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			<image:caption><![CDATA[From top: Works by Sekisui Ito, Kakurezaki and Shugo Takauchi; wall of plates and platters; sculpture by Kazumasa Ohira.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2003-05-21T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA["The Bronx" (1980) by Sophie Calle]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The woodblock prints of the well-traveled Paul Jacoulet (from top) "Tattooed Woman of Falalap, West Carolines" (1935), "The Black Lotus, China" (1959) and "The Two Adversaries (left-hand print), Korea" (1950).]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2003-05-25T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of Stomp in performance]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2003-05-28T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2003-05-28T09:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Copies of the icon "Our Lady of Kazan" include these two dating from the mid-17th century (above) and 19th century (below).]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Icon depicting the Trinity (1676)]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA["The Elephant Vanishes," directed by Simon McBurney at Setagaya Public Theater, is a very different beast from the Haruki Murakami collection of short stories on which it is based.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pico System are (clockwise from left) Kimihiko Mabuchi, Naoki Yamamoto, DJ Seen and Hajime Inoue.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bombshell murderesses Roxie Hart (Emma Clifford) and Velma Kelly (Lisa Donmall) are deadlier than the male in a stunning stage version of "Chicago" that outsizzles the movie.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fm20030910h2a.jpg]]></image:title>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2003/09/10/arts/enjoying-the-view-from-up-on-high/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-09-10T09:02:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fa20030910mdb.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA["Airport Lounge 3" (2003) is among the works artist Yumiko Okui (below) is showing at the Kenji Taki Gallery.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2003/09/10/stage/revenge-to-truly-savor/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shinobu Otake (above and below) commands the stage as Electra who, with her brother Orestes, played by Junichi Okada (below), do to death their murderous mother.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2003/09/10/music/music-of-the-spheres/</loc>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2003/09/11/books/naoki-prize-winner-asks-japan-to-put-more-faith-in-the-young/</loc>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2003/09/14/books/book-reviews/poetry-a-language-without-borders/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2003-09-14T09:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
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		<lastmod>2003-09-14T09:02:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Television are (from left) Tom Verlaine, Richard Lloyd, Billy Ficca and Fred Smith.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2003/09/17/stage/son-pays-tribute-to-a-kabuki-master/</loc>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2003/09/17/arts/hand-made-objects-have-a-soul-of-their-own/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2003-09-21T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2003/09/21/music/russian-masters-play-to-bury-leningrad/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Valery Gergiev]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2003/09/21/books/kabuki-the-opera-of-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-09-21T09:02:01+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The moving "St. Peter's Denial" (1660, above) and "Joseph and Potiphar's Wife" (1634, below).]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2003/09/24/arts/itos-embroidered-art-has-got-it-all-stitched-up/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2003-09-26T09:02:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2003-09-28T09:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2003/09/28/music/singing-in-the-ageless-language-of-love/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-09-28T09:02:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2003-09-28T09:02:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2003-09-28T09:02:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A multimedia event to be held in Tokyo next week will encourage audiences to see the world in a new light.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2003/10/01/arts/nagoyas-new-pretender-to-el-theater-throne/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-10-01T09:01:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dwayne Lawler as Macbeth.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2003/10/01/arts/the-fine-arts-of-craftsmanship-then-and-now/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2003/10/01/arts/praise-be-hip-hop-art-gets-religious/</loc>
		<lastmod>2003-10-01T09:02:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2003-10-04T09:01:36+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2003/10/05/music/fun-at-asagiri-is-as-easy-as-ichi-ni-san/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Mad Professor takes us to Planet Dub.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2003-10-05T09:02:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2003-10-08T09:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA["Late Autumn"]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[These jars, dating from 1974 (top), 1975 (above) and 1979 (below and bottom), show how ceramics superstar Shoji Kamoda never made the same piece twice.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2003-10-15T09:00:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2003/10/15/arts/cwaj-print-artists-and-scholars-create-a-good-impression/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA["Blossoms" (2003) by Sarah Brayer]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Audio Active are (clockwise from right) Nanao, Masa, 2DD and Kasai]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2003/10/22/stage/its-a-mans-mans-world-unfortunately/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[ft20031022a2b.jpg]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Calling down angels - Will oldham, aka Bonnie "Prince" Billy, at his March 19 concert at O'Nest in Shibuya]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dose of reality - Vanda Duarte in the documentary "No Quarto de Vanda"]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-24T09:02:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[marks its 35th anniversary by launching an exhibition devoted to the artist.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Come together - The ensemble cast of Cedric Klapisch's "L'Auberge Espagnole"]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The cast of "The Hotel Venus"(above), featuring SMAP member Tsuyoshi Kusanagi(below)]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Palace of refuge - Bill Murray in Sofia Coppola's "Lost in Translation"]]></image:caption>
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