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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>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 06:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elijah V. Fayerman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Seminar]]></category>
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		<title>Foreign visitors to Japan decline in 2009 for first time in 6 years</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elijah V. Fayerman</dc:creator>
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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 in 2009, [...]


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<li><a href='http://usvisa.jp/blog/general/hrw-chief-working-to-change-diplomacy-the-japan-times-online/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: HRW chief working to change diplomacy | The Japan Times Online'>HRW chief working to change diplomacy | The Japan Times Online</a></li>
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		<title>A government genealogy service reveals family history</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elijah V. Fayerman</dc:creator>
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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
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		<title>HRW chief working to change diplomacy &#124; The Japan Times Online</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elijah V. Fayerman</dc:creator>
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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 Online.


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		<title>Boxing champ Edwin Valero needs a U.S. work visa</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elijah V. Fayerman</dc:creator>
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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 critic [...]


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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


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		<title>Robert Downey Jr. with Letterman: detained in Japan (video)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elijah V. Fayerman</dc:creator>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elijah V. Fayerman</dc:creator>
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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 in [...]


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		<title>Americans advised to stay away from Roppongi clubs</title>
		<link>http://usvisa.jp/blog/general/americans-stay-away-from-roppongi-clubs/</link>
		<comments>http://usvisa.jp/blog/general/americans-stay-away-from-roppongi-clubs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elijah V. Fayerman</dc:creator>
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The U.S. Embassy in Tokyo reissued its July 10, 2009 warning advising American citizens from frequenting bars and clubs in the Roppongi area of Tokyo due to drink-spiking incidents. As stated in the American Citizenship Services (ACS) Newsletter, the U.S. Embassy &#8220;continues to receive reliable reports of U.S. citizens being drugged in Roppongi-area bars.&#8221;

The U.S. [...]


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