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		<lastmod>2013-06-28T14:47:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fa20100604a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wild art: Morihiro Hosokawa (top) with his "Kumamoto Castle," and his "Eleven-faced Kannon, Kogenji Temple" (above)]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/06/06/books/book-reviews/chaos-will-reign-if-hidden-buddhas-die/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-06-28T14:47:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/06/04/arts/brothers-brought-together-by-differences/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-06-28T17:06:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Different strokes: "Cat" (c.1919) (above) by Chusei Inagaki and "Tale of Rats" (1955) by Toshijiro Inagaki]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/06/13/tv/superpowers-explained-super-beautiful-women-ranked-cm-of-the-week-suntory-black-oolong-tea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-06-28T17:06:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/06/25/concert-previews/maxi-priest/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-06-28T18:47:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mazi Priest]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/06/18/events/events-outside-tokyo/exhibit-lets-kids-live-like-doraemon/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-06-28T18:47:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Up, up and away!: A man tries out a real-life interpretation of Doraemon's "take-copter" at a Doraemon-themed exhibition in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
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		<lastmod>2013-06-28T18:47:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/06/18/films/film-reviews/sex-and-the-city-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-06-28T18:47:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/06/30/books/book-reviews/dispositions-to-crime-pose-moral-questions/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taking aim: A new book looks at reasons for violent behavior in humans.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/06/30/books/book-reviews/complete-translation-of-kafus-first-masterpiece/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-06-30T00:04:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/06/30/books/book-reviews/preaching-endos-theme-of-a-maternal-divinity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-06-30T00:05:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Deadly deal: Bryn Terfel (right) plays Scarpia and Patricia Racette, the title character, during an April 14, 2010, performance of the Puccini opera "Tosca" at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. The reviewer below writes that the chief torturer in "Kiku's Prayer" makes the same bargain with Kiku as Scarpia did with Tosca.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/01/entertainment-news/japanese-film-picks-up-prize-at-moscow-festival/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-01T00:34:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On a winning team: Yoko Maki stars in "The Ravine of Goodbye" by Tatsushi Omori.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/06/18/films/film-reviews/hearts-and-mindswinter-soldier/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-01T12:24:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/06/18/films/film-reviews/outrage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-01T12:24:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/06/06/tv/2010-world-cup-preview-ryuichi-sakamoto-on-drum-and-bass-cm-of-the-week-docomo/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/06/25/music/caribou-asserts-latest-album-is-uniquely-mine/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-01T14:07:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The doctor is in: Daniel Snaith, known in underground- music circles as Caribou, says his Ph.D. in math has nothing to do with his music . . . but the press just won't believe him.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/06/11/arts/alessandro-papetti-dynamic-space/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-01T14:37:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA["Milano" (2008) by Alessandro Papetti]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/06/04/films/film-reviews/the-seaside-mote/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-01T14:37:15+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/06/25/arts/watanabe-toyoshige-playing-with-oni/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-01T17:18:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA["ONI and Child" (2010) Toyoshige Watanabe]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/06/04/music/meisa-gets-high-fives-all-round/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-01T17:18:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Working out: Meisa Kuroki gets into the groove with her accompanying dancers at Tokyo's Yoyogi National Stadium last month.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/06/11/arts/yoshitomo-nara-ceramic-works/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA["White Riot" (2010) by Yoshitomo Nara]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/06/04/events/events-outside-tokyo/shizuoka-festival-takes-the-stage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-02T11:09:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Spring showing: "Littoral," by Wajdi Mouawad, is one of 13 plays that will be performed at Spring Arts Festival Shizuoka.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/06/27/books/book-reviews/americas-man-from-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-02T11:10:30+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/06/18/events/events-outside-tokyo/storytime-at-the-zoo-teaches-entertains/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-02T11:10:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Creature feature: Author Mariko Shinju reads to a crowd at Ueno Zoo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/06/18/arts/paris-kyoto-two-very-different-cities-one-vibrant-vision/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-02T11:32:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Beauty doesn't need a name: Two untitled images from Willam Eggleston's "Paris" collection of photos showing at the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/06/04/arts/red-and-black-and-spread-all-over/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-02T12:07:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shout it all out: "Lengiz. Books on all the branches of knowledge," advertising poster for the Leningrad Department of Gosizdat (State Publishing House), by Aleksandr Rodchenko.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/06/18/music/back-in-japan-hotel-mexico-rides-the-wave/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-02T12:07:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Checking in: Kyoto's Hotel Mexico use cassettes and VHS video when recording. Bassist Kai Ito says the band likes the analog sound.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/06/20/tv/drama-about-women-ex-cons-comedians-managers-tell-all-cm-of-the-week-alsok/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-02T12:07:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/06/04/films/film-reviews/koko-no-mesu/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-02T12:07:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/06/27/books/book-reviews/indomitable-karen-of-burma/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-02T12:08:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/06/25/music/cd-reviews/asian-kung-fu-generation-magic-disk/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-02T12:08:33+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/06/25/films/it-is-safe-to-bank-on-this-hard-boiled-man/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-02T12:08:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rough 'n' ready: Eiji Okuda directs and stars in "Lost Crime — Senko," the true story of the 1968 robbery of 300 million yen that baffled the police.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/06/11/events/events-outside-tokyo/giving-thanks-for-ainu-culture/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-02T12:09:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Celebrating indigenous culture: The Ainu Gratitude Festival will feature several cultural performances. It aims to commemorate the day the Ainu were recognized as an indigenous people.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/06/11/music/classical-pianist-allevi-proves-that-the-time-is-now/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-02T12:09:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Here and now: Italian pianist Giovanni Allevi has captured the ears of younger fans not usually interested in classical music.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/06/11/films/film-reviews/modern-life/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-02T12:09:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/06/18/stage/lack-of-funds-fail-to-stop-tokyos-young-theater-brigade/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-02T12:09:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[ft20100618a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Politics of theater: Playwright, director and actor Junichi Hirota says that for young actors to survive, there needs to be a better business model for theater companies.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/06/25/events/events-outside-tokyo/the-beseto-of-three-worlds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-02T12:09:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fq20100625a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Back to their roots: Percussionist Midori Tanaka is joined by  shomyo  group Samgha during a performance of "Gya Tei Gya Tei — Ikumonoyo, Sarumonoyo."]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/06/04/events/events-outside-tokyo/brody-gets-graphic-in-ginza/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-02T12:09:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pop art: Displayed works by Neville Brody will include his "Free Thought" poster from 2010 (left) and his contribution to "Lust: A Collaborative Art Journal from the World's Most Creative Graphic Designers," by James Victore, New York, 2010.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/07/09/arts/a-view-of-naples-head-of-the-hill/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-02T12:41:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taikan Yokoyama's "Spirit of Japan (Mount Fuji)" (1940)]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/03/arts/openings-outside-tokyo/floating-design-shiro-kuramata-and-his-contemporaries/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-11T11:37:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-11T11:37:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Old influences: Bands such as Sloppy Joe (left) pay homage to their influences in a way that Japanese crowds in particular respond to.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/17/arts/shedding-some-light-on-shadows/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On screen: Jiro Takamatsu's "Shadow" (1977) uses different light intensities to emphasize shadows of human figures.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-11T18:17:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[MOVIES]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/10/arts/surveying-the-city-from-a-different-viewpoint/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-11T20:53:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[City limits: Kunihiko Katsumata's "Skyline 100280," (2003)]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/11/films/cloud-atlas-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-11T23:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/11/films/les-uns-des-les-autres-ai-to-kanashimi-no-bolero/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-11T23:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/11/events/events-tokyo/avant-garde-nhk-film-to-get-rare-screening/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-11T23:01:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Seeds of rebellion: People dance to a piece by avant-garde composer Yuji Takahashi in the 1962 NHK TV docu-drama by Yotaro Konaka titled, "Shochu to Gomu"("Shochu Liquor and Rubber").]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/11/films/film-reviews/the-berlin-file/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-11T23:01:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Berlin File]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/11/films/film-reviews/sound-of-noise/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-11T23:02:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sound of Noise]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/11/films/film-reviews/un-vie-de-chat-paris-neko-dino-no-yoru/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-11T23:03:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Un Vie de Chat (Paris Neko Dino no Yoru)]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/11/events/events-outside-tokyo/resort-offers-movie-night-under-the-stars/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-11T23:03:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Night show: The Luigans Spa &amp; Resort will host movie nights this summer.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/11/films/film-reviews/bernie/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-11T23:04:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bernie]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/11/events/events-tokyo/aqua-art-makes-for-fishy-frames/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-11T23:05:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masterpisces: Fish help turn the aquariums of Hidetomo Kimura into pieces of art.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/11/films/black-comedy-gets-under-the-skin-of-a-murderer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-11T23:07:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Till death do us part: Jack Black (above) got into the part of popular small-town-mortician-turned-murderer Bernie Tiede by visiting the real-life Tiede in prison.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/11/arts/contact-gonzo-explores-our-animal-instincts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-11T23:08:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Animal Instinct: Contact improvisation group contact Gonzo will take part in Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media’s 10th anniversary with its piece “Hey You, Ask the Animals,” an outdoor tour that encourages participants to get in touch with their animal instincts as they explore the wilderness.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/11/arts/experiments-in-the-wild/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-11T23:09:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nature calls: "Forest Symphony," an upcoming collaborative art/music project between Ryuichi Sakamoto and the Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media, will be part of activities marking the 10th anniversary of the city-funded art center.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/24/arts/women-of-quiet-strength/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-12T12:02:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lady in color: "Sound of the Tabor" (1938) from a private collection]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/17/music/cd-reviews/hifana-24h/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-12T12:02:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/03/events/events-outside-tokyo/get-a-taste-of-a-monks-life-at-buddhist-cafe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-12T12:09:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Life of Koya: Visitors experience Buddhist traditions at Koya-san Cafe.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/24/films/hard-knock-life-leads-to-magic-music/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-12T12:09:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ff20100924r1a.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The band Staff Benda Bilili: "They are writing about their life on the street and the situation of Congolese people."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/03/events/events-outside-tokyo/double-dose-of-dancing-hits-saitama/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-12T12:09:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kentaro!!]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/03/films/film-reviews/trouble-in-hollywood-what-just-happened/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-12T12:10:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[MOVIES]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/17/events/events-outside-tokyo/ballooning-event-will-keep-you-grounded/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-12T12:10:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Not just hot air: Ballooning means more than just a ride in the clouds. The Suzuka Balloon Festival takes fans behind the scenes.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/03/music/festival-marks-blip-on-the-radar-for-chiptune/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-12T12:11:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hot chips: Artists perform at the 2007 Blip Festival in New York.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/03/events/events-outside-tokyo/photos-films-depict-tokyo-in-turbulent-times/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-12T12:11:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Look at the past: A 1945 photo by by Gaetano Faillace shows the building of Hattori Tokei-ten (K. Hattori &amp; Co. — the predecessor of Seiko Holding Corp.), requisitioned for use as a U.S. military commissary, at the Ginza 4-chome intersection.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/10/arts/whats-going-on-in-your-head-when-youre-dancing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-12T13:31:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/12/books/book-reviews/japans-future-prolonged-malaise-or-muddling-through/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-12T13:31:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/11/arts/nishio-takes-apparel-approach-to-art/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-12T13:31:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Change your clothes, change your mind: Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media is currently showing artist Yoshinari Nishio’s “Pubrobe,” which is described as a station where people can lend and borrow clothes for free.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/24/music/korean-artist-gets-fukuoka-cultural-award/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-12T17:18:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Instrumental: Hwang Byung Ki poses with a kayagum, a traditional Korean 12-string zither.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/05/tv/pro-life-drama-series-awards-of-dubious-distinctions-cm-of-the-week-maruchan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-12T17:18:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/17/films/film-reviews/anpo-art-x-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-12T17:18:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Anpo: Art X War]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/05/books/book-reviews/glass-ceiling-has-not-budged-for-many-of-japans-working-women/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-12T17:18:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/17/concert-previews/tokyo-boredom/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-12T17:47:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Praha Depart]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/10/films/film-reviews/beck/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-12T17:51:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[MOVIES]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/09/general/can-metis-%c2%a550-billion-fund-unfreeze-cool-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-12T18:07:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kawaii goes global: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu will perform at this year's J-Pop Summit in San Francisco, which will take place on July 27-28.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/03/stage/from-dawn-of-the-dead-to-the-live-and-kicking-golden-oldies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-12T19:42:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shu Matsui]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-12T19:42:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Julia Roberts at her first ever Japan press conference on Aug. 18 at the Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/17/events/events-outside-tokyo/cultural-gems-host-theaters-treasures/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-12T19:43:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[All the world's a stage: Akaji Maro (above) will collaborate with musician Hiromitsu Agatsuma on the final night of World Heritage Theater at Toshogu Shrine.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/26/books/book-reviews/caught-in-the-jaws-of-japans-justice-system/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-12T19:43:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/26/books/book-reviews/nightmares-from-n-korea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-12T19:43:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/24/films/film-reviews/jusannin-no-shikaku-13-assassins/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-12T19:43:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[MOVIES]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/24/music/donato-dozzy-finds-groove-at-labyrinth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-12T19:43:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Donato Dozzy]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/13/tv/water-issues-around-asia-the-world-of-solo-karaoke-cm-of-the-week-recruit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-13T22:58:20+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/13/books/book-reviews/intriguing-coming-of-age-story-masquerading-as-a-crime-thriller/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-13T23:02:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Stephen King]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/13/books/book-reviews/a-diary-washed-ashore-opens-up-a-world-of-multiple-realities/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/13/books/book-reviews/entertainingly-angry-study-of-italys-trains/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-13T23:07:21+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/11/films/film-reviews/shanidaru-no-hana-the-flower-of-shanidar/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-13T23:51:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[ff20130712a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shanidaru no Hana (The Flower of Shanidar)]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/13/books/book-reviews/illuminating-the-interplay-between-japanese-poetry-and-pictures/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-14T10:04:26+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/24/arts/mizuki-shigeru-illustrations-of-yokai/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-16T11:00:57+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/03/arts/korean-artist-kim-siyeon-opens-house-on-personal-struggle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-16T11:06:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Desperate housewife: Kim Siyeon, at Gallery Foil, talks about the difficulties of balancing being a housewife and mother with being an artist.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/24/arts/roni-horn-white-dickinson/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-16T11:14:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/19/tv/osakas-honorable-loan-shark-chinas-village-of-painters-cm-of-the-week-daiichi-pachinko/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-16T11:14:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/12/tv/hiroshi-tachi-in-monday-night-mystery-the-birth-of-ultraman-cm-of-the-week-suntorys-boss/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-16T11:18:45+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/10/music/chinza-dopeness-takes-j-rap-into-alien-territory/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-16T11:18:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Renaissance rapper: Chinza Dopeness raps, sings and tells jokes on stage. In fact, sometimes it's hard to tell if the crowd is watching a hip-hop show or a comedy routine.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/24/events/events-outside-tokyo/singing-contest-gathers-asias-top-talents/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-16T11:19:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Later this month, singers from throughout Asia will gather in Nara to compete in the Asian preliminary contest of the International Francesco Paolo Tosti Singing Competition.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/24/films/film-reviews/a-single-man/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-16T11:19:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[MOVIES]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/03/music/lord-of-the-ring/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-16T11:19:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Upstaged: The set for Robert Lepage's new production of Richard Wagner's "Das Rheingold" at the Metropolitan Opera gets a trial run in an early technical rehearsal. Below: Peter Gelb, general manager of the opera company, talks with The Japan Times.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/17/music/soprano-jaho-insists-the-show-will-go-on/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-16T11:20:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fm20100917a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Diva drama: Albanian soprano Elomera Jaho performs as Violetta in "La Traviata." Jaho had to stop her performance midway through her Japan debut last week due to allergies.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/10/arts/gregor-schneider-temporary-structures-that-resist-conformity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-16T12:45:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gregor Schneider's "Kolkata" (2011) in Kolkata, India.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2012/07/26/arts/rembrandt-still-outshines-vermeer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-16T16:36:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fa20120726a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pretty in pearls: "Girl with a Pearl Earring" (c. 1667) by Johannes Vermeer]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/24/concert-previews/ego-wrappin/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-16T16:38:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ego-Wrappin']]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/12/books/book-reviews/nara-legends-myths-and-other-weird-tales/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-16T16:38:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/09/10/films/eat-pray-love-kiss-and-tell/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-16T16:38:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lust in translation: Spaniard Felipe (Javier Bardem) gets up close and personal with American traveler Liz (Julia Roberts) in "Eat Pray Love."]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/10/01/music/de-de-mouse-sets-an-electronic-trap/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-16T16:41:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dialing it up a notch: Daisuke Endo, better known as De De Mouse, uses chord structures and vocal melodies to create a naturally organic sound in his music.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/10/08/arts/what-artists-see-in-themselves/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-17T12:03:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fa20101008a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Woman in white: A self portrait of Tintoretta (circa 1580), one of numerous female artist portraits of the Uffizi Gallery's collection.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/10/01/arts/find-time-in-the-forests-of-asoka/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-17T12:36:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Scene in motion: "The Other Side of Illusion" (2010) by Jae-Eun Choi depicts forest scenery in a photograph taken from a moving vehicle.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/10/22/events/events-outside-tokyo/locals-dance-off-economy-woes-via-theater/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-17T12:36:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/10/01/concert-previews/underworld/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-17T13:03:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Underworld]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/10/01/events/events-outside-tokyo/arabic-calligraphy-let-ink-make-you-think/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-17T13:03:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The writing's on the wall: Works including Kouichi Honda's "Pyramid of Prayer" make up an exhibition of Arabic calligraphy in Yokohama.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/10/24/books/book-reviews/mysteries-through-the-eons/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-17T13:03:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/10/15/events/events-outside-tokyo/event-to-get-sendai-singing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-17T13:03:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sing when you're winning: A student group performs at last year's Date Aka a cappella event.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/10/29/arts/good-news-for-the-blues-tokyo-designers-week/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-17T19:03:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fa20101029a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Looking into the future: Gwenael Nicolas, Tokyo Designers Week's first "show designer," holds up one of the event's new annual awards, explaining, "This is like the Earth. It's an image of what I want the TDW show to be from now on. It is balanced, pure and simple. It is what design should be about."]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/10/15/films/film-reviews/the-vintners-luckbitch-slap/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-17T19:03:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[MOVIES]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/10/22/music/here-be-vampires/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-17T19:03:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hold the garlic: Vampire Weekend (Chris Baio third from left) have been one of 2010's most talked-about bands. Baio will celebrate his 26th birthday with a show in Tokyo on Oct. 29 before dates in Osaka and Nagoya.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/10/22/events/events-outside-tokyo/microbrew-fest-a-treat-for-beer-lovers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-17T19:04:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fq20101022a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Plenty of pints: Microbrewers present their products at last year's Nippon Craft Beer Festival.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/10/15/music/ling-tosite-sigure-seek-virgin-fans-on-the-road/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-17T19:04:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/fm20101015a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[fm20101015a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Made it through the wilderness: Ling tosite sigure will embark on a tour this month to expose new fans to their posthardcore charms.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/10/22/arts/an-education-in-japanese-style-painting/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-17T19:14:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fa20101022a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A real nihonga beauty: Bakusen Tsuchida's "Woman Dressing Her Hair" (1911)]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/12/10/arts/dominique-perrault-urban-landscape/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ewha Campus Centre, Seoul (2004-08)]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/12/24/films/film-reviews/tron-legacymikokai-eigasai/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Womanly persuasion: "Radiance" (1950) by Insho Domoto shows stylistic influences not usually associated with Japanese-style painting.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/12/26/books/book-reviews/shikoku-shrines-journey-through-a-lost-world/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/12/10/arts/daido-moriyama-tsugaru/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA["Tsugaru" (2010) by Daido Moriyama]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2010/12/31/music/cd-reviews/best-japaneseoverseas-albums-of-2010-too-many-sebastians/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/01/09/music/cd-reviews/lazygunsbrisky-catching-jonny-cake-album-2/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/01/11/books/blood-sweat-and-tears-of-zen/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-22T12:46:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-22T12:47:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-22T12:48:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/01/30/arts/drama-outsider-takes-a-step-into-the-theater/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-22T12:48:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/02/06/arts/simple-beauty-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-22T12:51:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Untitled: Black-and-white photographs by German artist and fashion photographer Aram Dikiciyan are showing at the Clear Gallery in Shibuya till Feb. 14.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/02/06/events/events-outside-tokyo/silence-is-golden-all-over-the-world-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-22T12:51:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Speechless: Comedy duo Gamarjobat will be touring Japan till April.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/02/20/music/cd-reviews/ego-wrappin-and-the-gossip-of-jaxx-ego-wrappin-and-the-gossip-of-jaxx-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-22T12:52:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/02/15/books/book-reviews/opening-your-mind-to-open-your-heart-2/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-22T12:52:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[F-cked Up]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/02/15/books/book-reviews/from-a-master-of-versatility-2/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/02/27/music/cd-reviews/beat-crusaders-very-best-crusaders-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-22T12:53:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/20/books/book-reviews/jeff-kingston-best-books-of-2009/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:03:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/20/books/book-reviews/david-cozy-best-books-of-2009/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:03:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/20/books/book-reviews/david-burleigh-best-books-of-2009/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:03:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/20/books/book-reviews/stephen-mansfield-best-books-of-2009/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:03:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/04/stage/u-k-samurai-lands-in-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:46:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bridging East and West: William Adams was Japan's first English visitor and in the play "Anjin" his supporters are Jesuit priest Domenico (Tatsuya Fujiwara) on the left and globally minded Shogun Ieyasu (Masachika Ichimura) on the right.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/18/events/events-outside-tokyo/christmas-market-in-osaka-serves-festive-german-treats/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:47:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[O Tannenbaum: The German Christmas Market in Osaka will feature a 27-meter-tall Christmas tree.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/11/events/events-outside-tokyo/rody-exhibition-offers-holiday-gift-hints/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:47:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A skateboarding Rody designed by XLarge's X-kids division will feature at a Rody exhibition.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/25/films/film-reviews/old-partner/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:47:39+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/11/arts/to-the-cosmos-and-then-back-down-to-earth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:47:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Solar silhouette: One of Chris Bucklow's "Guest" series of portraits.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/25/arts/murakamis-influence-continues-to-prevail/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:48:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dream team: The mid-decade upturn in the economy gave artist Takashi Murakami the chance to engage in several corporate collaborations, incuding one with Mori Building Co., Ltd., for whom he made "Planet 66"  and other artworks to commmemorate the opening of their Roppongi Hills project.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/18/arts/the-beauty-of-subtle-deceit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:48:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Delight in the details: "Mt. Fuji and Tagonoura" (1872), maki-e (gold-relief lacquerware) panel by Shibata Zeshin.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/04/events/events-outside-tokyo/market-adds-holiday-cheer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:48:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tis the season: Marche de Noel began in Europe in 1570.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/25/music/the-decades-most-influential/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:48:34+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/04/arts/under-the-guise-of-medical-history-the-mori-gets-radical/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:48:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gilles Barbier's 2002 installation "L'Hospice / The Nursing Home"]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/18/films/film-reviews/public-enemies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:48:45+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/25/events/events-outside-tokyo/temples-shrines-offer-new-year-traditions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:49:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In with the new: A Buddhist priest rings the bell at Sensoji in Tokyo last year.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/25/arts/art-world-fortunes-linked-to-the-noughty-economy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:49:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fa20091225a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dream team: The mid-decade upturn in the economy gave artist Takashi Murakami the chance to engage in several corporate collaborations, incuding one with Mori Building Co., Ltd., for whom he made "Planet 66"   and other artworks to commmemorate the opening of their Roppongi Hills project.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/18/arts/have-fun-and-play-with-your-food/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:49:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Take a lick: Tetsuya Yamamoto's tongue dress, complete with taste buds, which can be tried on by visitors, is just one of many interactive exhibits at "It's a Tasty World."]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/18/events/events-outside-tokyo/kids-sing-holiday-classics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:49:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Young sopranos: Pianist Keisuke Shimatani hosts children of all ages.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/11/music/cd-reviews/hazel-nuts-chocolate-cult/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:50:47+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/11/films/film-reviews/the-man-from-london/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:51:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/18/films/back-to-basic-instincts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:51:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nice bullets: Meisa Kuroki in "Assault Girls"]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/25/films/film-reviews/the-young-victoria/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:51:22+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/11/arts/bless-you/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:51:58+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/25/films/film-reviews/higanjima/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:52:04+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/04/films/film-reviews/yomigaeri-no-chi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:52:10+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/11/music/near-death-of-a-salesman/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:52:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bringing out the big guns: Exile's Makidai speaks to a crowd on Dec. 6 in Shinjuku alongside band member Akira (right) and John Kennedy (left) of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/11/arts/australia-shows-off-asias-talent/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:52:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Meditative moment: "O" (2009), Hiraki Sawa's multichannel video installation, a collaboration with sound artist Dale Berning]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/11/films/in-praise-of-films-that-refuse-to-follow-formulas/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:52:59+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/11/arts/constellation-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:53:23+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/11/films/and-the-best-japanese-films-of-2009-were/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:53:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rocks off: Kengo Kora (left) and Atushi Ito in the excellent "Fish Story" — our critic's No. 1 Japanese film of 2009.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/18/films/french-writer-claudel-paints-a-not-too-pretty-picture/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:53:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Philippe Claudel]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/18/films/film-reviews/snow-prince/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:53:38+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/25/events/events-outside-tokyo/new-years-concerts-held-across-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:53:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Classic holiday: Tokyo's Suntory Hall hosts the Wiener Johann Strauss Orchestra New Year Concert 2010 this holiday season. Other orchestras are set to perform in Yokohama, Osaka and Sapporo.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/04/arts/natures-way-of-perceiving-things/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:53:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Seeing in a different light: "Slow-motion Shadow" (2009)]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/18/arts/looking-for-personal-definition/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:54:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fade into clarity: "Portrait 319-18" (2007)]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/04/events/events-outside-tokyo/whole-family-can-go-for-a-spin-at-cycle-mode-international/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:54:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wheel and deal: Children on the starting line at an event during 2008's Cycle Mode International event. This year's event is gearing up to be a just as much fun for biking enthusiasts and amateur cyclists alike.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/11/films/a-decade-when-japans-cinema-stood-up-to-hollywood-menace/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-23T14:54:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/12/25/stage/cuts-fear-clouds-a-year-of-diversity-and-innovation-in-japan-theater/</loc>
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