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Zap2it:  Teen's $54K bar tab in Japan won't have to be paid in
full  A father in Japan is breathing a sigh of relief. It turns
out he won't have to pay off the insane bar tab his son ran up
in 2010. The 16-year-old took his father's credit card before
beginning a tour of Japanese hostess bars, racking up $54,000 in
charges.  The teen and a friend hit several hot spots around
Kyoto, Japan's capital, buying bottles of whiskey and sparkling
wine, some priced up to $3,700 each, the AFP reports. The
hostess clubs offer the company of attractive women, hired to
spend time with the customer. It's not a sexual thing, the
hostesses simply hang out and laugh at the jokes the customer
tells.  A Japanese court ruled that the bar owners and credit
card company were mostly responsible for the charges, meaning
the father won't have to pay off the entire tab. However, the
dad has been ordered to fork over $7,800 of the bill.  No word
on how long the son was grounde