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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; Debito Arudou</title>
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		<title>Keep Abe&#8217;s hawks in check or Japan and Asia will suffer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debito Arudou</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Jan. 1, The Japan Times&#8217; lead story was &#8220;Summer poll to keep Abe in check.&#8221; It made the argument that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe&#8217;s Liberal Democratic Party alliance falls short of a majority in the Upper House, so until elections happen this summer he lacks a &#8220;full-fledged administration&#8221; to carry out a conservative agenda. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The year for non-Japanese in &#8217;12: a top 10</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debito Arudou</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Election 2012]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back by popular demand, here is JBC&#8217;s roundup of the top 10 human rights events that most affected non-Japanese (NJ) residents of Japan in 2012, in ascending order. Bubbling under • China&#8217;s anti-Japan riots (September) and Senkaku-area maneuvers (October to now). • North Korea&#8217;s missile test timed for Japan&#8217;s elections (December). • NJ workers&#8217; right [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Japan a favor: Don&#8217;t stop being a critic</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debito Arudou</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember grade school, when the most demanding question put to you was something as simple as &#8220;What color do you like?&#8221; Choose any color, for there is no wrong answer. This is the power of &#8220;like,&#8221; where nobody can dispute your preference. You don&#8217;t have to give a reason why you like something. You just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If bully Ishihara wants one last stand, bring it on</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debito Arudou</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[On Oct. 25, Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara announced his resignation from office. He now plans to stand for election to the Diet as head of a new conservative party. He suggested political alliances with other conservative reactionaries and xenophobes, including Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto and Tachiagare Nippon (Sunrise Party of Japan) chief Takeo Hiranuma (Just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Revisionists marching Japan back to a dangerous place</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debito Arudou</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[No doubt you&#8217;ve seen the news about the Takeshima and Senkaku disputes: Japan is sparring with China, South Korea and Taiwan over some specks in the ocean. Why is this happening? Theories include pre-election political posturing and securing borders to exploit resources. But it&#8217;s gotten to the point where even respected academics (such as Stanford&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toot your own horn &#8212; don&#8217;t let the modesty scam keep you down</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2012/09/04/issues/toot-your-own-horn-dont-let-the-modesty-scam-keep-you-down/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=toot-your-own-horn-dont-let-the-modesty-scam-keep-you-down</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 00:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debito Arudou</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As per this column&#8217;s title, this month&#8217;s topic was chosen, well, &#8220;just because&#8221; it&#8217;s been on my mind. Some weeks ago I was asked to give a speech at my current research institute. When I offered workshops on activism and racial discrimination in Japan in general, they asked for something more personal: &#8220;Tell us how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For nikkei immigrants in Japan, it doesn&#8217;t have to be a bug&#8217;s life</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 00:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debito Arudou</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As Beto awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his futon into a gigantic cockroach. &#8220;What&#8217;s happened to me?&#8221; he thought. In his native land down south, he had been a person &#8212; if at times underprivileged due to his nikkei status. So, years ago, he &#8220;repatriated&#8221; to Japan, attracted by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In formulating immigration policy, no seat at the table for non-Japanese</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debito Arudou</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month the Japanese government took baby steps toward an official immigration policy. Ten ministries and several specialist &#8220;people of awareness&#8221; (y&#363;shikisha) held meetings aimed at creating a &#8220;coexistence society&#8221; (ky&#333;sei shakai) within which non-Japanese (NJ) would be &#8220;accepted&#8221; (uke ire). This is a positive change from the past two decades, when Japan cultivated an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guestists, Haters, the Vested: Apologists take many forms</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2012 00:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debito Arudou</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month&#8217;s column on &#8220;microaggressions&#8221; was my most debated yet. Thanks for reading and commenting. So this month, let&#8217;s explore how the microaggression dynamic works in all societies, and why some people live in denial of it. Brace yourself for a bit of theory . . . All societies, when defining themselves, decide who is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yes, I can use chopsticks: the everyday &#8216;microaggressions&#8217; that grind us down</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debito Arudou</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever noticed how many interpersonal interactions in Japan are like &#8220;speed dates&#8221; of set questions? For example, the taxi drivers who have the odd fascination about where you&#8217;re from, whether you&#8217;re married, how much you like Japan, and how hard you think the Japanese language is? The barkeeps and clientele who try to [...]]]></description>
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