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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Korean National Museum of Contemporary Art, first established in 1969, opened a new show last week, "100 Years of Korean Art, Part II," which surveys Korean art from 1957 to the present.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Director Yoshihiro Kurita (below) became famous for his noh productions of Shakespeare plays such as "Winter's Tale". He is now staging "Othello."]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sawada Tomoko (above as herself) takes self-portraits in roles such as nightclub hostesses in "Masquerade" (below) and brides-to-be in "OMIAI" (bottom).]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2006/08/17/films/films-future-is-now/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Archival footage and a plaster cast of Marlon Brando's face found on eBay were used to make the dead actor speak totally new lines of dialogue.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Arctic Monkeys vocalist Alex Turner (above) and Joe Trohman (left), guitarist with Fall Out Boy, took different approaches at Summer Sonic 06.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Daft Punk (above) drew so many fans to their performance at Summer Sonic, which took place last weekend in Chiba's Makuhari Messe Convention Center and Marine Stadium and in Osaka, that many couldn't get near the stage; on the same night, Metallica played the Marine Stage.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ben Kemp (left) and his band's current Japan tour will be filmed and released as a documentary]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sergio Mendes (above) and Joao Gilberto will keep the bossa nova flame alive when they tour Japan this month and next.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2006/09/28/arts/seeing-paris-through-hokusais-eyes/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Henri Riviere's "Les Peniches (The Barges)" (above) and "Sur les Toits (On the Roofs)" (1902) (below)copied Japanese wood block techniques.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[FROM LEFT: Mayako Sone, Ai Okumura and Ayako Takagi will perform with Italian chamber group I Solisti Filarmonici Italiani on Dec. 23.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[ELLEGARDEN]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The new National Art Center in Roppongi was designed by architect Kisho Kurokawa.]]></image:caption>
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