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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; Hiroko Nakata</title>
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		<title>Lithium-ion makers need recharge</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hiroko Nakata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[battery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lithium ion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Japanese makers&#8217; share of the market for lithium-ion batteries in consumer electronics continued to fall in 2012, widening the gap with their South Korean rivals, who topped the ranking for the first time the previous year. Three Japanese makers &#8212; Panasonic Corp., Sony Corp. and Hitachi Maxell Ltd. &#8212; together accounted for 31.2 percent of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ministry to beef up hacking defenses</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hiroko Nakata</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The trade ministry plans to beef up its database for cyber-attacks against Japanese companies and institutions to help analyze the latest trends and methods so they can protect themselves from organized assaults. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has already earmarked ¥800 million in the 2012 supplementary budget for a new database, in addition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Already a huge hit, Line aims for SNS market</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hiroko Nakata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Akira Morikawa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[app]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LINE]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The instant messaging app Line is already dominating the lives of young smartphone users in Japan and has spread rapidly elsewhere in the world, but its developer is eyeing even more aggressive growth. Unlike global giants like Facebook and Twitter, the nascent social networking service developed in Japan was created for smaller and closed networks. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New robots reduce human risk in disaster cleanup</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hiroko Nakata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Disaster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fukushima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robot]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization on Wednesday unveiled a series of robots and systems to help deal with disasters such as the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant and reduce the danger for workers. The robots, developed under a one-year project, include a small remote-controlled machine dubbed the Sakura that carries a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tiny Hakone tremors trigger fear, not eruption</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hiroko Nakata</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[About 1,400 small earthquakes have been recorded around Mount Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture over the past month, alarming tourists and residents, who are worried about greater possible dangers to come. Experts say the cluster of tremors, most of which were too small to feel, have so far shown little sign of reawakening the mountain, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turning a wall into a moving canvas</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hiroko Nakata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[3-D]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Infographics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Noboru Nakatsugawa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[projection mapping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Station]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[People who took in the evening celebrations marking the reopening of the Tokyo Station building in September saw a dazzling array of 3-D images on the outer walls.]]></description>
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		<title>Rubella outbreak spreading quickly</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hiroko Nakata</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[infection]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fresh rubella outbreak spreading quickly nationwide poses the greatest threat to fetuses, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases says.]]></description>
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		<title>Hay fever sufferers brace for a nasty season</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hiroko Nakata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[pollen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robots]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pollen season is coming. Due to last year&#8217;s sizzling summer, the amount of pollen this year is expected to be particularly nasty in some parts of the country, adding to the suffering of those subject to allergic reactions this time of year. At the same time, businesses are offering ever-evolving goods and services to help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abe adviser Hamada wants more pliant BOJ</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hiroko Nakata</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With his harsh criticism of the Bank of Japan in the spotlight, Shinzo Abe's economic brain, Koichi Hamada, says it is a big step forward for the central bank to finally adopt the new prime minister's 2 percent inflation target.]]></description>
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		<title>Hamada hits DPJ deflation inaction</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hiroko Nakata</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Koichi Hamada, one of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe&#8217;s special advisers, on Friday condemned past governments led by the Democratic Party of Japan for not pressing the Bank of Japan to conduct enough monetary easing steps to fight the country&#8217;s prolonged deflation. &#8220;The failure of those politicians in general was not bashing the BOJ like now, [...]]]></description>
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