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	<title>Japan Ichiban! Number One!</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>March in March for job security and an end to discrimination</title>
		<link>http://japanichiban.com/Blog/2010/03/08/march-in-march-for-job-security-and-an-end-to-discrimination/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bonecrusher</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[discrimination]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[General Union]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Japan workers rights]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nambu]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[6th Annual March in March
Sunday, March 7th, 2010 12:00PM-
Tokyo, Chiyoda Ward, Hibiya Park Small Amphitheater
Hundreds of foreign and Japanese people staged a rally Sunday in Tokyo demanding better working conditions and employment benefits for foreign residents.
At the annual &#8220;March in March&#8221; event at Hibiya Park in Chiyoda Ward, Louis Carlet, deputy general secretary of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Cove Wins Best Documentary</title>
		<link>http://japanichiban.com/Blog/2010/03/08/the-cove-wins-best-documentary/</link>
		<comments>http://japanichiban.com/Blog/2010/03/08/the-cove-wins-best-documentary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bonecrusher</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Japan Related]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Academy Awards]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Best documentary]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[documentary]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[dolphins]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Taiji]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Cove]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wakayama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[　オスカー]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[イルカ漁]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ザ・コーヴ]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ドキュメンタリー]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[第８２回アカデミー]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Japanese will finally hear about this movie now.
Will be interesting to see what public reaction there is. So far, it&#8217;s been a &#8216;don&#8217;t ask don&#8217;t tell&#8217; approach.
The Cove wins best documentary March 7, 2010.
 The Cove won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Film at the 82nd Academy Awards.
The Cove is a 2009 Academy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japanichiban Ranked #1</title>
		<link>http://japanichiban.com/Blog/2010/03/04/japanichiban-ranked-1/</link>
		<comments>http://japanichiban.com/Blog/2010/03/04/japanichiban-ranked-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bonecrusher</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Japan Related]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[gaijinpot]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Top Sites Japan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[world friends network]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://japanichiban.com/Blog/?p=394</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We are always on top at Japan&#8217;s Top Sites.

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		<title>World Friends Network</title>
		<link>http://japanichiban.com/Blog/2010/03/04/world-friends-network/</link>
		<comments>http://japanichiban.com/Blog/2010/03/04/world-friends-network/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bonecrusher</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Japan Related]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://japanichiban.com/Blog/?p=392</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Japanichiban Friends Network will be upgraded shortly.
I’m very glad to tell you WorldFriends Networks (WFN) service will be upgraded to version 3.5 next week. In the coming release, we are SNS-nifying the community to a higher stage by enhancing the layout of the member homepage -
Newsfeeds of your 1st degree friends will be displayed on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charity &#038; Helping out</title>
		<link>http://japanichiban.com/Blog/2010/03/04/charity/</link>
		<comments>http://japanichiban.com/Blog/2010/03/04/charity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bonecrusher</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Japan Related]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Byron Bay today]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[chairty]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[George Nasr]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mongol Car Rally]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[world friends network]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://japanichiban.com/Blog/?p=390</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last year Japanichiban personally supported the The Mongol Car Rally team of Scott and Collin for a kindergarten to be built in Mongolia.
The kindergarten has already opened.
Besides that we chipped in to help a friend&#8217;s website in Australia In Byron Bay Today after they had $7000 worth of camera gear stolen. 
Japanichiban will be on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bicycles For Humanity Tokyo</title>
		<link>http://japanichiban.com/Blog/2010/02/07/bicycles-for-humanity-tokyo/</link>
		<comments>http://japanichiban.com/Blog/2010/02/07/bicycles-for-humanity-tokyo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bonecrusher</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Japan Related]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Eickhoff]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bicycles]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[charity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[humanity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://japanichiban.com/Blog/?p=381</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just stumbled across this charity organisation Bicycles For Humanity.
Bicycles for Humanity – Tokyo (B4H-Tokyo) is a charitable organization founded by Andrew Eickhoff to further the mission of Bicycles For Humanity (B4H) to empower the people of Africa by helping them solve the basic problem of mobility. A bicycle allows a healthcare worker to visit 3 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GEOS Australia Closes</title>
		<link>http://japanichiban.com/Blog/2010/02/02/geos-australia-closes/</link>
		<comments>http://japanichiban.com/Blog/2010/02/02/geos-australia-closes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bonecrusher</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bankrupt]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[closed]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[closes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[closure]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[financial trouble]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[geos]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Justin Walsh and Adam Nikitins of Ernst &amp; Young]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[retrenchment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[TAS]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tuition Assurance Scheme]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[つぶる]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ジーオス]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[破産]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Why Australian GEOS Schools closed
As the former DoS, as of yesterday, of one of the GEOS schools in Australia, I can say with authority, that if it hadn&#8217;t been for the fact that Japan was in financial trouble and as such sifening off millions of dollars from Australia to try and save operations there, we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Geos in trouble? Rumors continue!</title>
		<link>http://japanichiban.com/Blog/2010/01/18/geos-in-trouble-rumors/</link>
		<comments>http://japanichiban.com/Blog/2010/01/18/geos-in-trouble-rumors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bonecrusher</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Japan Related]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bankrupt]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[closing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[eikaiwa]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[english schools]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[geos]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[nova]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://japanichiban.com/Blog/?p=367</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just in my mail box from ETJ (English Teacher&#8217;s Of Japan).
There have been rumors that Geos is in trouble since last September when a Geos spokesman admitted that sales were down and that the Nova collapse had caused &#8216;distrust among the public about English language schools&#8217;. The EL Gazette now reports that Geos is strongly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coming of Age Day</title>
		<link>http://japanichiban.com/Blog/2010/01/11/coming-of-age-day/</link>
		<comments>http://japanichiban.com/Blog/2010/01/11/coming-of-age-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bonecrusher</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Japan Related]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Coming of Age Day]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[population decline]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[shibuya]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Falling birth rate raises problem for Japan

Japanese 20-year-olds celebrate their Coming of Age day all around the country. It is the age at which they are allowed to drink alcohol and vote in elections

Tokyo, Japan - Today is a joyous national holiday in Japan known as the Coming of Age Day. The day marks the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>That Japanese Girl</title>
		<link>http://japanichiban.com/Blog/2010/01/03/that-japanese-girl/</link>
		<comments>http://japanichiban.com/Blog/2010/01/03/that-japanese-girl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bonecrusher</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Japan Related]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[j-vlogger]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Japan Youtube]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Japanese Girl]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[kansai]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[kansai-ben]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[That Japanese Girl]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Keeping in line with our recent focus on Japan related youtubers (J-vloggers), Japanichiban brings you
That Japanese Girl. (TJG for short).

TJG gives interesting youtube lessons on Kansai-ben, which is the dialect of Japanese spoken down and around Osaka &#038; Kyoto. (The Kansai area).
She doesn’t just teach Kansai-ben though as some clips are not about language at [...]]]></description>
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