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Philippines sees rise in "Desperate Japanese" Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:29 AM GMT By George Nishiyama MANILA (Reuters) - They come to the Philippines hoping to start a new life, often with a new young wife. But most of these middle-aged Japanese men end up without money, abandoned by their Filipino wives and with nowhere to go. The number of these men, known as "Desperate Japanese" among the local Japanese community, has increased in recent years, an embassy official said. "One would show up at least every two days," said a consular official with the Japanese embassy in Manila. He...