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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; Ayako Mie</title>
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		<title>LDP spurns merger plea by tiny Kokumin Shinto</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ayako Mie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Liberal Democratic Party has rejected a proposal by Kokumin Shinto (People&#8217;s New Party) to merge and instead is demanding that the three-man opposition force disband and the lawmakers be considered individually for membership in the ruling party. LDP Secretary General Shigeru Ishiba said Friday that it wouldn&#8217;t be reasonable for Kokumin Shinto President Shozaburo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senkaku showdown taxing forces</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ayako Mie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[coast guard]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The past few months have put the Japan Coast Guard and Air Self-Defense Force to the test, as they defend the nation&#8217;s territorial waters and airspace around the Senkaku islets in the East China Sea, a flash point for potential military clashes with China. China continues to send ships around the Japan-controlled islets, which are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abe&#8217;s pick for BOJ chief coming soon</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ayako Mie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bank of Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BOJ governor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haruhiko Kuroda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kazumasa Iwata]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[masaaki shirakawa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monetary policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toshiro Muto]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With Masaaki Shirakawa stepping down as governor of the Bank of Japan on March 19, three weeks earlier than scheduled, the process to select his successor is accelerating.]]></description>
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		<title>Abe launches panel to study Japan version of national security council</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ayako Mie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[national security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Security Council]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe kicks off a study panel tasked with establishing a Japanese version of the U.S. National Security Council, vowing to enhance the flow of information while consolidating command.]]></description>
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		<title>Abe vows again to amend Article 9</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ayako Mie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed again Friday to revise the Constitution, including amending war-renouncing Article 9 to allow Japan to exercise the right of collective self-defense. At a meeting of a Liberal Democratic Party working group on the constitutional revisions, Abe emphasized that changing the Constitution has been a goal of the LDP since the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan presses for tougher sanctions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ayako Mie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[North Korea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear test]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Denouncing the latest nuclear test by North Korea, Japan calls on the U.N. Security Council to impose more severe sanctions against Pyongyang.]]></description>
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		<title>DPJ snubs ruling bloc&#8217;s list of picks for key posts</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/02/09/national/dpj-snubs-ruling-blocs-list-of-picks-for-key-posts/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=dpj-snubs-ruling-blocs-list-of-picks-for-key-posts</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ayako Mie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[diet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FTC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nominees]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Democratic Party of Japan refuses to accept a list of 41 nominees for key government positions because the name of one person was leaked to the media.]]></description>
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		<title>Article 9 panel revived in collective defense bid</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ayako Mie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has reconvened a government policy advisory panel on security issues to review the move to reinterpret the war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution so Japan can exercise collective self-defense. Noting recent global power shifts and the changing security environment in the East and South China seas amid China&#8217;s growing military assertiveness, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawmakers huddle to revise BOJ Law</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ayako Mie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BOJ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[governor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[revision]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Like-minded lawmakers across party lines have kicked off discussions toward amending the Bank of Japan Law to effectively lessen the central bank&#8217;s independence and hold it more accountable for its monetary policy. &#8220;The 1998 BOJ Law gave the bank too much independence and freedom, which caused prolonged deflation,&#8221; said Your Party leader Yoshimi Watanabe, who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China provocation slammed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ayako Mie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[diet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Itsunori Onodera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[senkakus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera warns China that it may have violated the United Nations Charter when its warships locked their fire-control radars on a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer and helicopter last month and calls for setting up a hotline between Tokyo and Beijing.]]></description>
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