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        <title><![CDATA[Eddy Duan - Breaking News Reporter]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan’s Chinese Population Continues to Grow Amid Sour Ties]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-27/japan-s-chinese-population-continues-to-grow-amid-sour-ties</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddy Duan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:40:13 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan Condemns Foreign Influence Operations After Reported China Attempt]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddy Duan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 05:36:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[More Japanese Companies See Downside to Rising Rates]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 04:40:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sony Expands Hold Over ‘Peanuts’ Brand in Growing Content Push]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mayumi Negishi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 01:12:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan Set to Lose Last Pandas in Symbol of Icy China Ties]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sakura Murakami]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 05:01:24 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Xiao Xiao, left, and Lei Lei at Tokyo&apos;s Ueno Zoological Gardens in 2024. Photographer: Kyodo News/Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Deadly Bear Attacks in Japan Prompt New Products From Insurers]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddy Duan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 06:33:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan Plans to Hike Minimum Capital for Business Visa to $200,000]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Gareth Allan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:39:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Global Thirst for Matcha Drives Top Japanese Tea Brand to Double Prices]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddy Duan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 08:20:50 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA - JULY 15: Sam Butarbutar sifts matcha as he makes a matcha drink at Third Culture on July 15, 2025 in Berkeley</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tokyo Ward Seeks to Curb Condo Resales Amid Soaring Prices]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddy Duan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 09:04:35 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan Tourism Growth Slowed As Quake Rumor Deterred Hong Kongers]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddy Duan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 08:17:19 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Kimono-clad tourists buy shaved ice at a stall in the Asakusa district of Tokyo. Photographer: Soichiro Koriyama/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[How a Rice Shortage Spurred a National Crisis in Japan]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Shops have hiked the price of their rice dishes and with an election looming the rice crisis could weigh heavily on voters.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-06-11/japan-rice-shortage-why-record-high-prices-are-causing-a-national-crisis</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sakura Murakami]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 05:51:15 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A year ago, a 5kg bag of rice cost about ¥2,130. In May this year it had doubled to roughly ¥4,280.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[McDonald’s Japan Sales Boosted By Minecraft, Chiikawa Crazes]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-05/mcdonald-s-japan-sales-boosted-by-minecraft-chiikawa-crazes</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddy Duan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2025 09:38:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rice Costs Imperil Ishiba After Minister Quits in Japan]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Erica Yokoyama]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2025 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Shigeru Ishiba  Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan’s Top Hotels Under Scrutiny For Potential Price Collusion As Tourism Booms]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-09/japan-s-top-hotels-under-scrutiny-for-potential-price-collusion-as-tourism-booms</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddy Duan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 05:11:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Toyota Supplier to Hike Tire Prices in US by Up to 25% on Tariffs]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-23/japanese-tiremaker-to-hike-us-prices-by-up-to-25-on-tariffs</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Reina Sasaki]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 05:31:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan Device Maker Picks Vietnam to Avoid US Tariffs on China]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddy Duan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2025 07:25:26 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Sourcenext manufactures its pocket-sized translation device Pocketalk in Shenzhen, China</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[April Fools’ Prank Goes Wrong as Japan Frets Over Rice Shortage]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Maho Nambu]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 08:46:38 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Mystery of How 230,000 Tons of Rice Went Missing in Japan]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Record prices for rice are rippling through society]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddy Duan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2025 22:00:02 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A farmer harvests rice in a paddy field in Tambasasayama, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. Typhoon Shanshan has been churning toward Japan at a slow pace this week, leading to long periods of rain and wind across impacted areas, the weather agency said.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan Will Tap Emergency Rice Supplies as Prices Surge 82%]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddy Duan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2025 03:27:15 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Farmers transfer harvested rice from a combine harvester into a truck in Tambasasayama, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. Typhoon Shanshan has been churning toward Japan at a slow pace this week, leading to long periods of rain and wind across impacted areas, the weather agency said.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Smuggled Grand Pianos Show Trump’s Challenge in Pressuring Putin]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alastair Gale]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2025 22:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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