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		<title>Japanese Earthquake News</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our thoughts are with the victims of the massive earthquake that devastated the northern end of Honshu last night.]]></description>
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		<title>All About White Rice</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2010 04:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some random commentary on high-grade Japanese-style rice--where to find it in the US, what kind to buy, and a few preparation tips.]]></description>
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		<title>Hinomoto Oniko: Moe Meets Racial Slur</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 09:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Akemi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Racial Slur + Otaku = Moe.]]></description>
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		<title>Square Enix Head Not So Into English</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 03:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Akemi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Square Enix chief's amusing tweet: "I'd switch internal communications to C before I'd switch to English!!"]]></description>
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		<title>On the Pitfalls of Bilingualism</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Genshiken]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Things more often than not seem to go wrong when Japanese-native anime creators try to insert English into a show. I wonder how even shows like Genshiken 2, which do an admirable job, always seem to trip up on should-be-trivial things.]]></description>
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		<title>Real-life Ponyo Village Saves Bay From Destruction</title>
		<link>http://blog.animeworld.com/real-life-ponyo-lawsuit-won/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Akemi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[News from Japan: Tomo no Ura, the town used as a basis for Ponyo, has won a lawsuit to stop Hiroshima prefecture from filling in part of the bay to build a parking lot.]]></description>
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		<title>Life-Sized Anniversary Gundam Statue Officially Unveiled</title>
		<link>http://blog.animeworld.com/life-sized-anniversary-gundam-statue-officially-unveiled/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today marked the official unveiling of Tokyo's 1:1 scale Gundam "model," an 18m (59ft) tall life-sized RX-78-2 constructed to mark the 30th anniversary of the original giant robot franchise.]]></description>
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		<title>Sony&#8217;s Dancing Music Player &#8220;Rolly&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sony has just started a buzz-generating campaign for a product that appears to be the mutant spawn of a Walkman and an Aibo (Sony&#8217;s now-discontinued robot dog). The palm-sized, pill-shaped Rolly is a portable music device that will &#8220;dance&#8221; to the tunes it&#8217;s playing by flapping little round &#8220;arms&#8221; on its ends, rolling to and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sony&#8217;s Sweet New Battery</title>
		<link>http://blog.animeworld.com/sonys-sweet-new-battery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 07:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Akemi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sony just announced an interesting development: An advanced form of the classic potato-powered battery. These &#8220;bio-battery&#8221; cells can essentially convert sugars into useable electricity. It&#8217;s still a long way from recharging your iPod by adding some soda, but Sony did demonstrate running a fan from a splash of sports drink, and one of their portable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan&#8217;s Unintentional &#8220;Spiderwoman&#8221; Makes Headlines</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Akemi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fashionably-dressed woman who climbed a 150,000 volt electrical tower then proceeded to nearly rescue herself from her predicament is being dubbed by some less-sensitive news outlets as &#8220;Japan&#8217;s Spiderwoman.&#8221; The 28-year-old woman climbed up the 55m (180 ft) power tower sometime on the evening of the 22nd in what was apparently a suicide attempt&#8212;she [...]]]></description>
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