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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; Eric Johnston</title>
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		<title>Nippon Ishin gunning for Kansai domination</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Johnston</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) is moving forward with plans not only to field candidates nationwide in this summer&#8217;s Upper House election but also run against Kansai politicians who oppose its efforts to create a new regional system. &#8220;We&#8217;re making preparations to field candidates (for the Upper House election) in all 47 prefectures. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For Abe, overcoming perceptions top job at Obama summit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Johnston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Prime Minister Shinzo Abe travels to Washington this week for a summit with U.S. President Barack Obama, his first job may be to convince the president he&#8217;s not a rightwing fanatic seeking confrontation in East Asia, but rather a calm partner who can work with the Americans to maintain peace and stability in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Push to change Constitution gains parties&#8217; favor</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Johnston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[constitution]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Political efforts to change a key part of the Constitution that would make it much easier to revise other articles continue to strengthen in the ruling and opposition parties. Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) and Your Party have agreed to cooperate on submitting a proposal to revise Article 96, which currently stipulates that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nippon Ishin to start hunt for July candidates</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Johnston</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) will start seeking candidates Saturday for this summer&#8217;s Upper House election and plans to announce the first round of selections at a party conference March 30. Nippon Ishin and Your Party have agreed not to go head to head in the same districts, but despite continued overtures by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kansai biz forum hails LDP, frets over nuke plants</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Johnston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kansai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seminar]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At their annual gathering that wrapped up Friday, Kansai&#8217;s corporate leaders warmly welcomed the Liberal Democratic Party&#8217;s return to power, vowing to would do whatever they can to assist the new government in enacting a wide range of economic, financial, social and diplomatic initiatives. But the impact of the continued shutdown of atomic power plants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese smog bomb floats toward Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Johnston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[air]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pollution]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Smog in China has reached alarming levels as its rapid industrialization spews ever-more toxic particles into the air. Over the past month or so, the problem has become particularly acute, raising health concerns in neighboring parts of Asia, including Japan. Following are questions and answers about China&#8217;s smog problem and its possible effects on Japan. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hashimoto backs antibullying rules</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Johnston</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto plans to support two ordinance proposals that would establish an independent investigation team and give the mayor&#8217;s office more authority to look into incidents of school bullying and corporal punishment. The proposals, which will be discussed by the municipal assembly this month, call for creating a team of lawyers, retired police [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Osaka votes down health-damages ordinance</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Johnston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[debris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incineration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Osaka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radiation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Members of Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto&#8217;s local party, Osaka Ishin no Kai, and New Komeito, which form the ruling coalition in the municipal assembly, voted against an ordinance proposal Monday that would have clarified the city&#8217;s financial responsibilities in the event of health problems created by incinerating tainted debris from Tohoku. The ordinance had been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abe can expect little sympathy from nominal allies during Okinawa visit</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Johnston</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits Okinawa for a meeting Saturday with Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima and other local politicians, he&#8217;ll be sitting down mostly with fellow Liberal Democratic Party members or those who won with LDP support. Unfortunately for Abe, they all strongly oppose the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to Henoko [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Japan, gun control is the norm and discipline is rigid</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Johnston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[gun control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hunting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The recent mass shootings in the United States have spurred the White House to pursue what many in the nation consider taboo: strict gun controls.]]></description>
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