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		<title>Consumption tax raise misdirected</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/02/editorials/consumption-tax-raise-misdirected/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=consumption-tax-raise-misdirected</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[consumption tax increase]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe confirms that the government will raise the sales tax from 5 to 8 percent beginning in April. But will the tax hike lead to an economic downturn]]></description>
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		<title>Tale of two crises: connecting the dots from Iran to Syria</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/02/commentary/tale-of-two-crises-connecting-the-dots-from-iran-to-syria/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tale-of-two-crises-connecting-the-dots-from-iran-to-syria</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Thakur</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear weapons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The twin crises involving Syria and Iran demonstrate the continuing utility of the United Nations as the Security Council remains the cockpit for addressing geopolitical upheavals.]]></description>
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		<title>European voters wise to back austerity</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/02/commentary/european-voters-wise-to-back-austerity/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=european-voters-wise-to-back-austerity</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anders Aslund</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[austerity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Contrary to what most of the loud media commentary would have us believe, financial "austerity" or fiscal responsibility appears popular. Angela Merkel's success is proof.]]></description>
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		<title>Success eludes Putin on some foreign policy fronts</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/02/commentary/success-eludes-putin-on-some-foreign-policy-fronts/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=success-eludes-putin-on-some-foreign-policy-fronts</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carl Gershman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eastern Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Putin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[lthough Russian President Vladimir Putin has had some success strengthening Moscow's position in the Middle East, the "near abroad" area to Russia's west is not marching in step.]]></description>
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		<title>Suffering from the lack of satire</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/02/reader-mail/suffering-from-the-lack-of-satire/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=suffering-from-the-lack-of-satire</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regarding Noriko Fujita&#8217;s Sept. 29 letter, &#8220;When cartoons don&#8217;t go our way&#8220;: Fujita seems to have absolutely no idea what satire is. This is not surprising in a country whose media habitually treat politicians with deference and where any kind of political satire is lacking. Consequently ordinary people feel loyal to their leaders and tend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The fear of appearing henpecked</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As for Mike Wyckoff&#8217;s Sept. 26 letter, &#8220;The men that lack &#8216;life skills,&#8217; &#8221; from The Japan Times Online, let me tell you about my husband, who used to work for a general trading company. Since our married life began, he has helped me wash dishes after dinner so that we can enjoy the evening [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mindset trumps English ability</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/02/reader-mail/mindset-trumps-english-ability/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=mindset-trumps-english-ability</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his Sept. 23 article, &#8220;The communication skills for vying in the world,&#8221; Sadaaki Numata expressed concern about Japan&#8217;s ability to hold its own in international forums and negotiations. I believe he identified the problem incorrectly. His focus on language study and language proficiency is too narrow. He mentions entrance-examination hell as the reason Japanese [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. interest in a Japanese affair</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/02/reader-mail/u-s-interest-in-a-japanese-affair/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=u-s-interest-in-a-japanese-affair</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the Sept. 26 Kyodo article &#8220;Abe tries to counter militant image in U.S.,&#8221; Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says that under the current interpretation of Japan&#8217;s Constitution, Japan&#8217;s warships cannot &#8220;come to the aid of U.S. warships operating around Japan in international waters if they are attacked from the air.&#8221; The same thing was mentioned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rights to our body after death</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/02/reader-mail/rights-to-our-body-after-death/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rights-to-our-body-after-death</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/02/reader-mail/rights-to-our-body-after-death/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I usually enjoy Ted Rall&#8217;s opinion essays, but I didn&#8217;t fancy his Sept. 27 article &#8220;Mandatory organ donation.&#8221; Even though he writes as he usually does, provocatively and tongue in cheek, there are serious people among us who seriously propose this dystopian stupidity. While I understand the claim that the pressing need for organ donations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the GOP&#8217;s Rand Paul America&#8217;s leading liberal?</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/02/commentary/is-the-gops-rand-paul-americas-leading-liberal/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=is-the-gops-rand-paul-americas-leading-liberal</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/02/commentary/is-the-gops-rand-paul-americas-leading-liberal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Rall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[liberals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rand Paul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[America's "liberal" president and his Democratic allies aren't fighting the good fight. The most liberal politician in America these days is the right-winger Rand Paul.]]></description>
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		<title>Playing &#8216;softball&#8217; with an autocrat</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/02/reader-mail/playing-softball-with-an-autocrat/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=playing-softball-with-an-autocrat</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/02/reader-mail/playing-softball-with-an-autocrat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regarding Tom Plate&#8217;s Sept. 23 article &#8220;The good side of Singapore icon Lee Kuan Yew&#8220;: Plate seems obsessed with men like Lee, who has been described elsewhere as autocratic, arrogant, vindictive, vicious and just plain mean and nasty. Plate consistently seems to overlook Lee&#8217;s faults and to praise his achievements. Lee was indeed brilliant in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acquittal of JR West presidents</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/01/editorials/acquittal-of-jr-west-presidents/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=acquittal-of-jr-west-presidents</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/01/editorials/acquittal-of-jr-west-presidents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 14:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amagasaki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JR West]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[professional negligence acquittal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The acquittal of three ex-presidents of JR West in the 2005 Amagasaki train derailment that killed 107 people does not absolve the corporate culture thought to have led to the accident.]]></description>
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		<title>Attracting 10 million tourists to Japan</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/01/editorials/attracting-10-million-tourists-to-japan/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=attracting-10-million-tourists-to-japan</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/01/editorials/attracting-10-million-tourists-to-japan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 14:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cheaper yen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan tourism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visa requirements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The number of foreign tourists visiting Japan, thanks to a cheaper yen and waived visa requirements in some countries, could top a government goal of 10 million this year.]]></description>
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		<title>Business partnerships in the fight against poverty</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/01/commentary/business-partnerships-in-the-fight-against-poverty/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=business-partnerships-in-the-fight-against-poverty</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 14:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Curtis S. Chin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[business partnerships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private sector]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The private sector must be a critical partner if we are to sustainably lift people out of poverty. It is small- and medium-size enterprises that consistently drive job creation and economic growth.]]></description>
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		<title>Flaws in Britain&#8217;s health care</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/01/commentary/flaws-in-britains-health-care/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=flaws-in-britains-health-care</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 14:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh Cortazzi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Britain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NHS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A number of recent scandals suggest that there are weaknesses and flaws in Britain's national health care system.]]></description>
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		<title>German absence of vision</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/01/commentary/german-absence-of-vision/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=german-absence-of-vision</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/01/commentary/german-absence-of-vision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 14:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pankaj Mishra</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germany national interest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Chancellor Angela Merkel's pragmatic and cautious defense of Germany's national interest in the age of globalization may yet instigate an aggressive new nationalism in Europe.]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8216;why&#8217; of violence against women</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/01/commentary/the-why-of-violence-against-women/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-why-of-violence-against-women</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/01/commentary/the-why-of-violence-against-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 14:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Reese</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rape]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Cultural attitudes regarding rape must change if we are to create a safer future for the next generation of women and girls.]]></description>
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		<title>Kids with disabilities facing abuse in West Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/01/commentary/kids-with-disabilities-facing-abuse-in-west-africa/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=kids-with-disabilities-facing-abuse-in-west-africa</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 14:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davinder Kumar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disabilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of thousands of children with disabilities are subjected to horrific violations of their human rights on a daily basis in West Africa.]]></description>
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		<title>The chance to underscore political self-dealing</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/01/commentary/the-chance-to-underscore-political-self-dealing/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-chance-to-underscore-political-self-dealing</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/01/commentary/the-chance-to-underscore-political-self-dealing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 14:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Will</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[government shutdown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama veto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political self-dealing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By forcing Democrats to dramatize their perverse priorities in order to halt a government shutdown, U.S. Republicans can turn to completing the neutering of the Obama presidency.]]></description>
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		<title>Youths should learn from Malala&#8217;s courage</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/30/commentary/youths-should-learn-from-malalas-courage/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=youths-should-learn-from-malalas-courage</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/30/commentary/youths-should-learn-from-malalas-courage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sadaaki Numata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[global mindset]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan young people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malala Yousafzai]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What will it take to get more young people in Japan to break out of their shell and go out into the world to experience interacting with people of different cultural backgrounds]]></description>
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		<title>Spreading worries about Osprey</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/30/editorials/spreading-worries-about-osprey/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=spreading-worries-about-osprey</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/30/editorials/spreading-worries-about-osprey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Futenma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Osprey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps training]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The government has not given a convincing reason why the U.S. Marine Corps will train with Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft in Shiga and Kochi prefectures in October.]]></description>
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		<title>North Korea&#8217;s hard and soft tactics</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/30/editorials/north-koreas-hard-and-soft-tactics/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=north-koreas-hard-and-soft-tactics</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/30/editorials/north-koreas-hard-and-soft-tactics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[family reunions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Korea tactics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pyongyang's recent cancellation of a planned reunion for North and South Korean families suggests that it is using hard and soft tactics to gain diplomatic advantage.]]></description>
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		<title>China to foil skeptics again</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/30/commentary/china-to-foil-skeptics-again/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=china-to-foil-skeptics-again</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/30/commentary/china-to-foil-skeptics-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim O'neill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hard landing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rebalancing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[China's eagerly anticipated "hard landing" hasn't happened yet, and recent indicators make one wonder if it ever will. Maybe China's skeptics should be viewed more skeptically.]]></description>
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		<title>Worries over fate of Japan hands</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/29/editorials/worries-over-fate-of-japan-hands-2/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=worries-over-fate-of-japan-hands-2</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/29/editorials/worries-over-fate-of-japan-hands-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2013 14:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China ideological grip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zhu Jianrong]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[n a sign that China's leadership is trying to strengthen its control of speech to increase its ideological grip, the government has detained a Chinese professor who teaches in Chiba.]]></description>
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		<title>Female cops given a boost</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/29/editorials/female-cops-given-a-boost/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=female-cops-given-a-boost</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/29/editorials/female-cops-given-a-boost/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2013 14:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Metropolitan Police Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prejudicial attitudes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is commendable of the Metropolitan Police Department to urge male officers to change their outdated perceptions of female colleagues and to wipe out prejudicial attitudes.]]></description>
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		<title>Time to end the interference</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/29/commentary/time-to-end-the-interference/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=time-to-end-the-interference</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/29/commentary/time-to-end-the-interference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2013 14:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pfaff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clash of civilizations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mideast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western interference]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[he West has suffered the delusion that a war on Muslim peoples of the Mideast would produce modernity and democracy. It is essential that the West cease its interference.]]></description>
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		<title>Unions mull a &#8216;Labor Party&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/29/commentary/unions-mull-a-labor-party/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=unions-mull-a-labor-party</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/29/commentary/unions-mull-a-labor-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2013 14:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democratic Party of Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[party realignment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rengo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Japanese Trade Union Confederation, feeling somewhat estranged from the Democratic Party of Japan, is mulling the idea of realigning opposition parties into a labor party.]]></description>
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		<title>Bringing farmers markets to the urban poor</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/29/commentary/bringing-farmers-markets-to-the-urban-poor/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=bringing-farmers-markets-to-the-urban-poor</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/29/commentary/bringing-farmers-markets-to-the-urban-poor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2013 14:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Lipsky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crossroads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farmers market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[low-income people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[he Crossroads Farmers Market in Maryland is not your typical farmers market. It was founded to offer a friendly environment for low-income people to buy fresh produce.]]></description>
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		<title>Sanctions have warmed up Iran for an accord</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/29/commentary/sanctions-have-warmed-up-iran-for-an-accord/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=sanctions-have-warmed-up-iran-for-an-accord</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/29/commentary/sanctions-have-warmed-up-iran-for-an-accord/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2013 14:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cesar Chelala</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[economic sanctions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hassan Rouhani]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran agreement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As Iran's economy reels and President Hassan Rouhani shows interest in rapprochement with the West, it seems high time to reach a nuclear agreement with Iran.]]></description>
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		<title>Air festivals, the costs of flight and budget flak</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/29/commentary/air-festivals-the-costs-of-flight-and-budget-flak/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=air-festivals-the-costs-of-flight-and-budget-flak</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/29/commentary/air-festivals-the-costs-of-flight-and-budget-flak/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2013 13:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hiroaki Sato</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[costs of flight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Military aircraft]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Air Force did not send its acrobatic team to the Misawa Air Festival this year because of budget cuts. Military flying machines can be exorbitantly expensive.]]></description>
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