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		<title>You can’t get there from here (at the same price with an IC card)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 09:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The new IC card system integrates lines but not necessarily fares.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/YenForLiving/~4/d5MCjJamWwI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>As land lines go the way of the dodo, what is a subscription right worth?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 06:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor &amp; Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
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		<description>Use your telephone land line subscription right or lose it.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/YenForLiving/~4/JgSMAj2ejfI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Anticipation: How high will mortgage interest go?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 07:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>After 20 years housing loan interest rates are ready to rise.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/YenForLiving/~4/Z1V1EdC8mEs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Bargain sales aren’t always what they appear to be</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 11:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor &amp; Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
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		<description>"Sale prices" are all in the mind of the consumer.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/YenForLiving/~4/BqRN3ObF9dc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Should healthy people pay less for health insurance?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 07:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Should healthy people pay less for national health insurance than unhealthy people?&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/YenForLiving/~4/6WvihrWC43Q" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Service contracts and the ‘mendokusai’ factor</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Do mobile service providers purposely make their terms impossible to understand?&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/YenForLiving/~4/1du0YvLjjrU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Deflation watch: gyudon</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 03:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Brasor &amp; Masako Tsubuku</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[fast food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sukiya]]></category>
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		<description>Will fast food price competition undermine Abenomics?&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/YenForLiving/~4/3nLpmFYQkbk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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