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>> The only reason to search with Yahoo is if you want their in-house content.

I live in China, and recently switched from Google (blocked) to Yahoo Japan (not blocked, but Google has a majority share in them meaning it uses Google in the back). Yahoo Japan is the only Google way to access Google that is not blocked in China.

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Google does not have majority share in Yahoo! JAPAN. There reason Yahoo! JAPAN uses Google instead of Bing (unlike the rest of Yahoo!) is because Yahoo! JAPAN felt that Google offered a better search product in Japan than Bing.

How can yahoo Japan possibly be majority Google owned? It was a joint venture by SoftBank and yahoo inc.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/28/technology/28yahoo.html

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