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	<title>Japan Uptown &#187; Japan Social and Lifestyle</title>
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		<title>Japan Social Revolution &#8211; The Love Hotel</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 09:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This might be something that you could only find in Japan. Elsewhere in the world, they don’t really directly called it love hotels. There are motels and cabanas which somewhat offers the same kind of service. Here’s many words about Japan’s so-called ‘love hotel’, a really stand-out social phenomena in the land of the rising sun.
What are Love Hotels?
When you hear a Japanese say ‘Rabu-rabu Hoteru’, it might seems a little weird for those who never happens to come across the term. They simply means the ‘Love Hotel’ – hotels ...]]></description>
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		<title>Ancient and National Sport of Japan – Sumo, the Japanese Wrestling</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sumo, a form of Japanese wrestling began as long as 2000 years ago is considered by many to be the national sport of Japan.
Sumo became the professional sport in the Edo period (1600-1868), and although it is practiced today by clubs in high school, colleges and amateur associations, it has its greatest appeal as a professional spectator sport. Today, the ancient sport is still popular and the best wrestlers are revered as national heroes. The highest ranking players are called Yokozuna or grand champions.
The object of this compelling sport is ...]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese Childrens&#8217; Day &#8211; Shichi Go San</title>
		<link>http://japanuptown.com/japanese-childrens-day-shichigosan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world has children’s day, however, Japan has been celebrating their little ones since long time ago.
Shichi Go San is a festival to celebrate the children in Japan. It is the coming of children of age seven, five and three. The word ‘Shichi Go San’ itself directly translates to seven-five-three. Shichi Go San is not a national holiday, however, on this day girls of age three and seven, boys age three and five are celebrated. Their parents will have the children dress in elaborated children kimono with traditional obi (for ...]]></description>
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		<title>Obon, Bon Festival and Bon Odori &#8211; Japan Summer Festival</title>
		<link>http://japanuptown.com/obon-bon-festival-and-bon-odori-japan-summer-festival/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is summer again and it calls for the time of summer festivals in Japan, where there are various kinds of stalls (or yatai), hanabi (fireworks), yukata, beaches and watermelons!
July and August marks the peak of summer in Japan. And in these months Japanese people celebrate summer festivals which may vary from place to place. One such festival is called Obon or Bon Festival which is a Japanese custom festival celebrated as part to honor the deceased spirits of their ancestors. It is actually a customary tradition closely related to ...]]></description>
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		<title>Free Basic Japanese Language Lesson for Foreigners and Beginners 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 09:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Learning something that you really like should be a very pleasant experience for everyone, such in the case when you are trying to learn a new language. Japanese language is a very interesting language to begin with. It helps a lot knowing certain words and phrases in Japanese while living or touring Japan. Therefore, I wanted to provide something useful for people who wants to learn just the simple and basic Japanese language phrases and words for free and most importantly, it should fun too!
So meet Natsu Sensei~ She will ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Black Teeth Custom – Between Ohaguro and Globalization</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received one reply to my previous post on the issue of ‘Ohaguro’ or Black Teeth Custom, which was once a very popular custom in the ancient Japan. The question pertain to the reason as to why the practice was banned in the Meiji period, well, instead of replying straight, I find this is a very interesting issue to discuss and research on and so I did, and decided to write a post on it. By the way, you can read more on the introduction from my previous post titled ...]]></description>
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		<title>Japan 2009 Income Tax and Japanese Tax System</title>
		<link>http://japanuptown.com/japan-2009-income-tax-and-japanese-tax-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost every nation has their taxes to pay, including Japan. The national Japanese domestic tax system is administered by the National Tax Administration in Japan, a semi-independent body of the Ministry of Finance, of which oversees a total of 12 regional taxation bureaus and 517 local tax offices. Whereby their tax policy and international tax negotiation are handled by an internal bureau of the Ministry of Finance called Tax Bureau. However, for tax matters, a general framework is established by the Local Tax Law, which is overseen by the Local ...]]></description>
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		<title>Seniority, Age superstition and Legal age in Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Japan, customs and traditions still prevails to these days.
Even though the current society has been much modernized, there are still substantial traditional and customary impact in their daily lives. For social purposes, age is reckoned in both relative and absolute terms. Relative age is set by order of birth: one is senior, peer, or junior to someone else. Japanese often claim that theirs is a uniquely “vertical” society, pervaded by rules of seniority. Seniority rules, however, are common to modern institutions such as schools, corporations, and bureaucracies in all ...]]></description>
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		<title>Halloween Costumes, Parties and Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you wondering of how people in Japan celebrate Halloween? But the question is whether they do celebrate it or not, right? 
Well, it’s really hard to say but the rising cosplay trends in Japan may have something to contribute to the celebration of Halloween in Japan. However, one of the common activities on the event are the ones usually held in Tokyo Disneyland and Osaka Universal Studio every year and there will always be a surprising number of people, usually young adults and teenagers who participated in the events.
In ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Original Religion of Japan &#8211; Shinto and Shintoism</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are the basic information of the indigenous Japanese religion, Shinto and Shintoism.
Japanese in short can be described as natural practitioners of polytheism. Since the earliest history of Japan and the ancient people of Japan, they have been worshiping a number of Gods that are largely related to nature, such as the Sun Goddess, God of the Sea, God of lightning and many more. This natural spirituality of the Japanese people is called as Shinto or ‘Way of the Gods’. The similar term or description first appears in the historical ...]]></description>
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		<title>Japan Weather &#8211; The Striking Autumn in Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fall season or autumn (or ‘Aki’) in Japan starts in the early September, and it is also the season of typhoon. This year Japan was visited by infamous Typhoon Melor in the near mid of autumn. Weather resembling that of the rainy season also occurs because of the autumnal rain fronts. The weather clears in mid-October, and the winter winds start to blow. If summer is a season of fun, festivals and holidays, autumn in Japan is more like a season of relaxing and pure enjoyment of nature and it ...]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese Greeting Etiquette and Customs – Lesson Two on Bowing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello all, and welcome to lesson two of Japanese Greeting Etiquette and Customs! This time, it will be on the main form of physical greeting in Japan, which is bowing. Bowing, in the Japanese culture is much more common rather than giving a casual handshake or a hug (for much more casual and friendlier occasions), like people of other nation usually do. Bowing, together with its implication is actually quite complicated, especially for foreigners like us to comprehend.
Most social situations in Japan have an appropriate greeting, and bowing has many ...]]></description>
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		<title>Vending Machines&#8217; Business in Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan may be facing a declining birth rate, but not in the number of vending machines available in the country. In just no more than 4 years, there has been an additional of 100,000 more vending machines of all kinds available nationwide in Japan. In 2006, the number of vending machines was roughly 5.4 millions and in the year 2009, the figure has reached 5.5 million. Ratio is about one vending machine for every 20 people living in Japan.
Vending machines are called as &#8216;Jidou-hanbaiki&#8216; in Japan. These intelligent machines are ...]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese Zodiac Origin and Information</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One more aspect that the Japanese people of the old times have outsourced from their nearest neighboring countries is the zodiac system, which in nature has many linkages with Buddhism. The Japanese zodiac system is so much similar to that of the ancient Chinese zodiac system, but in truth that is it the same thing after all. The Chinese zodiac system is rather ‘karmatic’ in nature. Something that is very well related to Buddhism. Instead of the linear pattern of the western calendar, the Chinese zodiac system adopted a set ...]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese Greeting Etiquette and Customs – Lesson One on Forms of Address</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to forms of addressing a person while you’re in Japan, you’ll probably come across the –san suffix pretty often. The word –san is added to the end of a person’s name as a sign of respect. As you know, Japanese is classified as an extremely polite people in social and cultural context, especially with people they are not acquainted to. In the everyday life of Japanese people, the word –san is used as an addressing suffix added to a person family.
This is pretty similar to the English ...]]></description>
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		<title>Japan Population Issue: Increasing Aging Population</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan is faced by another problem that literally may not sound much like a threat but reality couldn’t be much bitter. One thing for sure that it is one unique problem that is not faced by many countries – it’s Japan increasingly aging population or koreika shakai. It seems like the number of centenarians in Japan has doubled in the past six years to more than forty thousands people. That doesn’t add up yet the total increase of people above the age 60 years.

Japan has one of the world’s longest ...]]></description>
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		<title>Crazy fashion: Derelict Fashion in Japan’s Urban Streets</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If a single Japanese man from, let say the Tokugawa era, were to travel through time into the future, he would probably shocked with horror look on his face to see what modern Japan has to offer, especially in terms of fashion. Japan can be named as one of the main trendsetters of fashion in the world. If you’re looking for a little weirdness, freakiness with much creativity, I suggest for you to go look for Japanese youngsters in the subway and along the streets of Harajuku, Shinjuku or Shibuya.
Sometimes, ...]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese Yakuza, History and Current News</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Japan, there is a special name for what we knew as ‘mafia’ or gangsters. They are called the yakuza. Yakuza can be considered as Japan’s organized criminals, divided into about 2,500 families or clans with possibily about more than 100,000 members altogether. Despite of their notorious demeanor and violent nature, their existence are accepted by the police and the Japanese society. The principal or top yakuza family would have to be the Yamaguchi-gumi. Others are like Sumiyoshi-kai, Inagawa-kai and Toa-kai.
Tracking their origin, the history of Yakuza may have been ...]]></description>
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		<title>Knowing Japanese Currency: Japanese Yen Exchange Rate</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For your point of information, and in case you didn’t know, in Japan, everything is paid using their own currency that is Yen (¥). The current economic development, as at July 2009 saw that the Japanese yen extending gains against the US dollar in the currency market, which means yen is slightly much more expensive as compared to the dollar.

The average current conversion on the Japanese yen to US dollar as at September 2009 is about:-
1 US Dollar = 93.05700 Japanese Yen
 click here to get the latest conversion rate. ...]]></description>
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		<title>Ketsueki-gata or Blood-Type Personality Analysis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Japan, the knowledge of your blood type isn’t only necessary for emergency purposes alone. It is quite surprising that even in the japanese modern and high-tech society, this kind of pseudo-science still prevails. Ketsueki-gata or blood type personality is a popular means of match-making, in the employment fields and even in common socializing in Japan, of which often being taken advantage of, especially by business tycoons and entrepeneurs alike. Even the top seller books of year was series of blood personality books, songs with blood personality hint to it, ...]]></description>
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		<title>Current Japan Population 2009: Higher Density with Declining Pattern</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For all the years that I’ve studied and through all the leisure reading on the facts of Japan, one thing stays in my mind as some sort of general knowledge; is how high is the population of Japan. More to say, is how packed the main cities could be. But I should also not to forget commenting about the post-mortem of a developed or near-developed countries, is the increasing number of people who are living life in small towns and village to pursue their dreams and a much modernized lifestyle ...]]></description>
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