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		<title>Update on the Watazus of 14 children; special &#8216;double Asanos&#8217; drama; CM of the week: Kinoko no Yama</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2013 15:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The inter-season TV schedule always features specials dedicated to police videos, eating contests and large, impoverished families. In this third category we have &#8220;Binbo ni Makeru na&#8221; (&#8220;We Won&#8217;t be Beaten by Poverty&#8221;; TV Tokyo, Mon., 6:30 p.m.), the 11th semiannual installment in the saga of the Watazus of Shimane Prefecture, first introduced in 2008. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SMAP&#8217;s Tsuyoshi Kusanagi plays cartoonist Osamu Tezuka; &#8220;Tamori Club&#8221; tackles shotgun microphones; CM of the week: Hair Jam</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/09/22/tv/smaps-tsuyoshi-kusanagi-plays-cartoonist-osamu-tezuka-tamori-club-tackles-shotgun-microphones-cm-of-the-week-hair-jam/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=smaps-tsuyoshi-kusanagi-plays-cartoonist-osamu-tezuka-tamori-club-tackles-shotgun-microphones-cm-of-the-week-hair-jam</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2013 15:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In celebration of Kansai TV&#8217;s 55th anniversary, Fuji TV is presenting a drama, &#8220;Kamisama no Beret-bo&#8221; (&#8220;God&#8217;s Beret&#8221;; Tues., 9 p.m.), about a late episode in the life of cartoonist Osamu Tezuka. The story is framed as a fantasy. Sakura (Yuko Oshima) is hired by the editorial department of a comic magazine after searching high [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Children pay surprise visits to fathers working overseas; Tomoko Blanks dishes on Billy&#8217;s fried chicken habits; CM of the week: Takasu Clinic</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/09/14/tv/children-pay-surprise-visits-to-fathers-working-overseas-tomoko-blanks-dishes-on-billys-fried-chicken-habits-cm-of-the-week-takasu-clinic/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=children-pay-surprise-visits-to-fathers-working-overseas-tomoko-blanks-dishes-on-billys-fried-chicken-habits-cm-of-the-week-takasu-clinic</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2013 15:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many Japanese men live far away from their families because of job assignments. The men in &#8220;Sekai Hataraku Otosan&#8221; (&#8220;Fathers Working in the World&#8221;; TV Tokyo, Mon., 7:54 p.m.) live as far away from their families as you can get — in foreign countries. The premise of this documentary special is to have their children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>True faces of celebrities, Beat Takeshi on internationalization, CM of the week: an</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Sep 2013 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SMAP leader Masahiro Nakai hosts a late-night talk show, &#8220;Nakai no Mado&#8221; (&#8220;Nakai&#8217;s Window&#8221;; Nippon TV, Wed., 12:13 a.m.), that attempts to get more candid with both the questions and the answers. The point is to reveal the &#8220;true face&#8221; of his celebrity guests. This week, the theme is geino puro, or the &#8220;show business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Power spots of famous shrines; dinosaur drama in Fukui; CM of the week: Fuji-Q Highland</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2013 15:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TV personalities with psychic powers used to be all the rage and then they suddenly disappeared because of a few scandals. Who could have foreseen that they&#8217;d now be making a comeback? One of the new psychic stars is a young woman named Chie, who suddenly lost her memory when she was 14 and during [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The making of &#8216;Kaze Tachinu&#8217;; Japanese &#8216;Up Series&#8217; continues; CM of the week: Boss</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Aug 2013 15:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nippon TV has the sole broadcast rights for the films of Hayao Miyazaki, which means whenever you watch his movies on TV you have to endure commercial breaks. NHK has the lock on TV documentaries about the reclusive animator. The public broadcaster hangs around whenever he makes a film and then edits the footage after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>¥100 store recipes; the 33 steps to Freemasonry; CM of the week: Nihon Seimei Hoken</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Aug 2013 15:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government continues to chip away at the welfare state, reducing benefits for poor families and forcing them to find new ways of saving what little money they have. Luckily the variety show &#8220;Ikinari! Ogon Densetsu&#8221; (&#8220;Suddenly! The Legend of Money&#8221;; TV Asahi, Thurs., 7 p.m.) is always there to help. This week, &#8220;cooking researcher&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An &#8220;Unknown Escape&#8221; and an explanation of the LDP&#8217;s Constitution plans; CM of the week: Potenon</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/08/11/tv/an-unknown-escape-and-an-explanation-of-the-ldps-constitution-plans-cm-of-the-week-potenon/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=an-unknown-escape-and-an-explanation-of-the-ldps-constitution-plans-cm-of-the-week-potenon</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Aug 2013 15:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In June, 11 Japanese people whose family members died shortly after the end of World War II in the area now called North Korea traveled to the communist country to carry out memorial services for their kin. It was the first time they&#8217;d ever done so on North Korean soil. Approximately 300,000 Japanese were in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 68th anniversary of Hiroshima; a profile of the war-time governor of Okinawa; CM of the week: Kirin</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/08/04/tv/the-68th-anniversary-of-hiroshima-a-profile-of-the-war-time-governor-of-okinawa-cm-of-the-week-kirin/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-68th-anniversary-of-hiroshima-a-profile-of-the-war-time-governor-of-okinawa-cm-of-the-week-kirin</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Aug 2013 15:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NHK commemorates the 68th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima with a report on &#8220;secondary leukemia&#8221; in the documentary special &#8220;Owarinaki Hibaku to no Tatakai&#8221; (&#8220;Battling Endless Radiation&#8221;; NHK-G, Tues., 7:30 p.m.). In the aftermath of the bombings, many victims who showed no outward injuries soon died from acute disorders, and then, some years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recovery in Rwanda; the mysterious side of Kinkakuji; CM of the week: Dandy House</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jul 2013 15:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One million people were killed in Rwanda 20 years ago during a period of civil terror. On Monday, TV Tokyo visits the African country for the documentary series &#8220;Mirai Seiki Jipangu&#8221; (&#8220;Future Century Japan&#8221;; 10 p.m.) to look at its &#8220;miracle recovery.&#8221; Tourism and agriculture have boosted Rwanda&#8217;s economy. Sightseeing is centered on the country&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The wives of celebrity athletes; a summer bicycle tour through Hokkaido; CM of the week: JR East</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jul 2013 15:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the saying goes, behind every great man is a woman, and this week&#8217;s installment of the variety show &#8220;Bakuho! The Friday&#8221; (&#8220;Explosive Information! The Friday&#8221;; TBS, Fri., 7 p.m.) looks at wives of prominent professional athletes. The first is the proprietress of a sumo stable, whose husband, the stable master, was once a yokozuna [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water issues around Asia; the world of solo karaoke; CM of the Week: Recruit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jul 2013 13:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday is Marine Day, a national holiday, and as has been its tradition for a decade, Nippon TV will air a 90-minute afternoon special about sustainability hosted by Osaka-based announcer Seiji Miyane. &#8220;Nippon no Shoku no Mirai&#8221; (&#8220;The Future of Food in Japan,&#8221; 2:55 p.m.) attempts to project the future of Japanese food culture by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Koizumi Jr. lands a mystery; Yuji Oda is a happy &#8220;loser&#8221;; CM of the Week: Xylish</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jul 2013 14:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kotaro Koizumi, the son of former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi, plays against type in the new mystery series &#8220;Namonaki Doku&#8221; (&#8220;Unnamed Poison&#8221;; TBS, Mon., 8 p.m.), based on a story by Miyuki Miyabe. Saburo (Koizumi) rescues Nahoko (Ryoko Kuninaka) from a molester and they start dating, but it isn&#8217;t until after he proposes marriage that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The struggles of a single mother; the return of a good Samaritan; CM of the week: Kincho</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jun 2013 15:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The welfare ministry estimates there are more than 1 million single mothers in Japan whose individual annual incomes are less than ¥2 million. A new drama series titled simply &#8220;Woman&#8221; (Nippon TV, Wed., 10 p.m.) is about one such single mother. Koharu (Hikari Mitsushima) finds it almost impossible to make a living because so much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A drama involving former classmates; Upper House elections prep; CM of the week: Coca-Cola</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jun 2013 15:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The eight-part NHK suspense drama &#8220;Gekiryu: Watashi Oboete Imasu ka?&#8221; (&#8220;Wild Current: Do You Remember Me?&#8221;; NHK-G, Tues., 10 p.m.) is about five former classmates struggling with personal and professional problems 20 years after a friend of theirs disappeared during a junior high school field trip. Keiko (Reina Tanaka), an editor at a prominent publishing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real-life celebrity drama; the Akihabara idol underground; CM of the week: Asahi Soft Drinks</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Takashimas were once the first family of Japanese show business. Tadao Takashima was a popular stage musical actor in the 1960s and Hanayo Sumi a star in the Takarazuka all-female musical revue company. They married and were celebrated as a &#8220;sweet couple,&#8221; producing two sons who went on to acting careers of their own. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The economics of men&#8217;s cosmetics; top six meaty menus; CM of the week: Toyota</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though everyone is fretting about Japan&#8217;s economic future, the young people who are destined to become tomorrow&#8217;s leaders have had little opportunity to share their own ideas on the topic. NHK&#8217;s new information program, &#8220;Oikonomia&#8221; (NHK-E, Tues., 11:30 p.m.), a madeup term based on the English word &#8220;economics,&#8221; aims to correct that oversight. This week, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fun with frugality plus competitive money saving; CM of the week: Parinko</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2013 15:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the variety show &#8220;Shiawase Bonbi Garu&#8221; (&#8220;Happy Poor Girls&#8221;; Nippon TV, Tues., 10 p.m.), celebrities look at how much fun it is to live the impoverished life. The women who are the subjects of the show grew up during the recession, so saving money is as natural to them as breathing. The point is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Private tutor as crime solver; inner workings of the human body, dramatized; CM of the week: Acom</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 15:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[These days a college education doesn&#8217;t get you as far as it used to, though it comes in handy for solving crimes, apparently. The hero of the two-hour suspense drama &#8220;Katei Kyoshi ga Toku&#8221; (&#8220;Private Tutor Solves the Case&#8221;; TBS, Mon., 9 p.m.) is a private tutor who attempts to unravel a murder mystery by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Womens fashion fail-off; celebs discuss transgender issues; CM of the week: Boss</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 15:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everybody on TV knows their place and what&#8217;s expected of them, so the &#8220;women&#8217;s pride battle&#8221; on the variety show &#8220;London Hearts&#8221; (TV Asahi, Tues., 9 p.m.) needs to be qualified. What kind of women? Pride in what? The subtitle of this week&#8217;s contest is, &#8220;What does it mean to have no taste in street [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two documentaries on the rougher side of sports; CM of the week: Bandai Namco&#8217;s Gundam games</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 15:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The life of a pro athlete can be grueling, but 37-year-old soccer player Dan Ito has a perverse determination to make his even more so.]]></description>
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		<title>Enka queen sings jazz; documentary on dementia; CM of the week: g.u.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 15:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aki Yashiro is known as the Queen of Enka, or &#8220;Japanese ballads,&#8221; according to the standard translation. However, Yashiro started out singing jazz in hostess clubs and didn&#8217;t make her enka debut until 1971, when she was 21 years old. Last year she finally released an album of jazz standards. NHK followed Yashiro to New [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;The Cat Lawyer and the Invisible Man&#8217;; Imalu as a barista; CM of the week: Loto 7</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A sequel to an award-winning original script solicited by TBS and Kodansha publishing, &#8220;Neko Ben to Tomei Ningen&#8221; (&#8220;The Cat Lawyer and the Invisible Man&#8221;; TBS, Mon., 9 p.m.) stars Hidetaka Yoshioka as Taro Momose, a graduate of the University of Tokyo&#8217;s law department whose introverted personality and lack of ambition has limited his prospects [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Profiles of Japanese living overseas; CM of the week: Astalift</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been said that Japanese people, especially younger ones, no longer travel abroad in search of adventure. This week there are three programs that go looking for Japanese people who do just that. One of the shows is the special two-hour premiere of a new series called &#8220;Sekai no Nihonjin-zuma wa Mita&#8221; (&#8220;What the World&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The dogs of post-3/11 Fukushima; ESP for the common man; CM of the week: Tokyo Metro</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 15:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The March 2011 accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant forced the relocation of hundreds of families, and since then television has made a concerted effort to keep us informed as to their situation. On Tuesday, NHK will air a special about family members who tend to get less attention: pet dogs. &#8220;Iitate-mura [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Paji&#8221;; Persian influence in ancient Japan?; CM of the week: Nissin Foods</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Paji,&#8221; a manga that won an award from the Cultural Agency, has been turned into a two-hour TV drama (TV Tokyo, Wed., 9 p.m.). The title is a mash-up of &#8220;papa&#8221; and &#8220;ojiisan&#8221; (grandfather) and describes the main character, Mokuchi (Shiro Ito), a 71-year-old widower who is raising his 5-year-old granddaughter, Momo (Sera Kobayashi), by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rhapsody in scrubs; Foreign hometowns; CM of the week: De Niro for BeeTV</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 16:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The doctor shows just keep coming, but the two-part &#8220;Kyokuhoku Rhapsody&#8221; (NHK-G, Tues.-Wed., 10 p.m.) borrows a current issue from the headlines to make its dramatic point. Eita Nagayama plays Dr. Imanaka, the only full-time physician working at the Kyokuhoku Municipal Hospital in Hokkaido after a purge of staff due to budget cutbacks. His new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Re-creating Reiko Ohara; Tragic tsunami elementary school; CM of the week: Elleair</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 16:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reiko Ohara died in 2009 after a long illness and an even longer time out of the public eye. In the 1970s and &#8217;80s, she was one of the busiest and most respected actresses in Japan. On Wednesday, TV Tokyo is presenting a two-hour drama about her life, &#8220;Joyu Reiko: Hono no yo ni&#8221; (&#8220;Actress [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[If love is the drug, then chemistry explains everything, right? That seems to be the premise of the four-part miniseries &#8220;Renai wa Kagaku da&#8221; (&#8220;Love is Science&#8221;; Fuji TV, Mon.-Fri., 11 p.m.). Four popular young female TV personalities — LiLiCo, Shelly, Mizuki Yamamoto and Chinami Suzuki — discuss the &#8220;mystery and wonder of love,&#8221; which [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[An endangered plant or animal species symbolizes a world that changes irrevocably every moment, but there are also man-made things that vanish. This week, on the variety show &#8220;Takeshi no Nippon no Mikata&#8221; (&#8220;Takeshi&#8217;s Way of Viewing Japan&#8221;; TV Tokyo, Fri., 10 p.m.), comedian-filmmaker Takeshi Kitano looks at once familiar items that are &#8220;about to [...]]]></description>
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