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		<title>Pachinko, Japan&#8217;s favorite pasttime</title>
		<link>http://everyday.3yen.com/2009-02-18/pachinko-japans-favorite-pasttime/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Expedited Writer</dc:creator>
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At first thought, Pachinko seem to be like the Japanese version of the pinball except that it&#8217;s not. It is actually a cross between a slot machine and a pinball machine. You amass these balls and then you win and if you&#8217;re lucky you get trays full of them. Pachinko is fun and so addictive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Useful Japanese Expressions</title>
		<link>http://everyday.3yen.com/2008-11-17/useful-japanese-expressions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Expedited Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guys, if you&#8217;re new in Japan, these Japanese expressions will get you blend in, in no time.

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		<title>Robotic maids</title>
		<link>http://everyday.3yen.com/2008-11-17/robotic-maids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Expedited Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Japanese university developed a robot that helps with household chores. We are edging closer and closer to the fact that foreign maids and its business is going to the dogs soon once this becomes mass produced. 

A new robot developed by the University of Tokyo and Toyota Motor Corp., able to collect the washing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Child Access Protest</title>
		<link>http://everyday.3yen.com/2008-11-11/child-access-protest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Expedited Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan does not recognize joint-custody? 
It&#8217;s disturbing that Japanese people who are married to foreigners can actually hijack their kids away from their foreigner partners and GET away with it. 

I don&#8217;t see the poor child has to suffer the loss of a parents just because the adults can&#8217;t keep their act together. Sigh, some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hiroshima Peace Caligraphy Exhibition</title>
		<link>http://everyday.3yen.com/2008-11-05/hiroshima-peace-caligraphy-exhibition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Expedited Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does this look like the works of a 3rd year student?

This beautiful work of caligraphy is to commemorate the peace exhibition in Hiroshima. 

Winners of the 26th &#8220;Hiroshima Heiwa Shodo-ten&#8221; (Hiroshima peace calligraphy exhibition) were announced on Tuesday, Oct 28. This year&#8217;s exhibition drew some 4,889 entries from around Japan, which represent messages of peace.
About [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uproar on WaiWai</title>
		<link>http://everyday.3yen.com/2008-10-31/uproar-on-waiwai/</link>
		<comments>http://everyday.3yen.com/2008-10-31/uproar-on-waiwai/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Expedited Writer</dc:creator>
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		<title>Funny: Monkey on a segway</title>
		<link>http://everyday.3yen.com/2008-10-26/funny-monkey-on-a-segway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Expedited Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s funny when you see an able man on a segway but even funnier if you see a monkey on one&#8230;why is that?

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		<title>NHK slashing TV fees</title>
		<link>http://everyday.3yen.com/2008-10-16/nhk-slashing-tv-fees/</link>
		<comments>http://everyday.3yen.com/2008-10-16/nhk-slashing-tv-fees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Expedited Writer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cost of Living]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From 2012 onwards, NHK has decided to lower it&#8217;s viewership fee. 
Can someone tell me what the heck viewership fee is? I am accustomed to paying a month flat rate for my internet/cable tv/ phone line but I have never heard of a viewership fee before. 
Geezus&#8230;
Public broadcaster NHK has decided to slash viewer fees [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not an everyday event</title>
		<link>http://everyday.3yen.com/2008-10-08/not-an-everyday-event/</link>
		<comments>http://everyday.3yen.com/2008-10-08/not-an-everyday-event/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Expedited Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not everyday that a country sees to three of its fellow nationals winning the Nobel Prize for Physics. The study from these Japanese scientists involves the new discoveries on subatomic physics. 
Two Japanese citizens and a Japanese-born American won the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics for discoveries in the world of subatomic physics, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JR Train Times online</title>
		<link>http://everyday.3yen.com/2008-09-03/jr-train-times-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Expedited Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that you could look up the JR Train&#8217;s timetable online? 
Some timetables in Japan can be so confusing for a foreigner that getting around may be stalled because of the confusion. There are times when you have to switch trains in different stations, with different colored lines in different times.
But now, you [...]]]></description>
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