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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; Mizuho Aoki</title>
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		<title>Japan, U.K. security wonks talk business</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/30/national/japan-u-k-security-wonks-talk-business/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=japan-u-k-security-wonks-talk-business</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mizuho Aoki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[maritime security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.K.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly 18 months after Japan and Britain struck a deal to jointly develop weapons and defense equipment, security experts from both nations gathered in Tokyo Monday to discuss ways to expand that to maritime security, cybersecurity and military equipment. The two-day conference on Japan-U.K. future security cooperation kicked off with Prince Andrew&#8217;s and Prime Minister [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cyclists warned on new left side rule</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/27/national/cyclists-warned-on-new-left-side-rule/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=cyclists-warned-on-new-left-side-rule</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:36:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mizuho Aoki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[bicycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cyclists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[road traffic law]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many cyclists may be unaware that a ban on riding against the flow of traffic will take effect by the end of the year to curb an increasing number of bicycle-related accidents, police warned Friday. Under the revised Road Traffic Law, which will take effect by Dec. 13, cyclists who don&#8217;t keep to the left-hand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.N. food aid official pleads for more Syrian aid to ward off catastrophe</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/20/national/u-n-food-aid-official-pleads-for-more-syrian-aid-to-ward-off-catastrophe/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=u-n-food-aid-official-pleads-for-more-syrian-aid-to-ward-off-catastrophe</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 13:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mizuho Aoki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FAO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Syria]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A U.N. World Food Program emergency coordinator for Syria urged Japan and the rest of the international community Friday to come up with more funding to supply food aid to Syrians both inside and outside the country. Speaking at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Muhannad Hadi said the WFP needs &#36;500 million to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If U.S. comes calling, will Abe back Syria strike?</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/12/national/if-u-s-comes-calling-will-abe-back-syria-strike/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=if-u-s-comes-calling-will-abe-back-syria-strike</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2013 12:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Johnston  and Mizuho Aoki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[attack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Syria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With a comprehensive attempt under way to find a diplomatic solution in Syria, punitive U.S. military strikes planned for its alleged use of chemical weapons last month have been postponed after appearing imminent just a few days ago. But if Washington decides to ignore the war-weary American public and an extremely skeptical Congress to go [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tokyo sets up English website on radiation</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/04/national/tokyo-sets-up-english-website-on-radiation/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tokyo-sets-up-english-website-on-radiation</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/04/national/tokyo-sets-up-english-website-on-radiation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2013 11:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mizuho Aoki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2020 Olympic bid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buenos Aires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fukushimma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radiation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The metro government opens an English website offering radiation-related information &#8212; a last-ditch effort before the 2020 Olympics host is picked &#8212; to brush off the negative impact from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant mess.]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/31/national/tepco-bolsters-tank-team-but-leak-eludes/#comments</comments>
		<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>Tepco radioactive flow raises alarm over seafood safety</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/23/national/tepco-radioactive-flow-raises-alarm-over-seafood-safety/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tepco-radioactive-flow-raises-alarm-over-seafood-safety</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/23/national/tepco-radioactive-flow-raises-alarm-over-seafood-safety/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2013 13:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mizuho Aoki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cesium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tepco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tritium]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tokyo Electric Power Co.&#8217;s revelation that massive amounts of radioactive water are flowing into the Pacific further raised fears about the harm to marine life. Tepco estimated that between May 2011 and this month, a staggering 40 trillion becquerels of radioactive tritium, 20 trillion becquerels of cesium and 10 trillion becquerels of strontium may have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China, Japan experts mull ways to avoid armed Senkaku confrontation</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/20/national/china-japan-experts-mull-ways-to-avoid-armed-senkaku-confrontation/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=china-japan-experts-mull-ways-to-avoid-armed-senkaku-confrontation</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/20/national/china-japan-experts-mull-ways-to-avoid-armed-senkaku-confrontation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2013 13:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mizuho Aoki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[senkakus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[territorial row]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Chinese and Japanese experts on maritime and international relations huddled this week in Tokyo to discuss ways to keep the simmering tensions over the Senkaku Islands from escalating into a military clash. Setting aside the issue of sovereignty over the East China Sea islets &#8212; called Diaoyu by China &#8212; that have been under Japan&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clearing way for wider military role</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/19/reference/clearing-way-for-wider-military-role/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=clearing-way-for-wider-military-role</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/19/reference/clearing-way-for-wider-military-role/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2013 14:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mizuho Aoki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Article 9]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collective self-defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[constitution]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is poised to achieve his long-held goal of reinterpreting Article 9 of the Constitution to allow Japan to exercise its right to engage in collective self-defense under the U.N. Charter. In February, Abe reconvened an advisory panel of security experts for the first time since his previous, short-lived stint as prime [...]]]></description>
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		<title>War dead kin waged peace since &#8217;45</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/15/national/war-dead-kin-waged-peace-since-45/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=war-dead-kin-waged-peace-since-45</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/15/national/war-dead-kin-waged-peace-since-45/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2013 14:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mizuho Aoki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WWII]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yasukuni Shrine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tamami Watanabe was 7 when her father died in 1945 in the Philippines while fighting for Japan, and her memories of him are fading. As a child, Watanabe could remember her father&#8217;s face clearly and the clothes he wore. But now when she tries to recall his face, the only image she has is his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nation&#8217;s troops long way from hitting the beaches: experts</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/01/national/nations-troops-long-way-from-hitting-the-beaches-experts-2/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=nations-troops-long-way-from-hitting-the-beaches-experts-2</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/01/national/nations-troops-long-way-from-hitting-the-beaches-experts-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2013 13:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ayako Mie  and Mizuho Aoki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[amphibious capability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SDF]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Japan has taken an increasingly proactive role in defending its territory since the end of the Cold War allowed it to shift its defensive posture to address threats from North Korea and China as public memories of the war begin to fade. With Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pushing to revise the pacifist Constitution, Japan&#8217;s military [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dioxin found in buried barrels near Kadena</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/29/national/dioxin-found-in-buried-barrels-near-kadena/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=dioxin-found-in-buried-barrels-near-kadena</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/29/national/dioxin-found-in-buried-barrels-near-kadena/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2013 12:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mizuho Aoki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agent Orange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chemicals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Okinawa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Okinawa Defense Bureau recently found dioxin and other hazardous chemicals from barrels unearthed at a former U.S. military installation in the city of Okinawa, officials said Monday, suggesting they may have contained herbicides or agricultural chemicals. The bureau, however, said the possibility that the barrels were carrying defoliants used in the Vietnam War is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defense planners mull pre-emptive strike ability</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/26/national/defense-planners-mull-pre-emptive-strike-ability/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=defense-planners-mull-pre-emptive-strike-ability</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/26/national/defense-planners-mull-pre-emptive-strike-ability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2013 14:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mizuho Aoki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SDF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[senkakus]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Japan will consider acquiring the ability to strike at enemy missile sites, given North Korea's enhanced missile technology program, an interim defense report says. ]]></description>
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		<title>Tokyo voters mixed but most seem to want LDP in charge</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/22/national/tokyo-voters-mixed-but-most-seem-to-want-ldp-in-charge/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tokyo-voters-mixed-but-most-seem-to-want-ldp-in-charge</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/22/national/tokyo-voters-mixed-but-most-seem-to-want-ldp-in-charge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jul 2013 15:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mizuho Aoki, Masaaki Kameda,  and Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[comments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election 2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Upper House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many voters appear to be putting their faith in the Liberal Democratic Party despite the lack of "Abenomics" evidence in their lives, The Japan Times finds.]]></description>
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		<title>Kishida, Kim try to patch up ties</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/18/national/kishida-kim-try-to-patch-up-ties/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=kishida-kim-try-to-patch-up-ties</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/18/national/kishida-kim-try-to-patch-up-ties/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2013 12:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mizuho Aoki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fumio Kishida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Korea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[territorial disputes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida met with Kim Kyou-hyun, South Korea&#8217;s first vice minister of foreign affairs, on Thursday as the two countries struggle to overcome territorial and historical disputes that are damaging bilateral ties. &#8220;South Korea is an important partner and a neighbor that shares our fundamental sense of values and interests. I hope to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. experts won&#8217;t be drawn out on Japan P.M. shrine visit</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/16/national/u-s-experts-wont-be-drawn-out-on-japan-p-m-shrine-visit/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=u-s-experts-wont-be-drawn-out-on-japan-p-m-shrine-visit</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/16/national/u-s-experts-wont-be-drawn-out-on-japan-p-m-shrine-visit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2013 14:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mizuho Aoki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kurt Campbell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yasukuni Shrine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two prominent U.S. experts on Japan refused Tuesday to predict how the U.S. government would react if Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits Yasukuni Shrine next month, an act that would undoubtedly add further strain to already frayed relations with China and South Korea. Speaking at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Michael Green, senior [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Veggie prices soar as heat, drought exact toll</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/12/business/veggie-prices-soar-as-heat-drought-exact-toll/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=veggie-prices-soar-as-heat-drought-exact-toll</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jul 2013 14:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mizuho Aoki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vegetables]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The scorching heat is putting an extra burden on household budgets as the drought stunts the growth of leafy vegetables, causing wholesale prices to soar 20 to 50 percent compared with recent years. The price spike, based on figures between July 1 and Wednesday, has been especially noticeable for lettuce, whose average wholesale price has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Futenma question decisive factor for prefecture&#8217;s voters</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/11/national/futenma-question-decisive-factor-for-prefectures-voters/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=futenma-question-decisive-factor-for-prefectures-voters</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2013 13:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mizuho Aoki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Futenma base]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Game of Numbers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LDP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Okinawa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Upper House election]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last in a series Scanning the sky earlier this month, Yumi Kuniyoshi, 52, notes it&#8217;s a rare quiet day: no U.S. military aircraft are flying over her house in Urasoe, a small Okinawa city next to Ginowan, home of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. Even with all the windows shut, the noise of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Okinawans explore secession option</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/11/national/okinawans-explore-secession-option/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=okinawans-explore-secession-option</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/11/national/okinawans-explore-secession-option/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2013 13:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mizuho Aoki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[independence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Okinawa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Okinawans are losing patience with Tokyo&#8217;s repeated vows to reduce the prefecture&#8217;s burden of hosting U.S. military installations and other hollow pledges, and some are seriously looking into the possibility of having the territory secede from Japan. On May 15, the 41st anniversary of Okinawa&#8217;s belated 1972 reversion to Japan from U.S. control, five Okinawans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finds raise toxic chemical suspicions at ex-Kadena site</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/03/national/finds-raise-toxic-chemical-suspicions-at-ex-kadena-site/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=finds-raise-toxic-chemical-suspicions-at-ex-kadena-site</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/03/national/finds-raise-toxic-chemical-suspicions-at-ex-kadena-site/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jul 2013 14:08:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mizuho Aoki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agent Orange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agent White]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kadena]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Okinawa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vietnam War]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Okinawa Defense Bureau and the city of Okinawa uncover seven more barrels at a former U.S. base site that may have been used to hold toxic chemicals during the Vietnam War. ]]></description>
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		<title>Relaxed visa program for Southeast Asian visitors starts</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/26/national/relaxed-visa-program-for-southeast-asian-visitors-starts/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=relaxed-visa-program-for-southeast-asian-visitors-starts</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/26/national/relaxed-visa-program-for-southeast-asian-visitors-starts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jun 2013 15:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mizuho Aoki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tourism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The government will relax visa requirements for visitors from Southeast Asian countries starting Monday, hoping to lure more travelers from fast-growing economies to spur economic growth. Japan will waive visa requirements for tourists from Thailand and Malaysia, and offer a multiple-entry visa to Filipino and Vietnamese travelers. The move coincides with the 40th anniversary of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama briefs Abe on Xi summit</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/14/national/obama-briefs-abe-on-xi-summit/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=obama-briefs-abe-on-xi-summit</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/14/national/obama-briefs-abe-on-xi-summit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mizuho Aoki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Barack Obama talked on the phone Thursday morning about the last week&#8217;s unofficial U.S.-China summit in California, a government official said. In their 30-minute chat, Obama said he discussed U.S.-Chinese and Japanese-Chinese relations as well as North Korean issues with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the unofficial summit, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sazae-san statues face the tax man</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/13/national/sazae-san-statues-face-the-tax-man/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=sazae-san-statues-face-the-tax-man</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/13/national/sazae-san-statues-face-the-tax-man/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mizuho Aoki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sakurashinmachi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sazae-san]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A merchant group in Tokyo&#8217;s Setagaya Ward may have to pay some &#165;9.8 million in taxes over the next 45 years for bronze statues of characters from the beloved comic strip &#8220;Sazae-san&#8221; that they installed to promote their district. The Sakurashinmachi Shotengai Shinko Kumiai shop owners&#8217; association received notification from tax authorities last week asking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New ID system for keeping tax tabs, finding cheats</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/11/reference/new-id-system-for-keeping-tax-tabs-finding-cheats/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=new-id-system-for-keeping-tax-tabs-finding-cheats</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/11/reference/new-id-system-for-keeping-tax-tabs-finding-cheats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mizuho Aoki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FYI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Number]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Diet passed the &#8220;common number&#8221; bill May 24, paving the way for every resident, including foreigners, to be assigned a personal identification number. Holders of the &#8220;my number&#8221; IDs will be notified around fall 2015 and they will take effect starting in January 2016. The system will establish a network across various administrative bodies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abe, Hollande reach deal to push nuclear technology</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/08/national/abe-hollande-reach-deal-to-push-nuclear-technology/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=abe-hollande-reach-deal-to-push-nuclear-technology</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/08/national/abe-hollande-reach-deal-to-push-nuclear-technology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 15:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mizuho Aoki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Francois Hollande]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ French President Francois Hollande and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agree to deepen cooperation on developing and exporting nuclear power plant technologies, and to strengthen security ties.]]></description>
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		<title>Importance of private sector&#8217;s role featured in Yokohama Declaration</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/04/national/importance-of-private-sectors-role-featured-in-yokohama-declaration/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=importance-of-private-sectors-role-featured-in-yokohama-declaration</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/04/national/importance-of-private-sectors-role-featured-in-yokohama-declaration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mizuho Aoki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TICAD2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yokohama Declaration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[TICAD V ends with the adoption of the Yokohama Declaration, a pledge to promote private sector-led growth in achieving sustainable development.]]></description>
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		<title>China’s leaders frequent visitors to Africa, unlike Japan’s</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/04/national/chinas-leaders-frequent-visitors-to-china-unlike-japans/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=chinas-leaders-frequent-visitors-to-china-unlike-japans</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/04/national/chinas-leaders-frequent-visitors-to-china-unlike-japans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mizuho Aoki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TICAD 2013]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During the three-day fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development that ended Monday, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made full use of a once in five years chance to bolster ties with African countries by vigorously holding bilateral talks with the leaders of about 40 nations from the continent. Japanese leaders, however, have not set foot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abe pledges ¥100 billion to stabilize Sahel</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/03/national/abe-pledges-%c2%a5100-billion-to-stabilize-sahel/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=abe-pledges-%25c2%25a5100-billion-to-stabilize-sahel</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/03/national/abe-pledges-%c2%a5100-billion-to-stabilize-sahel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jun 2013 15:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mizuho Aoki  and Eric Johnston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TICAD2013]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged Sunday to provide &#165;100 billion in humanitarian and development assistance over five years to help stabilize Africa&#8217;s conflict-torn Sahel region. &#8220;The key to realizing peace and stability is the effort and will of Africa itself to solve conflicts. Japan wants to support Africa&#8217;s will through human resource development and by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abe to Africa: Use aid as you see fit</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/02/national/abe-promises-africa-new-3-2-trillion-in-aid-as-ticad-v-kicks-off/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=abe-promises-africa-new-3-2-trillion-in-aid-as-ticad-v-kicks-off</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/02/national/abe-promises-africa-new-3-2-trillion-in-aid-as-ticad-v-kicks-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2013 15:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Johnston  and Mizuho Aoki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[African aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TICAD2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yokohama]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development opens with a look back over the forum's past 20 years and discussions about its future.]]></description>
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		<title>Japan to focus on public-private partnerships</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/01/world/japan-to-focus-on-public-private-partnerships/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=japan-to-focus-on-public-private-partnerships</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/01/world/japan-to-focus-on-public-private-partnerships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 16:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mizuho Aoki</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the first Tokyo International Conference on African Development, known as TICAD, took place in 1993, Africa has developed dramatically. What was once known as the continent of starvation and poverty, Africa is now an area for business opportunities, luring investments from foreign countries with its rich natural resources and high population growth. Between 2002 [...]]]></description>
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