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		<title>NHK slashing TV fees</title>
		<link>http://everyday.3yen.com/2008-10-16/nhk-slashing-tv-fees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Expedited Writer</dc:creator>
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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>What buttons to push?</title>
		<link>http://everyday.3yen.com/2008-02-27/what-buttons-to-push/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Expedited Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;re at home and suddenly you received an email that your pet goldfish, Desdemona, has died. Clutched by sadness, shock and a morbid sense of indulgence, you&#8217;ve decided to call home and &#8220;speak&#8221; to its body before it&#8217;s final flush down the toilet. Thing is, you just arrived in Japan and you have no bloody [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Phones in Japan</title>
		<link>http://everyday.3yen.com/2007-10-11/public-phones-in-japan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Expedited Writer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Japanese Culture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are three types of public phones you will see in Japan and they will ALL function similarly except for some small modification and improvements.

The green phone is the the most common public phone you will see in Japan. It takes coins and telephone cards and you can also make international calls with them.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese Petrol/Gas Stations</title>
		<link>http://everyday.3yen.com/2007-01-09/japanese-petrolgas-stations/</link>
		<comments>http://everyday.3yen.com/2007-01-09/japanese-petrolgas-stations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2007 04:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chidade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Transport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Utilities]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ha, sometimes when you read about Japan for so long, and after you&#8217;ve lived there for a while, the &#8220;everyday&#8221; things have really become everyday and not strange at all. Then you come home and get asked odd questions and you think &#8220;Yeah, of course!&#8221; but then you realise that it&#8217;s not that normal at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Kombini Life</title>
		<link>http://everyday.3yen.com/2006-06-26/the-kombini-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2006 09:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chidade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nightlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Utilities]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Convenience stores, or kombini, are the epitomy of Japanese, errr&#8230;convenience. There are a few major ones: 7-Eleven, Lawsons, Circle K, am/pm, Family Mart and &#8230;.umm&#8230;that one that only seems to have heart and star symbols as a shop name. I&#8217;m sure it has a real name. Comment if you know!
There was recently a survey which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Garbage Trucks</title>
		<link>http://everyday.3yen.com/2006-04-26/garbage-trucks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chidade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Recycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Utilities]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Why would anyone post about garbage trucks?

Well, they are pretty unique in Japan. They are &#8211; first of all &#8211; TINY because they need to be to get through the many narrow, winding streets that makes up Tokyo suburbia.
Secondly, and more uniquely, they play this happy, cheerful music as they go, giving you the feeling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paying Bills</title>
		<link>http://everyday.3yen.com/2006-02-13/paying-bills/</link>
		<comments>http://everyday.3yen.com/2006-02-13/paying-bills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2006 10:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chidade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cost of Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Utilities]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Paying your bills in Japan is relatively painless, even if you can&#8217;t speak or read Japanese.
Paying with a credit card still isn&#8217;t that common, so the ones that do offer credit card payment are specifically gaijin friendly. Telephone and internet banking is common here but of course that doesn&#8217;t help those of us that can&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Convert western years into Japanese years</title>
		<link>http://everyday.3yen.com/2005-08-19/convert-western-years-into-japanese-years/</link>
		<comments>http://everyday.3yen.com/2005-08-19/convert-western-years-into-japanese-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2005 15:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Utilities]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In Japan, it&#8217;s usually the Gregorian calendar years (e.g. 2005) that we use everyday, but for official and administrative purposes, the Japanese calendar is often used, and that can be confusing if you don&#8217;t know it.
Fortunately, this online tool converts western years into Japanese Emperor Era years (&#8221;nengo&#8221;, 年号).
The Japanese year is written with the [...]]]></description>
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