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	<title>BlogLinkJapan &#187; Bionicbong</title>
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		<title>Sharp to Launch Content Delivery Service for E-book Readers</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/107509/sharp-to-launch-content-delivery-service-for-e-book-readers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sharp Corp announced that it will start content delivery service called &#34;Galapagos&#34; in Japan. For a starter, the company will provide the service for electronic book (e-book) readers and launch two tablet PCs for the service in December 2010. At first, the service for e-book readers will offer about 30,000 contents including major Japanese newspapers, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tokyo Landlords Lose Century-Old ‘Gift Money’ as Rents Slump</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/107464/tokyo-landlords-lose-century-old-%e2%80%98gift-money%e2%80%99-as-rents-slump/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After viewing almost 100 Tokyo apartments, banker Damien Cambon was happy to discover that a Japanese tradition dating back more than a century is dying: the payment of up to two months’ rent extra as a gift to the landlord. “Reikin,” or “gift money,” a non-refundable fee on top of a deposit and any broker [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China lifts rare earth export ban to Japan</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/107279/china-lifts-rare-earth-export-ban-to-japan/</link>
		<comments>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/107279/china-lifts-rare-earth-export-ban-to-japan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China has ended a de facto ban on exports to Japan of rare earth minerals, a Japanese trading firm source said on Wednesday, easing concerns about fallout from a bitter feud between Asia’s two biggest economies. Tokyo and Beijing have been bickering over Japan’s detention of a Chinese fishing boat skipper whose trawler collided this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Model Sugawara Sings!</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/107278/model-sugawara-sings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fashion model Saki Sugawara (24) is making her CD debut next week as part of a new project by the magazine With. On October 6, she will release a photobook called &#34;doll / Saki Sugawara&#34; that will come with a CD and DVD featuring her first song. The photobook, which is being published by Kodansha, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan eyes PM talks with China to defuse row</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/107277/japan-eyes-pm-talks-with-china-to-defuse-row/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan stuck to its guns Tuesday in a row with China over a disputed island chain but also said it was open to high-level talks to defuse the worst spat in years between the Asian powers. Prime Minister Naoto Kan now plans to attend an Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Brussels next week, officials said, making [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lap Pillow for the lonely and napping</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/106721/lap-pillow-for-the-lonely-and-napping/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Single or lonely Japanese men may get lucky this Christmas. One popular item for holiday shoppers is the “lap pillow,” with skin-coloured polyurethene calves folded under soft thighs — a comfy cushion for napping, reading or watching television. The 9,429 yen ($90) pillow, which comes with one red and one black skirt, went on sale [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Splitting up the Housework for Married Couples with Dual Careers</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/106671/splitting-up-the-housework-for-married-couples-with-dual-careers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First of all, this column has been publishing opinions from leading researchers, so, just a regular researcher like me feels rather shy about contributing. But, I’m happy to be allowed to be so bold as to say here that, &#34;this kind of pattern also exists&#34;. It seems unusual to have a family in which both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tension Continues – Kan Rejects China’s Demand for Apology</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/106335/tension-continues-%e2%80%93-kan-rejects-china%e2%80%99s-demand-for-apology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 16:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tensions between China and Japan over the arrest of a Chinese trawler captain took another turn for the worse Sunday as Prime Minister Naoto Kan of Japan rejected China’s repeated demand that Tokyo apologize and offer compensation for the incident. The Chinese authorities also flexed their muscles on a wider front, becoming more assertive on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do As Infinity to stream anniversary concert on Nico Nico Douga</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/106333/do-as-infinity-to-stream-anniversary-concert-on-nico-nico-douga/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 16:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pop band Do As Infinity has decided to broadcast their next concert online, it has been learned. They are scheduled to perform on September 29 at Shibuya-AX to celebrate their 11th anniversary. The show is titled &#34;Do As Infinity 11th Anniversary LIVE ~More! Core! Rare! Here!~&#34; and will be streamed live for free through the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big in Japan: Pokemon Black and White dominates video game sales</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/106332/big-in-japan-pokemon-black-and-white-dominates-video-game-sales/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 16:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enterbrain already confirmed what many would have assumed: The Japanese DS debut for Pokemon Black and White was hugely successful. So while the pair’s combined sales of nearly 2.6 million was certain to land it atop Media Create’s Japanese sales charts for the week of September 13-19, the remainder of the top 10 held some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ichiro ties Pete Rose’s record for most 200-hit seasons</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/106182/ichiro-ties-pete-rose%e2%80%99s-record-for-most-200-hit-seasons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 03:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki extended his major league record for consecutive 200-hit seasons to 10 after going 2-for-5 against the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday. Ichiro, who came into the game with 198 hits, also tied Pete Rose for the most career 200-hit seasons after hitting a double down the left field line in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kan makes Japan’s pitch for U.N. Security Council seat</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/106155/kan-makes-japan%e2%80%99s-pitch-for-u-n-security-council-seat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 01:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Friday made Japan’s pitch for permanent membership of the U.N. Security Council, saying the non- nuclear country that has suffered the devastation of atomic bombings deserves a seat on the council in the 21st century. In his speech to the general debate session of the U.N. General Assembly, Kan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paris Hilton cancels Asian tour after being denied entry to Japan</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/106130/paris-hilton-cancels-asian-tour-after-being-denied-entry-to-japan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 23:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paris Hilton’s publicist says the U.S. socialite has canceled her Asian tour after she wasn’t allowed into Japan due to a recent drug arrest. Hilton, 29, pleaded guilty this week to misdemeanor drug possession in Las Vegas. The charge stemmed from her arrest last month. E! News said she was detained Tuesday at Tokyo’s Narita [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China arrests 4 Japanese Nationals</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/106129/china-arrests-4-japanese-nationals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 23:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four Japanese nationals have been arrested in China, and are being investigated for entering a military zone without authorization and videotaping military targets, Chinese state media said. The arrests come amid the two nations’ diplomatic battle over Japan’s detainment of a Chinese fishing captain. &#34;We believe if our employees knew about the area being off-limits, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China strikes back at Japan after boat captain freed</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/105936/china-strikes-back-at-japan-after-boat-captain-freed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 03:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China on Saturday demanded Japan apologize for holding a Chinese boat captain, showing few outward signs of softening in a dispute between the two Asian economic powers after Japan gave ground and released him. The fishing trawler captain, Zhan Qixiong, flew out of Japan on a chartered plane that took him to the coastal Chinese [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan iPad competitor – The LuvPad – runs on Android 2.2</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/105809/japan-ipad-competitor-%e2%80%93-the-luvpad-%e2%80%93-runs-on-android-2-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 12:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s certainly very exciting to see an Android-based competitor for Apple’s &#34;revolutionary&#34; iPad coming out of Japan. Hands on: Mouse Computer’s LuvPad will run on Google’s Android system. The LuvPad AD100 is a 10.1-inch tablet computer that will run on Google’s Android 2.2 mobile operating system (also known as Froyo). Featuring an LED-backlit multitouch display [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tepco nuclear power plant starts power output with MOX fuel</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 08:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) Power generation using plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel started at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant Thursday morning, the utility said. The No. 3 reactor at the plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, is the third in Japan for MOX fuel power generation, known as &#34;pluthermal,&#34; with the others at Kyushu [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China blocks rare earths exports to Japan – Electronics will suffer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 04:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China has blocked all exports of rare earths to Japan, stepping up the pressure on Tokyo to release a Chinese boat captain detained in disputed waters, a report said Thursday. China has halted all shipments to Japan of the chemical elements, essential for the making of mp3 players, electric cars, missiles and a range of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intel Plans to Equip Chips With USB 3.0 in 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[,P&#62;Intel Corp disclosed that the company will equip its PC chipsets with the function of a USB 3.0 host controller in 2012. Some forecast that Intel would embed the USB 3.0 host controller function in its chipsets in 2011. But it became clear that the company intends to introduce the function in 2012. However, Renesas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NEC Develops Biomass Plastic BLAH BLAH better than PLA</title>
		<link>http://bloglinkjapan.com/japan/en/104578/nec-develops-biomass-plastic-blah-blah-better-than-pla/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 03:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEC Corp developed a biomass plastic whose mass ratio of plant-derived materials (plant ratio) is as high as 70%. The properties of the new biomass plastic, such as ductility, impact resistance and heat resistance, will be equivalent to those of polylactic acid (PLA), NEC said. The company plans to continue the development of the plastic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SMAP’s Shanghai concerts in danger of cancellation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 03:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kyodo News is reporting that SMAP’s concerts at Shanghai Stadium on October 9-10 may get canceled due to an escalating incident between China and Japan. Ticket sales for the shows have reportedly been suspended already due to the high likelihood of cancellation. Last month, Japanese officers arrested a Chinese fishing boat captain on charges that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan suffers as Chinese tourists stay home</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 02:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan has been counting on an influx of Chinese tourists to boost its economy, but a tiff with China over the detention of a Chinese trawler captain has taken a toll on tourist numbers. China, which sees the detention as illegal, has suspended talks with Japan on the launching of air services between Tokyo’s Haneda [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China suspends senior bilateral exchanges with Japan over fishing boat seizure</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China on Sunday said it had suspended senior bilateral exchanges with Japan over an incident in disputed waters and warned relations with Tokyo had been &#34;severely hurt&#34;. The announcement comes after a Japanese court authorised prosecutors to extend by 10 days the detention of a Chinese captain accused of ramming his trawler against Japanese patrol [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manabu Oshio receives 30 month sentence</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 01:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The trial of Manabu Oshio (32) ended on Friday with a partial guilty verdict. Prosecutors demanded a six-year prison sentence, but he was given only two and a half years. The conviction was handed down by three professional judges and six lay judges, as Oshio was the first celebrity to be tried under the &#34;saiban-in&#34; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No antibiotic candidates for killing superbugs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 00:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan’s pharmaceutical industry doesn’t have even a single candidate for new antibiotics to counter multidrug-resistant superbugs such as some types of Acinetobacter and E. coli bacteria, according to an expert reporting the situation to the government. Shuhei Fujimoto, a professor at Tokai University’s Department of Bacteriology and Bacterial Infection, said he alerted the Health, Labor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Motion sensors, 3-D games steal the show at Tokyo Game Show</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 00:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan’s biggest video game show kicked off Thursday at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba, with motion-sensor game systems and three-dimensional display images drawing the most attention. News photo Two women play a beach volleyball video game on Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console with the new Kinect camera-sensor system at the Tokyo Game Show at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan readying their robot workers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 02:57:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The replacement of humans by machines in the workplace took another step forward on Wednesday, as Japanese researchers unveiled a model they hope could lead to humanoid menial workers. Its makers, Kawada Industries and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), hope the robot will be a step towards creating a model [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan Acts to Weaken the Yen</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 03:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan moved on Wednesday to prop up the dollar and weaken the yen in a bid to protect its export-led economy, intervening in international currency markets for the first time since 2004. The Japanese monetary authorities bought dollars and sold yen, pushing it to about 84.50 yen to the dollar in the morning from near [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Largest forest reserve in Japan announced</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A forest reserve area of about 240,000 hectares will be established in national forests extending from the Daisetsu to Hidaka mountain ranges in Hokkaido next month, it has been learned. The planned conservation area will be the largest of its kind in the nation. It will increase by 2.5 times the current area of such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Countdown to Fujiko F. Fujio’s Doraemon Museum begins</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A countdown signboard was set up at a railway station in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, in early September to begin counting down the days until the opening a year from now of a museum dedicated to the creator of the &#34;Doraemon&#34; and &#34;Perman&#34; cartoon series, which have proved popular with children in Japan and abroad. The [...]]]></description>
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