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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>
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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>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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		<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>Softbank mars credit rating of customers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
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				<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>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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				<category><![CDATA[gyudon]]></category>
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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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		<category><![CDATA[Sumitomo Corp.]]></category>
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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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				<category><![CDATA[Prius]]></category>
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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>Son says quality of network &#8216;is critical&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Masayoshi Son]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Softbank]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Softbank Corp. President Masayoshi Son said Monday that providing a quality communications network will be even more critical now that all three major carriers are selling the iPhone. &#8220;The scene of the cellphone industry is changing,&#8221; Son said during an event unveiling Softbank&#8217;s winter-spring lineup in Tokyo. &#8220;From now on, when choosing a cellphone carrier, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>S.T. Dupont logs doubled sales on revamped lineup</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Minoru Matsutani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[French hand-made luxury goods maker S.T. Dupont&#8217;s president said Thursday that sales in Japan have doubled over the past three years after the company reduced its product lineup to mainly pens and lighters. The company&#8217;s business here turned a profit in 2011 and has kept increasing ever since. Japan is one of the most important [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toray in deal to buy U.S. carbon fiber maker Zoltek</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Toray Industries Inc., which makes the carbon fiber used in Boeing Co.&#8217;s 787 Dreamliner, has agreed to buy Zoltek Companies Inc. for &#36;584 million (about &#165;57.6 billion) to expand into markets including windmill blades and auto parts. Toray, based in Tokyo and the world&#8217;s largest producer of carbon fiber, will acquire all outstanding shares of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nissan&#8217;s free recharges imitate Tesla playbook</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Leaf]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nissan Motor Co., the most prolific maker of electric cars, plans to offer free rapid charges for its battery-powered Leaf hatchback for new customers in Texas, experimenting with a strategy pioneered by Tesla Motors Inc. Starting Oct. 1, people who buy or lease a new Leaf in Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston will get unlimited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Takeda failed to adequately warn of Actos cancer risks, U.S. jury finds</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Actos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diabetes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Maryland jury has ruled that Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. failed to properly warn a former U.S. Army translator and his doctor about the risks of the firm&#8217;s Actos diabetes drug and ordered it to pay more than &#36;1.7 million (&#165;168 million) in damages, but a judge immediately threw out the verdict, court documents show. Jurors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EBay to buy online payment provider</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 12:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[E-commerce giant eBay Inc. has reached a deal to buy online and mobile payment technology provider Braintree for $800 million in cash. The move comes as eBay&#8217;s PayPal unit works to evolve from its roots as an online payment provider, expanding its offline, mobile and online offerings to stores, restaurants and other business. Braintree&#8217;s payment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ford acquires access start-up</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 12:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ford Motor Co. said Thursday that it acquired the start-up company Livio in a bid to accelerate its efforts to help drivers safely access content on their smartphones while on the road. Livio, which is based in the Detroit suburb of Ferndale, develops software that lets drivers connect to their smartphones through their car radios [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nidec to buy out Mitsubishi Material&#8217;s motor-making unit</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 13:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Precision motor manufacturer Nidec Corp. said Thursday it will buy out a Mitsubishi Materials Corp. subsidiary that makes motors for automobiles as it prepares to jump into the growing market for such products. The acquisition of Mitsubishi Materials C.M.I. Corp. will enhance Nidec&#8217;s product lineup, which has been focused on motors for computer hard drives, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lixil to pay &#036;4 billion for Grohe of Germany</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 13:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[German sanitary fittings maker Grohe said Thursday that housing and building materials company Lixil has agreed to take it over in a deal valuing the German group at &#8364;3.06 billion (&#36;4.1 billion). Grohe &#8220;has entered into an agreement with Lixil and Development Bank of Japan in relation to the sale of an 87.5 percent equity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon Japan begins online sales of OTC drugs, vitamins</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazon Japan has begun online sales of over-the-counter drugs such as cold and digestive medicines, as well as vitamin supplements and other low-risk pharmaceutical products. The online retailer&#8217;s move came after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe&#8217;s administration lifted a ban on online drug sales as part of its growth strategy in June. At the same time, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Applied Materials to buy rival Tokyo Electron</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Applied Materials Inc., the world&#8217;s largest supplier of chip-making equipment, has agreed to acquire Tokyo Electron Ltd., its closest rival, for &#36;9.39 billion (&#165;926 billion) in stock, in the largest bid by a foreign corporation for a Japanese firm in six years. Gary Dickerson, who became chief executive officer of Applied Materials on Sept. 1, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toshiba to give wind power generation a whirl</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Toshiba Corp. is planning a major push into the wind power business. One of its wholly owned subsidiaries plans to acquire Sigma Power Janex Co., a spinoff of wind power operator Japan New Energy Explorer Co., or Janex, in mid-November for billions of yen. Toshiba said Tuesday it decided to make the move because wind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top carmakers slash output after green subsidies end</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 13:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The nation&#8217;s top three automakers cut domestic output in August by double digits after the &#8220;green car&#8221; subsidy program ended, data released Wednesday show. Toyota Motor Corp.&#8217;s output sank 10.9 percent on year to 233,514 vehicles, Nissan Motor Corp.&#8217;s output fell 11.7 percent to 77,812 units and Honda Motor Co.&#8217;s fell 10.6 percent to 62,129. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big battery eyed as green energy cure</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 13:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan will build the world&#8217;s largest storage battery system in Hokkaido as early as this autumn in a bid to rectify fluctuations in the electricity produced by renewable energy sources. The project is aimed at promoting renewable energy by addressing a key defect &#8212; inconsistent power generation. The nation&#8217;s utilities are required to buy electricity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lamborghini eyes first SUV since &#8217;90s</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/24/business/lamborghini-eyes-first-suv-since-90s/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=lamborghini-eyes-first-suv-since-90s</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2013 12:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Mukai</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lamborghini expects the concept Urus vehicle, its first SUV since the Rambo Lambo of the 1990s, to get cleared for production, the supercar-maker&#8217;s chief executive officer said. &#8220;We&#8217;re working on it and it will come, which will be good for the brand,&#8221; Stephan Winkelmann said in reference to the SUV during an interview last week [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New year but same story for Nippon Steel &amp; Sumitomo Metal: slash costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2013 12:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nippon Steel &#38; Sumitomo Metal Corp. is set to face the challenge of cutting costs further in the second year of its establishment. The nation&#8217;s leading steel-maker has promoted cost reductions by reviewing its production structure since it was created through the merger of Nippon Steel Corp. and Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. on Oct. 1 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fairfax bids $4.7 billion to take troubled BlackBerry private</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2013 12:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BlackBerry&#8217;s largest shareholder has reached a tentative agreement to pay &#36;4.7 billion for the troubled smartphone maker, even as many investors fret about its potential demise. BlackBerry Ltd. said Monday that Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. has signed a letter of intent that &#8220;contemplates&#8221; buying the company for &#36;9 per share in cash in a deal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nippon Express tries halal route</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2013 12:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nippon Express Co. is seeking halal certification in Malaysia to start a food distribution business in the Muslim-majority nation. The major distributor said last week its local unit has already submitted an application to Kuala Lumpur and is seeking approval by next April. Halal products exclude pork and alcohol, which are prohibited under Islamic law. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Union&#8217;s push for IPO forces Chrysler to file</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2013 12:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chrysler Group is reluctantly preparing for an initial public offering of some of its shares. The automaker is proceeding with the IPO after it failed to reach an agreement on the value of the stock with the retiree trust that owns it. Chrysler shares have not been publicly traded since 1998, when the company merged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nissan plans Sunny plant in Myanmar</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 14:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nissan Motor Co. said Friday it will build a car assembly plant in Myanmar to begin manufacturing the Nissan Sunny compact sedan in 2015. The company said the Myanmar Investment Commission approved its application for the joint venture plant with Malaysia&#8217;s Tan Chong Motors on Aug. 15. Myanmar opened to foreign investment after political reforms [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Handset makers brace for turbulence</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 14:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With all three of Japan's top telecoms firms selling the iPhone, industry observers say handset makers are in for tough times.]]></description>
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		<title>Sony expects price, content to up PS4 sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 13:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sony Corp. expects the lower price of the PlayStation 4 and wider variety of entertainment services to drive its forecast to sell 5 million units of the game console by the end of March. The projection for Sony&#8217;s next-generation machine, set to be introduced for &#36;399 in November, compares with 3.55 million units sold in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DoCoMo&#8217;s entry ups iPhone frenzy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 13:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest iPhone models hit store shelves Friday in Japan, drawing hordes of fans to retailers nationwide, while mobile giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. started selling the iconic handsets for the first time. Since Apple Inc. unveiled two new handsets, the iPhone 5S and 5C, earlier this month, attention has centered on how big a splash [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now-healthy JAL marks first anniversary of relisting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 13:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A year after relisting on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Japan Airlines Co. is overwhelming long-time rival ANA Holdings Inc. in profit terms. Thursday marked the first year anniversary of JAL&#8217;s return to the first section of the TSE, and the airline has regained its financial footing by dropping unprofitable routes and taking other cost-cutting measures [...]]]></description>
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