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  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><subtitle>The latest news, business and opinion stories from The Japan Times</subtitle>
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  3.  <title>The Japan Times: News &amp; Business</title>
  4.  <updated>2018-03-03T14:00:00+00:00</updated>
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  8.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&amp;p=1369137</id>
  9.    <title type="html">K. International spelling whiz wins ninth Japan Times Bee</title>
  10.    <author>
  11.      <email>Cory Baird</email>
  12.    </author>
  13.    <updated>2018-03-03T14:00:00+00:00</updated>
  14.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/03/national/k-international-spelling-whiz-wins-ninth-japan-times-bee/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  15.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Hanna Yoshida of K. International School Tokyo managed to outlast her final opponent Saturday over the course of nine tense rounds by spelling insubordinate to ...]]></summary>
  16.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Hanna Yoshida of K. International School Tokyo managed to outlast her final opponent Saturday over the course of nine tense rounds by spelling insubordinate to ...]]></content>
  17.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/n-jtbee-d-20180304-620x348.jpg" rel="enclosure" type=""/>
  18.  </entry>
  19.  <entry>
  20.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&amp;p=1368996</id>
  21.    <title type="html">Japan’s media out of step with mental health issues</title>
  22.    <author>
  23.      <email>Philip Brasor</email>
  24.    </author>
  25.    <updated>2018-03-03T13:54:00+00:00</updated>
  26.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/03/national/media-national/japans-media-step-mental-health-issues/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  27.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[In January, a couple in Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, were arrested for allegedly confining their daughter for at least 15 years before she froze to death ...]]></summary>
  28.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In January, a couple in Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, were arrested for allegedly confining their daughter for at least 15 years before she froze to death ...]]></content>
  29.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p17-brasor-mental-health-a-20180304-620x348.jpg" rel="enclosure" type=""/>
  30.  </entry>
  31.  <entry>
  32.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&amp;p=1368990</id>
  33.    <title type="html">Anniversaries loom for gum producer Lotte and the Yoshiwara red-light district</title>
  34.    <author>
  35.      <email>Mark Schreiber</email>
  36.    </author>
  37.    <updated>2018-03-03T13:42:00+00:00</updated>
  38.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/03/national/media-national/anniversaries-loom-gum-producer-lotte-yoshiwara-red-light-district/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  39.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[In 1941, a 19-year-old Korean chemistry student named Shin Kyuk-ho traveled to Tokyo to study at a technical college. He remained in Japan following the ...]]></summary>
  40.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In 1941, a 19-year-old Korean chemistry student named Shin Kyuk-ho traveled to Tokyo to study at a technical college. He remained in Japan following the ...]]></content>
  41.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p16-schreiber-anniversaries-a-20180304-e1520063059276-620x348.jpg" rel="enclosure" type=""/>
  42.  </entry>
  43.  <entry>
  44.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&amp;p=1368987</id>
  45.    <title type="html">NHK puppet show offers a rare glimpse into unconventional lives</title>
  46.    <author>
  47.      <email>Patrick ST. Michel</email>
  48.    </author>
  49.    <updated>2018-03-03T13:40:00+00:00</updated>
  50.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/03/national/media-national/nhk-puppet-show-offers-rare-glimpse-unconventional-lives/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  51.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Arguably the best interview show on terrestrial TV at present stars a bunch of puppets exploring the often unexamined corners of Japanese society.&ldquo;Nehorin Pahorin&rdquo; airs ...]]></summary>
  52.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Arguably the best interview show on terrestrial TV at present stars a bunch of puppets exploring the often unexamined corners of Japanese society.&ldquo;Nehorin Pahorin&rdquo; airs ...]]></content>
  53.  </entry>
  54.  <entry>
  55.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&amp;p=1368993</id>
  56.    <title type="html">Putting the express in espresso</title>
  57.    <updated>2018-03-03T13:38:00+00:00</updated>
  58.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/03/national/media-national/putting-express-espresso/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  59.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Three interesting figures we stumbled across online last week.]]></summary>
  60.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Three interesting figures we stumbled across online last week.]]></content>
  61.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p17-pulse-numbers-a-20180304-620x348.jpg" rel="enclosure" type=""/>
  62.  </entry>
  63.  <entry>
  64.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&amp;p=1368971</id>
  65.    <title type="html">Private Tokyo girls’ school in deep ferment</title>
  66.    <author>
  67.      <email>Elliott Samuels</email>
  68.    </author>
  69.    <updated>2018-03-03T13:32:00+00:00</updated>
  70.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/03/national/history/japan-times-1993-blacks-face-image-problem-japan/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  71.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Many of the dozens of black professionals interviewed last week said they are still struggling to change the racist perceptions of blacks that shadow them ...]]></summary>
  72.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Many of the dozens of black professionals interviewed last week said they are still struggling to change the racist perceptions of blacks that shadow them ...]]></content>
  73.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p19-jtgb-a-20180304-e1520060903421-620x348.jpg" rel="enclosure" type=""/>
  74.  </entry>
  75.  <entry>
  76.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&amp;p=1368947</id>
  77.    <title type="html">Criminals in Japan are profiting from the public’s fear of prosecutors</title>
  78.    <author>
  79.      <email>Jake Adelstein</email>
  80.    </author>
  81.    <updated>2018-03-03T10:00:00+00:00</updated>
  82.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/03/national/media-national/criminals-japan-profiting-publics-fear-prosecutors/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  83.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[A new type of transfer fraud in which perpetrators take advantage of their victims&rsquo; fear of prosecution has sparked concern among law enforcement officials in ...]]></summary>
  84.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A new type of transfer fraud in which perpetrators take advantage of their victims&rsquo; fear of prosecution has sparked concern among law enforcement officials in ...]]></content>
  85.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p2-adelstein-prosecutor-fraud-a-20180304-620x348.jpg" rel="enclosure" type=""/>
  86.  </entry>
  87.  <entry>
  88.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&amp;p=1369101</id>
  89.    <title type="html">Arrested former Taisei exec denies maglev bid-rigging allegations</title>
  90.    <updated>2018-03-03T09:10:00+00:00</updated>
  91.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/03/national/crime-legal/arrested-former-taisei-exec-denies-maglev-bid-rigging-allegations/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  92.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The former director says he was not in a position to engage in price-fixing even though he spent more than 10 years dealing with the ...]]></summary>
  93.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The former director says he was not in a position to engage in price-fixing even though he spent more than 10 years dealing with the ...]]></content>
  94.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/n-maglev-a-20180304-620x348.jpg" rel="enclosure" type=""/>
  95.  </entry>
  96.  <entry>
  97.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=opinion&amp;p=1368956</id>
  98.    <title type="html">Immigrant labor contradictions</title>
  99.    <updated>2018-03-03T09:02:00+00:00</updated>
  100.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/03/03/editorials/immigrant-labor-contradictions/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  101.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Despite the nation's tightening manpower shortage, the issue of immigrant labor continues to be shunned in policy discussions.]]></summary>
  102.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Despite the nation's tightening manpower shortage, the issue of immigrant labor continues to be shunned in policy discussions.]]></content>
  103.  </entry>
  104.  <entry>
  105.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=opinion&amp;p=1368958</id>
  106.    <title type="html">Gun laws may finally change, thanks to kids</title>
  107.    <author>
  108.      <email>Tyler Cowen</email>
  109.    </author>
  110.    <updated>2018-03-03T09:00:00+00:00</updated>
  111.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/03/03/commentary/world-commentary/gun-laws-may-finally-change-thanks-kids/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  112.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[If even a child sees the need to speak out, we all should be listening; they of course have the greatest stake in America's future.]]></summary>
  113.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[If even a child sees the need to speak out, we all should be listening; they of course have the greatest stake in America's future.]]></content>
  114.  </entry>
  115.  <entry>
  116.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&amp;p=1368980</id>
  117.    <title type="html">Setting out Brexit vision, May asks EU to show flexibility</title>
  118.    <updated>2018-03-03T08:54:00+00:00</updated>
  119.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/03/world/politics-diplomacy-world/setting-brexit-vision-may-asks-eu-show-flexibility/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  120.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Prime Minister Theresa May urged the European Union on Friday to show more flexibility in talks on its future relationship with the U.K. after Brexit, ...]]></summary>
  121.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Prime Minister Theresa May urged the European Union on Friday to show more flexibility in talks on its future relationship with the U.K. after Brexit, ...]]></content>
  122.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/f-breuxit-a-20180304-620x348.jpg" rel="enclosure" type=""/>
  123.  </entry>
  124.  <entry>
  125.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&amp;p=1368929</id>
  126.    <title type="html">Dozens dead in attacks on Burkina military HQ, French Embassy</title>
  127.    <updated>2018-03-03T08:37:00+00:00</updated>
  128.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/03/world/dozens-dead-attacks-burkina-military-hq-french-embassy/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  129.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dozens of people were killed Friday in twin attacks on the French Embassy in Burkina Faso and the country&rsquo;s military headquarters, an assault that coincided ...]]></summary>
  130.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Dozens of people were killed Friday in twin attacks on the French Embassy in Burkina Faso and the country&rsquo;s military headquarters, an assault that coincided ...]]></content>
  131.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/f-burkina-a-20180304-620x348.jpg" rel="enclosure" type=""/>
  132.  </entry>
  133.  <entry>
  134.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&amp;p=1369060</id>
  135.    <title type="html">LDP action plan to call for strong push to revise Constitution: draft</title>
  136.    <updated>2018-03-03T08:33:00+00:00</updated>
  137.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/03/national/politics-diplomacy/ldp-action-plan-call-strong-push-revise-constitution-draft/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  138.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Liberal Democratic Party&rsquo;s 2018 action plan calls for holding Japan&rsquo;s first referendum on revising the Constitution and raising public debate on the issue.]]></summary>
  139.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Liberal Democratic Party&rsquo;s 2018 action plan calls for holding Japan&rsquo;s first referendum on revising the Constitution and raising public debate on the issue.]]></content>
  140.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/n-ldp-a-20180304-620x348.jpg" rel="enclosure" type=""/>
  141.  </entry>
  142.  <entry>
  143.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&amp;p=1368898</id>
  144.    <title type="html">As Trump touts trade restrictions, the world prepares to push back</title>
  145.    <updated>2018-03-03T08:26:00+00:00</updated>
  146.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/03/business/trump-touts-trade-restrictions-world-prepares-push-back/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  147.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[After President Donald Trump said the U.S. plans to impose 25 percent tariffs on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum, the shock waves are ...]]></summary>
  148.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[After President Donald Trump said the U.S. plans to impose 25 percent tariffs on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum, the shock waves are ...]]></content>
  149.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/b-steelblast-a-20180304-620x348.jpg" rel="enclosure" type=""/>
  150.  </entry>
  151.  <entry>
  152.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&amp;p=1368887</id>
  153.    <title type="html">Japan to invite Chinese Premier Li Keqiang for three-day visit in May</title>
  154.    <updated>2018-03-03T08:12:00+00:00</updated>
  155.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/03/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-planning-formal-visit-china-premier-li-may/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  156.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The visit will coincide with a trilateral summit involving South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who is likely to be snubbed over the &ldquo;comfort women&rdquo; issue.]]></summary>
  157.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The visit will coincide with a trilateral summit involving South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who is likely to be snubbed over the &ldquo;comfort women&rdquo; issue.]]></content>
  158.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/n-lisit-a-20180304-620x348.jpg" rel="enclosure" type=""/>
  159.  </entry>
  160.  <entry>
  161.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&amp;p=1368913</id>
  162.    <title type="html">Slain Filipina in freezer shows risks to overseas workers</title>
  163.    <updated>2018-03-03T07:15:00+00:00</updated>
  164.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/03/asia-pacific/slain-filipina-freezer-shows-risks-overseas-workers/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  165.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[When Joanna Demafelis&rsquo; indebted family needed money to fix their typhoon-battered home, she followed in the footsteps of millions of other Filipinos and left to ...]]></summary>
  166.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[When Joanna Demafelis&rsquo; indebted family needed money to fix their typhoon-battered home, she followed in the footsteps of millions of other Filipinos and left to ...]]></content>
  167.  </entry>
  168.  <entry>
  169.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&amp;p=1368889</id>
  170.    <title type="html">Japanese department store cancels photo exhibition on women’s thighs amid kiddie porn concerns</title>
  171.    <updated>2018-03-03T07:11:00+00:00</updated>
  172.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/03/national/tokyo-store-cancels-photo-exhibition-featuring-womens-thighs-uproar-possible-underage-imagery/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  173.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Department store Marui has canceled a photo exhibition featuring women&rsquo;s thighs amid criticism some of the images appear to portray underage girls.Amid online outrage, Marui ...]]></summary>
  174.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Department store Marui has canceled a photo exhibition featuring women&rsquo;s thighs amid criticism some of the images appear to portray underage girls.Amid online outrage, Marui ...]]></content>
  175.  </entry>
  176.  <entry>
  177.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&amp;p=1368917</id>
  178.    <title type="html">Dam executive arrested over death of Honduran activist</title>
  179.    <updated>2018-03-03T07:07:00+00:00</updated>
  180.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/03/world/crime-legal-world/dam-executive-arrested-death-honduran-activist/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  181.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Honduran authorities arrested an executive with a dam development company Friday over the 2016 killing of indigenous and environmental activist Berta Caceres, calling him an ...]]></summary>
  182.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Honduran authorities arrested an executive with a dam development company Friday over the 2016 killing of indigenous and environmental activist Berta Caceres, calling him an ...]]></content>
  183.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/f-caceres-a-20180304-620x348.jpg" rel="enclosure" type=""/>
  184.  </entry>
  185.  <entry>
  186.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&amp;p=1368954</id>
  187.    <title type="html">Trump sours NAFTA talks with steel trade war threats</title>
  188.    <updated>2018-03-03T07:00:00+00:00</updated>
  189.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/03/business/trump-sours-nafta-talks-steel-trade-war-threats/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  190.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump&rsquo;s threats to unleash a trade war over steel crushed hopes of substantial progress in the latest talks to rework NAFTA, pitching ...]]></summary>
  191.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump&rsquo;s threats to unleash a trade war over steel crushed hopes of substantial progress in the latest talks to rework NAFTA, pitching ...]]></content>
  192.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/f-nexta-a-20180304-620x348.jpg" rel="enclosure" type=""/>
  193.  </entry>
  194.  <entry>
  195.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&amp;p=1368950</id>
  196.    <title type="html">History belies Trump’s trade war confidence</title>
  197.    <updated>2018-03-03T06:57:00+00:00</updated>
  198.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/03/business/history-belies-trumps-trade-war-confidence/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  199.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[History suggests that trade wars are not as easy as U.S. President Donald Trump says.Trump&rsquo;s argument, in essence, is that high tariffs will force other ...]]></summary>
  200.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[History suggests that trade wars are not as easy as U.S. President Donald Trump says.Trump&rsquo;s argument, in essence, is that high tariffs will force other ...]]></content>
  201.  </entry>
  202.  <entry>
  203.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&amp;p=1368879</id>
  204.    <title type="html">Fukushima looks to ease blanket radiation checks on rice starting in 2020</title>
  205.    <updated>2018-03-03T06:53:00+00:00</updated>
  206.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/03/national/fukushima-scale-back-rice-radiation-checks-areas/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  207.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The lack of tainted rice in recent years is raising hopes the labor-intensive procedure can be reduced to random inspections, at least outside the 12 ...]]></summary>
  208.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The lack of tainted rice in recent years is raising hopes the labor-intensive procedure can be reduced to random inspections, at least outside the 12 ...]]></content>
  209.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/n-fukurice-a-20180304-620x348.jpg" rel="enclosure" type=""/>
  210.  </entry>
  211.  <entry>
  212.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&amp;p=1368939</id>
  213.    <title type="html">Nor’easter hits East Coast, grounds flights and halts trains</title>
  214.    <updated>2018-03-03T06:38:00+00:00</updated>
  215.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/03/world/noreaster-hits-east-coast-grounds-flights-halts-trains/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  216.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[A nor&rsquo;easter pounded the U.S. Atlantic coast with hurricane-force winds and sideways rain and snow Friday, flooding streets, grounding flights, stopping trains and leaving 1.6 ...]]></summary>
  217.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A nor&rsquo;easter pounded the U.S. Atlantic coast with hurricane-force winds and sideways rain and snow Friday, flooding streets, grounding flights, stopping trains and leaving 1.6 ...]]></content>
  218.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/f-coastorm-a-20180304-620x348.jpg" rel="enclosure" type=""/>
  219.  </entry>
  220.  <entry>
  221.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&amp;p=1368936</id>
  222.    <title type="html">Shivering Europe hopes for weekend respite as deep freeze persists</title>
  223.    <updated>2018-03-03T06:31:00+00:00</updated>
  224.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/03/world/shivering-europe-hopes-weekend-respite-deep-freeze-persists/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  225.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Europe&rsquo;s deep freeze, which has cost more than 60 lives over the past week, continued to wreak havoc early Saturday as the shivering continent awaited ...]]></summary>
  226.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Europe&rsquo;s deep freeze, which has cost more than 60 lives over the past week, continued to wreak havoc early Saturday as the shivering continent awaited ...]]></content>
  227.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/f-eurstorm-a-20180304-620x348.jpg" rel="enclosure" type=""/>
  228.  </entry>
  229.  <entry>
  230.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&amp;p=1368924</id>
  231.    <title type="html">Spanish women decry macho culture and domestic violence with first national strike</title>
  232.    <updated>2018-03-03T05:56:00+00:00</updated>
  233.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/03/world/social-issues-world/spanish-women-decry-macho-culture-domestic-violence-first-national-strike/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  234.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Women in Spain are poised to stage their first nationwide strike on International Women&rsquo;s Day on March 8 as they demand an end to unfair ...]]></summary>
  235.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Women in Spain are poised to stage their first nationwide strike on International Women&rsquo;s Day on March 8 as they demand an end to unfair ...]]></content>
  236.  </entry>
  237.  <entry>
  238.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&amp;p=1368922</id>
  239.    <title type="html">Family of each person slain in Vegas shooting to get $275,000 from victims’ fund</title>
  240.    <updated>2018-03-03T05:40:00+00:00</updated>
  241.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/03/world/crime-legal-world/family-person-slain-vegas-shooting-get-275000-victims-fund/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  242.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[A $31.5 million victims&rsquo; fund that started as a GoFundMe effort announced plans Friday to pay $275,000 to the families of each of the 58 ...]]></summary>
  243.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A $31.5 million victims&rsquo; fund that started as a GoFundMe effort announced plans Friday to pay $275,000 to the families of each of the 58 ...]]></content>
  244.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/f-vegashooting-a-20180304-620x348.jpg" rel="enclosure" type=""/>
  245.  </entry>
  246.  <entry>
  247.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&amp;p=1368909</id>
  248.    <title type="html">San Diego-area governments sue over Mexican sewage</title>
  249.    <updated>2018-03-03T05:07:00+00:00</updated>
  250.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/03/world/san-diego-area-governments-sue-mexican-sewage/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  251.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Local governments sued a U.S. agency Friday to demand a fix to a decades-old problem of sewage flowing downhill from Mexico and spilling onto U.S. ...]]></summary>
  252.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Local governments sued a U.S. agency Friday to demand a fix to a decades-old problem of sewage flowing downhill from Mexico and spilling onto U.S. ...]]></content>
  253.  </entry>
  254.  <entry>
  255.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&amp;p=1368907</id>
  256.    <title type="html">Trump picks Dow Chemical lawyer for key role on toxic sites</title>
  257.    <updated>2018-03-03T05:06:00+00:00</updated>
  258.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/03/world/trump-picks-dow-chemical-lawyer-key-role-toxic-sites/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  259.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[President Donald Trump on Friday tapped a chemical industry insider to run the Environmental Protection Agency office that oversees emergency response to hazardous spills and ...]]></summary>
  260.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[President Donald Trump on Friday tapped a chemical industry insider to run the Environmental Protection Agency office that oversees emergency response to hazardous spills and ...]]></content>
  261.  </entry>
  262.  <entry>
  263.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&amp;p=1368900</id>
  264.    <title type="html">911 tape details skeleton found in walls of Houston home</title>
  265.    <updated>2018-03-03T04:32:00+00:00</updated>
  266.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/03/world/911-tape-details-skeleton-found-walls-houston-home/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  267.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Emergency personnel in Houston have released audio from a 911 call in which the new resident of an old house describes finding human remains between ...]]></summary>
  268.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Emergency personnel in Houston have released audio from a 911 call in which the new resident of an old house describes finding human remains between ...]]></content>
  269.  </entry>
  270.  <entry>
  271.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&amp;p=1368894</id>
  272.    <title type="html">Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono to visit U.S. this month to discuss North Korea</title>
  273.    <updated>2018-03-03T04:05:00+00:00</updated>
  274.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/03/national/japanese-foreign-minister-taro-kono-visit-u-s-month-discuss-north-korea/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  275.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Foreign Minister Taro Kono is planning to visit the United States later in the month for talks on dealing with North Korea once the Pyeongchang ...]]></summary>
  276.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Foreign Minister Taro Kono is planning to visit the United States later in the month for talks on dealing with North Korea once the Pyeongchang ...]]></content>
  277.  </entry>
  278.  <entry>
  279.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&amp;p=1368849</id>
  280.    <title type="html">Trump: ‘Trade wars are good, and easy to win’</title>
  281.    <updated>2018-03-02T15:10:00+00:00</updated>
  282.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/03/business/trump-trade-wars-good-easy-win/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  283.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[President Donald Trump on Friday insisted &ldquo;trade wars are good, and easy to win,&rdquo; a bold claim that prompted pushback from a Nebraska Republican who ...]]></summary>
  284.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[President Donald Trump on Friday insisted &ldquo;trade wars are good, and easy to win,&rdquo; a bold claim that prompted pushback from a Nebraska Republican who ...]]></content>
  285.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/b-trumptradewar-a-20180303-620x348.jpg" rel="enclosure" type=""/>
  286.  </entry>
  287.  <entry>
  288.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&amp;p=1368824</id>
  289.    <title type="html">Trail of Coincheck’s stolen cryptocurrency leads to Canada: researcher</title>
  290.    <updated>2018-03-02T14:55:00+00:00</updated>
  291.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/02/business/financial-markets/trail-coinchecks-stolen-cryptocurrency-leads-canada-researcher/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  292.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Some of the funds stolen from Coincheck Inc. in the $500 million heist have been traced to a cryptocurrency exchange in Canada, according researcher BIG ...]]></summary>
  293.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Some of the funds stolen from Coincheck Inc. in the $500 million heist have been traced to a cryptocurrency exchange in Canada, according researcher BIG ...]]></content>
  294.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/b-coincheck-a-20180303-620x348.jpg" rel="enclosure" type=""/>
  295.  </entry>
  296.  <entry>
  297.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&amp;p=1368727</id>
  298.    <title type="html">Finance Ministry unit says it will probe Moritomo document-tampering allegation</title>
  299.    <updated>2018-03-02T14:50:00+00:00</updated>
  300.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/02/national/politics-diplomacy/aso-silent-alleged-doctoring-document-linked-moritomo-land-sale/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  301.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[After initially responding with silence, a Finance Ministry official agrees to look into the newspaper's allegations of government meddling in a scandal that refuses to ...]]></summary>
  302.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[After initially responding with silence, a Finance Ministry official agrees to look into the newspaper's allegations of government meddling in a scandal that refuses to ...]]></content>
  303.  </entry>
  304.  <entry>
  305.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=opinion&amp;p=1368740</id>
  306.    <title type="html">Speculating on the future of initial coin offerings</title>
  307.    <author>
  308.      <email>Richard Solomon</email>
  309.    </author>
  310.    <updated>2018-03-02T09:47:02+00:00</updated>
  311.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/03/02/commentary/japan-commentary/speculating-future-initial-coin-offerings/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  312.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Governments are only now waking up to the need to regulate ICOs and their related tokens.]]></summary>
  313.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Governments are only now waking up to the need to regulate ICOs and their related tokens.]]></content>
  314.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p8-Solomon-a-20180303-620x348.jpg" rel="enclosure" type=""/>
  315.  </entry>
  316.  <entry>
  317.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=opinion&amp;p=1368743</id>
  318.    <title type="html">Is the Quad the new Trump card?</title>
  319.    <author>
  320.      <email>David Howell</email>
  321.    </author>
  322.    <updated>2018-03-02T09:47:01+00:00</updated>
  323.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/03/02/commentary/world-commentary/quad-new-trump-card/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  324.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[A secure and stable Asia needs to have a good counterbalance to China, which is just what the Quad could deliver.]]></summary>
  325.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A secure and stable Asia needs to have a good counterbalance to China, which is just what the Quad could deliver.]]></content>
  326.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p8-howell-a-20180303-620x348.jpg" rel="enclosure" type=""/>
  327.  </entry>
  328.  <entry>
  329.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=opinion&amp;p=1368745</id>
  330.    <title type="html">Relief for victims of eugenics law</title>
  331.    <updated>2018-03-02T09:47:00+00:00</updated>
  332.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/03/02/editorials/relief-victims-eugenics-law/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  333.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The government should follow Germany and Sweden's lead and provide official compensation to people who were sterilized under the nation's Eugenic Protection Law.]]></summary>
  334.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The government should follow Germany and Sweden's lead and provide official compensation to people who were sterilized under the nation's Eugenic Protection Law.]]></content>
  335.  </entry>
  336.  <entry>
  337.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=opinion&amp;p=1368575</id>
  338.    <title type="html">LDP electoral plan reasonable</title>
  339.    <updated>2018-03-02T05:43:01+00:00</updated>
  340.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/03/02/reader-mail/ldp-electoral-plan-reasonable/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  341.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The editorial &ldquo;LDP&rsquo;s proposed electoral system amendment&rdquo; in the Feb. 22 edition was critical of a proposed constitutional amendment guaranteeing each prefecture at least one ...]]></summary>
  342.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The editorial &ldquo;LDP&rsquo;s proposed electoral system amendment&rdquo; in the Feb. 22 edition was critical of a proposed constitutional amendment guaranteeing each prefecture at least one ...]]></content>
  343.  </entry>
  344.  <entry>
  345.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=opinion&amp;p=1368577</id>
  346.    <title type="html">No rule of law for Abe and the LDP</title>
  347.    <updated>2018-03-02T05:43:00+00:00</updated>
  348.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/03/02/reader-mail/no-rule-law-abe-ldp/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  349.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Regarding &ldquo;Opposition lawmakers find at least 117 errors in botched labor survey&rdquo; in the Feb. 23 edition, in recent years stem cell research was disgraced ...]]></summary>
  350.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Regarding &ldquo;Opposition lawmakers find at least 117 errors in botched labor survey&rdquo; in the Feb. 23 edition, in recent years stem cell research was disgraced ...]]></content>
  351.  </entry>
  352.  <entry>
  353.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=opinion&amp;p=1367337</id>
  354.    <title type="html">The artificial intelligence race heats up</title>
  355.    <updated>2018-03-01T08:55:00+00:00</updated>
  356.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/03/01/editorials/artificial-intelligence-race-heats/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  357.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Japan must step up its efforts in the field of artificial intelligence, which is almost certain to become the most critical feature of the digital ...]]></summary>
  358.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Japan must step up its efforts in the field of artificial intelligence, which is almost certain to become the most critical feature of the digital ...]]></content>
  359.  </entry>
  360.  <entry>
  361.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=opinion&amp;p=1367335</id>
  362.    <title type="html">Journalist murders are a major EU problem</title>
  363.    <author>
  364.      <email>Leonid Bershidsky</email>
  365.    </author>
  366.    <updated>2018-03-01T08:54:00+00:00</updated>
  367.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/03/01/commentary/world-commentary/journalist-murders-major-eu-problem/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  368.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Clearly not all European Union members are enforcing the bloc's stated values.]]></summary>
  369.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Clearly not all European Union members are enforcing the bloc's stated values.]]></content>
  370.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p6-bershidsky-a-20180302-620x348.jpg" rel="enclosure" type=""/>
  371.  </entry>
  372.  <entry>
  373.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=opinion&amp;p=1367340</id>
  374.    <title type="html">Why Japan is rethinking its energy diplomacy</title>
  375.    <author>
  376.      <email>Daniel Hurst</email>
  377.    </author>
  378.    <updated>2018-03-01T08:53:00+00:00</updated>
  379.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/03/01/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-rethinking-energy-diplomacy/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  380.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The foreign minister's advisory panel on climate change is a wake-up call for the nation.]]></summary>
  381.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The foreign minister's advisory panel on climate change is a wake-up call for the nation.]]></content>
  382.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p6-hurst-a-20180302-620x348.jpg" rel="enclosure" type=""/>
  383.  </entry>
  384.  <entry>
  385.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=opinion&amp;p=1366857</id>
  386.    <title type="html">CCP once again embraces the strongman model</title>
  387.    <updated>2018-02-28T10:20:00+00:00</updated>
  388.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/02/28/editorials/ccp-embraces-strongman-model/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  389.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Japan and other governments must prepare to deal with a Chinese leader full of self-confidence heading a system of centralized power.]]></summary>
  390.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Japan and other governments must prepare to deal with a Chinese leader full of self-confidence heading a system of centralized power.]]></content>
  391.  </entry>
  392.  <entry>
  393.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=opinion&amp;p=1366860</id>
  394.    <title type="html">China faces the downsides of dictatorship</title>
  395.    <author>
  396.      <email>Noah Feldman</email>
  397.    </author>
  398.    <updated>2018-02-28T10:19:00+00:00</updated>
  399.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/02/28/commentary/world-commentary/china-faces-downsides-dictatorship/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  400.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The period of term-limited presidents corresponded with unprecedented growth. Now Xi Jinping is changing the rules]]></summary>
  401.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The period of term-limited presidents corresponded with unprecedented growth. Now Xi Jinping is changing the rules]]></content>
  402.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p8-feldman-a-20180301-620x348.jpg" rel="enclosure" type=""/>
  403.  </entry>
  404.  <entry>
  405.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=opinion&amp;p=1366863</id>
  406.    <title type="html">The yen finds its sweet spot after 50 years of trying</title>
  407.    <author>
  408.      <email>Peter Tasker</email>
  409.    </author>
  410.    <updated>2018-02-28T10:18:00+00:00</updated>
  411.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/02/28/commentary/japan-commentary/yen-finds-sweet-spot-50-years-trying/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  412.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Japan's currency is finally close to fair value, offering perhaps the healthiest configuration for businesses and investors in decades]]></summary>
  413.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Japan's currency is finally close to fair value, offering perhaps the healthiest configuration for businesses and investors in decades]]></content>
  414.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p8-tasker-a-20180301-620x348.jpg" rel="enclosure" type=""/>
  415.  </entry>
  416.  <entry>
  417.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=opinion&amp;p=1366244</id>
  418.    <title type="html">Push to expand legitimate private lodging services</title>
  419.    <updated>2018-02-27T10:05:00+00:00</updated>
  420.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/02/27/editorials/push-expand-legitimate-private-lodging-services/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  421.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Minpaku (private lodging) services &mdash; in which accommodations in private residences are rented out to travelers &mdash; are being counted on as a solution to ...]]></summary>
  422.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Minpaku (private lodging) services &mdash; in which accommodations in private residences are rented out to travelers &mdash; are being counted on as a solution to ...]]></content>
  423.  </entry>
  424.  <entry>
  425.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=opinion&amp;p=1366239</id>
  426.    <title type="html">Japan asks wrong question about Olympic Games</title>
  427.    <author>
  428.      <email>William Pesek</email>
  429.    </author>
  430.    <updated>2018-02-27T10:04:00+00:00</updated>
  431.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/02/27/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-asks-wrong-question-olympic-games/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  432.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Only bold reforms, not sporting events, will ensure the big wins that Abenomics promises]]></summary>
  433.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Only bold reforms, not sporting events, will ensure the big wins that Abenomics promises]]></content>
  434.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p10-pesek-a-20180228-620x348.jpg" rel="enclosure" type=""/>
  435.  </entry>
  436.  <entry>
  437.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=opinion&amp;p=1366233</id>
  438.    <title type="html">The future of fish farming</title>
  439.    <author>
  440.      <email>Linus Blomqvist</email>
  441.    </author>
  442.    <updated>2018-02-27T10:03:00+00:00</updated>
  443.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/02/27/commentary/world-commentary/future-fish-farming/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  444.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Aquaculture has conservation issues that must be resolved, but it remains the only option to meet future demand for seafood.]]></summary>
  445.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Aquaculture has conservation issues that must be resolved, but it remains the only option to meet future demand for seafood.]]></content>
  446.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p11-blomqvist-a-20180228-620x348.jpg" rel="enclosure" type=""/>
  447.  </entry>
  448.  <entry>
  449.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=opinion&amp;p=1366236</id>
  450.    <title type="html">Why ‘Emperor Xi’ should worry</title>
  451.    <author>
  452.      <email>James Stavridis</email>
  453.    </author>
  454.    <updated>2018-02-27T10:02:00+00:00</updated>
  455.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/02/27/commentary/world-commentary/emperor-xi-worry/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  456.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[China will learn that totalitarian states have short-term advantages but they don't end well.]]></summary>
  457.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[China will learn that totalitarian states have short-term advantages but they don't end well.]]></content>
  458.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p10-stravridis-a-20180228-620x348.jpg" rel="enclosure" type=""/>
  459.  </entry>
  460.  <entry>
  461.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=opinion&amp;p=1366247</id>
  462.    <title type="html">Can lab meat feed — and save — the world?</title>
  463.    <author>
  464.      <email>Paul Shapiro</email>
  465.    </author>
  466.    <updated>2018-02-27T10:01:00+00:00</updated>
  467.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/02/27/commentary/world-commentary/can-lab-meat-feed-save-world/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  468.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA["Clean meat" &mdash; produced without raising and slaughtering animals &mdash; could be the next food revolution.]]></summary>
  469.    <content type="html"><![CDATA["Clean meat" &mdash; produced without raising and slaughtering animals &mdash; could be the next food revolution.]]></content>
  470.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p11-shapiro-a-20180228-620x348.jpg" rel="enclosure" type=""/>
  471.  </entry>
  472.  <entry>
  473.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=opinion&amp;p=1366242</id>
  474.    <title type="html">The end of America’s leaderless foreign policy</title>
  475.    <author>
  476.      <email>Hal Brands</email>
  477.    </author>
  478.    <updated>2018-02-27T10:00:00+00:00</updated>
  479.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/02/27/commentary/world-commentary/end-americas-leaderless-foreign-policy/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  480.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Attempts to steer the U.S. through global affairs by ignoring President Donald Trump have failed.]]></summary>
  481.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Attempts to steer the U.S. through global affairs by ignoring President Donald Trump have failed.]]></content>
  482.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p11-brands-a-20180228-620x348.jpg" rel="enclosure" type=""/>
  483.  </entry>
  484.  <entry>
  485.    <id>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=opinion&amp;p=1365684</id>
  486.    <title type="html">Still more ‘maximum pressure’</title>
  487.    <updated>2018-02-26T10:30:00+00:00</updated>
  488.    <link href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/02/26/editorials/still-maximum-pressure/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
  489.    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The strategy of "maximum pressure" on North Korea continues unabated &mdash; as it should &mdash; but the risk of a conflict is also rising.]]></summary>
  490.    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The strategy of "maximum pressure" on North Korea continues unabated &mdash; as it should &mdash; but the risk of a conflict is also rising.]]></content>
  491.  </entry>
  492. </feed>

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