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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; Mark Schreiber</title>
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		<title>A Japanese word-processing primer for beginners</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Sep 2013 13:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Schreiber</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Even a 入門者 (nyūmonsha, entry-level learner) of Japanese can use a personal computer to his or her advantage, as a supplementary learning tool. ]]></description>
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		<title>Presenting the up, down and dark sides of &#8216;Gorinnomics&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2013 14:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Schreiber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2020 Olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gorinnomics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The weekly magazines&#8217; and tabloids&#8217; reaction to the selection of Tokyo to host the 2020 Olympics reminds one of an oft-quoted remark by Oscar Wilde that goes, &#8220;In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.&#8221; The hosting of the 2020 Games is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amateur sleuths pursue callous California killers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2013 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Schreiber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[mysteries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thrillers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In &#8220;You Only Live Twice&#8221; (1964), the 12th in Ian Fleming&#8217;s series of James Bond novels, a perplexed Tiger Tanaka, MI5&#8242;s Japanese secret police liaison, informs 007 he was unaware that ninjas still existed. JAPANTOWN, by Barry Lancet. Simon and Schuster, 2013, 416 pp., $25 (hardcover) STRAWBERRY YELLOW, by Naomi Hirahara. Prospect Park Books, 2013, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s the real story behind &#8216;Emperor&#8217;?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Sep 2013 14:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Schreiber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emperor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gen. Bonner Fellers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gen. Douglas MacArthur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[postwar]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Emperor,&#8221; a film directed by Peter Webber that takes up the subject of Emperor Showa and the postwar occupation period, has been showing at local theaters since July. The film&#8217;s protagonist is Gen. Bonner Frank Fellers, who served as a subordinate to Supreme Commander Allied Forces Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Writing in Shukan Shincho (Aug. 29), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When does one&#8217;s native language stop being native?</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/08/25/language/when-does-ones-native-language-stop-being-native/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=when-does-ones-native-language-stop-being-native</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Aug 2013 13:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Schreiber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Japanese language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[katakana]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A 71-year-old man in Gifu Prefecture made headlines recently when he attempted to initiate a lawsuit against broadcaster NHK. Through its excessive use of foreign derived words, the man claimed, NHK had caused him 精神的苦痛 (seishinteki kuts&#363;, psychological pain). He demanded &#165;1.41 million in 慰謝料 (ishary&#333;, damages). The local court refused to hear the case. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shock-and-awe art fills festival streets with fun</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Aug 2013 14:18:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Schreiber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ekin matsuri]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Are you tourist?&#8221; asked the man seated beside me on the early afternoon flight from Tokyo&#8217;s Haneda airport to Kochi in Shikoku. He spoke in hesitant English. &#8220;Not exactly. I&#8217;m on my way to cover the Ekin Matsuri,&#8221; I replied in Japanese. &#8220;Ah, Ekin. I&#8217;ve been to it a few times,&#8221; he said, switching languages. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Haiku killings&#8217; recall infamous horror story</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/10/national/haiku-killings-recall-infamous-horror-story/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=haiku-killings-recall-infamous-horror-story</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Aug 2013 14:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Schreiber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haiku killings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kosei Homi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mutsuo Toi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shunan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yatsuhaka Mura]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mitake, a tiny mountain hamlet located in eastern Yamaguchi Prefecture, is administrated as part of the city of Shunan (pop. 150,000). The area is so remote, cell phones don&#8217;t always receive signals there. On the night of July 21, according to news reports, two houses were completely destroyed by fire. Inside were the bodies of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tight budgets, food safety and eel inflation</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/27/national/tight-budgets-food-safety-and-eel-inflation/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tight-budgets-food-safety-and-eel-inflation</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jul 2013 14:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Schreiber</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The future promise of Abenomics notwithstanding, Japan&#8217;s white-collar office workers are still being squeezed in terms of their discretionary spending. Results of the annual survey of salaryman kozukai (allowance), released June 28 by Shinsei Bank, noted that this year the average monthly spending money fell from 2012 by &#165;1,299 to &#165;38,457, making it the second [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two alluring mysteries set in China</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jul 2013 14:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Schreiber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chinese fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiction in translation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mystery novels]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Qiu Xiaolong&#8217;s police procedural novels, featuring Shanghai police inspector Chen Cao, have gradually shifted from the earlier themes dealing with the deep wounds left by the insanity of the 1960s&#8217; Cultural Revolution, and have more recently focused on social issues more relevant to present-day China. His previous work, &#8220;Don&#8217;t Cry, Tai Lake,&#8221; dealt with whistle-blowers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Furigana: read the fine print, decode the hidden meanings</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/07/14/language/furigana-read-the-fine-print-decode-the-hidden-meanings-2/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=furigana-read-the-fine-print-decode-the-hidden-meanings-2</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jul 2013 14:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Schreiber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[furigana]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Years ago, a colleague at a company where I worked had a surname written using a character so obscure, that when handing out his business card he used to joke apologetically, 名前の漢字、ほとんど誰も読めない (namae no kanji, hotondo dare mo yomenai, hardly anybody can read the kanji in my name). He dealt with this problem by persuading [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Black&#8217; business tales cast shadow on candidate</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/13/national/black-business-tales-cast-shadow-on-candidate/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=black-business-tales-cast-shadow-on-candidate</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jul 2013 14:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Schreiber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[black companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LDP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miki Watanabe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Watami]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Elections for the House of Councillors will be held a week from today. The election is being billed as historic in that candidates are permitted to appeal to voters via the Internet. To the near-exclusion of the other 120 seats in contention, however, the tabloid media have focused on one candidate in particular: Miki Watanabe, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Furigana — for when you need a little help with kanji</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/06/24/language/furigana-for-when-you-need-a-little-help-with-kanji/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=furigana-for-when-you-need-a-little-help-with-kanji</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jun 2013 15:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Schreiber</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[While watching a variety program on NTV over lunch a few weeks ago, I happened to see the word 儚い (hakanai) flash up on the screen. I didn&#8217;t recognize it right off — I can only speculate how many viewers did, as it is a 表外漢字 (hyōgai kanji), i.e., it does not appear in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Hate speech&#8217; in the media, but not the legal code</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/23/national/hate-speech-in-the-media-but-not-the-legal-code/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=hate-speech-in-the-media-but-not-the-legal-code</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jun 2013 15:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Schreiber</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This writer, on previous occasions, has expressed irritation over the recent tendency for the vernacular media to rely heavily on English borrowings for neologisms with socially negative connotations, such as sexual harassment, stalking and domestic violence — to name three examples. As a case in point, an online search for hēto supīchi (hate speech) garnered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sifting through the rubble of Hashimoto&#8217;s political ambitions</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/09/national/sifting-through-the-rubble-of-hashimotos-political-ambitions/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=sifting-through-the-rubble-of-hashimotos-political-ambitions</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 15:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Schreiber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Toru Hashimoto]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In 1995, the late University of Illinois professor David G. Goodman observed that when serious disagreements arise between Japanese people and foreigners, the former invariably internalize the debate among themselves.]]></description>
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		<title>Xenophobia stretches from the street to the dinner table</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/26/national/xenophobia-stretches-from-the-street-to-the-dinner-table/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=xenophobia-stretches-from-the-street-to-the-dinner-table</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 15:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Schreiber</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The territorial disputes between Japan and its nearest neighbors over the islands of Takeshima (Dokdo in Korean) and the Senkakus (Diaoyu in Chinese) have gradually faded from the front pages; but this does not necessarily mean there have been no repercussions. Accumulated resentment on both sides serve as a constant irritant, making it easier for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Product names show language creativity at work</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 15:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Schreiber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fuji]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[product names]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Renown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sharaku]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I was asked to write a blurb for a new liquid plant-nutrient. As soon as I saw the name of the product, 早根早起 （Hayane Hayaoki), I smiled at this example of linguistic creativity.]]></description>
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		<title>Surviving dangerous encounters</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/05/19/books/surviving-dangerous-encounters/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=surviving-dangerous-encounters</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 15:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Schreiber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nelson DeMille]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victor Robert Lee]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In &#8220;The Lion&#8217;s Game&#8221; (2000) and &#8220;The Lion&#8221; (2010), Nelson DeMille&#8217;s character NYPD Detective John Corey battles and defeats Asad Khalil, a brilliant Libyan terrorist who infiltrates the U.S. to extract revenge for the deaths of family members killed in a U.S. air raid on Tripoli. The Panther, by Nelson DeMille. Grand Central Publishing, 2012, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Mount Fuji celebrate World Heritage status by blowing its top?</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/12/national/will-fuji-celebrate-world-heritage-status-by-blowing-its-top/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=will-fuji-celebrate-world-heritage-status-by-blowing-its-top</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 15:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Schreiber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mount Fuji]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[volcano]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On May 1, Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs announced it had received notification that Mount Fuji had been recommended for World Heritage status by the UNESCO-affiliated International Council on Monuments and Sites. Formal approval is expected at the World Heritage Committee meeting in Cambodia next month.]]></description>
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		<title>An avian flu outbreak in Japan could kill &#8216;Abenomics&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/28/national/an-avian-flu-outbreak-in-japan-could-kill-abenomics/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=an-avian-flu-outbreak-in-japan-could-kill-abenomics</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/28/national/an-avian-flu-outbreak-in-japan-could-kill-abenomics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 15:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Schreiber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[avian influenza]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bird flu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H7N9]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[No one has ever fully explained why, in 2002-3, the virulent pathogen known as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) ran rampant in mainland China (5,328 cases, 349 deaths) but only infected four people in South Korea, with no fatalities, and none in Japan. Unlike the time of the SARS outbreak, Chinese health authorities have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ways to &#8216;spell&#8217; Japanese out loud</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/04/22/language/ways-to-spell-japanese-out-loud/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ways-to-spell-japanese-out-loud</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 15:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Schreiber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Japanese language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[language education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I dial a number and ask to speak to my literary agent, Mr. Suzuki. &#8220;Moshi-moshi. Suzuki Masatoshi-sama oraremasuka?&#8221; &#8220;Sumimasen ga, okyakusama wa?&#8221; Literally &#8220;Excuse me, as for the guest?&#8221; That is the speaker&#8217;s polite way of asking &#8220;Who should I say is calling?&#8221; &#8220;Shuraibā to mōshimasu&#8221; I tell her. &#8220;Eh?&#8221; She interjects. &#8220;Doraibā (driver) desu [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tabloids sharpen claws for North Korea&#8217;s &#8216;X-Day&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/14/national/tabloids-sharpen-claws-for-north-koreas-x-day/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tabloids-sharpen-claws-for-north-koreas-x-day</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Schreiber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kim Jong Un]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Korea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Korea nuclear crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sankei Shimbun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shukan Jitsuwa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Korea]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Three months before the present crisis on the Korean peninsula, Shukan Jitsuwa (Jan. 24) ran an uncharacteristically astute article predicting that in addition to potential for armed conflict with China over the disputed Senkaku Islands, North Korea, under its inexperienced young leader Kim Jong Un, posed a serious threat to Japan.]]></description>
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		<title>Mandatory retirement takes a leap forward</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/24/national/mandatory-retirement-takes-a-leap-forward/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=mandatory-retirement-takes-a-leap-forward</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 15:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Schreiber</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The angels that guard you / When you drive / Usually retire / At sixty-five That ditty, for Burma-Shave brushless shaving cream, appeared in signs along U.S. highways in the early 1960s. The number 65 suggested drivers who exceeded that figure in miles per hour (equivalent to 104.6 km/hr), raised the risk of a fatal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best to consult an expert before getting a cryptic kanji tattoo</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/03/18/language/best-to-consult-an-expert-before-getting-a-cryptic-kanji-tattoo/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=best-to-consult-an-expert-before-getting-a-cryptic-kanji-tattoo</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 15:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Schreiber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tattoos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Mami,&#8221; I said, reading the kanji 「真実」tattooed on the bicep of the young man seated beside me last December, aboard a flight bound for Houston, Texas. &#8220;Is that the name of your Japanese girlfriend?&#8221; The mélange of emotions displayed on his face — a mixture of irritation and panic — could have put him in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No clearing the air over neighbor&#8217;s pollution</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/10/national/no-clearing-the-air-over-neighbors-pollution/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=no-clearing-the-air-over-neighbors-pollution</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2013 15:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Schreiber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pollution]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pollutants from China and their resultant problems are nothing new to Japan. Acid rain, principally caused by high levels of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide in industrial pollutants, has been a concern for several decades. While Kyushu and western Japan are most vulnerable to pollutants from mainland China, Shukan Asahi (Feb. 15) quoted Jotaro Urabe, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Overseas voyages by retirees include more than a few shipwrecks</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/02/24/national/overseas-voyages-by-retirees-include-more-than-a-few-shipwrecks/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=overseas-voyages-by-retirees-include-more-than-a-few-shipwrecks</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 15:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Schreiber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[elderly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[living abroad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retirees]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In 1986, shortly before the beginning of Japan&#8217;s &#8220;bubble economy,&#8221; a department in the former Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) announced a plan named Silver Columbia 92. The project encouraged Japan&#8217;s private sector to develop &#8220;silver towns,&#8221; communities abroad that would attract large numbers of Japanese retirees. The United States, Spain, Mexico, Canada, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can-can dancers, tea-time snacks and katakana confusion</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/02/18/language/can-can-dancers-tea-time-snacks-and-katakana-confusion/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=can-can-dancers-tea-time-snacks-and-katakana-confusion</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 15:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Schreiber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[gokon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[japanese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[language]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In last month&#8217;s column, I looked at the origins of several famous Japanese product brands. Thinking back, perhaps the very first brand I noticed here was a confectioner named 文明堂 (Bunmeido). The company, a 老舗 (shinise, well-established shop), was founded in Nagasaki in 1900, taking its name from 文明開化 (bunmei kaika, the opening of Japan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lots of blame, but few solutions to terrorist attacks abroad</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/02/10/national/lots-of-blame-but-few-solutions-to-terrorist-attacks-abroad/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=lots-of-blame-but-few-solutions-to-terrorist-attacks-abroad</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2013 15:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Schreiber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Algeria hostage crisis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Jan. 16, Islamic militants believed led by the elusive commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar struck a natural-gas processing plant in Ain Amenas, Algeria. In the rescue attempt by units of Algeria's army, as many as 81 people may have died, among which were 10 Japanese employees of JGC Corporation.]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s in a Japanese name? More than you might expect</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2013 15:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Schreiber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Japanese language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kanji]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last year I went to Yumenoshima Park in Tokyo&#8217;s Koto Ward to see a museum housing the 第五福竜丸 (Dai-go Fukuryu Maru, aka No. 5 Lucky Dragon), the ill-fated fishing boat that inadvertently sailed too close to a 水爆実験 (suibaku jikken, thermonuclear test) at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands in March 1954. This led me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paying a record tuna price is simply good advertising</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/01/26/national/paying-a-record-tuna-price-is-simply-good-advertising/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=paying-a-record-tuna-price-is-simply-good-advertising</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 09:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Schreiber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tuna]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“Even considering that Ooma tuna is a prestige brand, its tuna might normally sell for about ¥4,000 to ¥5,000 per kilogram,” a seafood trader tells Nikkan Gendai (Jan. 8). ]]></description>
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		<title>Hit product lists laud the year&#8217;s marketing successes</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/01/14/language/hit-product-lists-laud-the-years-marketing-successes/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=hit-product-lists-laud-the-years-marketing-successes</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Schreiber</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Toward the end of every year, Japan&#8217;s print media and many business organizations look back on &#8220;hit products&#8221; whose successes helped define consumer spending over the previous 12 months. The term hitto shōhin (hit products) is credited to the 日経流通新聞 (Nikkei Ryutsu Shimbun, Nikkei Marketing Journal), a thrice-weekly newspaper covering retailing and marketing that was [...]]]></description>
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