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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; Tomohiro Osaki</title>
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		<title>Exhibit highlights plight of death-row inmates</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amnesty International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death row]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A two-day exhibition showcasing an array of paintings by death-row inmates kicked off Saturday in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo. Organized by Amnesty International, the display is an attempt to draw public attention to the veiled agony of prisoners awaiting execution and who the human rights group says tend to be dismissed by society merely as &#8220;monsters.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-con on mission to tame recidivism rate</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/27/national/ex-con-on-mission-to-tame-recidivism-rate/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ex-con-on-mission-to-tame-recidivism-rate</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[correction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ex-cons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hiroshi Igarashi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rehabilitation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hiroshi Igarashi remembers feeling like a dinosaur when he was released from prison in 2011 after nine years behind bars. He had no idea how to use IC cards and phones as train tickets. Even the self-serve &#8220;drink bar&#8221; system in restaurants struck him as an utter enigma. Feeling bewildered by changes in society is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harumi urged not to sit back and squander Olympic windfall</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2013 14:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2020 Olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harumi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[People who live in Tokyo's Harumi seafront district are excited about hosting the Olympic Village when the games come to town in 2020, but the trick will be parleying the construction into a long-term boon.]]></description>
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		<title>Narita to retire inter-terminal buses, use walkways</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/20/national/narita-to-retire-inter-terminal-buses-use-walkways/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=narita-to-retire-inter-terminal-buses-use-walkways</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 13:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[concourses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moving walkways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Narita airport]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Narita International Airport on Friday announced it will put new moving walkways into service on Sept. 27 to help travelers more quickly reach the departure and arrival concourses in an annex to Terminal 2. The only way to get to the building at present is by bus. According to the airport&#8217;s spokesman, the buses ferry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Court interpreters&#8217; working conditions a threat to fairness</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/17/national/court-interpreters-working-conditions-a-threat-to-fairness/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=court-interpreters-working-conditions-a-threat-to-fairness</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2013 13:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[court interpreter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trials]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The introduction of the lay judge system four years ago has only added to the stress placed on court interpreters, as they grapple with ever-worsening working conditions that have left them fatigued, ill-prepared and more error-prone, the Japan Federation of Bar Associations warns. &#8220;We have heard many court interpreters complain about their situation since the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TEAP stresses pragmatic approach</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/16/reference/teap-stresses-pragmatic-approach/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=teap-stresses-pragmatic-approach</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2013 13:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[test]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[university]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As Prime Minister Shinzo Abe&#8217;s Liberal Democratic Party forges ahead with its strategy of nurturing &#8220;internationally minded&#8221; talent to aid economic growth, the prospect that students&#8217; scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) will be used as criteria for entering university looms increasingly large. In this age of globalization, the need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Death-row inmate, 73, sixth executed under Abe Cabinet</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/12/national/japanese-inmate-executed/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=japanese-inmate-executed</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2013 13:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[execution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sadakazu Tanigaki]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A convicted murderer is hanged for robbing and gunning down the owner of a restaurant in Yokohama's Chinatown in May 2004.]]></description>
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		<title>Young global talent discusses peace and language</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/07/national/young-global-talent-discusses-peace-and-language/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=young-global-talent-discusses-peace-and-language</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Sep 2013 12:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nihongo Summit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Eight young foreigners shared their unique take on Japanese society and memories of a month-long visit to the country during a symposium Saturday in Tokyo. The gathering was the final event of a nearly one-month-long program called the Nihongo Summit co-organized by the nonprofit organization Japan Return Program and Nikkei Inc. This year marked the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Miyazaki vows he won&#8217;t be idle in retirement</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/06/national/miyazaki-vows-he-wont-be-idle-in-retirement/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=miyazaki-vows-he-wont-be-idle-in-retirement</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2013 13:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ghibli]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hayao Miyazaki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retirement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hayao Miyazaki, the retiring czar of Japanese animation, said Friday that while he will no longer be at the forefront of creating feature-length animated movies, he will be a &#8220;freed man&#8221; pursuing his own interests as long as he can. &#8220;I know I made headlines by signaling my intention to retire numerous times before, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>End of unequal inheritance lauded</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/05/national/end-of-unequal-inheritance-lauded/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=end-of-unequal-inheritance-lauded</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2013 13:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil Code]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inheritence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unconstitutional]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Legal experts said Wednesday&#8217;s landmark decision by the Supreme Court that the Civil Code provision denying full inheritance rights to heirs born out of wedlock is unconstitutional was welcome but late in coming. The fact that the justices reached the decision unanimously, they say, will put lawmakers under heavy pressure to revise the controversial clause [...]]]></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>&#8216;Skilled foreigner&#8217; invite too rigid a bar</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/04/national/skilled-foreigner-invite-too-rigid-a-bar/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=skilled-foreigner-invite-too-rigid-a-bar</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2013 12:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[highly skilled workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[More than a year after its much-hyped introduction, a government-led initiative to lure &#8220;highly skilled&#8221; foreign professionals to Japan is making lackluster progress, with the number of those applying for visas under the new system much smaller than initially envisioned. Dismayed by the poor performance, the government is now eyeing a review of the system [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Artist Hibino drums up Olympic bid support with five-colored &#8216;mikoshi&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/09/02/arts/artist-hibino-directs-celebration-of-olympian-aesthetics/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=artist-hibino-directs-celebration-of-olympian-aesthetics</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2013 14:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2020 Olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Katsuhiko Hibino]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[About 140 people parade through Tokyo's Ueno Park Saturday with handmade portable shrines as part of the events designed to support the city's to host the 2020 Olympics.]]></description>
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		<title>Animation master Miyazaki to retire; fans in disbelief</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/02/national/animation-master-miyazaki-to-retire-fans-in-disbelief/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=animation-master-miyazaki-to-retire-fans-in-disbelief</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2013 10:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hayao Miyazaki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retirement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Studio Ghibli]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The abrupt announcement about film director Hayao Miyazaki’s decision to retire triggers tributes and disbelief.]]></description>
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		<title>Troubled youths find friend, ally in student</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/28/national/troubled-youths-find-friend-ally-in-student/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=troubled-youths-find-friend-ally-in-student</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2013 12:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Waseda University student Kazunari Takabe, 21, has devoted much of his time over the past three years to a rather unusual philanthropic activity: to make friends with teenagers fresh out of juvenile detention centers. As a member of volunteer Big Brothers and Sisters Movement of Japan (BBS), Takabe, a Tokyo resident, said he aims to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Volunteer probation officers face uphill battle</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/28/national/volunteer-probation-officers-face-uphill-battle/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=volunteer-probation-officers-face-uphill-battle</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2013 12:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Kenjiro Osawa has spent the past 15 years inviting parolees to his Tokyo home every other week for a brief chit-chat to make sure they are managing their lives outside the walls of prison. A &#8220;hogoshi&#8221; volunteer probation officer, Osawa, a 68-year-old resident of Taito Ward, says he has lost count of appointments parolees under [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Girl-recruiting teacher in hot water</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2013 13:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[bar hostesses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iwate University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Masamichi Okazaki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visa violations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Police have handed prosecutors their case against a 59-year-old Iwate University professor who arranged for four foreign students to work as part-time nightclub hostesses. Masamichi Okazaki arranged job interviews between the owner of a bar in Morioka and the four girls, a Chinese and three Russians, last October and in February, police told The Japan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teens held in mugging needed cash for AKB48 garb</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/26/national/teens-held-in-mugging-needed-cash-for-akb48-garb/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=teens-held-in-mugging-needed-cash-for-akb48-garb</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2013 13:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AKB48]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arrest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[minors]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Four teenage boys were arrested earlier this month for allegedly robbing and injuring a man on a Tokyo street because they needed cash to buy custom-made outfits to sport in a handshaking event involving the pop idol group AKB48, police said Monday. The boys, all from Saitama Prefecture, approached the victim, a 27-year-old graduate student, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NPO helps parents help child victims of crime by altering mind-set</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/23/national/npo-helps-parents-help-child-victims-of-crime-by-altering-mind-set/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=npo-helps-parents-help-child-victims-of-crime-by-altering-mind-set</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/23/national/npo-helps-parents-help-child-victims-of-crime-by-altering-mind-set/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2013 13:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime victims]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A nonprofit group assisting people victimized by crime held an unprecedented series of workshops nationwide this summer on what parents should and shouldn&#8217;t do if their children fall prey to criminals. The National Network of Victim Support embarked on the initiative after seeing numerous cases over the years in which panic-stricken parents refuse to face [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tepco caused suicide, wife tells court</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/21/national/tepco-caused-suicide-wife-tells-court/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tepco-caused-suicide-wife-tells-court</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2013 13:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[compensation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[filipino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lawsuit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear diaster]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A suit opens against Tepco, with a Filipino woman from Fukushima Prefecture seeking about &#165;126 million over the death of her Japanese husband, who committed suicide when his business faltered amid the nuclear plant crisis.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Bigger Sakurajima eruption not in cards despite outburst</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/19/national/bigger-sakurajima-eruption-not-in-cards-despite-outburst/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=bigger-sakurajima-eruption-not-in-cards-despite-outburst</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/19/national/bigger-sakurajima-eruption-not-in-cards-despite-outburst/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2013 12:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[eruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kagoshima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sakurajima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[volcano]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Despite its violent outburst over the weekend, experts are guardedly optimistic that Mount Sakurajima is not due for a life-threatening eruption soon.]]></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>Shimanto strikes while the iron is hot</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/14/national/shimanto-strikes-while-the-iron-is-hot/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=shimanto-strikes-while-the-iron-is-hot</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2013 13:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[heat wave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[highest temperature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hottest city]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kochi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shimanto]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The city of Shimanto, Kochi Prefecture, which on Monday became Japan&#8217;s hottest city with a record-setting temperature of 41.0 degrees, is now rushing to capitalize on its new title with a string of unique projects. The mercury hit the all-time high of 41.0 in the city&#8217;s Egawasaki district. Hailing the news as a potential boost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Radioactive hot spots found in seabed as far away as Miyagi</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/07/national/radioactive-hot-spots-found-in-seabed-as-far-away-as-miyagi/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=radioactive-hot-spots-found-in-seabed-as-far-away-as-miyagi</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2013 13:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[fukushima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radiation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A research team led by the University of Tokyo has found more than 30 concentrations of radioactive cesium in the first full-fledged study of the isotope&#8217;s accumulation on the seabed near the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, scientists said Wednesday. The research, spearheaded by the university&#8217;s Institute of Industrial Science, found that cesium-137, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S.-style class action? Unlikely for Tepco suits</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/05/reference/u-s-style-class-action-unlikely-for-tepco-suits/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=u-s-style-class-action-unlikely-for-tepco-suits</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2013 13:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[class action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fukushima lawsuits]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[About 1,700 people from various prefectures filed four separate lawsuits against Tokyo Electric Power Co. and the government last March 11, exactly two years after the start of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. The crisis, which is a long way from ending, has devastated local industries and agriculture and uprooted thousands of people, some of whom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Court to warn lay judges of possible gore</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/01/national/court-to-warn-lay-judges-of-possible-gore/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=court-to-warn-lay-judges-of-possible-gore</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/01/national/court-to-warn-lay-judges-of-possible-gore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2013 10:41:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[evidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lay judge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stress]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Tokyo District Court will now inform lay judge candidates in advance that they may be exposed to gruesome photographs of crime scenes and will allow them to be excused if they fear they could be traumatized.]]></description>
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		<title>Abe seen set to squeeze the poor</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/24/national/abe-seen-set-to-squeeze-the-poor/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=abe-seen-set-to-squeeze-the-poor</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/24/national/abe-seen-set-to-squeeze-the-poor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2013 12:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kenji Utsunomiya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social welfare]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mammoth cuts in welfare benefits starting next month point to the government&#8217;s desire to skimp on social security and instead boost military capabilities in hopes of fighting alongside the United States, according to veteran lawyer Kenji Utsunomiya. Noting the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is keen to amend the pacifist Constitution, Utsunomiya believes the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poor slam anti-poverty law as hollow</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/24/national/poor-slam-anti-poverty-law-as-hollow/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=poor-slam-anti-poverty-law-as-hollow</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2013 12:39:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[child poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty law]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For Yoshino Azuma, life changed forever when her husband, Yoshitaro, suddenly died of a brain hemorrhage two years ago. That tragedy left Azuma, 43, unable to function for a year, while her four kids often burst into violent tussles, the apparent result of pent-up anguish. But the loss of her husband didn&#8217;t just hit the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four admit role in fatal Roppongi attack</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/23/national/four-admit-role-in-fatal-roppongi-attack/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=four-admit-role-in-fatal-roppongi-attack</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/23/national/four-admit-role-in-fatal-roppongi-attack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2013 14:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kanto Rengo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roppongi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Four men charged in connection with the fatal beating of a 31-year-old bar owner in a Roppongi nightclub last September pleaded guilty Tuesday in their Tokyo District Court trial. Trials of others allegedly involved in the slaying, including former members of Kanto Rengo, a now-defunct biker gang based in the Kanto region, are scheduled to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tokyo voters mixed but most seem to want LDP in charge</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/22/national/tokyo-voters-mixed-but-most-seem-to-want-ldp-in-charge/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tokyo-voters-mixed-but-most-seem-to-want-ldp-in-charge</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jul 2013 15:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mizuho Aoki, Masaaki Kameda,  and Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[election 2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Upper House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many voters appear to be putting their faith in the Liberal Democratic Party despite the lack of "Abenomics" evidence in their lives, The Japan Times finds.]]></description>
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