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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO</title>
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		<title>Why are so many Nepalese in Japan taking their own lives?</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/09/23/voices/why-are-so-many-nepalese-in-japan-taking-their-own-lives/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=why-are-so-many-nepalese-in-japan-taking-their-own-lives</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2013 14:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[expats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nepal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[suicide]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Minister of Education Hakubun Shimomura and Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Norihisa Tamura, I am a clinical psychologist studying in Japan, with a particular interest in suicide prevention. In this regard, since last year I have been monitoring the suicide rate among Nepalese in Japan. The results have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tokyo: the city that wants clubbers to sleep after midnight</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/09/16/voices/tokyo-the-city-that-wants-clubbers-to-sleep-after-midnight/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tokyo-the-city-that-wants-clubbers-to-sleep-after-midnight</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2013 14:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Honorable Members of the National Diet, I urge you to listen to young people&#8217;s voices and revise the Entertainment and Amusement Trade Control Law to allow late-night dancing in Tokyo and other cities throughout Japan. Cosmopolitan Tokyo conjures up images of world-class restaurants, busy streets and the latest trends in fashion. But one thing jars [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Denials of defoliant at former U.S. base site in Okinawa fly in the face of science</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/08/26/voices/denials-of-defoliant-at-former-u-s-base-site-in-okinawa-fly-in-the-face-of-science/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=denials-of-defoliant-at-former-u-s-base-site-in-okinawa-fly-in-the-face-of-science</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2013 14:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Agent Orange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defoliants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kadena Air Base]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Okinawa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Okinawa City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. bases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vietnam War]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The inescapable fact is that the U.S. military, on Kadena Air Base, disposed of materials in drums containing 2,4,5-T , a wartime defoliant, and TCDD, the most toxic component of the dioxin family, known to be associated with the manufacture of such herbicides.]]></description>
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		<title>Abe and his ministers give anti-foreigner rallies tacit green light</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/08/19/voices/abe-and-his-ministers-give-anti-foreigner-rallies-tacit-green-light/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=abe-and-his-ministers-give-anti-foreigner-rallies-tacit-green-light</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2013 14:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Chinese residents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hate speech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Osaka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[zainichi]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[To the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe: I read with sadness The Japan Times of July 11. In it, an article (&#8220;Politicians silent on curbing hate speech&#8221; by Eric Johnston) spoke of the demonstrations taking place, largely in Osaka and Tokyo, which demonize foreign residents in Japan [and in particular Koreans] and openly speak [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Radiation fears forced me to postpone Japan visit by U.S. students</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/08/12/voices/radiation-fears-forced-me-to-postpone-japan-visit-by-u-s-students/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=radiation-fears-forced-me-to-postpone-japan-visit-by-u-s-students</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[3/11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fukushima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fukushima No. 1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radiation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radiation leak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tepco]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Minister of Education Hakubun Shimomura, Let me begin by expressing my strong support in principle for the Japanese government&#8217;s ongoing efforts to increase the number of foreign students in Japan from the current 140,000 to 300,000 students by 2020. This exchange cannot but enrich all participants. I use the words &#8220;in principle&#8221; because in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For the sake of Japan&#8217;s future, stop glorifying past crimes at Yasukuni</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/08/05/voices/for-the-sake-of-japans-future-stop-glorifying-past-crimes-at-yasukuni/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=for-the-sake-of-japans-future-stop-glorifying-past-crimes-at-yasukuni</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2013 14:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[LDP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Netherlands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WWII]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, it hurts the victims of the Imperial Japanese military's war of terror that ministers of your government and members of parliament continue to visit Yasukuni Shrine.]]></description>
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		<title>Bumps in the road that we can afford</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/07/15/voices/bumps-in-the-road-that-we-can-afford/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=bumps-in-the-road-that-we-can-afford</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2013 14:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[accidents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aichi Prefecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Akihiro Ota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nagoya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[road safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[traffic accidents]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Akihiro Ota, I recently attended the induction ceremony for one of my children at a local elementary school. We listened to various speeches, one of which was of particular interest: A traffic police officer spoke at length about the hazards faced by children as they travel to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mr. Mayor, tear down this smoking area and make Toshima a true &#8216;safe community&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/06/18/voices/mr-mayor-tear-down-this-smoking-area-and-make-toshima-a-true-safe-community/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=mr-mayor-tear-down-this-smoking-area-and-make-toshima-a-true-safe-community</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ikebukuro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smoking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toshima Ward]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To Yukio Takano, Mayor of Toshima Ward, Tokyo: I urge you to dismantle the new tobacco industry-funded smoking area in the crowded center of our ward. Please instead respect Toshima Ward&#8217;s commitment as a World Health Organization-certified Safe Community and our nation&#8217;s obligations under the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) by making all ward [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Please, prime minister, just let me be a father</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/06/11/voices/please-prime-minister-just-let-me-be-a-father/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=please-prime-minister-just-let-me-be-a-father</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/06/11/voices/please-prime-minister-just-let-me-be-a-father/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[family law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hague Convention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parental child abduction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, As a boy growing up in America, my mother and father would have frequent arguments. It was a stressful time for everyone, and eventually they got divorced when I was in 2nd grade in elementary school. During the divorce proceedings all of my family members went through an especially difficult [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stand up to Abe for the sake of Japan, Asia&#8217;s future</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/04/30/voices/stand-up-to-abe-for-the-sake-of-japan-asias-future/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=stand-up-to-abe-for-the-sake-of-japan-asias-future</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Japan Self-Defense Forces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Life is comparable to a spiritual drama that in retrospect can be recalled as a series of happy, sad and bitter memories]]></description>
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		<title>Education: What are we paying all the money for?</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/04/16/voices/education-what-are-we-paying-all-the-money-for/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=education-what-are-we-paying-all-the-money-for</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Minister of Education Hakubun Shimomura, My son started elementary school this month. Had we decided to place him in an international or private Japanese school, I would have been looking at a potential bill for his first school year that exceeded all the money my parents spent on the entire 13 years of my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rosy Fukushima health report faulted by experts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Chernobyl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fukushima]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, The February 2013 report by the World Health Organization on the predicted radiation effects of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear disaster provided some welcome news indeed. For example, Richard Wakeford of the University of Manchester wrote: &#8220;The additional risk is quite small and will probably be hidden by the noise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advising Abe on the wisdom of a nuclear restart</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/01/14/voices/advising-abe-on-the-wisdom-of-a-nuclear-restart/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=advising-abe-on-the-wisdom-of-a-nuclear-restart</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Fukushima No. 1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Readers offer some advice to the new prime minister on the contentious issue of nuclear power in post-3/11 Japan. Gambling with future generations Dear Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Although I have taught classes related to Japan at the university level for years, I am embarrassed to admit that I was unable to answer a recent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Refer Senkaku issue to ICJ to avoid a train wreck</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/01/08/voices/refer-senkaku-issue-to-icj-to-avoid-a-train-wreck/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=refer-senkaku-issue-to-icj-to-avoid-a-train-wreck</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, As I look to your future as prime minister, I cannot help but be reminded of a famous scene from the silent film era, namely, two steam locomotives rushing toward each other at full speed. We all know the devastating results. At a press conference on Dec. 17, you stated: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Science tells us that dolphins are something special</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear people of Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, I hope this letter will be accepted in the spirit it was written, with a deep respect for the Japanese people. I do not wish to attack Taiji, nor its people. I write this in the hope that I can explain why I feel the way I do about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let Inoue&#8217;s antinuclear Jizo, forged in Hiroshima, guide Japan&#8217;s future</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2012/10/09/voices/let-inoues-antinuclear-jizo-forged-in-hiroshima-guide-japans-future/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=let-inoues-antinuclear-jizo-forged-in-hiroshima-guide-japans-future</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Around the time of the recent anniversaries in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, I began reading writers&#8217; accounts and treatments of the atomic bombings. I came across Hisashi Inoue&#8217;s play &#8220;The Face of Jizo.&#8221; Inoue was born in Yamagata Prefecture. In some of his other works he dealt with the issue of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop the annual Taiji dolphin massacre, make your children proud</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To the mayor and people of Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, I implore you to read all of this very important message. Japan has recently undergone horrific natural disasters and the rest of the world has rallied to help you. Please don&#8217;t let their trust in you and goodwill be in vain. Imagine you and your entire [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Change necessary if Noda really wants to put &#8216;children first&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Recently, I was reading an article on your blog titled &#8220;Children First.&#8221; I was especially impressed by your following four quotes: &#8226; &#8220;We must stand by the principle of &#8216;children first&#8217; and strengthen our support for the child-raising generation both nationally and regionally in order to enhance social security more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Neglected art of midwifery is national asset</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoko Komiyama, I recently visited Japan to learn about traditional midwifery and Asian medicine. I was fortunate to be able to spend two days at a traditional birth house in the Tokyo area. As president and founder of the Chicago birth network, my goal was to be able to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reticent government to blame as new media tell true nuclear story</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano and Environment Minister Goshi Hosono, The rise of the Internet has allowed more and more people to turn to nontraditional media, such as blogs, feeds or wiki forums, for information. While there is often a heightened need to scrutinize and corroborate information from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parents, please keep your kids away from me at feeding time</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 00:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Parents of Japan, You do not know me personally, but perhaps you have seen me or a person like me at a local restaurant. I am not of Asian descent. I am Anglo-Saxon. If you have noticed me, you might have been curious about my experiences in your country. You might have wondered where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book is behind bullying of mixed-race children</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hirofumi Hirano, My three beautiful children were all born in Japan and went to Japanese public schools. Their mother is a native Japanese of Japanese ethnic background, and I am a Canadian citizen of African background. Since my children are light brown, they were often teased [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Silver democracy&#8217; could undermine Tohoku&#8217;s reconstruction</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2012/04/03/voices/silver-democracy-could-undermine-tohokus-reconstruction/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=silver-democracy-could-undermine-tohokus-reconstruction</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, With all the challenges facing your government in reforming the economy and rebuilding Tohoku, I imagine you don&#8217;t have much time for poetry. But there is a poem I&#8217;d like to share with you, and I think you&#8217;ll agree it has something to say for Japan in a post-3/11 era: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Focus on &#8216;exceptions&#8217; waters down abduction pact</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2012/02/21/voices/focus-on-exceptions-waters-down-abduction-pact/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=focus-on-exceptions-waters-down-abduction-pact</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the attention of the Japanese government: Like many other court hearings that follow a divorce, a court transcript out of Tennessee reflects testimony concerning a couple&#8217;s two children: Attorney: Ms. Savoie. &#8230; You have known all along that Dr. Savoie&#8217;s biggest fear is that you&#8217;re going to take those children to Japan and he&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One-fifth of kids deprived of contact with one parent</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Minister of Justice Hideo Hiraoka, Minister for Foreign Affairs Koichiro Gemba, Minister of Health, Labor, and Welfare Yoko Komiyama, and the government of Japan, I pose the question: How many children in Japan cannot be with both of their parents on the Children&#8217;s Day national holiday? In other words, how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One-fifth of kids deprived of contact with one parent</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Minister of Justice Hideo Hiraoka, Minister for Foreign Affairs Koichiro Gemba, Minister of Health, Labor, and Welfare Yoko Komiyama, and the government of Japan, I pose the question: How many children in Japan cannot be with both of their parents on the Children&#8217;s Day national holiday? In other words, how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Universities risk getting what they pay for with English tutors</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To the Ministry of Education, I returned from summer vacation and, as I do every year, inquired about how friends had enjoyed their holidays. For many, the promised joy of spending time with family and friends was marred by the news that they were to lose classes at their respective universities from spring 2012. Some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kurosawa&#8217;s nightmare and the voices of Fukushima</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, After the disasters of March 11 occurred, I was reminded of Akira Kurosawa&#8217;s 1990 movie, &#8220;Dreams.&#8221; The film includes one episode, &#8220;Mount Fuji in Red,&#8221; that depicts explosions at a nuclear power plant near Mount Fuji that actually cause the mountain to erupt. Swarms of people evacuate. The next day [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Noda, tear down this &#8216;nuclear village&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, The Great East Japan Earthquake was a catastrophe of apocalyptic proportions. While the quake and tsunami did tremendous damage to Tohoku, the triple meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant did even more harm to the country by threatening the health of the population, weakening Japan&#8217;s economy, and tarnishing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Words of wisdom from JFK to Japan&#8217;s new chief</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, The German architect Walter Gropius said, &#8220;Specialists are people who always make the same mistakes.&#8221; He could have been talking about the majority of postwar Japanese prime ministers. In your lifetime, 25 prime ministers have governed Japan, or tried to. You are the 26th. President John F. Kennedy wrote usefully [...]]]></description>
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