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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; Kazuaki Nagata</title>
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		<title>Son says quality of network &#8216;is critical&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Masayoshi Son]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Softbank]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Softbank Corp. President Masayoshi Son said Monday that providing a quality communications network will be even more critical now that all three major carriers are selling the iPhone. &#8220;The scene of the cellphone industry is changing,&#8221; Son said during an event unveiling Softbank&#8217;s winter-spring lineup in Tokyo. &#8220;From now on, when choosing a cellphone carrier, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tepco to resume testing on ALPS water filter</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/26/national/tepco-to-resume-testing-on-alps-water-filter/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tepco-to-resume-testing-on-alps-water-filter</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ALPS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fukushima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radiation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tepco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water leaks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tokyo Electric will resume tests on the ALPS processor and install a new ALPS next year to bring the radioactive water at Fukushima No. 1 to safer levels.]]></description>
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		<title>Tepco finds chinks around two bolts in leaky tank</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/25/national/tepco-finds-chinks-around-two-bolts-in-leaky-tank/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tepco-finds-chinks-around-two-bolts-in-leaky-tank</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fukushima No. 1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radioactive water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tepco]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tokyo Electric manages to uncover bolt chinks in the storage tank from which 300 tons of highly radioactive water escaped with barely a trace last month.]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-top U.S. nuclear regulator counsels end to atomic power</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/24/national/ex-top-u-s-nuclear-regulator-counsels-end-to-atomic-power/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ex-top-u-s-nuclear-regulator-counsels-end-to-atomic-power</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2013 14:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FCCJ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fukushima No. 1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gregory Jaczko]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NRC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear crisis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The ongoing crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 plant is a sign that the world needs to seriously rethink nuclear safety and consider possibly ending its dependence on atomic power, the former chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says.]]></description>
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		<title>Businesses salivate over games boost</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/23/national/businesses-salivate-over-games-boost/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=businesses-salivate-over-games-boost</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2013 12:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2020 Olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics headed to Tokyo, many see the next seven years as a chance to revive the nation’s moribund economy.]]></description>
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		<title>Handset makers brace for turbulence</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/20/business/handset-makers-brace-for-turbulence/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=handset-makers-brace-for-turbulence</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 14:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KDDI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NTT DoCoMo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Softbank]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With all three of Japan's top telecoms firms selling the iPhone, industry observers say handset makers are in for tough times.]]></description>
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		<title>DoCoMo&#8217;s entry ups iPhone frenzy</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/20/business/docomos-entry-ups-iphone-frenzy/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=docomos-entry-ups-iphone-frenzy</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 13:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KDDI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NTT DoCoMo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Softbank]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The latest iPhone models hit store shelves Friday in Japan, drawing hordes of fans to retailers nationwide, while mobile giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. started selling the iconic handsets for the first time. Since Apple Inc. unveiled two new handsets, the iPhone 5S and 5C, earlier this month, attention has centered on how big a splash [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Improved economic signs support consumption tax hike: Hayashi</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/16/business/improved-economic-signs-support-consumption-tax-hike-hayashi/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=improved-economic-signs-support-consumption-tax-hike-hayashi</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2013 13:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[sales tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yoshimasa Hayashi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Given the improving economic climate, the 3-point consumption tax hike should go ahead as scheduled next April, agriculture minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said at a business conference Monday. Economic indexes for the April-June quarter say it is &#8220;not a red signal, not a yellow signal. I think it&#8217;s a green signal&#8221; for the hike, said Hayashi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carriers start taking iPhone pre-orders</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/13/business/carriers-start-taking-iphone-pre-orders/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=carriers-start-taking-iphone-pre-orders</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/13/business/carriers-start-taking-iphone-pre-orders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2013 14:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Docomo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Softbank]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Competition for mobile phone vendors spikes as Japan's three top players begin taking pre-orders for Apple's latest iPhone, including NTT DoCoMo.]]></description>
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		<title>No. 1 chief pleased with Olympics bid; tritium reading doubles</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/11/national/no-1-chief-pleased-with-olympics-bid-tritium-reading-doubles/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=no-1-chief-pleased-with-olympics-bid-tritium-reading-doubles</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/11/national/no-1-chief-pleased-with-olympics-bid-tritium-reading-doubles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fukushima No. 1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radioactive water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tepco]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The head of the leaking Fukushima No. 1 plant expresses relief at Tokyo winning the 2020 Olympics while disclosing yet another leap in groundwater radiation.]]></description>
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		<title>Reactor makers look abroad as home market fizzles</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/09/reference/reactor-makers-look-abroad-as-home-market-fizzles/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=reactor-makers-look-abroad-as-home-market-fizzles</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2013 13:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[export]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Fukushima meltdowns and the continuing radiation crisis may have turned the public off of atomic energy at home, but it&#8217;s full steam ahead for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Japan&#8217;s heavy industries when it comes to exporting that technology to power-hungry economies abroad. The marketing push being led by Abe and his Liberal Democratic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tepco to fit No. 1 plant water tanks with level gauges</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/07/national/tepco-plans-to-equip-radioactive-water-tanks-with-level-gauges/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tepco-plans-to-equip-radioactive-water-tanks-with-level-gauges</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Sep 2013 10:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[fukushima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tepco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water leaks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tokyo Electric Power Co. said it will install water level gauges on all flange-type tanks storing radioactive coolant at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant by the end of November, to enhance monitoring. Last month, Tepco belatedly revealed that one of the tanks, which number in the hundreds and are made of steel plates bolted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DoCoMo said near deal to sell iPhones</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/06/business/docomo-said-near-deal-to-sell-iphones/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=docomo-said-near-deal-to-sell-iphones</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/06/business/docomo-said-near-deal-to-sell-iphones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2013 13:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NTT DoCoMo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ NTT DoCoMo Inc. appears set to finally join its domestic archrivals and start providing Apple Inc.'s iPhone, beginning with the latest version. ]]></description>
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		<title>At stake in bid — ¥3 trillion</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/06/national/at-stake-in-bid-3-trillion/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=at-stake-in-bid-3-trillion</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2013 13:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[economic benefits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo 2020 bid]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Tokyo Metropolitan Government estimates that hosting the 2020 Summer Olympics will produce economic effects worth &#165;3 trillion from Hokkaido to Okinawa.]]></description>
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		<title>Tepco bolsters tank team but leak eludes</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/31/national/tepco-bolsters-tank-team-but-leak-eludes/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tepco-bolsters-tank-team-but-leak-eludes</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2013 12:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata  and Mizuho Aoki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fukushima No. 1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tainted water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tepco]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tokyo Electric Power Co. has a plan to better monitor the 930 radioactive water tanks at Fukushima No. 1, but it is unclear whether it will be able to lock down the storage problem before the trickle turns into a flood.]]></description>
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		<title>Forum stresses career benefits of study abroad</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/28/national/forum-stresses-career-benefits-of-study-abroad/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=forum-stresses-career-benefits-of-study-abroad</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2013 12:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[international students]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[UBS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Japanese students should buck the stay-at-home trend and instead study overseas to gain skills to survive in an ever more globalized and competitive world, experts and former international students said at a recent forum on overseas study in Tokyo. Those skills include not only languages but also social skills like knowing how to work with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rate of radioactive flow to Pacific alarming</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/22/national/rate-of-radioactive-flow-to-pacific-alarming/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rate-of-radioactive-flow-to-pacific-alarming</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/22/national/rate-of-radioactive-flow-to-pacific-alarming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2013 12:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fukushima No. 1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tepco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Water releasing as much as 10 trillion becquerels of radioactive strontium and 20 trillion becquerels of cesium-137 from the Fukushima No. 1 power plant has flowed into the Pacific Ocean since May 2011, Tepco estimates.]]></description>
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		<title>Tepco yet to track groundwater paths</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/20/national/tepco-yet-to-track-groundwater-paths/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tepco-yet-to-track-groundwater-paths</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2013 13:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[contaminated water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fukushima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tepco]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tepco's radioactive water problems at its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant seem uncontainable, ranging from leaking tanks to highly radioactive groundwater flowing to the sea. ]]></description>
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		<title>Skytree proves boon to water buses</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/16/business/skytree-proves-boon-to-water-buses/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=skytree-proves-boon-to-water-buses</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/16/business/skytree-proves-boon-to-water-buses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2013 14:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Skytree]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water buses]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s easy to make your way around Tokyo on the subways, buses and trains that cover the capital like a spider web. But not many people know about another way to get around &#8212; water buses. Also known as water taxis, their popularity has grown thanks to the opening of Tokyo Skytree along the Sumida [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First talks with U.S. on TPP wrap up</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/09/business/first-talks-with-u-s-on-tpp-wrap-up/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=first-talks-with-u-s-on-tpp-wrap-up</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/09/business/first-talks-with-u-s-on-tpp-wrap-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2013 12:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Japan-U.S.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TPP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trade]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The first Japan-U.S. talks held in parallel with the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade initiative ended Friday in Tokyo, setting the stage for further discussions on more specific issues. Since this was the inaugural round, the two sides basically stated their positions and tried to establish the issues to focus on from the next discussions, said Takeo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Activists prod NRA to get serious about Fukushima water crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/08/national/activists-prod-nra-to-get-serious-about-fukushima-water-crisis/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=activists-prod-nra-to-get-serious-about-fukushima-water-crisis</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/08/national/activists-prod-nra-to-get-serious-about-fukushima-water-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2013 12:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[anti-nuclear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NRA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radioactive contamination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Citizens&#8217; groups and lawmakers urged the government Thursday to bring the reactor restart evaluation process to a halt and put all efforts and resources into containing the groundwater flow contaminating the Pacific at the Fukushima No. 1 plant. Ten activist groups, including Greenpeace Japan and Green Action, hosted a gathering in the capital where they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tepco trying to keep radioactive water from reaching sea, but can it?</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/31/reference/tepco-trying-to-keep-radioactive-water-from-reaching-sea-but-can-it/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tepco-trying-to-keep-radioactive-water-from-reaching-sea-but-can-it</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/31/reference/tepco-trying-to-keep-radioactive-water-from-reaching-sea-but-can-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2013 14:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fukushima No. 1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radioactive water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tepco]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Although Tepco assures that it is taking and planning steps to prevent more tainted groundwater from reaching the sea, it's unclear how effective those efforts are.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Tepco chief admits PR fiasco over water info</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/26/national/tepco-chief-admits-pr-fiasco-over-water-info/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tepco-chief-admits-pr-fiasco-over-water-info</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/26/national/tepco-chief-admits-pr-fiasco-over-water-info/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2013 14:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[fukushima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tepco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water leak]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Tokyo Electric Power Co. waited too long to announce that radioactive groundwater from the Fukushima No. 1 complex is reaching the Pacific, its president admits. 
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		<title>Municipalities not issuing non-Japanese disaster guides</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/25/national/municipalities-not-issuing-non-japanese-disaster-guides/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=municipalities-not-issuing-non-japanese-disaster-guides</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/25/national/municipalities-not-issuing-non-japanese-disaster-guides/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2013 12:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[disasters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[earthquakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evacuation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreigners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manuals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many municipalities across the country don&#8217;t offer disaster prevention guidebooks or maps in foreign languages and have no plans to do so, according to a recent survey. Okayama-based Learn-S Co., a maker of school textbooks and informational brochures for foreigners put out by local governments, surveyed 690 municipalities across the country from May to June [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan may be latecomer but TPP trade party has just begun</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/22/business/japan-may-be-latecomer-but-tpp-trade-party-has-just-begun/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=japan-may-be-latecomer-but-tpp-trade-party-has-just-begun</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/22/business/japan-may-be-latecomer-but-tpp-trade-party-has-just-begun/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2013 14:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[free trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[negotiations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[participation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TPP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Japan only has three days in Malaysia for the TPP negotiations, but experts say it has a solid chance to lead the revamp of trade in the Asia-Pacific region.]]></description>
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		<title>DPJ crashes to another humiliating defeat</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/22/national/dpj-crashes-to-another-humiliating-defeat/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=dpj-crashes-to-another-humiliating-defeat</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/22/national/dpj-crashes-to-another-humiliating-defeat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jul 2013 15:55:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[defeat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DPJ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Upper House election]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Democratic Party of Japan stumbled to another crushing defeat in the Upper House election Sunday, making it clear the opposition party will continue to face huge struggles to regain voters&#8217; trust. Early election results Sunday indicated the DPJ, which ruled the nation from 2009 until the Lower House poll in December 2012, has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>80% think another nuke disaster &#8216;probable&#8217;: poll</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/18/national/80-think-another-nuke-disaster-probable-poll/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=80-think-another-nuke-disaster-probable-poll</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/18/national/80-think-another-nuke-disaster-probable-poll/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2013 12:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[fukushima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[survey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many in Japan believe the risk of another nuclear crisis is high unless all the reactors are shut down, a recent survey suggests. The results of the poll, conducted in March by Hirotada Hirose, a risk-psychology specialist and professor emeritus at Tokyo Woman&#8217;s Christian University, were released Wednesday to the Japan Atomic Energy Commission under [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Firm floats alternative to TOEFL</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/06/national/firm-floats-alternative-to-toefl/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=firm-floats-alternative-to-toefl</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/06/national/firm-floats-alternative-to-toefl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jul 2013 13:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pearson Test of English Academic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TOEFL]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While Japan looks to make a passing score on the Test of English as a Foreign Language mandatory for university entrance, it should also consider alternative exams that might work better, said John de Jong, senior vice president at Pearson English, a division of Pearson PLC. &#8220;PTE (Pearson Test of English) Academic is the most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nuclear safety rules put onus on utilities</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/02/reference/nuclear-safety-rules-put-onus-on-utilities/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=nuclear-safety-rules-put-onus-on-utilities</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/02/reference/nuclear-safety-rules-put-onus-on-utilities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2013 15:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[new safety standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear power]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Nuclear Regulation Authority on July 8 will begin enforcing new safety standards at atomic power stations, more than two years after Tokyo Electric Power Co.&#8217;s Fukushima No. 1 plant experienced three reactor core meltdowns. Hoping they become the world&#8217;s highest safety standards, the new rules reflect what regulators have learned from the Fukushima crisis, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JAEA map shows early iodine fallout</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/27/national/jaea-map-shows-early-iodine-fallout/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=jaea-map-shows-early-iodine-fallout</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/27/national/jaea-map-shows-early-iodine-fallout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2013 11:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fukushima No. 1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iodine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[March 11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thyroid cancer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Japan Atomic Energy Agency discloses a radiation map showing how iodine-131 likely spread in the early stages of the Fukushima meltdowns, a development that could help doctors locate unsuspecting cancer victims.]]></description>
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