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		<title>Muslims in Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 13:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most Iranian and Iraqis that used to live in Japan - in the public parks, mostly - no longer live here. They&#8217;ve been deported. Some remain, though, mostly those who married Japanese nations and had children. 
Still, there is a lot of not-so-subtle anti-Middle Eastern sentiment in Japan. Many people would justify it by pointing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atheism in Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most Japanese people would self identify as either agnostic or Buddhist. Now, of course the majority of those who would self identify as Buddhist simply mean, &#8220;my family is Buddhist so I am Buddhist&#8221;, not like they really gave it thought or adhere to the tenets of Buddhism. 
The agnostics, however, are in for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Japanese Kanji, Katakana and Hiragana</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since Japanese animation and movies have become so popular, it seems like the Japanese language has been one of the most popular languages to learn in other countries in recent years. In Japanese, we have three different kinds of alphabets. They are called kanji, hiragana, and katakana. Even though this may sound complicated, it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese Lesson</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Religion in Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2006 09:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most people have at least heard of the word Shinto, but as to what it actually is, and it’s relation to Japanese Buddhism, most people are in the dark. Well, here is an attempt to shed some light on how these two religions co-exist in Japan.
Shinto
Shinto is the indigenous religion of Japan. It is an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Matsuri: The Japanese Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 09:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If a person spends a few months in Japan one is bound to observe a few Japanese matsuri or festivals. These are usually held on the grounds of local Shinto shrines known as jinja. They are, for the most part, held to celebrate the changes of the seasons. A visitor to a local matsuri will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scott&#8217;s Tokyo News and Opinion</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Aug 2006 22:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to Scott&#8217;s Tokyo!
My name is John Scott, and I&#8217;m the webmaster here. I was raised in Tokyo, and I&#8217;m a big fan of Japan. 
Tokyo is one of the best cities on earth, for a number of reasons. My goal here is to help visitors to Japan and foreigners living here to get the [...]]]></description>
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