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	<title>Akemi's Anime Blog &#187; What&#8217;s Happenin&#8217; In Japan</title>
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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>
		<comments>http://blog.animeworld.com/life-sized-anniversary-gundam-statue-officially-unveiled/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<link>http://blog.animeworld.com/sonys-dancing-music-player-rolly/</link>
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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 fro, [...]]]></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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan&#8217;s Unintentional &#8220;Spiderwoman&#8221; Makes Headlines</title>
		<link>http://blog.animeworld.com/japans-unintentional-spiderwoman-makes-headlines/</link>
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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&#8211;she has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Platinum Gundam Making The Rounds</title>
		<link>http://blog.animeworld.com/platinum-gundam-making-the-rounds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Akemi</dc:creator>
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A promotional photo of the Platinum Gundam.

An outrageously expensive solid-platinum Gundam model that was in the news a few months back has hit TBS News (J) again.  It&#8217;s begun a tour of Ginza Tanaka jewelry stores around Japan&#8211;not the sort of place you&#8217;d usually expect to see such a classic symbol of Geekdom, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dog-Raised Tiger Has Outgrown Mom</title>
		<link>http://blog.animeworld.com/dog-raised-tiger-has-outgrown-mom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2007 07:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Akemi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few months back there was a news story on a motherless baby Bengal Tiger who was &#8220;adopted&#8221; by a French Bulldog (our past mention, and video).  How have things been going for this unlikely pairing?
FNN supplies an update.  The lively little tiger and its surrogate parent are, in fact, doing just fine. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blame Your Blood Type for Bad Driving?</title>
		<link>http://blog.animeworld.com/blame-your-blood-type-for-bad-driving/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.animeworld.com/blame-your-blood-type-for-bad-driving/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Akemi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does your blood type determine your likelihood at getting in an accident when you&#8217;re behind the wheel?  Maybe so, according to a couple of driving class instructors in Fukuoka.
In Japan, when you renew your driver&#8217;s license, you&#8217;re required to attend a &#8220;safe driving&#8221; lecture.  These lectures come in half-hour, hour, two hour, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bottom Biting Bug Mania</title>
		<link>http://blog.animeworld.com/bottom-biting-bug-mania/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 06:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Akemi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bottom Biting Bug may have a rather unappealing name, but his mission is to improve society, and according to a Sankei Shimbun article (J) it seems to be working.
NHK, Japan&#8217;s public broadcaster, first aired the unassuming anime character on &#8220;Minna no Uta&#8221; (&#8220;Song for Everybody&#8221;), a long-running 5-minute program showcasing a variety of songs. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&quot;My Chopsticks&quot; Movement Sweeps Japan</title>
		<link>http://blog.animeworld.com/my-chopsticks-movement-sweeps-japan/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.animeworld.com/my-chopsticks-movement-sweeps-japan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2007 03:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Akemi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Some of the &#8220;pocket&#8221; chopstickscarried by Nihon-bo.

This has popped up in blogs and commentary before, but Sankei Shimbun is reporting on the increasing popularity of &#8220;My Hashi&#8221; in Japan, spurred by environmental concerns as well as worry about the safety of Chinese-made products.
The term &#8220;My Hashi&#8221; is a linguistic mix of terms like &#8220;My Shoes&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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