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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; Reiji Yoshida</title>
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		<title>April to see sales tax hike, Abe confirms</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/10/01/national/april-to-see-sales-tax-hike-abe-confirms/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=april-to-see-sales-tax-hike-abe-confirms</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 13:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reiji Yoshida  and Ayako Mie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[sales tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe goes ahead with raising the consumption tax while also offering a &#165;5 trillion stimulus package to offset the negative impact on consumer spending.]]></description>
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		<title>Abe banking on ¥5 trillion in stimulus</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 13:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ayako Mie  and Reiji Yoshida</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[consumption tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe's future as prime minister may well depend on how well the &#165;5 trillion stimulus package cushions the economy from the tax-hike blow.]]></description>
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		<title>Maglev challenge both technical, financial</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reiji Yoshida</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[maglev]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[train]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Central Japan Railway Co.’s project to build a magnetically levitated (maglev) train system re-entered the spotlight Sept. 18 when it unveiled the details of a route scheduled to open between Tokyo and Nagoya by 2027.]]></description>
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		<title>Hashimoto&#8217;s Osaka merger dream in jeopardy</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/30/national/hashimotos-osaka-merger-dream-in-jeopardy/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=hashimotos-osaka-merger-dream-in-jeopardy</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reiji Yoshida</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[mayoral election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nippon Ishin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sakai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toru Hashimoto]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) co-leader and Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto was facing a critical battle. And he lost. On Sunday, a candidate fielded by Nippon Ishin lost a local government election for the first time in Osaka Prefecture, the power base for both Hashimoto and his party. The result could mean the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tepco fixes silt fence at No. 1 plant</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/28/national/tepco-fixes-silt-fence-at-no-1-plant/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tepco-fixes-silt-fence-at-no-1-plant</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reiji Yoshida</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[fense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fukushima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radioactive materials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tepco]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tokyo Electric Power Co. said it has finished repairing the damaged silt fence set up in front of reactors 5 and 6 at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant to stop radioactive materials escaping into the Pacific. Tepco said Friday it has taken seawater samples beyond the fence in the area where water from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tepco raises toxic water estimate to 400 tons a day</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reiji Yoshida</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[diet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fukushima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radiation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water leaks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Friday formally revised its groundwater flow simulation and now believes up to 400 tons of contaminated water is seeping into the Pacific every day from the damaged Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. The previous estimate was about 300 tons per day. According to Tepco President Naomi Hirose, who was invited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bad weather damages silt fence at No. 1 plant</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/26/national/bad-weather-damages-silt-fence-at-no-1-plant/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=bad-weather-damages-silt-fence-at-no-1-plant</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reiji Yoshida</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fukushima No. 1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radioactive water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silt fence]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Poor weather has again damaged a silt fence in the ocean erected to contain radioactive material escaping from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.]]></description>
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		<title>METI official loses post for blog insulting 3/11 victims</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/26/national/meti-official-loses-post-for-blog-insulting-311-victims/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=meti-official-loses-post-for-blog-insulting-311-victims</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/26/national/meti-official-loses-post-for-blog-insulting-311-victims/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 13:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reiji Yoshida</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[METI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reconstruction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tohoku]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tsunami]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A senior trade ministry official has been stripped of his post for writing anonymous blog posts criticizing the government&#8217;s commitment to the victims of the March 2011 tsunami and to rebuilding the quake-hit Tohoku region. In a September 2011 entry on his personal blog, the official said that the government shouldn&#8217;t help rebuild disaster-hit areas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abe mum on plan for contaminated water crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/19/national/abe-mum-on-plan-for-water-crisis/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=abe-mum-on-plan-for-water-crisis</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/19/national/abe-mum-on-plan-for-water-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2013 14:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reiji Yoshida</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[contaminated water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fukushima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fukushima No. 1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reactors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On his second tour of Fukushima No. 1, Prime Minister Abe recycles his "under control" claims from Buenos Aires, requests a deadline for filtering the radioactive water and urges the decommissioning of units 5 and 6.]]></description>
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		<title>Tepco tech chief disputes Abe&#8217;s &#8216;under control&#8217; assertion</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/13/national/tepco-tech-chief-disputes-abes-under-control-assertion-2/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tepco-tech-chief-disputes-abes-under-control-assertion-2</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/13/national/tepco-tech-chief-disputes-abes-under-control-assertion-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2013 13:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reiji Yoshida</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[fukushima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radoactive water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tepco]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Tokyo Electric Power Co. executive created a stir Friday by stating that he doesn&#8217;t believe the radioactive water leaks at the Fukushima No. 1 plant are under control &#8212; contradicting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe&#8217;s bold assertions in Tokyo&#8217;s Olympics presentation in Buenos Aires. During the Tokyo bid team&#8217;s appeal for the 2020 Games on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tanks, not leak, main problem at Fukushima</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/12/national/tanks-not-leak-main-problem-at-fukushima/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tanks-not-leak-main-problem-at-fukushima</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/12/national/tanks-not-leak-main-problem-at-fukushima/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2013 13:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reiji Yoshida</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fukushima No. 1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leakage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radioactive water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The radioactive water tainting the sea from the Fukushima No. 1 plant may be generating headlines, but an expert says its storage tanks pose a greater danger.]]></description>
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		<title>Strange bedfellows: LDP, DPJ politicians tie the knot</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/11/national/strange-bedfellows-ldp-dpj-politicians-tie-the-knot/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=strange-bedfellows-ldp-dpj-politicians-tie-the-knot</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/11/national/strange-bedfellows-ldp-dpj-politicians-tie-the-knot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reiji Yoshida</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hiroshige Seko]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kumiko Hayashi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Upper House]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroshige Seko, a key aide to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and politician Kumiko Hayashi of the Democratic Party of Japan recently got married, secretaries to the lawmakers said Wednesday. It is rare for a senior official in the prime minister&#8217;s office to marry someone from the opposition camp. Neither plans to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abe&#8217;s assurance to IOC on nuclear plant called into question</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/10/national/abes-nuke-assurance-to-ioc-questioned/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=abes-nuke-assurance-to-ioc-questioned</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/10/national/abes-nuke-assurance-to-ioc-questioned/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2013 14:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reiji Yoshida</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fukushima No. 1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IOC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radioactive water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tepco]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One question that emerged among the public immediately after Tokyo won the right to host the 2020 Olympics was whether Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made an incorrect statement, or told an outright lie, about the contaminated water issue at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.]]></description>
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		<title>Camera at reactor 1 finds water entry point</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/05/national/camera-at-reactor-1-finds-water-entry-point/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=camera-at-reactor-1-finds-water-entry-point</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/05/national/camera-at-reactor-1-finds-water-entry-point/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2013 14:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reiji Yoshida</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[contaminated water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fukushima No. 1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radiation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An entry point for some of the groundwater flooding the crippled Fukushima No. 1 plant is found at reactor 1.]]></description>
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		<title>Top court shoots down unequal inheritance rights</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/04/national/top-court-shoots-down-unequal-inheritance-rights/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=top-court-shoots-down-unequal-inheritance-rights</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2013 14:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki  and Reiji Yoshida</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil Code]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inheritance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unconstitutional]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court declares unconstitutional the Civil Code clause that denies full inheritance rights to heirs born out of wedlock. ]]></description>
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		<title>Abe steps in to tackle nuclear water crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2013 14:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reiji Yoshida</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[fukushima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water leaks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After putting off spending taxpayer money as long as it could, the Abe administration announces that it will earmark at least &#165;47 billion to stop contaminated water from leaking at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.]]></description>
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		<title>NRA looks to raise leak severity level</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/21/national/nra-looks-to-raise-leak-severity-level/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=nra-looks-to-raise-leak-severity-level</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2013 13:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reiji Yoshida</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[fukushima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NRA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear power]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Nuclear Regulation Authority proposes raising the severity status of the recent radioactive water leak from a tank at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant to level 3 from 1 on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES).  ]]></description>
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		<title>Tank at No. 1 lost 300 tons of radioactive water</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/20/national/tank-at-no-1-lost-300-tons-of-radioactive-water/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tank-at-no-1-lost-300-tons-of-radioactive-water</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2013 14:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reiji Yoshida</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[contamination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fukushima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[groundwater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radiation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water leaks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[About 300 tons of highly radioactive water had leaked from a tank at the damaged Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant as of Tuesday afternoon, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. Tepco claims none of the water, which had been used to cool its stricken reactors and is highly radioactive, has flowed directly into the Pacific, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recipe site whips up English version</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/20/national/recipe-site-whips-up-english-version/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=recipe-site-whips-up-english-version</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/20/national/recipe-site-whips-up-english-version/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2013 12:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reiji Yoshida</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cooking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cookpad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Authentic recipes of homemade meals that are rarely tasted at Japanese restaurants are a subject of interest to many outsiders. For those who want to know what&#8217;s cooked daily in the kitchens of ordinary Japanese households and even want to know how to cook them and learn what exotic ingredients are used, a powerful tool [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abe proxy, Cabinet trio visit Yasukuni</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/15/national/at-least-two-japanese-ministers-visit-controversial-shrine-p-m-abe-stays-away/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=at-least-two-japanese-ministers-visit-controversial-shrine-p-m-abe-stays-away</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/15/national/at-least-two-japanese-ministers-visit-controversial-shrine-p-m-abe-stays-away/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2013 11:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reiji Yoshida  and Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WWII]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yasukuni Shrine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Three Cabinet ministers went to war-related Yasukuni Shrine on Thursday to mark the 68th anniversary of Japan&#8217;s surrender in World War II, while Prime Minister Shinzo Abe instead made a ritual offering in an apparent effort to avoid more diplomatic friction with China and South Korea. Yoshitaka Shindo, minister of internal affairs, Keiji Furuya, chairman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Papers that pushed for Pacific War revisited</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/14/national/papers-that-pushed-for-pacific-war-revisited-2/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=papers-that-pushed-for-pacific-war-revisited-2</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/14/national/papers-that-pushed-for-pacific-war-revisited-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2013 13:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reiji Yoshida</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class-A war criminal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific War]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pearl Harbor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Papers from the long-locked safe of the late Lt. Gen. Teiichi Suzuki, an Imperial Japanese Army wartime Cabinet minister, reveal his faulted argument that Japan had the wherewithal to wage war against the Allies.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Tepco starts pumping groundwater</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/09/national/tepco-starts-pumping-groundwater/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tepco-starts-pumping-groundwater</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/09/national/tepco-starts-pumping-groundwater/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2013 13:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reiji Yoshida</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant faces another crisis as an estimated 300 tons of highly radioactive water reach the Pacific Ocean every day.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Abe-revived body looks to authorize collective defense</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/05/national/abe-revived-body-looks-to-authorize-collective-defense/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=abe-revived-body-looks-to-authorize-collective-defense</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/05/national/abe-revived-body-looks-to-authorize-collective-defense/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2013 13:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reiji Yoshida</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[collective defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SDF]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Abe closes in on a long-held goal as a panel prepares to propose that the government change its interpretation of the Constitution to permit collective self-defense.]]></description>
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		<title>Upper House poll to elect officer hits snag: Votes exceed chamber&#8217;s roster</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/03/national/upper-house-poll-to-elect-officer-hits-snag-votes-exceed-chambers-roster/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=upper-house-poll-to-elect-officer-hits-snag-votes-exceed-chambers-roster</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/03/national/upper-house-poll-to-elect-officer-hits-snag-votes-exceed-chambers-roster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2013 15:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reiji Yoshida  and Ayako Mie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[extra vote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Upper House]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The 240-member Upper House voted Friday for its new president and vice president, but when ballots were cast for the latter, the tally came to 243. The two positions were filled in the wake of the July 21 Upper House election, but in the initial voting for the vice president, three members apparently cast an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aso retracts remark on &#8216;learning from the Nazis&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/01/national/aso-retracts-remark-on-learning-from-the-nazis/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=aso-retracts-remark-on-learning-from-the-nazis</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/01/national/aso-retracts-remark-on-learning-from-the-nazis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2013 10:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reiji Yoshida</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nazi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[revision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taro Aso]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weimar Constitution]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After facing criticism both at home and abroad, Finance Minister Taro Aso retracts his remark suggesting Japan should learn from the Nazis when it comes to revising the Constitution, saying it led to a “misunderstanding.”]]></description>
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		<title>Aso&#8217;s Nazi-inspired quip rubs Seoul the wrong way</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/31/national/asos-nazi-inspired-quip-rubs-seoul-the-wrong-way/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=asos-nazi-inspired-quip-rubs-seoul-the-wrong-way</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/31/national/asos-nazi-inspired-quip-rubs-seoul-the-wrong-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2013 14:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reiji Yoshida</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nazi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[revision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taro Aso]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weimar Constitution]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Outspoken Finance Minister Taro Aso causes another international stir by urging Japanese politicians bent on revising the Constitution to learn from the way Germany under the Nazis amended the Weimar charter. ]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese university professor born in, critical of, South Korea says Seoul barred her entry</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/31/national/japanese-university-professor-born-in-critical-of-south-korea-says-seoul-barred-her-entry/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=japanese-university-professor-born-in-critical-of-south-korea-says-seoul-barred-her-entry</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/31/national/japanese-university-professor-born-in-critical-of-south-korea-says-seoul-barred-her-entry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2013 14:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reiji Yoshida</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[entry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pro-Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[professor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Korea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Takushoku University]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Japanese university professor of South Korean descent claimed Wednesday in Tokyo that Seoul denied her entry to the country last Saturday at Incheon airport. Oh Seon-hwa told a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents&#8217; Club of Japan that she was probably denied entry because she is widely regarded as a pro-Japan scholar who strongly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grip on Diet leaves no scapegoats for LDP</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/29/reference/grip-on-diet-leaves-no-scapegoats-for-ldp/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=grip-on-diet-leaves-no-scapegoats-for-ldp</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/29/reference/grip-on-diet-leaves-no-scapegoats-for-ldp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2013 12:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reiji Yoshida</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[divided Diet]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Liberal Democratic Party won a landslide victory in the July 21 Upper House election and regained control of both chambers of the Diet, ending years in which the legislature was effectively divided and bills were held hostage. In recent years, whatever force was in power, meaning in control of the Lower House, didn&#8217;t have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hashimoto, Matsui offer to quit but are persuaded to stay</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/27/national/hashimoto-matsui-offer-to-quit-but-are-persuaded-to-stay/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=hashimoto-matsui-offer-to-quit-but-are-persuaded-to-stay</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/27/national/hashimoto-matsui-offer-to-quit-but-are-persuaded-to-stay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jul 2013 11:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reiji Yoshida</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ichiro Matsui]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nippon Ishin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toru Hashimoto]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) co-leader Toru Hashimoto and Secretary-General Ichiro Matsui offer to step down "to focus on their political agenda in Osaka" but other party executives persuade them to stay on.]]></description>
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		<title>Opposition disparate; foe common</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/26/national/opposition-disparate-foe-common/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=opposition-disparate-foe-common</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/26/national/opposition-disparate-foe-common/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2013 13:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reiji Yoshida</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[disarray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DPJ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Upper House election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Your Party]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Major opposition groups have been rocked by intensifying internal strife since the Upper House election, and with the secretaries-general of the Democratic Party of Japan, Your Party and Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) launching a nonpartisan policy study group next week, speculation is flying they might try to form a new party. However, [...]]]></description>
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