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Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett attends the company's annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 3. © Reuters

HIROFUMI TAKEUCHI and MOMOE BAN, Nikkei staff writers

OMAHA, Nebraska -- Warren Buffett had "overwhelmingly compelling" reasons for his investment firm Berkshire Hathaway to buy shares in Japanese trading houses, the legendary investor told shareholders on Saturday.

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