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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>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>The communication skills for vying in the world</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/22/commentary/the-communication-skills-for-vying-in-the-world/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-communication-skills-for-vying-in-the-world</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/22/commentary/the-communication-skills-for-vying-in-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Sep 2013 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sadaaki Numata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English teaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese communication skills]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[espite the introduction of curriculum changes in English-language teaching at Japanese junior and senior high school levels, little progress has been achieved to date.]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese might just miss deflation when it&#8217;s gone</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/17/commentary/japanese-might-just-miss-deflation-when-its-gone/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=japanese-might-just-miss-deflation-when-its-gone</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/17/commentary/japanese-might-just-miss-deflation-when-its-gone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2013 14:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pesek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[abe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BOJ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deflation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kuroda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda tries to spur Japan's inflation rate, he faces a graying public that has learned not only to live with deflation but also to enjoy it.]]></description>
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		<title>Lack of liberal arts education is sapping Japan&#8217;s creativity</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/16/commentary/lack-of-liberal-arts-education-is-sapping-japans-creativity/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=lack-of-liberal-arts-education-is-sapping-japans-creativity</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/16/commentary/lack-of-liberal-arts-education-is-sapping-japans-creativity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2013 11:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Takamitsu Sawa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The plight of the Japanese manufacturing industry today is in part caused by its engineers' lack of a liberal arts education.]]></description>
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		<title>Abe&#8217;s 2020 vision challenged</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/15/commentary/abes-2020-vision-challenged/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=abes-2020-vision-challenged</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/15/commentary/abes-2020-vision-challenged/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Sep 2013 14:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Rafferty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[abe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[olympics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared that the Olympics would put Tokyo "at the center of the world." But the real question is: Will Japan use the Olympics to join the real world]]></description>
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		<title>Why the Syrian crisis matters for Japan</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/11/commentary/why-the-syrian-crisis-matters-for-japan/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=why-the-syrian-crisis-matters-for-japan</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/11/commentary/why-the-syrian-crisis-matters-for-japan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew J. Sutter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Syria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. President Barack Obama's weeks of fumbling during the Syrian crisis may create dangerous uncertainties for Japan during the rest of his presidency.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/11/commentary/why-the-syrian-crisis-matters-for-japan/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Government must take over Fukushima nuclear cleanup</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/08/29/commentary/government-must-take-over-fukushima-nuclear-cleanup/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=government-must-take-over-fukushima-nuclear-cleanup</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/08/29/commentary/government-must-take-over-fukushima-nuclear-cleanup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2013 14:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Dewit  and Chrisopher Hobson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[abe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tepco]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is literally a matter of national security that the decommissiong of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant be taken over by the government with the assistance of an international task force of experts.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/08/29/commentary/government-must-take-over-fukushima-nuclear-cleanup/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Plugging Tepco&#8217;s brain drain</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/08/26/commentary/plugging-tepcos-brain-drain/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=plugging-tepcos-brain-drain</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/08/26/commentary/plugging-tepcos-brain-drain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2013 14:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[brain drain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[special summer bonus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tepco]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One reason Tepco paid a uniform &#165;100,000 special summer bonus to each of some 5,000 managerial employees is to plug a brain drain. Core workers are quitting.]]></description>
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		<title>TPP challenges await Japan</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/08/23/commentary/tpp-challenges-await-japan/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tpp-challenges-await-japan</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/08/23/commentary/tpp-challenges-await-japan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2013 14:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benny Teh Cheng Guan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[free trade agreements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TPP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This month's 19th round of Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations in Brunei will test Japan's negotiation skills as a full participant. Japan must build alliances quickly.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/08/23/commentary/tpp-challenges-await-japan/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Interest in climate change ebbs</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/08/18/commentary/interest-in-climate-change-ebbs/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=interest-in-climate-change-ebbs</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/08/18/commentary/interest-in-climate-change-ebbs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Aug 2013 14:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Takamitsu Sawa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cloudbursts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heat waves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It's puzzling why so few arguments have been made in Japan this summer to link the heat waves and local cloudbursts to global warming and climate change.]]></description>
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		<title>The shadow from Yasukuni</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/08/16/commentary/the-shadow-from-yasukuni/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-shadow-from-yasukuni</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/08/16/commentary/the-shadow-from-yasukuni/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2013 13:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rana Mitter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World War II]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yasukuni]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just as Japanese conservatives are taken to task for refusing to acknowledge their country's colonial horrors, so China would do well to expand discussion of its own history.]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s time Japan acted to end the war over Yasukuni Shrine</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/08/14/commentary/its-time-japan-acted-to-end-the-war-over-yasukuni-shrine/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=its-time-japan-acted-to-end-the-war-over-yasukuni-shrine</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/08/14/commentary/its-time-japan-acted-to-end-the-war-over-yasukuni-shrine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2013 14:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Kingston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[abe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yasukuni Shrine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[he only thing that Japan's modern reactionaries regret about World War II is defeat. Cabinet ministers show support for this idea when they visit Yasukuni Shrine.]]></description>
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		<title>Fukushima replaces economy as Abe&#8217;s legacy issue</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/08/14/commentary/fukushima-replaces-economy-as-abes-legacy-issue/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=fukushima-replaces-economy-as-abes-legacy-issue</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/08/14/commentary/fukushima-replaces-economy-as-abes-legacy-issue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2013 14:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pesek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[abe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fukushima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tepco]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[orget the economy and attempts to rewrite the Constitution. History will judge Shinzo Abe on what he did, or didn't do, to end the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl.]]></description>
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		<title>No fluffing up China&#8217;s slump</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/08/12/commentary/no-fluffing-up-chinas-slump/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=no-fluffing-up-chinas-slump</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/08/12/commentary/no-fluffing-up-chinas-slump/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shanghai interbank market]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The rest of the world has came to know about the start of an economic slump in China from none other than President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Keqiang.]]></description>
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		<title>Gaffe-prone leaders are doing Japan no favors</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/08/07/commentary/gaffe-prone-leaders-are-doing-japan-no-favors/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=gaffe-prone-leaders-are-doing-japan-no-favors</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/08/07/commentary/gaffe-prone-leaders-are-doing-japan-no-favors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh Cortazzi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[abe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aso]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[constitution]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is in Japan's long-term interest for its politicians to avoid remarks that could exacerbate ill will toward Japan and thus detract from its goal of economic revival.]]></description>
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		<title>Japan&#8217;s security dilemma</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/08/06/commentary/japans-security-dilemma/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=japans-security-dilemma</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/08/06/commentary/japans-security-dilemma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2013 14:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brahma Chellaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Chinese military planners have probably calculated that the U.S. is unlikely to threaten to devastate China in a Sino-Japanese conflict confined to the East China Sea.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Abenomics&#8217; stirring optimism in Southeast Asia</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/08/06/commentary/abenomics-stirring-optimism-in-southeast-asia/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=abenomics-stirring-optimism-in-southeast-asia</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/08/06/commentary/abenomics-stirring-optimism-in-southeast-asia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2013 14:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Tay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abenomics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASEAN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Even if Abenomics succeeds, there is no return to the days when Japanese invested in ASEAN for cheap land and labor, and dominated the region with little competition.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/08/06/commentary/abenomics-stirring-optimism-in-southeast-asia/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Obama, end the &#8216;Abe passing&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/31/commentary/obama-end-the-abe-passing/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=obama-end-the-abe-passing</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/31/commentary/obama-end-the-abe-passing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2013 14:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vance Serchuk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[abe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rather than welcoming the rise of a capable, pro-American partner in Japan, Obama's White House is perceived as being ambivalent toward the Abe administration.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/31/commentary/obama-end-the-abe-passing/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>It&#8217;s time for conservatives of Japan to get over the war</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/30/commentary/its-time-for-conservatives-of-japan-to-get-over-the-war/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=its-time-for-conservatives-of-japan-to-get-over-the-war</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/30/commentary/its-time-for-conservatives-of-japan-to-get-over-the-war/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2013 14:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun O'dwyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Japan conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yasukuni Shrine]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=opinion&#038;p=421698</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If conservatives renounced revisionist nationalism in favor of their inherited democracy, many outside of Japan could live with a more powerfully armed Japan.]]></description>
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		<title>Japan could soften U.S. cuts</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/29/commentary/japan-could-soften-u-s-cuts/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=japan-could-soften-u-s-cuts</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/29/commentary/japan-could-soften-u-s-cuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2013 14:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hisahiko Okazaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[right to collective self-defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. defense budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S.-Japan Alliance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=opinion&#038;p=420454</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Settling Japan's right to a "collective self-defense" is destined to become of vital interest to the United States as it carries out mandatory defense budget cuts.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Farmers can&#8217;t bank on Abe</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/28/commentary/farmers-cant-bank-on-abe/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=farmers-cant-bank-on-abe</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/28/commentary/farmers-cant-bank-on-abe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jul 2013 14:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abenomics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trans-Pacific Partnership]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=opinion&#038;p=419967</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Japan's farmers must scrutinize what Shinzo Abe says so as not to be deceived by him again. The prime minister has never promised to protect their future.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/28/commentary/farmers-cant-bank-on-abe/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fukushima: evolving fear into fact</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/28/commentary/fukushima-evolving-fear-into-fact-2/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=fukushima-evolving-fear-into-fact-2</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/28/commentary/fukushima-evolving-fear-into-fact-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jul 2013 14:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Roberts  and Ted Lazo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fukushima Daiichi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radiation facts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=opinion&#038;p=419923</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Misinformation and flawed reporting about Fukushima radiation levels and reactor stability persisted even when scientific data had become readily available.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/28/commentary/fukushima-evolving-fear-into-fact-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>56</slash:comments>
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		<title>Where to go to survive the day? the corbies say</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/28/commentary/where-to-go-to-survive-the-day-the-corbies-say/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=where-to-go-to-survive-the-day-the-corbies-say</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/28/commentary/where-to-go-to-survive-the-day-the-corbies-say/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jul 2013 14:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hiroaki Sato</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[jungle crows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo environment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=opinion&#038;p=419940</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The word from a longtime Tokyo resident is that the jungle crow population, the bane of garbage piles, is finally in decline. Not everyone is happy about that.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/28/commentary/where-to-go-to-survive-the-day-the-corbies-say/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cheer over Reagan&#8217;s arrival won&#8217;t trickle down to most Japanese</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/28/commentary/cheer-over-reagans-arrival-wont-trickle-down-to-most-japanese/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=cheer-over-reagans-arrival-wont-trickle-down-to-most-japanese</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/28/commentary/cheer-over-reagans-arrival-wont-trickle-down-to-most-japanese/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jul 2013 13:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pesek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abenomics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reaganomics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ronald Reagan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Ronald Reagan moment Japan investors have long fantasized about has finally arrived. Shinzo Abe&#8217;s plan to restore Japan&#8217;s economic might draws heavily upon principles long associated with the former U.S. president: welfare-spending cuts, debt-swelling tax reductions for the wealthy and corporations, deregulation, a lowering of trade barriers, and reforms that make it easier to [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/28/commentary/cheer-over-reagans-arrival-wont-trickle-down-to-most-japanese/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Time to take over Daiichi?</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/26/commentary/time-to-take-over-daiichi/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=time-to-take-over-daiichi</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/26/commentary/time-to-take-over-daiichi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2013 14:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Hobson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fukushima No. 1 plant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Regulation Authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tepco]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rather than rely on Tepco and a bare bones staff of regulators, it's time that the Japanese government consider taking control of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/26/commentary/time-to-take-over-daiichi/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Riding out the shifting political winds of Japan</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/25/commentary/riding-out-the-shifting-political-winds-of-japan/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=riding-out-the-shifting-political-winds-of-japan</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/25/commentary/riding-out-the-shifting-political-winds-of-japan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2013 14:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Ching</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abe administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan nationalists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political stability]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[LDP-Komeito dominance of the Upper House poll signals the return of political stability to Japan ? with a nationalistic flavor ? for the first time in seven years.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hesitating on sales tax hike?</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/21/commentary/hesitating-on-sales-tax-hike/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=hesitating-on-sales-tax-hike</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/21/commentary/hesitating-on-sales-tax-hike/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jul 2013 14:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abenomics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumption tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=opinion&#038;p=413261</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is said to be considering delaying the increase in the consumption tax rate currently scheduled to take effect in April 2014.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/21/commentary/hesitating-on-sales-tax-hike/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Japan&#8217;s voters set themselves up for a disappointing result</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/17/commentary/japans-voters-set-themselves-up-for-a-disappointing-result/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=japans-voters-set-themselves-up-for-a-disappointing-result</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/17/commentary/japans-voters-set-themselves-up-for-a-disappointing-result/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2013 14:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pesek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[abe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Upper House election]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Japanese voters seem ready to hand Prime Minister Shinzo Abe one of the bigger blank checks in memory on Sunday, but what's most noticeable is their silence.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/17/commentary/japans-voters-set-themselves-up-for-a-disappointing-result/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Major parties both fall short</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/14/commentary/major-parties-both-fall-short/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=major-parties-both-fall-short</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/14/commentary/major-parties-both-fall-short/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jul 2013 14:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Takamitsu Sawa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abenomics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consitutional revision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LDP draft]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It should be of concern to Japan's voters that the LDP's proposed constitutional revisions run counter to the principles of freedom and democracy.]]></description>
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