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		<title>This ain&#8217;t your grandma&#8217;s dirndl or kimono</title>
		<link>http://news.3yen.com/2009-10-26/this-aint-your-grandmas-dirndl-or-kimono/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somehow I don&#8217;t this Heidi would wear one of these Tyrolean dirndl, and I ain&#8217;t ever seen a kimono with any &#8220;cleavage.&#8221;

 Oct. 23, 2009 &#8211; WWD.com&#8230;.entitled &#8220;Dirndl Meets Kimono&#8221;, included Austrian designer Susanne Bisovsky&apos;s modern and sexy reworking of typical Tyrolean costumes replete with lace, tulle and rhinestones&#8230;.Four Japanese designers used traditional Austrian dirndl [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hello Kitty faux-iPod encrusted with Swarovski crystals</title>
		<link>http://news.3yen.com/2009-10-24/hello-kitty-faux-ipod-encrusted-with-swarovski-crystals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Here&#8217;s something everybody needs&#8230;
&#8230;.a Swarovski CRYSTALLIZED&#174;, Hello Kitty, MP3 music player.
This encrusted, Hello Kitty Pod has a 2GB memory capacity, a pink Audiotechnica earphone set, and the reasonable price of 13,800 yen or about $149.91USD.
Find more details on the Japanese Rakuten site (mega-funky machine translation).


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		<title>Japanese curse on wind turbines</title>
		<link>http://news.3yen.com/2009-10-23/japanese-curse-on-wind-turbines/</link>
		<comments>http://news.3yen.com/2009-10-23/japanese-curse-on-wind-turbines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I bet you didn&#8217;t know that Astro Boy, Phoenix, Black Jack, and other Osamu Tezuka manga characters are POWERfull.

The above photo of Osamu Tezuka manga characters emblazoned on the side of the wind generator is from  ykanazawa1999&#8217;s photostream; better photos at pinktentacle.com&#8217;s Tezuka wind turbine.
Question:
I bet you don&#8217;t know the reason why Japan has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tokyo Motor Show 2009 &#8212;  the  Auto-Show-That-Nobody-Came-To</title>
		<link>http://news.3yen.com/2009-10-22/tokyo-motor-show-2009-the-auto-show-that-nobody-came-to/</link>
		<comments>http://news.3yen.com/2009-10-22/tokyo-motor-show-2009-the-auto-show-that-nobody-came-to/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now here&#8217;s a cute motorcycle face that only a Japanese could appreciate.

October 21, 2009 &#8212; DayLife.com photo&#8212;CHIBA, JAPAN &#8211; OCTOBER 21: Honda&apos;s electric vehicles &apos;EV-Monpal&apos; are on display (L) and &apos;EV-Cub&apos; (R) during the 41st Tokyo Motor Show at Makuhari Messe on  in Chiba, Japan
According to EliteChoice.com  these co-friendly electric scooters are designed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Panasonic releases the world&#8217;s slowest, crappiest dishwasher</title>
		<link>http://news.3yen.com/2009-10-19/panasonic-releases-the-worlds-slowest-crappiest-dishwasher/</link>
		<comments>http://news.3yen.com/2009-10-19/panasonic-releases-the-worlds-slowest-crappiest-dishwasher/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a reason why you never see see Japanese appliances outside Japan&#8212;They are the WORST IN THE WORLD.


Via engadget.com
With the exception of microwave ovens, Japanese white goods/major appliances are always non-functional, too small and too expensive. Japan only makes counter-top dishwashers, which are the worst of the worst of Japanese appliances.  They don&#8217;t have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Love dolls for doggie!</title>
		<link>http://news.3yen.com/2009-10-17/love-dolls-for-doggie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in April of 2007, I reported on Japanese &#8216;Love Dog&#8216; (see below). Finally folks overseas have taken notice to the sexual plight of their pets and a Brazilian company aptly named Petsmiling has created their own DoggieLoveDoll, which according to their press release is, &#8220;a female canine manufactured in soft rubber with a silicone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Venuskiss Hips</title>
		<link>http://news.3yen.com/2009-10-16/venuskiss-hips/</link>
		<comments>http://news.3yen.com/2009-10-16/venuskiss-hips/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the Japanese language the word &#8220;koshi&#8221; means both hip and butt as well as lower part of the waist. The Japanese also use the English word &#8220;hip&#8221;  when they mean &#8216;butt&#8217; resulting in fun-but-fraudulent product names like Venuskiss Hips. 


JUJU COSME VENUS KISS HIPS MASSAGE SCRUB 120G
Do you sick from sitting for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hello Kitty&#8217;s vivisection play</title>
		<link>http://news.3yen.com/2009-10-15/hello-kittys-vivisection-play/</link>
		<comments>http://news.3yen.com/2009-10-15/hello-kittys-vivisection-play/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello Kitty appears to be alive in this vivisection play toy, doesn&#8217;t it?

These images and more details come from Dr. Romanelli x Hello Kitty “Anatomy” Release at  Highsnobiety.com.	
 &#8216;I was a teenage vivisectionist&#8216; is the self-introductory phrase I always use. That is, at age 19,  I was a work-study researcher who used to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHAT goes in the hole?</title>
		<link>http://news.3yen.com/2009-10-15/what-goes-in-the-hole/</link>
		<comments>http://news.3yen.com/2009-10-15/what-goes-in-the-hole/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Whatis goes in the Whozits?

			&#8230;Japan&apos;s cosmetics giant Shiseido displays the new skin care sheeted mask called &apos;Revital Granas Platinum System&apos;
via Photo from Getty Images &#8211; 2009 Oct 14

UPDATE:
One of our readers asked how getting this &#8220;facial&#8221; works&#8230;

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		<title>Air crash museums at Tokyo&#8217;s airport</title>
		<link>http://news.3yen.com/2009-10-09/jal-safety/</link>
		<comments>http://news.3yen.com/2009-10-09/jal-safety/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think that visiting the two air crash museums in Tokyo&#8217;s Hanada Airport is the perfect place to kill some time if you are stuck between flights, don&#8217;t you?

Japan air crash museums &#124; Fear of flying? Give these places a miss
The Age &#8211; October 9, 2009&#8212;Charred aircraft wreckage, mangled black boxes, photographs of orphans clinging [...]]]></description>
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