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		<title>On Japan: Peter Sidell</title>
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			<title>Takashi`s Dairy  -  week 23</title>
    		<link>http://www.seekjapan.jp/article/1667/Takashi`s+Dairy++-++week+23</link>
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    		<pubDate>Mon,2 Jun 2008 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Hello!&amp;nbsp; I`m Takashi, a salaryman.&amp;nbsp; Each week I regurgitate the same tired old jokes ...</description>
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			<title>Takashi`s Diary - week 22</title>
    		<link>http://www.seekjapan.jp/article/1641/Takashi`s+Diary+-+week+22</link>
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    		<pubDate>Thu,22 May 2008 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Hello!&amp;nbsp; I`m Takashi, salaryman of the future.&amp;nbsp; Really:&amp;nbsp; the week before last I fell through a wormhole in the space-time continuum during my lunch break.&amp;nbsp; Future office life is routine, but futuristic.&amp;nbsp; Here`s what happened last week.&amp;nbsp; Or, what will happen in last week of the future.&amp;nbsp; Or, what will have been happened. &amp;nbsp; I`m so confused.

Monday:&amp;nbsp; wake up at 5:30am.&amp;nbsp; Train of the future at 6:30.&amp;nbsp; ...</description>
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			<title>Takahi`s Diary - week 21</title>
    		<link>http://www.seekjapan.jp/article/1636/Takahi`s+Diary+-+week+21</link>
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    		<pubDate>Wed,14 May 2008 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Good morning! 　I`m Takashi, besuited office drone by day, and by night too as often as not.&amp;nbsp; Each week I write down what happens in my life for you lucky people to read.&amp;nbsp; Check out what happened last week:&amp;nbsp;
Monday:&amp;nbsp; wake up at 5:30am.&amp;nbsp; Train at 6:30.&amp;nbsp; Start work at 8:00.&amp;nbsp; Finish at 9:00 (pm, not am, ha ha).&amp;nbsp; Drinking until 11:50.&amp;nbsp; Last train at midnight.&amp;nbsp; In bed at 1:15am.

Tuesday:&amp;nbsp; wake up ...</description>
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			<title>Takashi's Diary - week 20</title>
    		<link>http://www.seekjapan.jp/article/1627/Takashi's+Diary+-+week+20</link>
    		<guid>http://www.seekjapan.jp/article/1627/Takashi's+Diary+-+week+20</guid>
    		<pubDate>Wed,7 May 2008 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Name: Takashi.&amp;nbsp; Occupation:&amp;nbsp; Salaryman.&amp;nbsp; That`s about it, really.&amp;nbsp; Or is it?&amp;nbsp; Here`s what happened last week ...</description>
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			<title>Takashi`s Diary - week 19</title>
    		<link>http://www.seekjapan.jp/article/1623/Takashi`s+Diary+-+week+19</link>
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    		<pubDate>Thu,1 May 2008 GMT</pubDate>
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Hello!&amp;nbsp; I`m Takashi, former fugitive from the law, now back at my cosy salaryman`s desk.&amp;nbsp; But I`m not out of the woods yet, oh no.&amp;nbsp; Here`s what happened last week:
Monday:&amp;nbsp; wake up at 5:30am.&amp;nbsp; Train at 6:30.&amp;nbsp; Start work at 8:00.&amp;nbsp; Finish early at 7:20pm (pm, not am, ha ha) as Yoshinaga-san is in hospital (see the dramatic conclusion to week 17).&amp;nbsp; Drinking until 11:50.&amp;nbsp; Last train at midnight.&amp;nbsp; In bed at ...</description>
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			<title>In Other News</title>
    		<link>http://www.seekjapan.jp/article/1622/In+Other+News</link>
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    		<pubDate>Thu,1 May 2008 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Minister:&amp;nbsp; EU snub 'unjustified and racist'
In a statement to the Diet yesterday, Foreign Minister Taro Suzuki reacted angrily to the European  Union's refusal to consider Japan for membership.&amp;nbsp; 'They said it's because Japan is a long way from Europe,' he said, 'but that's just an excuse for their racism and fear of our economic  might.&amp;nbsp; Israel takes part in the Eurovision Song Contest and European soccer, so there's no reason Japan shouldn't be able to join the EU.' ...</description>
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			<title>In Other News</title>
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    		<pubDate>Thu,17 Apr 2008 GMT</pubDate>
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Bonjour Kitty:&amp;nbsp; Ishihara claims Paris for Japan

Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara stunned French lawmakers yesterday by asserting Japan's  territorial right to Paris.&amp;nbsp; He formally requested that control of the city be handed over to his authority, warning that he might approach the UN if the French did not comply.

He cast scorn on suggestions that Paris is historically part of France.&amp;nbsp; 'The majority of people  there at any one time may be French,' he said, 'but ...</description>
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			<title>Takashi`s Diary - week 18</title>
    		<link>http://www.seekjapan.jp/article/1590/Takashi`s+Diary+-+week+18</link>
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    		<pubDate>Sun,13 Apr 2008 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>PREVIOUSLY ON TAKASHI`S DIARY ...</description>
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			<title>Takashi`s diary  -  week 17</title>
    		<link>http://www.seekjapan.jp/article/1536/Takashi`s+diary++-++week+17</link>
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    		<pubDate>Fri,7 Mar 2008 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Hello!&amp;nbsp; I`m Takashi, salaryman of my company, and chronicler of my weekly life for the benefit of future generations of salarymen.&amp;nbsp; Here`s what happened last week:
Monday:&amp;nbsp; wake up at 5:30am.&amp;nbsp; Train at 6:30.&amp;nbsp; Start work at 8:00.&amp;nbsp; Finish at 9:00 (pm, not am, ha ha).&amp;nbsp; Drinking until 11:50.&amp;nbsp; Last train at midnight.&amp;nbsp; In bed at 1:15am.

Tuesday:&amp;nbsp; wake up at 5:30am.&amp;nbsp; Train at 6:30.&amp;nbsp; Start ...</description>
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			<title>Takashi`s Diary  -  week 16</title>
    		<link>http://www.seekjapan.jp/article/1531/Takashi`s+Diary++-++week+16</link>
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    		<pubDate>Mon,3 Mar 2008 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Hello!&amp;nbsp; I`m Takashi, and I`m horny horny horny.&amp;nbsp; The apologies for not writing recently, but a good fight won`t fight itself.&amp;nbsp; Here`s what happened last week:
Monday:&amp;nbsp; wake up at 5:30am, in a huge bed with eight Pamela Andersons.&amp;nbsp; Come to Daddy, my beauties!&amp;nbsp; Wake up at 5:30am.&amp;nbsp; Train at 6:30.&amp;nbsp; Start work at 8:00.&amp;nbsp; Email from Katushya at 10:33.&amp;nbsp; Dear Nargy?&amp;nbsp; I`m Kashy!&amp;nbsp; Finish work at ...</description>
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