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		<title>Cheap accommodation in Yokohama</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2005 00:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Mainichi Daily News has an interesting article on Cheap accommodation in Yokohama. There is a lot of inexpensive accommodation in the Kotobuki district of Yokohama&#8217;s Naka-ku, and it&#8217;s being promoted as a good place for foreigners to stay. &#8220;Since June, about 70 foreign visitors from 15 countries including Sweden, Italy and Malaysia have stayed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan ranked 11th in Human Development</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2005 07:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan has dropped from ninth place to 11th place in the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI). The HDI ranks 177 countries according to the health, education and living standards of the people who live there. The top ten countries in the list are mostly the rich northern and western European countries, with Australia and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan&#8217;s population is shrinking</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2005 00:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan&#8217;s population is starting to decline. The population in both May and June this year was less than the same months last year &#8212; that&#8217;s the first time since World War II that this has happened in consecutive months. Overall, Japan&#8217;s population fell by about 30,000 during the first six months of this year, thanks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese government publishing laws in English</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2005 01:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Japanese government is planning to translate more of its laws into English. They will publish English translations of more than 200 laws over the next three years. The new translations will be informative only &#8212; the original Japanese text will be the legally binding one. But the translations should be helpful to non-Japanese speakers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tokyo still most expensive city</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2005 03:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tokyo is still the world&#8217;s most expensive city to live in, according to the latest Economist Intelligence Unit Worldwide Cost of Living survey. However, Osaka is no longer in second place on the list; it has been replaced by Oslo in Norway. One of the survey&#8217;s editors said that this is probably because Japan has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bank account in Tokyo</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2005 12:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to open a bank account when I first moved to Tokyo. It turned out to be quite difficult: most banks required evidence of a long stay in Japan, such as a working visa or at least an alien card. I had high hopes for Shinsei Bank, since they were the most modern of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN racism expert reports on Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2005 06:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Japan Rimes has reported that the U.N.&#8217;s expert on racism and discrimination has called on Japan to enact a national law condemning racism. After visiting Japan for a nine-day mission, Doudou Diene says that racial discrimination and xenophobia are deeply-rooted in Japanese society. Most countries have problems with discrimination, but it&#8217;s more marked in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>London bombing brings on tighter screening</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2005 02:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the London bombing attacks last week, Japan&#8217;s justice ministry is planning to strengthen screening of foreigners in Japan. This will apply to both visitors and residents. This is part of a general effort to tighten security after the London terrorist attacks. There are fears that more attacks could come in countries that are allies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fingerprinting foreigners</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2005 00:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Japan Times reports that the Japanese government is considering reintroducing fingerprinting for foreigners. In an effort to check an increase in crimes committed by foreigners, the government is moving toward introducing compulsory fingerprinting for foreigners entering and leaving Japan &#8212; a move that is expected to draw fire from foreign residents in Japan and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN racism expert visiting Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2005 02:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Japan Times Online reports that the U.N.&#8217;s expert on racism and discrimination will visit Japan for the first time this month. The Japanese government has invited Doudou Diene of Senegal to report on the situation of minorities and foreigners in Japanese society. Foreigners in Japan are treated differently, partly because Japan has relatively few [...]]]></description>
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