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		<title>Masters of luxury fruit are growing money on trees</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hiroshi Hiyama</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With melons that sell for the price of a new car &#8212; admittedly a small one &#8212; and grapes that go for more than &#165;10,000 a pop, Japan has long been a country where a perfectly formed piece of fruit can fetch a fortune. An industry of fruit boutiques has defied the sluggish economy to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Firms on record M&amp;A spree in Southeast Asia</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2013 12:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hiroshi Hiyama</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japanese firms have spent record amounts scooping up assets in Southeast Asia this year, part of a trend that has seen Tokyo moving to boost its presence in the fast-growing region and away from China. As Prime Minister Shinzo Abe departed Thursday for a three-day trip to some of the region&#8217;s biggest economies to tap [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Languishing 47 years on death row</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2013 14:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hiroshi Hiyama</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Iwao Hakamada]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Iwao Hakamada worked at a miso processing company in Shizuoka Prefecture when he was arrested and later sentenced to death for the grisly murder of his boss, Fujio Hashimoto, as well as Hashimoto&#8217;s wife and their two children. Hakamada was 30 years old. The year was 1966. The U.S. and Soviet Union were locked in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shakeout looms in fledgling budget airline sector</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hiroshi Hiyama</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AirAsia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan&#8217;s budget airlines have flown into turbulence, with AirAsia&#8217;s local carrier in danger of being grounded. But analysts say the popularity of discount flying should keep the fledgling sector in the sky. Earlier this month, Malaysia-based AirAsia warned it might pull the plug on its partnership with All Nippon Airways, citing management tensions. While details [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hunt for war remains never-ending</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hiroshi Hiyama</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[WWII]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tears roll down Heitaro Matsumoto&#8217;s face as the 72-year-old businessman talks of an uncle who died on Guam as a Japanese soldier in the hopeless final weeks of World War II. The remains of Goro Matsumoto, in his mid-20s at the time of his death, have never been found. Nor have those of 18,000 other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whale institute still justifying lethal research</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Brieger  and Hiroshi Hiyama</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Institute of Cetacean Research can be found in a nondescript white brick office building in Tokyo&#8217;s port district. Down a hallway and through an unmarked door is a small lobby with a model ship, a poster showing various whale species, and a sign that reads &#8220;Keep Out.&#8221; Japan says the research that goes on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Abenomics&#8217; a wave that may break?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hiroshi Hiyama</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The stock market is roaring, the yen has plunged and the government is jumping into a string of long-delayed trade talks, prompting some to ask a question not heard in years: is Japan back? Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, basking in approval ratings topping 70 percent, marks his 100th day in office Thursday, and some observers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tunnel disaster sounds global investment warning</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hiroshi Hiyama</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The deadly Sasago Tunnel collapse Dec. 2 in Yamanashi Prefecture should serve as a wake-up call for developed nations whose aging infrastructure is in dire need of updating, experts say. Trillions of dollars need to be spent around the globe just to maintain current levels of safety, and fiscal belt-tightening is pushing vital repairs dangerously [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smartphones killing camera sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hiroshi Hiyama</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The soaring popularity of smartphones is crushing demand for point-and-shoot cameras, a once-vibrant sector that is scrambling to stay alive with Web-friendly features and higher quality, analysts say. A sharp drop in sales is marking digital compact cameras as the latest casualty of the smartphone boom, which is challenging video game consoles and portable music [...]]]></description>
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