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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; Philip Brasor</title>
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		<title>The build-up to get that housing loan</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/09/30/how-tos/the-build-up-to-get-that-housing-loan/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-build-up-to-get-that-housing-loan</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor  and Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real estate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Several years ago, we went to a bank in Tokyo that was advertising housing loans with easy terms. Though we weren&#8217;t shopping for a loan at the time we wanted to see what was needed in order to apply for one. The bank&#8217;s approval criteria seemed simple enough: If you made at least ¥3 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Casinos bet on success in Tokyo</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/28/national/casinos-bet-on-success-in-tokyo/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=casinos-bet-on-success-in-tokyo</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2013 14:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2020 Games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[casino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pachinko]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Most of the Olympics-related news reported since Tokyo won the right to host the 2020 Games is about projected economic benefits and drawbacks. A lot of construction will take place over the next seven years, but not all of it will be directly related to the sporting event. Take casinos, which are suddenly a sure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After the bid, critics sound off on Olympics</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/21/national/after-the-bid-critics-sound-off-on-olympics/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=after-the-bid-critics-sound-off-on-olympics</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2013 14:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2020 Olympics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During the week following the announcement in Buenos Aires that Tokyo would host the 2020 Olympic Games, the Japanese media was saturated with news of the capital&#8217;s celebratory reaction. NHK, which will broadcast the Games, was particularly enthusiastic, leading every news report with a long Olympic-related item regardless of more pressing stories, such as the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Travel shows warp true globalization</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/14/national/travel-shows-warp-true-globalization/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=travel-shows-warp-true-globalization</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Sep 2013 14:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[internationalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel shows]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Now that Tokyo has been given the honor of hosting the 2020 Olympic Games, the city, as well as all of Japan, will spend the next seven years &#8220;internationalizing&#8221; (kokusai-ka), a term that becomes fashionable again every few years when something like this happens. Theoretically a circumscribed society can internationalize only once, and the consensus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The message in recent food-garbage films doesn&#8217;t go to waste</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/07/national/the-message-in-recent-food-garbage-films-doesnt-go-to-waste/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-message-in-recent-food-garbage-films-doesnt-go-to-waste</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Sep 2013 14:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[diet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food waste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mottainai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taste the Waste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trashed]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For those who still take in movies at theaters it&#8217;s a great season for garbage, and I&#8217;m not talking about the usual summer blockbuster fare. Last month, Fatih Akin&#8217;s documentary &#8220;Garbage in the Garden of Eden&#8221; (aka &#8220;Polluting Paradise&#8221;), about a landfill project in the beautiful Cambrunu region of Turkey, opened in Tokyo, and later [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Housing loans: Nothing is 100 percent easy</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/09/02/how-tos/housing-loans-nothing-is-100-percent-easy/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=housing-loans-nothing-is-100-percent-easy</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2013 14:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor  and Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing loan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real estate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The government has yet to confirm the timing of the approved consumption tax increase from 5 to 8 percent. It&#8217;s slated to take place next April but there is still fear that the economy is too frail to withstand the effect the added tax might have on actual consumption. Consequently, the government is thinking of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Media must take a stand against trolls</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/31/national/media-must-take-a-stand-against-trolls/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=media-must-take-a-stand-against-trolls</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2013 14:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[anti-nuclear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bullying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[right-wing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[troll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trolls]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We live in an age of contention, when any comment can spark righteous indignation. Nominally conservative or progressive viewpoints become meaningless when every response is reactionary. This situation supposedly arose along with the Internet, which provides an unmediated outlet for every voice. Traditional media insisted on readers and viewers providing certifiable identification before printing or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It only takes one &#8216;Barefoot&#8217; step to cross the line into censorship</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/24/national/it-only-takes-one-barefoot-step-to-cross-the-line-into-censorship/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=it-only-takes-one-barefoot-step-to-cross-the-line-into-censorship</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Aug 2013 14:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[anti-child-pornography law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barefoot Gen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[censorship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child pornography]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you want people to pay attention to a point you&#8217;re making, try to bring the subject of children into the debate. Right now, the media is discussing a decision made by the board of education of Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, to limit student access to the manga &#8220;Hadashi no Gen (Barefoot Gen),&#8221; first published in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stone weighs in on Japanese defense</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/17/national/stone-weighs-in-on-japanese-defense/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=stone-weighs-in-on-japanese-defense</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/17/national/stone-weighs-in-on-japanese-defense/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Aug 2013 14:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Article 9]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oliver Stone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self Defense Forces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s August, when the Japanese media&#8217;s attention turns to peace, or, at least, the absence of war. The anniversaries of the atomic bombings and subsequent surrender occasion print and broadcast discussions of what Japan learned from its bloody mid-century military campaign. For most people the fact that the country has enjoyed stability and prosperity since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Koda&#8217;s baby gaffe may find different reception now</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/10/national/kodas-baby-gaffe-may-find-different-reception-now/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=kodas-baby-gaffe-may-find-different-reception-now</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Aug 2013 14:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[fertility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[in vitro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kumi Koda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Five years ago, singer Kumi Koda caused an uproar when she joked on a late-night radio show about how a woman&#8217;s amniotic fluid (yōsui) becomes &#8220;spoiled&#8221; as she gets older. The subtext of the comment was the advantage of having babies at a younger age, but those quick to ridicule Koda&#8217;s lack of gynecological expertise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The aging issue of Chiba New Town</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/08/05/how-tos/the-aging-issue-of-chiba-new-town/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-aging-issue-of-chiba-new-town</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2013 14:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor  and Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chiba New Town]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban Rennaissance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Chiba New Town development project was begun in the late 1960s by the Chiba prefectural government, and a decade later, joined by the Land Development Corporation, the government housing organ that would morph into the Urban Renaissance (UR) Agency in 2004. It is located in the northern part of the prefecture and takes in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>YouTube videos hold a sliver of hope for future elections</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/03/national/youtube-videos-hold-a-sliver-of-hope/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=youtube-videos-hold-a-sliver-of-hope</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Aug 2013 14:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taro Yamamoto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[YouTube]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During the recent campaign for the Upper House, a YouTube video emerged revealing the ruling Liberal Democratic Party&#8217;s attitude toward the electorate. A woman attending a rally in Fukushima by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe carried a placard that asked the LDP leader his stance on the nuclear energy controversy. LDP security confronted her and said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NHK drama dives into the &#8216;idea&#8217; of idols in rural Japan</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/27/national/nhk-drama-dives-into-the-idea-of-idols-in-rural-japan/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=nhk-drama-dives-into-the-idea-of-idols-in-rural-japan</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jul 2013 14:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ama divers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asa-dora]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[idols]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kyoko Koizumi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NHK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rena Nonen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yui Hashimoto]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When it was announced last year that entertainment Renaissance man Kankuro Kudo would write the script for NHK&#8217;s spring-summer 2013 &#8220;TV novel,&#8221; a few people probably wondered how the iconoclastic writer-director-actor would respond to the broadcaster&#8217;s narrative strictures. In a recent interview with Aera, Kudo said that he writes what he wants to write, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ando&#8217;s joy brings up an old taboo</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/20/national/andos-joy-brings-up-an-old-taboo/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=andos-joy-brings-up-an-old-taboo</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jul 2013 14:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[illegitimate child]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miki Ando]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miki Ando's baby]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The morning after TV Asahi&#8217;s evening news show &#8220;Hodo Station&#8221; ran an interview with figure skater Miki Ando on July 1, the media was buzzing over the revelation that Ando had given birth in April. The baby was not the ostensible reason for the interview, which focused on her athletic activities, and the way Ando [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democracy hits the Web, but are the &#8216;real&#8217; voters listening?</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/13/national/democracy-hits-the-web-but-are-the-real-voters-listening/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=democracy-hits-the-web-but-are-the-real-voters-listening</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jul 2013 14:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[election campaigning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet campaigning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal posted an interesting article on its Japan Real Time blog regarding the Liberal Democratic Party&#8217;s (LDP&#8217;s) beef with broadcaster TBS, whom it accused of bias against the ruling party on its &#8220;News 11&#8243; program. Reporter Toko Sekiguchi didn&#8217;t go into detail about the story at the heart of the LDP&#8217;s complaint, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water issues around Asia; the world of solo karaoke; CM of the Week: Recruit</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/13/tv/water-issues-around-asia-the-world-of-solo-karaoke-cm-of-the-week-recruit/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=water-issues-around-asia-the-world-of-solo-karaoke-cm-of-the-week-recruit</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/13/tv/water-issues-around-asia-the-world-of-solo-karaoke-cm-of-the-week-recruit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jul 2013 13:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday is Marine Day, a national holiday, and as has been its tradition for a decade, Nippon TV will air a 90-minute afternoon special about sustainability hosted by Osaka-based announcer Seiji Miyane. &#8220;Nippon no Shoku no Mirai&#8221; (&#8220;The Future of Food in Japan,&#8221; 2:55 p.m.) attempts to project the future of Japanese food culture by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sins of the father are Rola&#8217;s burden</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/06/national/sins-of-the-father-are-rolas-burden/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=sins-of-the-father-are-rolas-burden</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jul 2013 14:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rola]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago one of the big stories in the tabloid press was on Jurip Al-Asa, the father of popular TV personality Rola. He was in the news because the Tokyo Metropolitan Police had issued a warrant for his arrest on charges of swindling. Allegedly, Jurip, a Bangladesh national, conspired with a compatriot to defraud [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Koizumi Jr. lands a mystery; Yuji Oda is a happy &#8220;loser&#8221;; CM of the Week: Xylish</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/06/tv/koizumi-jr-lands-a-mystery-yuji-oda-is-a-happy-loser-cm-of-the-week-xylish/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=koizumi-jr-lands-a-mystery-yuji-oda-is-a-happy-loser-cm-of-the-week-xylish</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jul 2013 14:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Kotaro Koizumi, the son of former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi, plays against type in the new mystery series &#8220;Namonaki Doku&#8221; (&#8220;Unnamed Poison&#8221;; TBS, Mon., 8 p.m.), based on a story by Miyuki Miyabe. Saburo (Koizumi) rescues Nahoko (Ryoko Kuninaka) from a molester and they start dating, but it isn&#8217;t until after he proposes marriage that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moved by the benefits of mobile-home housing</title>
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		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/07/02/how-tos/moved-by-the-benefits-of-mobile-home-housing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2013 15:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor  and Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real estate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The model house sat on an empty patch of brown land along a commercial stretch of road in southern Ibaraki Prefecture. Few people would have identified it as a model house. It had a forlorn, out-of-place look to it. Technically, it was a mobile home &#8212; &#8220;trailer house,&#8221; in Japanese parlance &#8212; propped up on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The media needs to open discussion on GMO issue</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/30/national/the-media-needs-to-open-discussion-on-gmo-issue/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-media-needs-to-open-discussion-on-gmo-issue</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/30/national/the-media-needs-to-open-discussion-on-gmo-issue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jun 2013 15:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GMO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monsanto]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[More than two years on from the disaster of March 11, 2011, debate continues in the mainstream and social media about the uses of fear to advance agendas. Much of the debate is centered on the environmental crisis surrounding the crippled Fukushima nuclear reactor. On one side are people who say that the region is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NHK discusses gender with a fresh openness</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/23/national/nhk-discusses-gender-with-a-fresh-openness/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=nhk-discusses-gender-with-a-fresh-openness</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/23/national/nhk-discusses-gender-with-a-fresh-openness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jun 2013 15:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[gender identity disorder]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago, the nightly series &#8220;Heart Net TV,&#8221; which is broadcast on NHK&#8217;s educational channel, repeated a program about a 35-year-old Japanese man who married a 70-year-old Dutch man in the Netherlands. The series dedicates several programs a month to sexual minorities, and there was a sidelight at the end of the story about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Miura oldest to climb Everest but some facts overlooked</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/16/national/miura-oldest-to-climb-everest-but-some-facts-overlooked/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=miura-oldest-to-climb-everest-but-some-facts-overlooked</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/16/national/miura-oldest-to-climb-everest-but-some-facts-overlooked/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Yuichiro Miura]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The government has just established a new public award named after alpinist-skier Yuichiro Miura for &#8220;adventurers who challenge themselves to the limit of human potential.&#8221; Originally the recipients of the prize, whom Miura will select himself, were going to be seniors, but at its namesake&#8217;s insistence all ages are now eligible. Nevertheless, the deed that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Nutritious&#8217; claims need to be taken with a pinch of salt</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/09/national/nutritious-claims-need-to-be-taken-with-a-pinch-of-salt/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=nutritious-claims-need-to-be-taken-with-a-pinch-of-salt</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/09/national/nutritious-claims-need-to-be-taken-with-a-pinch-of-salt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 15:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food and Drug Administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pharmaceuticals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During a recent visit to the United States, I was impressed by several advertising campaigns. The American Beverage Association (ABA) is running a series of spots that alternatingly complain of what it deems the over-regulation of soft drinks and promote the efforts of member manufacturers to make their products less conspicuously unhealthy, the idea being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sometimes it pays to look on the bright side</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/06/04/how-tos/sometimes-it-pays-to-look-on-the-bright-side/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=sometimes-it-pays-to-look-on-the-bright-side</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/06/04/how-tos/sometimes-it-pays-to-look-on-the-bright-side/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor  and Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar power]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The flyers were provocative: New houses priced at more than ¥35 million, but the builder promised that the mortgage would amount to ¥0 a month. A free house is obviously too good to be true, but we decided to check out the merchandise to see what the story was. The houses had not yet been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Media polls on constitutional change reveal bias</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/02/national/media-polls-on-constitutional-change-reveal-bias/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=media-polls-on-constitutional-change-reveal-bias</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/02/national/media-polls-on-constitutional-change-reveal-bias/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2013 15:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In a democracy, the people&#8217;s will is conveyed through representative government. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to rewrite the Constitution, but Article 96 requires the approval of at least two-thirds of the national assembly to do that, so in order to hasten the process he first wants to change Article 96 so that a &#8220;simple [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The dark side of Japanese fashion made in Bangladesh</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/26/national/the-dark-side-of-japanese-fashion-made-in-bangladesh/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-dark-side-of-japanese-fashion-made-in-bangladesh</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/26/national/the-dark-side-of-japanese-fashion-made-in-bangladesh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 15:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[While it's not clear if any Japanese firm had interests in factories operating in the building that collapsed in Dhaka last month, it is natural to infer that there are Japanese companies in Bangladesh taking advantage of lower wages and less stringent safety regulations.]]></description>
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		<title>Family drama is reimagined for today&#8217;s Japan</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/19/national/family-drama-is-reimagined-for-todays-japan/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=family-drama-is-reimagined-for-todays-japan</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/19/national/family-drama-is-reimagined-for-todays-japan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 15:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Kazoku Game (The Family Game),&#8221; directed by the late Yoshimitsu Morita and released in 1983, remains a movie milestone. A cynical black comedy, it presented to the world a distillation of the less edifying social outcomes of Japan&#8217;s postwar economic miracle. The Numata family are invaded by a private tutor named Yoshimoto (Yusaku Matsuda), who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On uneven ground: landfill property pitfalls</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/05/14/how-tos/on-uneven-ground-landfill-property-pitfalls/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=on-uneven-ground-landfill-property-pitfalls</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/05/14/how-tos/on-uneven-ground-landfill-property-pitfalls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 15:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor  and Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real estate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After the real estate agent unlocked the front door, the musty smell told us that the house had not been aired for some time. He laid out slippers for us and proceeded to raise the shutters and open the windows. Then, upon entering the kitchen he exclaimed, &#8220;Katamuite iru&#8221; (&#8220;It&#8217;s uneven&#8221;). We took out a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inose&#8217;s lack of media savvy may have ruined Tokyo&#8217;s Olympic bid</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/12/national/inoses-lack-of-media-savvy-may-have-ruined-tokyos-olympic-bid/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=inoses-lack-of-media-savvy-may-have-ruined-tokyos-olympic-bid</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/12/national/inoses-lack-of-media-savvy-may-have-ruined-tokyos-olympic-bid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 15:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Naoki Inose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[olympics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago, Tokyo Governor Naoki Inose gave an interview to the New York Times in which he violated International Olympic Committee rules by publicly bad-mouthing Istanbul and Madrid, the Japanese capital's two rivals to host the 2020 games. ]]></description>
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		<title>Media weighs in on LDP&#8217;s English education plan</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/05/national/media-weighs-in-on-ldps-english-education-plan/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=media-weighs-in-on-ldps-english-education-plan</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/05/national/media-weighs-in-on-ldps-english-education-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 15:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asahi Shimbun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English-language education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LDP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Liberal Democratic Party has a thing for archery. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe&#8217;s financial policies comprise &#8220;three arrows.&#8221; The symbolism is based on the old Japanese saying, &#8220;Three arrows are harder to break.&#8221; Since &#8220;Abenomics&#8221; has proven to be a PR success, at least with the electorate, he&#8217;s using the same metaphor to push his [...]]]></description>
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