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		<title>Maglev challenge both technical, financial</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reiji Yoshida</dc:creator>
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		<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>
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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>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>
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		<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>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>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>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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>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>
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		<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>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>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>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/21/reference/fukushima-no-1-cant-keep-its-head-above-tainted-water/#comments</comments>
		<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>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>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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		<title>People&#8217;s award: glittering honor or political tool?</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/30/reference/peoples-award-glittering-honor-or-political-tool/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=peoples-award-glittering-honor-or-political-tool</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/30/reference/peoples-award-glittering-honor-or-political-tool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kazuaki Nagata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hideki Matsui]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People's Honor Award]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shigeo Nagashima]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The People's Honor Award, bestowed on those who have made tremendous achievements in their careers, has often drawn criticism for its vague nomination criteria and opaque selection process.]]></description>
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		<title>Is legislation weighty enough to rebalance election system?</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/23/reference/is-legislation-weighty-enough-to-rebalance-election-system/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=is-legislation-weighty-enough-to-rebalance-election-system</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/23/reference/is-legislation-weighty-enough-to-rebalance-election-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ayako Mie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diet seats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vote disparity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe enjoys high support rates, hovering around 70 percent, its very legitimacy is being questioned. More than a dozen high courts have handed down rulings confirming that vote-value disparities tainted the Dec. 16 general election that returned Abe&#8217;s Liberal Democratic Party to power. Notably, the Hiroshima High Court [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Startups find there&#8217;s financing in numbers</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/16/reference/startups-find-theres-financing-in-numbers/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=startups-find-theres-financing-in-numbers</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/16/reference/startups-find-theres-financing-in-numbers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hiroko Nakata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[crowdfunding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a country where a stubbornly stagnant economy has turned the adventurous away from high-risk investment, fundraising has become one of the highest hurdles a startup can overcome. ]]></description>
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		<title>Foreign trainee system said still plagued by rights abuses</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/09/reference/foreign-trainee-system-said-still-plagued-by-rights-abuses/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=foreign-trainee-system-said-still-plagued-by-rights-abuses</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Masami Ito</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[foreigners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FYI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, a Chinese trainee went on a stabbing rampage at a Hiroshima Prefecture seafood company where he worked, killing the president and an employee and wounding six others. The man had been a trainee at the oyster-processing plant as part of a government-authorized technical intern program for foreigners. Media reports indicate discord with his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Resurgent rubella raises fetus threat</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/02/reference/resurgent-rubella-raises-fetus-threat/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=resurgent-rubella-raises-fetus-threat</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/02/reference/resurgent-rubella-raises-fetus-threat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mizuho Aoki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[rubella]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The rubella epidemic is spreading quickly, particularly in the Kanto region. Usually limited to developing countries, the disease, also known as German measles, poses a threat to pregnant women as it can cause disorders in fetuses, including hearing impairments, cardiac disease and cataracts. Rubella cases spiked to 2,021 from Jan. 1 to March 21, 22 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Curse or cash cow: Japan ready for casinos?</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/26/reference/curse-or-cash-cow-japan-ready-for-casinos/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=curse-or-cash-cow-japan-ready-for-casinos</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/26/reference/curse-or-cash-cow-japan-ready-for-casinos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Johnston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[casinos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FYI]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lawmakers are seriously considering legalizing casinos so Japanese can roll the dice without having to travel to gambling houses in the United States, East and Southeast Asia. Backed by the Liberal Democratic Party-New Komeito ruling bloc and smaller forces, including Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party), casino advocates believe that allowing legalized gambling to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ginza stage set for Kabukiza&#8217;s fifth coming</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/19/reference/ginza-stage-set-for-kabuki-zas-fifth-coming/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ginza-stage-set-for-kabuki-zas-fifth-coming</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/19/reference/ginza-stage-set-for-kabuki-zas-fifth-coming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jun Hongo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[kabuki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kabukiza]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shochiku]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The venerable Kabukiza Theater in Tokyo&#8217;s Ginza district reopens April 2 after three years of renovations and the addition of a 29-floor attached office tower. A key venue for kabuki and other performances since 1889, the theater will retain its original ornate Japanese facade. Following are questions and answers regarding the history of Kabukiza and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Abe&#8217;s future, a nationalist rewrite of the past?</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/13/reference/in-abes-future-a-nationalist-rewrite-of-the-past/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=in-abes-future-a-nationalist-rewrite-of-the-past</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reiji Yoshida</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[comfort women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FYI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sex slaves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has kept a diplomatically low profile, particularly over historical issues, focusing instead on economic and other domestic matters ahead of the July Upper House election. But if his Liberal Democratic Party fares well in the polls and adds an Upper House majority to the one it already commands in the Lower [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Down syndrome blood test draws interest and ire</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/05/reference/down-syndrome-blood-test-draws-interest-and-ire/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=down-syndrome-blood-test-draws-interest-and-ire</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/05/reference/down-syndrome-blood-test-draws-interest-and-ire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Masami Ito</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FYI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prenatal testing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last summer, news that Japan was getting ready to introduce a new type of prenatal examination that requires only a simple blood test to detect whether a fetus has Down syndrome made headlines. News reports suggested hospitals were ready to start using the test in September. But the controversial procedure immediately drew strong criticism that [...]]]></description>
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