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		<title>From U.S. Embassy in Tokyo: An Update for American Citizens in Japan</title>
		<link>http://usvisa.jp/blog/general/us-embassy-in-tokyo-update-for-american-citizens-in-japan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elijah V. Fayerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[american citizens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[earthquake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fukushima]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all recognize the enormous impact that the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, as well as the resulting dangerous situation at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, has had on Japan. The United States is continuing to do everything it can and should do to support our close friends, the people of Japan, as they [...]


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		<title>Paris Hilton Detained by Immigration at Narita Airport in Tokyo</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 02:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elijah V. Fayerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Immigration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[American celebrity Paris Hilton has not learned from her fellow American actor Robert Downey Jr. about the implications of pleading guilty to criminal charges. Years ago in 2001, Robert Downey Jr. pleaded no contest (a.k.a. nolo contendere) to drug-related charges so that he could avoid having to do jail time. Consequently, Japanese immigration authorities detained [...]


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<li><a href='http://usvisa.jp/blog/general/robert-downey-with-david-letterman-detained-in-japan-video/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Robert Downey Jr. with Letterman: detained in Japan (video)'>Robert Downey Jr. with Letterman: detained in Japan (video)</a></li>
<li><a href='http://usvisa.jp/blog/general/us-embassy-in-tokyo-update-for-american-citizens-in-japan/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: From U.S. Embassy in Tokyo: An Update for American Citizens in Japan'>From U.S. Embassy in Tokyo: An Update for American Citizens in Japan</a></li>
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		<title>何でも聞いてください！アメリカのビサ・セミナー (2010年５月２２日)</title>
		<link>http://usvisa.jp/blog/general/us-visa-seminar-marcus-kosins/</link>
		<comments>http://usvisa.jp/blog/general/us-visa-seminar-marcus-kosins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 06:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elijah V. Fayerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seminar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Visa]]></category>

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		<title>Foreign visitors to Japan decline in 2009 for first time in 6 years</title>
		<link>http://usvisa.jp/blog/general/foreign-visitors-to-japan-decline-in-2009-for-first-time-in-6-years-2/</link>
		<comments>http://usvisa.jp/blog/general/foreign-visitors-to-japan-decline-in-2009-for-first-time-in-6-years-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elijah V. Fayerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global recession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overseas tourists]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mainichi Japan Foreign travelers to Japan in 2009 declined for the first time in six years due in part to the global recession and the appreciation of the yen, the Japan National Tourism Organization announced. Overseas tourists to Japan dropped by 1.56 million, or 18.7 percent, from the previous year to an estimated 6.79 million [...]


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		<title>A government genealogy service reveals family history</title>
		<link>http://usvisa.jp/blog/general/a-government-genealogy-service-lets-family-history-leap-off-the-page/</link>
		<comments>http://usvisa.jp/blog/general/a-government-genealogy-service-lets-family-history-leap-off-the-page/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elijah V. Fayerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizenship and immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizenship and immigration services]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A little-known program of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provides information that bridges oceans. A government genealogy service lets family history leap off the page &#8211; latimes.com Posted using ShareThis No related posts.


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		<title>HRW chief working to change diplomacy &#124; The Japan Times Online</title>
		<link>http://usvisa.jp/blog/general/hrw-chief-working-to-change-diplomacy-the-japan-times-online/</link>
		<comments>http://usvisa.jp/blog/general/hrw-chief-working-to-change-diplomacy-the-japan-times-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elijah V. Fayerman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kanae Doi, a 34-year-old lawyer, has always wanted to be on the side of the weak. As a director of the Tokyo bureau of Human Rights Watch, a position she has held since 2008, she is trying to change Japanese politics to protect human rights. Read more: HRW chief working to change diplomacy &#124; The Japan Times [...]


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		<title>Boxing champ Edwin Valero needs a U.S. work visa</title>
		<link>http://usvisa.jp/blog/general/us-visa-trouble-boxing-champ-edwin-valero/</link>
		<comments>http://usvisa.jp/blog/general/us-visa-trouble-boxing-champ-edwin-valero/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elijah V. Fayerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Visa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visa denial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work visa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After the current WBC lightweight boxing champion Edwin Valero had been denied a work visa back in September, 2009, he finally fought away from the United States in Venezuela on Saturday, December 19. Spanish-language magazine Boxeo Mundial recently reported that Valero believed his U.S. visa denial was related to his sympathy with President Hugo Chávez, a fierce [...]


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		<title>IMMIGRATION to the UNITED STATES</title>
		<link>http://usvisa.jp/blog/general/immigration-to-the-united-states/</link>
		<comments>http://usvisa.jp/blog/general/immigration-to-the-united-states/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elijah V. Fayerman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[IMMIGRATION to the UNITED STATES The idea of immigration is not that static as it is considered to be. There are lots of variations persists as per the domain of culture and political influences. Read More No related posts.


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		<title>Robert Downey Jr. with Letterman: detained in Japan (video)</title>
		<link>http://usvisa.jp/blog/general/robert-downey-with-david-letterman-detained-in-japan-video/</link>
		<comments>http://usvisa.jp/blog/general/robert-downey-with-david-letterman-detained-in-japan-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elijah V. Fayerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert Downey Jr.: &#8220;I probably should have seen there was a sign that said &#8216;No Felons Allowed&#8217;. That was in English and Japanese, and I haven&#8217;t had that expunged yet. You can actually get things expunged, but I&#8217;ve been pretty busy. I was detained, I was interrogated. God, it was a blast.&#8221; When Letterman asked, [...]


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		<title>Concerns regarding Roppongi, Tokyo</title>
		<link>http://usvisa.jp/blog/general/concerns-regarding-roppongi-tokyo/</link>
		<comments>http://usvisa.jp/blog/general/concerns-regarding-roppongi-tokyo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elijah V. Fayerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drink spiking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gaijin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roppongi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yakuza]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While the general crime rate in Japan is well below the U.S. national average, the U.S. Department of State continues to warn Americans about Roppongi, an entertainment district in Tokyo that caters to foreign clientele. Americans have reported a substantial number of crimes in Roppongi. Roppongi has been the scene of violence between criminal syndicates [...]


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