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		<title>Households to take hit from tax hike</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko Otake</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[consumption tax]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The consumption tax increase next April will hit every household in Japan hard, with many people's financial future hanging on whether their wages rise enough to offset the impact of the hike, experts say.  ]]></description>
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		<title>TPP talks getting down to nitty-gritty</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Bali]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Koji Tsuruoka]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chief negotiators from the 12 countries thrashing out the Trans-Pacific Partnership worked on last-minute preparations Wednesday before their ministers and leaders gather in Bali, Indonesia, with the aim of reaching a basic agreement on the free trade pact. &#8220;We have been able to arrange what we will report to the ministers, and substantive discussions are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China ready to join negotiations on services trade liberalization</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[services trade]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[China plans to join Japan, the United States and Europe in negotiations to liberalize the services trade, according to sources. China, the world&#8217;s third-biggest services market, would be the first major emerging economy to join the negotiations. If new trade rules are established among the participants, business transactions in financial, communications and other fields are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nintendo to drop Wii at home</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[game consoles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nintendo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wii]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nintendo said Wednesday it will stop making its basic Wii game console for the Japanese market, but will keep producing it internationally. The move to abandon the venerable machine, which competes with Microsoft&#8217;s Xbox 360 and Sony&#8217;s PlayStation 3, will allow Nintendo to focus all effort on its successor. &#8220;Our new generation Wii U console [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abe trying to strike a delicate balance</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shinya Ajima</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[consumption tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met the news media after deciding to raise the consumption tax next April, he stressed that his administration can pursue economic growth and fiscal discipline at the same time. The declaration Tuesday, which almost sounded as if he was reassuring himself, betrays the fact that the decision to increase the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>METI forms team to help small suppliers survive tax hike</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[consumption tax]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry set up an office Wednesday to ensure small firms can raise the prices of their products supplied to larger companies after the 5 percent sales tax is raised to 8 percent in April, as decided by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday. The office will be on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Driving systems in spotlight at high-tech fair</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[CEATEC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Honda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitsubishi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nissan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toyota]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Automakers rolled out their advanced driving technologies and IT-equipped vehicles for the opening of Japan&#8217;s major high-tech fair Tuesday. More carmakers are joining electronics companies at the CEATEC Japan exhibition this year as vehicles increasingly employ advanced information technology. Honda Motor Co. and Mazda Motor Corp. are exhibiting their products for the first time, while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ANA lands 11 Haneda slots; JAL is given five</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[ANA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haneda airport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JAL]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The transport ministry said Wednesday that All Nippon Airways Co. will receive 11 slots in the expanded international flight schedule next March at Tokyo&#8217;s Haneda airport while Japan Airlines Co. will get five. ANA has been lobbying for a &#8220;fair&#8221; allocation of the new slots after JAL was rescued from financial ruin with taxpayer money. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Softbank mars credit rating of customers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[credit information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SoftBank Mobile]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Softbank Mobile Corp. said that due to a computer programming error, it reported 63,133 customers as &#8220;delinquent&#8221; to a credit information agency even though they were making installment payments for their mobile phones on time. Credit card companies and financial institutions inquired with the credit agency about the records of 16,827 people and they may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IT startup barters its way into niche</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko Otake</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[free lunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[startups]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At around noon on a recent weekday, the Roppongi branch of Shamrock by Abbot Choice, a Tokyo-based Irish-style pub chain, had a bustling lunchtime crowd. Koichiro Tawa reached for a menu and ordered a hamburger special &#8212; with melting cheese, a green salad and mashed potatoes, along with a separate plate of rice. It&#8217;s a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. gas, oil revolution reshapes global energy trade</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/10/02/business/u-s-gas-oil-revolution-reshapes-global-energy-trade/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=u-s-gas-oil-revolution-reshapes-global-energy-trade</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederic Pouchot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fracking]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[oil]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After unleashing an energy revolution in the United States, shale gas and oil are now becoming energy game changers worldwide, a break with the past whose ramifications are still unclear. ]]></description>
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		<title>Stock slide takes wind out of dollar</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[exchange rates]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The dollar slid below &#165;97.50 in Tokyo trading Wednesday on risk-averse sentiment fueled by stock price falls as well as the continued standstill in the U.S. Congress. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at &#165;97.36-38, off from &#165;97.91-93 at the same time Tuesday. The euro was at &#36;1.3528-3529, down from &#36;1.3567-3568, and at &#165;131.71-74, down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy dilemma encapsulated on tiny Quebec isle</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clement Sabourin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fresh moose tracks dot the ground where plans are afoot to dig for oil. Quebec&#8217;s largest energy firm, Petrolia, is eyeing an estimated 40 billion barrels of oil beneath the surface of Anticosti Island, an ecological gem at the mouth of St. Lawrence River. But it has caused a rift among the island&#8217;s few inhabitants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nikkei tumbles over 2% on futures-led selling</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[stocks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Nikkei average tumbled to the lowest closing level in more than three weeks Wednesday, pressured by the yen&#8217;s rise and futures-led selling amid uncertainty over the U.S. fiscal deadlock. The Nikkei 225 closed down 314.23 points, or 2.17 percent, at 14,170.49, the lowest finish since Sept. 6. The broader Topix index fell for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Frack off&#8217;: U.K. energy debate erupts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karla Adam</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[fracking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This might seem a bizarre place for a battle over energy policy in Britain. A quaint village with a single pub, a well-attended tea room and a population of about 2,000, Balcombe has become the focal point of a heated debate over hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which Prime Minister David Cameron hopes will revolutionize the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investors unfazed by dispute on Capitol Hill</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Investors stayed calm on the first day of a partial shutdown of the U.S. government Tuesday and sent the stock market modestly higher. A long-running dispute in Washington over President Barack Obama&#8217;s health care law caused a deadlock over the U.S. budget, forcing about 800,000 federal workers off the job and suspending all but essential [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Many countries ready to take leap into shale</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. and Canada are the only countries so far to produce shale oil and gas in commercial quantities, but other countries are opening up to exploration, leaving resisting nations isolated. Starting exploration Poland is one of the leaders in Europe on shale gas. Around 15 international groups are prospecting and have drilled several dozen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Casino mogul loses Macau hookers suit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson has lost a defamation lawsuit against the National Jewish Democratic Council. Adelson asked for $60 million in damages, arguing the council libeled him by saying his political contributions were sullied by links to prostitution. On Monday, a federal judge in Manhattan found that the council&#8217;s speech was protected. Adelson, whom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York City Opera files for bankruptcy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York City Opera said Tuesday it would close and file for bankruptcy after 70 years, having failed to secure desperately needed millions through an emergency fundraising appeal. The second opera company in the city considered the cultural capital of the U.S. opened in 1944 and had set out to make the art more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freddie deal to cost banks $1.3 billion</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mortgage finance giant Freddie Mac said Tuesday that three of the country&#8217;s largest banks &#8212; Wells Fargo, Citigroup and SunTrust Banks &#8212; had agreed to pay a total of $1.3 billion to resolve claims on millions of home loans that have soured or may go bad. Freddie Mac, along with sibling Fannie Mae, has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Packer inks movie deal with Warner</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A consortium led by Australian billionaire James Packer and U.S. director Brett Ratner has struck a reported $450 million co-financing deal with Warner Bros. Entertainment to cover the production of 75 movies. Casino mogul Packer said the multiyear arrangement with his investment vehicle, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, was effective immediately. It covers upcoming releases including &#8220;Gravity&#8221; with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abe banking on ¥5 trillion in stimulus</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 13:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ayako Mie  and Reiji Yoshida</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe's future as prime minister may well depend on how well the &#165;5 trillion stimulus package cushions the economy from the tax-hike blow.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Tankan&#8217; logs strong corporate optimism</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 13:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jun Hongo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In what figured to be the final push for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to go ahead with raising the consumption tax to 8 percent in April, the Bank of Japan's "tankan" report shows a sharp increase in business sentiment among manufacturers.]]></description>
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		<title>New accounting rules make axing reactors cheaper</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 13:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government revises accounting rules for utilities to prevent their business from deteriorating abruptly if they decommission nuclear reactors earlier than planned.]]></description>
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		<title>Major water summit; Two-day ASEAN festival; Anniversary confections</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 13:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EVENTS Major water summit The Budapest Water Summit will be held in the Hungarian capital from Oct. 8 to 11. The summit, organized by the Hungarian government in cooperation with the U.N. System and the World Water Council, will be one of the major events of the year relating to water and sanitation. The main [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unemployment rate rises to 4.1%</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 13:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The unemployment rate rose to 4.1 percent in August from 3.8 percent in July, the first increase in six months, as more people began looking for jobs amid increasing signs of economic recovery, the government announced Tuesday. Separate data showed job availability improved for the sixth straight month. The rate of job offers to seekers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yoshinoya to grow rice in Fukushima</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 13:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yoshinoya Holdings Co. said Tuesday it will grow rice and vegetables in Fukushima Prefecture through a joint venture with local farmers. The move is aimed at building a stable supply of agricultural products at lower prices for Yoshinoya&#8217;s chain of &#8220;gyudon&#8221; beef-on-rice restaurants and contributing to the reconstruction of the prefecture hard hit by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Osaka Gas to enter U.K. tap water industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 13:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Osaka Gas Co. said Monday it will buy a big stake in a utility supplying tap water to London and surrounding areas from Sumitomo Corp. By acquiring a 50 percent stake in Summit Water U.K. Ltd., the parent of Sutton and East Surrey Water PLC, Osaka Gas is becoming the first Japanese gas utility to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Full electric future still far off, says Toyota chair</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 13:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Toyota Chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada rode his pioneering work on the Prius hybrid to the top of the world&#8217;s biggest car company. But that doesn&#8217;t mean he is a zealot when it comes to the growing expectations for electric vehicle technology. The technical barriers to better battery life and performance are real, he said in an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JAL- ANA fight over Haneda slots draws in U.S. carriers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 13:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan Airlines Co. and ANA Holdings Inc.&#8217;s fight over additional slots at Tokyo&#8217;s Haneda airport is widening to include global airline partnerships seeking access to fly businesspeople right into the heart of the capital. Haneda, Asia&#8217;s second-busiest airport, is set to gain about 40 new daytime landing slots starting in March, transport minister Akihiro Ota [...]]]></description>
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