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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cause celebre: Akiko Hoshino (second left) and supporters call for the release of Fumiaki Hoshino outside Tokushima Prison in September. Hoshino was moved to the prison in Tokushima Prefecture, Shikoku, in 1987 after the Supreme Court rejected his appeal against his conviction for the murder of a police officer at a riot in Tokyo in 1971.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/10/07/issues/the-special-dismissal-zone-where-legal-protections-no-longer-apply/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Strange bedfellows: Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto (right) chats to fellow co-leader of the Japan Restoration Party Shintaro Ishihara in Tokyo in June. Hashimoto announced last month that Osaka Prefecture and city will jointly submit a proposal to the Cabinet Office to set up a Special Challenge Zone where some labor protections would be relaxed or waived.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Overground: Ryukyu Underground's Jon Taylor (left) and Keith Gordon with collaborator Mika Uchizato.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-11-25T23:00:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Roast turkey]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/11/25/issues/wwii-tunnels-beneath-keio-campus-under-threat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-25T23:04:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shining light on a dark time: A guide enters the tunnels under Keio University's Hiyoshi campus in  Yokohama.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/11/25/voices/osaka-whats-the-best-thing-you-can-buy-with-%c2%a5500/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/11/20/issues/for-no-war-article-9-any-reinterpretation-will-do/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-26T16:11:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Just a test: Ground Self-Defense Force troops train in Gotenba, Shikuoka Prefecture, in 2012. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe recently replaced the director-general of the powerful Cabinet Legislation Bureau, which interprets the Constitution, with someone who agrees with his own reading of Article 9 — essentially, that it allows for collective self-defense.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/11/29/events/free-consultations-for-foreigners-in-wakayama/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-29T19:39:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-11-29T22:55:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/11/30/voices/breaking-bad/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-01T09:19:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/11/29/voices/prolific-swedish-ambassador-indulges-passion-for-haiku/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-01T12:38:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Sweden Ambassador Lars Vargo , at the embassy on Nov. 13, 2013. Hodo-bu Maruko interview. YOSHIAKI MIURA PHOTO.]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Man of letters: Ambassador Lars Vargo holds books of his Japan-related essays and haiku at the Swedish Embassy in Tokyo's Minato Ward.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/12/01/how-tos/with-the-jlpt-now-over-get-ahead-in-studying-for-next-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-01T22:58:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/09/20/our-lives/expat-ambient-musician-and-artist-prefers-not-knowing-what-hes-doing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-02T19:45:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Multitalented: Morgan Fisher, resting against a pipe organ, shows off one of his keyboard hands at his home studio in Tokyo. Hanging on the wall behind him is one of his "light paintings."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/12/02/how-tos/water-water-its-not-everywhere/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-02T23:01:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[What you see is what you get: A tap connected to a well sits on unused farmland in northern Chiba Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/12/02/issues/between-dreams-and-discrimination-japanese-build-new-lives-in-the-city-by-the-bay/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-02T23:02:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Thanks for coming: Japan-born residents  Takeshi Ebato and  Yukina Matsuo meet in San Francisco's Japantown.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/12/04/issues/in-japan-no-escape-from-the-eyes-perpetual-policing-glare/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-04T23:06:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/12/06/our-lives/feasting-at-the-hooters-breastaurant-wise-old-owls-ought-to-know-better/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-06T23:01:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Delightfully tacky?: Hooters conquered its 30th country with the establishment of its first branch in  Tokyo in October 2010.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/12/07/voices/kids-know-best/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-07T23:47:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/10/30/voices/volunteers-staying-the-course-in-tohoku/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-09T18:20:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Family affair: Left to right, OGA for Aid's Jesse Ortiz, Peter Watabe, Angela Ortiz, Erwin Ortiz. and Aika Ortiz stand amid the ruins of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, in March 2011.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/12/06/events/get-rid-of-ill-fortune-with-boiled-white-radish/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-09T18:46:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/12/09/issues/korean-volunteers-put-the-k-into-kizuna-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-10T09:15:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jump for  Tohoku:  Yeonha Seo (second left, pointing) with Japanese and international student volunteers in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, in October 2011.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/12/13/our-lives/bike-riding-bureaucracy-may-threaten-the-classic-obachan-dismount/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-13T22:56:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Infraction!: A Japanese mother wantonly breaks the law by carrying more than one child on her deadly treadly.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/12/14/voices/blowing-in-the-wind/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-14T23:00:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/12/13/our-lives/for-canadian-traveler-last-minute-meeting-led-to-change-of-heart-and-new-start-in-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-15T13:14:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Settled in:   Toru and Michelle Takahashi pose for a photo with their two boys, Colton (left) and Keiden, at their home in Kodaira, western Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/12/15/how-tos/to-stay-here-long-term-visa-seekers-need-to-prove-they-can-pay-their-way/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-15T23:00:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[As easy as it gets: A foreigner places his digits on a fingerprint reading device at the immigration control area in Narita International Airport. From finding a residence status that suits your circumstances to signing up a sponsor, getting a visa to stay in Japan for the long term can be a challenge.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/12/16/issues/kyojima-tokyos-epicenter-of-disaster-risk/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-17T12:46:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Carving out a community: "The city is always telling us it's dangerous, but we already know," says Daiki Goto, 34. "Everyone is aware of it, so we protect each other, we look out for one another."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/12/20/events/diplomats-photo-exhibit-under-way-in-kobe%e3%80%80/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-20T20:11:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/12/20/our-lives/to-tap-tourist-yen-think-train-packing-plastic-grub-and-sumo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-20T22:55:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/12/06/our-lives/writer-inducted-into-intricacies-of-country-life-shares-her-story/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-21T17:42:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Three-decade adventure: Rebecca Otowa holds a copy of "My Awesome Japanese Adventure," her new book for the "tweenage" market.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/12/22/how-tos/beauty-shoes-and-music-to-round-up-2013-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-22T23:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/12/21/voices/where-theres-smoke/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-23T13:05:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/12/23/voices/demand-answers-about-dioxin-threat-at-okinawa-schools/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-23T23:01:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/12/23/issues/secrets-lies-gaffes-glory-2013-in-quotes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-24T09:22:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/12/18/issues/a-secrets-law-for-whom-look-who-gets-a-free-pass/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-24T09:58:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This law's not for you: Opposition members rush Masaharu Nakagawa (seated), chairman of a House of Councilors special committee, at the Diet on Dec. 5 in an attempt to block a vote on a controversial bill to toughen penalties for leakers of state secrets.  The panel later approved the bill and it was rammed through parliament the next day.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/12/25/voices/tokyo-the-city-thats-not-as-crazy-as-everyone-thinks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-26T14:25:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Japan Robot Restaurant]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bright lights, weird city: A woman performs on a swing atop a futuristic contraption during a show at the Robot Restaurant in Shinjuku, which boasts women in sci-fi lingerie interacting with people dressed as robots and other characters. Despite what the foreign media may have you believe, this is not a typical night out in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/11/27/voices/disabled-in-britain-just-foreign-in-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-26T14:25:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Obstacle course: Michael Gillan Peckitt stands on the main Dotonbori drag in Osaka. "For the foreigner with a physical disability, the need to negotiate the environment safely is of paramount importance," he writes.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2013/11/13/voices/the-irritating-gaijin-testing-police-patience-from-belfast-to-oimachi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-26T14:26:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Back to school — by airplane: A teenager heads back to school last week after a trip back home to Japan. For students attending high schools overseas, the departure lounge is a familiar sight.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Step right up: A realtor's table is set up in house for sale.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Get active: An assistant language teacher (ALT) joins an English lesson at Koyamadai Elementary School in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Grade expectations: Natsuko Ura, head teacher at J's Language School in the Ebisu district of Tokyo, says that when it comes to getting a job at a Japanese company, the two top levels of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test are essential.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[World class: Proponents of the International Baccalaureate curriculum believe the program's global outlook will spread to classrooms nationwide.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/02/21/events/todaijis-omizutori-festival-set-for-march-1-15/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-02-27T13:40:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/02/28/events/special-education-series-for-non-japanese/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-02-28T19:41:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/02/28/our-lives/one-boy-one-peach-but-hold-the-kibidango-momotaro-the-movie/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-02-28T22:56:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/01/voices/cheap-digs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-01T23:02:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/02/issues/thinking-outside-the-usual-white-box/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-03T19:14:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Grade curve: Architect Ben Nakamura says he didn't want to use straight lines for Nanasawa Kibounooka Elementary School because they do not occur in nature.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/03/how-tos/in-japan-you-can-leave-it-all-up-to-the-moving-company/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-04T15:52:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p11-brasor-hometruths-a-20140304.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Home stretch: Two moving-company vans wait outside an apartment block, ready to move a client's goods.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/07/events/harvest-rain-festival-march-9-at-kifune-shrine/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-07T21:21:56+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/08/voices/unclear-on-the-concept/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-08T23:06:37+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/09/issues/clarify-your-role-prepare-before-a-disaster-strikes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-09T22:30:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p11-st.-michel-disaster-a-20140310.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Three-year reminder: In this April 7, 2011, photo, desks and chairs remain covered with mud in a classroom at Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture. The school was devastated by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. The tsunami killed 74 of the 108 students and one of the 12 teachers. On the third anniversary of the disaster, it is important that English instructors ask their places of employment what to do in the event of a disaster.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/10/voices/three-years-after-311-how-is-the-tohoku-recovery-effort-going/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-10T23:02:04+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/10/issues/stakes-high-as-ailing-u-s-navy-sailors-take-on-tepco-over-fukushima-fallout/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-11T22:38:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-ussraygun-a-20140311.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Decontamination time: U.S. Navy crews mop up the flight deck to remove radioactive substances from USS Ronald Reagan on March 23, 2011, off the coast of Tohoku, after the aircraft carrier's forces spent 10 days helping with rescue and aid missions in the wake of the 3/11 earthquake and tsunami.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/12/voices/with-love-and-japan-what-you-get-out-depends-on-what-you-put-in/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-13T11:00:29+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/12/issues/j-league-and-media-must-show-red-card-to-racism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-13T18:56:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9 debito-a 20140313]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gaijin go home: A much-retweeted photo taken by a Urawa Reds supporter shows the now-infamous "Japanese only" banner that was put up at Saitama Stadium during Saturday's match between Urawa Reds and Sagan Tosu. Urawa lost 1-0.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/14/events/kyoto-temples-plan-services-to-mark-nirvana/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-14T22:58:43+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/14/our-lives/nonsensical-slogans-point-to-a-surreal-2014-baseball-season/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-14T23:06:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/14/our-lives/dahl-still-drawing-on-the-joys-and-absurdities-of-expat-life/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Et voila: The computer-enhanced version produced from a scan of the inked drawing.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/15/voices/too-hot-to-handle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-15T18:08:43+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/16/how-tos/tone-it-down-dont-upstage-the-graduate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-17T11:59:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Graduation pic  (edited)]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Know your place: Louise George Kittaka's daughter opted to don a kimono for her graduation ceremony but her mother was handed a veto on her kimono on the grounds that it would be "just too embarrassing."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/16/general/to-get-more-out-of-your-students-make-the-most-of-your-space/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-17T12:20:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p12-teru-a-20140317.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Special purpose: Hiroo Gakuen in Tokyo has been rebuilt to make it easier for technology to be used in lessons there. The private junior and senior high school also employs the "flipped classroom" model, where lessons are studied at home and supervised assignments are conducted in class time.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/17/voices/consider-safety-quality-of-life-and-ecology-and-scrap-futenma-move/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-18T00:14:10+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/17/issues/ailing-u-s-veteran-wins-payout-over-agent-orange-exposure-in-okinawa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-18T00:14:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Loaded: A U.S. Marine Corps helicopter sits by unidentified barrels at Naha Military Port in the late '60s.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/17/issues/u-s-military-report-suggests-cover-up-over-toxic-pollution-in-okinawa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-19T18:50:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p12-okinawa-a-20140318.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Off the chart: Tests conducted by a military laboratory in the U.S. in 1987 revealed that the soil at Kadena Air Base was contaminated with toxic PCBs at a level of 2,290 parts per million. A second round of tests, returned in October 1987, showed soil contamination of 5,535 ppm. In Japan, the level at which cleanup efforts are required for PCBs in soil is 0.03 ppm.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/02/28/our-lives/the-lesson-of-the-long-distance-runner-there-are-no-impossibles/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-20T12:56:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p12-maickel-a-20140301.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Physical challenge: Venezuelan runner and inspirational speaker Maickel Melamed, who was born with low muscle tone due to a condition called hypotonia, races in his hometown of Caracas.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/07/our-lives/early-joys-trials-put-potter-on-path-to-the-simple-life/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-20T12:57:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p12-potter-a-20140308.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Historic hand-me-down: Euan Craig creates pottery using the wooden kick wheel given to him by the grandson of the late, great potter Shoji Hamada, who was designated a living national treasure.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/21/our-lives/move-over-tigers-the-era-of-the-chihuahua-mama-is-here/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-21T19:14:39+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/21/voices/have-once-welcoming-urawa-reds-matches-changed-that-much/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-21T19:17:34+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/21/events/huge-antique-fair-next-weekend-in-kyoto/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-21T20:30:45+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/22/voices/perfect-match/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-22T18:05:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/21/our-lives/obituary-facing-illness-and-dismissal-teacher-grainger-saw-a-chance-to-educate-other-expats/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-22T23:44:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p10-obit-a-20140322.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Neil Grainger, 1969-2014]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/23/issues/hiroshima-international-school-and-think-global-school-students-mix-it-up-in-multiculturalism-101/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-24T07:32:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p11-kittaka-hiroshima-school-a-20140324.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Classroom connections: Mark Exton (left), principal of Hiroshima International School, and Alun Cooper, head of school for Think Global School, explore Hiroshima together.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/26/issues/japans-constitution-never-amended-but-all-too-often-undermined/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-26T18:36:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p9-lotl-a-20140327.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-lotl-a-20140327.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Charting a new charter: Every time the Constitution causes Abe's mouth to pronounce words, they invariably form themselves into sentences that are both frightening and stupid, argues Colin P.A. Jones.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/26/issues/holding-on-to-resignation-letters-may-be-common-but-its-neither-right-nor-valid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-26T18:37:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Handy man: Newly appointed NHK President Katsuto Momii is passed a note as he faces questions during a session of the Lower House Budgetary Committee in January.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/28/our-lives/tv-personality-haruka-christine-wants-youth-to-get-politically-savvy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-28T20:40:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p10-osumi-haruka-christine-a-20130329.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Talking points: TV personality Haruka Christine shows off her book, which she wrote in an effort to get young people to become more engaged in discussing politics.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/28/events/cherry-blossom-promenade-through-kyoto/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-28T22:02:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/29/voices/chewing-the-fat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-29T18:03:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/31/how-tos/japans-30-year-building-shelf-life-is-not-quite-true/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-31T18:48:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Not long now: These condos in Chiba Prefecture were built in 1988 by the Japan Housing Corporation, which means that, according to government projections, they are "due" to be rebuilt by 2028.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2009/11/03/issues/the-fatally-flawed-math-of-risking-it-all-in-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-02T18:44:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/31/issues/the-fukushima-disaster-three-years-on-whos-fooling-whom/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-04T01:05:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Not fooling around: An anti-nuclear protester marches toward the Diet as part of a demonstration in Tokyo on Dec. 22.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/04/02/voices/left-behind-dad-eyes-an-end-to-abduction-culture/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-04T13:22:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Happy together: The rescued daughter of Richard Cory makes a snow angel during a recent snowfall in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2009/03/10/voices/who-is-your-favorite-japanese-politician/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-04T23:29:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/04/04/events/imperial-palace-in-kyoto-drops-reservations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-05T01:18:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/04/05/voices/true-colors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-05T18:10:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/04/06/issues/teaching-tricks-of-the-trade-for-the-new-school-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-06T18:31:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/12/voices/who-would-you-tip-to-emerge-as-j1-and-j2-winners-in-the-j-league-this-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-07T18:05:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20140313vfg]]></image:title>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/02/26/voices/what-do-you-think-about-nhk-chief-katsuto-momiis-comments-on-comfort-women/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-07T18:06:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/04/06/issues/read-up-on-ways-that-can-help-us-learn-english/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-07T20:07:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Story time: The bi-monthly 'Eigo time' events at Iwakura Public Library in Kyoto bring together children and parents interested in English.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[No laughing matter: A tornado touches down in a field in Akron, Colorado, on May 7.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Testing time: Activist protest outside the headquarters of Brazil's Ministry of Science in March. The posters read in Portuguese "Free yourself of Cruelty." Animal activists handed tens of thousands of signatures to the Minister of Science calling for a ban on animal testing for cosmetics; the state of Sao Paulo already has such a ban but Japan has yet to take such a step.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-06-13T20:30:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-06-15T18:01:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/06/15/our-lives/oh-places-well-go-2020-unless-course-wont/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-06-15T18:15:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/06/15/our-lives/state-art-dog-shelter-opens-kansai/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Haven: ARK founder Elizabeth Oliver greets one of the residents of ARK's new shelter in Sasayama.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2004/08/17/voices/whats-the-economic-forecast-for-japan/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/06/18/issues/still-dreaming-japan-juries-without-u-s-bases/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gentleman's agreement: Job offers are usually made in writing, but verbal ones are equally as binding under Japanese law. However, proving that a verbal offer was made and the content of the offer could prove difficult.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[First steps: At an event in January 2013, former Tokyo Immigration Bureau chief Hidenori Sakanaka presents Indonesian Dewi Rachmawati with a prize for an essay she wrote about her struggle to become a nurse in Japan.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/06/23/issues/can-japan-show-west-live-peacefully-islam/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-06-24T00:47:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A piece of home: The multinational congregation at the Tokyo Camii attends Friday prayer.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Acclaimed violinist Yuriko Kuronuma stands on the balcony of her condo overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Onjuku, Chiba Prefecture, on May 30. Magdalena Osumi]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-06-27T13:28:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A for effort, E for variety: An unscientific survey of 28 foreign parents' opinions of bukatsu school club activities reveals that they generally want to see shorter practice sessions, less time spent on one activity and more flexibility in allowing students to take part in a range of activities during their teenage years. That said, many have developed an appreciation for bukatsu.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/06/28/voices/like/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-06-28T22:36:36+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/06/27/events/foreigners-invited-yukata-day-nishinomiya/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-06-27T19:34:43+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/06/29/our-lives/cartoonist-ernst-captured-fish-out-of-water-gaijin-as-they-floundered/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-06-29T21:03:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Two of Tim Ernst's recently remastered "Gaijin" strips.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/06/30/voices/tokyo-can-japan-learn-dismal-world-cup-experience/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-06-30T19:12:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[views frm 20140701]]></image:title>
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		<lastmod>2014-07-02T18:34:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8 debito-a 20140703]]></image:title>
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		<lastmod>2014-07-02T18:35:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Playing it safe: Children play in an indoor sand pit at a kindergarten in Koriyama, about 50 km from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. The city recommended that children aged 3 to 5 limit their time outdoors to 30 minutes per day in the wake of the 2011 nuclear disaster. The limits were lifted in 2013, but many of the region's kindergartens continue to adhere to them because of parents' concerns.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/03/30/issues/changing-the-system-starts-by-challenging-it/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-07-02T22:44:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An education: Matthew Cook talks about his experiences teaching English in Japan and Osaka Prefecture's English Reformation Project Team.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/06/20/events/kyoto-shrines-invite-visitors-reflect-year/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/07/04/events/cosplay-festival-tap-izumisano-osaka/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/07/04/how-tos/when-should-we-make-noise-about-loud-neighbors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-07-04T20:24:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Step lightly: Older condominiums, like this, have linoleum, carpeting and tatami mats, which dampen the sound of footsteps for residents who live below.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/07/05/voices/open-secret/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2014-07-08T12:42:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Normal is relative: An illustration by Ricardo Paes that accompanied William Bradbury's article "Japan: a haven for the psychologically troubled."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/07/07/voices/tokyo-done-sexist-heckling-capitals-assembly/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-07-08T12:55:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/07/08/voices/aussie-envoy-student-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-07-09T08:06:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bruce Miller, Australia's ambassador to Japan, is interviewed at his official residence in Minato Ward, Tokyo, on June 19.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/07/09/voices/three-ways-jump-start-english-abilities-time-2020/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-07-09T18:22:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Now the hard part: People celebrate in Tokyo’s Komazawa Olympic Park after the city was selected to host the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013. As well as having to build the infrastructure for the games, Tokyoites also need to work on their English levels before spectators and athletes arrive in droves in six years’ time.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-07-11T15:31:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Act of self-harm or constitutional defense?: Addressing crowds from a vantage point just outside Shinjuku Station on June 29, a man denounces Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's attempt to loosen curbs on Japan's ability to wage war. Minutes later, the man — whose identity is still unknown — set himself alight. Two days later, the Cabinet approved a new interpretation of the Constitution that would broaden the range of situations in which Japanese forces could act militarily.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/07/12/voices/unclear-on-the-concept-3/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-07-12T22:32:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/07/13/our-lives/cat-named-meshibe-time-fun/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/07/13/how-tos/shifting-sofa-permanent-residency/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-07-13T23:08:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-07-14T21:16:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Uncomfortable truths: After writing a message to U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy inside a copy of her book, Australian activist Catherine Fisher waits to present it to a member of staff at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hint #7: Small creatures set loose in a venue — such as ring-tailed lemurs — can be a welcome distraction during public-speaking ordeals.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2009/07/28/voices/pocket-knife-lands-tourist-74-in-lockup-2/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2014-07-20T18:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/07/20/our-lives/npo-chief-builds-barrier-free-world-disabled-disadvantaged/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-07-20T18:02:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[First set of wheels: Michiyo Yoshida (standing) delivers a used wheelchair to a child in Cebu, central Philippines, in January, so she can start going to school.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/07/20/how-tos/limits-stop-frisk-open-interpretation-japans-police-courts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-07-21T13:12:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Stop and shoo: Shokumu shitsumon, or "stop and frisk," is a tried and tested tactic among Japanese police. KYODO]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/07/22/our-lives/linking-japan-ukraine-via-songs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-07-23T11:10:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[“Bandura” performer Nataliya Gudziy is interviewed by The Japan Times in Tokyo on July 1.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/07/23/voices/vote-ditch-shields-protecting-nuclear-firms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-07-23T23:48:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Walled off from future liability: A worker measures radiation in the air as employees prepare to attempt to create a frozen underground wall to surround the crippled reactor buildings at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant earlier this month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/07/23/our-lives/appear-japanese-tv/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/07/26/voices/eigonomics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-07-26T22:32:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/07/27/our-lives/dog-named-shake-jumpin-jimminy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-07-27T18:04:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/07/28/issues/trip-around-yushukan-japans-font-discord/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Divine wind: A statue in honor of kamikaze pilots who flew suicide missions during World War II stands outside the Yushukan museum, which was built inside the grounds of Yasukuni Shrine in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, in 1882.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/07/30/voices/enoshima-think-japan-legalize-casino-gambling/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-07-30T18:20:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8 views-g 20140731]]></image:title>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/07/30/voices/fukushima-disaster-colors-bomb-anniversaries/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-07-31T22:33:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Not muzzled yet: A protester shouts slogans against the state secrets law outside the Diet building in January. Anti-nuclear groups are concerned that information related to nuclear power plants could be classified as state secrets and that anti-nuclear protesters may be targeted and investigated under the new law.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-08-01T11:12:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hold the horses: Sixteen students at the British School in Tokyo are currently running the Nakasendo route between Kyoto and Tokyo to raise funds for construction of a school in Cambodia.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-08-01T12:31:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Teach to the test: Students at an Osaka high school take a TOEFL iBT practice exam. The Osaka Board of Education is introducing teaching toward the Internet-based TOEFL iBT exam to nine high schools next year, and eight more in 2016.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/08/01/events/osaka-gears-yodogawa-river-fireworks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-08-01T18:24:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/08/01/how-tos/ticking-the-right-tax-boxes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-08-01T18:37:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p12-brasor-hometruths-a-20140802.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Checking it out: A city official carries out a property tax inspection.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2005/04/05/issues/made-in-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-08-01T19:44:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20050405zga.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Super Mario bros. helped Nintendo become a video game giant in the 1980s and 1990s, while Sony's Walkman revolutionized the we listen to music.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/08/02/voices/bank-holiday/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-08-02T22:36:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/08/04/voices/dark-side-koshien-dream/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-08-04T20:16:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Boys of last summer: Players from Maebashi Ikuei High School in Gunma Prefecture celebrate winning the 95th National High School Baseball Championship, aka the Summer Koshien, for the first time last August at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture. A similar competition — the National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament, or Spring Koshien — is held earlier in the year.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/08/06/issues/think-youve-got-rights-foreigner-japan-well-complicated/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-08-06T22:54:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Know your place: In a painting by Kawahara Keiga, a Dutch trader watches as a Dutch ship approaches Dejima, the man-made island in Nagasaki that Westerners were confined to until the 1860s. Ever since the Meiji government opened up to foreigners, Japan has had laws that draw a very clear distinction between Japanese and non-Japanese.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/08/06/voices/romance-expat-life-fades-dream-lives/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-08-06T23:06:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Something's missing: Some expats in Japan might be living a dream on paper, but many are plagued by the question of if and when to return home.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/08/08/events/kyoto-gojozaka-pottery-festival-weekend/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2014-08-13T16:36:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/08/13/issues/past-victimhood-blinds-japan-present-day-racial-discrimination/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2014-08-17T18:03:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Perfection is unattainable: Learning English as a lingua franca (ELF) involves approaching the language as a tongue shared by non-native speakers around the world rather than as a lingo that must be mastered to native-speaker level. Letting go of the idea of speaking "perfect English" could do wonders for Japanese students' confidence.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/08/17/how-tos/from-2015-you-may-not-have-to-work-25-years-to-draw-a-pension/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Help for the aged: If next year's consumption tax hike goes through as planned, 10 years of paying pension premiums in Japan should be enough to guarantee you pension payouts at retirement, whether you still live in Japan or not.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/08/17/general/a-cat-named-piccola-talk-to-me/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/08/16/voices/family-planning/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Confronting reality: Baye McNeil visits Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo shortly after his arrival in 2004.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/08/22/events/kyoto-temple-event-pray-lonely-souls/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Casting shadows: It is difficult to prevent the construction of new, bigger buildings in Japan that can block the sunlight reaching smaller older ones.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/08/24/our-lives/want-dog-named-abbey/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The good life: English-language educator David Paul with two of his lucky dogs at his home in Hiroshima.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/08/25/voices/use-lose-theres-stake-language-reviving-ryukyuan-tongues/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-08-26T09:57:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Reawakening language: Okinawan-born language teacher Byron Fija teaches Uchinaanguchi — also known as Okinawan, one of the six Ryukyuan languages — in Germany.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/08/26/our-lives/afghan-born-doc-keeps-adopted-japan-city-healthy-still-helping-native-land/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-08-27T12:52:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Khaled Reshad provides health advice to a woman and a girl during a visit to a village, which at the time had no resident doctor, in rural Afghanistan in May 2004.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/08/27/issues/tipping-points-japan-north-america-limits-performance-pay/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-08-27T18:08:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-labor-a-20140828.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Because I'm worth it: While tipping is rarely done in Japan, service staff in the U.S. rely on customers to pay gratuities, as many work for less than the minimum wage.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/08/27/how-tos/hiroshima-volunteer-cleanup-effort-open-city-residents/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-08-27T19:55:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Volunteers sought: Police officers and a Self-Defense Force soldier search for landslide survivors amid the debris in Asaminami Ward, Hiroshima, on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/08/27/our-lives/island-depopulation-isnt-problem-inertia/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Threatened with closure: A Shiraishi Junior High School classroom speaks volumes about the demographic problems facing this island in the Seto Inland Sea. The school, which opened in 1997, has a student body of eight.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/08/29/events/kyoto-ready-chrysanthemum-festivals/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2014-08-30T22:34:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-09-01T15:32:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Geiko Miharu, of Gion Higashi, enjoys a Shinto festival in Gion, Kyoto, on May 13.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/04/02/issues/rights-can-protect-against-fake-cops/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Buisness as usual: A police officer takes a passport from a passenger at Narita International Airport, Chiba Prefecture, during a security check in August 2013. Tourists staying in Japan for less than three months must always carry a passport.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/09/01/issues/st-marys-international-school-tokyo-rocked-sexual-abuse-claims/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-09-01T21:07:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p12-smis-a-20140902.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Alleged abuser: Pages from the St. Mary's International School 1975 yearbook show Benoit Lessard and pupils at the boys school. Former students say they were sexually abused by Lessard on school trips to Kiyosato, Yamanashi Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/09/03/general/merrier/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-09-03T18:06:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-ark-a-20140904.jpg]]></image:title>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/09/03/voices/giving-seat-train-public-affair/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-09-03T18:08:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-peckitt-priority-a-20140904.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Michael Gillan Peckitt]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/09/05/how-tos/can-japan-level-its-problem-with-vacant-buildings/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-09-05T20:30:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p12-brasor-hometruths-a-20140906.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Still standing — just: This house in northern Chiba Prefecture had been vacant for a number of years before it burned down last March. The cause of the fire is still not known.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/09/06/voices/house-cards/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-09-06T22:33:45+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/09/07/our-lives/a-cat-named-tore-its-about-balance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-09-07T21:16:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p11-ark-a-20140908.jpg]]></image:title>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/09/07/our-lives/yoko-and-authors-other-furry-friends-help-kids-cope-with-childhood-challenges/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-09-07T21:17:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p11-wells-a-20140908.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Oh Yoko: The titular kitten from Rosemary Wells' "Yoko" series of children's books, which focuses on a Japanese feline's experiences at an American school.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/09/08/issues/mind-geb-little-word-big-problem-japans-german-residents/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-09-08T19:53:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-geb-a-20140909.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lots in a name: German residents (left to right) Gabriele Kubo, Anika Ogusu, Diana Kawamata and Susanne Kobayashi are all burdened with residence cards bearing bumper-sized names.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/09/08/voices/letters-history-challenges-rewards-adoption-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-09-08T22:53:44+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/09/10/issues/five-reasons-agricultural-reform-will-tough-slog/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-09-10T18:52:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-farmin-a-20140911.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vampire squid: Members of JA, the nationwide network of agricultural cooperatives, protest the Trans-Pacific Partnership at a rally in Tokyo last year.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/09/10/voices/japanese-clean-much-crap-beach/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-09-10T19:26:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-beachgomi-a-20140911.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Flotsam and jetsam: Assorted stuff that Roberto De Vido (center) has found on the beach near his house.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/09/08/voices/kyoto-osaka-problems-name-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-09-11T14:26:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fl20140909vfg.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20140909vfg]]></image:title>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/09/13/voices/lifes-beach/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-09-13T22:31:33+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/09/14/our-lives/cinderella-sisters-cats-named-clarinda-and-lonsdale/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-09-14T18:00:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p13-ark-a-20140915.jpg]]></image:title>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/09/14/how-tos/kidart-seeks-to-coax-out-japanese-students-neglected-creativity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-09-15T02:46:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p13-lifelines-a-20140915.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[KidArt action: A Peruvian cook (center) teaches local delicacies to high school students. Jonathan Genji Abbott is crouching at the front.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/09/14/issues/all-japanese-families-take-a-chance-on-international-schools/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-09-15T03:07:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p13-intschools-a-20140915.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p13-intschools-a-20140915.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Legal gray zone: Makuhari International School in Chiba Prefecture is one of only a handful of such institutions in Japan that are accredited by the education ministry. Japanese parents who put their (non-dual national) children in international schools without education ministry accreditation may technically be breaking the law, although the government turns a blind eye.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/09/17/our-lives/fear-flying-trapped-next-weirdo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-09-17T19:25:46+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/09/17/voices/tokyo-saitama-vote-issue-independence-scotland/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-09-19T09:52:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p8-views-g-20140918.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8 views-g 20140918]]></image:title>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/09/21/voices/town-thats-battling-demographic-tide/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-09-21T18:01:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p9-ama-a-20140922.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-ama-a-20140922.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shore of success: The port and high school (foreground) on Nakanoshima, one of the Oki Islands. Threatened with closure, increasing student numbers at the school was one of the top priorities of the Miryokuka Project, which was set up to reform the economy and education in the island town of Ama.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/09/20/voices/taxing-problem/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-09-20T22:32:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/09/21/our-lives/piebald-sweetcakes-dog-named-cabanas/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-09-21T23:19:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-ark-a-20140922.jpg]]></image:title>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/09/22/issues/kaikoura-taiji-tale-two-whaling-towns/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-09-23T12:34:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Captive audience: A Risso's dolphin jumps for tourists in a small cove in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture. Each September, the waters of the cove turn red as it becomes a holding pen for the dolphin drive hunts.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/09/03/issues/visible-minorities-caught-police-dragnet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-09-24T20:07:02+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/09/24/our-lives/missing-sweet-serow-japan-gets-goat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-09-25T13:05:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p8-chavez-a-20140925.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-chavez-a-20140925.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The kid's all right: This 3-month-old bovid was passed over by a potential goat owner for being too long in the tooth.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/09/24/issues/job-insecurity-among-japans-university-teachers-recipe-decline/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-09-25T13:15:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p8-labor-a-20140925.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8 labor-a 20140925]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Buyer's market: With the population shrinking, colleges in Japan are desperate to seize a share of the dwindling "customer base."]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/09/27/voices/invisible-touch/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-09-27T22:30:13+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/09/28/our-lives/uncrowned-queen-cat-named-kanoko/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-09-28T18:03:17+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/09/28/issues/eikaiwa-deal-sexual-harassment-teachers-late/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-09-29T12:21:03+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/09/30/our-lives/quebecoise-shines-minyo-singer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-10-01T10:02:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Canadian Maud Archambault poses with a "chanchiki," a hand-held metal gong often used to accompany a traditional Japanese folk performance and played with a bamboo stick, during an interview at her practice room in Warabi, Saitama Prefecture, in September.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/10/01/voices/readers-letters-ian-thorpe-yushukan-racism-teaching-english-tipping-sunlight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-10-02T11:39:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p10-web-letters-a-20140930.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p10-web-letters-a-20140930.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ground zero: A Mitsubishi A6M Zero graces the entrance to the Yushukan War Museum at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. While one reader says "There is absolutely no integrity to be found anywhere in the Yushukan," another argues that "the strength of the museum is the in-depth background it provides for the events of the 1930s and '40s."]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/10/03/how-tos/inheritance-tax-in-japan-may-not-be-the-burden-you-imagined/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-10-03T18:30:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p12-brasor-hometruths-a-20141004.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Keeping it in the family: Though some people believe that building an apartment block like this on their land may help reduce their inheritance tax burden, it's not always the case.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/10/04/voices/swallow-tale/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-10-04T22:34:20+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/10/05/our-lives/haven-cold-dog-named-stand/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-10-05T18:00:31+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/10/05/issues/families-run-twin-walls-seek-school-care/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-10-05T18:02:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-gakudo-a-20141006.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Godsend for working parents: Children attend an after-school care center in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo. While Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has vowed to increase the number of day care centers across the country, facilities for school-age children have received less attention.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/10/06/issues/range-services-rush-fill-gaps-japans-school-care-market/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-10-06T18:45:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Full house: Staff and children play cards at an after-school care center in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/10/06/voices/tokyo-can-done-restore-japans-relations-china-south-korea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-10-06T20:18:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p10 views-e 20141007]]></image:title>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/10/05/how-tos/daughters-tell-stories-war-brides-despised-back-home-u-s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-10-06T21:35:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Emiko Kasmauski in 1952.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2001/08/21/events/electronics-firms-wage-battle-of-the-rays/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-10-07T19:31:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/10/08/voices/bonding-boozily-pleasure-pain-bukowski/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-10-08T18:30:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Big in Japan: The late American poet and author Charles Bukowski.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/10/08/issues/biased-pamphlet-bodes-ill-left-behind-foreign-parents-outside-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-10-09T11:37:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8 debito-1 20141009]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Abduction for dummies: Pictures from a Foreign Ministry pamphlet about the Hague Convention on child abduction.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/10/11/voices/give-dog-bad-name/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-10-11T22:32:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/10/12/our-lives/cosmic-balance-kittens-koo-koma/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-10-12T23:35:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Memento mori: The Sword of Sacrifice will be the focal point of the Remembrance Day ceremony on Sunday at the Yokohama War Cemetery. World War I began on July 28, 1914, and only ended on Nov. 11, 1918, having cost 16 million lives.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Memento mori: The Sword of Sacrifice will be the focal point of the Remembrance Day ceremony on Sunday at the Yokohama War Cemetery. World War I began on July 28, 1914, and only ended on Nov. 11, 1918, having cost 16 million lives.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Trans-Pacific partnership: A page titled "Mommie and Daddy" from a baby book Hiroko Tolbert made for her daughter, Kathryn, one of the filmmakers working on the "Fall Seven Times, Get Up Eight: The Japanese War Brides" project.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/11/05/issues/social-change-japan-come-top-bottom/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Knit picket: An anti-nuclear protester attends a demonstration in Tokyo. Bottom-up movements in Japan right now — against the state secrets law and restarting nuclear reactors, for example — seem to be having little success in effecting change.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bass vs. base: Catherine Jane Fisher and Ugandan band members Baswali Kiramu and Musa Jian (right) join Okinawan anti-war sculptor Minoru Kinjo for a beach barbecue in Yomitan, central Okinawa, on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[julianrsd]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vox populi: A petition signed by more than 36,000 people opposing “dating coach” Julien Blanc’s entry into Japan is submitted to the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Monique Dehaney's performance on the national talent show "Nodojiman The World" catapulted her from relative obscurity to the national stage. She has since recorded an album of Japanese songs and worked with artists such as Mika Nakajima, Atsushi Sato from Exile and Eikichi Yazawa.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Unforgiven: Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto speaks at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in May 2013, a week after making contentious comments about wartime "comfort women."]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Here to stay: Mieko Matsuno sells seafood dishes at her market stall in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[No surprise: Michael Brown's mother, Leslie McSpadden, covers her face as she and other protesters react to the grand jury decision on Nov. 24 not to press charges against police officer Darren Wilson for the fatal shooting of her son in Ferguson, Missouri.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Past performance: Ann Jenkins stars as Mrs. Bramson in Tokyo International Players' 2013 production of "Night Must Fall" with Paul Howl (center) and Clive Davies.Rodger Sonomura]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHRIS MACKENZIE]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo badlands: Often-aggressive touting still takes place around the Roppongi intersection area despite a police crackdown.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mane event: A shishi-mai (lion dance) performer breathes over children for good luck during o-mochitsuki (rice-pounding) festivities at Nishimachi International School in Tokyo. Despite being an international school, Nishimachi makes an effort to involve the student body in seasonal Japanese activities.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[For the children: Divina Liza Sato (center) and other JOYFUL volunteers attend a fund-raising event.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Risky business?: U.S. Navy crew members clean the flight deck to remove radiation from the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier on March 23, 2011.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pushed to the side: Voters are expected to turn out for the general election on Sunday in record-low numbers.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/11/26/our-lives/seeking-japans-gods-nobles-roots-stone-moss/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Putting on my boots, going back to my roots: The Kumano Kodo trail was originally used only by the nobility, but now anyone with a pair of hiking boots and a penchant for communing with deities is welcome.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Calendar girl: One of the pictures from a calendar Japan Cat Network has produced in collaboration with Draycat, a British photographer based in Tokyo. Details can be found on the JCN website.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/12/17/our-lives/japan-and-others-gain-from-jamaican-brain-drain/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-12-17T19:27:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dave Collymore, teacher and poet: "I call them pinpricks of racism — like someone using a very small needle and keeps sticking you, and you go, 'Hey, stop that!' I don't experience any hate (from Japanese people), but fear? Yes."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/12/17/our-lives/tv-celeb-lilico-success-flows-adversity-preparation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-12-17T19:28:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In an interview with The Japan Times in Tokyo on Nov. 18, singer and TV personality LiLiCo says she learned tenacity growing up in Stockholm, a key to success in Japan's competitive entertainment industry.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/12/17/our-lives/hitting-60-japan-offers-chance-start-dont-waste-time-looking-back/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Better red than dead: Dieter Schulte, head of the German Trade Union Federation, celebrates his 60th birthday in Japanese style in 2000, after being given traditional red kanreki clothes by the president of Rengo, the Japanese trade union federation.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/12/17/voices/readers-letters-haro-study-japan-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-12-17T22:54:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-12-21T19:15:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/12/21/voices/bubble-bubble-toil-trouble-gaijins-lot-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-12-21T19:42:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/12/22/issues/jeers-apologies-silence-japans-2014-quotes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-12-22T18:40:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[I know a secret ... : Under the recently enacted state secrets law, could censorship like this be the future for the reporting of subjects deemed sensitive by the Japanese government?]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/12/22/voices/tokyo-whats-worst-christmas-memory/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-12-22T18:32:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/12/24/our-lives/mastering-art-incense-takes-longer-think/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-12-24T18:04:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/12/24/issues/standing-countrys-flagship-carrier/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-12-24T21:45:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Legally grounded: Taeko Uchida, who heads a group of 72 former Japan Airlines cabin attendants dismissed by the company, holds a news conference in Tokyo on March 30, 2012, after the Tokyo District Court earlier in the day ruled against a lawsuit filed by the group over the dismissals. Uchida is now awaiting the Supreme Court’s verdict in the case.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/11/05/voices/lets-ensure-happy-returns-japan-vile-dating-coach/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-12-26T19:04:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shooting Blancs: Self-professed dating expert Julien Blanc proudly tells an audience of men how he assaults Japanese women in Tokyo, in a screen grab from a YouTube video (no longer publicly accessible) that was reposted with Japanese subtitles.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/12/28/our-lives/little-help-cat-named-aurora/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-12-28T18:29:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/12/27/voices/pack-mentality/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-12-27T22:36:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/12/28/issues/the-year-in-education-after-all-the-talk-can-japan-walk-the-walk-in-2015/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-12-29T15:54:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Global jinzai: Students attend an IB geography and humanities class at Tamagawa Academy in Tokyo. The International Baccalaureate (IB) program has been introduced in 19 schools in Japan, with the goal of reaching 200 by 2018. Although Tamagawa Academy runs a bilingual IB program, most schools in Japan only offer a Japanese version of the course.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/12/29/voices/discussing-sex-crimes-japans-safety-myth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-12-30T17:09:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Justice in the dock: The fact that a large number of rapes are committed by people known to their victims, as well as difficulties in proving rape in court, are among the reasons why convictions for the crime are so low in Japan and elsewhere.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/01/01/voices/readers-letters-roppongi-ferguson-massan-julien-blanc/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-01-01T18:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/01/03/voices/santas-little-secret/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Duru Gerald raises three children — two from a previous marriage to a Japanese citizen — with his current wife, a Nigerian. “I have a wonderful family,” he says. “They have given me love, wisdom and peace through the grace of God.” This photo was taken while Duru’s vehicle was being subjected to a “random” search by the Tokyo police. Duru, a garment wholesaler, says that in a previous incident, he was detained under similar circumstances for five hours.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/11/07/voices/readers-letters-carrying-id-subway-saviors-ja-rackets-taiji-alternatives-and-goats/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-01-04T22:16:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ruminating on ruminants: Goats can make great pets, a reader from deepest Okayama writes.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/05/04/issues/kikokushoji-returnees-country-yet-ready/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ambassador for English: Erina Yoshii, who was educated in Britain and the U.S., tutors her school friends at Keio Shonan Fujisawa Junior and Senior High School in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, in English on a voluntary basis.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2010/07/06/voices/what-was-your-top-moment-of-the-world-cup-group-stage/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Faith-driven: It may help to abandon simple political theory in favor of the sociology of religion when trying to understand Japan.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Death awaits: Pictures of kamikaze pilots form part of an exhibition currently being held aboard the USS Missouri in Honolulu.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chris Glenn speaks about his latest book, "The Battle of Sekigahara: The Greatest Samurai Battle in History," during an interview April 8 with The Japan Times in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hallowed ground: The vermilion-colored Eirei-den ("Hall of Heroic Spirits") in Mount Koya's graveyard honors convicted Japanese war criminals as "martyrs." Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in a message sent last year to mark an annual ceremony held at the site, said these individuals had "sacrificed their souls to become the foundation of the fatherland."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/08/30/our-lives/timeless-shiba-inu-named-lychin/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-08-30T21:23:33+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/08/30/issues/sealds-student-activists-worry-not-getting-hired/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Future shock: Demonstrators attend a Students Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy (SEALDs) protest on Aug. 21 in front of the Diet. One Liberal Democratic Party city assemblyman in Fukuoka has warned students protesting against the security bills that they are damaging the reputation of their universities and, as a result, they might find it hard to get hired after graduation.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/09/02/issues/tracing-emotional-roller-coaster-ride-life-abroad/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-02T19:25:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/09/02/voices/views-yokohama-take-make-us-happier/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-02T19:57:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8 views-g 20150903]]></image:title>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/09/04/our-lives/patrick-harlan-american-can-make-japanese-giggle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-05T00:28:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Patrick Harlan speaks about his career in Japan during an interview in Tokyo on June 30.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/09/05/voices/picture-perfect/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-05T22:30:54+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/09/05/how-tos/score-eco-points-home-ground/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-05T22:47:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p20-brasor-hometruths-a-20150906.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Eco-ready: A model of a house equipped with a solar-energy collecting system and state-of-the-art foam insulation in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/09/06/issues/japans-right-keeps-leaving-left-dust/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-06T18:30:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Isms and schisms: Revolutionary Marxist Faction (Kakumaru-ha) members corner Middle Core Faction (Chukaku-ha) activists (on the left) in a clash in Tokyo in 1968, five years after the two groups split and became bitter enemies. Japan's left has a well-documented history of factionalism, whereas rightist groups tend to be more likely to work together under the banner of nationalism.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/09/06/our-lives/dog-named-buddy-lets-good-times-roll/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-06T18:28:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/09/06/how-tos/tourist-disturbed-treatment-horses-mount-fuji-courses/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-06T18:29:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A picture supplied by reader R.M., who is concerned about the treatment of horses that carry tourists between and fifth and sixth stations of Mount Fuji.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/09/09/voices/forget-germany-japan-must-deal-wwii-way/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-09T19:47:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p10 germany-a 20150910]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Immortalizing shame: A visitor stands on one of the pillars at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, also known as the Holocaust Memorial, in Berlin last month. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/09/09/issues/macdonalds-first-english-school-japan-teachers-prison/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-10T10:47:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A monument to Ranald MacDonald in Nagasaki]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/09/12/voices/traveling-light/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/09/16/issues/pentagon-blocks-report-toxic-contamination-base-outside-okinawa-capital/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bad lands: An aerial view from 2012 shows Camp Kinser, a U.S. Marine Corps supply base, with the Okinawan capital, Naha, in the background. The Pentagon is apparently sitting on a report that details "evidence of environmental contamination" at the site due to "past hazardous material storage."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/09/16/issues/arresting-possibilities-a-primer-on-who-can-lock-you-up-in-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-18T17:03:07+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/09/19/voices/meeting-of-minds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-19T23:03:19+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/09/20/our-lives/dont-sell-soul-japanese-man/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-20T20:24:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9 baye-a 20150921]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dealing with difference: "I was already being stared at as a black foreigner," says Rashidat Amanda Oumiya, speaking about the months before the birth of her daughter, Kina. "And on top of that I was pregnant, so the staring became so excessive that my level of self-confidence plummeted."]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/09/20/our-lives/simply-charming-dachshund-named-rusk/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-20T21:14:16+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/09/20/voices/treatment-mount-fuji-horses-wwii-mea-culpas-readers-responses/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-21T17:38:04+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/09/26/voices/a-cry-for-help/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-26T22:38:49+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/09/27/our-lives/can-art-bring-people-back-japans-depopulated-islands/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-27T18:19:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Above: Tomoko Tano, executive director of the Heart Art Link NPO, which organized the Art Bridge Project on Shiraishi Island, stands in front of a work by Kotaro Nagira. Right: Naoto Shimizu recreated the Seto Inland Sea in the floor of a traditional house.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/09/27/issues/legal-change-will-make-temp-purgatory-permanent-many-japanese-workers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-28T12:31:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Temps, forever: At a June meeting in Tokyo, thousands of workers show their opposition to proposed changes to the Worker Dispatch Law that could make temporary employment a permanent situation for many employees. The amendments have since passed into law and come into effect later this week.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/09/27/our-lives/look-way-cat-named-tairyu/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-02T19:32:17+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/10/03/how-tos/dont-green-charm-tatami/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-03T22:44:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[We've got it covered: Samples of different styles of tatami on display at a home improvement center in northern Chiba Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/10/03/voices/unclear-on-the-concept-4/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-03T22:47:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/10/04/issues/japan-rightists-patient-wait-conveyor-belt-death-shudders-back-life/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-04T18:14:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Old stomping ground: Rightists dress as Imperial Japanese Army soldiers as they mark the 69th anniversary of the end of World War II on Aug. 15, 2014, at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/10/04/how-tos/mutual-consent-mediation-court-three-paths-divorcing-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-04T18:15:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-lifelines-a-20151005.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[It's good to talk: If one partner in a marriage does not wish to divorce, the next step is almost always court-administered mediation.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/10/04/our-lives/family-cats-tencha-sencha/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-04T23:04:03+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/10/07/issues/fukuoka-honors-asians-work-preserve-reinvent-culture/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-07T18:20:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prize winners (left to right) Minh Hanh, Thant Myint-U and Ramachandra Guha pose with students from Fukuoka Girls’ High School (on left) and Asian students residing in the city (on right).]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/10/10/voices/keep-simple-stupid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-10T22:43:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/10/11/issues/japans-constitution-wont-protect-revolting-foreigners/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-14T13:14:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Not protected: English teachers attend a rally for workers' rights in Tokyo in 2005. The McLean case established that foreign residents in Japan can be denied visa renewal due to their political activities.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/10/14/voices/views-tokyo-felt-japan-shifting-right-recently-abe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-14T18:10:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8 views-g 20151015]]></image:title>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/10/11/issues/hoodie-monks-mix-beats-buddhism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-14T20:52:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Spitting dharma: Hoodie Monk Gomyo raps as a graffiti artist works in the background at the Yugasan Rendaiji Temple in Okayama Prefecture during Eitai Kuyo, an annual service held to honor the dead.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/10/17/voices/cant-handle-truth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-17T22:45:28+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/10/18/our-lives/dan-teaches-us-man-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-19T18:49:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-mcneil-black-eye-a-20151019.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Manning up: TV personality Dan Smith started his media career at a U.S. military newspaper in Okinawa.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/10/14/issues/animal-advocates-divided-shelter-practices/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-20T12:46:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Culture clash: A dog named John looks out from his cage at SALA in a photo taken before he developed a terminal illness. A petition and website calling for the closure of the SALA shelter in Fuchu, Tokyo, has been set up. Proponents of closure claim there are too many dogs for the size of the shelter, efforts to re-home animals are insufficient and that SALA artificially prolongs the lives of dogs with terminal illnesses.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2011/11/22/general/pows-young-expats-struggle-to-reconcile-japan-of-then-now/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-20T17:06:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20111122a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wartime recollections: American POWs held by the Japanese in World War II speak at Temple University, Japan Campus, in Tokyo last month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/10/11/our-lives/trash-day-tragedy-doberman-named-destiny/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-21T18:03:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/10/21/our-lives/jumpin-jiminy-yoyo-cat-finds-new-home-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-21T18:20:38+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/10/21/voices/three-cases-whine-offer-lessons-not-criticize-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-22T07:39:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/10/21/voices/tokyo-can-feel-less-welcoming-food-allergy-sufferers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-22T12:22:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-hotline-a-20151022.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Incomplete picture: A sign at a supermarket in Tokyo alerts customers to the seven allergens that are required to be labeled in prepackaged food. The government also recommends that manufacturers label 20 more allergens.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/10/24/voices/the-laughs-on-him/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-24T22:30:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/10/25/our-lives/bathtub-blues-shiba-named-ofurochan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-25T18:28:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/p9-ark-a-20151026.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-ark-a-20151026.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/10/18/how-tos/residents-upset-condominium-overhaul/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-26T11:56:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/p9-kitakka-lifelines-a-20151019.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-kitakka-lifelines-a-20151019.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Home not so sweet home: A photo taken by the residents at Majes Motoazabu shows the condominium complex getting ready for hefty renovations.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/10/25/issues/japan-adultery-can-cost-job-well-marriage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-26T13:35:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/p9-adultery-a-20151026.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-adultery-a-20151026.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Times change: In a speech at a rally against the security bills outside the Diet on Sept. 17, actor Junichi Ishida said, "War is not culture," riffing on his 1996 comment that the media interpreted as "Adultery is culture." Ishida was blackballed by the entertainment industry for years after he was caught cheating on his wife in the 1990s, but the defense he used at the time has now become a kind of catchphrase.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/10/25/our-lives/little-things-like-%c2%a510-remind-im-still/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-28T01:23:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/p9-chav-a-20151026.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-chav-a-20151026.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Odds and evens: While the envelope with the ¥10 coin and a face towel would have made a fine pair, protocol dictated that an extra pack of tissues would make an even three, so to speak.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/10/28/issues/overseas-japanese-show-solidarity-activists-back-home/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-28T18:30:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/p8-overseas-a-20151029.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-overseas-a-20151029.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[We're walkin' here: OVERSEAs activists pose during the "#ImNotAbe We Love Article 9" action in Times Square, New York, on Sept. 29.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/10/28/voices/imagining-japan-thinks-beyond-blood-binary-distinctions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-29T11:08:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/p8-jj-a-20151029.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-jj-a-20151029.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Multicultural maul: The Brave Blossoms celebrate after beating the USA in the Rugby World Cup in England on Oct. 11. Could the talented national team serve as a model or template for a multicultural Japan of the future?]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/10/31/voices/stepping-comfort-zone/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-31T22:57:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/11/01/issues/tackle-embedded-racism-chokes-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-11-01T18:57:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/p13-debito-a-20151102.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p13-debito-a-20151102.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Admirable goal: Regardless of the feelings of the Japanese themselves, there is inherent racism in many of the systems that govern Japanese life, from the justice system and immigration to citizenship rules and the media, argues Debito Arudou.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/11/01/our-lives/lovable-mutt-mixed-breed-pup-named-ozzie/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-11-01T18:58:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/p13-ark-a-20151102.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p13-ark-a-20151102.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/11/01/how-tos/medecins-du-monde-brings-health-care-tohoku-tokyo-world/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-11-01T18:58:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/p13-MdM-a-20151102.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p13-MdM-a-20151102.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Medecins du Monde workers check up on the homeless in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/10/31/how-tos/not-friendly-neighborhood-associations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-11-02T04:17:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/p20-brasor-hometruths-a-20151101.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p20 brasor hometruths-a 20151101]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Neighborly: People who live in massive condominium complexes have to deal with management associations.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/11/04/voices/time-come-honorable-retreat-tokyo-2020-fukushima/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-11-04T18:20:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/p12-hotline-a-20151105.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p12-hotline-a-20151105.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Let's call the whole thing off: The former Japanese ambassador to Switzerland, Mitsuhei Murata, recently suggested that Japan should stage an "honorable retreat" from hosting the 2020 Olympics due to the unpredictable situation at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/11/04/issues/different-strokes-navigating-japanese-school-system-learning-difficulty/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-11-05T12:19:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/p12-LDs-a-20151105.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p12-LDs-a-20151105.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Common concern: LD, which can stand for "learning difficulties" or "learning disabilities," is a term used by educators in both English and Japanese. An estimated 1 in 7 Americans has an LD.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/11/07/voices/reality-bites-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-11-07T22:30:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2009/03/31/voices/look-overseas-to-address-japans-lag-in-english-ability-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-11-09T19:38:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/11/11/our-lives/mr-cherry-japans-no-1-record-breaker-officially-amazing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-11-11T19:24:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/p8-mrcherry-a-20151112.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-mrcherry-a-20151112.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The most famous Japanese person you've never heard of: Mr. Cherry in trademark garb]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/11/16/our-lives/wants-kitten-named-bop/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-11-16T12:42:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/p11-ark-a-20151116.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p11-ark-a-20151116.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/11/16/issues/now-something-completely-unconstitutional/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-11-16T18:15:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/p11-lotl-a-20151116-e1447665391280.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p11 lotl-a 20151116]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/11/14/voices/a-leap-in-the-dark/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-11-17T12:18:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/11/18/issues/return-japan-former-u-s-pows-recount-struggles-forgive-forget/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-11-20T15:08:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/p10-pows-b-20151119.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p10-pows-b-20151119.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA["I had resentment for 10 to 15 years," former POW Leland Chandler (seated left) said at the event at TUJ in Tokyo. "My wife and I, when we would both go to church, I would hear the minister say, 'Forgive 'em, forgive your neighbor, forgive!' I looked that preacher in the eye and I thought, 'You don't know what you're talking about."]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/11/11/voices/let-women-world-kabuki-watch-flourish/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-11-20T22:49:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/p8-kabuki-a-20151112.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-kabuki-a-20151112.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Inward-bound: Kabuki gets a rare foreign outing at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York in 1985.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/11/21/voices/nice-guys-finish-last/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-11-21T22:30:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/11/22/how-tos/improv-pioneers-pirates-tokyo-bay-plan-big-bilingual-birthday-bash/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-11-22T18:29:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/p9-lifelines-a-20151123.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-lifelines-a-20151123.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A band of Pirates think on their feet during a show in Ebisu.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/11/22/our-lives/bring-back-kobe-feeling-cause-gone-gone-gone/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-11-22T22:30:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/p9-baye-a-20151123.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-baye-a-20151123.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/11/22/our-lives/golden-years-dog-named-goma/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-11-22T22:31:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/p9-ark-a-20151123.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-ark-a-20151123.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/11/25/issues/age-global-terrorism-tell-children/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-11-26T14:10:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/p8-terror-a-20151126.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-terror-a-20151126.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Life lessons: Two students discuss the Paris terrorist attacks at a Tokyo international school. Such tragic events can also be educational opportunities for parents and teachers to introduce issues from conflict resolution to discrimination.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/11/25/voices/japan-surprisingly-sensibly-endearingly-low-tech/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-11-26T17:52:03+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/p8-lotech-a-20151126.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8 lotech-a 20151126]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lessons in thrift: At a spa in Japan, a 1970s coin-operated hair dryer has been "updated" with what looks like a coin receptacle fashioned out of a tennis ball tube.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/11/28/voices/safety-first/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-11-28T22:30:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/11/29/our-lives/precious-jewel-cat-named-gyokuro/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-11-29T18:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/p10-ark-a-20151130.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p10 ark-a 20151130]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/11/29/our-lives/seeing-japan-inflatable-kayak-moment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-11-30T12:19:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/p10-chav-a-20151130-e1448781229675.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p10-chav-a-20151130.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The writer enjoys the fruits of an "only in Japan" moment.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/11/29/issues/lessons-japans-labor-laws-striking-npb-baseball-stars-english-teachers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-11-30T12:20:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/p10-labor-a-20151130.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p10-labor-a-20151130.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Strike one: Atsuya Furuta, then head of the Japan Professional Baseball Players Association union, stands with other Nippon Professional Baseball players as he addresses fans holding up messages in support of the players' strike on Sept. 19, 2004.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/11/18/issues/retracing-forced-laborers-journey-koreans-finally-bring-loved-ones-home-hokkaido/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-12-01T20:24:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/p10-remains-a-20151119.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p10-remains-a-20151119.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[At a funeral ceremony in Seoul on Sept. 19, 115 citizens of the city carry the remains of Korean laborers who were brought to Hokkaido to toil at industrial sites to aid the Japanese war effort.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/12/05/voices/an-eye-for-danger/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-12-05T22:30:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/12/02/voices/views-tokyo-like-retire-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-12-05T22:45:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/p8-views-g-20151203.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8 views-g 20151203]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/12/05/how-tos/green-condominiums-wary/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-12-06T13:17:17+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/p16-brasor-home-truths-a-20151206.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p16-brasor-home-truths-a-20151206.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Reservations recommended: A model room "gallery" for the 302-unit condominium currently under construction near Chiba New Town Chuo Station. Sales are being conducted in three stages and units offered in the first two stages have already sold out.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/12/06/our-lives/penny-thoughts-dog-named-jerry/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-12-06T22:06:00+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/p9-ark-a-20151207.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-ark-a-20151207.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/12/06/how-tos/japanese-law-theres-paternity-dna/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-12-06T22:08:16+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/p9-lifelines-a-20151207.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-lifelines-a-20151207.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Family lines: While laws on paternity elsewhere have been changed to reflect advances in DNA testing, Japan has tended to tread with caution when in comes to amending legislation that affects the family.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/12/09/issues/young-abe-focused-student-proud-mustang-owner/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-12-10T10:20:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/p8-abe-a-20151210.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-abe-a-20151210.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Now, I am the master: Thomas Johnson greets his former student Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as University of Southern California President C.L. Max Nikias and Akie Abe look on.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/12/10/general/ditch-the-kfc-and-spend-christmas-with-jc/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-12-11T15:24:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Holiday time: Christmas revelers attend Lifehouse's Christmas party last year in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Welcome home: A host shows an Airbnb guest to his room in Berlin. There are now more than 21,000 properties in Japan advertised on the Airbnb website, but the legality of homeowners and even renters letting out rooms to strangers remains murky.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Southern comfort: "Tokyo is a very lonely city, so when people come to Soul Food House, they know they can get a genuine hug and great food, because that's who we are, and that's what we wanted to share here," says Latonya Whitaker (right), who runs Soul Food House @ 148 in Tokyo's Azabu-Juban district with her husband, David (left).]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/12/23/voices/christmas-visit-expat-thoughts-turn-going-home/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-12-23T18:06:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-12-24T16:03:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fog of war: Protesters rally against the administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Oct. 2, just weeks after the government rammed through new laws relaxing postwar restrictions on the use of Japan's armed forces. Seventy years after the end of World War II, the contentious move sparked fears that Japan could be dragged into another conflict.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/12/26/voices/unclear-on-the-concept-5/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-12-26T22:42:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/12/27/issues/japans-culture-courts-need-get-program-overtime/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-12-27T17:18:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Burning the midnight oil: Overtime is strictly illegal unless an employee's representative and the company have signed an Article 36 agreement.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/12/27/our-lives/taking-longer-view-defense-clutter/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-12-28T10:51:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Trash or treasure: By throwing away everything that's in our way, we could be denying future generations moments of joy.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/12/30/voices/views-nagoya-make-star-wars-force-awakens/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-12-30T19:27:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/12/31/voices/issues-grabbed-got-goat-year-sheep/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-12-31T16:55:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2016/01/02/voices/santa-real-deal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-01-02T22:30:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[High living: A diorama of proposed tower condos on the Tokyo waterfront. Buying and selling new condos has been a way for parents to avoid inheritance taxes when passing down property and money to their children.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2016/01/03/how-tos/readers-hoping-reunion-new-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-01-03T18:29:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2016/01/03/our-lives/labrador-love-lug-named-caramel/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Left to right: Defense Minister Gen Nakatani, Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attend a Maritime Self-Defense Force fleet review in October off the coast of Kanagawa Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2016-01-09T22:44:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[All angles: The Supreme Court Petty Benches handle thousands of appeals a year, but only a small minority are deemed significant enough to publish on the court's website.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2016-01-16T22:42:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Not the end of the story: On the morning of Feb. 21, a woman who had complained of sexual harassment at a Hokkaido Shimbun end-of-year party was found dead in this house of carbon monoxide poisoning due to a fire she is believed to have started herself. The woman left a note that said, "Please do not hold a funeral for me."]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2016-01-23T22:40:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Extremely brilliant: Considered holy by Hindus but consumed by almost everybody else, cows are believed to be among the smartest animals on the planet.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Enjoy it while it lasts: University students attend a job fair in Tokyo. The process of weighing up the options and then applying for jobs can be time-consuming for Japanese students in their last year of college.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Stimulating patience: Christine Benson (left) and Ann Endo play a mother and daughter during a consultation with a Jikei University student. The Simulated Patients program aims to prepare medical students for dealing with foreign patients.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bring out the big guns: Maina-chan the mascot and Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi spread the word about the My Number system in the Kanagawa prefectural capital in October.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2016-02-02T15:01:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Footage that shocked the world: This video of a junior high school girl calling for a Nanking-style massacre of Koreans went viral online in 2013. She was taking part in a demonstration in the largely Korean enclave of Tsuruhashi in Osaka, standing before a number of police officers who did nothing to stop her.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/community/2016/02/03/voices/comfort-women-statues-stay-continue-disturb/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ono was named one of the 100 most respected Japanese around the world by Newsweek Japan in 2008.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A new hope: Although a record-low number of babies are being born in Japan annually, the average number of births per woman — the total fertility rate (TFR) — has been inching upward since around the turn of the millennium. Demographer Mikko Myrskyla has proposed that once a country like Japan reaches a certain level of development, its hitherto shrinking TFR tends to grow again.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Head honcho: Gilbert Otaigbe props up the bar at his Abuja nightclub, 911 Black, in June.]]></image:caption>
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