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		<title>Tepid water helps Abe maintain?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jun Hongo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The economy may be heating up, the weather outside may be chilly, but Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sticks to the middle of the road: lukewarm water. In a Tuesday Facebook entry from the prime minister&#8217;s office, Abe wrote that the contents of the thermos bottle he regularly brings to the Diet is &#8220;tepid water heated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take care with ticks to avoid potentially fatal illness</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jun Hongo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The health ministry confirmed Tuesday that the tick-borne disease thrombocytopenia syndrome, or SFTS, was responsible for the death of an adult male in Hiroshima last summer, bringing the number of known domestic fatalities to four. Nine other similar deaths are being investigated. Here are some questions and answers regarding SFTS. What is SFTS? SFTS, an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tojo&#8217;s granddaughter, Yuko, dies at 73</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jun Hongo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hideki Tojo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Imperial Japanese Army]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yasukuni Shrine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yuko Tojo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yuko Tojo, the granddaughter of executed Class-A war criminal Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, dies of interstitial pneumonia at age 73. ]]></description>
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		<title>Probe details coach&#8217;s abuses against boy who killed himself</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jun Hongo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[corporal punishment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sakuranomiya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[suicide]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Details of the brutal physical and verbal abuse an Osaka high school boy suffered at the hands of his basketball coach before committing suicide in December are revealed in a report compiled by an external panel.]]></description>
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		<title>BOJ stands pat on monetary easing, ups assessment</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jun Hongo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BOJ]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Bank of Japan on Thursday put off additional monetary easing while raising its assessment of the economy, saying it appears to have stopped weakening. After its two-day Policy Board meeting drew to a close, BOJ Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa told a news conference that signs of the economy picking up have become observable. &#8220;We&#8217;ve upgraded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Land parliamentary secretary resigned over sex scandal involving a minor</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jun Hongo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[politician]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scandal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The abrupt resignation of the land ministry's parliamentary secretary, was the result of a sex scandal involving a minor, according to the weekly magazine Shukan Shincho.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Somali, 18, denies being lead hijacker</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jun Hongo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[An 18-year-old Somali accused of trying to hijack an oil tanker operated by a Japanese firm pleaded guilty Monday but denied playing a key role in the attack. The defendant, whose name is being withheld because he is a minor, said during the lay judge trial at the Tokyo District Court that he only abetted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aso bids for accord on budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jun Hongo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finance Minister]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[policy speech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taro Aso]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Finance Minister Taro Aso on Monday asked the opposition for prompt cooperation in passing the bill on the supplementary budget to &#8220;solidify the recovery of Japan&#8217;s economy.&#8221; Touching on the economy during his financial policy speech to the Diet, Aso repeated that Japan is seeing signs of recovery, including the recent uptrend in stock prices. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eased limits now allow sale of U.S. beef below 30 months</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jun Hongo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[beef]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BSE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[import restriction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Japan eases its limits on U.S. beef imports, permitting retailers to begin selling meat from cattle less than 30 months old.]]></description>
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		<title>AKB48 idol begs for fans&#8217; mercy after breaking dating ban</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jun Hongo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AKB 48]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J-pop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minami Minegishi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scandal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[YouTube]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A member of AKB48 stirs up an online frenzy by getting a crew cut and posting an apology for breaking the all-girl group’s rule against romantic relationships.]]></description>
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