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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; Magdalena Osumi</title>
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		<title>U.S. paralysis leaves travel agencies scrambling</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magdalena Osumi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[JTB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kinki Nippon Tourist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tourism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel agencies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. shutdown]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. government shutdown that started at midnight Monday has impacted the global travel industry, with tourist agencies in Japan scrambling to avoid severe losses.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Floats make Oirase fest a treat</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 13:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magdalena Osumi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oirase Shimoda Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parades]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The town of Oirase, Aomori Prefecture, seems like a good place for homesick Americans to settle down. It&#8217;s known for its own Statue of Liberty — bigger than the one that sits at the edge of Tokyo Bay. This weekend, the town will also host one of the northern region&#8217;s most popular attractions — the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Candles to remember Tohoku</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/09/19/events/candles-to-remember-tohoku/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=candles-to-remember-tohoku</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2013 13:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magdalena Osumi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[candlelight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[candles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[memorial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tama University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tohoku]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[News media continue to report on the disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, but it&#8217;s important to remember that people across the Tohoku region are still recovering from the Great East Japan Earthquake that happened there two years ago. One way of remembering comes to us from students at Tama University in Tokyo. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fujiwara breaks TV taboo, slams secrets bill</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/18/national/fujiwara-breaks-tv-taboo-slams-secrets-bill/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=fujiwara-breaks-tv-taboo-slams-secrets-bill</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2013 13:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magdalena Osumi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[actress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norika Fujiwara]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[secret]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Norika Fujiwara has broken an unwritten rule of the television business: sharing her political views. The popular model and actress has come out against a bill that stiffens penalties against civil servants who leak classified information. Writing on her website, Fujiwara, 42, said passing such a law would adversely affect citizens and encouraged her fans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seattle as the city of love?</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/09/16/our-lives/seattle-as-the-city-of-love/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=seattle-as-the-city-of-love</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2013 14:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magdalena Osumi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If you think that &#8220;Sleepless in Seattle&#8221; was the only love story that the city has ever known, you&#8217;ve got a lot to learn. Seattle has many romantic tales to tell. This story wouldn&#8217;t have had a happy ending if Anna Morawska, 42, from Poland, had not gone to the United States to spend her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Film fest puts comedy on bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2013 12:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magdalena Osumi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[comedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[film festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jigoku de Naze Warui]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Old Town Taito]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shitacome]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Asakusa was the capital&#8217;s main entertainment district during the Edo Period (1603-1867) and the charm of old Tokyo still remains there. This weekend, Asakusa and close-by Ueno will host the sixth annual Old Town Taito International Comedy Film Festival, which is abbreviated in Japanese to Shitacome, and will feature works by Asian, European and American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manga fans to gather in Kyoto for annual fair</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/09/05/events/manga-fans-to-gather-in-kyoto-for-annual-fair/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=manga-fans-to-gather-in-kyoto-for-annual-fair</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2013 13:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magdalena Osumi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cool Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kyotoo International Manga Museum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manga Museum]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Kyoto is well-known for temples, geisha and other pieces of Japan&#8217;s past. This weekend, though, the city will be abuzz with the country&#8217;s present treasured artifacts. The annual Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair (also known as KYOMAF) will be held Sept. 7 and 8 at various venues in the city, including the Kyoto International Manga [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winery features events for kids</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/08/29/events/winery-features-events-for-kids/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=winery-features-events-for-kids</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2013 13:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magdalena Osumi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ein Open Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kobe Winery]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Even if you don&#8217;t have 80 days to circumnavigate the globe, two days will be enough for a trip to Europe, kind of. The organizer of Ein Open Department, which will be hosted at the Kobe Winery in Kobe on Aug. 31 and Sept. 1, will provide people in Japan with a chance to experience [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stressed expats need, but oft sidestep real help: therapist</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/29/national/stressed-expats-need-but-oft-sidestep-real-help-therapist/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=stressed-expats-need-but-oft-sidestep-real-help-therapist</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2013 12:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magdalena Osumi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[foreign residents in Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[therapist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many expatriates who face problems adjusting to the cultural differences of Japan tend to abuse alcohol and other drugs to deal with the stress of the transition, according to a Polish psychologist and therapist who counsels foreign residents in Japan. &#8220;Many people are not prepared to live in Japan and are surprised that their experience [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local fare on menu at Oita fest</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/08/22/events/local-fare-on-menu-at-oita-fest/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=local-fare-on-menu-at-oita-fest</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2013 13:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magdalena Osumi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All Japan Minato Oasis Sea-Class Gourmet Competition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kantan Harbor Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kantan Harbor Park Shokudo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To enhance the taste and healthfulness of local delicacies, residents of Oita are said to dip fish in sauce flavored with a locally grown, mildly sour Kabosu lime juice. This weekend, people in Oita will get a chance to savor the summer abundance of Oita&#8217;s harvest &#8212; and they can add all the Kabosu juice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shout your feelings out at temple event</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/08/15/events/shout-your-feelings-out-at-temple-event/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=shout-your-feelings-out-at-temple-event</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2013 14:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magdalena Osumi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When was the last time you yelled? Anyone in Japan knows that being loud in public isn&#8217;t something that happens too often. Train cars are usually quiet and even concerts don&#8217;t get too raucous. This weekend, an oogoe taikai (shouting competition) will let visitors raise their voices at, surprisingly, a temple in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manual issued for Hague treaty child retrievals</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/10/national/supreme-court-manual-lays-out-procedures-for-hague-treaty-child-retrievals/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=supreme-court-manual-lays-out-procedures-for-hague-treaty-child-retrievals</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Aug 2013 10:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magdalena Osumi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[divorce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hague Convention]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Supreme Court issues manual for court-appointed administrators on how to retrieve children in parental cross-border abduction cases under the Hague Convention.]]></description>
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		<title>Beat the heat with Southeast Asian tradition</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/08/08/events/beat-the-heat-with-southeast-asian-tradition/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=beat-the-heat-with-southeast-asian-tradition</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2013 13:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magdalena Osumi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mizukake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mizukake Matsuri and World Festa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Songkran]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[No doubt that those unable to take a few days off during the Bon holidays are really feeling the heat and impatiently awaiting a vacation that might not happen until New Year&#8217;s. Unlike in Japan, however, people in many Southeast Asian countries celebrate the New Year during a much warmer month, the holiday occurs in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take baby steps into theater</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/08/01/events/take-baby-steps-into-theater/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=take-baby-steps-into-theater</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2013 14:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magdalena Osumi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[babies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Granship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[infants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mediatheque Theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[theater]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Before it learns how to speak, a baby responds to sounds by cooing, gurgling and changing his or her facial expression. Then it begins to babble and, eventually, the first &#8220;mama&#8221; or &#8220;dada&#8221; pops out to parental delight. Words, therefore, are not necessary for communication. Something that any new parent — or expat — can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haiku brought together Polish-Japanese couple</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/07/29/our-lives/haiku-brought-together-polish-japanese-couple/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=haiku-brought-together-polish-japanese-couple</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2013 14:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magdalena Osumi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[They say that languages bring people closer together and bridge distances. So, too, does the Internet. ]]></description>
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		<title>Noodles to flow in Kobe</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/25/events/noodles-to-flow-in-kobe/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=noodles-to-flow-in-kobe</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2013 14:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magdalena Osumi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[family events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mount Rokko]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nagashi somen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rokkosan Country House]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On a summer day in 1959, some men gathered at a river in Takachiho, Miyazaki Prefecture. After a long day of work, they devoured white-wheat noodles that swooshed down an open bamboo pipe. It&#8217;s said that hungry workers would eat the bamboo pipes and drink the water flowing over rocks. This became known as nagashi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Encouraging your kid&#8217;s inner artist could make summer &#8216;bearable&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2013 14:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magdalena Osumi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bear Mountain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bears]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brown Bear Sketching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sahoro Resort]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Teddy bears are often the first friends a child will have. They&#8217;ll tell them their secrets, give them kisses and pull them under the covers at night so they don&#8217;t get lonely. Brown bears, who can look just as cuddly, are &#8212; of course &#8212; more dangerous than our plush friends, but no less fascinating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take to the sky this summer</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/18/events/take-to-the-sky-this-summer/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=take-to-the-sky-this-summer</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2013 14:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magdalena Osumi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Midtown Heart Summer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[outdoors activities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Midtown]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In my childhood, I used to dream about floating through the sky like Mary Poppins, but to do that would likely involve a big umbrella in a typhoon, which is not as appealing. It looks like Midtown Loves Summer (MLS), however, offers a good chance to take to the sky. MLS is a smattering of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Resort offers movie night under the stars</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/11/events/resort-offers-movie-night-under-the-stars/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=resort-offers-movie-night-under-the-stars</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magdalena Osumi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[You don&#8217;t need to be an outdoors-type person to enjoy lying down and gazing at the stars. And you don&#8217;t have to be a indoors-type to enjoy a good movie. Combining both is The Luigans Spa &#38; Resort during its Cinema Night Fukuoka event. The resort is inviting film buffs to take part in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;The Deep&#8217; to feature ocean&#8217;s oddities</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/04/events/the-deep-to-feature-oceans-oddities/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-deep-to-feature-oceans-oddities</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jul 2013 14:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magdalena Osumi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[deep sea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[giant squid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Museum of Nature and Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Deep]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While some companies have started to offer trips to the Moon, there is still more to be discovered hidden on our own planet. The depths of the ocean still hold a trove of mysteries. At a distance between 200 meters and 10,000 meters from the surface, some of these places literally haven&#8217;t seen the light [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fire and Violence Festival to kick off series to be held on Noto Peninsula</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/06/28/events/fire-and-violence-festival-to-kick-off-series-to-be-held-on-noto-peninsula/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=fire-and-violence-festival-to-kick-off-series-to-be-held-on-noto-peninsula</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magdalena Osumi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abare Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Noto Kiriko]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yasaka Shrine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The kiriko of Noto Peninsula will swing again in the sky of Ushitsu, Ishikawa Prefecture. These few meter-tall, box-shaped Shinto lanterns are paraded around the town every year to the sounds of vigorous chanting and the pulsating rhythm of taiko drums. Abare Festival, roughly translated as Fire and Violence Festival, will kick off a series [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mishima plays get the puppet treatment</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/06/14/events/mishima-plays-get-the-puppet-treatment/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=mishima-plays-get-the-puppet-treatment</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magdalena Osumi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Five Modern Noh Plays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kantan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marionette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[puppet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Lady Aoi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Metropolitan Theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yukio Mishima]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;Five Modern Noh Plays&#8221; by Yukio Mishima (1925-70) has already been the subject of many adaptations, but the latest is by marionette theater company Youkiza. Not only is the original set of y&#363;gen (a mysterious, profound universe) retained, but so is the modern approach typical of novelist Mishima&#8217;s dramas. &#8220;Kantan&#8221; and &#8220;The Lady Aoi,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And the top toy for girls: chameleon Licca-chan</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/12/business/and-the-top-toy-for-girls-chameleon-licca-chan/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=and-the-top-toy-for-girls-chameleon-licca-chan</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magdalena Osumi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[exhibition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Takara Tomy&#8217;s Triple Color Change Licca-chan doll, whose hair color changes with the temperature, won the girls&#8217; toy category of the Japan Toy Prize on Tuesday, preceding the 52nd Annual International Toy Show that kicks off Thursday. &#8220;Licca-chan has always had an important place in every girls&#8217; life as they were growing up,&#8221; Kanae Ina, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wait a sec: Smartphones helping more in Japan deal with irritatingly long waits, survey says</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/11/national/wait-a-sec-smartphones-helping-more-in-japan-deal-with-irritatingly-long-waits-survey-says/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=wait-a-sec-smartphones-helping-more-in-japan-deal-with-irritatingly-long-waits-survey-says</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magdalena Osumi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Citizen Holdings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[survey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[People in Japan are less frustrated if forced to wait in public places compared with a decade ago, and smartphones are helping them kill time, a recent survey by Citizen Holdings Co. found. In April, the watchmaker asked 400 businesspeople in their 20s to 50s who use smartphones how long it takes until they are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Train company to monkey around with riders</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/06/07/events/train-company-to-monkey-around-with-riders/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=train-company-to-monkey-around-with-riders</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magdalena Osumi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hojo Railway Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monkey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Who says &#8220;monkey business&#8221; is bad for tourism? Not the Hojo Railway Company. Two baby macaques, who act as honorary station masters at Hojomachi Station in the city of Kasai, Hyogo Prefecture, will guide passengers from that station to Ao Station in the city of Ono on June 9 and 23. The two animals will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New textile able to absorb more influenza antibodies</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/18/national/new-textile-able-to-absorb-more-influenza-antibodies/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=new-textile-able-to-absorb-more-influenza-antibodies</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magdalena Osumi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers have come up with new technology that lets textiles absorb more flu antibodies, a development likely to make face masks more effective in warding off the flu bug, the Textile Industry Research Institute of Gunma said. Textiles with influenza antibodies aren&#8217;t new on the market, but the technology currently in use involves dipping fibers [...]]]></description>
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