-hand electrical appliances to be banned for sale under new safety regulations. The planned measure amounts to destroying culture, said Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Oscar-winning musician who is spearheading a petition campaign in protest. Japan's Trade Ministry has said that effective April 1, it will become illegal for retailers to sell 450 products manufactured before 2001, such as TVs, audiovisual equipment and electric musical instruments. The move has drawn strong criticism in some circles in Japan, and prompted Sakamoto to start a petition. Tens of thousands of signatures have been collected, demanding that the Government exclude electric musical instruments in the revised safety rules. The Trade Ministry announced it would go easy on old electric musical instruments saying that an instrument could be still traded "if the piece is found to have rarity value." But dealers still need to go through a "procedure." — AP
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