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            <title><![CDATA[Japan’s Next Post-Anime Cultural Export May Be Pro-Wrestling]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Takashi Nakamichi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 18 Aug 2019 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Vegan Sea Urchin Will Soon Start Showing Up on Sushi Counters]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mei Futonaka]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2019 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Yahoo Japan Prices $2.1 Billion Jumbo Bonds as Yields Slide]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Shiho Takezawa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2019 06:32:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Toyota Strikes Deal With World’s Top Supplier of Electric Car Batteries]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Angus Whitley]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2019 05:28:04 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Toyota Motor Corp.&apos;s all-new Corolla vehicle stands on display at the Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition in Guangzhou, China, on Friday, Nov. 16, 2018. More than 60 new models are being unveiled at the auto show in the southern city of Guangzhou starting Friday, with manufacturers betting on swanky SUVs and electric cars to revive a market headed for its first annual slump in at least two decades. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Uniqlo Owner's Profit Falls Short Despite China Gains]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2019 06:17:37 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>An employee folds a shirt displayed at Fast Retailing Co.\&apos;s Uniqlo store in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, April 10, 2013. Fast Retailing, Asiaâs largest apparel retailer, is scheduled to announce earnings tomorrow. Photographer: Bloomberg/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Shiseido’s Beauty App Promises Perfect Skin — at $92 a Month]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mei Futonaka]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2019 08:47:04 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Models are made up by Shiseido Co. consultants during the skin care competition at the Shiseido Global Beauty Consultant Contest 2012 in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, July 25, 2012. Shiseido, Japan’s largest cosmetics maker, plans to boost overseas marketing spending by 9 billion yen for this fiscal year to strengthen Bare Escentuals in the U.S. and its China business where it faces a strong competition with competitors such as L’Oreal and Proctor and Gamble. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi</media:description>
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