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Japan Tobacco Profit Rises 15% on Overseas Sales (Update3) 

Japan Tobacco Inc., the world's third-largest publicly traded cigarette maker, said nine-month profit rose 15 percent on higher overseas sales, bolstered by last year's takeover of Gallaher Group Plc.

Net income was 222 billion yen ($2.08 billion) in the nine months ended Dec. 31 from 193.5 billion yen a year earlier, the company said in a statement to the Tokyo Stock Exchange today. Sales rose 29 percent to 4.7 trillion yen.

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