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		<title>Anticipation: How high will mortgage interest go?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 07:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor &#38; Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 20 years housing loan interest rates are ready to rise.]]></description>
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		<title>In Japan it&#8217;s never too late to get in on the ground floor with stocks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 06:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor &#38; Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will the Japanese public, in particular women, finally start investing in the stock market?]]></description>
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		<title>Backsliding Japan Post broadens its horizons on all fronts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor &#38; Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Housing & Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[post office]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[postal privatization]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is Japan Post proceeding with privatization or backtracking to its old model?]]></description>
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		<title>Electronics makers lead the way in killing off lifetime employment system</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 10:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor &#38; Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[rationalization]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sharp]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want guaranteed employment for life, don't get a job with a home electronics maker.]]></description>
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		<title>Banks get tax cut and finally decide to pay up</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 06:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor &#38; Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After six years of profits, banks decide they can afford to pay taxes.]]></description>
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		<title>Japan Post would prefer to let sleeping dogs, and accounts, lie</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 08:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor &#38; Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[accounts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With a trillion yen sitting dormant, government is eyeing so-called sleeping savings accounts and banks are getting nervous.]]></description>
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		<title>Yearly statistics put recession into slightly better focus</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor &#38; Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[household spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[non-regular employment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If it's February, it's time for the government to release its yearly economic statistics.]]></description>
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