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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; THE ZEIT GIST</title>
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		<title>Juku: an unnecessary evil or vital steppingstone to success?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Louise George Kittaka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past year, Tokyo sixth-grader Manami has had dinner at home an average of four times a week. The rest of the time she has had to make do with a juku-ben, a boxed dinner prepared by her mother and consumed between classes at juku, or cram school. With a view to entering a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nova&#8217;s restructuring laid the foundations for Geos&#8217; revival</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Budmar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This year marked the fifth anniversary of the collapse of English language school giant Nova, which filed for bankruptcy protection on Oct. 26, 2007. Under the guidance of Nagoya-based G.Communication, the cram school and restaurant operator that initially bailed out the company, Nova was able to do what many viewed as the impossible and restructure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop thinking &#8212; the test is about to start</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin P.A. Jones</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I spent a beautiful Sunday in May of this year taking a national law exam. I did not pass and wasn&#8217;t expecting to: I could barely work up the energy for the 90-minute commute to the test venue in Osaka, let alone study for it. Of the 6,477 who took the exam last year, only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Childbirth in Japan: Plan, prioritize for a smooth delivery</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Louise George Kittaka</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Emotions during pregnancy and childbirth run the gamut, from excitement and trepidation to joy and even fear. Foreign women who find themselves pregnant in Japan may experience additional stress as they cope with cultural differences, language issues and being away from their own families. Add in talk of no pain relief typically being offered during [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Were we marines used as guinea pigs on Okinawa?&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Mitchell</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Newly discovered documents reveal that 50 years ago this week, the Pentagon dispatched a chemical weapons platoon to Okinawa under the auspices of its infamous Project 112. Described by the U.S. Department of Defense as &#8220;biological and chemical warfare vulnerability tests,&#8221; the highly classified program subjected thousands of unwitting American service members around the globe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tackling the nihongo mountain, by strategy: from base camp to the plateau and beyond</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gianni Simone</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[For foreigners who arrive in Japan with little knowledge or preparation, the first encounter with the local lingo can be brutal. In the past, for instance, newcomers would have taken the train from Narita airport to Tokyo or Shinjuku station and promptly run up against a solid wall of indecipherable ideograms. Asking for directions was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Failing students: Japanese universities facing reckoning or reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicolas Gattig</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I had been warned of the &#8220;Circus,&#8221; yet still I was unprepared. A vast lecture hall, students scattered, some of their chats undisturbed by the start of class. I write notes on the board; not a single pen takes the cue. A while into the lesson, the textbook and syllabus &#8212; the material for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Against all odds, Mormons in Japan soldier on</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2012/10/23/issues/against-all-odds-mormons-in-japan-soldier-on/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=against-all-odds-mormons-in-japan-soldier-on</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spiri</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Mormon version of postbiblical events, Joseph Smith, guided by an angel in 1823, found sacred golden plates buried in Manchester, New York, outside Rochester. The plates are claimed to have been buried around the year 400, having been brought from Central America by a man named Mormon. Smith wouldn&#8217;t show anyone the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Niseko puts faith in powder to revive tourism boom</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2012/10/16/issues/niseko-puts-faith-in-powder-to-revive-tourism-boom/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=niseko-puts-faith-in-powder-to-revive-tourism-boom</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Budmar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Throughout most of the 2010s, the meteoric rise in popularity of Hokkaido&#8217;s ski resorts among foreign visitors was widely documented in both the domestic and overseas media. In particular, the quiet town of Niseko in southwestern Hokkaido, 100 km west of Sapporo, quickly and somewhat inexplicably rose in prominence among Western expats and tourists despite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A guide to navigating Japan&#8217;s exotic legal-eagle menagerie</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2012/10/09/issues/a-guide-to-navigating-japans-exotic-legal-eagle-menagerie/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-guide-to-navigating-japans-exotic-legal-eagle-menagerie</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin P. A. Jones</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A common mistake made by foreigners trying to accomplish things in Japan is to go to a lawyer (bengoshi) with their problems. It is not a mistake because of a bunch of hooey about Japanese people not looking to the law for solutions, but because a lawyer may not be the best man or woman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abuse by Irish priest could be tip of iceberg</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Bradley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It is over three years since it was revealed that an Irish Catholic priest had abused several children in Japan. His victims here are probably still unaware their tormentor was a serial offender. Father Patrick Maguire worked in Japan between 1961 and 1974, during which time he has admitted to abusing at least 13 boys, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shilling for our side over the Senkakus</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Mcneill</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Akihiro Suzuki does not think war will come, but if it does, he believes Japan will prevail. &#8220;Of course, in general military terms China is more powerful,&#8221; says the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly lawmaker. &#8220;But with the weapons and technology we have from America, we would be able to respond in a short-term, regional conflict.&#8221; Suzuki [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s past midnight but child-abduction treaty promise is not yet a pumpkin</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin P. A. Jones</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite much promise and a flurry of activity, it didn&#8217;t happen: Japan failed to ratify the Hague Convention on international child abduction and pass the extensive piece of accompanying domestic legislation the government felt was necessary in order for it to do so. Both items on the Diet agenda were left up in the air [...]]]></description>
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		<title>18 months on, &#8216;stayjin&#8217; in Tokyo, Iwaki tell a tale of two cities</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Budmar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[While the media both in Japan and overseas reported on a perceived exodus of foreigners in the immediate aftermath of the March 11, 2011, disasters in Tohoku, the reality is that very few actually left for good. As was highlighted in our July 3 column (&#8220;The curious case of the eroding eikaiwa salary&#8221;), the number [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With Berlitz beaten but not bowed, union fights on</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 00:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Budmar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Before instructors became embroiled in a fierce legal battle with Berlitz Japan, there was a time when the English language school chain&#8217;s robust image made it a top choice among foreign job-seekers. In particular, it was the company&#8217;s good reputation over competing language chains that initially attracted Michael and Colette (not their real names) to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our mixed-race children deserve better than this, so why bother with Japan?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 00:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin P. A. Jones</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to parceling out rights, Japanese law makes a very clear distinction: What you get depends upon whether you are a Japanese citizen or not. Sort of. As discussed in a previous column, non-Japanese residents do not have the right to vote, or a constitutionally-protected entitlement to certain public benefits. We are also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do your research to avoid medical surprises in Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Solomon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Understanding how Japanese medical practice differs from that in your home country can be crucial to avoiding unwelcome surprises next time you or a loved one find yourselves in need of treatment at a local clinic or hospital. Without pre-planning, for instance, an expectant mother could find herself giving birth in the delivery room at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yokosuka rape victim takes fight for justice to U.S. courts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Scott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Australian Catherine Jane Fisher, who was raped by a U.S. Navy sailor in Yokosuka in 2002, has now taken her case for compensation all the way to the U.S. courts. A civil judgment by a Tokyo court in 2004 ordered Bloke T. Deans to pay &#165;3 million in damages to Fisher as compensation for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poisons in the Pacific: Guam, Okinawa and Agent Orange</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 00:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Mitchell</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The day after 19-year-old Sgt. Leroy Foster arrived on Guam&#8217;s Andersen Air Force Base, one of America&#8217;s largest Pacific military installations, in 1968, he was assigned to what his superior officers called &#8220;vegetation control duties.&#8221; &#8220;I mixed diesel fuel with Agent Orange then I sprayed it by truck all over the base to kill the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>25,000 barrels of Agent Orange kept on Okinawa, U.S. Army document says</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 00:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Mitchell</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[During the Vietnam War, 25,000 barrels of Agent Orange were stored on Okinawa, according to a recently uncovered U.S. Army report. The barrels, thought to contain over 5.2 million liters of the toxic defoliant, had been brought to Okinawa from Vietnam before apparently being taken to Johnston Island in the Pacific Ocean, where the U.S. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How I learned to stop worrying and embrace the atom</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 00:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Radcliffe</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Like millions of other people in Japan, I watched the events of March 2011 unfurl with shock and trepidation. The massive earthquake, the terrible tsunami and then what seemed to be a dreadful nuclear disaster. Yet now I wonder at my naivety, because the nuclear accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant triggered in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urbanites urged to head up, not down, to survive tsunami</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 00:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Solomon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Sitting across from me at a Naka-Meguro pizzeria, Riccardo Tossani pulled out his iPhone to check his Spyglass app. He glanced out the window to survey the adjacent taller buildings, ignoring the cherry blossoms that were in full bloom. &#8220;The only safe way to escape a tsunami,&#8221; said Tossani, &#8220;is up.&#8221; Our restaurant, in fact, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Refugee groups slam Japan&#8217;s struggling resettlement plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 00:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gianni Simone</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Much fanfare greeted the arrival at Narita in September 2010 of the first Burmese refugees to take advantage of Japan&#8217;s decision to join the U.N.&#8217;s third-country resettlement program. Japan was the first Asian country to join the program, it was emphasized, under which the country would take in &#8220;less than 100&#8243; refugees from camps along [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan&#8217;s battered men suffer abuse in silence</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Hassett</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As in many surveys, numbers and percentages are abundant. But for me, it was that little 3.4 at the bottom of page 21 that stood out more than any other: 3.4 percent of married men in Japan say that their spouses have forced them to engage in sexual relations against their will. And that is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The curious case of the eroding eikaiwa salary</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Budmar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Now fraught with job insecurity and low pay, there was a time when the work was steady and salaries were high for those who taught English in Japan. One only has to contrast the birth of the eikaiwa (English conversation) business in the late &#8217;80s, marked by the rise of private chain schools and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese business isn&#8217;t working: What would Shima do?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Newman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A Ponzi scheme. Alleged yakuza ties. Accounting scandals. Executive misuse of company funds for gambling. A record-breaking bankruptcy. Callous disregard of public health and safety. Japanese companies are in the headlines a lot these days. But for all the wrong reasons. While each is unique, there are some common threads running through such recent corporate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mishmash jumble of systems is recipe for a do-little Diet</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin P.A. Jones</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Given the momentous fiscal and social problems Japan was facing even before Fukushima, even foreign residents &#8212; who can&#8217;t vote &#8212; may be wondering what on Earth Japan&#8217;s elected officials are doing to solve the nation&#8217;s many ills. &#8220;Not very much&#8221; is the most likely perception, though this may be less an informed view, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Flyjin&#8217; feel vindicated, worry for those left in Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Budmar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Although more than a year has passed since the magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami struck Tohoku on March 11, 2011, Ivan Stout&#8217;s memory of the moment when the Shinmarunouchi building in Tokyo&#8217;s Chou Ward began to tremble is as vivid as ever. While Stout, 33, had lived through the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995 as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rumors, lies fill void left by police in Furlong case</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2012 00:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Mcneill</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It is one of the more ugly tasks in journalism: trying to extract a quote from a bereaved family after a violent death. By the time I called Nicola Furlong&#8217;s mother on May 25, she had learned that her 21-year-old daughter had been sexually assaulted and probably throttled by a stranger in a city 10,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blackston taught kids days before murder, may have toured with AI</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2012 00:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although no official statement has been made by the artist or her representatives, evidence points to links between high-profile Japanese pop star AI (Ai Carina Uemura) and at least one, if not both, of the suspects being questioned over the rape and murder of Nicola Furlong. It is believed that 23-year-old American James Blackston, the [...]]]></description>
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