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Tokyo stocks rose Monday morning, following the advance of the U.S. Dow Jones Industrial Average late last week on hopes for an earlier-than-expected interest rate cut amid signs of cooling inflation in the world’s largest economy. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average rose 361.75 points, or 0.94 percent, from Friday to 38,849.65. The broader Topix index was up 22.91 points, or 0.83 percent, at 2,795.40. The U.S. dollar was little changed in the lower 157 yen zone amid caution about a yen-buying intervention by Japanese authorities after the government said Friday it had spent a monthly record of…

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