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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; Crime &amp; Legal</title>
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		<title>Food stall owner arrested over fatal blast at Kyoto fireworks festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fukuchiyama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[injuries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kyoto]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Police arrested a food stall owner Wednesday over an explosion at a fireworks event in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, on Aug. 15 that killed three people and injured 55 others, including him. Ryohei Watanabe, 38, was arrested by the Kyoto Prefectural Police on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in death and injury. Watanabe was discharged Wednesday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MRI viewed as Ponzi scheme by FBI in 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:11:27 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Edwin Fujinaga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FBI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MRI International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The FBI probed MRI International Inc. in 2009 on suspicion that it was running a Ponzi scheme, according to a source who cooperated with the investigation. The revelation comes after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission won permission to freeze the assets of MRI and its president and CEO, Edwin Fujinaga, from a U.S. district [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Denying convicts suffrage unconstitutional: high court</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/28/national/denying-convicts-suffrage-unconstitutional-high-court/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=denying-convicts-suffrage-unconstitutional-high-court</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2013 11:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[inmates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Osaka High Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voting rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Denying prisoners the right to vote is unconstitutional, the Osaka High Court rules, in the first judgment on a provision that disenfranchises those serving time.]]></description>
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		<title>Olympus reaches first shareholder settlement over accounting scandal</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/27/national/olympus-reaches-first-shareholder-settlement-over-accounting-scandal/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=olympus-reaches-first-shareholder-settlement-over-accounting-scandal</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[accounting fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coverups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investment losses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lawsuits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Olympus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shareholders]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Olympus reaches its first settlement in a series of shareholder lawsuits over a bubble-era accounting fraud that gutted its value after it came to light.]]></description>
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		<title>Panasonic group exec indicted for price fixing in U.S.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Panasonic]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An executive of a Panasonic Corp. group firm has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Detroit for allegedly participating in a price-fixing cartel for auto parts, the U.S. Department of Justice said. From January 2004 to February 2010, and possibly longer, Shinichi Kotani of Panasonic Automotive Systems conspired with officials from rival suppliers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Member of deadly Japanese cult will go on trial Jan. 16</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2013 14:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Aum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fugitive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Makoto Hirata]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trial]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Tokyo District Court has decided that the trial of Makoto Hirata, a former senior member of the Aum Shinrikyo cult accused of helping abduct a Tokyo notary clerk in 1995, will begin Jan. 16. Hirata, 48, will be the first Aum member to be tried under the lay judge system, in which three professional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canada court denies extradition appeal to man over 1995 Tokyo killings</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2013 04:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An appeals court in Toronto on Monday upheld a lower court&#8217;s decision to extradite a Chinese man living in Canada who Japanese police believe may know who murdered three women in a Tokyo suburb in 1995. A lower court decided last September to extradite the man to Japan on suspicion of illegally acquiring a Japanese [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Host club boss goes down the drain; seven arrested</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/20/national/host-club-boss-goes-down-the-drain-seven-arrested/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=host-club-boss-goes-down-the-drain-seven-arrested</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 14:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[host club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[murder]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Seven people who allegedly dissolved the body of a gigolo-club owner using chemicals found in drain cleaner have been arrested, officials and media reports said Friday. The arrests come almost three years after Masamichi Tsuchida, then 43, mysteriously disappeared from his Tokyo &#8220;host club,&#8221; where female guests pay large sums to be entertained by well-dressed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SDF cadets accused of insurance fraud handed to prosecutors</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/20/national/sdf-cadets-accused-of-insurance-fraud-handed-to-prosecutors/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=sdf-cadets-accused-of-insurance-fraud-handed-to-prosecutors</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 14:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Defense Academy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Self-Defense Forces handed prosecutors their cases on five National Defense Academy cadets suspected of swindling insurance companies out of hundreds of thousands of yen in payouts, a Defense Ministry source said. The cadets falsely claimed they were hospitalized with injuries to illegally claim the insurance payouts, the source said Thursday. Using personal computers and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crimes linked to quasi-legal drugs triple in first half</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 14:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Police dealt with 51 criminal cases linked to quasi-legal drugs in the first half of the year, according to official data from the National Police Agency. The number of cases is up 3.2-fold compared with the first half of 2012, reflecting tighter regulation of the drugs, the NPA reported Thursday. The number of people charged, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tokuda&#8217;s prior campaigns also under scrutiny</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/18/national/tokudas-prior-campaigns-also-under-scrutiny/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tokudas-prior-campaigns-also-under-scrutiny</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2013 14:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Takeshi Tokuda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokushukai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Torao Tokuda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A hospital group suspected of illegally deploying staff to support last year's election campaign for Rep. Takeshi Tokuda allegedly did the same in other elections.]]></description>
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		<title>LDP Lower House lawmaker Tokuda&#8217;s suspected illegal campaign prompts raids</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/18/national/ldp-lower-house-lawmaker-tokudas-suspected-illegal-campaign-prompts-raids/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ldp-lower-house-lawmaker-tokudas-suspected-illegal-campaign-prompts-raids</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2013 03:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prosecutors on Tuesday raided the Tokyo head office of Tokushukai hospitals and medical facilities on suspicion its employees were illegally involved in December&#8217;s general election campaign of Liberal Democratic Party Lower House member Takeshi Tokuda. Tokuda, 42, a third-term House of Representatives lawmaker from Kagoshima Prefecture&#8217;s No. 2 constituency, is the second son of Torao [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Japanese nuclear refugees sue Tepco, government</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2013 14:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A total of 171 people from Fukushima Prefecture who had to flee their homes because of the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant sued Tokyo Electric Power Co. and the central government Tuesday for &#165;1.62 billion in damages. The plaintiffs, from 60 families now living in western Japan, filed two suits, one with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Court interpreters&#8217; working conditions a threat to fairness</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/17/national/court-interpreters-working-conditions-a-threat-to-fairness/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=court-interpreters-working-conditions-a-threat-to-fairness</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2013 13:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The introduction of the lay judge system four years ago has only added to the stress placed on court interpreters, as they grapple with ever-worsening working conditions that have left them fatigued, ill-prepared and more error-prone, the Japan Federation of Bar Associations warns. &#8220;We have heard many court interpreters complain about their situation since the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turk charged with murder, rape of Japanese tourist</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/12/national/turk-charged-with-murder-rape-of-japanese-tourist/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=turk-charged-with-murder-rape-of-japanese-tourist</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2013 13:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Japanese tourists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[murder]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The man accused of attacking two Japanese women in Turkey has been charged with murder, rape and sexual assault, a local newspaper reports.]]></description>
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		<title>Death-row inmate, 73, sixth executed under Abe Cabinet</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2013 13:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[execution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sadakazu Tanigaki]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A convicted murderer is hanged for robbing and gunning down the owner of a restaurant in Yokohama's Chinatown in May 2004.]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-Toyota affiliate exec held over graft</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/12/national/former-toyota-affiliate-executive-held-for-bribing-chinese-municipal-official/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=former-toyota-affiliate-executive-held-for-bribing-chinese-municipal-official</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2013 11:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[bribe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Futaba Industrial]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A former executive of major auto parts maker and Toyota affiliate Futaba Industrial in Aichi Prefecture is arrested for allegedly bribing an official in China.]]></description>
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		<title>Suspect reportedly admits to attack on Japanese in Turkey</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/11/national/suspect-held-in-slaying-of-japanese-tourist-in-turkey/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=suspect-held-in-slaying-of-japanese-tourist-in-turkey</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 11:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[female college students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[japanese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mai Kurihara]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[murder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Niigata]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Turkey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A man in Turkey arrested for allegedly stabbing two Japanese women, one fatally, admits to the charge, a local paper says.]]></description>
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		<title>Tourist, 22, stabbed to death in Turkey</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/10/national/tourist-22-stabbed-to-death-in-turkey/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tourist-22-stabbed-to-death-in-turkey</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2013 14:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Niigata University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Turkey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Japanese woman is killed and another is left in critical condition after being stabbed in Cappadocia, a historic region in central Turkey.]]></description>
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		<title>Acquitted man starts Net campaign</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/10/national/acquitted-man-starts-net-campaign/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=acquitted-man-starts-net-campaign</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/10/national/acquitted-man-starts-net-campaign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2013 13:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Fukawa Case]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shoji Sakurai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wrong convictions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A man exonerated of a 1967 robbery-murder has started an Internet campaign calling on authorities to record the full interrogation process to prevent future wrongful convictions. Shoji Sakurai, 66, who was acquitted in the so-called Fukawa Incident in Ibaraki Prefecture after a retrial, launched the initiative Monday via a petition website run by a U.S. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kan, Tepco execs avoid charges over nuclear disaster</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/09/national/kan-tepco-execs-avoid-charges-over-nuclear-disaster/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=kan-tepco-execs-avoid-charges-over-nuclear-disaster</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/09/national/kan-tepco-execs-avoid-charges-over-nuclear-disaster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2013 14:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[damage suit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fukushima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naoto Kan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tepco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tsunehisa Katsumata]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Prosecutors decide not to indict former Prime Minister Naoto Kan or any officials from Tokyo Electric over the Fukushima disaster, but an inquest panel looms.]]></description>
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		<title>Top court shoots down unequal inheritance rights</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/04/national/top-court-shoots-down-unequal-inheritance-rights/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=top-court-shoots-down-unequal-inheritance-rights</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/04/national/top-court-shoots-down-unequal-inheritance-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2013 14:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki  and Reiji Yoshida</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil Code]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inheritance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unconstitutional]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court declares unconstitutional the Civil Code clause that denies full inheritance rights to heirs born out of wedlock. ]]></description>
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		<title>Olympus, Gyrus face fraud trial in U.K.</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/04/national/olympus-gyrus-face-fraud-trial-in-u-k/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=olympus-gyrus-face-fraud-trial-in-u-k</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/04/national/olympus-gyrus-face-fraud-trial-in-u-k/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2013 14:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Olympus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.K.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Britain's Serious Fraud Office will prosecute Olympus and its subsidiary over a scandal to cover up massive losses. ]]></description>
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		<title>Tepco dealt another criminal complaint</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/03/national/tepco-dealt-another-criminal-complaint/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tepco-dealt-another-criminal-complaint</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/03/national/tepco-dealt-another-criminal-complaint/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2013 11:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[criminal complaints]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fukushima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sea contamination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tepco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water leaks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Three people file a criminal complaint against Tokyo Electric Power and 32 executives, claiming they neglected to prevent radioactive water at Fukushima No. 1 from flowing into the ocean.]]></description>
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		<title>Police open website for tip-offs on slaying</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/02/national/police-open-website-for-tip-off-on-slaying/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=police-open-website-for-tip-off-on-slaying</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/02/national/police-open-website-for-tip-off-on-slaying/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2013 13:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Mie Prefecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[murder]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Mie Prefectural Police opened a special section on its website Monday seeking tips from the public about the murder of a 15-year-old girl. Hiromi Terawa, a third-year student at Asake Junior High School in the Mie city of Yokkaichi, was found dead on an unused plot of land in the neighboring town of Asahi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plaintiff tells NHK to stop using foreign loanwords</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/29/national/plaintiff-tells-nhk-to-stop-using-foreign-loanwords/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=plaintiff-tells-nhk-to-stop-using-foreign-loanwords</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2013 14:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[English]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign loanwords]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[katakana]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 71-year-old plaintiff representative demands that NHK stop using foreign loanwords at the start of a damages suit against the broadcaster before the Nagoya District Court.]]></description>
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		<title>Toyota U.S. chief testifies brakes pitched as &#8216;Smart Stop&#8217; instead of &#8216;Safe Stop&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/28/national/toyota-u-s-chief-testifies-brakes-pitched-as-smart-stop-instead-of-safe-stop/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=toyota-u-s-chief-testifies-brakes-pitched-as-smart-stop-instead-of-safe-stop</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2013 14:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[recall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toyota]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Toyota Motor Corp. opted against marketing its brake-override system as &#8220;Safe Stop&#8221; to avoid promising more than the mechanism could deliver for driver safety, the company&#8217;s top U.S. executive told a California jury. Toyota&#8217;s chief executive officer for North America, James Lentz, testified Tuesday in a lawsuit filed by relatives of a woman whose Camry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Six more police forces to receive DNA-testing gear</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2013 13:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[DNA tests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NPA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The National Police Agency will deploy automated DNA-profiling equipment to six more prefectural departments by next March to speed up criminal investigations and the identification of bodies recovered from disasters, police sources said Tuesday. As a result, 11 prefectural forces will have the equipment, which is capable of testing about 80 samples at the same [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cambodia investment scams rising</title>
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		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/27/national/cambodia-investment-scams-rising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2013 13:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[cambodia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investment fraud]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan and related bodies are warning of a rise in fraudulent investment schemes involving real estate in Cambodia, where economic growth is boosting foreign investment. The center received 1,312 inquiries between October 2011 and early this month from consumers who said they were approached about investing in Cambodian real [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Girl-recruiting teacher in hot water</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/27/national/girl-recruiting-teacher-in-hot-water/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=girl-recruiting-teacher-in-hot-water</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/27/national/girl-recruiting-teacher-in-hot-water/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2013 13:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[bar hostesses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iwate University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Masamichi Okazaki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visa violations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Police have handed prosecutors their case against a 59-year-old Iwate University professor who arranged for four foreign students to work as part-time nightclub hostesses. Masamichi Okazaki arranged job interviews between the owner of a bar in Morioka and the four girls, a Chinese and three Russians, last October and in February, police told The Japan [...]]]></description>
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