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		<title>Media grill party chiefs in televised debate</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Nippon Ishin qualifies nuclear phaseout goal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party), the &#8220;third force&#8221; emerging as a serious challenger to the political status quo, unveiled a watered-down version of its election platform Thursday devoid of a definitive road map for phasing out nuclear power. Instead, the party merely stated in a separate document that nuclear power plants are to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ishihara talks up weapons exports as deterrent</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) leader Shintaro Ishihara said Monday that Japan should produce arms for export overseas so its advanced military technology can act as a deterrent. &#8220;We should sell as many excellent weapons as possible . . . The technologies are much more advanced. We should seriously consider this,&#8221; the outspoken [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ishihara rattles saber against China</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shintaro Ishihara, the new head of Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party), remained true to his China-hawk form Tuesday by saying Japan should &#8220;simulate&#8221; possessing nuclear arms as a deterrent to Beijing. Ishihara&#8217;s remark during a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents&#8217; Club of Japan in Tokyo, is likely to ruffle feathers both at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foes forced Noda to call dissolution</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda moved to dissolve the Lower House on Friday amid constant pressure from the opposition and also from Democratic Party of Japan members who wanted him to step down, but his gamble is unlikely to work in the ruling party&#8217;s favor. Experts say the DPJ is running a huge risk of being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Noda will schedule election for Dec. 16</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said Wednesday he plans to dissolve the Lower House on Friday and schedule the general election for Dec. 16. Noda made the offer in return for the opposition camp&#8217;s agreement to support an electoral reform bill submitted by his Democratic Party of Japan, when the Diet reconvenes in January. &#8220;If you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opposition meeting Noda poll conditions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Democratic Party of Japan agreed Tuesday with two opposition parties on amendments to the deficit-covering bonds bill, ensuring its passage Thursday &#8212; a key condition Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has set for dissolving the Lower House for an election. The DPJ, Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito also agreed to discuss selecting members for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diet takes up bond bill as LDP caves in</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After months of hardball between the ruling and opposition blocs, Diet deliberations on the crucial bond-issuance bill kicked off Thursday, paving the way for its passage. The move came a day after the Liberal Democratic Party caved in, apparently judging it would anger the public if it continued to oppose acting on the bill, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foes: Noda vow to call poll &#8216;soon&#8217; not soon enough</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Opposition parties pressed Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda again Thursday to immediately dissolve the Lower House for a snap election, but he snubbed their demands, saying he will do so based on his own judgement. &#8220;It is common sense that when (Noda) says he is dissolving the Lower House soon, it means he will do so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shale oil vein raises energy, tech hopes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time ever this month, shale oil was extracted from a Japanese oil field. Although the Ayukawa oil and gas field in Akita Prefecture likely doesn&#8217;t hold vast quantities, its yield is still good news for a nation seeking new energy resources as it turns away from nuclear power in light of the [...]]]></description>
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