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		<title>Dilemma: How to shed white elephants&#8217; red ink?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is pushing for an alternative type of public works project that allows private-sector entities to finance, construct and then operate infrastructure facilities.]]></description>
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		<title>Lofty educational ideal: Ability to prevail on global stage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Universities are starting to try out all sorts of new and innovative ways for Japan to develop human resources capable of "prevailing on the world stage."]]></description>
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		<title>Maternity leave, day care still elude many working mothers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ayako Mie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like many full-time working mothers in Japan, Eriko Soyama, 36, had a tough time getting her children into day care to continue her career.]]></description>
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		<title>Yokohama day care centers scramble to keep kids off waiting lists</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mami Maruko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the shadow of an imposing highway bypass in Yokohama, laughter and excited voices mingle in the small playground of a day care center attended by 52 children no older than 5.]]></description>
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		<title>Investing in legal power for people</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vivek Maru</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Inspired by Anna Hazare&#8217;s hunger strike, thousands of people recently gathered at Ramlila Grounds in New Delhi to protest governmental corruption. Protesters from here and around the country pressed for specific political change &#8212; a new institution to combat corruption. In principle, they won. Parliament passed a resolution accepting their demands and is now drafting [...]]]></description>
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