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		<title>New radioactive water leak found at Fukushima No. 1: Tepco</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2013 03:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tokyo Electric Power Co. says it has found that an unspecified amount of water contaminated with a highly concentrated radioactive substance escaped from another storage tank at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant and some may have reached the Pacific Ocean. Tepco said Wednesday it detected 200,000 becquerels per liter of beta ray-emitting radioactive substances, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan, U.S. defense chiefs meet on cybersecurity</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2013 03:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera and U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, at the start of a meeting Thursday in Tokyo, confirmed their cooperation on fighting cyberattacks and training personnel capable of countering such threats. Onodera and Hagel were expected to agree on creating a bilateral framework to discuss measures to counter cyberattacks on government agencies and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>University of Tokyo ranked No. 1 in Asia: global survey</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 20:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The University of Tokyo is once again the highest-performing tertiary institution in Asia, according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings released Wednesday. The prestigious university moved up four places from last year to 23rd in this year&#8217;s table. Japan also solidified its position as Asia&#8217;s number one nation, with a total of five [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pirates roar past Reds</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Cincinnati Reds]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Francisco Liriano showed up at PNC Park on Tuesday afternoon in a suit with his suitcase packed for a trip St. Louis. The message reverberated through the Pittsburgh Pirates clubhouse. After 21 years away from the playoffs, it was time for the best story in baseball to become something more than a novelty act. Liriano [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fukushima No. 1 mishandling may foreclose on Tepco reactor restarts: NRA</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s apparent inept handling of the triple-meltdown crisis at its Fukushima No. 1 atomic plant may foreclose on its bid to restart two idled reactors in Niigata Prefecture, the Nuclear Regulation Authority chief indicates.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Del Potro rolls through Berlocq in straight sets; Soeda loses</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Go Soeda]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Juan Martin Del Potro]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[No. 1 seed Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina strolled past countryman Carlos Berlocq in straight sets to reach the Japan Open quarterfinals Wednesday. In their first career meeting, seventh-ranked del Potro made efficient work of Berlocq in slightly over an hour, going through 6-2, 6-2 to become the first to qualify for the last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jordan: I would beat LeBron 1-on-1</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[LeBron James]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[NBA legend Michael Jordan believes he could beat LeBron James in a one-on-one basketball game when he was in his prime. He&#8217;s not sure about Kobe Bryant. In a video promoting the NBA 2K14 video game that was released Tuesday, Jordan said there&#8217;s a long list of players he would&#8217;ve liked to have played one-on-one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Woman killed by train after saving man</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A woman is struck and killed by a train after dashing into a Yokohama railroad crossing and moving to safety a 74-year-old man lying on the tracks.]]></description>
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		<title>Uchimura dominates; Kato moves into third</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kohei Uchimura showed he is the overwhelming favorite to win a record fourth all-around world gymnastics championship by qualifying for Thursday&#8217;s final by a big margin. Uchimura also qualified for the weekend floor exercise, high bar and parallel bar finals on Tuesday. The Olympic champion is trying to become the first male or female gymnast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Matsuoka tosses shutout against Giants</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ninth-year right-hander Kenichi Matsuoka threw his first-career shutout, Tetsuto Yamada homered and the last-place Tokyo Yakult Swallows blanked the Central League-winning Yomiuri Giants 1-0 on Wednesday night. Matsuoka (3-3) retired the first 11 batters he faced before issuing a two-out walk to Hayato Sakamoto in the fourth at Tokyo Dome. The right-hander scattered three hits, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Support rate for Abe Cabinet rises to 63.3%: Kyodo poll</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The approval rating for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe&#8217;s Cabinet stands at 63.3 percent, up from 61.8 percent last month, a Kyodo News survey showed Wednesday, despite the government&#8217;s recent decision to raise the politically sensitive sales tax. In the latest survey, 53.3 percent of respondents said they support the increase in the country&#8217;s sales tax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chelsea picks up first CL win</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Borussia Dortmund and Chelsea recovered from poor starts in the Champions League by winning their first group matches on Tuesday, while Barcelona beat 10-man Celtic 1-0 to avoid a second consecutive loss at Celtic Park. Robert Lewandowski scored a brace as Dortmund, last-season&#8217;s runnerup, defeated Marseille 3-0 in Group F. Arsenal leads the group with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blackhawks open title defense with win over Capitals</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chicago Blackhawks watched as their championship banner rose to the rafters at the United Center. They took another look at the Stanley Cup, and soaked in the applause from the sellout crowd. Then Johnny Oduya and Co. went out and reminded the rest of the NHL how they won that title. Oduya, Brandon Saad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food stall owner arrested over fatal blast at Kyoto fireworks festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Police arrested a food stall owner Wednesday over an explosion at a fireworks event in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, on Aug. 15 that killed three people and injured 55 others, including him. Ryohei Watanabe, 38, was arrested by the Kyoto Prefectural Police on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in death and injury. Watanabe was discharged Wednesday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australian Open hikes prize money</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Open is increasing its prize money by $2.8 million to bring overall player compensation to $31 million next year. Australian Open organizers did not break down the prize money awarded per round at their launch Wednesday for the tournament Jan. 13-26, but men and women will receive equal amounts as in previous years. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vettel plays down Korean GP hopes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Formula One championship leader Sebastian Vettel is cautious about the prospects of Red Bull continuing its dominance at this weekend&#8217;s Korean Grand Prix, saying the layout of the circuit does not suit the car&#8217;s strengths. Vettel leads Ferrari&#8217;s Fernando Alonso in the drivers&#8217; championship by 60 points with six races remaining, and the dominant nature [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington reveals Darvish issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington acknowledged Tuesday that right-hander Yu Darvish had physical issues late in the season, but would not reveal what they were. Speaking to the press a day after the Rangers&#8217; 5-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL wild-card tiebreaker game, Washington said, &#8220;Yes, he had something, but he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Takanashi rival eyeing Sochi spot</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Women&#8217;s ski jumping world champion Sarah Hendrickson, the main rival for Japan&#8217;s Olympic gold medal hope Sara Takanashi, said Tuesday she is confident she will be fit enough to jump by mid-January and hopes to make the U.S. Olympic team for Sochi. Hendrickson won the gold medal at the world championships in February but had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nalbandian retires from tennis</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Nalbandian, the 2002 Wimbledon finalist who caused an uproar a decade later by injuring a line judge at another tournament, retired from professional tennis Tuesday because of a shoulder injury. The 31-year-old Argentine player described it as a &#8220;difficult day,&#8221; but told a news conference that he was &#8220;super grateful&#8221; to his sport. Saying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yankees hope to have Kuroda back</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said Tuesday the club has interest in keeping veteran right-hander Hiroki Kuroda. Cashman, however, acknowledged the possibility that Kuroda could retire, play in Japan or even seek a contract from another club in free agency. &#8220;Of course we&#8217;d love to have him back, but I don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consumption tax raise misdirected</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe confirms that the government will raise the sales tax from 5 to 8 percent beginning in April. But will the tax hike lead to an economic downturn]]></description>
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		<title>TPP talks getting down to nitty-gritty</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chief negotiators from the 12 countries thrashing out the Trans-Pacific Partnership worked on last-minute preparations Wednesday before their ministers and leaders gather in Bali, Indonesia, with the aim of reaching a basic agreement on the free trade pact. &#8220;We have been able to arrange what we will report to the ministers, and substantive discussions are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China ready to join negotiations on services trade liberalization</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China plans to join Japan, the United States and Europe in negotiations to liberalize the services trade, according to sources. China, the world&#8217;s third-biggest services market, would be the first major emerging economy to join the negotiations. If new trade rules are established among the participants, business transactions in financial, communications and other fields are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nintendo to drop Wii at home</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nintendo said Wednesday it will stop making its basic Wii game console for the Japanese market, but will keep producing it internationally. The move to abandon the venerable machine, which competes with Microsoft&#8217;s Xbox 360 and Sony&#8217;s PlayStation 3, will allow Nintendo to focus all effort on its successor. &#8220;Our new generation Wii U console [...]]]></description>
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		<title>METI forms team to help small suppliers survive tax hike</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry set up an office Wednesday to ensure small firms can raise the prices of their products supplied to larger companies after the 5 percent sales tax is raised to 8 percent in April, as decided by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday. The office will be on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Driving systems in spotlight at high-tech fair</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Automakers rolled out their advanced driving technologies and IT-equipped vehicles for the opening of Japan&#8217;s major high-tech fair Tuesday. More carmakers are joining electronics companies at the CEATEC Japan exhibition this year as vehicles increasingly employ advanced information technology. Honda Motor Co. and Mazda Motor Corp. are exhibiting their products for the first time, while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ANA lands 11 Haneda slots; JAL is given five</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The transport ministry said Wednesday that All Nippon Airways Co. will receive 11 slots in the expanded international flight schedule next March at Tokyo&#8217;s Haneda airport while Japan Airlines Co. will get five. ANA has been lobbying for a &#8220;fair&#8221; allocation of the new slots after JAL was rescued from financial ruin with taxpayer money. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Noda slams &#8216;Abenomics&#8217; as pork</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Tuesday criticized current leader Shinzo Abe&#8217;s latest economic stimulus program as &#8220;pork.&#8221; &#8220;I cannot help feeling that it is pork-barrel spending,&#8221; Noda, a supreme adviser of the Democratic Party of Japan, said in a speech in Washington, referring to Abe&#8217;s roughly &#165;5 trillion stimulus package designed to mitigate the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Softbank mars credit rating of customers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Softbank Mobile Corp. said that due to a computer programming error, it reported 63,133 customers as &#8220;delinquent&#8221; to a credit information agency even though they were making installment payments for their mobile phones on time. Credit card companies and financial institutions inquired with the credit agency about the records of 16,827 people and they may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. officer queries charter revision</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a rare move, a senior U.S. military officer has questioned Prime Minister Shinzo Abe&#8217;s drive to amend the pacifist Constitution, expressing concern it could adversely affect ties with China and South Korea. &#8220;That&#8217;s not helpful to the region, quite frankly,&#8221; the officer based in South Korea told reporters there Tuesday on condition of anonymity. [...]]]></description>
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