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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A family devastated: Andrea Furlong holds a picture of her late sister, Nicola, with parents Angela and Andrew outside the  Tokyo District Court.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/03/19/how-tos/labor-law-reform-raises-rather-than-relieves-workers-worries/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T04:26:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/03/19/our-lives/couple-find-happiness-plan-to-settle-for-life/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T04:28:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Peas in a pod: Joerg and  Teruka Schnackenberg pose in front of  Teruka's nihonga painting in the atelier of their house in  Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/03/19/issues/a-violent-death-some-justice-few-answers-in-furlong-case/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T14:42:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Death a long way from home: Nicola Furlong (right) celebrates her birthday in a photo from before she arrived in Japan to study at the  Takasaki City University of Economics in the autumn of 2011.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2012/06/05/issues/blackston-taught-kids-days-before-murder-may-have-toured-with-ai/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-20T22:02:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Suspect: James Blackston signs a shoe for a girl at a dance school in Sendai during a King Tight Workshop he taught two days before he and a 19-year-old fellow American allegedly met Nicola Furlong, who died in the early hours of May 24.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/03/23/our-lives/biiiiig-baby-japanese-get-taller-and-skinnier-but-not-bigger/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-23T01:04:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20130323cza.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Amy Chavez weighs only slightly more than this Labrador retriever.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/03/23/events/kyoto-hosting-big-antique-fair-through-march-31/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-23T01:10:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/03/25/general/plummer-regaled-us-with-tales-of-lost-seafarers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-25T21:58:36+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/03/26/voices/consensus-corporal-punishment-in-sports-misguided-demoralizing-backward/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-26T00:06:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/03/26/how-tos/navigating-japanese-divorce-law-and-dealing-with-false-promises/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-26T00:10:46+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/03/26/issues/if-corporal-punishment-works-where-are-all-the-champions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-26T12:11:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20130326gza.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The exception that proves the rule?:  Yuta  Tabuse is the only Japanese-born basketball player to ever play in the NBA, appearing in four games with the Phoenix Suns during the 2004-05 season. If the Japanese high school training regime really worked, we would expect to see more Japanese athletes in the world's premier basketball league, argues Dan O'Keeffe.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2007/08/12/events/kansai-who-what-26/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-26T17:03:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2004/03/13/our-lives/einsteins-theory-of-ski-map-relativity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-27T00:04:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/03/30/events/kyotos-zuishin-in-hosting-dance-performance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-30T01:39:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-30T15:29:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[sakuraniku]]></image:title>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-30T16:14:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[godzilla]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The big decision maker]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-02T02:19:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[French chef Christophe Paucod tastes a Lyonnais wine at his bouchon in Kagurazaka in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-02T02:22:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Apply pressure: A tourist "fresh off the boat" has little in common with a noncitizen with a Japanese family, property and permanent residency, argues Debito Arudou, and terminology needs to reflect this.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/04/02/voices/using-richard-parker-pseudonym-to-excuse-terror-fear-is-most-apt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-02T02:37:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/04/02/how-tos/when-remodeling-isnt-quite-a-home-improvement/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-06T02:49:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Old and new: A remodeled living room in 40-year-old house.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/04/02/issues/a-tale-of-two-knives-a-kiwi-legend-a-gang-and-a-girl/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-06T02:52:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kill Collins: New Zealand's Jerry Collins breaks through the Portugal defense during a Rugby World Cup match in September 2007 in France. Collins was arrested last month after pulling a couple of knives in a store in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka. He later said that the knives were for protection and that a local gang had threatened to kill him.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/04/02/our-lives/green-growth-tops-costa-rican-envoys-agenda/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-06T02:54:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The right color: Ambassador Alvaro Cedeno Molinari speaks about his country's "green growth" agenda at the Costa Rican Embassy in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/03/02/our-lives/profiles/teacher-cultivates-more-bilingual-education-opportunities-for-children/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-06T02:55:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mentor: Mary Nobuoka, associate professor at Mejiro University in Tokyo, devotes her time to helping bilingual families meet their children's education needs.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/04/06/our-lives/irrepressible-irishman-promotes-japan-culture/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-06T03:05:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA["Highway Fuji" from Thirty-six New Views of Mount Fuji" series.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/04/06/events/childrens-workshop-will-feature-fabric-dyeing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-06T04:06:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2012/10/02/voices/tokyo-which-theater-form-kabuki-noh-or-takarazuka-would-you-say-best-represents-modern-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-07T16:58:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/04/09/general/british-ambassador-laments-his-two-lost-decades/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-09T02:12:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Good to be back: British Ambassador  Tim Hitchens speaks about his mission at the embassy in  Tokyo's Chiyoda  Ward.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/04/09/issues/whatever-happened-to-the-goldman-sachs-union/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T00:10:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Squids in: Goldman Sachs Japan Employee Union members demonstrate with the  Vampire Squid character, representing the investment banking giant, during a rally in  Tokyo in March 2012. After courting publicity with stunts like these, the union quietly disbanded after reaching a settlement with the company.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/04/13/our-lives/the-ration-ality-of-toilets-trying-to-change-the-plumbing-code/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-13T00:02:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/04/13/events/welcome-party-for-new-residents-of-kyoto/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-13T01:47:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2012/12/18/issues/when-is-an-hour-at-work-not-a-work-hour/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-15T23:05:28+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/01/22/how-tos/akb48-unionize-and-take-back-your-lost-love-lives/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-15T23:05:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20130122lpa.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Free the  Akiba 48: Members of AKB48 are required to forego a love life while they are part of the girl group, although this may actually be illegal under Japanese law.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2012/06/19/issues/in-right-to-work-japan-employees-should-also-have-the-right-to-rest/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-15T23:06:07+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/04/16/voices/education-what-are-we-paying-all-the-money-for/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-18T17:53:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20130416hna.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Teach to test: Many foreign parents worry about the emphasis on rote learning at Japanese schools, not to mention the financial cost.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/04/16/how-tos/employers-box-them-in-drive-them-out-tactics-fail-legal-test/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-18T17:58:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/04/16/issues/mad-court-rush-could-brake-or-bless-abes-vision/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-18T18:01:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Legal cluster bomb: High courts were busy last month declaring December elections to be unconstitutional to varying degrees in districts around the country.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/04/13/general/tokyo-brits-gear-up-for-three-day-charity-cycle-ride-to-fukushima/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-18T18:01:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Riding to the rescue: Robert Williams of the Tokyo Brits expat group gathers donations with a volunteer of the Save Minamisoma Project during a sporting event at the Yokohama Country and Athletic Club on Sunday. This was part of fundraising for an upcoming charity cycle ride from Tokyo to Fukushima Prefecture to assist the disaster-hit coastal city.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/04/13/our-lives/golf-and-japanese-mania-for-order-and-rules/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-18T18:01:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ryo Ishikawa of Japan tees off on the 10th hole during the first round of the Masters golf tournament on Thursday in Augusta, Georgia.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/04/16/voices/tokyo-do-you-have-a-message-for-young-north-korean-leader-kim-jong-un/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-18T18:05:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/04/16/voices/tokyo-what-have-been-your-best-and-worst-jobs-and-why/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-18T18:38:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/04/06/our-lives/who-turns-a-company-into-a-wonderful-place-to-be/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-18T18:43:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[You can do hanami in the Microsoft "campus" in Redmond, Washington.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/04/20/events/kyoto-temple-to-host-tatami-memorial-service/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-20T00:06:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/04/20/our-lives/new-zealand-instructor-empowered-by-pilates/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-20T02:27:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Candace Adachi poses with her fellow trainers during a recent advanced course of the Pilates exercise in Kuala Lumpur. Adachi offers Pilates lessons to small classes in Tokyo and near her home in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/04/20/our-lives/doraemon-trumps-hello-kitty-for-olympic-games-ambassador/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-22T15:07:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[These "life-size" figures of the popular cartoon character Doraemon were displayed in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, during an event in March.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/04/23/issues/renter-guarantor-system-a-headache-for-foreigners/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-23T00:11:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Be very afraid: Posters distributed by unknown groups warn of the alleged "rapid rise" in fake international marriages for illegal overstayers and workers (left) and call for kicking out foreign crime (murder, mugging, arson, rape and theft, totaling 25,730 cases — a drop in the ocean of Japanese crime).]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Past lives: In an image based on a photo supplied by Richard Cory, the Cory children pose for a picture with their father, an American, after throwing a surprise birthday party for him — their last together before they were taken to a refuge by their Japanese mother, renamed and told never to speak of their bicultural heritage.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Memories of home: These photos were found by reader TT's grandfather in a canister carried by an Imperial Japanese Army soldier who was killed in a gunbattle with U.S. forces in mountains near the Philippine capital, Manila, in 1944. TT would like to return the sword and these pictures to the late Japanese soldier's family.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hands-on: Foreign students learning Japanese take part in a tea ceremony lesson at Toko Gakuen in Kawasaki on Sept. 15, while students from Sri Lanka and Hungary (above) are given lessons in Japanese archery at the school, both as part of a nine-day exchange visit in Japan.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Following the sea: Cruise ship general manager James Deering relaxes in his Tokyo apartment last month . just weeks before setting off on the Noordam, which will be the 30th cruise ship he will have managed.]]></image:caption>
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