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		<title>New Sony software head to help bring company on track?</title>
		<link>http://business.3yen.com/2006-01-31/new-sony-software-head-to-help-bring-company-on-track/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2006 01:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Kavlie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[News.com reports on the recent appointment of American Tim Schaaff to the new role of senior vice president of software development, where he will head the company&#8217;s various Japanese divisions in an attempt to overcome duplication of effort and incompatibilities. Schaaff was formerly head of Apple&#8217;s QuickTime engineering team.
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		<title>The latest on Livedoor</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2006 02:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Kavlie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[News on Livedoor having become a daily occurrence as of late, a couple more items of interest came out today. First another editorial, coming from a site about science and technology news of all places, opines about Livedoor and the possible damage recent events may bring to the rise in entrepreneurial spirits among Japanese college [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Car manufacturing and Japanese management: a natural fit?</title>
		<link>http://business.3yen.com/2006-01-25/car-manufacturing-and-japanese-management-a-natural-fit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2006 06:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Kavlie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A special for Asahi Shimbun attempts to explain how the Japanese car industry managed to advance so rapidly, catapulting past the United States to become the largest car producer. According to this commentator, two elements are at work here:
First is the effectiveness of Japan&#8217;s &#8220;development, production and dealing systems.&#8221; The second element is the nature [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Postal privatization firm launched</title>
		<link>http://business.3yen.com/2006-01-24/postal-privatization-firm-launched/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2006 02:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Kavlie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First steps are taken toward the privatization to begin October 2007. Via Crisscross News.
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		<title>Livedoor vs. old Japan</title>
		<link>http://business.3yen.com/2006-01-24/livedoor-vs-old-japan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2006 02:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Kavlie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those who aren&#8217;t yet sick of all the Livedoor news, the International Herald Tribune has an analysis of the situation. As per usual, they go beyond the day-to-day events to look at the clash of between Livedoor president Horie&#8217;s approach and that of Japan&#8217;s business establishment.
Update: Daily Yomiuri has another interesting piece focusing on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese firms rush to recruit in Boston</title>
		<link>http://business.3yen.com/2005-12-17/japanese-firms-rush-to-recruit-in-boston/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Kavlie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a J@pan Inc newsletter, Japanese companies flooded the World Trade Center in Boston to recruit students this October. The newsletter notes that due to economic recovery and Japan&#8217;s declining birth rate, as well as increased globalization, firms have been driven overseas to find new talent.
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		<title>Tired business men</title>
		<link>http://business.3yen.com/2005-12-17/tired-business-men/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 02:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Kavlie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there&#8217;s any doubt that the Japanese are overworked, this gallery should do the trick.
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		<title>Tax reform to threaten &#8220;third beer&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://business.3yen.com/2005-12-16/tax-reform-to-threaten-third-beer/</link>
		<comments>http://business.3yen.com/2005-12-16/tax-reform-to-threaten-third-beer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 05:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Kavlie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First Happoshu, legally falling outside the beer category due to low malt content, was introduced to dodge beer taxes. Taxes were increased on Happoshu, and its exploding popularity quickly tapered off. Brewers fought back with &#8220;third beer,&#8221; made with no malt content at all. This, too, followed suit with explosive sales growth, but once again [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beef imports to resume Monday</title>
		<link>http://business.3yen.com/2005-12-09/beef-imports-to-resume-monday/</link>
		<comments>http://business.3yen.com/2005-12-09/beef-imports-to-resume-monday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2005 04:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Kavlie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Financial Times, Asahi and Mainichi all report on the planned resumption of US beef imports on Monday, following a Thursday report concluding that US beef is generally as safe as Japanese beef. The deputy chairman of the panel behind the report has criticized media and political misuse of the findings, however, stating that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The woes of Japanese productivity</title>
		<link>http://business.3yen.com/2005-12-08/the-woes-of-japanese-productivity/</link>
		<comments>http://business.3yen.com/2005-12-08/the-woes-of-japanese-productivity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2005 05:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Kavlie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hard work does not make for high productivity, at least the way the Japanese do it.]]></description>
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