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		<title>Maglev challenge both technical, financial</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/30/reference/maglev-challenge-both-technical-financial/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=maglev-challenge-both-technical-financial</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reiji Yoshida</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[maglev]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[train]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Central Japan Railway Co.’s project to build a magnetically levitated (maglev) train system re-entered the spotlight Sept. 18 when it unveiled the details of a route scheduled to open between Tokyo and Nagoya by 2027.]]></description>
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		<title>Tokyo hopes to recover its luster with special zones for foreign businesses</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/23/reference/tokyo-hopes-to-recover-its-luster-with-special-zones-for-foreign-businesses/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tokyo-hopes-to-recover-its-luster-with-special-zones-for-foreign-businesses</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2013 12:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Masaaki Kameda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[zone]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To bolster Tokyo’s dwindling profile in Asia, the metropolitan government has launched the Special Zone for Asian Headquarters project to persuade more than 500 foreign companies to set up shop here by 2016. ]]></description>
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		<title>Oversized trash</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/16/reference/oversized-trash/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=oversized-trash</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2013 14:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Gordenker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[sodaigomi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Alice, The other day, on the street outside the building next to mine, I saw a nice looking table with a sodai gomi (oversized garbage) sticker it. When I returned with a tape measure to see if the table would fit in my living room, an elderly woman came out. &#8220;You can&#8217;t take that,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TEAP stresses pragmatic approach</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/16/reference/teap-stresses-pragmatic-approach/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=teap-stresses-pragmatic-approach</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2013 13:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[test]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[university]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As Prime Minister Shinzo Abe&#8217;s Liberal Democratic Party forges ahead with its strategy of nurturing &#8220;internationally minded&#8221; talent to aid economic growth, the prospect that students&#8217; scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) will be used as criteria for entering university looms increasingly large. In this age of globalization, the need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reactor makers look abroad as home market fizzles</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/09/reference/reactor-makers-look-abroad-as-home-market-fizzles/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=reactor-makers-look-abroad-as-home-market-fizzles</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/09/reference/reactor-makers-look-abroad-as-home-market-fizzles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2013 13:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[export]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Fukushima meltdowns and the continuing radiation crisis may have turned the public off of atomic energy at home, but it&#8217;s full steam ahead for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Japan&#8217;s heavy industries when it comes to exporting that technology to power-hungry economies abroad. The marketing push being led by Abe and his Liberal Democratic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Data show twisters form over Kanto in September</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/05/reference/data-show-twisters-form-over-kanto-in-september/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=data-show-twisters-form-over-kanto-in-september</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2013 13:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jun Hongo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Meteorological Agency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Q&A]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tornado]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weather]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Damage to people and property by tornadoes made headlines over the past week, with the latest in Tochigi Prefecture injuring three people while destroying houses and other buildings. Here are some questions and answers regarding twisters: Are twisters common in Japan? About 17 were observed each year between 1991 and 2006, according to statistics compiled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legislation bureau chief Abe&#8217;s window to collective defense</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/02/reference/legislation-bureau-chief-abes-window-to-collective-defense/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=legislation-bureau-chief-abes-window-to-collective-defense</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2013 13:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ayako Mie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cabinet Legislation Bureau]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FYI]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The appointment of Ichiro Komatsu as director general of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau is a step toward Prime Minister Shinzo Abe&#8217;s goal of reinterpreting the Constitution so Japan can engage in collective self-defense. Komatsu, who was ambassador to France when he accepted the new post, differs from his predecessors in that he was brought in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The age of 3-D printers has arrived, for better and worse</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/26/reference/the-age-of-3-d-printers-has-arrived-for-better-and-worse/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-age-of-3-d-printers-has-arrived-for-better-and-worse</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2013 13:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hiroko Nakata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[3-D printing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The 3-D printer boom in the United States is spreading to Japan as prices decline, but some fear the devices could break the mold, jobwise. Electronics and automobile makers were the first here to start using 3-D printers to make product prototypes, but the trend is spreading to industries ranging from home builders to jewelers, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Barefoot Gen&#8217; pulled as anti-war images strike too close to home?</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/21/reference/barefoot-gen-pulled-as-anti-war-images-strike-too-close-to-home/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=barefoot-gen-pulled-as-anti-war-images-strike-too-close-to-home</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/21/reference/barefoot-gen-pulled-as-anti-war-images-strike-too-close-to-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2013 12:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jun Hongo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barefool Gen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hadashi no Gen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hiroshima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matsue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The decision by the board of education of Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, to limit students&#8217; access to the manga series &#8220;Hadashi no Gen&#8221; (&#8220;Barefoot Gen&#8221;) at school libraries continues to cause a stir. While some support the move, others say it disrespects the best-selling anti-war classic, which tells the story of a young boy who survives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clearing way for wider military role</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/19/reference/clearing-way-for-wider-military-role/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=clearing-way-for-wider-military-role</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/19/reference/clearing-way-for-wider-military-role/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2013 14:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mizuho Aoki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Article 9]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collective self-defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[constitution]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is poised to achieve his long-held goal of reinterpreting Article 9 of the Constitution to allow Japan to exercise its right to engage in collective self-defense under the U.N. Charter. In February, Abe reconvened an advisory panel of security experts for the first time since his previous, short-lived stint as prime [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defense firms pushing to boost role</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/12/reference/defense-firms-pushing-to-boost-role/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=defense-firms-pushing-to-boost-role</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/12/reference/defense-firms-pushing-to-boost-role/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2013 13:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Johnston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[defense industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kawasaki Heavy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitsubishi Heavy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With pressure mounting from U.S. defense officials and the powerful Keidanren business group on the government to relax arms export restrictions, the military-industrial lobbies in Washington and Tokyo hope the future bilateral security relationship will incorporate their interests more robustly. At the same time, Japan is looking to expand its defense relationships with European countries, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S.-style class action? Unlikely for Tepco suits</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/05/reference/u-s-style-class-action-unlikely-for-tepco-suits/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=u-s-style-class-action-unlikely-for-tepco-suits</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/05/reference/u-s-style-class-action-unlikely-for-tepco-suits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2013 13:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[class action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fukushima lawsuits]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[About 1,700 people from various prefectures filed four separate lawsuits against Tokyo Electric Power Co. and the government last March 11, exactly two years after the start of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. The crisis, which is a long way from ending, has devastated local industries and agriculture and uprooted thousands of people, some of whom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tepco trying to keep radioactive water from reaching sea, but can it?</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/31/reference/tepco-trying-to-keep-radioactive-water-from-reaching-sea-but-can-it/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tepco-trying-to-keep-radioactive-water-from-reaching-sea-but-can-it</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2013 14:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fukushima No. 1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radioactive water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tepco]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Although Tepco assures that it is taking and planning steps to prevent more tainted groundwater from reaching the sea, it's unclear how effective those efforts are.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Grip on Diet leaves no scapegoats for LDP</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/29/reference/grip-on-diet-leaves-no-scapegoats-for-ldp/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=grip-on-diet-leaves-no-scapegoats-for-ldp</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/29/reference/grip-on-diet-leaves-no-scapegoats-for-ldp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2013 12:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reiji Yoshida</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[divided Diet]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Liberal Democratic Party won a landslide victory in the July 21 Upper House election and regained control of both chambers of the Diet, ending years in which the legislature was effectively divided and bills were held hostage. In recent years, whatever force was in power, meaning in control of the Lower House, didn&#8217;t have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nintendo brought arcade games into homes 30 years ago</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/15/reference/nintendo-brought-arcade-games-into-homes-30-years-ago/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=nintendo-brought-arcade-games-into-homes-30-years-ago</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2013 14:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jun Hongo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family Computer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nintendo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On July 15, 1983, Kyoto-based Nintendo Co. launched the Family Computer video game console, or &#8220;Famicom.&#8221; Priced at &#165;14,800, more than 63 million units of the iconic white, red and gold machine were sold worldwide, laying the foundations for today&#8217;s gaming industry. Here are some questions and answers about the game console widely known as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mosquito coils</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/15/reference/mosquito-coils/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=mosquito-coils</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2013 14:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Gordenker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fukuzawa Yukichi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kincho]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mosquito coils]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ueyama Eiichiro]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Alice, I have lived in Japan for almost 30 years, and nothing says "summer in Japan" to me like the sight and smell of those once-ubiquitous green mosquito coils. ]]></description>
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		<title>As new UNESCO site, Fuji set to beckon to masses</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/08/reference/as-new-unesco-site-fuji-set-to-beckon-to-masses/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=as-new-unesco-site-fuji-set-to-beckon-to-masses</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2013 14:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Masaaki Kameda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mount Fuji]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The official climbing season for Mount Fuji kicked off July 1 amid added fanfare over the iconic peak&#8217;s inclusion as a UNESCO World Heritage cultural site in late June. Straddling Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures, Japan&#8217;s highest peak, at 3,776 meters, has seen a surge in recent years in hikers heading to the top, and with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nuclear safety rules put onus on utilities</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/02/reference/nuclear-safety-rules-put-onus-on-utilities/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=nuclear-safety-rules-put-onus-on-utilities</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2013 15:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[new safety standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear power]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Nuclear Regulation Authority on July 8 will begin enforcing new safety standards at atomic power stations, more than two years after Tokyo Electric Power Co.&#8217;s Fukushima No. 1 plant experienced three reactor core meltdowns. Hoping they become the world&#8217;s highest safety standards, the new rules reflect what regulators have learned from the Fukushima crisis, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unpaid overtime excesses hit young</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/25/reference/unpaid-overtime-excesses-hit-young/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=unpaid-overtime-excesses-hit-young</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ayako Mie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[black companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overtime work]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some companies are compelling their younger employees to work more than 100 hours of uncompensated overtime a month to maximize their profits. Japan has been derided for its long working hours for decades, and the risks of the hazardous practice eventually led to the infamous term &#8220;karoshi,&#8221; or death from overwork. Thanks to the Great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Big data&#8217; — a digital sea of personal info ripe for the taking?</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/18/reference/big-data-a-digital-sea-of-personal-info-ripe-for-the-taking/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=big-data-a-digital-sea-of-personal-info-ripe-for-the-taking</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/18/reference/big-data-a-digital-sea-of-personal-info-ripe-for-the-taking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hiroko Nakata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[big data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FYI]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Shop at Amazon.com and one automatically receives recommendations on books and other items based on previous queries and purchases. Similarly, checking a Facebook entry causes ads for local products and services to pop up. These automatic ads and messages are the product of &#8220;big data,&#8221; an industry that collects and analyzes personal information ranging from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Okigusuri</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/18/reference/okigusuri/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=okigusuri</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/18/reference/okigusuri/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Gordenker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[okigusuri]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo-to Iyakuhin Haichi Kyokai]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Alice, I was on a two-week home stay in the countryside of Japan when a visitor came to the house. I don&#8217;t think he was expected, but my home-stay mother greeted him like an old friend and fetched a plastic drawer-box from the kitchen, which seemed to contain packaged medicines. While they chatted over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New ID system for keeping tax tabs, finding cheats</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/11/reference/new-id-system-for-keeping-tax-tabs-finding-cheats/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=new-id-system-for-keeping-tax-tabs-finding-cheats</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/11/reference/new-id-system-for-keeping-tax-tabs-finding-cheats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mizuho Aoki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FYI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Number]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Diet passed the &#8220;common number&#8221; bill May 24, paving the way for every resident, including foreigners, to be assigned a personal identification number. Holders of the &#8220;my number&#8221; IDs will be notified around fall 2015 and they will take effect starting in January 2016. The system will establish a network across various administrative bodies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A term for Abe&#8217;s ilk? Well, nonliberal</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/04/reference/a-term-for-abes-ilk-well-nonliberal/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-term-for-abes-ilk-well-nonliberal</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/04/reference/a-term-for-abes-ilk-well-nonliberal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Johnston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FYI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Foreign media and overseas Japan experts largely use 19th- and 20th-century labels to describe Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and current Japanese politics led by his Liberal Democratic Party — &#8220;right-wing,&#8221; &#8220;hawkish,&#8221; &#8220;conservative&#8221; and &#8220;nationalist.&#8221; Japanese and the Japanese media either use and agree with, or strongly disagree with, Japanese language equivalents of these words to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tokyo&#8217;s Koreatown emerged from the flow of bilateral ties</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/28/reference/tokyos-koreatown-emerged-from-the-flow-of-bilateral-ties/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tokyos-koreatown-emerged-from-the-flow-of-bilateral-ties</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/28/reference/tokyos-koreatown-emerged-from-the-flow-of-bilateral-ties/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 15:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jun Hongo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shin-Okubo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Diplomatic friction between Tokyo and Seoul over territorial and historical disputes is making headlines once again, and Tokyo&#8217;s right-wing protesters know just where to go to get in the face of its Korean residents: Koreatown in Shinjuku Ward&#8217;s Shin-Okubo district. Following are some questions regarding the ethnic enclave and its history: Where is Koreatown? Koreatown, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fukushima No. 1 can&#8217;t keep its head above tainted water</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/21/reference/fukushima-no-1-cant-keep-its-head-above-tainted-water/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=fukushima-no-1-cant-keep-its-head-above-tainted-water</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reiji Yoshida</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[contaminated water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fukushima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear power]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[More than two years into the triple-meltdown crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, workers continue to wage a desperate battle to keep the stricken reactors cool while trying to contain the 400 tons of radioactive water produced by the process each day.]]></description>
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		<title>Postal symbol</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/21/reference/postal-symbol/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=postal-symbol</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/21/reference/postal-symbol/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Gordenker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[post office]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Alice, This may seem like a stupid question, or too trivial a subject for you, but what the heck is the symbol that precedes the post code on every piece of domestic mail I receive here in Japan? I&#8217;m sure you know what I mean — it looks like the letter T but has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monju: Generating only misfortune</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/15/reference/monju-generating-only-misfortune/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=monju-generating-only-misfortune</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/15/reference/monju-generating-only-misfortune/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jun Hongo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Monju]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NRA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The troubled Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor made headlines again when the Nuclear Regulation Authority said it apparently plans to ensure the facility remains idled after announcing that the Japan Atomic Energy Agency failed to properly inspect some 10,000 components, including critical ones. Following are questions and answers regarding the problem-plagued Monju program, which has so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New thugs on block sidestep the usual suspects</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/14/reference/new-thugs-on-block-sidestep-the-usual-suspects/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=new-thugs-on-block-sidestep-the-usual-suspects</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 15:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomohiro Osaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FYI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quasi-yakuza]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Japan&#8217;s underworld, namely the &#8220;boryokudan&#8221; (gangster organizations) better known as yakuza, have been targeted with crackdowns in recent years focused on cutting their funding and expanding their criminal liability. But a new type of thug appears to be acting with impunity by operating in a legal void. Not being card-carrying members of the yakuza or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How signs of a &#8216;lost continent&#8217; came into JAMSTEC&#8217;s underwater view</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/10/reference/how-signs-of-a-lost-continent-came-into-jamstecs-underwater-view/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=how-signs-of-a-lost-continent-came-into-jamstecs-underwater-view</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/10/reference/how-signs-of-a-lost-continent-came-into-jamstecs-underwater-view/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 15:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Masaaki Kameda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Atlantis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JAMSTEC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology and the Brazilian government announced Tuesday the discovery of a large mass of granite on the seafloor near Rio de Janero — a landmark finding that suggests a continent may have once existed there.]]></description>
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		<title>Spring fever hits workers, students hard after Golden Week</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/08/reference/spring-fever-hits-workers-students-hard-after-golden-week/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=spring-fever-hits-workers-students-hard-after-golden-week</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/08/reference/spring-fever-hits-workers-students-hard-after-golden-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 15:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Masaaki Kameda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[May disease]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s now a month since freshmen, finally freed from the stressful life of studying to pass rigorous university entrance exams, began their new lives at their new schools. April was also when newly hired workers began working at companies, gently easing into their new environments. Then comes Golden Week, which this year was 10 days [...]]]></description>
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