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			<image:caption><![CDATA[American actress Meryl Streep poses for photos following a press conference for her latest movie, "Florence Foster Jenkins," which will open this year's Tokyo International Film Festival. The festival runs from Oct. 25 to Nov. 3.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Filmmaker Shunji Iwai and actress Haru Kuroki appear on the red carpet at the Tokyo International Film Festival in the Roppongi district Tuesday. Iwai directed "A Bride for Rip Van Winkle," in which Kuroki starred.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[“Paris Prestige” by Hame and Ekoue is just one of the Tokyo International Film Festival entries that competition programming director Yoshihiko Yatabe says tackle contemporary social issues.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2022-11-06T13:22:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Talking head: Ichiro Kataoka is a modern-day benshi, traditionally meaning a person who narrates silent films. He will narrate a film at this year's Tokyo International Film Festival.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/09/27/films/french-director-jean-jacques-beineix-head-jury-29th-tokyo-international-film-festival/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-11-06T13:24:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2022-11-06T13:24:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Top prize: Brazilian director Roberto Berliner's film "Nise — The Heart of Madness" won the top prize at this year's Tokyo International Film Festival. Berliner hopes the nod will increase the audience for his film.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2022-11-06T13:24:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[One shot: Of all the films that dealt with time at the Tokyo International Film Festival, “Victoria,” which was shot in a single unbroken take, may have been the most ambitious.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2015/10/28/films/scream-queen-festival-arrives-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-11-06T13:24:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2022-11-06T13:25:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kohei Oguri's "Foujita"]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2015/10/22/films/spotlight-harada-films-well-deserved/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-11-06T13:25:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masato Harada]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2022-11-06T13:25:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Stage fright: "Gekijo-rei" ("Ghost Theater"), the new film by Hideo Nakata, one of the godfathers of the so-called J-horror genre, once again pivots on female relationships and fears.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2022-11-06T13:25:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2022-11-06T13:25:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2015/10/14/films/restored-rediscovered-kon-ichikawa-films-screen-tiff/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-11-06T13:25:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[© KADOKAWA 1958]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2015/09/30/films/tokyo-international-film-festival-showcases-classic-anime-j-horror-yakuza-films/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-11-06T13:26:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japanese film directors Kohei Oguri (left), Yoshihiro Nakamura and Koji Fukuda pose for a photo with Japanese actress Yuko Takeuchi (center) and U.S. actress Bryerly Long during a press conference in Tokyo on Tuesday. They will all participate in the competition section of the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF).]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2022-11-06T13:26:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2014/10/27/films/scenes-tokyo-international-film-festival-2014/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-11-06T13:26:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2022-11-06T13:26:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mecha master: TIFF features a retrospective of films by Hideaki Anno.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA["EVANGELION: 1.11 YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2014/10/16/films/tokyo-international-film-festival-contender-pale-moon-gets-root-evil/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-11-06T13:27:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cashing out: Sosuke Ikematsu and Rie Miyazawa star in "Pale Moon." © 2014 "Pale Moon" Film Partners]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2014/08/04/films/evangelion-director-featured-tokyo-international-film-festival/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-11-06T13:27:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2022-11-06T13:27:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vote of confidence: Jacob Wong (center) with fellow Asian Future jury members Koichi Nojima and Shinji Aoyama at this year's Tokyo International Film Festival.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/10/17/films/terajima-brings-legacy-to-tiff/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-11-06T13:27:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dramatic force: Actress Shinobu Terajima is serving as a juror for this year's Tokyo International Film Festival.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Feast on film: "Hotori no Sakuko (Au Revoir l'Ete)," directed by Koji Fukada, is one of many Japanese highlights at this year's Tokyo International Film Festival, held Oct. 17-25. The festival brings together movies from around the world.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2011/08/30/general/ikumen-raising-new-father-figures-in-japan/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shinobu Terajima plays a fictional version of Jakucho Setouchi, a celebrated novelist turned Buddhist nun, in Ryuichi Hiroki’s “2 Women.”]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hideaki Takizawa jumped on social media to play pranks on netizens after stepping away from his position as company vice president at Johnny &amp; Associates.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In his book "Bridge to the Sun," Bruce Henderson explores the work of Military Intelligence Service, combining portraits of individual Japanese Americans and their personal history with the larger political events of the 1930s and ’40s.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2019/07/24/films/film-reviews/weathering-breezy-scattered-showers/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A place in the sun: A teen runaway meets a girl with the ability to bring sun to a rainy day in Makoto Shinkai's "Weathering With You."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2019/10/01/films/the-real-tokyo-locations-from-makoto-shinkais-anime-movies/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mao Inoue plays a woman whose strained relationship with her mother is put to the test in “Remember to Breathe.”]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[From left: Sakura Ando, Satoshi Tsumabuki and Masataka Kubota star in “A Man,” Kei Ishikawa’s piercing drama that centers on unraveling the mystery of a man’s decisions to leave his past behind.  2022 “A Man” Film Partners]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2022/11/16/entertainment-news/kohaku-nhk-kpop-anime/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-11-17T11:26:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rock band Ryokuoushoku Shakai will make their "Kohaku Uta Gassen" debut at the 73rd edition of the annual New Year’s Eve musical show.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chris Glenn’s “The Samurai Castle Master” is the the first biography of one of Tokugawa Ieyasu’s most trusted advisers, Todo Takatora, ever published in English.”]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2022/11/19/books/marie-kondo-kurashi-at-home/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In her new book, “Marie Kondo’s Kurashi at Home,” the tidying guru asks us to identify what sparks joy in our daily life — beyond mere possessions.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2022/11/06/books/book-reviews/our-man-in-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-11-21T13:37:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Political tension was already brewing when Joseph Grew arrived in Japan in 1932 to serve as a United States ambassador to Japan.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2022/11/10/films/film-reviews/suzume/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A high school girl (voiced by Nanoka Hara) and a wanderer (Hokuto Matsumura) who seals magical doors to prevent paranormal destruction embark on a road trip to save Japan in Makoto Shinkai's "Suzume."]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2022/11/24/films/film-reviews/she-is-me-i-am-her/</loc>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2022/11/24/films/film-reviews/motherhood/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA["I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki" contains the transcripts of conversations between Baek Sehee and her psychiatrist from 12 weeks of therapy sessions to treat the author's dysthymia, a form of chronic depression.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2022-11-27T16:57:26+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2022/11/16/books/book-reviews/novelist-vocation-haruki-murakami/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2022/11/11/films/by-the-window-rikiya-imaizumi/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rikiya Imaizumi’s films, such as “By the Window,” tend to be understated affairs featuring passive protagonists.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2022/12/01/films/film-reviews/phases-of-the-moon/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-12-01T10:10:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Stone Bridge Press and Monkey, two entities dedicated to expanding the breadth of Asian literature available to English readers, have formed a partnership to create a new imprint focused on contemporary Japanese literature in translation.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hidetaka Yoshioka (left) and Kou Shibasaki reprise their roles as a beloved island doctor and his nurse in “Dr. Coto's Clinic 2022.”]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2022/12/08/films/film-reviews/fragments-of-the-last-will/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kazunari Ninomiya plays Hatao Yamamoto, a real-life linguist who spent years in a Soviet labor camp as a prisoner of war, in Takahisa Zeze’s “Fragments of the Last Will.”]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2022/12/08/arts/station-mosaics-yayoi-kusama-kiki-smith/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Those passing through the Grand Central Madison terminal in New York will encounter a 120-foot-long one by Yayoi Kusama. The work is an extension of her surreal and humorous “My Eternal Soul” series.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sanrio’s Gudetama, a success story of Japan’s character business, doesn’t take much action in a new Netflix series, but Shakipiyo, a freshly hatched chick, insists on their quest to find their mother.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ryuichi Sakamoto performs his "Playing the Piano 2022" concert that was streamed online to audiences on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In her semi-autobiographical work about a woman straddling two cultures as she cares for her aging parents in Japan and her husband and children in the United States, author Hiromi Ito incorporates the voices of Japanese poets and authors who came before her to create a “generic chimera,” as described by translator Jeffrey Angles.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A private eye (Yukiya Kitamura) gets embroiled in a turf war between two gangs in Kotaro Ikawa’s “Old School.”]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2022/12/14/music/angelo-badalamenti-obit/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[ Composer Angelo Badalamenti in his home studio in Lincoln Park, N.J., in 2005]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sho Miyake’s “Small, Slow but Steady” centers on Keiko (Yukino Kishii, left), a deaf female professional boxer and her internal struggles outside of the ring.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2022/12/15/music/city-pop-abroad/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Film screening: The Tokyo International Film Festival will show 2017's Audience Award-winning "Tremble All You Want" at a special pre-festival event. The film stars Mayu Matsuoka.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/02/11/books/the-tatami-galaxy/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A university student on the verge of dropping out of school attemps to shake off his disillusionment by imagining parallel lives to discover his ideal “rose-colored campus life.”]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/02/14/arts/flesh-accessories-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-15T08:55:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hyper realistic flesh-like objects created by Masataka Shishido are displayed at his home in Kawasaki on Jan. 26.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/01/27/films/japanese-films-year-ahead/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-15T14:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_207015.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toei released a big-budget period drama about warlord Oda Nobunaga (Takuya Kimura) and his wife, Nohime (Haruka Ayase), today to commemorate the studio's 70th anniversary.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/02/23/films/film-reviews/tocka/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-23T07:20:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man at the end of his rope (Kiyobumi Kaneko, left) hits the road with two near-strangers in “Tocka.”]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/02/16/films/film-reviews/yudo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-16T07:10:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shiro (Toma Ikuta), a failing Tokyo architect, is met with resistance after he returns to his hometown to raze a beloved public bath run by his brother in “Yudo.”]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/02/09/films/film-reviews/god-bless-you/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-16T18:48:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_209110.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A debt collector haunted by his past (Tatsuru Kobashikawa, right) gets an unlikely new partner (Yusuke Takahashi) in “God Bless You.”]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/02/16/films/film-reviews/blue-giant/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_210478.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A determined teen (voiced by Yuki Yamada) from northern Japan moves to Tokyo in a dogged pursuit of becoming the world’s greatest jazz musician in “Blue Giant.” ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/02/16/books/bookstore-japan-china/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_210798.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Zhao Qi, manager of the Tianjin Uchiyama bookstores, says his ultimate goal is to "continue the history" of the original Uchiyama Shoten, which was known as a space for cultural exchange between Chinese intellectuals and Japanese visitors before it was closed in 1945 following Japan's defeat in World War II.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2000/11/07/films/film-reviews/a-revolution-of-the-heart/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-17T16:44:29+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/02/17/music/phoebe-bridgers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-18T18:02:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/np_file_210629.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_210629.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Phoebe Bridgers’ Grammy-nominated song “Kyoto” was written during her first trip to Japan in 2019 and uses the country as a backdrop to reveal her troubled relationship with her father.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2017/04/02/arts/leiji-matsumoto-surfs-floating-world/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-20T14:23:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Manga artist Leiji Matsumoto]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/02/13/arts/japan-museums-covid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-22T16:21:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/np_file_208494.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_208494.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Items from the Hoyukan collection are on display at the Morioka History and Culture Museum in Iwate Prefecture through Feb. 20.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/02/23/films/slam-dunk-anime-makes-successful-leap-onto-south-korean-big-screens/</loc>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/np_file_212319.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_212319.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A special section for "Slam Dunk" comic books is created at a bookstore in Seoul on Jan. 23. The manga-to-film adaptation of Takehiko Inoue's 1990s sports anime series has drawn more than 1 million moviegoers in South Korea in the two weeks since its release.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/02/23/films/film-reviews/red-shoes/</loc>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/np_file_211161.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_211161.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Aya Asahina plays a boxer whose once-promising boxing career is upended by the death of her husband in “Red Shoes.”]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/02/26/books/book-reviews/pink-waves/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-26T07:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/np_file_210830.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_210830.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sawako Nakayasu’s poetic composition "Pink Waves" offers a moving study on grief and otherness.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/02/25/music/summer-festivals-lineups/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-25T10:46:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/np_file_211015.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_211015.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[When Fuji Rock Festival revealed the first wave of its 2023 lineup, there was a conspicuous absence of domestic artists among the flashy, internationally known names. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/02/23/stage/teamlab-goes-opera/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-26T15:37:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_212308.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Calaf answers the last riddle correctly, bringing him closer to the prize of Turandot.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/02/27/entertainment-news/oni-annies-prizes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-27T22:57:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/np_file_212805.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_212805.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA["Oni: Thunder God's Tale" is a four-episode series about a girl growing up in a world of gods and monsters.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/03/02/films/film-reviews/in-her-room/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-02T22:41:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_213287.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_213287.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An introverted dental student (Satoru Iguchi, left) falls madly in love with an enigmatic woman (Fumika Baba) in “In Her Room.”]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/03/02/films/film-reviews/winny/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-02T22:41:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_213142.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_213142.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masahiro Higashide (left) plays Isamu Kaneko, a programmer put on trial for copyright infringement after developing a popular file-sharing program in “Winny.”]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2021/10/11/tv/squid-game-korean-language/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-03T09:18:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/np_file_117221.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_117221.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A scene from Netflix's South Korean show "Squid Game," which blends a tight plot, social allegory and uncompromising violence to create the country's latest cultural phenomenon to go global.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2022/09/13/entertainment-news/emmy-awards-squid-game/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-03T09:18:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/np_file_181953.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_181953.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lee Jung-jae (center) in a scene from the South Korean smash hit “Squid Game.”]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2022/10/21/films/busan-international-film-festival/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-03T09:20:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/np_file_189145.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_189145.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[“Parasite” star Song Kang-ho (left) and Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda at the Busan International Film Festival, Asia’s premier film festival and a springboard for South Korean movies]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2019/05/26/entertainment-news/social-satire-parasite-south-koreas-bong-joon-ho-wins-palme-dor-cannes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-03T09:20:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-cannes-a-20190527.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[South Korean director Bong Joon-ho reacts after winning the Palme d'Or for the film "Parasite" on Saturday during the closing ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/03/03/films/hommage-south-korea-filmmaker/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-03T23:02:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_213374.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_213374.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lee Jeong-eun (left) plays the middle-aged filmmaker protagonist in Shin Su-won's "Hommage."]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/03/04/tv/aggretsuko-swansong-rage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-04T22:49:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_213802.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_213802.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sanrio character Aggressive Retsuko enters the world of Japanese politics and confronts the nation’s graying leaders in season five of “Aggretsuko.”]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/03/07/films/hikako-fukuyama-47-ronin/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-08T16:56:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_213842.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_213842.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chikako Fukuyama plays Aya, a fiercely loyal member of a clan of female warriors, in “Blade of the 47 Ronin," which features an all-Asian cast.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2022/12/09/films/small-slow-but-steady-sho-miyake/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-09T14:19:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_198268.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yukino Kishii plays a fictionalized version of deaf boxer Keiko Ogasawara, who had a short professional career during the early 2010s.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/02/23/music/postrockers-jyocho/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-09T19:09:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/np_file_210874.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_210874.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The members of Jyocho are sindee, Daijiro Nakagawa, Netako Nekota and Yuuki Hayashi. The group’s name translates as “feeling” in English, a theme that is reflected in the inspiration for its music.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/03/09/films/film-reviews/december/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-09T21:44:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_214307.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman (Ryo Matsuura) who was sentenced to 20 years in prison after killing a classmate when she was a teen is up for a retrial a decade on in “December.”]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/03/04/films/asian-oscars/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-10T18:37:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_213737.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Daniel Kwan, second from left, with his “Everything Everywhere” collaborators Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan and Jonathan Wang. Kwan — along with his fellow filmmaker Daniel Scheinert — is up for best director for the movie.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/03/10/films/paper-city-documentary/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-10T21:54:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_214314.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[One of the subjects in Adrian Francis’ documentary “Paper City” is Minoru Tsukiyama, a survivor of the 1945 Tokyo firebombing. Tsukiyama spearheaded efforts to compile a complete list of victims from the district where he lived in Morishita, Koto Ward.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/03/09/films/film-reviews/downfall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-10T21:55:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_214416.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_214416.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A frustrated manga artist (Takumi Saitoh) goes down a path of self-hatred as his life falls apart piece by piece in “Downfall.”]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2017/03/15/films/unintentional-causes-abandonment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-12T21:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-shoji-abandon-a-20170316.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gilles Laurent on location of "La Terre Abandonnee."]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2015/03/14/books/book-reviews/personal-matter/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-13T15:58:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p22 maloney personal-a 20150315]]></image:title>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2018/11/10/books/book-reviews/rational-analysis-mystic-poetry-combine-kenzaburo-oes-rouse-o-young-men/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mellow yellow: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yukihiro Takahashi, and Haruomi Hosono bewitched audiences during their initial six-year run as Yellow Magic Orchestra.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/03/31/music/ryuichi-sakamoto-offers-thoughts-politics-japan-music-will-change-post-cancer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-02T22:55:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p12-new-hadfield-sakamoto-a-20160401.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A view to the future: Musician Ryuichi Sakamoto is a champion of technological innovation, but laments the fact that few young people think to pay for music.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/03/31/books/mieko-kawakami-sisters-in-yellow-response/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-02T23:01:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[PK2016060192091006_BI_JPG_00.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Novelist Mieko Kawakami's “Sisters in Yellow,” which was released at the end of February, has received a largely positive reception from readers and critics so far.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2014/07/17/arts/ryuichi-sakamoto-delves-cities-nature-sapporo-international-art-festival/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-02T23:53:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[z1-mckean-sakamoto-b-20140718.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Director's chair: Ryuichi Sakamoto has pulled out of public engagements in order to focus on cancer treatment.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/04/03/stage/my-neighbor-totoro-play-olivier-awards/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-03T20:17:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_219600.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kimie Nakano (left), winner of Best Costume Design for "My Neighbor Totoro," and Tom Pye, winner of Best Set Design for the play, pose in the winner's room during the Olivier Awards 2023 at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/04/03/music/ryuichi-sakamoto-dies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-05T11:39:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_219494.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_219494.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ryuichi Sakamoto in 2017. It was learned Sunday that Sakamoto died due to cancer on March 28.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/04/06/films/film-reviews/from-the-end-of-the-world/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-06T07:10:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_219644.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_219644.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A teenage girl (Aoi Ito) discovers that her dreams have the power to alter the course of humanity in “From the End of the World.”]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/04/04/music/ryuichi-sakamoto-social-media/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-05T17:36:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_219891.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_219891.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ryuichi Sakamoto performing with his electro-pop band Yellow Magic Orchestra at a concert in northern Spain in 2008.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/04/05/music/ryuichi-sakamoto-legacy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-06T18:43:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_219927.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_219927.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Last December, Ryuichi Sakamoto released an hour-long broadcast, “Playing the Piano 2022,” which he recorded over the space of a week. Suffused with an atmosphere of melancholy, it was his last public performance before his death on March 28.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/04/08/films/film-reviews/people-who-talk-to-plushies-are-kind/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-08T07:10:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_220460.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ren Komai (left) and Kanata Hosoda star in “People Who Talk to Plushies Are Kind” as two college students who find comfort in interacting with plushies.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/04/09/books/book-reviews/tokyo-express/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-09T07:00:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_220390.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_220390.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fukuoka detective Jutaro Torigai unravels the mystery of two bodies found on a beach in Seicho Matsumoto's "Tokyo Express."]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/04/07/films/friendship-ryuichi-sakamoto/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-08T18:56:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_220384-scaled.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_220384.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ryuichi Sakamoto (left) as Capt. Yonoi with David Bowie as Maj. Celliers in "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence"]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/04/06/books/mister-timeless-blyth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-08T18:58:33+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_220016.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_220016.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Alan Spence’s latest novel, “Mister Timeless Blyth” follows the life of R.H. Blyth, a man who went from strongly opposing World War I to becoming a tutor of Japan’s future emperor to a key figure in introducing Japanese poetry to Western readers and thinkers.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/04/10/entertainment-news/japanese-ballet-dancer-11-top-prize/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-11T13:30:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_220959.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_220959.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shinji Mitoma performs at the Youth America Grand Prix competition in Tampa, Florida.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/04/13/films/film-reviews/side-by-side-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-13T07:20:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_220946-scaled.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_220946.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A haunted young man (Kentaro Sakaguchi) confronts secrets from his past in “Side by Side.”]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/04/11/music/cd-reviews/babymetal-the-other-one/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-11T18:30:18+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_221042.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_221042.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Babymetal founding members “Su-metal” and “Moametal” sing about parallel universes in a digital realm on latest release, “The Other One.” ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/04/13/films/film-reviews/the-village/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-13T07:10:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_220947-scaled.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_220947.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A young man’s (Ryusei Yokohama) second chance to shine in his hometown is thwarted by a jealous rival in “The Village.”]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/04/16/books/kenzaburo-oe-legacy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-16T07:00:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/PK2023031396083004_BI_JPG_00.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[PK2023031396083004_BI_JPG_00.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Author Kenzaburo Oe used his platform as what he called a "postwar democrat" and pacifist to critique the dangers of ultranationalism, nuclear power and the imperial system.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/04/14/general/disney-anniversary-influencers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-15T20:30:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_221545.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_221545.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A performer (right) dressed as the character from Disney's film "Pocahontas" looks out at spectators during a new daytime parade to mark the 40th anniversary of Tokyo Disneyland in suburban Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/04/13/books/murakami-new-novel-release/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-17T11:25:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_221493.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_221493.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People line up at a bookstore in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo to purchase copies of Haruki Murakami's new novel, "The City and Its Uncertain Walls," which is the Japanese author's first book in six years.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/04/18/entertainment-news/suzume-china-box-office-hit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-18T14:26:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_222242.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_222242.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Makoto Shinkai's animation film "Suzume" has become a huge hit in China, with its box office revenue exceeding that of Japan's.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/04/16/books/book-reviews/mikhail-shishkin-my-russia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-18T16:20:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Shishkin.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Shishkin.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mikhail Shishkin offers an incisive tract on Russian President Vladimir Putin as well as an extensive analysis of the war on Ukraine in his new book, “My Russia: War or Peace?”]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/04/13/music/masahiro-takahashi-humid-sun/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-19T09:49:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_220958.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_220958.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[After making an album themed on the moon, Toronto-based musician Masahiro Takahashi decided to use the sun as a motif for his seventh release, “Humid Sun,” in part inspired by the memory of a "gagaku" (imperial court music) concert that he experienced back in Japan. ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/04/20/films/film-reviews/osaka-vintage-diary/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-20T07:20:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_222235.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_222235.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fashion-minded comedian Tetsuya Morita (left) grows closer to a clothing store employee (Karin) through shared meals and shopping trips in “Osaka Vintage Diary.”]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/04/20/films/film-reviews/j005311/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-20T07:10:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_222232.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A salaryman (Kazuaki Nomura) hires a stranger to take him to an unnamed location near Mount Fuji in “J005311.”]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/04/18/books/book-reviews/the-great-reclamation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-19T21:58:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_222213.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A young boy from a fishing village finds himself caught in the roiling sweep of history as Singapore goes through a violent rebirth in Rachel Heng’s “The Great Reclamation.”]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/04/18/films/audio-only-film-foreign-students/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-20T12:03:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_221649.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiroshi Habu (third from left), musicians, students and a sound recorder make music in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, in April 2021.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/04/20/films/niigata-anime-film-festival/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-21T17:23:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_222482.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pierre Foldes’ “Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman” won the grand prix at the Niigata International Animation Film Festival this year.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2021/09/10/music/king-and-prince/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-21T17:33:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/np_file_111208.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_111208.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Royal treatment: King &amp; Prince members (from left) Yuta Jinguji, Yuta Kishi, Sho Hirano, Ren Nagase and Kaito Takahashi debuted as a boy band in 2018.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/04/21/films/documentary-great-kanto-earthquake-1923-unearthed-japans-first-disaster-footage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-21T22:36:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_222918.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_222918.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Image from footage taken by Tatsumi Iwaoka immediately after the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/04/27/films/film-reviews/okiku-and-the-world/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-27T07:10:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_222701.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_222701.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An apprentice manure collector (Kanichiro, right) and the educated daughter (Haru Kuroki) of a samurai fall in love despite their class differences in “Okiku and the World.”]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/04/27/films/film-reviews/tokyo-mer-mobile-emergency-room/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-27T07:20:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_222924.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_222924.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Medic Kota Kitami (Ryohei Suzuki) leads a team of emergency care professionals in “Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room — The Movie.”]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/04/27/music/janos-cegledy-holocaust/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-27T14:16:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_224166.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pianist and composer Janos Cegledy performed at an event on April 19 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in Poland.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2019/10/30/entertainment-news/john-legend-updates-classic-baby-cold-outside-remove-lines-seen-encouraging-date-rape/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-28T17:52:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. singer John Legend arrives at the Kennedy Center for the Mark Twain Award for American Humor on Monday in Washington.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/04/30/films/mario-creator-interview/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-30T16:51:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Netflix Japan’s new dating show “Love Village” gathers a handful of singles aged 35 and above at a ramshackle house in the Japanese countryside. Reliably, hijinks ensue. ]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An introverted magazine employee (Sakurako Konishi, left) develops a close bond with a talented artist (Hio Miyazawa) with autism in “Spring in Between.”]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chloe Zhao accepts the Oscar for directing in Los Angeles on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. singer-songwriter Billie Eilish won Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Best New Artist, Song of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album during the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday in Los Angeles.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/06/11/books/book-reviews/how-kyoto-breaks-your-heart/</loc>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/06/10/books/ao-omae/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japanese artist imase's track "Night Dancer" landed on South Korea's Melon Top 100 song chart. ]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[When they first met, Ikura and Ayase of Yoasobi had a much more business-like relationship, owing to their age difference. “There was a distance,” Ikura recalls of those initial days.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nobuhiro Yamashita’s remake of a Taiwanese hit from 2020, “One Second Ahead, One Second Behind,” strains a bit to elicit audience sympathies, but a genre switch halfway through the film helps keep things interesting.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Laura Moretti (left), Tatekawa Shinoharu (center) and faculty co-chair Barak Kushner outside the University of Cambridge's Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies in April 2022.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Beat masters: Kodo members on stage with their taiko drums.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/07/06/music/fukushima-ukraine-cello/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ukrainian cellist Iana Lavrova stands up when introduced during a concert in Fukushima Prefecture on May 21. Lavrova headed to Japan in March 2022, shortly after Russia's invasion of Ukraine began that February.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/07/07/films/takeshi-fukunaga-opts-authenticity-falsely-uplifting-new-film-mountain-woman/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[As opposed to the usual route to success taken by creatives in the Japanese showbiz industry, filmmaker Takeshi Fukunaga hit it big on the overseas festival circuit first before bringing his focus back to his native Japan.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2009/09/03/arts/has-tokyos-art-fair-scene-got-the-goods/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Has Tokyo's art-fair scene got the goods?]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2004/09/19/music/cd-reviews/discovered-covered-the-late-great-daniel-johnston-various-artists/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2003/02/16/music/songs-of-the-sorta-rich-and-famous/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-07-09T23:43:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Daniel Johnston smiles, and everything is all right.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/07/11/stage/once-musical-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-07-11T20:45:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Director Dean Johnson wanted to strip back the staging of “Once – In Concert” in a way that honored the film. The production had a limited run at the London Palladium earlier this year and Johnson notes the Tokyu Orb Theater has a similar set up.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/07/09/books/book-reviews/the-other-great-game/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-07-12T14:42:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Japanese civilian walks by civilians during the Russo-Japanese War.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/07/13/films/film-reviews/graveyard-of-youth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-07-13T07:20:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_238331.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yosuke Okuda’s characters find themselves in brutal situations in the director’s darkly comic yet sympathetic film, “Graveyard of Youth.”]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/07/13/films/film-reviews/techno-brothers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-07-13T07:10:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_238455.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A trio of brothers embark on a road trip to Tokyo to make their musical dreams come true in "Techno Brothers."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2022/12/13/films/miyazaki-new-film/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-07-13T13:27:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2015/09/12/films/isao-takahatas-stark-world-reality/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-07-13T18:42:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Deep in thought: Film director Isao Takahata strives to be as realistic as possible in his productions.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/07/03/arts/abramovic-dream-house/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-07-13T21:02:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_234803.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[During the day, Marina Abramovic's Dream House’s red and green rooms were beautiful and uplifting, while the blue and purple rooms were calming, but at night the red room looked to be awash with blood.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/06/13/arts/gwangju/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-07-13T21:02:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_232816.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Gwangju Biennale, founded in the memory of a pivotal uprising against the South Korean government in 1980, kicked off its 14th edition on a rain-soaked weekend in April. Curator Lee Sook-kyung directed under the theme “soft and weak like water.”]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/07/12/entertainment-news/tv-personality-lgbtq-advocate-ryuchell-dies-27/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-07-13T22:53:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_238578.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ryuji Higa, aka ryuchell, gained recognition in Japan for their role in popularizing “genderless kei” fashion.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/07/14/entertainment-news/hollywood-actors-strike/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-07-14T22:54:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_238828.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The impact of the simultaneous strikes, if they last more than a few days, is likely to be wider than the walkout by the Hollywood writers alone.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/07/15/arts/tennoz-isle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-07-15T14:01:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The T-Lotus M, a ship-deck-like event space designed by Kengo Kuma, floats on the Tennoz Canal alongside Petals, a boutique art hotel of four colorful houseboats. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/06/18/books/hong-kong-manga-cafe-offers-safe-haven-boys-love-fiction-fans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-07-17T15:09:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[At Fu Court in Hong Kong's Mong Kok district, Diane Chow (far left) and Konnie Lee (second from right) discuss the appeal of their BL cafe together with two other co-owners.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/07/14/films/ghibli-how-do-you-live-release/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-07-18T13:11:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_238860.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A long line forms at a cinema in Tokyo on Friday morning as renowned Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki's film "Kimitachi wa Do Ikiru Ka" ("How Do You Live?") is released.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/07/13/films/studio-ghibli-marketing-strategy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-07-18T13:12:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_238684.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Studio Ghibli co-founders Toshio Suzuki (left) and Hayao Miyazaki pose during the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Governors Awards in Los Angeles.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2021/02/18/stage/yabuhara-kengyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-07-19T13:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_70138.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Playing the bad guy: Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke IV plays Suginoichi, a blind musician who kills and cheats to get ahead but ultimately meets a gruesome end, in the play “Yabuhara Kengyo.”]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/07/26/stage/kabukizas-special-august-season-short-plays-looks-set-scorcher/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-takahashi-kabuki-a-20160727.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Double act: Brothers Nakamura Kankuro VI and Nakamura Shichinosuke II dressed for their lead roles as a samurai and a prostitute in the touchingly funny new play "Satonouwasa Yamanaya Urazato."]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/07/19/films/barbies-origin-story-takes-cheeky-detour-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-07-19T16:45:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_239942.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie attend the European premiere of "Barbie" on July 12.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Don't look back in anger: Noel Gallagher misses elements of his old band, Oasis, but admits that his new group, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, allows him experiment more in his songwriting.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Summer songs: Fans cheer at a rainy Fuji Rock Festival at Naeba Ski Resort in Niigata Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Let's go: A group of music fans arrive at the gates of this year's Fuji Rock Festival in Naeba, Niigata Prefecture, on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Here comes the night time: Arcade Fire includes Tim Kingsbury, Jeremy Gara, Regine Chassagne, Will Butler, Richard Reed Parry and (in front) Win Butler. The band will headline the main stage at Fuji Rock Festival on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2014/07/24/music/manic-sheep-wedance-represent-overseas-indie-fuji-rock-festival/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fuji nights: Wedance hopes to combine its music with a love of wrestling at its weekend Fuji Rock appearance.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The live experience: Annie Clark (aka St. Vincent) performs at this weekend's Fuji Rock Festival.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2014/07/15/music/ymos-yukihiro-takahashi-recruits-towa-tei-cornelius-yoshinori-sunahara-tomohiko-gondo-and-leo-imai-for-an-impressive-supergroup/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gaining perspective: Musician Yukihiro Takahashi, who has performed in some of Japan's most influential bands, has drawn on a variety of musical influences on his latest albums, "Techno Recital" and "Phase."]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2023-07-25T19:54:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ready for Fuji: Quruli marks its seventh appearance at Fuji Rock Festival this year. Shigeru Kishida (pictured center with Masashi Sato, left, and Fanfan) remembers the group's first performance at the event in 1999 as being a "total mess."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2020/06/05/music/fuji-rock-festival-2020/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-07-25T19:55:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_16199.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Stop the music: The 2020 edition of Fuji Rock Festival has been postponed due to concerns regarding COVID-19.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/07/22/arts/tokyo-gendai-contemporary-art-fair/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-07-26T18:22:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_240322.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo Gendai is described by fair organizers Art Assembly as Tokyo Bay’s first international contemporary art fair in 30 years.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/07/13/arts/hiroshima-appeals-graphic-design/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-08-01T14:04:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_238472.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Among the works of art displayed at Made in Japan, an exhibition of 73 historic Japanese posters at the Poster House museum in New York, are entries from the Hiroshima Appeals series such as Eiko Ishioka and Charles White III’s 1990 poster of Mickey Mouse covering his eyes, which triggered a cease-and-desist order from the Walt Disney Company.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2022/03/28/films/ryusuke-hamaguchi-oscars-drive-my-car/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-12-13T11:21:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_149621.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi accepts the Academy Award for best international film for "Drive My Car" during the 94th Oscars at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, California, on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2011/12/15/arts/having-a-laugh-at-the-witch-doctors-of-art/</loc>
		<lastmod>2026-07-28T10:32:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fa20111215a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A cardboard cutout of artist and idol Mako Watanabe.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2011/12/15/arts/painting-a-picture-of-yumeji-takehisa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2026-07-28T10:33:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fa20111215a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An eye for the ladies: "Senoo Gakufu No. 44 Beautiful Light" (1917) by Yumeji Takehisa]]></image:caption>
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