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		<title>Fukushima No. 1 mishandling may foreclose on Tepco reactor restarts: NRA</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[NRA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shunichi Tanaka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tepco]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s apparent inept handling of the triple-meltdown crisis at its Fukushima No. 1 atomic plant may foreclose on its bid to restart two idled reactors in Niigata Prefecture, the Nuclear Regulation Authority chief indicates.  ]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. paralysis leaves travel agencies scrambling</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magdalena Osumi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[JTB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kinki Nippon Tourist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tourism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel agencies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. shutdown]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. government shutdown that started at midnight Monday has impacted the global travel industry, with tourist agencies in Japan scrambling to avoid severe losses.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Woman killed by train after saving man</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[train]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yokohama]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A woman is struck and killed by a train after dashing into a Yokohama railroad crossing and moving to safety a 74-year-old man lying on the tracks.]]></description>
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		<title>Support rate for Abe Cabinet rises to 63.3%: Kyodo poll</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Abenomics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[approval rating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumption tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The approval rating for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe&#8217;s Cabinet stands at 63.3 percent, up from 61.8 percent last month, a Kyodo News survey showed Wednesday, despite the government&#8217;s recent decision to raise the politically sensitive sales tax. In the latest survey, 53.3 percent of respondents said they support the increase in the country&#8217;s sales tax [...]]]></description>
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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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		<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>Koizumi takes up post for Tohoku reconstruction</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ayako Mie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[reconstruction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shinjiro Koizumi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Shinjiro Koizumi&#8217;s appointment Monday as parliamentary secretary in charge of Tohoku&#8217;s recovery has generated much attention amid mounting criticism of the government for failing to speed up reconstruction efforts or end the radioactive water spill into the sea at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. The 32-year-old son of popular former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Noda slams &#8216;Abenomics&#8217; as pork</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[DPJ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yoshihiko Noda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Former Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Tuesday criticized current leader Shinzo Abe&#8217;s latest economic stimulus program as &#8220;pork.&#8221; &#8220;I cannot help feeling that it is pork-barrel spending,&#8221; Noda, a supreme adviser of the Democratic Party of Japan, said in a speech in Washington, referring to Abe&#8217;s roughly &#165;5 trillion stimulus package designed to mitigate the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. officer queries charter revision</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SDF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. officer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a rare move, a senior U.S. military officer has questioned Prime Minister Shinzo Abe&#8217;s drive to amend the pacifist Constitution, expressing concern it could adversely affect ties with China and South Korea. &#8220;That&#8217;s not helpful to the region, quite frankly,&#8221; the officer based in South Korea told reporters there Tuesday on condition of anonymity. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-PM Koizumi raps government push for nuclear power as &#8216;irresponsible&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Junichiro Koizumi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi criticized the government&#8217;s push to restart nuclear power generation and urged it to reconsider. &#8220;It is irresponsible to pursue nuclear power when there is no permanent disposal site for radioactive waste,&#8221; Koizumi said at a lecture in Nagoya. The government under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has retracted its predecessor&#8217;s goal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>See the future: DoCoMo unveils glasses that translate menus as you read</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/10/02/national/see-the-future-docomo-unveils-glasses-that-translate-menus-as-you-read/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=see-the-future-docomo-unveils-glasses-that-translate-menus-as-you-read</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[glasses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NTT DoCoMo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Augmented reality glasses that can translate a menu in real time were unveiled at the CEATEC Japan gadget fair Monday, with promises they could be ready for visitors to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. NTT DoCoMo was showing off its latest development where cameras, computers and know-how combine to give the wearer a whole different view [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joggers told to mind manners around palace</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Imperial Palace]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japanese joggers are being warned to mind their manners when they run around the Imperial Palace in central Tokyo, after a recent spate of rudeness. Officials say tourists and older visitors to the grounds have complained of runners crashing into them from behind and then trotting off without saying sorry. &#8220;In some cases, the victims [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Masters of luxury fruit are growing money on trees</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hiroshi Hiyama</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With melons that sell for the price of a new car &#8212; admittedly a small one &#8212; and grapes that go for more than &#165;10,000 a pop, Japan has long been a country where a perfectly formed piece of fruit can fetch a fortune. An industry of fruit boutiques has defied the sluggish economy to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abe to finish ASEAN tour this year</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to go to Brunei, Cambodia and Laos &#8212; the three ASEAN nations he has yet to visit since taking office &#8212; before a special summit in December in Tokyo between Japan and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, officials said Wednesday. Abe is slated to visit Brunei next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welfare rolls rise to record level</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The number of households on welfare hit an all-time high of 1,588,521 in July, up 5,213 from the month before, the welfare ministry said Wednesday. Individual recipients rose by 5,824 to 2,158,946. Households consisting of people aged 65 or over accounted for 715,072, or 45 percent, of the total. To help reduce the number of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guam suspect to be re-evaluated</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Guam judge on Wednesday scheduled a second psychiatric evaluation of the suspect in a stabbing rampage that killed three Japanese tourists and wounded 11 others. Judge Anita Sukola said Karen Fukutaki from the Judiciary of Colorado will re-examine Chad De Soto, 21, on Nov. 2. De Soto has pleaded not guilty to charges of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crown Princess attends concert</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crown Princess Masako on Tuesday night joined Crown Prince Naruhito at the last minute for a classical music concert in Tokyo marking the opening of an annual art festival hosted by the Cultural Affairs Agency. The Crown Prince had been scheduled to attend the event alone at the New National Theater in Shibuya Ward. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TV star&#8217;s son admits stealing bag</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:27:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Veteran TV celebrity Monta Mino&#8217;s son has admitted stealing a man&#8217;s bag on a street, police said Wednesday. Yuto Minorikawa, 31, who works at Nippon TV, allegedly told the police, &#8220;I thought I would take whatever money I found.&#8221; He had consistently denied stealing the bag, but according to a police official, Minorikawa said Tuesday, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Electricity aplenty this winter, METI says</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 11:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[power shortage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Power shortages are unlikely this winter even if all of the country's 50 reactors remain offline, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry says. ]]></description>
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		<title>Akashi first city to remove &#8216;illegitimate&#8217; birth filing</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/10/02/national/akashi-first-city-to-remove-illegitimate-birth-filing/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=akashi-first-city-to-remove-illegitimate-birth-filing</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 04:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Akashi]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, said Tuesday it has stopped asking on birth registration forms whether a baby was born out of wedlock, the first city in Japan to do so. However, the new form is optional: It doesn&#8217;t replace an existing form with &#8220;legitimate&#8221; and &#8220;illegitimate&#8221; categories. &#8220;We believe a society more tolerant of diversity would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April to see sales tax hike, Abe confirms</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/10/01/national/april-to-see-sales-tax-hike-abe-confirms/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=april-to-see-sales-tax-hike-abe-confirms</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 13:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reiji Yoshida  and Ayako Mie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[sales tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe goes ahead with raising the consumption tax while also offering a &#165;5 trillion stimulus package to offset the negative impact on consumer spending.]]></description>
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		<title>WEF ranks Japan 15th in worker development</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 13:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sayuri Daimon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[human capital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Economic Forum]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Japan ranks 15th among 122 countries in the World Economic Forum&#8217;s first Human Capital Index report on countries&#8217; abilities to develop and deploy healthy, educated and able workers, the forum said Tuesday. The report by the forum, known for its annual meeting of leaders from business, politics, academia and other fields, in Davos, Switzerland, showed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MSDF ships make first port call in Myanmar</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 13:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maritime Self-Defense Force training vessels on a round-the-world voyage arrive in Myanmar on Monday for a five-day mission, marking the first-ever port call by an MSDF vessel to the country.]]></description>
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		<title>More Japanese teachers needed in ASEAN, Abe is told</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 13:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Masaaki Kameda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An expert panel to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has proposed bolstering support for Japanese-language education in ASEAN countries by increasing the number of teachers, as more people in the region are learning Japanese. The proposal, submitted to Abe on Monday, calls for boosting the dispatch of Japanese-language teachers by utilizing university and graduate students, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Motegi: Scrap Fukushima No. 2 plant</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 13:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Toshimitsu Motegi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Toshimitsu Motegi has suggested he supports local calls to scrap the Fukushima No. 2 nuclear plant, located near the stricken Fukushima No. 1 complex. &#8220;Thinking about the current feelings of the people in Fukushima Prefecture, I don&#8217;t think we can treat Fukushima No. 2 in the same way as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baby showers, treats for moms-to-be all the rage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 12:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko Arima</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Baby showers, a mainly American tradition of holding special parties for expectant mothers to celebrate the imminent arrival of their babies, are gradually gaining popularity in Japan. Tokyo Baby Cafe, a cafe near Tokyo&#8217;s Omotesando boulevard with an indoor playroom for babies and toddlers, launched in August a &#8220;baby shower service plan&#8221; that offers an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former &#8216;hikikomori&#8217; helping young recluses reintegrate into society</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/10/01/national/former-hikikomori-helping-young-recluses-reintegrate-into-society/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=former-hikikomori-helping-young-recluses-reintegrate-into-society</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 12:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Satoshi Takeuchi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kazushi Suganuma from Nagoya is helping young people through his own experience as a &#8220;hikikomori,&#8221; a term referring to some young people&#8217;s withdrawal from society. Suganuma, 35, and his brother, Isao, 33, have established a support association that operates a coffee shop to help young people adapt to social life through work experience. Suganuma&#8217;s parents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Challenge comes true for Epsilon engineer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 12:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yuko Fukaya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having vowed to &#8220;revolutionize the rocket world,&#8221; aerospace engineer Yasuhiro Morita saw his promise fulfilled with the recent takeoff of Japan&#8217;s new solid-fuel rocket Epsilon, utilizing an innovative mobile launch control system. Morita felt a rush of exhilaration on Sept. 14 while watching the launch on a computer screen at the control tower about 3 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prank pictures on SNS cause storm</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 11:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Satoshi Iizuka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a society where cleanliness is revered, a series of pictures showing unhygienic pranks involving food industry workers and customers has triggered a media storm after going viral on social-networking services. The posts reflect a broader trend among young Japanese Internet users for sharing reckless exploits online, which some observers believe has the potential to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Korea is asked to lift ban on seafood</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 11:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fisheries federation asks South Korea to lift an import ban imposed because of radiation-contaminated water reaching the sea at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.]]></description>
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		<title>Japan, U.S. to promote transfer of Osprey training away from Okinawa</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 03:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Okinawa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Osprey]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tokyo and Washington are set to unveil Thursday a string of measures aimed at mitigating the impact of U.S. forces on Okinawa, including promoting the transfer of Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey training flights outside of Okinawa or abroad, sources close to bilateral ties said Monday. The measures to be finalized at a meeting of Prime [...]]]></description>
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