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		<title>Employment counselors forced to sit on the other side of the window</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 03:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor &#38; Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In one area of employment public servants have it worse than private sector workers.]]></description>
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		<title>Local government attempts to make citizens rat on welfare recipients</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 07:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor &#38; Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welfare recipients made to feel guilty for guilty pleasures.]]></description>
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		<title>Convenience store companies boost employee income, engage in one-upmanship</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 07:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor &#38; Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Convenience stores a leading the way for higher employee wages, but is it enough?]]></description>
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		<title>Uniqlo not as different as its workers thought it would be</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 08:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor &#38; Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tadashi Yanai]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan's most coveted work environment isn't what it's cracked up to be.]]></description>
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		<title>Deflation watch: Retort curry</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor &#38; Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What effect has deflation had on ready-to-eat curry?]]></description>
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		<title>For teachers, the business of education has become even more of a business</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor &#38; Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Private high schools are relying more and more on part-time teachers.]]></description>
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		<title>Ishihara&#8217;s resignation doesn&#8217;t come cheap</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor &#38; Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tokyo taxpayers are going to have to pay a lot for their former governor's capriciousness.]]></description>
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