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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; Shinya Ajima</title>
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		<title>Abe trying to strike a delicate balance</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shinya Ajima</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[consumption tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met the news media after deciding to raise the consumption tax next April, he stressed that his administration can pursue economic growth and fiscal discipline at the same time. The declaration Tuesday, which almost sounded as if he was reassuring himself, betrays the fact that the decision to increase the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Election reform now key task for Abe &amp; Co.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shinya Ajima</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Abe may soon face a challenge over the issue of vote-value disparities as the opposition demands swifter, more comprehensive reforms to close the unconstitutional gaps.]]></description>
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		<title>Regional woes cloud Abe&#8217;s success in U.S.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 15:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shinya Ajima</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe&#8217;s trip to Washington was interpreted by some political analysts as confirmation that his second stint at the government helm has gotten off to a strong start. On Friday, Abe agreed with U.S. President Barack Obama to bolster the bilateral security alliance, given the deteriorating security environment in East Asia amid North [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pledges avoid long-term plans to mend economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shinya Ajima</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Party pledges for the Dec. 16 general election have highlighted the sense of urgency for economic reforms as the nation remains mired in deflation. But the pledges also reveal a dearth of long-term strategies. The debate has revolved around what the parties would do, if they win, to make the Bank of Japan turn the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BOJ, government in deflation test of wills</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shinya Ajima</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The rare joint statement Tuesday by the government and the Bank of Japan to showcase their alliance in fighting deflation meant to display unity, but it also highlighted the lack of trust in each other&#8217;s commitments. The mutual suspicion, reinforced by decades of weak growth, appears to be one of the biggest obstacles they must [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU woes press Japan to address own problems</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can better yourself by observing others, as a Japanese saying goes, and this may well describe how Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda was feeling when he hurried home after attending only half of the two-day summit of the Group of 20 major economies in Mexico. Even as he joined the call for Europe to do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investors are kept guessing on currency intervention</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shinya Ajima</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Silence seems golden for the government, which wants to leave investors guessing whether Tokyo will intervene in the foreign exchange market to stem the rise of the yen against other major currencies. Finance Minister Jun Azumi repeatedly said &#8220;No comment&#8221; last week in dodging questions from reporters about the government&#8217;s position on the Japanese currency&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan to keep U.S. thinking about IMF reforms: Azumi</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shinya Ajima</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan will continue to press the U.S. to accept a 2010 agreement for the International Monetary Fund to implement governance reforms, a deal that will help enhance the voices of emerging economies within the multilateral lender, Finance Minister Jun Azumi said Tuesday. But Azumi also told reporters that he realizes it is difficult for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analysts query value of IMF contribution</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shinya Ajima</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The leading role Japan played in convincing the Group of 20 major economies to almost double the resources of the International Monetary Fund highlighted Tokyo&#8217;s fear of losing its global presence to emerging economies such as China. When their two-day meeting ended Friday in Washington, Finance Minister Jun Azumi was praised by the other G-20 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recovery from quake could block reforms</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One year after the devastating March 11 quake and tsunami, the economy has been recovering from the tremendous shocks caused by the disasters, which disrupted the nation&#8217;s production and exports while hurting business and consumer sentiment. But with conditions apparently getting back to normal following the domestic crisis, familiar circumstances have re-emerged in which the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BOJ faced pressure over inflation goals</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bank of Japan&#8217;s decision to announce its first-ever inflation target is being widely interpreted as the central bank stepping up its commitment to end chronic deflation. But analysts say the move is also the result of political pressure and will benefit the government, which has struggled to address the yen&#8217;s historic rise and even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Few growth options in 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sky-high yen and global economic downturn will likely continue to exert downward pressure on the economy in 2012, but domestic demand linked to postdisaster reconstruction work is expected to underpin growth. Japan is stepping up its austerity measures, including preparations for raising the consumption tax as early as in 2013, amid increasing concern that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Europe the real test for economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some people may be wondering why, despite the devastating earthquake and tsunami in March, the yen has been rising against the dollar, the euro and other major currencies, indicating investor confidence in the country&#8217;s economy, at least so far. Many analysts respond to the question with just two words, &#8220;relative safety,&#8221; which means shorter-term prospects [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Currency experts mixed over yen selloff measure</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Market participants remain skeptical of the impact of the government&#8217;s &#36;100 billion package aimed at curbing the rising yen, and are on the lookout for additional intervention in the near future. Speculation over fresh intervention, possibly this week, is rising amid indications the U.S. Federal Reserve may further ease monetary conditions to boost the U.S. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forex intervention raises doubts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday&#8217;s intervention in currency markets by the government clearly illustrated their fear that the economy could collapse unless they take action. The world&#8217;s third-biggest economy was already under serious downward pressure from the massive earthquake and tsunami in March, which disrupted production and exports and triggered meltdowns at a nuclear power plant. The intervention, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Political turmoil casting doubt on public finances</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four months after the devastating earthquake and tsunami in the northeast, the economy shows some signs of recovery, but at the same time uncertainty is growing over public finances as the government struggles to implement budgets and push through fiscal reforms amid political turmoil. Firing a rare warning shot, Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda said last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Economic outlook dimmer a month after earthquake</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A month after the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, uncertainty over the country&#8217;s economy has only escalated, with manufacturers crippled and the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant weighing heavily on business and consumer sentiment. The government of Prime Minister Naoto Kan is struggling to secure funds for emergency [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blackouts ravaging faltering economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the havoc wreaked by the massive earthquake and ensuing tsunami last week becomes clearer day by day, one critical problem for Japan&#8217;s already fragile economic recovery has emerged: a lack of electricity. In the aftermath of the devastating magnitude 9 earthquake on March 11, the world&#8217;s third-biggest economy has been reminded that it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Downgrade can help Kan make case for fiscal reform</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/01/30/business/downgrade-can-help-kan-make-case-for-fiscal-reform/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=downgrade-can-help-kan-make-case-for-fiscal-reform</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 00:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shinya Ajima</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan&#8217;s deteriorating public finances have prompted Standard &#38; Poor&#8217;s to cut its sovereign debt rating, but experts say the move has had little negative impact and could even help the government persuade the public to accept reforms that might result in a tax hike. The U.S. rating agency on Thursday downgraded Japanese long-term debt for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fear propels corporate tax cut</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shinya Ajima</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The decision by the government to cut the corporate tax rate was a clear reflection of its fear that the country is losing its attractiveness as a destination for investment. Prime Minister Naoto Kan expressed his hope that the tax cut, which needs some final arranging before its implementation, will help boost the economy by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Structural reform &#8216;indispensable&#8217; for economic recovery: BOJ&#8217;s Shirakawa</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/12/business/structural-reform-indispensable-for-economic-recovery-bojs-shirakawa/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=structural-reform-indispensable-for-economic-recovery-bojs-shirakawa</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shinya Ajima</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &#8212; Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa on Sunday called for the Japanese government to promote structural reforms to ensure an economic recovery, without making pointed reference to it after the central bank played its part by significantly easing the country&#8217;s monetary conditions. Shirakawa, delivering a speech in Washington after attending a series of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G7 silently assents to intervention</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shinya Ajima</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &#8212; Japan may have been the biggest beneficiary this weekend when the Group of Seven leading economies responded ambiguously about its currency intervention last month, which drew fire from U.S. and European lawmakers. It is almost impossible for Japan to step into the currency market to weaken the yen if its G7 peers oppose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama runs risk with Roos in Hiroshima</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/08/07/national/obama-runs-risk-with-roos-in-hiroshima/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=obama-runs-risk-with-roos-in-hiroshima</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shinya Ajima  and Ben Dooley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HIROSHIMA/WASHINGTON &#8212; As U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos on Friday became the first U.S. representative to attend the annual ceremony to commemorate the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the move was fraught with both political gains and risks for U.S. President Barack Obama. Obama shares with Japan the goal of achieving a world without nuclear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan to brief finance chiefs on austerity measures at G20 meet</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shinya Ajima</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Financial chiefs from the Group of 20 advanced and major developing economies were to gather Friday and Saturday in South Korea to discuss measures to ease tensions in global financial markets caused by the debt crisis in the euro zone. Preventing a recurrence of the banking crisis is also high on the agenda. Financial chiefs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dollar-swap pact needed to keep recovery on track</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 00:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shinya Ajima</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bank of Japan&#8217;s decision Monday for a dollar-swap accord with the U.S. Federal Reserve was welcomed by analysts, who said pumping liquidity into the banking system and helping businesses raise necessary funds are crucial to keeping Japan&#8217;s economic recovery on track. The BOJ decided on its commitment for the Fed&#8217;s program to provide dollars [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU trade talk trouble highlights shift to South Korean market</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shinya Ajima</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan and the European Union have had difficulty launching a joint study on a free-trade deal, with analysts pointing out that Japan&#8217;s market appears less promising than other Asian economies. However, the two sides are still thought to have many common interests in promoting free and open trade and investment around the world, including the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU FTA quest to test political will</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shinya Ajima</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan goes into semiannual regulatory reform talks with the European Union this week, with some participants expecting to make headway on bilateral free trade. But others believe hurdles remain, saying the form of economic partnership the 27-member European economic bloc wants, based on wide-ranging standardization, does not necessarily match what Tokyo seeks, which is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finland to Japan: exploit strengths</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shinya Ajima</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Finland, recently named the world&#8217;s &#8220;most prosperous&#8221; country, no longer sees economic growth as a reason to feel happy as the global crisis has changed how people value their lives, Finland foreign minister said in a recent interview in Tokyo. Alexander Stubb, in Japan to meet officials of the new administration, said a prosperous nation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APEC offers Japan chance to display leadership</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shinya Ajima</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[speak with a consultant about how to deal with the swine flu pandemic at its headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 7. KYODO PHOTO The proposal, widely touted after Hatoyama took office in September, was generally welcomed when he showed up for the annual summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum over the weekend in Singapore. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan-Swiss FTA may offset lack of EU accord</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shinya Ajima</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The free-trade agreement that recently took effect between Japan and Switzerland is expected to help Tokyo ease any unfavorable impact from the lengthy time it has spent trying to conclude a similar accord with the European Union, Swiss Vice President Doris Leuthard said. Japan is still in the early stages of negotiating an FTA with [...]]]></description>
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