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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Good egg: Satoshi Tsumabuki, following a recent press conference in Tokyo for Hideki Noda's upcoming new play, "Egg," in which he plays the leading role.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Deeken receives the Cross of the Order of Merit of the German Federal Republic in 1998.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wrong time, wrong place: Despite being used all over the Internet and elsewhere to represent the Mayan Calendar, this is actually the Aztec Calendar Stone.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-14T20:25:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-14T20:25:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/02/10/travel/winging-along-to-marvel-at-izumis-wintering-cranes/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2002/03/09/people/kasit-piromya/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-15T11:34:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/02/16/environment/war-on-the-seabed-the-hebridean-shellfishing-battle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-16T02:07:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/02/16/environment/environmental-sea-disaster-threatens-worlds-future/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-16T02:10:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/02/17/travel/warm-memories-of-an-aizu-winterlude/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/10/16/general/break-on-through-to-the-puppet-side/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Play school: Students in Jesse Glass' English literature class at Meikai University hold puppets of the Devil King (left), the Fiddling Devil (center) and Faustus, which they use to present their professor's original work, "Faustus and the Golden Keitai."]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[One of a kind: Transgender politician Aya Kamikawa talks to the JT.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/11/20/general/french-researchers-seek-raison-detre-of-hikikomori/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T01:04:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Reconnaissance party: Visiting French researchers (left to right) Nicolas Tajan, Cristina Figuereido, Natacha Vellut, Maia Fansten and Nancy Pionnie-Dax pictured during their recent group interview with the JT, in which they shared their thoughts on the social-recluse phenomenon based on their experiences in both Japan and France.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/12/18/general/fumio-yamashita-may-his-epitaph-be-tendenko/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[R.I.P.: Fumio Yamashita, who survived three huge tsunamis.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/12/18/general/lone-holdouts-first-nuclear-winter-looms-in-tohoku/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T01:05:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In the zone: Naoto Matsumura, who believes he is the only person still living in the evacuation zone around the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/12/18/general/hip-hop-star-gives-designer-a-leg-up-to-fame/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T01:05:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[New star: Shojono Tomo on song for the JT in her T-shirt for two.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/12/18/general/film-promotes-japan-energy-revolution/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T01:06:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Herald: German film director Carl Fechner, whose campaigning documentary, "The 4th Revolution — Energy Autonomy," is now showing in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/12/25/general/the-holy-trinity-of-religions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T01:06:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Believers all: Christians at the Installment Mass of Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican, Rome, on April 24, 2005.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/01/08/general/stop-the-presses-and-hold-the-front-page/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T01:06:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hot seat: Journalist Shigeo Abe, who left a career at the prestigious Nikkei in disillusionment at the paper's practices. He later founded the monthly investigative magazine Facta, which in 2011 scooped Japan's richest media when it revealed the Olympus scandal.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/01/08/general/stories-spiked-despite-journalisms-mission-to-inform/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T01:06:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Inconvenient truths: Mainichi Shimbun staff writer Takichi Nishiyama (center, left), who in 1971 revealed secret deals surrounding the 1972 reversion of Okinawa from U.S. to Japanese rule, is released from prison on April 9, 1972.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/01/08/general/fukushima-lays-bare-japanese-medias-ties-to-top/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T01:06:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Official lines: Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano on April 17, 2011, during his first visit to Fukushima after the disasters triggered by March 11's Great East Japan Earthquake.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/01/15/general/graffiti-brightens-tohoku-housing-units/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T01:06:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Good cheer leader: Artist Titi Freak (center, rear) and residents of the Kasetsu Kaisei Danchi temporary housing complex in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, where his graffiti works like the one behind now adorn many of the buildings where some 200 families live.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-19T01:11:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/11/11/general/the-war-legacy-that-binds-okinawa-and-vietnam/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T03:55:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Faded glory: The author on the outskirts of Da Nang, Vietnam, at the main gate of Camp Reasoner as it is today.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/10/28/general/sexys-back-for-womenswear/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T03:55:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cune]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/10/21/general/in-search-of-the-fearsome-onibaba/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T03:55:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Graphic: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi's woodblock print "Adachigahara hitotsuya no zu" ("The lonely house on Adachi Moor"; 1885) depicts the horrifying legend of Onibaba.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/10/14/general/farmer-plows-own-antiradiation-furrow/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T03:55:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Breaking new ground: Toshihiko Ito, head of the Sukagawa, Fukushima Prefecture-based agricultural company J-Rap, stands by one of its paddies where his innovative techniques appear to be succeeding in greatly reducing radiation in the rice.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/10/14/general/food-co-op-sues-tepco-over-soiled-reputation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T03:56:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Squaring off: Shinji Kase is head of food co-op Nanohana Seikyo, which is suing Tepco in a case slated for a Nov. 27 hearing at the Chiba District Court.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/09/30/general/telework-answers-rural-and-disabled-needs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T03:56:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Long way from home: Employees of Internet startup Sansan, residing in a mountain  farmhouse in Tokushima Prefecture, confer with their colleagues at head office in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/09/23/general/street-dance-sweeps-young-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T03:57:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Be Quiet, winner of the younth division at this year's Shonan-Fujisawa Dance Mix, held on Sept. 2, 2012.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/09/23/general/hip-hop-zooms-into-schools/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T03:57:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Raise your hands: Nobuko Kikunami, a professional hip-hop dance teacher sent by the Nippon Street Dance Studio Association, gives a workshop to students at Tachikawa Daihachi Elementary School in western Tokyo on Sept. 6.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/09/16/general/cheating-robot-poses-tech-and-ethical-issues/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T03:57:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Roboprof: Masatoshi Ishikawa, whose team has made a robot no human could ever beat at rock-paper-scissors.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/09/16/general/sex-samaritan-keeps-walking-the-walk/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T03:57:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Man with a mission: White Hands founder Shingo Sakatsume.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/09/16/general/lover-of-detail-strives-to-keep-a-kimono-dyeing-art-alive/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T03:58:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masterworker: Emika Iwashita, an expert Edo-komon-style kimono dyer whose work blends traditional techniques with an infusion of her own sensibilities. SATOKO KAWASAKI]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/09/09/general/tohoku-fisheries-fight-back-from-311/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T03:58:23+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/09/09/general/sea-changes-set-in-motion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T03:58:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20120909x2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Box meals: Crates of mackerel — the chief species by weight landed in Japan — glisten fresh from the ocean on the dock at Kagoshima port in Kyushu.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/08/26/general/flashback-to-the-sandy-beaches-of-izu/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T03:58:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20120826x2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fruit of the sea: The Izu Peninsula is rightfully famous for its seafood, which is best eaten raw as sashimi or sushi.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/08/19/general/politics-taint-ahn-sehongs-comfort-women-photo-exhibition/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T03:58:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20120819x2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Picture of despair: A portrait of a former Korean sex slave, taken by photographer Ahn Sehong and shown at his exhibition at the Shinjuku Nikon Salon in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/08/19/general/scholar-tenshin-okakuras-seaside-pavilion-destroyed-in-tsunami-witnesses-a-new-dawn/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T03:59:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/08/12/general/queen-elizabeth-engineering-prize-seeks-innovation-for-easing-lifes-hardships/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T03:59:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiroshi Komiyama]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/08/12/general/professor-aspires-toward-the-perfect-prosthetic-design/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T03:59:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Design school: Keio Univeristy professor Shunji Yamanaka holds a next-generation prosthetic limb he has designed, intended for runners, alongside a separate limb he is developing for nonathletic, everyday use.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/08/12/general/japans-paralympians-overcome-adversity-by-leaps-bounds-and-innovative-design/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T03:59:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Going for gold: Saki Takakuwa, who is competing in 100 meters, 200 meters and long jump competitions at the upcoming London Paralympics, practices at Keio University's Hiyoshi Campus in Yokohama last month.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/08/05/general/restoration-of-temple-harder-than-building-it/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T03:59:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/fl20120805x4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20120805x4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Exquisite: Intricate and beautifully colored wood carvings adorn the exterior walls of Shodendo, the main building of Kangiin Shodenzan Temple. The 12th-century temple reopened to the public in 2011 following a seven-year restoration.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/07/29/general/the-taisho-era-when-modernity-ruled-japans-masses/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T03:59:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20120729x1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Symbol of an era: Emperor Taisho, who was then known as Yoshihito, upon his coronation in July 1912.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/07/29/general/revolution-was-in-the-air-during-japans-taisho-era-but-soon-evaporated-into-the-status-quo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T03:59:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/fl20120729x2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20120729x2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Clean slate: The radical changes that swept through Taisho Era Japan were embodied in modern thinkers such as anarchist leader Sakae Osugi (above) and lesbian best-selling novelist Nobuko Yoshiya, who each sought liberation in their own way.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/07/29/general/taisho-democracy-pays-the-ultimate-price/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T03:59:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/fl20120729x3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20120729x3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA["The Great Commoner": Takashi Hara (1856-1921, above) was born a samurai and later became a Christian and Japan's first prime minister who was also an elected Diet member; An article in the July 31, 1912, edition of The Japan Times announcing the new emperor, Taisho.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/07/22/general/talking-the-talk/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T04:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/07/22/general/a-century-of-tokyo-taxis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T04:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20120722x1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Black cab: One of the first taxis in Japan, a Model-T Ford in Tokyo, circa 1912.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/07/22/general/taxi-facts-and-figures-to-impress-your-driver/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T04:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/07/15/general/farmers-try-to-fence-out-nasty-nature/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T04:00:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20120715x2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ill-fated: Neighborhood farmer Kazutoshi Iwamura (below) gazes sadly at two fine trees by his property that are set to be felled to make way for the fence. Right: A young moon bear similar to our visitor that was shot after straying into farmland.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/07/15/general/life-up-in-the-treetops/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T04:00:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20120715x1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Woodsman: Takashi Kobayashi, Japan's pioneer tree-house maker, with one of his constructions at Mount Takao, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/07/08/general/okinawas-first-nuclear-missile-men-break-silence/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Head-turner: A Mace missile is trundled through the Okinawa city of Gushikawa in the early 1960s in a rare open display.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/07/08/general/okinawa-nuclear-weapons-and-japans-special-psychological-problem/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Storied: Akira Kuroiwa shows his work in "Where Netsuke Carver Skills Meet those of a Jeweler," a book about him published by Kyoto Seishu Netsuke Museum.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Looking ahead: Keijiro Yamamoto's Power Assist Suit being developed at Kanagawa Institute of Technology on show at the TEPIA exhibition space in Tokyo on June 12, 2012. An improved version is set for release soon.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fond farewell: The steel-and-concrete Uenoshita Apartments building in Tokyo's Ueno district (above) is the last of the Dojunkai complexes that were built in the aftermath of 1923's Great Kanto Earthquake. The few remaining occupants, including Helmut Rudolph, are gradually moving out as the apartments are sold to developers. When all are sold, the building will be demolished.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Light brigade: Unburdened yaks head down by the Khumbu Glacier amid typically spectacular Himalayan scenery.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[High point: Tokyo's downtown is set to go up in the world with the Sky Tree having reared up as a visitor magnet in its midst.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Keep out: A fence topped with razor-wire separates the U.S. Iejima Island Auxiliary Airfield (right) from Japan.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Along the way: The iconic Route 66 marker shield and a map of the road that once ran from Chicago to L.A.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Spot the odd one out: Bryerly Long with her Geminoid F co-actor on stage in "Sayonara."]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-19T04:02:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Science master: Ukrainian academic Sergiy Zibtsev, who has a wealth of experience dealing with radioactively contaminated forests, seen in Ogisu, Tochigi Prefecture, during his visit to Tohoku.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/02/17/environment/fukushima-radiation-threatens-to-wreak-woodland-havoc/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T04:07:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cut up: Blighted Tochigi Prefecture mushroom farmer Yuji Hoshino with some of the 30,000 logs studded with pegs inoculated with shiitake spores that he must now dispose of because they have been exposed to radioactive rain.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-19T04:10:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoshio Kubo]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/02/19/lifestyle/sewing-words-for-thought/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T06:30:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Embroidered works by Ruri Clarkson, including one that has the word "kyaria," meaning "career," stitched in the center.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/04/08/style/anything-goes-unites-womens-collections/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T12:17:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mint Designs]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/04/08/style/new-york-fashion-gurus-applaud-second-tier-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-19T21:23:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. Joyce F. Brown, president of New York's prestigious Fashion Institute of Technology]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-20T10:34:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[John Delp delivers the weekly mail on "the world's longest mail run" in the Australian outback in June 1998.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Perfect score: Tokyo-based game-developer James Kay has written about his experience in the local game industry in his book "Japanmanship."]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Silver lining: John Hideyoshi Martyn (left) and Billy Kosuke Martyn (right), cofounders and CEOs of the Tokyo-based startup Language Cloud.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/02/22/food/foodie-media-101-eat-all-about-it/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T00:11:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Green fingers: Takeshi Tsuchiya checks the garden's famous plum blossoms.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Model student: After following her desire to make a positive difference, Midori Paxton now works at the United Nations Development Program.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/09/19/environment/tokyo-sanctions-an-extended-cull-of-taiji-dolphins/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A covertly taken shot of five bottlenose dolphins awaiting the butchers' knives and chainsaws on the dock at Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture on Sept. 14. This season's quota has been officially upped despite worldwide protests.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/08/01/environment/taiji-officials-dolphin-meat-toxic-waste/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-24T18:07:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taiji City Assemblymen Junichiro Yamashita (left) and Hisato Ryono have broken ranks to condemn locally caught "toxic" dolphin, whose meat is being served in school lunches in their area of Wakayama Prefecture and elsewhere.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/11/15/environment/lure-of-money-set-to-empty-the-oceans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-24T18:07:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Harbor at Rausu rl in Hokkaido ablaze with lights in years past as its fishing fleet docked loaded with walleye pollack (above). Catches of the fish once seemed boundless, but even fishermen now admit that overfishing has blighted the fishery.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2008/10/15/environment/let-them-eat-whales/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-24T18:11:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Whale tail]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/12/26/environment/wrapping-up-the-year-with-dollops-of-whale-and-tuna/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-24T18:11:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bluefin tuna]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/10/30/environment/our-oceans-ecology-is-all-at-sea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-24T18:11:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Among the many species bearing the brunt of human activitity at sea are the red-footed booby (above left), the Laysan albatross (above right) and black-footed albatross (right), all shown on Midway Atoll, and bottle-nosed dolphins like these off Mikurajima Island.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japanese spring vegetables (clockwise from top): Yama udo, no me, fuki no zenmai, nanohana and takenoko. Many of these delicacies can be found only in Japan and only in springtime.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The speedometer in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution (top) shows a maximum speed of 180 kph; a Nissan Fairlady (above), the first car launched in Japan after the introduction of a 280-hp ceiling on power; and a Honda Legend (below), the first car launched after its removal]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Poisoned ties: Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara delivers a speech Saturday in the city of Tokushima, where he referred to Beijing's reluctance to take up Tokyo's offer of technical aid to counter toxic smog.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Never too chicken to fight: Usa in Oita Prefecture is famed for its museum celebrating sumo champion Futabayama Sadaji (pictured in statue form with museum director Fumitoshi Shingai).]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Indomitable: Hangaku Gozen rides into battle swinging her bloodstained naginata and wearing yoroi armor symbolic of leadership during the siege of Torisaka Castle (in present-day Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku) in 1201, after her clan rose up against the powerful Minamoto Shogunate in a (losing) medieval power struggle.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Collateral damage: Officials from Tokyo Metropolitan Government measure radiation levels of tuna from the Lucky Dragon's catch at the city's Tsukiji fish market in March 1954.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[World literature: Academic and Akutagawa expert Yasuyoshi Sekiguchi holds copies of the author's works translated into English (left) and Korean.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/02/19/style/mastermind-moves-on/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-14T01:03:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The American Apparel event during last season's Tokyo Fashion Week]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/01/08/style/here-comes-fred/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-14T01:03:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/03/13/style/chanels-little-black-jacket/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-14T01:18:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA["Chanel et Japon," a sketch by designer Karl Lagerfeld, will be part of the "The Little Black Jacket" exhibition, which comes to Tokyo on March 24.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/02/14/style/returns-regroups-and-debuts-versace-tokyo-runway-julius-k-fashion-alexander-wang/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Versace]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/03/13/digital/indie-game-developers-go-global-at-bitsummit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-14T10:52:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/03/15/travel/sri-lanka-fair-at-imperial-hotel-tokyo-renewed-top-floors-at-pan-pacific-yokohama/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-15T00:01:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-17T01:11:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Last rites: In this scene from "Cowra no Hancho Kaigi," a new play by Yoji Sakate, Okawa (Tsunekazu Inokuma, right) fires up a group of Japanese POWs for a suicidal banzai charge at the Cowra prison camp in rural Australia in August, 1944.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-17T02:57:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-19T20:23:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ready to rock: This stone sculpture is a kid magnet.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[LG's Optimus G Pro]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-21T12:16:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Arborist Jin Kobayashi at the city's Tsuhiko Shrine by a kusu (camphor tree) over 1,000 years old.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-21T20:42:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[All and something: Hisashi Masuda's pictures of a Eurasian Red Squirrel (left) and a Ural Owl (right) infuse still-lifes with life.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-22T17:21:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-23T04:58:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/04/26/travel/renewed-rooms-at-intercontinental-tokyo-bay-complete-tasks-stay-at-hilton-shinjuku-for-free-special-french-courses-at-park-hyatt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-26T00:01:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-26T19:52:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Don't forget your toothbrush: The 26th National Confectionary Exposition, running now in Hiroshima, boasts 6,000 snacks from around Japan and intricate sugary sculptures, such as these sweet warriors.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-28T00:10:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Away from it all: Amy, "the only Japanese tourist on Rarotonga."]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-28T00:12:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Streets gallery: This marble Statue of Liberty overlooks Kin Town stephen mansfield]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/04/28/environment/african-elephants-pluck-at-japans-heartstrings/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-28T01:47:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/04/30/environment/california-refines-way-to-gauge-water-supply/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-30T00:03:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-30T18:41:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/05/01/digital/fragile-systems-make-twits-of-us-all/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-01T00:05:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/05/01/lifestyle/watching-moms-get-funky-can-get-babies-into-the-groove/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-01T00:06:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/04/30/style/kyary-pamyu-pamyu-on-a-mission-to-spread-kawaii-culture/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-01T03:16:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/05/03/travel/stay-in-hakone-get-a-free-tour-by-taxi-family-specials-at-hyatt-regency-rihga-royal-golden-week-buffets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-03T00:01:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/05/03/food/custard-treats-are-anything-but-square/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-03T00:05:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2009/07/19/general/bowling-em-over-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-03T04:44:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2009/11/22/general/our-growing-earth-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-03T04:57:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Oceans of data: This map, using radiometric data compiled by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, illustrates the process by which the ocean floors have been created within the last 200 million years. Pink and red indicate the most recent additions; greens followed by blues are the oldest. Detail added by researcher Neal Adams' Continuity Associates breaks the growth into 10-million-year sections. Humans have existed on Earth only during the time indicated by the pink lines.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/05/05/environment/our-tree-dragon-fires-new-hopes-for-tsunami-survivors/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/05/06/environment/ocean-warming-threatens-fish-off-u-s-report/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2013-05-09T10:19:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/05/10/travel/special-holiday-brunch-at-ana-intercontinental-westin-tokyo-garden-opens-star-french-chef-visits-mandarin-oriental-tokyo/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/05/10/lifestyle/ideas-to-trump-names-on-tedxtokyo-stage/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/12/13/people/eyewear-designer-alain-mikli/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T11:10:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-05-10T11:24:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Past and present: Manga artist Izumi Matsumoto against a collage of previously unpublished sketches for his upcoming "The Far Eastern Romances." They show 1856's first U.S. Consul General to Japan, Townsend Harris (top right);  his ill-fated translator, Henry Heusken (center); and the young geisha Okichi, who figured in his life.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/08/07/environment/the-far-out-ogasawaras/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T11:38:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/09/20/style/hold-the-cesium-ways-to-reduce-radiation-in-your-diet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T11:47:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Extra levels of safety: Kunikazu Noguchi, lecturer at Nihon University checks radiation levels near his office. Noguchi's book on how to reduce levels of radiation in food was published in July this year.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/07/31/general/most-unlikely-bedfellows/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Time heals: Emperor Hirohito and General MacArthur, at their first meeting, at the U.S. Embassy, Tokyo, Sept. 27, 1945. Right: U.S. President Barack Obama invited former-Prime Minister Taro Aso to be the first foreign leader to visit him at the White House on Feb. 23, 2009 — a sign of the importance of the relationship between the two countries.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/05/08/travel/pedal-power-pleasures-on-kansais-byways/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T11:49:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kansai color: Osaka's majestic castle, framed with spring blossoms.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/10/30/general/variety-spices-up-the-womenswear-shows/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T12:00:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Catwalk buzz: A Facetasm chain-saw bag.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/05/27/food/farming-without-chemicals-or-radiation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T12:01:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Urban refugee: Yasunori Toyoguchi gave up the city life to start his own organic farm in Motegi, Tochigi Prefecture. He checks his new rice crop while a grass snake basks in the sun, a sign that the water is good.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-05-10T12:16:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The first katsu's the deepest: Tonkatsu, a breaded and deep-fried pork cutlet, is one of the most popular pork dishes in Japan, and can be served in several ways — including as katsudon (below), topped with onion and scrambled egg and served over rice.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/05/15/travel/strawberries-and-shoguns-in-shizuoka/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T12:17:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sweet splendors: Akihime strawberries grow from a wall.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/06/19/general/temblor-brings-hope-and-tears-to-zoo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T12:17:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Happy couple: Satsuki (left) and her partner, Jiro, in Tokyo's Ueno Zoo in 2004. Satsuki died on April 16 after injuring herself due to the March 11 earthquake.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/07/10/general/company-team-helps-fill-tohoku-gap/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T12:56:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mucking in: Volunteers from the Shangri-La Hotel Tokyo shift bags of sludge they dug out of drainage gutters in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/10/25/people/japan-pom-pom-cheerleaders-founder-fumie-takino/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T12:56:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fumie Takino, founder of the Japan Pom Pom cheerleaders]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/09/11/travel/a-heartrending-drive-on-the-rebuilt-roads-of-tohoku/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T14:07:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wave of mutilation: A house near the Iwate Prefecture town of Yamada lies in ruins after March's tsunami.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/12/04/travel/exploring-yanagawas-watery-world/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T14:11:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[All aboard: Boats wait to take people cruising on Yanagawa's maze of canals.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/12/18/travel/cultures-mingle-amid-atamis-hot-springs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T14:29:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sea the sights: A short walk from Atami Station, up a narrow road that takes you through a tunnel, rewards those who forsake the town's more material delights with beautiful views such as this of Sagami Bay and wooded headlands on the lip of an extinct volcano falling away steeply into the ocean.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/08/30/style/cleverness-in-things-great-and-small/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T15:14:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/06/24/food/keep-a-low-power-kitchen-this-summer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T15:15:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chilling in the kitchen: A bowl of kakigori (shaved ice) topped with sweet syrup, mochi rice dumplings and ice cream is one of many delicious ways to keep cool this summer.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/06/19/general/remembering-the-day-the-ocean-rose/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T15:15:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Horror show: A series of pictures taken from the roof of his building in Unosumai, Iwate Prefecture, by Yoshinobu Ryokawa just after the March 11 megaquake. To see the same panorama he took 30 minutes later as an 8-meter tsunami sweeps almost all before it, click on the photo and hover your cursor on the photo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/06/03/travel/grand-pacific-le-daiba-hotel-offers-amenities-for-runners/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T15:16:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/07/26/style/fun-and-function-for-office-and-home/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T15:42:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/09/13/style/the-strength-of-tokyos-minimalists-knit-for-japan-and-rediscovering-beams/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T15:47:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[ISSEY MIYAKE Collection Poster, Spring/Summer (1994); photograph by Irving Pen, poster design and typography by Ikko Tanaka.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/09/16/travel/get-sky-high-views-of-tokyo-sky-tree/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T15:56:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/12/09/food/using-your-noodle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T16:18:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/09/13/people/eriko-hiratsuka/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T16:20:06+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/07/26/people/chair-of-the-japanese-association-for-suicide-prevention-yukio-saito/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T16:21:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yukio Saito, chair of the Japanese Association for Suicide Prevention and CEO of the Japanese Federation of Inochi-no-denwa (Lifeline)]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/12/18/environment/theres-more-to-christmas-colors-than-meets-the-eye/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T16:21:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fe20111218mba.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hues of ages: Christians have adopted green as the color of eternal life, and hence of Jesus Christ, and at Christmas link it with red, the color of his blood at the Crucifixion. However, the roots of the colors' mysticism, as on this fruiting yew, are far more ancient.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/09/27/style/upgrading-the-ordinary/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T16:25:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/05/29/travel/casting-around-in-tsukudajima/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T16:26:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Double vision: Tsukudajima Bridge elegantly spans a tidal canal.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/05/20/travel/enjoy-an-evening-among-the-fireflies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T16:26:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/05/27/travel/monthly-yoga-diet-plan-in-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T16:53:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/09/04/travel/year-round-playground-yamanashi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T17:12:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Learning the ropes: This writer in action at Forest Adventure (above), and my steed of choice (below).]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/11/25/travel/take-in-the-view-at-a-sky-high-buffet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T17:42:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/07/31/travel/shooting-galleries-in-nihonbashi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T18:02:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Art attack: Danish collector Dr. Georg Albrecht Mai joins a gallery tour organized by Hitoshi Ohashi of the Tobin Ohashi Gallery.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/04/24/digital/why-big-it-projects-go-wrong/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-12T03:44:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/05/08/digital/google-glass-half-full-or-half-empty/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-12T03:45:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/05/05/people/japans-samurai-hurdler-keeps-rising-to-new-challenges/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-12T04:46:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In the zone (L to R): James Carter (USA), Japan's Dai Tamesue and Periklis Iakovakis (Greece) give it their all in a first-round heat of the 400-meters hurdles at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens on Monday, Aug. 23, 2004. Tamesue made it through to the semis, where he was narrowly eliminated despite posting his season's-best time of 48.46 secs.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/05/12/travel/on-the-trail-of-ninja-in-igas-shadowy-past/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-12T21:30:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A stage shows of ninjutsu fighting skills at Iga-Ryu Ninja Museum.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/05/12/general/beauty-as-beheld-in-japan-through-the-ages/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-12T23:19:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20130512x1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lost horizons: "Suruga-cho" (1856), a print from "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo" by Utagawa Hiroshige, depicts a peaceful-looking Tokyo, with Mount Fuji readily seen and no neon obscuring the stars from this site in present-day Nihonbashi.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/07/17/travel/beat-the-heat-in-the-green-hills-of-izu/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-13T14:29:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Piquance-packed: Wasabi growing by the Kawazu River, and on sale nearby (below right).]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/06/12/travel/enjoy-art-with-alpine-views/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-13T14:30:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fare well: Travelers' guardian deities are found all around Azumino, most often carved on roadside stones. This painted pair are on the door of one of the soba restaurants that are plentiful there, too.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/05/13/travel/relaxing-spa-break-in-yokohama/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-13T14:32:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/11/13/general/in-the-wake-of-the-vikings/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-13T15:47:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Top class: Glover with key former samurai players in the new, modernizing Japan after the 1868 Meiji Restoration, including (to his left) Yanosuke Iwasaki, who had taken over the Mitsubishi company his late brother, Yataro, founded in 1873 with a lot of help, and cash, from Glover.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Green glory: The beech tree in our Afan woods (above center) that I transplanted as a pencil-thin sapling 28 years ago.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Waste not, want not: A pile of leftover timber from our Afan Woodland Trust (above) that we will entirely reuse or recycle.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A 180-cm Japanese ratsnake on the hunt]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hello Japan!: Dylan plays the Budokan Hall in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 1978, as he makes his debut in Japan.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-05-15T16:17:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-05-15T16:26:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Potato power: Japan's many varieties of satsumaimo (sweet potato) herald the fall and winter seasons, and have been popular since the rice-crop failures of the mid-18th century.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lending a hand: (from left) Boats washed up by the tsunami are still a common sight in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture; groups of Peace Boat volunteers prepare for the day at Ai-Plaza; Ishinomaki as it now looks from Kashimamiko Shrine.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Perfect poise: Ballerina Miho Saito strikes a gorgeous pose with Yudai Fukuoka in the National Ballet of Japan's 2011 production of "Aladdin".]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiroshi Mizohata, commissioner of the Japan Tourism Agency]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Closing time: Miyoshino, better known to its friendly regulars as Michan, is one of many longrunning bars facing peril in the redevelopment of Shimokitazawa, Tokyo. Right: Barman Hasegawa.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/06/24/travel/five-osaka-hotels-host-lunch-fair/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-16T11:01:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/05/31/lifestyle/the-edified-and-tedified-in-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-16T11:02:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Plastic solutions: Akinori Ito, environmental problem-solver, and CEO of Blest Corporation, demonstrates his invention — a machine that can convert a kilogram of waste plastic into a liter of oil.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-05-16T11:02:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Extra life: The Kenzo Estate in California's Napa Valley is home to the winemaking side business of Kenzo Tsujimoto (left), whose day job is as CEO of Japanese video-games giant Capcom.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-05-16T11:48:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Carol Lim and Humberto Leon]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/12/04/environment/waxing-woody-as-winter-nears/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-16T12:07:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Warmth and heat: Trust members chat over dinner at our new Afan Centre.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/08/07/travel/step-back-in-time-down-chofu-way/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-16T14:31:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Old ways: Walking the many back lanes like this between ancient, beautifully finished stone and clay walls is one of Chofu's many time-slip pleasures.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/06/12/general/heights-of-survival/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-16T14:32:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Life and death: After major tsunamis in 1896 and 1933, many houses in Toni, Iwate Prefecture, were relocated from low-lying valleys to "reconstruction zones" on higher land (background, above). But tragically, many others were built in their place (foreground).]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/08/21/general/emergency-escape-routes-publisher-maps-the-best-way-home/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/06/05/travel/horyuji-buddhisms-cradle-in-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-16T16:39:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-05-16T17:36:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sunset sight: The massive Chinese nets at Fort Cochin harbor have caught the eye of many a photographer.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/05/15/general/japans-renegade-hero-gives-saipan-new-hope/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Unbowed:  Renegade Capt. Sakae Oba surrenders his sword to a U.S. officer on Dec. 1, 1945.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Small wonder: Sasa (dwarf bamboo) springs back to life none the worse for a winter under packed snow.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/05/19/travel/taking-it-easy-on-stroll-size-omi-jima/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Omi-jima, the Sea of Japan's third-largest island after Oki and Sado, has quiet ports such as Ohibi.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Paying the price: A Nagano Prefecture hill dug away to refill huge holes left by gravel extraction from lowland site.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tour leader: Buddhist monk Tetsuya Urakami, whose "A Death-experiencing Journey" workshops in a Tokyo temple are especially popular with women in their 20s and 30s.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Essential: Peacock imports Waitrose items including baked beans.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Super bowl: Warm up with a hearty soup such as Rogovski's borscht.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-05-19T14:25:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Port of Gaul: Petit Debut's appetizer platter is a pure taste of France.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-05-19T14:30:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/10/19/food/as-the-mercury-drops-comfort-food-means-pie-pie-pie/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-19T14:39:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Smashing: Pumpkin pie is among the classics at Mama Tarte.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On a roll: Rainbow Burritos owner-chef Chubabe.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-05-20T11:02:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[N.Y. style: Brunch at West Park Cafe includes a hearty eggs Benedict.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/11/04/travel/jazz-at-riva-degli-etruschi-marriage-fair-at-hyatt-regency-pets-welcome-at-hilton-osaka/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-20T15:08:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/07/24/travel/taking-in-tomonouras-many-delights/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-20T15:15:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lofty symbol: Tomonoura's Edo Period lighthouse, which resembles the large lanterns that are often seen at temples.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/11/11/food/a-taste-of-home-life-after-national-azabu/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-20T15:16:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fg20111111f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[All you need is grub: If regular Japanese supermarkets leave you cold, the refrigerators at Nissin World Delicatessen (above) are well stocked with cheeses from around the world, while Seijo Ishii (below) offers such authentic European fare as handmade pasta. These and other stores around Japan should help fill the void left by National Azabu supermarket in Tokyo and the soon-to-disappear British chain Tesco.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/06/19/general/anti-whalers-should-just-stop/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-20T15:16:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Author Atsushi Ishii.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/06/10/food/koshu-wine-gets-uncorked-abroad/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-20T15:16:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fg20110610fha.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mountain man: Ernest Singer (left) of Millesimes Japan, a winemaking and import operation, on his company's Yamanashi plot in the foothills of Mount Fuji. Singer has helped pioneer methods that bring out the best in Japan's Koshu wine grapes.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/07/12/style/going-gaga-for-tominaga-mori-girls-eco-fashion-final-home-and-the-lady-herself/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-20T16:18:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fs20110712a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fashion statements: Lady Gaga holds up a coffee cup with the message in Japanese "Pray for Japan" at the MTV Video Music Aid Japan press conference. The star insists on supporting Japanese brands while in the country, and for this event she wore a feathered necklace created by ROGGYKEI and trousers from Toga.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-05-22T00:04:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Busted: Cracked cellphones have become the gadget equivalent of ripped jeans for the tech generation.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/05/22/digital/is-computing-speed-set-to-make-a-quantum-leap/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-22T00:05:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nc20130522d1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pure science: The research into quantum mechanics using the Large Hadron Collider particle accelerator at European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) may ultimately lead to advances in super-computing.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/01/10/travel/going-to-pot-down-mashiko-way/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-22T15:11:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Potpourri: Mashiko surprises include a shop selling reproductions of ancient haniwa clay figures.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/01/31/general/sorges-spy-is-brought-in-from-the-cold/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-22T15:12:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Proud moments: Toshiko Tokuyama (above left, and below) at the Russian Embassy in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2010, as she received the Order of the Patriotic War (Second Class) posthumously awarded to her uncle, Yotoku Miyagi, in 1964. She is pictured above with a Russian military attache and Rinichi Omine, a journalist who helped her lobby Moscow to present the Soviet-era medal.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/01/03/environment/natures-oaken-towers-of-power/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-22T15:25:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fe20100103cwa.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lasting bond: Yours truly standing, this year, before an English oak I helped ceremonially plant at the MSDF College in Etajima, Hiroshima Prefecture, in 2002.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/01/29/food/chocolate-bars-for-whisky-lovers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-22T15:26:17+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/05/21/digital/apps-to-stay-healthy-hear-the-news-and-keep-in-touch/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-22T16:06:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Sony VIAO Fit 14.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/01/24/environment/saving-the-planet-through-its-trees/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-22T16:27:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fe20100124sha.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Natural assets: This idyllic rural scene in Mie Prefecture highlights Japan's wealth of forests, which cover more than two-thirds of the country. However, it will take new nationwide policies to sustainably utilize these timber resources.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/01/31/travel/rags-and-riches-by-the-myoshoji/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-22T16:28:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fv20100131kna.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Magic garden: Cafe Ra-Ra-Ra offers tropical drinks, beer and fancy toast concoctions at the foot of Fourth Slope, below the Hayashi Fumiko Memorial Hall.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/01/24/general/the-wartime-leaders-of-japan-were-heroes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-22T16:28:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/fl20100124x4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20100124x4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Plain speaker: Sacked former Air Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff Gen. Toshio Tamagami, whose published views running counter to official policy cost him his job in 2008.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/01/10/general/first-snow/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-22T16:28:53+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/01/24/general/chipping-away-at-constitutional-freedoms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-22T16:29:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/01/27/language/spouse-hunting-politics-had-us-all-abuzz-in-09/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-22T16:29:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/01/14/people/ice-cream-man-tokuya-hirose/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-22T16:29:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fl20100114jka.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokuya Hirose]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/01/17/general/dangling-around-with-the-stars/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-23T15:42:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/fl20100117x1a.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dummy run: Mitsuko Nakamura, a popular enka (old-style ballads) performer belts out a number while stand-ins for members of the J-pop band Tokio get into the groove at NHK Hall in Tokyo's Shibuya district by waving uchiwa fans at a rehearsal for last year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen" ("Red and White Song Battle"), NHK's annual live New Year's Eve TV extravaganza. The Press are allowed to take photographs of the rehearsals, but not of the event itself.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/01/13/language/o-shgatsu-can-really-test-a-womans-endurance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-23T15:42:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/01/20/language/new-hope-anxiety-in-japans-kanji-of-the-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-23T15:52:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/01/03/travel/soaking-up-the-simians/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-23T15:52:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chilling out: A pair of Japanese macaques appear blissfully relaxed in the waters of an open-air hot spring at the Jigokudani Monkey Park in Yudanaka, Nagano Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/09/28/food/diversifying-japans-biggest-food-festival/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-23T18:53:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The ultimate feast: The B-1 Grand Prix has become a major event for foodies, attracting nearly half a million people to a different prefecture each time. The event is also aimed at promoting Japan's rich regional diversity. Last year's Grand Prix (below) was held in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture; the winning dish was a yaki-soba (bottom) that put its town of Hiruzen, Okayama Prefecture, on the map.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/08/31/food/farmers-markets-on-the-rise-in-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-23T21:41:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Friendly produce: New market 246 Common.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/11/13/food/thanks-michelin-but-we-already-knew-tokyo-is-top/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-23T22:14:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/09/07/food/its-never-too-late-for-more-ice-cream/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-23T22:42:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/05/24/travel/japanese-afternoon-tea-beatles-and-disco-dinner-party-eat-off-kutani-porcelain/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-24T00:11:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/09/29/food/finding-the-finest-foods-from-afar/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-24T00:16:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bigot Douce France in the Printemps department store in Ginza makes excellent country-style pain au levain. Bigot is Kobe-based, but they have several branches around Kanto.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/05/24/food/chomp-your-way-through-spring/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-24T00:25:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fg20130524sta.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The first bite is with the eye: New movie "Taishibokei Tanita no Shain Shokudo (Recipes of Diet Diaries)," based on the true story of how a Tokyo company overhauled its cafeteria for the health benefit of its staff, is sure to appeal to fans of low-cost, low-calorie eating.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/12/14/food/michelin-maestro-spills-the-beans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-24T01:18:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[With a growing stable of restaurants under his name, Pierre Gagnaire tries to spend as much of his time as possible in the kitchen when he visits Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/01/15/travel/order-buffet-dinner-in-odaiba/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-24T11:26:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/01/14/style/affordable-issey-miyake-guild-prime-mook-freebies-af-in-japan-and-mens-briefs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-24T11:27:09+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/04/20/food/hokkaidos-diverse-cuisine-recognized-by-michelin/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-24T15:11:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dishy (L-R): The Michelin Man with owners and chefs of Hokkaido restaurants Sushi Tanabe, Nukumi, Michel Bras Toya Japon and Moliere, and Michelin Japan President Bernard]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2006/11/17/food/high-tea-and-cocktails/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-24T16:08:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/05/26/environment/mr-abe-bag-the-nukes-and-heed-the-keeling-curve/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-26T00:04:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fe20130526sha.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Up and away: Keeling Curves of atmospheric CO2 levels show the seasonal peaks and dips since 1958.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/05/26/general/whatever-some-say-theres-no-japanese-language-code-to-be-deciphered/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-26T00:05:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/05/26/travel/kan-yasudas-tactile-art-brings-new-life-to-bibai/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ephemeral beauties: Wisteria sways from trellises at Kameido Tenjin in front of its red taikobashi bridge.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lone voice: Alf Palmer, whose tribal name was Jinbilnggay, was the last fluent speaker of the Aboriginal language Warrongo. He is pictured here on the Warrongo people's reservation on Palm Island in Queensland, Australia, in July 1972.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hard to beat: Musashigawa sumo wrestlers at morning training.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-06-05T14:05:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Key points: Matsuo Shrine (above), dedicated to the god of sake, and a brewery with a characteristic namako kabe perimeter wall.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fields of plenty: Vineyards and orchards make a feast for the eye around Katsunuma.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/12/29/digital/living-in-japan-theres-an-app-for-that/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-06-05T14:16:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[For travels and expats alike, there are plenty of apps to make life in Japan a little bit easier.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/01/13/digital/kindle-upgrades-but-dx-e-reader-is-just-the-start-of-a-boom/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/12/01/digital/amazon-apple-kick-start-japans-digital-content-delivery-business/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-06-05T14:30:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-06-05T14:30:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Game master: Shinji stands next to a life-size statue of Sam, the lead character from his new game "Vanquish," at a press event at Tokyo's Roppongi Hills.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/03/03/digital/cowon-puts-sound-before-vision-nikon-camera-zooms-ahead/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-06-05T14:30:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/04/28/digital/toshiba-television-to-stream-its-content-from-the-internet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-06-05T14:30:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/02/21/environment/singing-the-praises-of-sparrows/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-06-05T14:30:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Still life: Bright sunshine brings out the lovely colors of the Eurasian tree sparrow.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/11/03/digital/video-games-burst-through-borders-with-collaborations-between-companies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-06-05T14:31:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Step into my world: A screen shot from Capcom's "Street Fighter x Tekken."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/02/14/general/dersus-lair-that-inspired-kurosawa/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[What's for lunch?: Siberian tigers, which evolution has fitted with protective "eye" markings on the back of their ears, need 8 kg of meat a day to survive.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/03/24/digital/sony-steps-back-from-3-d-rush-panasonic-reworks-cd-blaster/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/09/01/digital/gran-turismo-5-gets-japan-release-date-tokyo-gears-up-for-games-show/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Start your engines: "Gran Turismo 5" is coming to Japan in November.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/09/01/digital/gree-mixi-innovators-say-japan-web-firms-need-global-strategy/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2013-06-05T14:31:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Data process: The TenderNoise project website, which tracks the impact of noise on a San Francisco neighborhood, was just one of the many projects presented at the "Internet of Things 2010 Conference" in Tokyo last week.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/06/09/digital/new-iphone-features-extra-camera-hd-video/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-06-05T14:31:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/02/25/lifestyle/macrobiotic-master-extols-joy-of-cooking/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-06-05T14:31:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Act locally: Chef Mayumi Nishimura, who promotes eating a macrobiotic diet consisting of organic and locally grown foods, sits down to one of her creations.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/11/24/digital/apple-tv-itunes-movie-rentals-come-to-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-06-05T14:32:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On demand: Movie rentals are now available on the Japanese iTunes store and the new Apple TV.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/12/22/digital/sony-shows-off-flexible-e-paper-prototype-googles-cr-48-is-a-glimpse-of-pcs-in-the-cloud/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/07/07/digital/thatjapanesegirl/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[New kids on the block: A Mobile Area section debuted at this year's Tokyo Game Show, reflecting the growing importance of games for mobile platforms.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Glow warms: Get your Jingle on this Christmas with LED Light Magic Gloves]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Brainstorming 2.0: Software developer John Allsopp gives a lecture at Tokyo 2.0's PechaKucha event. PHOTOS COURTESY OF DEREK ARNWINE AND LEM FUGITT]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[App brat: Dadako Studio Japan President Hawken King shows off his "Facemakr" iPad application.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Into the galaxy: DoCoMo President Ryuji Yamada (left) and J.K. Shin, president and head of the mobile communications business at Samsung, show off the new Galaxy Tab and the Galaxy S smart phone at a press conference Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Belly of the best: Toki's Large Helical Device is shaped like a snake eating its own tail.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tower of power: The 21-meter-high main keep of Hikone Castle, completed in 1622.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The wild, wild East: Canadian high school students try out takeuma (bamboo horse) stilts in front of Shirota House at Jidayubori Minkaen.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cycle of life: Ise Shrine, the most sacred site of Japanese Shintoism, as it enshrines the ancestory of the Japanese Imperial family, is seen in 1973 undergoing the traditional reconstruction ceremony. On the left is the old building, which will be demolished after the formal transfer to the newly-built shrine, on the right.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Stopover: The line on the flank of this Siberian flying squirrel is the border of its patagium, a fold of skin between the fore and hind limbs that enables it to glide through the air.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-06-19T05:48:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rice power: Keisuke Honda scores the qualifying goal for Japan in its qualifying match for the 2014 World Cup against Australia on June 4.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-06-19T11:35:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jeremy Scott]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/04/25/travel/horsing-around-in-shinjuku/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-06-19T14:34:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-06-19T15:59:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/04/11/travel/under-the-volcano-iwates-capital-keeps-its-rich-history-alive/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-06-20T14:25:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-06-20T16:13:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-06-20T16:13:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-06-20T16:14:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/04/17/lifestyle/all-fired-up-by-japanese-wheels/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-06-20T19:39:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On your bike: Eric Ossing, a collector and restorer of classic Japanese bicycles, is seen here in his home workshop in Kawasaki that's hung with old bike ads.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-06-21T00:02:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/06/21/food/in-search-of-a-steamed-morsel-or-two-of-hong-kong-fare/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dim sum: Hong Kong chefs offer authentic dumplings at Le Parc.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-06-21T11:23:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Active duty: Young Nic (right) on patrol while serving as a Game Warden in the Simien Mountains of northern Ethiopia in the late 1960s. The man on the left, with a rifle slung over his shoulder, was Assistant Warden Mesfin Abebe, and the two men behind were local vigilantes who joined us in pursuit of illegal loggers.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-06-21T11:31:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Holy warrior: Visitors get a closeup look at Nara's famed sculpture of the war deity Ashura — the unrivaled superhero of Buddhist statues in Japan — at Kofukuji Temple's National Treasure Museum.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/04/04/travel/warming-to-ryukyu-culture/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-06-21T11:38:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hot stuff: Two massive bulls clash at the Ishikawa Dome in central Okinawa (below right), one of numerous arenas on the island dedicated to this popular spectator sport of togyu. Above right: A shisha (lion-dog guardian) on the roof of a traditional home preserved at Ryukyu Mura.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/04/09/food/the-perfect-pairings-for-spring-picnics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-06-21T11:39:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Great terroir: The French vineyards of Chablis, between Paris and Beaune, produce Burgundy wines, many of which make ideal pairings with picnic dishes.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/04/11/general/its-all-change-in-mens-designs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-06-21T11:39:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/04/22/people/meiji-delivery-people-masayoshi-and-haruko-yoshikawa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-06-21T11:39:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/04/18/general/lets-carnaval/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-06-21T11:39:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Top class: The float of samba school Unidos da Tijuka, which won Carnaval 2010 in Rio de Janeiro, is paraded through the city's Sambodromo stadium on Feb. 14. The theme of the school's parade was "E segredo!" ("It's Secret!").]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/04/25/general/native-works-puts-city-on-fashion-radar/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The good life: Some of the raw food creations of Victoria Boutenko, who says that since her family switched to a raw food diet they have suffered less ailments, lost weight and gained energy.]]></image:caption>
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