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		<title>Good morning Miss Kita-Senju, konbanwa Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2013 13:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Chozick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps there comes a day in many a man&#8217;s life when he squints and says to himself something like this: 「まずいなぁ、もう少し度の強いメガネがあったら良かった。この距離だと、あの方が女装している北野武さんなのか、ミス・インターナショナルなのか、分からないや」(&#8220;Mazui n&#257;, m&#333; sukoshi do no tsuyoi megane ga attara yokatta. Kono kyori da to, ano kata ga jyos&#333; shiteiru Kitano Takeshi-san nanoka, Misu Int&#257;nashonaru nanoka, wakaranai ya,&#8221; &#8220;Yikes, if only I had stronger eyeglasses. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thanksgiving: food, family, but hold the &#8216;chong chew&#8217; turkey</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are flying what seems like dangerously low over Boston Harbor. From my window seat, I see waves crash into rocks, spraying foam, and colorful boats with flapping sails. After touching down safely in the city, the pilot wishes us all a happy Thanksgiving. Unlike Narita, Logan Airport does not have Christmas decorations up yet. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why not give the oyaji gyagu a rest when in Rome</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Chozick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps it was the jisaboke (時差ぼけ, jetlag) or a lasagna-induced food coma, but it took time for my mind to register the scene before my eyes &#8212; a cosplaying gladiator speaking Japanese in front of the Coliseum in Rome. The Italian sentry &#8212; garbed in a feathered helmet, crimson cape and body armor, and wielding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Sambo&#8217; racism row reignites over kids&#8217; play</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Chozick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Little Black Sambo, Sambo, Sambo/His face and hands are completely black/Even his butt is completely black.&#8221; Word of nursery-schoolers in Saitama Prefecture chanting a &#8220;Little Black Sambo&#8221; song &#8212; &#8220;akin to what might be taught by a white supremacist group&#8221; &#8212; spread online recently, prompting 21st century-style activism: Facebook postings, blogosphere commotion, an online petition, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tokyoites foot bill for Metro finger-wagging</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Chozick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If you scoot around Japan&#8217;s capital on Tokyo Metro, chances are you can call to your mind&#8217;s eye Bunpei Yorifuji&#8217;s manner posters. You&#8217;ve probably snickered at Yorifuji&#8217;s innuendo-laden slogan &#8220;Please do it at home&#8221; and, like me, look forward to seeing his silly etiquette lessons debut each month in the 170 participating subway stations. We, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Murakami&#8217;s best-selling &#8217;1Q84&#8242; is worth the wait</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Shinchosha decided not to run a pre-marketing campaign for Haruki Murakami&#8217;s new and highly anticipated two-volume novel, the publishing house must have banked on the book creating its own hype. It worked. The void soon filled with publicity and media speculation about the book&#8217;s only available information: its title. In the weeks leading up [...]]]></description>
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