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	<title>News on Japan &#187; Economy</title>
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		<title>Tokyo&#8217;s homeless &#8212; &#8216;Just do &#8216;em!&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://news.3yen.com/2009-09-03/tokyos-homeless-just-do-em/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Friend of 3Yen and international man of mystery, &#8220;Mulboyne&#8221; tweeted about the government&#8217;s,  &#8220;plans for the new Miyashita Nike Park in Shibuya,&#8221; which is  just a two-birds-with-one-stone plan to wipe out the homeless in the park while cashing-in on Nike&#8217;s deep pockets.
Younger homeless people have gathered in Miyashita  Park in Shibuya since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>W0oT! I&#8217;m stimulated&#8230; not</title>
		<link>http://news.3yen.com/2009-07-16/w0ot-im-stimulated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taro</dc:creator>
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My Japanese economic stimulus finally arrived yesterday even though I applied in March for it here in Ota Ward, Tokyo. If the authorities really thought the stimulus of 12,000 yen (about $120 USD) was needed, should have been a bit more prompt, sheesh.
Also, the Japanese government is stingy&#8212;each American taxpayer received $300 to $600 dollars [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Robot unemployment woes in Japan</title>
		<link>http://news.3yen.com/2009-07-13/robot-unemployment-woes-in-japan/</link>
		<comments>http://news.3yen.com/2009-07-13/robot-unemployment-woes-in-japan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taro</dc:creator>
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Japan Inc&#8217;s passion for silly anthropomorphic  robots has finally hit the wall of cold hard business reality:
Creating two-legged robots that cannot perform
any useful function is a waste of money.  
 In Japan, machines for work and play are idle
New York Times, July 13, 2009
They may be the most efficient workers in the world. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now LV is only useful for preventing alien analprobes for Japanese</title>
		<link>http://news.3yen.com/2009-07-12/now-lv-is-only-useful-for-preventing-alien-analprobes-for-japanese/</link>
		<comments>http://news.3yen.com/2009-07-12/now-lv-is-only-useful-for-preventing-alien-analprobes-for-japanese/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 08:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let me share a strange observation from my shopping in Tokyo today&#8230;
Several stores in uber-trendy New Marunouchi district of Tokyo have moved their stock of Louis Vuitton bags to jumbled piles on folding tables on the street just like the final discounting of distressed stock.

For the past 20 years, not having an LV bag was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Robot stalks the Canal City pleasure zone of Fukuoka Japan</title>
		<link>http://news.3yen.com/2009-07-12/robot-stalks-the-canal-city-pleasure-zone-of-fukuoka-japan/</link>
		<comments>http://news.3yen.com/2009-07-12/robot-stalks-the-canal-city-pleasure-zone-of-fukuoka-japan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taro</dc:creator>
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Canal City in Hakata Fukuoka Japan has a Problem-Bot&#8212;That is, you ask the patrol robot a simple question or for directions in Japanese, engRish, Chinese or Korean and the robot will answer with some kind of lame reply like,  &#8220;It&#8217;s crowded, be careful.&#8221; 

Occasionally mall employees use the robot&#8217;s speakers and web-camera to talk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recession training</title>
		<link>http://news.3yen.com/2009-07-03/recession-training/</link>
		<comments>http://news.3yen.com/2009-07-03/recession-training/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The advertising revenue is getting a little thin for this Tokyo train.


actual pix
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		<title>Fuji Speedway / Toyota pulls out of F1 in Japan</title>
		<link>http://news.3yen.com/2009-07-02/fuji-speedway-toyota-pulls-out-of-f1-in-japan/</link>
		<comments>http://news.3yen.com/2009-07-02/fuji-speedway-toyota-pulls-out-of-f1-in-japan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[embiggen

Fuji circuit withdraws from F1, report says
Agencies  &#124;   2009-July-2 &#8212;Toyota-owned Fuji International Speedway is reportedly planning to pull out of hosting the 2010 Japanese Formula One Grand Prix&#8230;
&#8230;Toyota has been hit by the global economic downturn&#8230;.the current fiscal year through March 2010 to be its worst ever financially, forecasting a net loss [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bury Tokyo expressways!</title>
		<link>http://news.3yen.com/2009-05-01/bury-tokyo-expressways/</link>
		<comments>http://news.3yen.com/2009-05-01/bury-tokyo-expressways/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 05:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the price of a mere 12 trillion yen&#8211;more than the GNP of most countries&#8211;Tokyo is proposing to demolish  50km of its expressways and replace it with a new 200m-underground network.
pix thanx: midorisyu

Green idea: Bury Tokyo expressways
AP&#8212;The Japan Times, Friday, May 1, 2009
Business executives proposed Thursday burying Tokyo&apos;s elevated and aging expressways 60 meters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan invents the faux freeway &#8212;  traffic increases 52%</title>
		<link>http://news.3yen.com/2009-03-30/japan-invents-the-faux-freeway-traffic-increases-52/</link>
		<comments>http://news.3yen.com/2009-03-30/japan-invents-the-faux-freeway-traffic-increases-52/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sheeeee-it. Just as you can see in the photo below, I just got back from hellacious 40-hour drive from Shikoku Island that normally takes 11 hours &#8220;thanks&#8221; to the new Japanese  economic stimulus measure of a 1,000 yen flat road toll for the weekends. &#8230;restofthestory&#8230;

Expressway toll discounts begin, traffic increases 52% 
Kyodo &#8211; Mar. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PM and CEO yuck it up as Japan crashes&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://news.3yen.com/2009-02-01/pm-and-ceo-yuck-it-up-as-japan-crashes/</link>
		<comments>http://news.3yen.com/2009-02-01/pm-and-ceo-yuck-it-up-as-japan-crashes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 06:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taro</dc:creator>
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Prime Minister Taro Aso laughs it up with Carlos Ghosn of Nissan/Renault about the loss of 100,000 jobs last week in Japan at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 31, 2009 (daylife.com).


 Enlarge to full-size photo, 925 x 593 pixels.

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