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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>
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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>Foreign iPhone fans, be aware of Softbank&#8217;s two-year visa rule</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Louise George Kittaka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Softbank requires that you have at least two years remaining on your visa if you wish to pay for a new iPhone handset in monthly installments rather than fork out for the whole lot up front.]]></description>
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		<title>Before you leave Japan, there&#8217;s an awful lot to do</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/09/16/how-tos/before-you-leave-japan-theres-an-awful-lot-to-do/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=before-you-leave-japan-theres-an-awful-lot-to-do</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2013 14:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Thompson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Preparing to leave Japan can be an overwhelming and time-consuming process, especially if you try to do it in less than two months, as my husband and I did. But regardless how much (or little) time you have to get ready, we learned a few things from our experience that might make yours easier. This [...]]]></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>
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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>Returnee livid after ugly treatment at TBC beauty salon in Tokyo</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/08/26/how-tos/returnee-livid-after-ugly-treatment-at-tbc-beauty-salon-in-tokyo/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=returnee-livid-after-ugly-treatment-at-tbc-beauty-salon-in-tokyo</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2013 14:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Louise George Kittaka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[beauty services]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Returnee reader MQ has vowed to give TBC a wide berth after staff made her feel unwelcome and refused to help her enroll at the beauty empire's  Yurakucho branch.]]></description>
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		<title>So you want to start a business in Japan?</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/08/12/how-tos/so-you-want-to-start-a-business-in-japan/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=so-you-want-to-start-a-business-in-japan</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keiji Senoo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[entrepreneurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reader VS writes: &#8220;I am a Spanish national interested in getting information about how to start a business in Japan. What is the minimum required to invest for this purpose and how is this linked to obtaining a residence status? Any information — in English — or links where I could get this information would [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/08/05/how-tos/the-aging-issue-of-chiba-new-town/#comments</comments>
		<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>
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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>Think before you ink if you work with kids</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/07/22/how-tos/think-before-you-ink-if-you-work-with-kids/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=think-before-you-ink-if-you-work-with-kids</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2013 14:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Louise George Kittaka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tattoos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teaching]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am very interested in getting an irezumi (traditional tattoo) in Japan. Are there any artists that will tattoo a foreigner? If so, who and where? My interviewer for the teaching position tried to warn me that tattoos are a 'no-no.]]></description>
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		<title>Seeking to return the spoils of war</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/07/15/how-tos/seeking-to-return-the-spoils-of-war/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=seeking-to-return-the-spoils-of-war</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/07/15/how-tos/seeking-to-return-the-spoils-of-war/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2013 14:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Louise George Kittaka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Philippines]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lifelines takes a step back in time this week with two questions linked to World War II. First, from reader TT in the U.S. comes a request to help identify the owner of a Japanese sword. He inherited it from his late grandfather, along with some photos of the original owner&#8217;s family in a canister [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ADR dispute-solving process offers cheaper, swifter path to justice for many</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/07/08/how-tos/adr-dispute-solving-process-offers-cheaper-swifter-path-to-justice-for-many/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=adr-dispute-solving-process-offers-cheaper-swifter-path-to-justice-for-many</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/07/08/how-tos/adr-dispute-solving-process-offers-cheaper-swifter-path-to-justice-for-many/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2013 14:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jun Kajita</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[courts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mrs. A writes: &#8220;Our family recently moved and our real estate agency knew that we suffer from allergies. We found a place in a quiet neighborhood and now find out that a local business burns its garbage, primarily between 6 and 10 a.m., but also at other times during the day. It seems like no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moved by the benefits of mobile-home housing</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/07/02/how-tos/moved-by-the-benefits-of-mobile-home-housing/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=moved-by-the-benefits-of-mobile-home-housing</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2013 15:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor  and Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[housing]]></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>A year on, what you should already know about residence cards and re-entry</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/06/25/how-tos/a-year-on-what-you-should-already-know-about-residence-cards-and-re-entry/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-year-on-what-you-should-already-know-about-residence-cards-and-re-entry</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Masami Kittaka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[expats]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reader CW writes: &#8220;I&#8217;ve lived here 35 years and am a permanent resident. Recently I met an American who had just returned through Tokyo immigration and all the information about his work, residence and visa status was on his card but not on his passport. The passport had not been endorsed. Why is Japan the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quickies on bringing in psychotropics and bags, calling Japan, buying shoes</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/06/18/how-tos/quickies-on-bringing-in-psychotropics-and-bags-calling-japan-buying-shoes/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=quickies-on-bringing-in-psychotropics-and-bags-calling-japan-buying-shoes</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Louise George Kittaka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[customs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A variety of queries from readers have arrived at Lifelines over the last few weeks, so we&#8217;ll address some of them in this column. &#8226; JL will be coming to Japan in the fall and wants to bring in several types of prescription psychotropic medication. (Common psychotropic drugs include antipsychotics, antidepressants, ADHD drugs, anti-anxiety medications [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hunting for big-foot: Large shoes tough to track down in Tokyo</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/06/04/how-tos/hunting-for-big-foot-large-shoes-tough-to-track-down-in-tokyo/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=hunting-for-big-foot-large-shoes-tough-to-track-down-in-tokyo</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Louise George Kittaka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[expats]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buying large shoes in Japan is a bit like trying to find a prime-time TV show that doesn&#8217;t feature at least one past or present member of AKB48: You know they exist, but it often takes perseverance and a measure of luck to track them down. Back home in New Zealand I take a perfectly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sometimes it pays to look on the bright side</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor  and Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[housing]]></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>When can you fight a job transfer?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 15:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Masako Suzuki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A foreign reader writes: &#8220;My husband is working for a company that has branches in Shinagawa, Narita and Ibaraki. He used to work at the Shinagawa branch, and then he was forced to move to the Narita branch. &#8220;The owner of the company only gave us two weeks&#8217; notice to move to Narita. I lost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On uneven ground: landfill property pitfalls</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 15:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor  and Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
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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>Fujuri todoke: a valuable insurance policy if your marriage is on the rocks</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/04/23/how-tos/fujuri-todoke-a-valuable-insurance-policy-if-your-marriage-is-on-the-rocks/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=fujuri-todoke-a-valuable-insurance-policy-if-your-marriage-is-on-the-rocks</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mikiko Otani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A reader asks: &#8220;What is the name of the form used to &#8216;block&#8217; a ky&#333;gi rikon (divorce by mutual consent) proceeding? Do they have these forms at the local city office or do you have to go to a lawyer&#8217;s office and have them prepared?&#8221; Under Japanese law, a divorce can be finalized by mutual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employers&#8217; &#8216;box them in, drive them out&#8217; tactics fail legal test</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/04/16/how-tos/employers-box-them-in-drive-them-out-tactics-fail-legal-test/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=employers-box-them-in-drive-them-out-tactics-fail-legal-test</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hifumi Okunuki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Benesse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bullying]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Surely few employees would jump out of bed every morning, itching to start work at the "Department for Driving Them Out"? But what is an oidashi-beya? And what scary entities are to be driven out?]]></description>
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		<title>When remodeling isn&#8217;t quite a home improvement</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/04/02/how-tos/when-remodeling-isnt-quite-a-home-improvement/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=when-remodeling-isnt-quite-a-home-improvement</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor  and Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[housing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A year ago we looked at a 20-year-old apartment after it had just gone on sale in the city where we live, which is about an hour from Tokyo. It was large and sunny, but the walls needed to be re-papered and the floors replaced. The realtor told us that the ¥11.6 million asking price [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navigating Japanese divorce law and dealing with false promises</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/03/26/how-tos/navigating-japanese-divorce-law-and-dealing-with-false-promises/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=navigating-japanese-divorce-law-and-dealing-with-false-promises</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yuichi Kawamoto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mrs. A writes: &#8220;I&#8217;m a foreigner living in Oita city, married to a Japanese national, with two children. &#8220;We have attended several ch&#333;tei (mediation sessions). Yesterday was the last. My husband said he will file for saiban (litigation), which will be scheduled next year for January or February. &#8220;My worry is that I won&#8217;t get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labor law reform raises rather than relieves workers&#8217; worries</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hifumi Okunuki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new specter hangs over Japan: the specter of insecure employment. The source of this insecurity is the August 2012 reform of the Labor Contract Act related to fixed-term employment. ]]></description>
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		<title>Buying property in the age of Abenomics</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor  and Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abenomics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to most business media, now is the time to act if you are thinking about buying a home. Though the Liberal Democratic Party has yet to confirm that it will go ahead with the consumption tax increases the Democratic Party of Japan passed last year, it seems likely that the first hike to 8 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teachers are workers, not martyrs: the severance scandal that isn&#8217;t</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/02/19/how-tos/teachers-are-workers-not-martyrs-the-severance-scandal-that-isnt/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=teachers-are-workers-not-martyrs-the-severance-scandal-that-isnt</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hifumi Okunuki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employment compensation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA['Teachers quitting before graduation?!' the headlines screamed as we headed into the new year.]]></description>
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		<title>The illness of depression and how psychotherapy may help</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/02/04/how-tos/the-illness-of-depression-and-how-psychotherapy-may-help/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-illness-of-depression-and-how-psychotherapy-may-help</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Douglas Berger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most common issues that comes up in sessions with patients at our clinic in Tokyo is depression, and one of the most frequently asked questions is &#8220;How can psychotherapy help people with depression?&#8221; This is a complex question that depends on what we mean by both &#8220;help&#8221; and &#8220;depression.&#8221; Let&#8217;s start with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building your home can come at quite a cost</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor  and Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[estate]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[People in the market for new single-family houses usually don&#8217;t worry as much about the land those houses occupy because they tend to work with developers, who purchase huge tracts and then subdivide them. The customer buys the land and the house as a package, though the authorities see it as two purchases and assess [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leave restricted drugs at home</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CT has a prescription for Adderall (methamphetamine), which is illegal in Japan, and has recently been hired to work on a U.S. base here. &#8220;My plan as of now is to leave my meds at home and try to get a new prescription once I&#8217;m on the military base, which is considered sovereign U.S. territory. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Give sufficient notice when breaking an employment contract</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reader JA asks if it&#8217;s legal for an employer to demand compensation if an employee quits their job partway through their contract. &#8220;What about if someone wants to quit their job and break their contract early (say, midway through) but the contract says that if the person doesn&#8217;t give 30 days notice then &#8216;the contract [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AKB48: Unionize and take back your lost love lives</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/01/22/how-tos/akb48-unionize-and-take-back-your-lost-love-lives/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=akb48-unionize-and-take-back-your-lost-love-lives</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hifumi Okunuki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They started performing on stages in Tokyo&#8217;s Akihabara electronics district, and today their ubiquity is unrivaled. The current flavors of the month pepper the TV schedules and covers of weekly magazines all year round. In Tokyo, you can&#8217;t swing a carrot without hitting a giant poster of one or a bunch of the all-grinning, all-dancing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sharing assets with same-sex partner: a tax, legal minefield</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Masami Kittaka</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A reader writes: &#8220;I&#8217;m a foreigner in a long-term same-sex relationship with a Japanese national. The deed to our house is registered in the name of the Japanese national. Is it possible to have my name put on the deed so that I am not rendered homeless should my partner not survive me? A rather [...]]]></description>
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