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		<lastmod>2016-02-19T21:34:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People line up in Tokyo to buy tickets for the Cassiopeia sleeper train’s final run. Known for its luxurious interior, Cassiopeia has operated since 1999 and will head from Hokkaido to Ueno for the last time on March 20. Service is ending because the Hokkaido shinkansen will begin operating on March 26.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2016-02-19T21:39:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Society of Wives of Arab Ambassadors and Heads of Missions in Japan (SWAAJ) hosted a luncheon in honor of Akie Abe (center), Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's wife, at the Oman ambassador's residence in Tokyo on Feb. 9. Abe was joined by SWAAJ President, Jamila Al-Suwaidi (Qatar, fifth from left); Vice President Maali Siam (Palestine, fifth from right); and (from left) Maha Mohamed (Sudan); Utako Arrour (Morocco); Keiko Shimazaki, wife of the Foreign Ministry's Chief of Protocol; Abeer Aisha (Oman); Jamilah Al-Otaibi (Kuwait); Shifa Haddad (Jordan); Wided Darragi (Tunisia), and Jamila Al-Gunaid (Yemen). During the luncheon, Abe was treated to a fashion show, where models wore traditional clothing from the Arab world.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/02/17/news/office-ninja/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-02-21T22:33:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Civil servants in Koka, Shiga Prefecture, a hotbed for ninja during the feudal era, dress up in their distinctive garb on Monday.Feb. 22 is humorously known as Ninja Day, as 2/22 resembles the ninja "nin-nin-nin" attack cry made famous in manga.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/02/22/news/runners-high/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-02-22T01:10:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Marathoners run past Ninnaji Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site, during the fifth annual Kyoto Marathon on Sunday. About 16,000 people took part, including Nobel Prize-winning stem cell scientist Shinya Yamanaka, who finished in 3:44:42.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/02/23/news/modeling-a-module/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-02-23T23:45:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Astronaut Kimiya Yui strikes a pose with a miniature of the Konotori cargo transport vehicle during a news conference Tuesday in Tokyo. Last August, Yui successfully docked the cargo transport to the International Space Station, where he stayed for 141 days before returning to Earth in December.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/02/24/news/easy-does-it/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-02-25T11:06:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A drone carrying a cargo of eggs and other items is flown in Naka, Tokushima Prefecture, on Wednesday. It was part of a trial by a Tokyo firm that wants to deliver goods via drone in rural areas to cut transportation costs.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/02/26/news/rite-of-spring/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-02-26T00:45:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Apprentice geisha known as maiko serve tea at the annual Plum Blossom Festival at Kitano Tenmangu Shrine in the city of Kyoto on Thursday. The shrine, built in 947 in honor of scholar and politician Sugawara no Michizane, boasts 1,500 plum trees of 50 varieties.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/02/27/news/video-hotaluna-a-cruise-ship-designed-by-leiji-matsumoto/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-02-27T00:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/02/26/news/pokemon-turns-20/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-02-26T19:06:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pikachu plush toys are displayed for sale at the Pokemon Center Mega Tokyo store. Since Pokemon's launch 20 years ago, Pikachu has become recognizable around the world.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/02/26/images/times-gallery/february-27-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-02-26T21:41:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rudina Bukoshi, Kosovo embassy charge d'affaires a.i. (second from right) joins, from left, Ryu Shionoya, chairman of the Kosovo-Japan Friendship Parliamentary Association; Micky Haxhiislami, chairman of the Japan-Kosovo friendship Association; and Seishiro Eto, member of the Kosovo-Japan Friendship Parliamentary Association during a reception to celebrate the country's National Day at the Hotel Okura Tokyo on Feb. 17.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/02/26/news/high-speed-sellout/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-02-26T21:47:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People queue at JR Hakodate Station for shinkansen tickets from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station to Tokyo. Tickets for the first train sold out within 25 seconds of going on sale at 10 a.m. The Hokkaido Shinkansen Line opens on March 26.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/02/26/news/wall-of-dolls/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-02-26T21:47:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Visitors admire some 3,000 hina (dolls) displayed Friday at the Oigami hot spring resort in Numata, Gunma Prefecture, ahead of Girls' Day on March 3, the day households traditionally put their hina collections on show.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/02/27/news/face-newest-ace/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-02-27T20:05:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An illustration of world No. 6 tennis player Kei Nishikori adorns the side of a JAL plane scheduled to begin service from Tokyo to the U.S. and Europe on Thursday. Nishikori made the "30 under 30" list of top people in entertainment and sports released online Wednesday by Forbes' Asia edition.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/02/29/news/whos-watching-who/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-02-29T00:18:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman looks over some of the 13,300 hina (dolls) on display Sunday at a gymnasium in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, as the town kicks off the Girl's Day festival with dolls donated by local families. The event, with free admission, will run until March 6.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/02/23/news/video-japan-amusement-expo-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-02-29T12:27:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/02/28/sports/tokyo-marathon-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-02-29T20:27:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo Marathon 2016]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/03/01/news/smiles-of-success/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-03-01T22:43:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takarazuka Music School graduates, who will join the all-women Takarazuka theater troupe, pose for commemorative photos after their graduation ceremony in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, on Tuesday. The 36 graduates will appear in "The Entertainer!" when it opens March 18.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/03/03/news/hot-wheels-at-the-86th-geneva-international-motor-show/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-03-03T21:06:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/03/04/images/times-gallery/march-5-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-03-04T22:49:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Irish Ambassador Anne Barrington (back row, center) poses with Declan Somers (back, left), chairperson of the Irish Network Japan Tokyo; Yoshihiro Tsuchiya (back, right), vice president of the Ireland Japan Chamber of Commerce and chairperson of the I Love Ireland Festival 2016 Committee;   members of the Irish music group O'Jizo; and hammered dulcimer player MiMi (front row, second from left), at a press conference announcing St. Patrick's Day events at the Japan National Press Club on Feb. 24.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/03/05/news/video-game-on-exhibition-at-the-miraikan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-03-05T18:16:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/03/08/news/larger-than-life/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-03-08T00:19:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former U.S. first lady Nancy Reagan stands by an image of a postage stamp of her husband, President Ronald Reagan, in Simi Valley, California, in 2004. Nancy, who was fiercely protective of her husband through a Hollywood career, eight years in the White House, an assassination attempt and her husband's Alzheimer's disease, died Sunday at 94.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/03/10/news/video-camellia-and-butterflies-for-eternity-a-projection-mapping-wedding-at-chinzanso/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-03-10T00:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/03/08/news/guiding-lights/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-03-10T21:03:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lanterns from Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, illuminate the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo's Akasaka district on Tuesday evening in commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the March 11, 2011, disasters that hit the Tohoku region.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/03/12/news/video-japan-reflects-on-the-5th-anniversary-of-311/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-03-12T00:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/03/11/images/times-gallery/march-12-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-03-11T23:45:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Reconstruction minister Tsuyoshi Takagi (third from left) shakes hands with the Speaker of the Lithuanian parliament Loreta Grauziniene at a reception in her honor at the Lithuanian Embassy on March 2. They were joined by (from left) Andrius Kubilius, former Lithuanian prime minister; Egidijus Meilunas, ambassador of Lithuania; Gediminas Kirkilas, former Lithuanian prime minister; Lithuanian parliament members Irena Siauliene and Dangute Mikutiene; and Minister of Energy Rokas Masiulis.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/03/14/news/safe-sparkling-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-03-15T18:21:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Monks carry burning torches during the annual Omizutori festival at Todaiji Temple's Nigatsudo sub-complex in Nara on Saturday night. It is believed that onlookers showered with sparks will be blessed with a safe year.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/03/15/news/parisian-image/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-03-15T21:36:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[About 200 people, including tourism industry workers and their family members, clean up the Trocadero Gardens in Paris on Sunday. The volunteers were mainly staff members of JTB Corp. and Japan Airlines trying to lure Japanese tourists by promoting France's peaceful and clean image amid a decline in the number of Japanese visiting the country.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/03/16/news/another-world-3/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-03-16T19:56:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Game developer Marc Flury plays Kokoromi's Superhypercube on Sony's PlayStation VR during an event in San Francisco on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/03/17/news/video-wigig-technology-demo-by-panasonic-at-narita-airport/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-03-17T00:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/03/17/news/ethereal-threads/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-03-17T21:52:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A model presents a creation by Jotaro Saito from the designer's Autumn/Winter 2016 collection during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/03/18/images/times-gallery/march-19-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-03-18T23:57:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[From left, Japan Tea Association Senior Managing Director Shinichi Inada; Sri Lanka Ambassador Dammika Ganganath Disanayake; Director (Promotion) of the Sri Lanka Tea Board Premala Srikantha; and freelance announcer Anton Wicky pose at a Sri Lanka-Japan tea trade dinner at Happo-en in Tokyo on March 11.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/03/18/news/power-trip-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-03-18T23:59:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toyohashi University of Technology and Taisei Corp. unveil a battery-less car that draws power from an electrified road surface in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/03/18/news/is-it-real-or-is-it-canon/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-03-18T23:59:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A digital facsimile of "Genji Monogatari-zu Byobu," a renowned folding screen depicting scenes from "The Tale of Genji," is displayed at Byodoin Temple in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, on Friday. The facsimile was created using Canon Inc.'s cutting-edge imaging technology. The original, by artist Mitsuyoshi Tosa, is owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/03/20/news/irish-pride/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-03-20T21:41:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Thousands of people decked out in green attire parade through the streets of Tokyo's Omotesando district Sunday as part of the third annual I Love Ireland Festival in celebration of St. Patrick's Day.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/03/21/news/feline-explorer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-03-21T19:51:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fans pose next to the Hello Kitty-themed Taroko Express train in Taipei on Monday. The train made its inaugural round-trip journey from Taipei to Taitung the same day, according to the Taiwan Railways Administration.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/03/21/news/end-of-the-line-3/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-03-21T19:52:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rail fans line the platform to watch East Japan Railway Co.'s Cassiopeia sleeper train arrive for the final time at JR Ueno Station in Tokyo on Monday. The train's arrival marked the last return journey between Sapporo and Tokyo — and the end of an era.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/03/19/news/a-scholar-of-words/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-03-21T19:54:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sidaarth Kumarevel, a student attending Tathva International Secondary School in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward, poses with his trophy after winning the 7th Japan Times Bee in Tokyo on Saturday. For the championship word, the 12-year-old correctly spelled "philhellenism," a veneration of Greece or the Greeks.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/03/22/news/whittled-down/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-03-22T21:07:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Apple Inc.'s new iPhone SE is displayed after its unveiling in Cupertino, California, on Monday. The unit is smaller than previous iPhones and is priced from $399. Apple hopes the product will jump-start sales by enticing users to upgrade, especially in high-growth markets such as China and India.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/03/23/news/incognito-style/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-03-23T20:13:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Penitents of the San Esteban brotherhood pose before a Holy Week procession on Tuesday in Seville, southern Spain. The robes are designed to let the faithful repent their sins in anonymity.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/03/25/news/tried-and-true/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-03-25T00:22:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Factory workers hang new designs of the national flag of New Zealand at a factory in Auckland in this file photo. New Zealand voted in favor of retaining the country's current flag (foreground) by a margin of 57 percent to 43 percent in a nationwide poll that ended on Thursday. The current flag has been the national symbol since 1902.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/03/25/news/tunnel-blaze-aftermath/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-03-25T00:22:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police officers on Thursday examine the mangled remains of vehicles involved in a pileup in a highway tunnel in which two people were killed in Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture. The truck on the right was driven by a 33-year-old driver who has been arrested for negligent homicide.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/03/26/news/video-pepper-packed-mobile-shop-the-cellphone-store-ran-by-only-robots/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-03-26T00:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/03/25/images/times-gallery/march-26-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-03-25T20:24:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lithuanian Minister of Agriculture Virginija Baltraitiene (center) poses with Vice Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Hiromichi Matsushima (right) and Lithuanian Ambassador Egidijus Meilunas at a presentation promoting Lithuanian agriculture and food products at the Lithuanian Embassy in Tokyo on March 8.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/03/25/news/spring-in-their-step/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-03-25T23:47:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fresh graduates of Nihon University mingle among the cherry trees in the Chidorigafuchi district near the Imperial Palace on Friday after their graduation ceremony at Nippon Budokan Hall in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/03/25/news/king-of-the-road/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-03-25T23:50:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masahiro Moro, president of Mazda Motor Corp.'s North American Operations, holds the trophy for World Car of the Year 2016 next to the new Mazda MX-5 Miata at the New York International Auto Show on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/03/28/sports/silver-lining/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-03-28T23:50:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan women's curling team members, including coach J.D. Lind (far right), hold their silver medals after losing to Switzerland in the final of the World Women's Curling Championship on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/03/30/news/friends-time-need/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-03-30T19:58:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/zb20160331t1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[zb20160331t1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[KDDI Corp. unveiled a communications tool shaped like a teddy bear at an event in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Tuesday. The Comi Kuma device with 12 built-in sensors and a Bluetooth module that allow it to work in sync with a smartphone can help young children and grandparents stay in touch, it said. Kuma is the Japanese word for bear.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/03/30/news/a-song-of-thanks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-03-30T20:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A choir of high school students from areas hit by Japan's March 2011 disaster performs Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection," in New York on Tuesday to show their thanks for the support they received. College students from New Jersey joined the choir.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/03/30/news/strike-a-pose-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-03-30T20:28:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mitsukoshi Ginza department store on Wednesday held an opening ceremony for a geisha-themed event that will run until April 5 to promote the Azuma Odori geisha stage performance scheduled for May in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/04/01/news/video-kokokuma-a-talking-teddy-bear-for-elderly-people/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-04-01T00:10:50+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/04/01/images/times-gallery/april-2-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-04-01T22:47:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/tg20160402a1a.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pakistan Ambassador Farukh Amil (second from left) shakes hands  with, from left, House of Councillors member Antonio Inoki; President of the Japan-Pakistan Parliamentarians' Friendship League Seishiro Eto; and judoka Shah Hussain, a Tsukuba University student and a member of the Pakistan National Judo Team, during a reception to celebrate the country's National Day at the New Otani Hotel in Tokyo on March 23.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/04/01/news/tickled-pink/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-04-01T23:01:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A girl reaches up to a cherry tree in full bloom Thursday at Ueno Park in Tokyo's Taito Ward. About 2.3 million people visit the famed site to admire the short-lived blossoms each year.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/04/03/news/better-falling-off-log/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-04-03T23:57:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Worshipers cling to sacred trees as they slide down a steep slope during the kiotoshi festival, which takes place every six years, at Suwa Taisha Shrine in Suwa, Nagano Prefecture, on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/04/05/news/big-pharma/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-04-05T00:28:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/xy20160405a1a.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The "life-size" Godzilla statue on the eighth-floor outdoor terrace of the Shinjuku Toho Building in Tokyo's Kabukicho entertainment area got a temporary addition Monday: a giant cup advertising Isodine, a gargling medicine known overseas as Betadine. The promotion, which runs until Sunday, is a collaboration between Mundipharma K.K. and Toho Co.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/04/05/news/bridging-language-gap/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-04-05T02:01:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A pair of Canadian tourists get help from the information center at Tokyo's Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal, which opened Monday. The new transportation hub consolidates 19 separate bus stations and will service about 40,000 daily long-distance bus passengers traveling to 39 of the nation's 47 prefectures.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/04/06/news/new-beginnings/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-04-06T20:36:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Students attend an entrance ceremony for a junior high school in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture. The ceremony was held at a temporary school building in the city of Iwaki, where they are currently living.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/04/05/news/chariots-of-tire/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-04-06T22:17:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ze20160406x1a.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People ride Segways during a demonstration tour in Futako-Tamagawa, in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward, on Tuesday. The popular vehicles were all but banned on public roads until restrictions were eased last year. A regular driver's license is needed to drive them, and tour organizers hope to open services to the public in summer.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/04/08/news/special-sakura-preview/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-04-08T00:14:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Disabled people admire cherry blossoms Thursday in a restricted part of the Japan Mint compound along the Okawa River in Osaka's Kita Ward. About 2,000 seniors and disabled people are invited to enjoy the well-known viewing spot each year before it opens to the general public.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/04/09/news/video-interpets-asia-pacific/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-04-09T00:00:58+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/04/08/images/times-gallery/april-9-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-04-08T21:45:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Argentine Ambassador Raul Dejean (second from right) is flanked by his wife Teresa (right) and  daughter Mariangeles (second from left) as he speaks at a farewell reception at the ambassador's residence on March 30.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/04/08/news/ready-willing-enabled/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-04-08T21:48:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hitachi Ltd. demonstrates how its humanoid customer service and guidance robot EMIEW3 can assist overseas tourists during an unveiling in Tokyo on Friday. The robot was developed to provide services and guidance in stores and at public facilities, Hitachi said.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/04/14/news/video-launch-of-live-japan-perfect-guide-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-04-14T00:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/04/12/news/video-interviews-with-hiroshima-peace-memorial-park-visitors-what-should-obama-say-in-hiroshima/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-04-14T12:39:02+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/04/15/news/video-sharps-robohon-robot-phone-gets-a-release-date/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-04-15T00:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/thumbnail-for-Nagata_RoBoHoNrelease.jpg</image:loc>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/04/15/news/golden-start-spring/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-04-15T00:05:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/xd20160415a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[xd20160415a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Men in feudal costumes pull a festival float decorated with gold-plated ornaments in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, on Thursday, the first day of the spring Takayama Festival. In the Edo Period, the area prospered as a castle town under the Hida-Takayama clan.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/04/15/images/times-gallery/april-16-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-04-15T22:13:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/tg20160416a1a.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[French Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development Jean-Marc Ayrault (center) is joined by, from left, French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan President Bernard Delmas; French Ambassador Thierry Dana; DS Ambassador Terry Ito; and Managing Executive Officer and Store Manager of the Isetan Shinjuku Main department store Masaaki Takano at the ribbon cutting for  Mitsukoshi Isetan Holdings' "Bonjour France, French Week" event at the Isetan Shinjuku Main store on April 12.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/04/15/news/escape-from-reality/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-04-15T22:14:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Visitors play a virtual reality game that allows users to sit in cockpit and fight enemy robots at an entertainment facility that opened Friday in Tokyo's Odaiba waterfront district. At ¥700 to ¥1,000 per ride, visitors can enjoy other VR experiences, including a simulated ski run down a steep cliff. The facility will be open for about six months.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Celeste Corcoran, who lost both legs in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, greets runners as they finish the city's 120th race on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People attend a tourism seminar at the Japanese Embassy in London on Monday, ahead of the Ise-Shima Group of Seven summit in May. Specialties from Mie Prefecture were served to the 80 people who attended.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2016-04-21T00:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Queen Elizabeth II poses with her five great-grandchildren and her two youngest grandchildren at Windsor Castle in this photo released by Buckingham Palace on Thursday to mark the 90th birthday of Britain's monarch.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[(From left) Exhibitors from Kyoto, ceramist Masatake Fukumori and Murasakino Wakuden President Aya Kuwamura, share a toast with Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of the Mitsukoshi Nihombashi Store, Yoji Naka, at an opening ceremony for the "Wakuden, Work &amp; Pleasure" exhibition, which runs until May 10, at Gallery Life Mining in the Mitsukoshi Nihombashi Store on April 13.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/04/22/culture-3/nothing-compared-2/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prince performs at Tokyo Dome on Aug. 31, 1990, supporting his "Graffiti Bridge" album. The musician was found dead at his home on Thursday in suburban Minneapolis at the age of 57. The entertainment website TMZ cited sources saying he had been treated for a drug overdose, possibly an opiate, the previous week. The cause of death of the superstar, one of the most influential musicians of modern times, was not immediately determined.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Koinobori (carp streamers) usually fly in the air, but here they are swimming in the water off Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, ahead of Children's Day on May 5. A total of 18 carp streamers have been strung 10 meters beneath the waves, where they will remain through May 9.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[British Minister of State at the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs George Eustice (third from right) poses with suppliers representing, from left, Tiny Rebel beer; The British Bottle Company wine; Macallan whisky; Perry's cider; and Sipsmith &amp; Fever-tree gin and tonic, at a "Food is GREAT," pop-up bar at the British embassy in Tokyo on April 22.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Visitors to Tokyo Tower walk under hundreds of koinobori (carp streamers) during a special event Sunday ahead of Children's Day, which falls on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/05/03/news/video-18-year-olds-in-shibuya-give-their-thoughts-on-the-constitution/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-05-03T00:00:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Toyama Prefectural Police winch man secures a climber on 2,999-meter-high Mount Tsurugi during a rescue mission Monday. Four men were found dead in the Northern Alps the same day, bringing the tally for climbing fatalities to five across Nagano, Gifu and Toyama prefectures since Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lise Frederiksen, the wife of Danish Ambassador Freddy Svane, explains her Danish garden design to Princess Takamado during the 16th Annual World Gardening Fair at Hotel Okura in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Tuesday. The fair, which features gardens designed by a female ambassador and the wives of nine ambassadors to Japan, runs through Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/05/04/news/bear-necessities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-05-04T18:59:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A local specialty, bear meat soup, is served at a festival in the famed hunting region of Oguni, Yamagata Prefecture, on Wednesday. It was the first time the dish had been served at the event since radioactive levels exceeded national standards following the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/05/07/news/video-star-wars-day-in-japan-may-4-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-05-07T00:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/05/06/images/times-gallery/may-7-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-05-06T20:35:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kyoto-based American artist Daniel Kelly (right) poses with Heinrich Grafe, general manager of Conrad Tokyo, at the opening April 27 of "Daniel Kelly's Golden Touch," an exhibition of prints and paintings being held at the hotel until May 8 with the help of The Tolman Collection art gallery.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/05/06/news/care-bear/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-05-06T20:37:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kumamon delights children in the village of Nishihara, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Thursday. The prefectural mascot was kept out of sight after deadly quakes upended residents' lives last month, but the prefectural government wheeled him out to cheer up stressed-out kids on Children's Day.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/05/10/news/video-scenes-from-tokyo-rainbow-pride-parade-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-05-10T00:00:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2016-05-11T15:01:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2016-05-13T23:13:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Designer Anna Sui (center) poses with Hiroshi Ohnishi (left), president and CEO of Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd., and Masaaki Takano, Isetan Shinjuku managing executive officer and general manager, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the designer entering the Japan market during the opening ceremony of the "ANNA SUI PARTY," at the Isetan Shinjuku Main Store on May 4.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/05/13/news/cleaning-up/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-05-13T23:14:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Volunteers remove tiles from the roof of a collapsed house in Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Thursday. The village suffered heavy damage in a quake that hit the region one month ago on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/05/14/news/getting-carried-away/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-05-14T19:15:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Festivalgoers parade a mikoshi (portable shrine) through Sensoji Temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district during the annual Sanja Matsuri on Saturday. The three-day festival, which showcases more than 100 mikoshi and floats, culminates on Sunday when three large portable shrines will join the parade.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/05/16/news/feeling-the-spirit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-05-16T00:49:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A mikoshi (portable shrine) is carried around Sensoji Temple as the three-day Sanja festival concludes in Tokyo's Asakusa district Sunday. The event was inspired by the discovery of a Buddhist statue in the Sumida River 1,388 years ago.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/05/16/news/rallying-the-troops/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-05-16T12:35:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Protesters opposed to the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from Ginowan to the Henoko district of Nago in northern Okinawa Prefecture attend a rally Sunday in Naha to mark the 44th anniversary of Okinawa's reversion to Japan. Organizers said about 2,500 people took part in the event.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/05/16/news/silent-tribute/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Evacuees from the Kumamoto earthquakes observe a moment of silence Monday at an emergency shelter in the village of Nishihara, Kumamoto Prefecture. Monday marked a month since the disaster.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/05/17/news/local-hero/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-05-18T00:03:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Leicester City striker Shinji Okazaki joins teammates aboard an open-top bus Monday in the English city in celebration of the 132-year-old soccer club's first-ever Premier League title.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/05/20/images/times-gallery/may-21-2016/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Thai Minister of Foreign Affairs Don Pramudwinai (sixth from left) and State Minister for Foreign Affairs Seiji Kihara shake hands during 17th Thai Festival opening ceremony at Yoyogi Park in Tokyo on May 14. Also present for the celebration of Thai food, drink, dance, music, culture and events were Thai Ambassador Bansarn Bunnag (fifth from left), Thai Minister of Industry Atchaka Sibunruang (fifth from right) and other supporters.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/05/20/news/cooling-off/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-05-20T21:03:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Children play in a water fountain at a park in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, on Friday. Some parts of the prefecture saw the mercury rise above 30 degrees, with the temperature in Asahikawa hitting 26, prompting the Meteorological Agency to issue its first hot weather and heat stroke warnings of the summer.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/05/21/news/video-kumamon-visits-tokyo-skytree/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-05-21T00:00:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/05/22/news/the-jury-has-spoken/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-05-22T23:23:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japanese director Koji Fukada (center) poses on the red carpet with cast members Asano Tadanobu and Tsutsui Mariko for the screening of "Fuchi Ni Tatsu" ("Harmonium") at the Cannes International Film Festival. The film won the Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard division on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/05/25/news/video-interview-with-kenji-shiga-director-of-the-hiroshima-peace-memorial-museum/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-05-25T00:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/05/25/news/ties-that-bind-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-05-25T01:54:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau, are escorted by a Shinto priest as they write messages on a wooden prayer tablet at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on Tuesday ahead of the Ise-Shima Group of Seven summit.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/05/29/images/times-gallery/may-30-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-05-29T20:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shen Ssu-tsun (third from right), representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan, and his wife, Enid (second from right) welcome (from left), Secretary-General of the Democratic Party Yukio Edano; former State Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobuo Kishi; Chairman of the Interchange Association, Japan Mitsuo Ohashi; and Ko So-min, member of Taiwan's Executive Yuan Overseas Community Affairs Council, during a reception to celebrate the assumption of office of the 14th President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen, and Vice President Chen Chien-jin at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Tokyo on May 20.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/05/31/news/seats-of-power/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-05-31T16:17:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Local students on Monday view tables and chairs used by the Group of Seven leaders during their summit in Mie Prefecture last week. The items are on display at the summit's International Media Center in the city of Ise. Some 2,300 local students and about 1,200 other people who applied will be allowed to visit the center. The exhibition will run until June 10.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/05/31/news/high-priest/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-05-31T16:17:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fumon Sagawa, 65, is carried during a ceremony Monday marking his inauguration as the 222nd chief priest of Todaiji Temple in the city of Nara. The building to the rear is the Great Buddha Hall, which houses the world's largest bronze statue of Buddha.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/06/01/news/in-a-tight-spot/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-06-01T00:32:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This combination photograph shows a man with his head stuck in a washing machine, and rescuers working to extricate him, in Fuqing County, China, on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/06/03/news/a-bright-spot-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-06-03T15:35:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kumamoto Castle, which sustained damage in a series of quakes in April, is lit up on Wednesday evening for the first time since the disaster. Kumamoto Mayor Kazufumi Onishi said he hoped it will become the light of hope for city residents.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/06/01/news/back-in-business-3/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-06-03T20:43:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Large fishing boat flags decorate the fish market in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on Wednesday during the market's reopening ceremony. The market was badly damaged in the devastating March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and ensuing tsunami.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/06/01/news/open-wide/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-06-03T20:44:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A young visitor helps a staffer to brush a whale's teeth at an aquarium in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, on Wednesday. The event came ahead of a weeklong national campaign for dental hygiene in humans.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/06/03/images/times-gallery/june-4-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-06-03T20:48:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Georgian Ambassador Levan Tsintsadze (left) shares a drink with former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi (center) and Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Masakazu Hamachi during a reception to celebrate the country's Independence Day at the Hotel Okura Tokyo on May 26.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/06/05/news/muddling-through/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-06-05T21:45:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Children swim in mud Sunday as part of the Kashima Gatalympic sports festival held on the mud flats by the Ariake Sea in Kashima, Saga Prefecture. About 1,200 people from Japan and abroad participated in the annual event, which is aimed at promoting the versatility and environment of the flats.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/06/05/news/date-with-hate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-06-05T21:46:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Anti-Korean protesters clash with activists opposed to hate speech as police try to separate the two groups on Sunday at a park in Kawasaki.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/06/07/news/video-rimono-a-tiny-two-seater-car-that-is-really-easy-to-drive/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-06-07T00:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/06/07/news/seeing-forest-trees/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-06-07T00:17:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko listen to Japan Times columnist C.W. Nicol during a stroll through the Afan Woodland in the town of Shinano, Nagano Prefecture, on Monday. The noted environmentalist has long been involved in efforts to restore the woodland's original ecosystem. Story:]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/06/02/video-2/video-views-from-hiroshima-what-did-you-make-of-president-obamas-visit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-06-07T12:12:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/06/08/news/putting-ai-ai/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-06-08T19:57:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Employees of German retailer Metro AG take a selfie with HI-4, a life-size humanoid robot, at Metro's headquarters in Duesseldorf on Tuesday. The machine is modeled on its inventor, Osaka University professor Hiroshi Ishiguro, who is also involved in a project to create a replica of literary giant Natsume Soseki.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/06/08/news/the-legal-limit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-06-08T20:04:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A 10-ton Baird's beaked whale is lowered into a truck in Hakodate, Hokkaido, before dawn on Wednesday. Fishermen are allowed to catch up to 10 of the species in a five-week hunting period.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/06/10/news/snaps-ahoy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-06-10T16:36:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man controls a camera-equipped submarine at the International Tokyo Toy Show in Koto Ward on Thursday. The robotic submersible can take pictures and shoot video and has a pocket for feed to attract fish.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/06/10/images/times-gallery/june-11-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-06-10T21:24:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Imam and Director of the Tokyo Camii and Turkish Culture Center Muhammed Rasit Alas (left) and Junichi Watanabe (right), director general of the Tokyo office of the Kumamoto Prefectural Government, are joined by Turkish Ambassador Ahmet Bulent Meric as the center presents the prefecture with a ¥794,992 donation, raised from the proceeds of a Kumamoto earthquake reconstruction charity bazaar, at the Turkish Embassy in Tokyo on June 2.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/06/11/news/hold-your-horses/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-06-11T19:58:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Horses adorned with brightly colored cloth are led along a road through rice fields in Takizawa, Iwate Prefecture, on Saturday. The event originates from an old custom of allowing plow horses to rest.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/06/14/news/video-why-a-robot-and-phone-interview-with-sharp-on-robohon/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-06-14T00:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/06/15/news/fleeting-flower/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-06-15T20:22:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Visitors to Torinin Temple in Kyoto view sal blooms on Wednesday. Sal flowers last for only one day and in Buddhism are considered the embodiment of the transience of life.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/06/15/news/leading-the-charge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-06-15T20:23:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A plug-in version of Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius model is unveiled during Smart Community Japan, a renewable energy trade show that kicked off Wednesday at Tokyo Big Sight in Koto Ward. The Prius PHV has solar panels on its roof that recharge its batteries while driving and at rest.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/06/17/images/times-gallery/june-18-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-06-17T21:15:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Front (from left): Senen M. Perlada, director of the export marketing bureau, Department of Trade &amp; Industry, Philippines; Haruko Komura, president of The Asia-Pacific Ladies Friendship Society; Maria Teresa Lopez, the ambassador's wife; Philippine Ambassador Manuel M. Lopez; Masataka Fujita, secretary-general of the ASEAN-Japan Centre; Shiro Aoki, executive director and COO of the Japan Institute of Design Promotion are joined by ten leading Philippine home and fashion designers at the opening ceremony of the "Philippine Design Exhibition: Exclusively by Hand" event, which runs through June 30, at GOOD DESIGN Marunouchi, on June 12.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/06/18/news/video-orlando-were-with-you-interview-with-the-organizers-of-the-candlelight-vigil-in-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-06-18T00:00:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/06/18/news/video-japans-smart-brain-surgery-system/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-06-18T21:38:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/06/20/news/thats-lot-yogis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-06-21T10:38:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Around 700 yoga enthusiasts celebrate International Yoga Day two days early in a park adjacent to Osaka Castle in Chuo Ward, Osaka, on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/06/24/video-2/video-experience-noh-dramatic-masterpieces-at-keio-plaza-hotel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-06-24T00:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/06/25/video-2/video-sakura-japan-in-the-box-preview-at-the-meijiza-theater/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-06-25T00:00:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/06/24/images/times-gallery/june-25-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-06-24T20:59:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[French Ambassador Thierry Dana (center), Reconstruction Minister, Minister in charge of Revival from the Nuclear Accident at Fukushima Tsuyoshi Takagi (left) and Fukushima Prefecture Gov. Masao Uchibori hold fresh produce from the prefecture at a press conference before the "DINER D'AMITIE FRANCE FUKUSHIMA" (France-Fukushima friendship dinner), which aims to revitalize the region.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/06/26/news/water-works/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-06-26T22:47:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Kurobe Dam in Toyama Prefecture, Japan's highest at 186 meters, begins to drain water Sunday. The dam is known as a tourist site where visitors come to watch the spraying water and the rainbows it creates. To maintain the landscape of the Kurobe River, workers at the dam have released water every summer since 1961.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/06/27/news/building-for-the-future/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-06-27T23:49:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A girl touches the hand of an onlooker Sunday as she marches in a parade through the city of Aomori during the Tohoku Rokkon Festival (Tohoku Big 6 Festival). The festival was first held in Sendai in July 2011, four months after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, to pray for reconstruction of the Tohoku region.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/06/29/news/birthday-girl/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-06-29T00:11:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pata the female sea otter is given a block of ice on her 20th birthday Tuesday at Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in Osaka. In human terms, she would be over 80 years old.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/07/01/news/sea-of-clouds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-07-02T17:09:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Climbers admire the sunrise from atop Mount Fuji on Friday, the first day of the climbing season. A 73-year-old man who has been climbing the volcano on opening day for more than 50 years said this sunrise was among the best. This year, Wi-Fi connections are debuting at huts along the trails to prevent hikers from getting lost. The annual climbing season opens on July 1 after most of the snow on the three main trails has melted.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/07/03/news/video-oedo-goldfish-wonderland-at-sumida-aquarium/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-07-03T00:02:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/07/04/news/sink-or-swim/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-07-04T01:05:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Madagascar Charge d' Affaires a.i. Rosette Rasoamanarivo (third from left) and her spouse Michael Rajoharimanana (fourth from left) are joined by, from left, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director-General for African Affairs and Ambassador Norio Maruyama; Djibouti Ambassador Ahmed Araita Ali; Ministry of Foreign Affairs TICAD Ambassador Junzo Fujita; General Delegate of the Government of Quebec to Tokyo Claire Deronzier; Japanese Ambassador to Madagascar Ichiro Ogasawara; and JICA Africa Department Director-General Hideo Eguchi, in a cake-cutting ceremony during a reception to celebrate the country's 56th Independence Day at the embassy on June 26.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi, U.S. astronaut Kate Rubins and Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin wave before boarding the Soyuz rocket. It blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday morning and was expected to take about two days to reach the International Space Station.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Solar Impulse 2 approaches Cairo on Wednesday, completing the penultimate leg of the first round-the-world flight powered by solar energy. It will next attempt to fly to Abu Dhabi, where it set off from in March 2015. It made an unscheduled landing in Nagoya last summer and had to stay there for a month when bad weather set in over the Pacific.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sun-S Co. employees demonstrate jackets with battery-powered cooling fans on Wednesday at Heat Solution Tokyo 2016, an expo at Tokyo Big Sight.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Argentine Ambassador Alan Beraud (second from left) and Argentine Foreign Minister Susana Malcorra (second from right) prepare for a toast with, from left, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoji Muto and Secretary-General of the Japan-Argentina Parliamentary Friendship League Yukari Sato during a reception celebrating the Bicentennial of Argentine Independence Day at the Hotel Okura, Tokyo on July 15.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People dressed in historical garb parade through Kyoto on Sunday as part of the famed Gion Matsuri. The festival, dating from 869, is one of the oldest in Japan.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The M-02J glider, modeled after the Mehve, a flying machine featured in Hayao Miyazaki's anime "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind," is taken on a public test flight by developer Kazuhiko Hachiya in Takikawa, Hokkaido, on Sunday. With a 9.63-meter wingspan and a fuselage measuring 2.67 meters long, the pilot lies prone and steers by shifting his or her weight.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A 98-year-old U.S.-made Franklin car belonging to the Toyota Automobile Museum in Aichi Prefecture is seen restored and ready to drive. The vehicle, made by H. H. Franklin Manufacturing Co., which pioneered the metal die casting business but went bankrupt in 1934, is only displayed on special occasions.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Children attend a ceremony to become Buddhist monks at Higashi Honganji Temple in the ancient capital Kyoto on Thursday. Around 140 children who are on their summer break gathered for the ceremony from around the nation.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Women carry a gyaru mikoshi (girls' portable shrine) through a shopping arcade in Osaka's Kita Ward on Saturday in the lead-up to the annual Tenjin Matsuri, one of the three largest summer festivals in Japan, which will be held on Sunday and Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/08/05/images/times-gallery/august-6-2016/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Peruvian Ambassador Elard Escala (second from right), and his wife, Cristina (center) welcome, from left, Hiroyuki Maekawa, president of the Japan-Peru Association; Keiichi Koshimizu, parliamentary vice minister of internal affairs and communications; and Toru Shiraishi, parliamentary vice minister of the environment and Cabinet office, during a reception celebrating the 195th anniversary of Peruvian Independence Day and the food festival "Pisco of Honor &amp; Oishii Peru'' at the embassy in Tokyo on July 28.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiromi Miyake celebrates after her final lift in the women's 48-kg weightlifting competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. Miyake won the bronze medal.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yuki Ota reacts after losing his preliminary match of the men's fencing individual competition on Sunday at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Ota later announced his retirement.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/08/09/sports/rio-2016-olympics-day-4/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kohei Uchimura competes on the parallel bars during the men's gymnastics team final en route to winning the gold medal on Monday at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan's Lomano Lemeki attacks New Zealand during their match at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Tuesday. Japan upset New Zealand 14-12.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kohei Uchimura celebrates after winning the gold medal in the men's individual all-around final on Wednesday at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/08/12/sports/rio-2016-olympics-day-7/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan's Jun Mizutani falls to the floor after defeating Vladimir Samsonov, of Belarus, to win the men's table tennis bronze medal match at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/08/13/sports/rio-2016-olympics-day-8/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-08-14T18:04:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan's Julian Walsh competes during the preliminary round of the men's 400 meters at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/08/15/sports/rio-2016-olympics-day-10/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-08-15T17:37:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kei Nishikori returns the ball to Spain's Rafael Nadal on Sunday during their match for the bronze medal in men's singles tennis at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Nishikoro won the match 6-2, 6-7 (1-7), 6-3.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/08/06/sports/rio-2016-olympics-day-1/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-08-16T13:02:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yane Marques carries the flag of Brazil during the Opening Ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on Friday night.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/08/14/sports/rio-2016-olympics-day-9/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Aska Cambridge (front) competes in preliminary round of the men's 100-meter competition on Saturday at the 2016 Rio Olympics.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The image provided by OMEGA on Monday shows the photo finish of the women's 400-meter final when Bahamas' Shaunae Miller (bottom) falls over the finish line to win gold ahead of United States' Allyson Felix (top) and Shericka Jackson of Jamaica in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. The figures at the bottom indicate the time when the chest of the athletes crossed the finish line.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2016-08-16T21:04:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/08/17/news/childs-play/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-08-17T00:24:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Children get to see what it's like being a veterinarian while others try out Paralympic track and field gear Tuesday during the Kids Jamboree in Marunouchi, a summer event that runs through Thursday in the central Tokyo district.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/08/17/sports/rio-2016-olympics-day-12/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-08-17T14:52:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ai Fukuhara (center) hugs Mima Ito (right) while Kasumi Ishikawa watches after winning the women's team bronze for the table tennis match against Singapore at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/08/17/news/ride-on-time/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-08-17T20:12:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Florin Moraru, 28, and his wife Diana, 26, pose for a photo Wednesday in Tokyo, midway through a journey round the world by motorcycle. They are making the voyage in memory of Dan Dumitru, a Romanian who circled the world on foot 100 years ago. They set off in June and expect to cross 90 nations. Japan is the 19th so far.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/08/18/sports/rio-2016-olympics-day-13/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-08-18T16:26:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gold medalists Sara Dosho (left), Kaori Icho (center) and Eri Tosaka pose after winning the women's wrestling finals on Wednesday at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/08/19/sports/rio-2016-olympics-day-14/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-08-19T16:11:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan's Misaki Matsutomo (left) and Ayaka Takahashi compete against Denmark's Christianna Pedersen and Kamilla Rytter during the women's badminton doubles gold medal match on Thursday at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/08/20/news/video-cogy-a-wheelchair-that-helps-users-stand-up-again/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-08-20T00:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/08/19/images/times-gallery/august-20-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-08-19T21:28:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toki Shimizu (center), who has devoted her life to international exchanges through kimono, celebrated her 94th birthday with a diplomatic choir made up representatives of 14 overseas countries (Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, El Salvador, Finland, Indonesia, Mexico, Micronesia, Morocco, Norway, Portugal, Turkey, Uruguay, Venezuela and Yemen) and other guests at the Hotel New Otani in Tokyo on August 11.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/08/20/sports/rio-2016-olympics-day-15/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-08-20T21:15:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan's track team members celebrate the country's 4x100-meter relay team from the stands after they captured a silver medal in the men's competition at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/08/21/sports/rio-2016-olympics-day-16/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-08-21T16:26:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Arman Hall, Tony McQuay, Gil Roberts and LaShawn Merritt of the United States celebrate winning the gold medal in the men's 4x400-meter relay final on Saturday at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/08/23/video-2/video-fireworks-by-naked-at-grand-prince-hotel-new-takanawa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-08-23T00:00:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/08/22/sports/rio-2016-olympics-day-17/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-08-23T12:56:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A message appears to introduce the 2020 Tokyo Olympics at the conclusion of the closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/08/21/video-2/video-wano-akari-x-hyakudan-kaidan-traditional-japanese-lighting-at-meguro-gajoen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-08-23T20:27:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/08/25/news/tsunami-tunnel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-08-25T23:56:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[za20160826x1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A ¥300 million tsunami shelter is inaugurated Thursday in the town of Muroto, Kochi Prefecture, where residents live at the foot of a cliff and are unable to reach high ground quickly. Built into a steep mountain, the 30-meter-long double-door shelter can hold up to 71 people.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/08/26/news/fair-winds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-08-27T20:04:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[za20160827u1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chilean sailors parade on Tokyo's Harumi Pier on Friday after arriving aboard the Esmeralda, a 3,673-ton Chilean Navy training ship on a goodwill visit until Tuesday. The sailing ship is open to the public Saturday and Sunday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/08/29/culture-3/harajuku-omotesando-genki-sai-super-yosakoi-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-08-29T19:57:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[yosakoi2016-16]]></image:title>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/08/31/news/video-gundam-vr-a-virtual-reality-experience-in-odaiba/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-08-31T00:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/08/31/news/cool-wheels/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-08-31T20:11:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[zb20160901t1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nobukazu Hanaoka (left), a wheelchair marathoner who competed in the London Paralympics, and Toshihiko Seko (third from left), a former Olympian from the 1980s, test out a road in Tokyo Wednesday that has been paved with special material developed to lower summer street temperatures for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/09/02/news/top-priority/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-09-02T00:13:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Students take part in a disaster drill with SDF troops in the city of Saitama on Thursday, which was marked as Disaster Prevention Day. The government held a nationwide drill, while local authorities conducted their own exercises involving around 1 million people.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/09/03/images/times-gallery/september-3-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-09-04T08:05:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Indonesian Ambassador Yusron Ihza Mahendra (second from left) and his wife Lusiana (left) share a toast with Defense Minister Tomomi Inada (center), former Prime Minister and Chairman of the Japan-Indonesia Association Yasuo Fukuda (right) and his wife Kiyoko during a reception to celebrate the country's 71st Independence Day Anniversary at the New Otani Hotel, Tokyo on Aug. 26.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/09/03/news/paralympic-perspectives/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-09-04T08:37:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A cycling race for the visually impaired is depicted at Roppongi Station ahead of the Rio Paralympics, which kick off on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/09/03/news/rush-hour-aftermath/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-09-05T11:24:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A railway official removes broken glass from the door of a Denentoshi Line train in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, on Friday after a high school student accidentally shattered it with his head when the packed rush hour train started swaying at around 7:45 a.m. The teenager sustained minor injuries and is recovering.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2016-09-08T00:00:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2016-09-07T20:24:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Brazilian judo gold medalist Rafaela Silva holds the Paralympic torch during a ceremony at Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer statue on Tuesday ahead of the 2016 Rio Paralympics, which open on Wednesday night.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/09/09/images/times-gallery/september-10-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-09-09T23:22:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Quoc Coung (center) and his wife Hoang Thi Minh Ha welcome Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party and Chairman of the Japan-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship League Toshihiro Nikai during a reception celebrating the 71st Anniversary of Vietnam's National Day at the embassy in Tokyo on August 31.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/09/09/sports/successful-start/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-09-09T23:29:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Judoka Makoto Hirose holds his silver medal, Japan's first at the Rio Paralympics, from the men's 60-kg weight class on Thursday in Rio de Janeiro.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/09/09/news/a-new-reality/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-09-09T23:30:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[xu20160910x1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Virtual reality diva Hatsune Miku has now become a real-life robot named Dolfie Honey in a joint project between robot-maker Speecys Corp. and toy-maker Volks Inc. The robot, which can sing and play music, is on display at Makuhari Messe convention hall in the city of Chiba through Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/09/13/news/a-bit-of-a-stretch/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-09-13T22:55:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoga enthusiasts practice at Yueyan Cave during a session organized by a yoga club in Daoxian, Hunan province, China, on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/09/14/sports/golden-opportunity-lost/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-09-14T20:03:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[ze20160915t1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan's Shingo Kunieda misses a ball during his wheelchair tennis singles match against Belgium's Joachim Gerard at the 2016 Rio Paralympics on Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro. Kunieda, the 2012 gold medalist, lost 6-3, 6-3.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/09/16/images/times-gallery/september-17-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-09-16T23:25:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[tg20160917a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[New York cake designer and pastry chef Sylvia Weinstock (right) poses with  Suzette Co. Ltd. President Goki Arita (center) and pastry chef Takahiro Komai at a press conference announcing the launch of a new brand, Henri &amp; Sylvia, under Suzette's Henri Charpentier line, at Ginza Maison Henri Charpentier on Sept. 7.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/09/16/news/lucky-seven/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-09-17T10:12:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Apple fan Ayano Tominaga poses with her new iPhone 7 and a Steve Jobs cushion in Tokyo's Omotesando shopping district on Friday, when the new smartphone went on sale. The Pokemon Go Plus device was released the same day.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/09/18/news/case-closed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-09-18T23:17:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A fan sporting eyebrows similar to those of fictional police officer Kankichi Ryotsu, the main character in the popular manga "Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikoen-mae Hashutsujo" ("This is the police box near Kameari Park in Katsushika Ward"), reads the 200th and final volume of the long-running series in Katsushika Ward, Tokyo, on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/09/22/news/no-stunt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-09-22T20:35:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Smoke rises from an industrial waste dump in Osaka, about 1 km west of Universal Studios Japan, after metal waste and other materials caught fire on Thursday. The theme park stayed open but the cause of the fire is under investigation.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/09/23/images/times-gallery/september-24-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-09-25T14:57:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nine Argentine designers pose with Argentina's Ambassador Alan Beraud (front row, fourth from right) and Second Secretary, Economic Commercial Affairs Department, Ivan da Ponte (left) at a cocktail party for the "Rooms" fashion and design trade show (Sept. 14-16) at the ambassador's residence in Tokyo on Sept. 14.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2016-09-26T20:03:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2016-09-26T20:28:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Four-time Masters champion Arnold Palmer tips his hat at the 18th green during his final competitive appearance at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, in 2004. Palmer, one of the biggest stars in the history of golf, died on Sunday at 87.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/09/30/news/video-dji-unveils-mavic-pro-drone-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-09-30T13:51:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2016-10-01T00:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2016-09-30T22:05:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[tg20161001a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tajikistan's Ambassador Hamrokhon Zarifi (second from left) welcomes, from left, Hitoshi Kikuchi, member of The House of Representatives and the Japan-Tajikistan Parliamentary Friendship League; Masahiro Imamura, reconstruction minister for disaster-hit regions; and Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Motome Takisawa during a reception to celebrate the Republic of Tajikistan's 25th Anniversary of Independence at the Okura Hotel, Tokyo on Sept. 27.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2016-10-03T00:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/10/02/news/holding-strong-cancer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-10-02T20:21:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Himeji Castle, which stands guard over the city in Hyogo Prefecture, is illuminated in pink on Saturday night to promote breast cancer awareness. A hilltop fortress has stood on the site since the 14th century.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/10/02/news/fly-fishing-anyone/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-10-02T20:21:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takao Yaguchi, creator of the popular manga Tsurikichi Sanpei, poses next to a ceramic mural featuring the lead character Sanpei, after it was unveiled at Akita Airport on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/10/03/news/toyotas-new-toy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-10-04T13:12:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A staffer listens to Toyota Motor Corp.'s Kirobo Mini robot in Tokyo on Sept. 27. It can't do much more than chatter in a high-pitched voice, but the automaker is pitching the ¥39,800 device as a companion for lonely gadget-lovers.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/10/07/images/times-gallery/october-8-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-10-07T23:41:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bulgaria's Ambassador Georgi Vassilev (right) receives a sakura  print from Toshimitsu Motegi, chairman of Japan-Bulgaria Parliamentary Friendship League and Liberal Democratic Party Policy Research Council, during a farewell reception for Vassilev at the ambassador's residence in Tokyo on Sept. 29.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/10/07/news/a-cut-above/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-10-07T23:44:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dragon dancers perform during the traditional Nagasaki Kunchi autumn festival, which attracted about 3,000 visitors on Friday. The 380-year-old festival in the city of Nagasaki runs through Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/10/09/news/video-sonys-xperia-ear/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-10-09T00:02:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/10/11/news/national-colors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-10-11T23:58:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Junna Yamagata, 22, Japan's representative in this year's Miss International beauty pageant, appears together with other contestants at Tokyo Dome Hotel in Bunkyo Ward on Tuesday. With contestants from 70 nations, this year's event is scheduled for Oct. 27 in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/10/11/news/rehearsing-for-the-unthinkable/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-10-11T23:59:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man is screened for radioactive contamination during an evacuation drill in Itoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Monday. About 2,500 residents of Saga, Fukuoka and Nagasaki prefectures took part in the exercise, which tested responses to a serious accident at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai nuclear plant in Saga Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/10/13/video-2/video-tokyo-skytree-tenku-kabuki/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-10-13T00:00:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/10/14/news/video-playstation-vr-launch-sony-store-ginza/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-10-14T12:05:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/10/14/culture-3/blowin-in-the-wind/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-10-14T21:44:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An employee at the Tower Records store in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, sets up a special section Thursday evening promoting the works of Bob Dylan, hours after he won this year's Nobel Prize in literature.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/10/14/images/times-gallery/october-15-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-10-15T09:47:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Exhibition participants and organizers (front row, from left) Chairperson of the Executive Committee, Luxembourg's Ambassador Beatrice Kirsch; Macedonia's Ambassador Andrijana Cvetkovikj; Head of the Jury Hirofumi Nakasone; Honorary President Princess Takamado; Pierre Worlf, spouse of Guatemala's ambassador; Germany's Ambasador, and Ambassador's Prize winner, Hans Carl von Werthern; and Chief of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Kaoru Shimazaki are joined by jury special mention winners and committee members at Roppongi Hills on Oct. 4.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/10/15/news/hump-day/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-10-15T20:05:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A camel is paraded through the streets of Nagoya during the annual Osu Daido Chonin Festival on Saturday. Locals revived a feature of the festival from 190 years ago, when people made long lines to see a camel brought from the Middle East.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/10/17/news/multitasking/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-10-17T00:19:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Seto Daiya,  a member of the Japanese swimming team at the Rio Olympic Games,  prepares to shoot an arrow as he rides a horse during a traditional yabusame archery event in his hometown of Moroyama, Saitama Prefecture, on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/10/18/news/cossack-cosplay/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-10-18T00:16:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cafe manager Nastyan (left) tends to customers on the opening day Monday of Itacafe, a Russian-themed maid cafe serving Russian cuisine in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo. Dressed in Red Army-style tunic and tight hot pants, Nastyan said she used crowdfunding to raise ¥3.2 million for the project.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/10/18/news/gag-order/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-10-18T00:16:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Models wear creations by South Korean designer Lee Chan-woo at the 2017 Spring/Summer Tokyo Collection during an event in Shibuya Ward on Monday. More than 40 fashion houses are scheduled to exhibit their work through Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/10/20/news/video-two-yamahas-one-passion-design-exhibition-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-10-20T00:00:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/10/21/images/times-gallery/october-22-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-10-21T21:45:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Uganda's Ambassador Betty Grace Akech-Okullo (right) shares a toast with Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs and House of Representatives member Shunsuke Takei at a reception to celebrate the country's 54th anniversary of independence at the Hotel Okura, Tokyo, on Oct. 9.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/10/22/video-2/video-roppongi-art-night-2016-press-preview/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-10-22T00:00:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/10/21/news/powdering-up/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-10-21T22:54:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Costumed skiers hit the slopes at Snowtown Yeti at the foot of Mount Fuji in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Friday. The ski resort was the first to open for the season, and those who dressed up for Halloween got in for free.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/10/26/news/lost-in-thought/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-10-26T20:31:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A masked booby, a type of seabird, is seen on the uninhabited volcanic island of Nishinoshima in the Pacific on Thursday in this photo provided by the Environment Ministry on Tuesday. A team of marine biologists and other experts landed on the island for the first time since eruptions started in late 2013.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/10/26/news/better-late-never/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-10-26T20:32:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mount Fuji is covered with the season's first snow Wednesday, tying the 1956 record for the latest date on which the first snow on its summit has been observed, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/10/26/culture-3/stars-sparkle-on-the-red-carpet-of-the-tokyo-international-film-festival-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-10-28T11:23:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Director Shunji Iwai, whose works are being featured in a retrospective, and actress and "festival muse" Haru Kuroki]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/10/28/images/times-gallery/october-29-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-10-28T22:13:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[From left, Fulbright Alumni Association of Japan President Chitoo Bunno poses with Vice Chief Director of the Totsuka Country Club and Prime Minister's cup winner Ko Matsumoto; Suwa Co. President and U.S. Ambassador's Plaque winner Yasuo Ishii; and U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Minister Counselor, Margot Carrington following the 40th Japan-U.S. Fulbright Charity Golf Tournament, at the Totsuka Country Club in Kanagawa Prefecture on Oct. 24.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/10/28/news/world-beaters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-10-28T22:24:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Narukawa Laboratory, Keio University Graduate School of Media and Governance and AuthaGraph Co.'s World Map Projection (AuthaGraph Wold Map) won the Good Design Grand Award 2016 on Friday. The map rethinks cartography to create an illustration of Earth that, unlike most world maps, is proportionally correct. COURTESY OF AUTHAGRAPH CO.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/10/29/news/solar-sanctuary/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-10-29T20:41:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People look around the inside of the Tower of the Sun, created by late artist Taro Okamoto as the symbol of Expo '70 in Osaka, during a prerenovation showing in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, on Saturday. They were among 1,300 applicants chosen by lottery to view the piece before repairs begin.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/11/01/news/up-up-and-away/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-11-01T00:01:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hot air balloons fly above the city of Saga on Monday, the opening day of the FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship. The competition runs through Sunday. A total of 105 balloons from 31 countries and regions are participating.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/11/01/news/the-morning-after/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-11-01T19:43:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jack-o'-lantern plastic bags filled with trash left by costumed partygoers are piled up on a sidewalk in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, early Tuesday. More than 1,700 volunteers joined the cleanup effort between Friday and Tuesday morning.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/11/01/life/halloween-japan-2016-scream-scream-scream/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-11-01T21:43:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[A participant in costume poses to a camera after a Halloween parade in Kawasaki]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Split personality — from the Kawasaki Halloween Parade, Oct. 30.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/11/03/video-2/video-interview-nastyan-owner-russian-cosplay-shop-itacafe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-11-03T00:00:50+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/11/02/news/bounding-skyward/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-11-02T19:59:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An H-IIA rocket carrying the Himawari-9 weather satellite lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Center on the eponymous island in Kagoshima Prefecture on Wednesday. The launch of the backup satellite was delayed from Tuesday due to bad weather.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/11/04/images/times-gallery/november-5-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-11-04T20:13:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Turkey's Ambassador Bulent Meric (left) and his wife Kumiko (right) pose with first lady Akie Abe during a reception to celebrate the 93rd Turkish National Day at the ambassador's residence in Tokyo on Oct. 28.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/11/04/news/imperial-farewell/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-11-04T20:14:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Princess Yuriko (in wheelchair), the 93-year-old widow of Prince Mikasa, Emperor Akihito's uncle who passed away on Oct. 27 at age 100, and other Imperial family members attend his funeral Friday at Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/11/07/news/fountains-of-protection/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-11-07T00:30:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The famed thatched-roof houses in the village of Shirakawa, Gifu Prefecture, are hosed down Sunday as part of its annual fire drill. Firefighters used 59 water cannons to drench the 114 historic houses at the UNESCO World Heritage site.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/11/08/news/a-marquee-in-the-making/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-11-08T00:11:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An artisan on Monday writes the names of popular kabuki actors on plates in preparation for the annual year-end Kichirei Kaomise show at Myohoji Temple in Kyoto. The show, which will feature all the star actors for the coming year, runs at a Kyoto theater from Nov. 30 through Dec. 25.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/11/09/video-2/video-ppap-singer-pikotaro-fccj/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-11-09T00:00:52+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/11/12/news/video-omotesando-hills-christmas-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-11-12T00:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/11/11/images/times-gallery/november-12-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-11-12T13:07:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ambassador of The Federated States of Micronesia John Fritz (left) and his wife Momoe pose with Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Kiyoshi Odawara during a reception celebrating the 30th anniversary of Micronesia's Independence Day, the 28th anniversary of diplomatic relations with Japan and the 25th anniversary of U.N. membership at the Hotel New Otani on Nov. 2. | YOSHIAKI MIURA]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/11/15/news/video-earthworm-robot-creator/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-11-15T00:00:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/11/14/news/over-the-moon/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-11-14T19:47:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/yq20161115t1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[yq20161115t1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An airplane flies past the London Eye Ferris wheel as the moon looms behind on Sunday. The brightest moon in almost 69 years will be lighting up the sky this week in a treat for sky watchers around the globe. The phenomenon, known as the supermoon, won't appear this big and bright again for another 18 years.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/11/16/news/roadshow/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-11-16T19:57:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A maiko (apprentice geisha) boards a Nagaragawa Railway Nagara train at Mino-Ota Station in Minokamo, Gifu Prefecture, on Tuesday. The train, featuring maiko performances, will run on six days between Jan. 11 and Feb. 14, 2017. Local dishes will also be served.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/11/16/news/the-sky-is-the-limit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-11-16T19:59:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A drone lifts a package containing daily items for delivery to an island 2.5 km away during a test flight Tuesday in the city of Fukuoka. NTT Docomo Inc. is leading the project in hopes of launching a drone delivery service in fiscal 2018.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/11/16/news/the-season-of-giving/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-11-16T20:02:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/yz20161117t3a.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Students from Nishimachi International School in Tokyo show off snowman-shaped Christmas ornaments they made from recycled cork at the Grand Hyatt in Minato Ward on Wednesday as part of a program to support children in the disaster-hit Tohoku region.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/11/16/news/having-a-field-day/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-11-17T16:23:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/xo20161116a2a.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Godzilla made of straw is displayed in a field in the town of Chikuzen, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Nov. 4. About 220 volunteers in the town built the 10-meter-long, 7-meter-high likeness for the local autumn festival. The use of LED lights was canceled by organizers following a lethal fire caused by lighting at Tokyo Design Week in Meiji Jingu Gaien on Nov. 6. The straw Godzilla will be on display until early December.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/11/16/news/catching-air/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-11-17T16:23:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp.'s second test plane departs from Nagoya airport in Aichi Prefecture for Washington state on Tuesday. The company is the builder of the nation's only domestically made passenger jet. Its first test aircraft flew to the U.S. in late September.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/11/19/news/video-midtown-christmas-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-11-19T00:00:55+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/11/18/images/times-gallery/november-19-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-11-18T23:04:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[tg20161119a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Angolan Ambassador Joao Miguel Vahekeni (center) prepares for a ceremonial cake cutting with Yumiko Akiyama (left), lead researcher of the Japan Institute of Community Social Work, and Manlio Cadelo, San Marino's ambassador and dean of the Diplomatic Corps, during a reception to celebrate of the 41st anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Angola at the Palace Hotel Tokyo on Nov. 11.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/11/24/news/crying-fowl/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-11-24T23:56:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[zb20161125x1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Craftworkers make rooster figurines in Kanagawa Prefecture Wednesday. According to the Chinese zodiac calendar, 2017 is The Year of the Rooster.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/11/26/news/video-caretta-illumination-2016-canyon-dazur/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-11-26T00:00:30+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/11/25/images/times-gallery/november-26-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-11-25T20:06:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sixty children from Tokyo's Nishimachi International pose with Grand Hyatt Tokyo General Manager Steve Dewire (back row, fifth from left); Kids Earth Fund Founder Harumi Torii (back row, fourth from right); Marie Seino, chief director of the Re Kikou non-profit organization (back row, third from right); and hotel staff at the opening ceremony of the hotel's "Wish upon a Star" charity program, which supports children in the disaster-hit Tohoku region. The day included making Christmas ornaments and a flash mob dance performance at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 16.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/11/27/news/haute-cuisine/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-11-27T22:49:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/yl20161128w1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[yl20161128w1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Guests dine at the Santa in the Sky restaurant, held up by a crane, above Brussels on Friday. As part as Christmas festivities in the Belgian capital, the restaurant has been decorated like St. Nick's sleigh.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/11/30/news/ruling-the-roost/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-11-30T20:16:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Priestesses check a plaque at the shrine of Kumano Nachi Taisha in the town of Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, on Wednesday before the annual symbol in the Chinese zodiac shifts to rooster from monkey. In 2017, the shrine, which is part of a UNESCO World Heritage site, will mark its 1,700th birthday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/11/30/news/putting-end-drunken-driving/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-11-30T20:17:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[xg20161201u1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wheelchair athlete Hiroyuki Yamamoto reviews police officers in the city of Fukuoka on Wednesday as a one-day commander during a public relations event aimed at eliminating drunken driving. The marathoner in the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics lost his 16-year-old son in 2011 after he was hit by a drunken driver.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/12/01/news/video-starry-sky-illumination/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-01T00:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/12/01/news/pre-summit-message/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-01T22:10:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Protesters urge the return of four Russia-held islands off Hokkaido as they march in Tokyo Thursday ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Japan later this month.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/12/01/news/jolly-jellyfish/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-01T22:11:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fish tanks with kurage (jellyfish) inside, arranged in the shape of a Christmas tree, are illuminated Thursday at Sumida Aquarium in Tokyo. Dubbed Tokyo Kurage Tree, the display will open to the public on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/12/02/images/times-gallery/december-3-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-02T22:57:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[tg20161203a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kumiko Meric (second from right), the wife of Turkey's ambassador to Japan, and Japan-Turkish Womens Club members pose with people in traditional Turkish folk costumes at a celebration of Turkish culture, organized by the Japan-Turkish Womens Club, at Yunus Emre Institute in Tokyo on Nov. 27.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/12/02/news/capybara-hot-spring/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-02T23:03:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[zb20161203w1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Capybaras Totomaru and Nagomi take a bath in a open-air hot spring at Daisen Tom-Sawyer Pasture, a ranch for tourists, in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, on Friday. The capybaras, which are sensitive to cold, will take a bath in the hot spring every day until March.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/12/05/news/visual-overload/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-05T00:19:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[As fireworks illuminate the sky behind them, giant elaborately decorated floats are paraded through the streets of Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, during the annual Chichibu Night Festival, which came to a climax on Saturday. The festival was recently added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list along with 32 others.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/12/08/news/video-interview-noriko-arai-todai-robot-project-director/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-08T00:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/12/09/video-2/video-tokyo-comic-con-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-09T00:00:54+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/12/08/news/let-there-be-lighting/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-08T22:42:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[yl20161209w1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Visitors ply a bamboo grove during a lighting event at Arashiyama Hanatoro, which conducted a trial lighting in the city of Kyoto. The event will run from Friday through Dec. 18 from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/12/09/images/times-gallery/december-10-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-09T20:57:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[tg20161210a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[From left: Chang-Liang Weng, deputy minister of the Council of Agriculture Executive Yuan; Frank C. T. Hsieh, representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan; and Toshiro Shirasu, president of the Japan Fisheries Association hold up pieces of Taiwanese grouper at a promotional event at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan on Dec. 5.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/12/10/news/video-introducing-tipron-projection-robot/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-10T00:00:56+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/12/10/news/video-rainbow-bridge-holiday-light-odaiba-rainbow-fireworks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-10T00:02:09+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/12/09/news/towering-tidings/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-09T21:07:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An image of flowers is projected on the lower part of the Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on Thursday. The display is set to run through Dec. 25.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/12/09/news/presidential-paddle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-09T22:05:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/yp20161208x1a.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Staffer Megumi Kondo of doll-maker Kyugetsu shows off hagoita ornamental paddles bearing faces of some of the year's newsmakers, including U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike. They will be on display at the firm's headquarters in Tokyo until Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/12/14/video-2/video-sweets-naked/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-14T00:00:45+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/12/13/news/bamboo-cleaning-crew/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-13T23:26:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Monks and staff members use bamboo stems to remove dirt in a year-end cleanup at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Tuesday. The temple expects around 3 million visitors during the New Year's holiday period.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/12/16/news/video-nihonbashis-forest-shooting-stars/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-16T00:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/12/18/news/industrial-romance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-18T23:54:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[zb20161219x1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An industrial area in Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, provides a dazzling night view in this photo provided by the Shunan Municipal Government. On Saturday about 300 people from eight cities gathered in Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture, to discuss their strategy for turning illuminated industrial plants into tourist attractions.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/12/16/images/times-gallery/december-17-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-19T11:48:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/tg20161217a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[tg20161217a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[From left: Director-General for Cultural Affairs Makita Shimokawa; wife of Peruvian ambassador and 2016 fair Chairperson Cristina Escala; and President of Ikebana International Tokyo Founding Chapter Noriko Kira cut the ribbon to kick off the 2016 Ikebana International Fair The Ikebana International Tokyo Founding Chapter held its annual charity bazaar at the Royal Park Hotel on Dec. 5.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/12/20/news/video-tokyo-skytree-dream-christmas-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-20T00:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/12/21/news/whale-washing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-21T00:43:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[yo20161221a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Officials dust off a 15-meter replica of a North Pacific right whale on display at the Taiji Whale Museum in Wakayama Prefecture on Tuesday as part of a year-end cleanup.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/12/21/video-2/video-gunpla-builders-world-cup-2016-award-ceremony/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-21T10:56:13+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/12/22/news/video-white-kitte-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-22T00:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/12/22/news/something-to-crow-about/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-22T22:46:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/yj20161223w1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[yj20161223w1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Workers at the Murata Folk Craft Workshop in Iwate Prefecture make rooster crafts from silkworm cocoons Wednesday ahead of the Year of the Rooster in 2017. The workshop has been making zodiac symbol cocoon crafts for 30 years.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/12/23/images/times-gallery/december-24-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-23T19:25:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/tg20161224a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[tg20161224a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kenya's Ambassador Solomon Karanja Maina (center) prepares for a toast with, from left, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director-General for African Affairs Department Norio Maruyama; Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Koichi Hagiuda; Mizuho Bank Ltd. President and CEO Nobuhide Hayashi; and Chairman of the Japan-AU Parliamentary Friendship Association Ichiro Aisawa during a reception to celebrate the 53rd anniversary of Kenya's independence at the Tokyo Marriott Hotel on Dec. 12.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/12/23/news/cleared-for-takeoff/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-23T20:49:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[yv20161224u1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Santa Claus takes a vision test as part of his annual medical exam in this screen shot from a YouTube video by Transport Canada, which has renewed his commercial pilot's license and cleared him to fly for Christmas.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2016/12/26/news/video-light-tokyo-2016-holiday-illuminations-tokyo/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[British pop singer George Michael was found dead at his home in England on Sunday. In this 2007 photo, he is seen performing at a concert in Athens.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shoppers crowd the Tsukiji wholesale market in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Friday, its last business day for 2016. Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike postponed a planned November relocation of the market to a new site on reclaimed and possibly toxic land in the Toyosu area. The Tsukiji market will reopen Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[From left, Nicararagua's Ambassador, Saul Arana Castellon; Cuba's Ambassador Carlos M. Pereira; Venezuela's Ambassador Seiko Ishikawa; Ecuador's Ambassador Leonardo Carrion; and Bolivia's Charge d'Affaires a.i. Angela Ayllon join hands during a reception to celebrate of the 12th anniversary of the foundation of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America at the Latin American Salon, in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Dec. 22.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shoppers line up at the flagship Hankyu department store in Osaka's Umeda district before its opening at 9 a.m. Monday. Many department stores across the nation offered "lucky bags" containing mystery items and other special products on their first business day of the year.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Visitors place coin offerings on a 2.3-meter frozen tuna dedicated to Nishinomiya Shrine, which honors the god of commerce, in Hyogo Prefecture on Sunday. Doing so is believed to make visitors lucky with money.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Students at Miyanomori Elementary School in the disaster-struck city of Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, explore their new school building Tuesday. Its construction was completed before the graduation in March of sixth-graders, who had studied in a prefab building since they were in the first grade. The March 2011 disaster destroyed the old school building just before they started their student lives.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People who wrote their wishes on wooden ema plaques prepare to hang them up at Yushima Tenjin Shrine in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Wednesday ahead of the entrance examination season. Yushima Tenjin is known as a shrine for scholars.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/01/13/news/video-moon-rover-hakuto-nihombashi-mitsukoshi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-13T00:00:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-13T21:51:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Panama's Ambassador Ritter Diaz (second from left) and his wife Ayana Hatada Diaz (right) share a toast with Father Arturo Martin (left) and the Director General of the Foreign Ministry's Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Bureau Yasushi Takase during a reception to celebrate the relocation of the Embassy of the Republic of Panama to the  Samon Building in Higashi-Azabu, Minato Ward in Tokyo on Jan. 10.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A member of the Metropolitan Police Department subdues a man during its traditional new year counterterrorism drill in Koto Ward, Tokyo, on Friday as Japan hones security measures ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/01/17/news/frost-bites/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Icicles form on a fountain at Hibiya Park in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on Monday amid a cold snap. The mercury fell to as low as minus 2 degrees in central Tokyo in the morning, the lowest yet this season.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/01/18/news/video-interview-yuriko-koike-tokyo-governor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-18T00:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/01/18/news/video-frozen-forever-new-projection-mapping-presentation-tokyo-disneyland/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-18T00:02:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/01/17/news/in-memoriam/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-17T22:49:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A girl lights a candle in a bamboo lantern during a ceremony Tuesday morning in Kobe marking the 22nd anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake of Jan. 17, 1995. The quake killed more than 6,400 people.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/01/19/news/girls-festival-flourish/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-19T22:23:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Girls in kimono admire ornaments displayed ahead of Girls' Day, which falls on March 3, on Thursday at the Inatori hot springs resort in Higashiizu, Shizuoka Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/01/21/news/departing-and-arriving/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-21T22:58:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Men wearing masks of former U.S. President Barack Obama and new President Donald Trump walk down a red carpet in front of Usa Station in Oita Prefecture on Saturday. Residents decorated the station for Trump's inauguration because the name of their town is spelled the same as "USA."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/01/22/news/video-inauguration-day-march-vigil-tokyo-democrats-abroad-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-22T02:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-23T10:29:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[French Ambassador Thierry Dana (center) is joined by, from left, President of Club de la Galette des Rois Susumu Shimada; Mayor of Niigata Akira Shinoda; essayist Francoise Morechand; and Galette des Rois Ambassador and three-time Olympic gold-medal winner judoka Tadahiro Nomura in cutting a huge galette des rois (king cake) during an event to celebrate the new year and Epiphany at the ambassador's residence in Tokyo on Jan. 17.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/01/21/news/holy-water/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-23T10:31:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[yb20170121k1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Men wearing loincloths pour hot water over each other in a traditional festival to pray for good health at a hot spring in Naganohara, Gunma Prefecture, on Friday. They dedicated a chicken to thank the god of hot springs during the event, which the organizer says originated some 400 years ago.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/01/26/news/hydro-salute/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-26T19:37:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Firefighters spray water into the air during an annual fire drill Thursday at Horyuji Temple in the town of Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture. The temple, which is a World Heritage site, suffered a major fire on Jan. 26, 1949.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/01/26/news/all-dolled-up-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-26T19:37:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[yi20170127t2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An employee of doll maker Kyugetsu displays a set of hina dolls that feature U.S. President Donald Trump and Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike at the company's showroom in Tokyo's Taito Ward on Thursday. The dolls will be viewable at the showroom through Sunday before going on display at Sogo's Yokohama outlet from next Wednesday through Feb. 6.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/01/27/images/times-gallery/january-28-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T22:46:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike (center), Guatemala's Ambassador Angela Maria de Lourdes Chavez Bietti (left) and Tonga's Ambassador Tania Laumanulupe'o Talafolika Tupou (right) demonstrate furoshiki tsutsumi (Japanese cloth wrapping) during a "Tokyo Ambassadors Night" reception at the Sheraton Miyako Hotel Tokyo on Jan. 25.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/01/27/news/entering-freeze-fall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T22:47:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People gaze at the almost completely frozen Fukuroda Falls in Daigo, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Thursday. Counted as one of Japan's three most stunning waterfalls, Fukuroda consists of four consecutive falls and is 120 meters high and 73 meters wide. As of Friday it was about 90 percent frozen.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/01/27/news/star-attraction/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T22:48:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[yn20170128w2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yuihin the baby panda walks through an in-house playground watched by her mother, Rauhin, at Adventure World in Wakayama Prefecture on Friday. Yuihin was born last September and raised in a special room away from the public eye. The cub made its public debut Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/01/29/news/burning-down-the-house/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-29T23:59:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fireworks and ritualistic burning of Mount Wakakusa light up the night sky on Saturday in the city of Nara during the annual Yamayaki (grass-burning) Festival. About 180,000 residents and tourists were on hand to watch the event.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/01/29/news/ice-torii/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-30T00:00:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People photograph an ice sculpture portraying a shrine gate at a festival Wednesday in Kamikawa, Hokkaido. The event features around 30 colorfully lighted works and will run through March 20.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/02/01/news/video-tokyo-ambassadors-night/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T00:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/01/31/news/coming-into-bloom/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-31T23:58:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Visitors admire plum blossoms at Yushima Tenjin Shrine in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, on Tuesday ahead of the annual Plum Festival that begins Feb. 8. The recent warm weather has led to an early blossoming of plum trees.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/01/31/news/love-handles/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-31T23:58:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A heart-shaped strap hangs in a Keikyu Love Train in Yokohama on Tuesday ahead of Valentine's Day on Feb. 14. Keikyu Corp. began running the special train Tuesday on its Tokyo-area lines to "help people who hold them find love."]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/02/01/news/mini-masterpieces/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-02T17:01:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ys20170202x3a.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Miniature traditional dolls and trinkets that will go on sale at an event being held at the Hakata Traditional Craft and Design Museum in Fukuoka Prefecture are put on display Wednesday. The clay-fired pieces, which will be sold through vending machines, can be purchased for 500 yen from Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/02/01/news/a-new-home/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-02T17:04:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ys20170202x2a.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The complete remains of a Jurassic Period Hesperosaurus dinosaur, which is in the final stage of assembly, is shown to media at Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum in the city of Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture, on Wednesday. The skeletal remains of the 6-meter-long, 2.8-meter-tall herbivorous dinosaur will be the world's first complete assembly of the creature. The prefecture purchased the bones, which were found in the U.S. state of Wyoming in 1986, two years ago.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/02/01/news/garden-party/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-02T17:06:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Ginza Six shopping and office complex in central Tokyo opened its rooftop garden to the media on Wednesday. Built on the grounds where the Ginza outlet of the Matsuzakaya department store previously stood, the new complex is set to open in April.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/02/02/news/glowing-with-controversy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-02T22:48:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[yt20170203w1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Trees near the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima are illuminated with LED lights on Dec. 7. The event, which ends Sunday, started in December to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the dome's addition to the UNESCO World Heritage List. Some have questioned whether it is appropriate to promote the event for tourism purposes.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/02/02/news/a-stately-scene/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-03T13:28:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People visit Asahi-no-Ma, the most prestigious room of the Government Guest House in Tokyo's Akasaka district Thursday. The room for distinguished guests, including world leaders, will be open through Feb. 14 before closing for refurbishment for about two years.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/02/04/news/video-preview-ginza-six-shopping-complex/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-04T00:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/02/03/video-2/video-live-music-hackasong-billboard-live-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-03T20:40:19+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/02/03/images/times-gallery/february-4-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-03T22:25:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/tg20170204a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[tg20170204a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hungary's Ambassador Norbert Palanovics (left) prepares for a ceremonial sake barrel opening with (from left) All Japan Chefs Association President Toshi Utsunomiya; Suzuki Motor Corp. President and CEO Toshihiro Suzuki; Japan Hungary Friendship Association Chairman Shinichi Nabekura; and President of the Japanese Olympic Committee Tsunekazu Takeda during the ambassador's official welcome reception at the embassy in Tokyo on Jan. 26.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/02/03/news/fling-in-the-new/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-03T22:26:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/xt20170204w1a.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Apprentice geisha known as maiko throw beans Friday at Yasaka Shrine in the city of Kyoto to celebrate Setsubun, the day before spring. The maiko yelled "Fuku wa uchi!" ("Fortune in!") as they threw the beans to pray for happiness and health throughout the year.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/02/04/video-2/video-flowers-naked-2017-nihonbashi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-04T23:55:46+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/02/09/video-2/video-super-skytree-disco/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-09T00:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/02/09/news/southern-exposure/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-09T00:32:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[xy20170209a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The sun never sets at the South Pole between late November and late January. This multiple exposure was taken once an hour starting at 9:06 p.m. on Dec. 26 at Showa Station, a Japanese research facility at the pole.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/02/10/video-2/video-nerd-nite-tokyo-january-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-10T00:00:49+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/02/09/news/winters-return/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-09T21:07:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/xf20170210v1a.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Blossoming plum trees are showered with snow in front of the Ibaraki Prefectural Government building in Mito on Thursday. The snowfall, caused by a strong winter pressure pattern, started Thursday morning.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/02/10/news/lets-make-a-deal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-10T19:57:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife, Akie, arrive at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on Thursday ahead of his meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/02/14/news/snow-going-back/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-14T00:10:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/xg20170214a1a.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An excavator digs into a frozen sculpture Monday following the end of the annual Sapporo Snow Festival the previous day. This year's event drew a record high 2.6 million people and featured 200 sculptures made of snow and ice, including characters from "Star Wars."]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/02/10/images/times-gallery/february-11-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-14T13:54:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/tg20170211a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[tg20170211a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gold Award-winner Xavier Dorison (France, front row, center) poses with (from front left) President of the Jury Machiko Satonaka; Silver Award winners Roberto Ricci and Laura Iorio (Italy); Silver Award-winner Han Zuzheng (China); Silver Award winner Can Tieu Hy (Vietnam); and the host, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Kiyoshi Odawara, at the 10th Japan International Manga Award ceremony at Meiji University's Surugadai Campus on Feb. 6. | YOSHIAKI MIURA]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/02/15/news/video-test-flight-disaster-drone-shinjuku-central-park/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-15T00:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/02/15/news/sweet-deal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-16T00:02:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/zg20170216x1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[zg20170216x1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kumamon, the popular mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture, holds Valentine's Day chocolates sent for him at the prefectural government office in Kumamoto on Wednesday. The prefecture said Kumamon products racked up record sales of ¥128 billion in 2016, with the mascot employed to support reconstruction efforts following major earthquakes last April.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/02/16/news/mideast-shake-up/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-16T21:35:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/xx20170217v1a.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a news conference at the White House on Wednesday, when Trump dropped the long-standing U.S. commitment to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict even as he urged Netanyahu to curb the construction of Jewish settlements in the West Bank.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/02/17/images/times-gallery/february-18-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-17T20:25:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/tg20170218a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[tg20170218a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cambodia's first J. League soccer player Chan Vathanaka (left) and Jun Koyama (right), president of Shizuoka Prefecture's Fujieda MYFC, pose during a visit with Cambodia's Ambassador Chea Kimtha at the embassy in Tokyo on Feb. 13.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/02/17/news/epic-snow-adventure/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-17T20:26:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/xw20170218u1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[xw20170218u1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Children play with a snow sculpture of Ohm, a creature from the animated film "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" in Akita on Thursday. Yoshio Sato, 56, who runs a hair salon in the city, spent two days making the sculpture.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/02/17/news/blow-dried/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-17T20:27:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/xw20170218u2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[xw20170218u2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman's hair flies around her head in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district on Friday as Japan's first spring gale, known as haru-ichiban, blew through the Kanto region.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-02-19T20:35:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Traditional hina dolls are displayed on an 8-meter stepped pyramid at a festival involving some 30,000 of the dolls that began Sunday in Katsuura, Tokushima Prefecture. The dolls were all donated by people whose daughters are now grown-ups.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/02/20/news/firefighters-nightmare/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-20T22:56:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Firefighters on Monday continue efforts to extinguish a four-day-old warehouse blaze in the town of Miyoshi, Saitama Prefecture. They say the inferno might cause the three-story building owned by office equipment supplier Askul Corp. to collapse.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-02-23T00:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/02/22/news/still-in-style/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-22T19:37:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A stylist checks the hair of a maiko (apprentice geisha) in the Gion district of Kyoto on Wednesday during a photo session for brochures advertising the annual "Miyako Odori" dance performances on April 1-23.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/02/22/sports/taking-scenic-route/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-22T19:47:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yukiya Sato competes in the normal hill ski jumping competition during the Asian Winter Games on Wednesday at Sapporo's Miyanomori Ski Jump Stadium. Sato won the gold medal with Yuken Iwasa earning silver.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/02/23/news/in-memoriam-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-23T19:44:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People pay tribute at a memorial service Thursday in Tokyo for Toshiaki Ogasawara, the late honorary chairman and former publisher of The Japan Times, who passed away on Nov. 30 at age 85. About 950 people attended. Ogasawara was also the founder of Nifco Inc., a major manufacturer of plastic parts for automobiles and home appliances and the parent company of The Japan Times.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-02-24T22:01:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Iran's Ambassador Reza Nazar Ahari (left) welcomes Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Koichi Hagiuda during a reception celebrating the 38th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution of Iran at the embassy on Feb. 9.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/02/24/news/books-after-dark/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fans reach up for copies of Haruki Murakami's latest book, "Kishidancho Goroshi," during a sales campaign that kicked off at midnight Thursday at a Sanseido bookstore in Tokyo's Kanda district.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/03/02/news/video-japans-first-premium-friday-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-02T00:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/03/02/news/next-generation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-02T19:17:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Students of the all-female Takarazuka Music School in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, pose after graduating from the two-year program in music and dancing on Thursday. They will debut at the Takarazuka Revue on April 21.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/03/03/images/times-gallery/march-4-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-04T15:14:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Princess Takamado (left) poses with her daughter Princess Ayako (right) and Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi at the Kakushokaku building in Yokohama's Sankeien Garden during an opening ceremony on Feb. 28 for "Gleam of Birds III," an exhibition that runs through March 6 featuring 54 bird photographs taken by Princess Takamado.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/03/04/news/spelling-it-out/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-04T23:25:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shantanu Edgaonkar of Global Indian International School in Tokyo smiles on Saturday after winning the eighth Japan Times Bee, held at the newspaper's headquarters in Minato Ward, Tokyo. Edgaonkar correctly spelled "toxicosis" to clinch a chance to represent Japan at the finals in the United States.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/03/05/news/video-interview-shantanu-edgaonkar-winner-eighth-japan-times-bee/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2017-03-08T00:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-03-10T00:00:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/03/01/news/video-project-cans-doraemon-vr-event-dokodemo-door/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-10T11:58:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/03/11/news/video-style-ginza-mitsukoshi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-11T00:00:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/03/10/images/times-gallery/march-11-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-10T22:23:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[From left: President of Ikebana International Junko Katano; Tokyo Founding Chapter President Noriko Kira; Madagascar's Charge d' Affaires a.i. Rosette Rasoamanarivo; and Yuko Kishida, wife of Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, pose at the opening ceremony of an Ikebana Exhibition held by Tokyo Founding Chapter members at the Madagascar embassy in Tokyo on March 3.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/03/10/news/remembering-those-who-perished/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-10T22:26:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People offer flowers for the souls of the estimated 105,000 victims killed in the Great Tokyo Air Raid, which took place overnight on March 9, 1945. The event was held at the Tokyo Memorial Hall on Friday, the raid's 72nd anniversary.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/03/13/news/video-kddis-5g-wireless-network/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-13T12:30:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/03/13/news/local-specialty/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-13T16:50:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Geisha offer local sake to tourists Sunday in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, as part of events marking the second anniversary of the extended Hokuriku Shinkansen Line.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/03/16/news/the-future-is-here/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-16T00:54:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dinosaur robots serve as receptionists during a media preview for a new Henn na Hotel in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, on Wednesday. Major travel agency H.I.S. Co., which runs the hotel, plans to launch 100 similar outlets in Japan and possibly overseas within the next five years.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/03/16/news/a-fresh-start-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-16T19:30:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nozomi Sugita, a 22-year-old worker for Ito-Yokado Co., pledges her efforts to meet customer demand on behalf of all other new employees at a ceremony in Tokyo on Thursday. The event was held by retail giant Seven &amp; I Holdings Co. for new staff at 22 group companies, including Ito-Yokado.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/03/17/news/video-henn-na-hotel-maihama-tokyo-bay/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-17T00:00:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-03-17T23:06:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Attendees and exhibitors, including British Ambassador Paul Madden, CMG, and his wife Sarah, pose in front of the Britain and Northern Ireland booth at the Foodex Japan 2017 opening ceremony at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture on March 7.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/03/17/news/eye-in-the-sky/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-17T23:08:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An H-IIA rocket lifts off from its launchpad to carry an information-gathering satellite known as Radar 5 into orbit at Tanegashima Space Center in Tanegashima, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Friday. The launch comes amid surging anxiety in the region over North Korea's growing missile and nuclear capabilities.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/03/20/news/go-irish/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-20T17:20:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Irish Ambassador to Japan Anne Barrington leads the 25th Tokyo St. Patrick's Day Parade in Yoyogi Park on Sunday. The Irish Embassy says dozens of similar events will take place this month from Tokyo to Okinawa. Japan and Ireland celebrate 60 years of diplomatic relations this year.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/03/22/news/video-nihonbashi-sakura-festival-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-22T00:00:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/03/23/news/fallen-return-home/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-23T00:25:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Chinese honor guard carries caskets containing the remains of soldiers during a ceremony at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, on Wednesday. The remains of 28 Chinese soldiers killed during the 1950-53 Korean War were transferred from the temporary columbarium in South Korea to the airport to return home for permanent burial.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/03/25/news/video-springtime-events-tokyo-skytree-town/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-25T00:00:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/03/24/images/times-gallery/march-25-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-24T23:07:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Diet members and several heads of mission of Latin American and Caribbean states, join hands during a friendly get-together at the Residence of Ambassadors in Nakameguro, Tokyo, on March 14.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/03/24/news/new-kid-block/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-24T23:08:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yuihin, a giant panda born last September at Adventure World zoo in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, touches a panda-shaped snowman after making its outdoor debut Friday. The female panda, which weighed just 197 grams at birth, now weighs more than 11 kg.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/03/28/news/washington-doggy-blossoms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-28T20:12:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jon Krepsky holds his pet dogs up for a photo with cherry blossoms near the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. The trees were gifted to the U.S. in 1912 by Tokyo Mayor Yukio Ozaki as a sign of friendship.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/03/29/news/big-chunk-change/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-29T00:08:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[One of the world's largest gold coins, a 2007 Canadian "Big Maple Leaf," is displayed in Vienna in June 2010. An identical coin stolen from Berlin's Bode Museum on Monday has a face value of 1 million Canadian dollars ($750,000). By weight alone, however, it would be worth almost $4.5 million at market prices.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/03/29/news/nuclear-outrage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-29T23:57:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[yv20170330x1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Setsuko Thurlow, a Japanese atomic bomb survivor, speaks at a conference to negotiate a treaty to ban nuclear weapons at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Tuesday. She slammed Japan for not participating in the talks.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/03/30/news/class-act/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-30T19:36:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[ye20170331t2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Two applicants shed tears of joy after the results of this year's entrance exam were announced Thursday at the Takarazuka Music School in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture. This year, 1,042 women vied for 40 spots in the highly competitive school, where students train to become members of the famous all-female acting troupe.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/03/30/news/reopen-for-business/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-03-30T19:37:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shoppers browse items in a shopping mall in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, after it re-opened on Thursday ahead of the partial lifting of an evacuation order in place for the area since March 11, 2011. The evacuation order will be lifted Saturday for about 9,600 town residents.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/04/04/news/ready-for-takeoff/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-04-04T00:34:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[xt20170404a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan Airlines Co. President Yoshiharu Ueki prepares to throw a paper plane as he joins newly hired JAL group employees at a welcome ceremony in a hangar at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Monday. About 890,000 new recruits marked their first day at work the same day at companies, public offices and other organizations across the country.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/04/04/news/video-australian-labradoodles-interpets-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-04-04T12:05:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/04/04/images/times-gallery/april-4-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-04-05T09:27:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[French Ambassador Thierry Dana (center) raises a glass with President of the Japan-France House of Councillors Friendship League Akiko Santo (left), President of the House of Representatives' Friendship League Nobuteru Ishihara (right) and other guests at a "Good France" dinner at the ambassador's residence in Tokyo on March 17.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/04/06/news/video-dinosaur-welcomes-new-workers-shibuya-hikarie/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-04-06T00:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/04/05/news/video-skymark-airlines-sky-high-welcoming-ceremony-new-employees/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-04-05T21:02:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/04/06/images/times-gallery/april-6-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-04-06T11:03:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[European Union Ambassador Viorel Isticioaia-Budura (right) poses with (from left) House of Representatives member and Secretary-General of the Japan-EU Parliamentary Friendship League Masazumi Gotoda,  Finland's Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Anne Sipilainen and Italy's Ambassador- designate Giorgio Starace at a reception marking the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaties of Rome at the Europa House in Tokyo on March 27.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/04/06/news/riverside-canopy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-04-06T18:26:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cherry trees are illuminated at twilight along the Meguro River in Tokyo on Wednesday evening. Blossom-viewing parties in the capital are expected to enter full swing this weekend.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/04/08/news/video-edo-fuji-mount-fuji-shaped-monument-tokyo-midtown/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-04-09T16:07:02+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/04/12/images/times-gallery/april-12-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-04-12T09:14:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bangladesh's Ambassador Rabab Fatima (center), Secretary-General of Japan-Bangladesh Parliamentarians' League Ichiro Tsukada (left) and State Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobuo Kishi cut a cake during a reception to celebrate the 46th anniversary of independence and the national day of the People's Republic of Bangladesh at the Hotel Okura, Tokyo, on March 28.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/04/13/news/video-mikoto-medical-simulation-robot/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-04-13T00:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/04/13/news/starting-with-a-flash/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-04-13T00:03:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Freshmen at the University of Tokyo gather for a photograph ahead of their entrance ceremony Wednesday at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo. During the ceremony, Nobel Prize-winning microbiologist and Todai alumnus Yoshinori Ohsumi gave a congratulatory speech.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/04/13/images/times-gallery/april-3-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-04-13T10:53:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Colombian Ambassador Gabriel Duque (left) and Slovenian Ambassador Simona Leskovar speak on the International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, explaining the "Lend your leg'' campaign that encourages people worldwide through the symbolic gesture of rolling up a pant leg or a sleeve to raise awareness of the damage land mines still cause, while showing solidarity with all survivors of land mines and other explosive remnants of war.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/04/15/news/festival-season-kicks-off/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-04-15T09:34:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Performers show off a traditional mechanized puppet atop a festival float as the two-day Takayama Spring Festival in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, kicked off Friday. In December the festival was designated as a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage event.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/04/15/images/times-gallery/april-15-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-04-15T09:35:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[India's Ambassador Sujan R. Chinoy shakes hands with Miss World Japan 2016 Priyanka Yoshikawa during a "Hanami Lunch on Chidorigafuchi" cherry-blossom viewing event near the Indian embassy in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on April 3.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/04/15/news/streams-of-strength/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-04-15T14:19:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ya20170415j1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[ya20170415j1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[With Tokyo Skytree towering over them, carp streamers fly in the wind at the Skytree Town commercial complex in Sumida Ward on Friday. The streamers were strung up ahead of Children's Day on May 5 to reflect parents' wishes that their children grow up to be as strong as the fish. The streamers — all 634 of them — will be on display through May 7.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/04/17/news/in-remembrance-of-those-lost/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-04-17T00:44:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man prays at the site where the house of a former colleague used to stand in the village of Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Sunday. The magnitude-7.3 quake that hit the prefecture a year ago destroyed the property, killing his colleague.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/04/17/news/fast-forward-2027/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-04-17T23:40:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[JR Gate Tower, a new office-commercial complex in front of Nagoya Station, opened Monday morning. In 2027, basement levels 5 and 6 of the 46-story building will be turned into a station for maglev trains.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/04/17/news/clearing-way-spring/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-04-17T23:40:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The sightseeing boat Mashu Maru plies Lake Akan in Hokkaido on Monday to break up the ice ahead of the start of tourism operations in May. Tourists will be able to ride the Mashu Maru to experience its springtime ice-breaking duties for about a week starting Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/04/19/news/building-up-steam/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-04-19T00:16:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A steam train engine is hoisted into the air ahead of its reassembly in the town of Aridagawa, Wakayama Prefecture, on Tuesday. Later this summer the train will run along a 400-meter stretch of track at the Aridagawa Train Park.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/04/20/news/video-cherry-blossom-season-tokyo-japan-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-04-20T00:00:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/thumbnail-for-Kobayashi_Sakura17.jpg</image:loc>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/04/20/news/iceberg-ahoy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-04-20T00:21:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Residents of Ferryland, Newfoundland, view the first iceberg of the season as it passes the South Shore, also known as "Iceberg Alley," on Sunday. Icebergs along the eastern coast of Canada, often lurking in thick fogs, have sunk many ships, including the Titanic.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/04/21/video-2/video-opening-gallery-aamo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-04-21T00:00:29+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/04/20/news/video-preview-ginza-six-shopping-complex-part-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-04-20T17:06:41+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/04/21/images/times-gallery/april-22-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-04-21T19:20:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[tg20170422a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[President of the Association of Wives of African Ambassadors in Japan (AWAAJ) Alice Parker-Allotey of Ghana speaks at the organization's sixth annual Charity Dinner Dance. The AWAAJ is a non-governmental, non-profit and non-religious organization that aims to showcase African cultural heritage to Japanese people and others residing in Japan, as well as raise funds for various charities.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/04/23/news/real-life-strategy-game/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-04-24T00:20:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[High school students dressed in samurai attire participate as live game pieces on a giant board during a professional game of shogi (Japanese chess) held in Tendo, Yamagata Prefecture, on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/04/28/video-2/video-dinosaur-live-dino-safari-hikarie-hall-shibuya/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-04-28T00:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/04/29/news/video-guided-tour-tokyo-skytree/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-04-29T00:00:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/thumbnail-for-Kobayashi_SkytreeGuideTour.jpg</image:loc>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/04/29/images/times-gallery/april-29-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-04-29T00:16:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sixteen participants from 15 embassies and organizers pose for a photo after the contest at Tokyo's Akasaka Kumin Center on April 22 .]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/04/29/news/at-one-with-the-tree/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-04-29T00:17:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/xj20170429a1a.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Visitors on Friday look at a bonsai that was being cultivated just 3 km away from ground zero when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in August 1945. It is being exhibited at the eighth World Bonsai Convention in the city of Saitama. The event, where several hundred bonsai are on display, has a 600-year-old one worth ¥100 million.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/04/30/news/remembering-those-lost/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-04-30T23:59:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/zg20170501x1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[zg20170501x1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[About 600 blue carp streamers, put up in memory of children killed in the March 2011 earthquake-triggered tsunami that devastated the Tohoku region, flap in the wind in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on Saturday. Organizers have asked people to donate streamers so that children who died in the disaster "will not feel lonely in heaven."]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/05/02/news/traveling-in-style-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-05-02T00:12:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/xl20170502a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[xl20170502a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rail fans take photos of JR East's new luxury Shiki-Shima sleeper train during its debut at JR Ueno Station in Tokyo on Monday. The train can accommodate just 34 passengers and is equipped with a lounge and a cypress wood bathtub. For its inaugural four-day journey, the Shiki-Shima will travel to Nikko in Tochigi Prefecture, Aomori Prefecture and Hokkaido.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/05/02/news/early-signs-summer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-05-02T00:12:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Environment Ministry officials in aloha shirts and other summer clothing work in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki district on Monday as the government kicked off its annual Cool Biz energy conservation campaign. During Cool Biz, office workers are encouraged to ditch their jackets and ties and dress more casually to help reduce air conditioner use.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-05-03T00:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Three baby Oriental White Storks born in March are returned to their nest on Tuesday in Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture, after leg rings were attached to identify them. The project was part of the first wild breeding of the species — a designated national treasure — outside a sanctuary in the northern part of  the Kansai region since 1971.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/05/04/images/times-gallery/may-4-2017/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ambassadors and ambassador's wives from Tonga, Costa Rica, Bangladesh, Romania, Lithania, Portugal, Croatia, South Africa, Thailand and Denmark participated in the 17th Annual World Gardening Fair in Hotel Okura Tokyo on May 2. Princess Takamado (center) poses with participants at the opening ceremony.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/05/04/news/washing-up-for-the-festivities/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman in an ancient style of ceremonial kimono washes her hands at Shimogamo Shrine on Thursday to purify herself in preparation for the Aoi Festival, one of Kyoto's three most popular festivals. The festival on May 15 features a parade of about 500 people in traditional costumes.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toast masters: Royce Kuzwayo (center), charge d'affaires of the Republic of South Africa raises his glass with Shunsuke Takei (left), parliamentary vice-minister for Foreign Affairs, and Asahiko Mihara (right), acting chairperson of the Japan-African Union Parliamentary Friendship Association, during a reception celebrating South Africa's Freedom Day at Hotel Okura Tokyo on April 26.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-05-13T00:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/05/12/news/motherly-love/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-05-12T21:55:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Monochrome portraits of 21 pairs of mothers and children with Down syndrome are seen in the concourse of Tokyo Metro's Omotesando Station in Minato Ward on Thursday. The exhibition, organized by photographer Naotaka Miyamoto and Acceptions, a nonprofit organization for parents of children with the disability, will run through Mother's Day, which is Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/05/12/images/times-gallery/may-13-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-05-15T14:26:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[EU Ambassador Viorel Isticioaia-Budura (right) greets Nobuteru Ishihara, minister in charge of economic revitalization and chairman of the EU-Japan Parliamentary League of Friendship, during a reception to mark Europe Day in Tokyo on May 9.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/05/16/news/video-interview-deborah-reed-daughter-sugihara-visa-survivor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-05-16T00:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Clad in a junihitoe (multilayered costume), university student Sayo Tomita (center) arrives at Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto on Monday to join the 8-km parade for the Aoi Matsuri (Hollyhock Festival). The event is one of the ancient capital's three main annual festivals. This year, Tomita is the saio-dai (queen) of the festival.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/05/19/images/times-gallery/may-19-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-05-19T18:21:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Thai actor James Jirayu (center), goodwill ambassador for the 130th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Thailand and Japan, poses alongside (from left) Thai Ambassador to Japan Bansarn Bunnag, Deputy Foreign Minister Kentaro Sonoura, Thai Deputy Prime Minister Gen. Tanasak Patimapragorn and Thai Culture Minister Vira Rojpojchanarat at the 18th Thai Festival 2017 at Yoyogi Park, Shibuya Ward, on May 13.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/05/20/news/video-tokyo-skytrees-new-lighting-pattern-noh-x-vj-live-performance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-05-20T00:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-05-20T09:17:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Princess Takamado (center back) poses for a group photo with ambassadors, organizers and sponsors of the exhibition, which is on display through May 25.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/05/21/news/deities-surrounded-sides/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-05-21T22:28:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People carry a mikoshi (portable shrine) near Sensoji Temple during the Sanja festival Sunday in Tokyo's Asakusa district.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/05/24/news/take-nostalgic-journey-line/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-05-24T21:14:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Keikyu Corp. train built in 1929 and had been kept at a park in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, since 1979 after retiring is brought to Yokohama Wednesday for restoration. It is expected to be put on display at the firm's headquarters when it moves from Tokyo's Minato Ward to Yokohama in 2019.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/05/25/news/high-rollers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-05-25T23:22:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Farmers harvest deluxe melons in Yubari, Hokkaido, on Thursday. The year's first auction for the popular and expensive fruit dubbed Yubari Melon will be held on Friday at a wholesale market in Sapporo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/05/26/sports/stepping-out-of-the-spotlight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-05-26T21:17:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former women's world No. 1 golfer Ai Miyazato, who won nine titles on the U.S. LPGA Tour, is planning to retire at the end of the current season.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/05/26/images/times-gallery/may-27-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-05-29T19:13:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ayman R. Al-Mufleh (center, fifth from right), secretary-general of the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization, stands next to his wife, Loubna Bedair, at the Jordanian ambassador's residence in Tokyo on May 21 to celebrate Jordan's Independence Day with Jordan Ambassador to Japan Demiye Haddad (right) and the ambassador's wife, Shifa (third from left), as well as Japanese members of nongovernment organizations who have been supporting refugees in Jordan.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-05-31T00:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/05/30/video-2/video-bloomberg-square-mile-relay-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-05-31T15:07:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/06/01/news/thinking-outside-toy-box/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-06-01T20:07:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Tomy Co. employee demonstrates how Kirachen Licca-chan changes its hair color by casting a special light with a pen-shaped tool during the annual International Tokyo Toy Show. The event kicked off Thursday at Tokyo Big Sight in Koto Ward.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-06-02T00:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-06-02T21:45:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Azerbaijan Ambassador Gursel Ismayilzada (right) and his wife, Rana, welcome Japan-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Friendship League Chairman Akira Amari during a reception at Hotel Okura Tokyo on May 25 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Azerbaijan.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/06/06/news/video-international-tokyo-toy-show-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-06-06T19:30:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/06/07/video-2/video-red-bull-air-race-chiba-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-06-07T00:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/06/08/news/countdown-election-day/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-06-08T00:06:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Workers at Shinano Screen Kogei Co. create boards on Tuesday to display posters for candidates for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election in Chikuma, Nagano Prefecture. Campaigns for the election will kick off on June 23 with voting slated for July 2.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/06/08/news/waiting-sudden-showers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-06-08T00:06:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Visitors take photos of an iris garden at Koishikawa Korakuen Garden on Wednesday in Tokyo. The weather agency said the nation's rainy season started in many parts of the country.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/06/08/images/times-gallery/june-8-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-06-08T10:11:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Georgian Ambassador Levan Tsintsadze (second from left) and the Official Visi of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia to Japan Mikheil Janelidze raises a toast alongside Lower House members Akira Sato (left) and Motome Takizawa (right), parliamentary vice-minister for foreign affairs, during a reception to celebrate Georgia's Independence Day and the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Georgia and Japan at Imperial Hotel in Tokyo on June 1.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/06/08/news/caught-in-the-act/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-06-08T18:13:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police officers try to catch pigs that escaped on a highway in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, after the truck carrying them collided with another truck. One of the  drivers was injured in the accident but the 19 porcine escapees were unharmed.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/06/09/images/times-gallery/june-9-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-06-09T10:47:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bulgarian Rose Cultural Association President Fumie Yamashita (left) greets Bulgarian Ambassador Borislav Kostov (center) and his wife, Manya (right), during the Third Rose Day Charity Party at the ambassador's residence in Tokyo on June 2.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/06/09/news/video-milky-way-illumination-tokyo-towers-observatory/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-06-09T12:25:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-06-13T00:00:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-06-13T12:34:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[From left: Japan Times Managing Editor Sayuri Daimon; Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yasuhisa Shiozaki; Japan Times President Takeharu Tsutsumi; Japan Times Chairwoman Yukiko Ogasawara; and Japan Times columnist Yoichi Funabashi pose for a photo during a reception to celebrate the newspaper's 120th anniversary at the International House of Japan in Roppongi on June 9.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-06-14T12:51:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-06-16T00:00:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-06-16T22:16:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Swedish Ambassador Magnus Robach (left) chats with EU Ambassador Viorel Isticioaia-Budura during a reception to celebrate Sweden's National Day at Robach's residence in Tokyo on June 6.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-06-16T23:36:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoko Ono will be listed as a co-writer of the song "Imagine" with her deceased husband, John Lennon. In a 1980 interview, Lennon said the iconic anthem was partially inspired by Ono's work.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Eimei, a male giant panda at the Adventure World park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, enjoys an ice treat as a Father's Day gift on Sunday. The 20-year-old panda has fathered 14 cubs.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-06-19T12:03:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-06-20T00:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-06-21T00:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-06-22T20:40:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People check out the new Jo-Terrace Osaka commercial complex in Osaka Castle Park on Thursday. The two-story complex houses stores, cafes, eateries and a tourism office that offers multilingual information to tourists of all kinds.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-06-24T00:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-06-24T00:10:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/06/23/images/times-gallery/june-24-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-06-23T21:28:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A barrel of sake is broken by guests at Japanese Sake Fair 2017 at Ikebukuro Sunshine City on June 16. Participants are (from left) National Research Institute of Brewing President Nami Goto; Norio Yamana, deputy commissioner of the Commissioner's Secretariat at the National Tax Agency; Shigeyuki Shinohara, chairman of the Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association; Liberian Ambassador Youngor Sevelee Telewada; Marshall Islands Ambassador Tom Kijiner; and Yoshinori Ohsumi, honorary professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology and winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/06/26/news/nagano-wake-call/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-06-26T00:39:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A photographer snaps shots of two boulders that fell onto a road in the village of Otaki, Nagano Prefecture, on Sunday after a quake that registered an upper 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale to 7 rocked the area early that morning.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/06/26/news/honey-shrank-kids/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-06-27T09:48:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[As rain falls over the town of Ashoro, Hokkaido, on Sunday, children use leaves of giant butterbur plants as umbrellas during a harvesting event. Local people eat the plants, which can grow to be 2 meters tall, as a nutritious ingredient in various dishes.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/06/29/video-2/video-grand-projects-far-will-go-21_21-design-sight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-06-29T00:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/06/29/news/deep-blue-desires/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-06-29T20:03:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[xb20170630u1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A pair of divers decorate bamboo trees with wooden plaques inscribed with their wishes some 15 meters below the water's surface off the coast of Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, ahead of the July 7 Tanabata festival.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/06/30/images/times-gallery/july-1-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-06-30T21:27:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[tg20170701a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Panama Ambassador Ritter Diaz (back row, second from right) poses with (clockwise from back row, far left) David De Leon, economic counselor at the Panama Embassy; Ayana Hatada, wife of the Panama ambassador; Estrella Teng, wife of the economic counselor; various children; Samuel Guevara, chief of Segumar Office in Tokyo; and Adriana Nunez, Guevara's wife, during an event celebrating Panama Day at JICA Global Plaza in Ichigaya, Shinjuku Ward, on June 25.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/07/04/news/video-ueno-zoos-panda-cub-turns-three-weeks-old/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-04T18:10:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/thumbnail-for-Magda_Panda20days.jpg</image:loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/07/05/news/video-advanced-content-technology-expo-tokyo-big-sight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-05T00:00:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/07/06/news/speeding-into-the-future/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-06T00:13:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[JR East, aiming to create the next-generation shinkansen model, will introduce a 10-car test train, dubbed ALFA-X, in the spring of 2019. Going into service around 2030, the train could have a maximum operating speed of 360 kph.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/07/07/news/video-introducing-sonys-wena-smartwatch/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:16:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/07/07/images/times-gallery/july-8-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T21:30:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Canadian Ambassador Ian Burney (center) poses with Nobuteru Ishihara (left), minister in charge of economic revitalization, and Kiyoshi Odawara, parliamentary vice-minister of foreign affairs, during a reception to mark Canada Day in Tokyo on June 30.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/07/08/video-2/video-isetan-bon-dance-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-08T00:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/07/12/video-2/video-art-aquarium-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T00:00:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-13T00:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-13T00:11:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A photo taken Wednesday shows a baby panda born a month ago at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government plans to accept suggestions for her name from the public, starting on July 28.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/07/14/news/video-tokyo-kingyo-wonderland-tunnel-yokai-water-sumida-aquarium/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-14T00:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-14T23:46:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Thirteen-year-old Briton Gracie Starkey receives a framed copy of her winning poem in the English haiku category ("Freshly mown grass/ clinging to my shoes/ my muddled thoughts") from Itoen President Daisuke Honjo at the 28th Itoen Oi Ocha New Haiku Contest at Imperial Hotel Tokyo on July 6.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/07/22/news/video-demo-miraikans-headset-free-vr-tour-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-22T00:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/07/22/news/video-visiting-vr-zone-shinjuku-kabukicho/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-22T00:02:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/07/22/images/times-gallery/july-22-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-22T00:06:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[tg20170722a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[French Ambassador Laurent Pic (center) makes a toast with Nobuteru Ishihara, minister of economic revitalization and chairman of the Japan-France Friendship Group (left), and Japan Foundation President Hiroyasu Ando during a reception at the ambassador's residence in Tokyo to celebrate Bastille Day on July 14.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/07/25/news/video-panda-cub-ueno-zoo-opened-eyes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-25T00:00:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/07/25/news/the-taste-of-summer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-25T23:27:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Grilled eel on skewers is prepared at a restaurant in Osaka on Tuesday — the Day of the Ox — when people in Japan traditionally eat the delicacy to help them endure the summer heat.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/07/28/images/times-gallery/july-29-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-28T23:06:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Colombian dance group Agrupacion Shizuoka perform during celebrations marking the 207th anniversary of Independence Day at an event titled Fiesta de Colombia in Hibiya Park on July 16.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/07/28/news/video-tokyo-experience-power-sport-projection-mapping-presentations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-29T10:55:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/08/02/news/video-nine-hours-woman-kanda-women-capsule-hotel-tokyo-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-08-02T00:00:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/08/01/news/gratitude-in-gion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-08-01T23:59:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Apprentice geisha, known as maiko, clad in formal black kimono, walk along a street in Kyoto's Gion district on Tuesday. They were taking part in the annual summer hassaku, a customary event in which the traditional entertainers pay courtesy calls on their teachers and teahouses to express their gratitude.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-08-02T00:05:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[zb20170802x2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Texas Rangers star Yu Darvish was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday for three minor league prospects, just before the expiration of the trading deadline. The Dodgers currently have the best record in the major leagues.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/08/03/news/video-tokyo-heats-splashes-summer-uchimizu/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-08-03T00:00:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/08/03/news/a-float-and-a-prayer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-08-03T00:26:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A float featuring mythical figures and kabuki actors is pulled along a street in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, during the Hachinohe Sansha Festival on Tuesday. The annual event, which has a history of 290 years and was added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list last December, is held to pray for a rich harvest and express gratitude for the health of those living in the area. The festival runs until Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/08/04/video-2/video-teamlab-jungle-shibuyas-hikarie-hall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-08-04T14:21:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/08/04/images/times-gallery/august-5-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-08-04T23:04:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Peruvian Ambassador Harold Forsyth (third from right), Forsyth's wife, Maria Veronica Sommer De Forsyth, and his granddaughter, Maria Veronica Forsyth Kelez, raises a toast with (from left) Lower House lawmaker Kenya Akiba, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs Hirotaka Ishihara and Jun Matsumoto, minister of state for consumer affairs and food safety, during a reception to mark the anniversary of Peru's independence day at the Westin Hotel on July 28.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/08/04/news/no-video-games/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-08-04T23:07:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Children leave a ceremony at Higashi Honganji Temple in Kyoto on Friday after becoming monks. Before attending the event, they had their heads shaved and received black stoles and were given Buddhist names.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/08/08/video-2/video-walt-disney-animation-studios-tangled-experience-powered-teamlab/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-08-08T00:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/08/05/news/panda-power/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-08-07T16:19:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Kuroshio limited express train repainted to resemble the face of a giant panda departs from JR Tennoji Station in Osaka on Saturday. A zoo in Shirahama, one of the towns in Wakayama Prefecture at which the train stops, has the popular animals on show. The panda-themed train will run until about November 2019.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/08/09/news/video-projection-mapping-summer-festival-2017-tokyo-big-sight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-08-09T00:00:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/07/20/news/high-tech-brush-dustpan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-08-08T23:35:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mitsunobu Okada (right), founder and CEO of Astroscale, on Friday shows off a model of the new ELSA-d satellite designed to capture orbiting space debris. Astroscale hopes to launch the device sometime in 2019.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/08/08/news/airport-automation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-08-09T17:24:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Officials at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Tuesday demonstrate self-navigating electric wheelchairs that will allow users to call one up with smartphones and use them to travel anywhere within the airport. With sensors and other safety devices built in, the wheelchairs can automatically avoid obstacles. Along with foreign tourist-friendly signs and other features, the wheelchairs will be available as early as next April.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/08/11/news/video-autonomous-wheelchair-whill-next-demonstration-tokyos-haneda-airport/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-08-11T00:00:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/08/11/news/video-thomas-tank-engine-japan-summer-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-08-11T00:02:23+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/08/12/images/times-gallery/august-12-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-08-12T01:32:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Angela Ayllon, charge d'affaires of the Bolivian Embassy, greets Shunsuke Takei, vice minister of foreign affairs, during a reception to celebrate of the anniversary of Bolivia's independence at Tokyo Prince Hotel on Aug. 3.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/08/16/news/video-panda-cub-tokyos-ueno-zoo-turns-2-months-old/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-08-16T00:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/08/16/news/video-pikachu-outbreak/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-08-16T12:33:16+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/08/17/news/funeral-rites-future/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-08-17T08:17:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pepper, the robot created by SoftBank Robotics, bows during a Buddhist ritual with a monk at a temple in Yokohama on July 20. Nissei Eco Co. has programmed Pepper to recite sutras as part of its expanded funeral service business.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/08/18/news/video-summer-light-garden-tokyo-midtown/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-08-18T09:16:03+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/08/19/news/video-visiting-gundam-base-tokyo-odaiba/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-08-19T00:00:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/06/23/news/video-tokyo-art-city-naked-gallery-aamo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-08-19T14:28:49+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/08/21/news/split-decision/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-08-21T23:42:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man performs the splits while practicing kung fu in Beijing's Beihai Park on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/08/23/news/video-jingu-gaien-fireworks-festival-atop-roppongi-hills/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-08-23T00:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/08/23/sports/twist-and-shout/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-08-23T23:43:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[yp20170824x1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kenichiro Fumita does a back flip in celebration after becoming Japan's first world-champion male wrestler in 34 years after beating Kazakhstan's Mirambek Ainagulov in the 59-kg final at the world championships in Paris on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/08/25/news/video-pepper-robot-performs-buddhist-funeral-rites/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-08-25T00:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/08/25/images/times-gallery/august-26-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-08-25T23:25:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Forty participants from 24 countries pose for the closing ceremony of the 2017-18 Short-term Training Program for Foreign Teachers of Japanese Language organized by The Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute in Urawa, Saitama  Prefecture, on Aug. 18.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/08/27/news/chase-clouds-away/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-08-27T23:48:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A gigantic fireworks display lights up the night sky above Daisen, Akita Prefecture, on Saturday during the well-known Omagari fireworks contest, which brings together fireworks artisans from across the country. About 18,000 fireworks were shot into the sky before an audience of  740,000 despite heavy rain and flooding that hit the city the previous day.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/08/30/news/video-roppongi-hills-bon-odori-2017-bon-dance-festival-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-08-30T00:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/09/01/video-2/video-future-tokyo-workshop-kids-tokyo-art-city-naked/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-09-01T00:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/thumbnail-for-Kobayashi_NakedWorkshop.jpg</image:loc>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/09/02/news/nostalgia-meets-convenience/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-09-02T17:40:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[yj20170903r1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The SL Yamaguchi steam locomotive, pulling new barrier-free cars, leaves Shin-Yamaguchi Station in Yamaguchi on Saturday morning. The sightseeing train links the prefectural capital with Tsuwano in neighboring Shimane Prefecture on JR West's Yamaguchi Line.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/09/05/news/from-keio-to-the-world/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-09-05T23:22:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[xu20170906x1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Keio University senior Haruka Yamashita smiles Monday in Tokyo after being selected to represent Japan at the Miss World pageant, to be co-hosted by Singapore and China between Oct. 16 and Nov. 18.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/09/07/news/video-interview-line-ceo-takeshi-idezawa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-09-07T00:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/09/07/news/oh-crab/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-09-07T16:06:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Red snow crabs await their fate in the port of Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, on Wednesday, the first of the season. The crabs are renowned as an autumn specialty of coastal areas on the Sea of Japan.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/09/07/news/perfect-for-takeout/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-09-07T19:28:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/yb20170908t1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[yb20170908t1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Food samples made of synthetic resins show carrots sitting in stew Tuesday in Tokyo. Shops that sell the manufactured food samples, a common site in Japanese restaurant windows, are popular with visitors looking to buy them as souvenirs or make them by themselves.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/09/07/images/times-gallery/september-7-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-09-07T21:47:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/yx20170907q1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[yx20170907q1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lithuanian Ambassador Egidijus Meilunas (right) joins Hirofumi Nakasone, chairman of Japan-Lithuania Parliamentary Friendship League, during a farewell reception at the embassy in Tokyo on Aug. 22. His next place of appointment is Ireland.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/09/08/images/times-gallery/september-8-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-09-08T15:39:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nicaraguan Ambassador Saul Arana Castellon (left) leads a toast with Masahisa Sato, senior vice minister for foreign affairs, during a reception to celebrate Nicaragua's national day at Instituto Cervantes in Tokyo on Sept. 14.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-09-29T22:47:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Architects Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham speak to shoe designer Noritaka Tatehana (center), whose career got a big boost from singer Lady Gaga, at a special PechaKucha Night event in Tokyo's Omotesando district, following the opening ceremony of DesignArt, a festival showcasing both domestic and overseas designers. The festival kicked off Monday and runs until Sunday in the Tokyo area. During the same period, Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo will highlight spring and summer collections at Omotesando Hills and Shibuya Hikarie in Shibuya Ward.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/10/26/news/galloping-getaway/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-10-26T20:39:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A horse makes a break for it during a yabusame (horseback archery) ritual at Osaka Tenmangu Shrine in the city of Osaka on Wednesday in this photo uploaded to Twitter. While no one was injured, a priest was thrown off the horse when it suddenly ran off. It was captured by police after sprinting for about 600 meters past nearly 400 spectators.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/10/26/news/fuji-finally-gets-snow/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-10-26T20:51:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mount Fuji was capped with snow for the first time this season on Thursday, 31 days later than last year, according to the city of Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture. Although the local branch of the Meteorological Agency had reported a light dusting of snow on the summit three days earlier, a city official said Monday's snow hadn't met Fujiyoshida's standard for making its annual declaration.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/10/27/images/times-gallery/october-28-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-10-27T22:42:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Eduardo Frei, former president of Chile (third from right), poses for a photo with (from left) Alejandro Buvnic, director of ProChile; Naoyoshi Noguchi, executive vice president of JETRO; Gustavo Ayares, ambassador of Chile; Paulina Nazal, vice minister of commerce; and Kazuhiko Koshikawa, executive senior vice president of JICA, during a dinner to mark the 120th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Chile at Hotel Conrad, Tokyo on Oct. 18.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/10/29/news/candy-store-nostalgia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-10-29T23:02:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shoppers browse the sweets at the new confectionery store Yesterday's tomorrow at JR Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Friday. The store, dreamed up by Calbee Inc., opened on Saturday and stocks popular snacks and sweets from about 120 confectioners in Japan that are hard to find at supermarkets and convenience stores these days.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/11/01/news/video-tokyo-motor-show-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-11-01T00:00:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/11/02/news/video-return-aibo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-11-02T00:00:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[thumbnail-for-Alex-Aibo.jpg]]></image:title>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/11/02/news/video-tokyo-celebrates-halloween/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-11-02T00:02:18+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/11/02/news/visual-bait/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-11-02T18:53:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[yy20171103s1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Different types of sushi are served in bamboo-like containers to improve their social media appeal. Sushi chain Kura Corp. added the item to its menu to attract female users of Instagram.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/11/03/images/times-gallery/november-4-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-11-04T11:31:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Turkish Ambassador Ahmet Bulent Meric (center) and his wife, Kumiko, welcome Keitaro Ono, parliamentary vice-minister of defense, during a reception to celebrate Turkey's national day at the ambassador's residence in Tokyo on Oct. 26.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/11/09/news/winter-is-coming/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-11-09T20:43:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[yo20171110u2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[In an event to prepare for winter, students put a sheaf of burning straw into a stone stove at an elementary school in Kobe on Thursday. Usually held on Oct. 23 every year, the school had to postpone the seasonal event this year due to Typhoon Lan.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/11/09/news/drawing-a-crowd/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-11-09T20:43:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Calligrapher Masaru Inoue writes the names of kabuki actors on wooden boards on Thursday at Myodenji Temple in Kyoto prior to a year-end kabuki performance in the city. The names are written in kantei-ryu, a roundish, bold calligraphy style unique to kabuki. It leaves little empty space, symbolizing hope that the theater will be packed with audience members.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/11/11/news/video-omotesando-hills-christmas-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-11-11T00:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/11/10/images/times-gallery/november-11-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-11-10T23:33:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui (third from left) poses with (from left) Manabu Horii, parliamentary vice-minister for foreign affairs; State Minister Kazuyuki Nakane; Yasuhide Nakayama, director-general of the Japan-Tunisia Parliamentary Committee; Shinsuke Okuno, a member of the Japan-Tunisia Parliamentary Committee; and Tunisian Ambassador Karis Darrag during a reception at Hotel Okura Tokyo on Oct. 25.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/11/10/sports/hard-landing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-11-10T23:37:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu grimaces after falling during a practice session, injuring his right ankle, Thursday at the NHK Trophy in Osaka. The Japan Skating Federation on Friday announced the Olympic champion's withdrawal from the competition.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/11/10/news/pickling-up-the-pace/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-11-10T23:37:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[xt20171111x1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Men make senmaizuke (classic winter pickles) on Friday at Daiyasu, a venerable tsukemono (Japanese pickle) store in the city of Kyoto. Senmaizuke are made from Shogoin turnips, which get sweeter during the winter and take the pickling process to its peak.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/11/09/images/times-gallery/november-10-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-11-11T10:04:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Paraguayan Ambassador Naoyuki Toyotoshi (sixth from left) poses with Latin American and Caribbean ambasadors during a farewell reception.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/11/15/news/giving-hope/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-11-15T00:04:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Third-grade students from Nishimachi International School in Tokyo show off ornaments they made from recycled corks. The students are pictured with Grand Hyatt Tokyo General Manager Steve Dewire (center) during the opening ceremony on Tuesday of "Colors of Hope," a Christmas charity program to support children in the disaster-hit Tokuku region and Kumamoto Prefecture. Sixty-four students took part.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/11/16/news/video-marunouchi-bright-christmas-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-11-16T11:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[thumbnail-for-Kobayashi_Xmas17-Marunouchi.jpg]]></image:title>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/11/16/news/going-going-gone-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-11-16T20:29:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/xv20171117u1a.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi," the last privately owned Leonardo, was put on auction by Christie's in New York on Wednesday, and after 19 minutes of frenzied bidding (top right), the auctioneer (lower right) declared it sold for a record $450 million, including a $50 million fee. The sum by far topped the previous record of $300 million for Willem de Kooning's "Interchange" in 2015. The buyer is unknown.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/11/17/news/video-super-welfare-expo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-11-17T00:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/11/17/images/times-gallery/november-18-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-11-17T22:53:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/tg20171118a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[tg20171118a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Algerian Ambassador Mohamed El Amine Bencherif (center) leads a toast with (from left) Mitsunari Okamoto, parliamentary vice-minister for foreign affairs; Sanae Yamaguchi; Komeito leader Natsuo Yamaguchi; and the ambassador's wife, Amira, during a reception to celebrate the country's national day at the embassy in Tokyo on Nov. 10.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/11/22/news/video-tokyo-tower-winter-fantasy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-11-22T00:00:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/thumbnail-for-Kobayashi_Xmas17-TokyoTower.jpg</image:loc>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/11/22/news/youre-spared/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-11-22T23:47:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump pardons the National Thanksgiving Turkey, Drumstick, in the Rose Garden of the White House on Tuesday, two days before the Thanksgiving harvest celebration. Drumstick and another turkey, Wishbone, will join last year's pardoned turkeys at a Virginia Tech exhibit that teaches the public about the university's work in animal sciences and veterinary medicine. President John F. Kennedy started the modern tradition of publicly sparing a turkey given to the White House just three days before his assassination.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/11/22/news/record-setting-victory/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-11-22T23:47:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[yt20171123x2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Professional shogi player Sota Fujii set a new record Tuesday in the city of Osaka after winning his 50th match at just 15 years old and four months. In June, he set an all-time record for the longest winning streak with 29 matches.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/11/23/news/looking-dig-bargain/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-11-23T23:19:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shoppers are seen in the Aeon Style store in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Thursday. Several retailers — including Toys R Us, Aeon and Daiei — will hold discount sales on Thursday and Friday, looking to replicate the "Black Friday" shopping frenzies seen in the United States.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/11/23/news/fall-frolicking/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-11-23T23:20:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A 6-year-old boy plays in front of yellow ginkgo trees at a park in Tokyo on Wednesday. A cold air mass from the north lowered temperatures in Kanto and northern Japan, helping autumn foliage turn yellow and red.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/11/25/news/video-lowrider-super-show-japan-2017-makuhari-messe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-11-25T00:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/11/24/images/times-gallery/november-25-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-11-24T19:25:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[tg20171125a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Children from Tokyo's Nishimachi International School on Nov. 14 open the Grand Hyatt Tokyo's "Colors of Hope'' charity program supporting children in the Tohoku region and Kumamoto prefecture with (back row, from left) Chief Director Re Kikou Marie Seino, Kids Earth Fund founder Harumi Torii and the hotel's general manager, Steve Dewire.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/11/24/news/mean-green-machine/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-11-24T23:58:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/zd20171125x1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[zd20171125x1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A bright green lowrider car goes on display at the Lowrider Super Show at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture on Nov. 19. Japan's lowrider enthusiasts have been buying and customizing the cars, which can cost over ¥10 million, for the last 30 years.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/11/29/news/pandas-and-princesses/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-11-29T00:26:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/xy20171129a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[xy20171129a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dolls resembling this year's top newsmakers, including giant panda cub Xiang Xiang and Princess Mako with her fiance, Kei Komuro, are shown off at the Mataro Doll showroom in Tokyo's Ueno district on Tuesday. The dolls will be on display from Jan. 4 to March 3.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/11/29/images/times-gallery/november-30-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-11-29T19:23:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/tg20171130a1a.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Belgian Ambassador Gunther Sleeuwagen (second from right) and his wife, Rahel (right), pose for a photo with (from left) officer of the order of Leopold recipients Jiro Okuyama and Misuzu Iwami, who are both vice-grand master of ceremonies at the Imperial Household Agency,  and commander of the order of Leopold II recipient Yuki Mayor Fumio Zemba during a reception to celebrate King's Day on Nov. 17.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/11/30/news/video-gundam-docks-tokyo-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-11-30T14:34:18+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/11/30/images/times-gallery/december-1-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-11-30T19:46:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/yl20171201t1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[yl20171201t1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Latvian Ambassador Dace Treija-Masi (center) joins guests in a toast on Nov. 16 to celebrate of the 99th anniversary of the Republic of Latvia at the embassy in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/12/04/news/santas-army/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-12-04T23:50:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan's Ayaka Kikuchi (left), Nana Takagi (center) and Miho Takagi show off their medals after winning the women's speedskating team pursuit in a new world-record time of 2 minutes, 53.88 seconds at a World Cup event in Calgary, Alberta, on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kyrgyz Ambassador Chingiz Aidarbekov (center) poses for a photograph with Manabu Horii (left), parliamentary vice-minister of foreign affairs, and Gen Nakatani (right), head of the Japan-Kyrgyz Parliamentary Friendship League, during a reception at Imperial Hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 20 to celebrate the country's independence day.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Daikon-daki (stewed Japanese white radish) is served at the Daihoinji Buddhist temple in Kyoto on Thursday. About 10,000 servings will be prepared for the annual two-day event that runs through Friday, to wish for the well-being of visitors.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Laotian Ambassador Viroth Sundara (second from right) and his wife, Simuang, pose for a photo with Fumio Shimizu (left), deputy director-general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and Itsuo Hashimoto, president of the Japan-Laos Association, at a celebration to mark Laos' national day at the Laotian Embassy on Dec. 3.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Thai Ambassador Bansarn Bunnag (right) and Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa celebrate Thailand's national day at the Imperial Hotel on Dec. 5.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Snowboarders and skiers hit the slopes at the Gokase Highland Ski &amp; Snowboard resort in Miyazaki Prefecture on Friday. Japan's southernmost ski resort opened for the winter the same day with the help of machine-made snow.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Russian Soyuz spacecraft that will carry astronauts Norishige Kanai of Japan, Scott Tingle of the United States and Anton Shkaplerov of Russia      to the International Space Station is moved to the launch pad on Friday morning at the Baikonur Cosmodrome facility in southern Kazakhstan. Liftoff for the mission is scheduled for Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/12/16/video-2/video-star-wars-last-jedi-countdown-tokyo/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mark Mediavillo (left) of the Philippines shows off his trophy after winning the Gunpla Builders World Cup 2017. May Hata (right) won in the junior category for contestants 14 and under. The two were among 28 finalists from 16 countries and territories judged for their plastic models of robots from Japan's popular sci-fi anime.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/12/19/news/well-grounded/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-12-19T00:03:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hundreds of spectators Sunday at Chubu Centrair International Airport outside Nagoya watch a prototype Boeing 787 being towed to a commercial complex. Traffic had to be blocked off so the aircraft could cross a public road to reach the complex, where it will eventually go on display.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In the panda cub's public debut, Xiang Xiang is dragged by her mother Shin Shin at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo on Tuesday. The 6-month-old panda had 1,400 visitors, who had to apply for entry through a lottery system due to high demand.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/12/20/news/marine-odyssey/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An exhibit at the Tokyo International Forum features a 6-meter balloon in the shape of a dolphin that complements the boat-like shape of the building. The event marking the 20th anniversary of the opening of the TIF runs through next Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Qatar Ambassador Yousef Mohamed Bilal (right) welcomes Environment Minister Masaharu Nakagawa during a reception to celebrate the Qatar's national day at Imperial Hotel on Dec. 13.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ryuichi Sakamoto (seated at the piano) attends a reception on Dec. 14 at the Canadian Embassy with (from left) Canadian Ambassador Ian Burney; Brian Levine, executive director of The Glenn Gould Foundation; and electronic musician Scott Morgan. Sakamoto curated "Glenn Gould Gathering," an event marking the 85th anniversary of Glould's birth.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2017/12/23/news/video-gunpla-builders-world-cup-2017-world-championship-award-ceremony/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-12-23T00:00:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Runners  in Santa Claus outfits wave to a photographer during the annual charity event known as the Tokyo Santa Run in the city of Chiba on Saturday. The entry fees for the run were used to buy presents for children suffering from various diseases.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kashima no Ipponmatsu (Kashima's Lone Pine Tree), the only pine tree along the coast of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, that survived the tsunami resulting from the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, lies on the ground after it was cut down Wednesday after sea salt deposited in the soil by the tsunami killed it. As a symbol of reconstruction efforts, the tree will be used as lumber for name plates on the houses of local residents.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Priests burn votive plaques bearing written prayers from last New Year's during the annual otakiage ceremony Thursday at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, to show gratitude for blessings granted this year. About 50,000 blocks were burned as visitors watched.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People crowd a stall at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Friday to buy food for the New Year's holidays. The market, famed for its early morning tuna auctions, is scheduled move to its controversial new home in the Toyosu waterfront area on Oct. 11.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/01/02/news/praying-great-2018/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Throngs of people make their way to offer prayers on the first day of the new year at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on Monday. An estimated 3 million people are expected to visit the shrine in the first three days of the year.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/01/04/news/counting-our-blessings/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bank employees count offerings made during the first three days of the year at Fushimi Inari Taisha, a famous Kyoto shrine, on Thursday. It is customary in Japan to visit a shrine and make an offering at the start of a new year. It generally takes about 10 bank clerks five days to count the money.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-06T00:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/01/07/news/video-maru-shiba-dog-runs-department-store-tokyo-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-07T00:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-06T19:32:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Evacuees' last hurrahChildren carry a float around a 3-meter-high daruma doll during a festival at a temporary living facility in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Saturday where residents of the town of Futaba fled during the 2011 nuclear crisis. The festival is the area's last as many residents plan to move into new housing built for the evacuees.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Argentinian Ambassador Alan Beraud (left) poses for a photo alongside Mitsunari Okamoto, parliamentary vice-minister for foreign affairs, during an event to celebrate the 120th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Argentina and Japan at the ambassador's official residence on Dec. 19.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, visit a museum in Xi'an, China, on Monday. On the first day of his three-day trip to China Macron went out of his way to win the heart of Chinese President Xi Jinping, offering him a horse of the elite French Republican Guard. Macron selected an 8-year-old brown gelding named Vesuvius, and braved stringent Chinese quarantine checks to offer it to Xi.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People walk away from a crowded snowbound train on the Shinetsu Line in Niigata Prefecture on Friday morning after spending a long night on board between stations in Sanjo, Niigata Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[French Ambassador Laurent Pic (third from left) cuts a galette des rois, a cake traditionally served on Jan. 6 to celebrate the arrival of the Three Wise Men in Bethlehem before Jesus' birth, with (from left) Galette des Rois Club President Susumu Shimada; State Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Masaaki Taniai; 2018 Galette des Rois Ambassador Christophe Lemaire; Japan-France Parliamentary Friendship League Chairman Akiko Santo; and Baccarat Pacific President Yoshikazu Yann Gahier during an event to celebrate the new year and Epiphany at the ambassador's residence on Jan. 10.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-20T19:40:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Under siegePolice officers raid the headquarters of the Yamaguchi-gumi crime syndicate in Kobe on Saturday morning in connection with an alleged money-lending business suspected of being run by a senior gang member. kyodoPolice officers raid the headquarters of the Yamaguchi-gumi crime syndicate in Kobe on Saturday morning in connection with ab alleged illegal money-lending business operated by a senior gang member.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-21T20:51:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike joins (from left) Micronesia Ambassador John Fritz, Oman Ambassador Khalid Al-Muslahi, Benin Ambassador Adechoubou Makarimi, Azerbaijan Ambassador Gursel Ismayilzada and Jamaica Ambassador Clement Philip Ricardo Allicock in a sake barrel-breaking ceremony during Tokyo Ambassadors Night at Sheraton Miyako Hotel Tokyo on Jan. 16.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-23T00:01:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Snow-covered gasshō-zukuri (praying hands) farmhouses are illuminated in the town of Shirakawa-go, Gifu Prefecture, a registered UNESCO World Heritage site, on Sunday. The illumination event will also take place on Jan. 28, Feb. 4 and Feb. 12 between 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., with visitors limited to 900 people per occasion.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/01/25/video-2/video-flowers-naked-2018-rondo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-25T00:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-24T22:12:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A worker fires up a furnace Wednesday at Nittoho Tatara steel works in the town of Okuizumo, Shimane Prefecture. The company is the country's only works that still makes steel for swords using the traditional tatarabuki method.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/01/26/news/safeguarding-cultural-sites/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-26T23:34:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jets of water are showered over the main hall of Jindaiji Temple in Chofu, western Tokyo, on Friday. The training exercise was conducted to mark Cultural Property Fire Prevention Day, which was established after a fire damaged Horyuji Temple in Nara Prefecture on Jan. 26, 1949.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/01/28/news/hot-winter-night/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-28T18:23:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This combination multiple-exposure photo shows Mount Wakakusa in Nara Prefecture awash in fire and fireworks on Saturday. The grass at the foot of the mountain was set alight following a fireworks display in the traditional winter event called "Wakakusa Yamayaki." Heijo Palace's Suzaku Gate is seen front right.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-01T00:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Maiko (apprentice geisha) transcribe a Buddhist sutra Wednesday at Daikakuji Temple in the city of Kyoto. The transcribing was part of a training program to learn more about the culture and history of the country's ancient capital.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Maiko (apprentice geisha) throw small bags of beans to wish for sound health throughout the new year at a Setsubun festival at Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto on Friday. Setsubun, which means "season time," is a celebration of the coming spring where beans are traditionally thrown to ward off bad spirits.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Angela Ayllon (left), charge d'affaires of Bolivia, poses for a photo next to a man dressed as El Ekeko, a god of luck and prosperity, during the opening ceremony of an exhibition being held at the Cervantes Institute to mark the nomination of the ritual journeys in La Paz during Alasita to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rescue personnel search in Hualien, Taiwan, early Wednesday after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake brought deaths, with well over a hundred people still missing, and hundreds of injuries.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan first lady Akie Abe (front row, center), poses for a group photo with Maali Siam (front row, left), wife of the Palestinian ambassador, and Jamila Al-Gunaid (front row, right), wife of the Yemeni ambassador, at a luncheon at the Yemeni ambassador's residence on Jan. 30 hosted by The Society of Wives of Arab Ambassadors in Japan (SWAAJ). Other members include representatives from Tunisia, Algeria, Oman, Kuwait, Jordan, Sudan and  Egypt.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Participants fling oranges at rival teams on Sunday during the Battle of the Oranges, a boisterous annual festival in the northern Italian town of Ivrea.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A sign outside a gas station in Fukui on Sunday, where heavy snow stranded hundreds of vehicles, shows it is closed because it ran out of fuel. The Hokuriku region is expected to receive as much as 70 cm of snow in the 24 hours through Tuesday morning. Fearing they might be left without any form of transport, residents are rushing to fill up their tanks.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mirai Nagasu of the United States skates during the Olympic team figure skating event on Monday in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Nagasu landed a triple axel to join Midori Ito and Mao Asada as the only women ever to have executed the move in Olympic competition. Story: page 12]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-14T00:00:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Children on Wednesday warm themselves inside kamakura (snow huts) in the city of Yokote, Akita Prefecture. About 100 of the huts have been constructed in different locations in the city for the two-day kamakura festival, which will end Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/02/18/images/times-gallery/february-19-2018/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nonprofit organization Ban Rom Sai Japan representative Miho Natori (third from left) poses for a photo with Thai Ambassador Bansarn Bunnag (center) and his wife, Yupadee (fourth from left), at a reception at Ginza Itoya on Feb. 3. Crouching at the front of the photo are shadow puppet artist Koheisai Kawamura (front left) and curator Takenori Miyamoto (front right).]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-19T20:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Canadians Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir perform their free dance during the ice dance competition on Tuesday in Gangneung, South Korea. The pair won the gold medal with a world record total score of 206.07 on another busy day at the Pyeongchang Games.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/02/22/news/video-tokyo-international-gift-show-spring-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-22T00:00:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/02/21/news/containing-the-fallout/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-21T19:27:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A roof-like cover is installed Wednesday over reactor No. 3 at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings installed the cover to prevent radioactive materials from being released into the air when it moves bars of spent fuel from a pool inside the unit to a container as part of the decommissioning process.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/02/25/images/times-gallery/february-26-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-25T22:44:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Thai soccer players in the J. League (from left) Jakkit Wachpirom (FC Tokyo), Chanathip Songkrasin (Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo ), Teerasil Dangda (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Theerathon Bunmathan (Vissel Kobe), Chaowat Veerachart (Cerezo Osaka) and Yumiko Kinoshita (second from left), director of  the J. League's International Office, visit the Thai Embassy to present an autographed ball to Thai Ambasador Bansarn Bunnag  at the Thai ambassador's residence in Tokyo on Feb. 15.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-28T00:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-03-02T00:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-03-01T20:21:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Three women go for a stroll in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward. Warm air from the south helped heat some areas of the capital to over 20 degrees on Thursday, well above seasonal averages.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/03/01/news/showa-to-please/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-03-01T20:22:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wakasa Railway Co. unveils its Showa train car on Thursday, inviting railway fans for a test ride in Wakasa, Tottori Prefecture. The train, designed in the classic style of the Showa Era, will start daily operations on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/03/01/news/battle-cry/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-03-01T20:25:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of a cheering squad encourage college students at a pep rally in Hibiya Park, Tokyo, on Thursday intended to boost morale ahead of the job-hunting season — which remains fiercely competitive despite a "labor crunch."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/03/04/news/video-interview-hanna-yoshida-winner-9th-japan-times-bee/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/03/03/news/spellbound/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-03-03T23:07:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hanna Yoshida from K. International School Tokyo poses with her trophy on Saturday after winning the ninth Japan Times Bee at the newspaper's headquarters in Tokyo. Yoshida correctly spelled insubordinate to secure the right to represent Japan at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington in May.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/03/04/images/times-gallery/march-5-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-03-04T18:42:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Georgian sekiwake Tochinoshin (center) poses with Georgian Ambassador Levan Tsintsadze (left) and fellow wrestler Gagamaru (right) during a reception at Hotel Okura Tokyo on Feb. 24.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Ambassador to Japan William Hagerty (left) and his wife, Chrissy Hagerty, pose at the U.S. Pavilion of the  Foodex Japan 2018 food trade show Tuesday at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture. The pavilion features 53 U.S. companies and organizations such as the U.S. Meat Export Federation and includes booths for visitors to sample American products.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/03/08/news/a-sense-of-duty/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-03-08T20:26:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo Metro Co. officials, including President Akiyoshi Yamamura, offered silent prayers Thursday for the victims of a subway train derailment that killed five passengers and injured 64 others on Tokyo's Hibiya Line on March 8, 2000. Thursday marked the 18th anniversary of the accident, in which a Hibiya Line train derailed and sideswiped a packed commuter train running in the opposition direction.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-03-12T17:14:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The opening ceremony of Foodex Japan 2018, an international food and drinks trade show, at Makuhari Messe, Chiba Prefecture, on March 6.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-03-12T23:14:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A 2.7-meter-long bluefin tuna weighing in at 450 kilograms is seen at Nachikatsuura fishing port in Wakayama Prefecture on Monday. The heaviest tuna handled at the port since it opened in 1949 fetched about ¥7,150,000.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-03-14T20:45:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Momoka Muraoka celebrates after winning the women's Alpine skiing giant slalom at the Pyeongchang Paralympics on Wednesday. The win gave Japan its first gold of the games and Muraoka her fourth medal.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/03/15/news/the-cats-meow/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-03-15T21:57:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Hello Kitty-themed bullet train will debut on the Sanyo Shinkansen Line this summer, West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) has announced. The pink and white Kodama train decorated with motifs based on Sanrio Co.'s popular kitten character will consist of eight 500-series cars linked together for speedy trips between Osaka and Fukuoka.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-03-15T21:58:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toyota Motor Corp.'s Lexus Sport Yacht Concept looms over a Lexus LC 500 at the Japan International Boat Show in Yokohama on March 8. Toyota's premium brand plans to start selling a 65-foot (20-meter) ultra-luxury yacht in the United States in the second half of 2019 as part of its strategy to sell more cars and catch up to its rivals.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-03-19T09:25:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People dressed in green walk along Omotesando Dori Avenue in Tokyo during the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade on Sunday. About 1,500 people participated in the event and an estimated 30,000 watched.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-03-19T18:00:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-03-21T10:31:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/03/24/news/sakura-selfie/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-03-24T22:46:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Visitors to Tokyo's Ueno Park take photos amid the cherry blossoms on Saturday. The Meteorological Agency announced that the famed sakura had reached full bloom the same day.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/03/25/images/times-gallery/march-26-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-03-25T22:00:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[British Ambassador Paul Madden (center) visits Ota Kuritsu Omori Fourth Junior High School on March 13, where he observed an English lesson by Leaders of English Education Project (LEEP) teacher Etsuko Ehama (left). LEEP has been run by the British Council on behalf of the Japanese ministry of education since April 2014.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/03/22/news/king-of-monsters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-03-27T12:12:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People look up at a Godzilla statue unveiled Thursday at a shopping mall in central Tokyo. The statue, depicting the version of the famous creature featured in the 2016 film "Shin Godzilla," measures 3 meters in height when including its platform, and is the largest Godzilla statue in Japan, according to film and media production company Toho Co.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-03-28T00:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/03/29/news/video-visiting-tokyo-midtown-hibiya-part-two/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-03-29T00:02:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-03-29T19:12:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Students of Takarazuka Music Schools congratulate those who passed an entrance exam in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture on Thursday. This year, 965 women took the test but only 40 will be able to study in the school that trains new talent for the famous all-woman Takarazuka Revue.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/03/29/video-2/video-new-shin-godzilla-statue-tokyos-godzilla-square/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-03-30T14:36:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/03/30/news/ready-next-one/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-03-31T00:07:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A sea wall at Kamaishi Port in Iwate Prefecture was shown to the media on Friday after its completion. The sea wall, seen here in this March 24 drone photo, is 2 km long and 6 meters high. The previous wall was destroyed by the March 2011 tsunami.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/03/30/news/all-smiles-in-seto/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-03-31T00:07:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[xz20180331x1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Seto Mayor Yasunori Ito holds the newly created citizen honor award  with 15-year-old shogi sensation Sota Fujii, Japan's youngest professional player, during a Friday morning ceremony in his hometown in Aichi Prefecture. Fujii holds the record for most consecutive wins.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/01/images/times-gallery/april-2-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-01T19:26:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[tg20180402a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pakistan Ambassador Asad Majeed Khan (center) joins President of Japan-Pakistan Parliamentarians Friendship League, Seishiro Eto (left), and Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Manabu Horii during a reception to celebrate the National Day of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan at Hotel New Otani Tokyo on March 22.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/03/news/video-tokyo-event-prepares-men-marriage-active-fathers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-03T00:00:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/03/news/hanami-today-gone-tomorrow/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-03T23:55:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Petals form a pink carpet on a pond at Chidorigafuchi Park near the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Monday, signaling the final days of the capital's 2018 hanami (cherry blossom viewing) season.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/05/news/video-cherry-blossom-season-2018-tokyo-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-05T00:00:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/06/video-2/video-tokyo-infiorata-moon-observing-event-tokyo-garden-terrace-kioicho/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-06T00:00:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/05/news/divisive-deployment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-05T20:14:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Five tilt-rotor CV-22 Osprey aircraft (front) are seen parked at the U.S. Air Force's Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo on Thursday. The planned deployment drew heavy public attention because of a spate of accidents involving the aircraft in Okinawa. Anti-military activists have claimed that the Osprey is deficient, which the U.S. military has denied.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/07/news/video-illumination-tobu-railways-bridge-sumida-river-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-07T00:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/06/news/road-to-recovery-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-06T21:20:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Students of a newly established school in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, attend an entrance ceremony Friday. Eight elementary school pupils and two junior high school students will be enrolled at the school, the first to open in the town after evacuation orders given in the wake of the March 2011 nuclear meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 plant were partially lifted in March last year.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/08/images/times-gallery/april-7-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-08T16:48:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tunisia's Ambassador Kais Darragi (center), and his wife Wided (fourth from left) receive 200 sakura (Japanese cherry) trees from Keiko Sugiyama (fifth from left), Sakura Group International representative, and members of a Japan-Tunisia peace and friendship group during a presentation ceremony at the ambassador's residence on April 2.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/10/news/video-hokusai-tokyo-edo-period-themed-event-tokyos-odaiba/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-10T00:00:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/10/news/sea-of-blue/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-11T00:08:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Visitors enjoy the famous nemophila flowers of Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Tuesday. Over 4 million blue flowers dot the park's hills, with the best viewing period usually continuing until early May.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/10/news/stolen-futures/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-11T00:10:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[zf20180411x1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sakie Yokota (right), mother of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korean agents at age 13 in 1977, meets U.S. Ambassador to Japan William Hagerty in Tokyo on Tuesday. The U.S. envoy told relatives of abductees he would convey their stories to U.S. President Donald Trump ahead of next week's summit with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/10/news/built-to-last/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-11T00:19:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masazo Nonaka (center), a 112-year-old Hokkaido resident, is handed a certificate by a Guinness World Records official at the hot spring inn he used to run, which is more than 100 years old. Nonaka was recognized as the world's oldest living man, Guinness World Records said Tuesday. A smiling Nonaka expressed thanks and made a victory sign with his fingers.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/12/news/video-projection-mapping-presentation-tokyo-temple/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-12T00:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/12/news/power-of-the-flowers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-12T00:48:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Visitors to the Japan Mint headquarters in Osaka view cherry blossoms on Wednesday as part of an annual event that has been held for more than 130 years. The event is free of charge and will run through Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/12/news/landslide-in-oita/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-12T00:51:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The site of a massive landslide that engulfed houses in the tourist town of Yabakei, Oita Prefecture, is seen on Wednesday morning. Landslides are often triggered by heavy rain or earthquakes, but none were reported in the area at the time, leading geological experts to suspect past rainfall or underground water was the cause.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/13/news/video-visiting-tokyo-towers-top-deck-observatory/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-13T00:00:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-04-13T18:01:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Angolan Ambassador Joao Miguel Vahekeni (second from left) and his wife, Marlise, pose for a photograph alongside San Marino Ambassador Manlio Cadelo (left) and Eritrean Ambassador Estifanos Afeworki Haile during a reception at the Angola Embassy on April 4 to celebrate the 16th anniversary of the country's Peace and National Reconciliation Day. Participants also bid farewell to Angola's diplomatic representative in Japan at the reception.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/13/news/aging-racefully/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-13T23:56:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The vintage car rally La Festa Primavera 2018 kicked off in Nagoya on Friday, featuring about 60 cars made in the 1920s through the 1960s. They will race along 1,100 kilometers of public roads over four days before reaching the finish line in Kyoto's Okazaki Park.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/15/images/times-gallery/april-16-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-15T21:02:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Namibian Ambassador Sophia-Namupa Nangombe (center) poses for a photograph with Masato Saito (left), Namibia's honorary consul, and State Minister for Foreign Affairs Masahisa Sato during a reception to celebrate the country's national day at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on March 22.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/18/news/testing-time/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-18T00:41:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Students take the government's national achievement test at an elementary school in Tokyo on Tuesday. Around 2.13 million elementary and junior high school students took the annual assessment.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/18/sports/unforgettable-achievement/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-18T00:46:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yuki Kawauchi displays the winner's trophy after finishing first in the 122nd Boston Marathon on Monday. Kawauchi is the first Japanese man to win the prestigious race since Toshihiko Seko in 1987.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/18/news/video-kasumigaseki-buildings-50th-anniversary/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-18T13:58:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/18/news/all-dolled-up-3/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-19T00:13:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Girls dressed in kimono float a boat woven with dry straw and carrying nagashi-bina, a pair of male and female dolls, on the Sendai River in the city of Tottori on Wednesday. The tradition began as a prayer for good health in the late Edo Period. Under the old Japanese calendar used until the early 1870s, Wednesday was the day marking Girls' Day.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/20/news/video-sega-fes-2018-akihabara/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-20T00:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/19/news/azalea-eruption/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-19T15:35:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People wander through a sea of purple, pink and red azaleas in the garden of Nezu Shrine on Monday. One of the capital's oldest wooden structures, the shrine in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward is known for azaleas in the spring and chrysanthemums in the fall.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/20/news/facing-the-past/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-20T23:35:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The computer-generated face of a man believed to be the oldest in Japan reproduced based on data from the skull and bones of a human body dating back about 27,000 years, is shown with the skull Friday at the Okinawa Prefecture Archaeological Center in the town of Nishihara . The face reflects characteristics of people from Japan, southern China and Vietnam, according to researchers involved in the project.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/20/news/wysteriasly-beautiful/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-20T23:35:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Visitors view illuminated wisteria in full bloom during the Great Wisteria Festival at Ashikaga Flower Park in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, on Wednesday. The event, which features some 350 wisteria trees, runs through May 20.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/22/news/hearts-full-memories/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-22T19:26:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former U.S. President George Bush, together with his daughter, Dorothy "Doro" Bush Koch, looks at the casket containing the mortal remains of his late wife, Barbara, during the visitation at St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston on Friday. Mark Burns/Office of George H.W.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/22/images/times-gallery/april-23-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-22T20:09:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Singer Erika Colon (center) poses alongside Kaori Kono (eighth from left), wife of Foreign Minister Taro Kono; Society of Wives of Arab Ambassadors in Japan President Maali Siam (seventh from left); SWAAJ Vice President Jamila Al-Otaibi (sixth from left) and others at a SWAAJ charity concert 2018 titled "Hope for Children" at Tokyo Women's Plaza in Shibuya on April 9.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/24/news/century-half-diplomacy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-24T04:45:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf (right), Queen Silvia, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko take in "The Art of Natural Science in Sweden," a special exhibition at JP Tower Museum Intermediatheque in Tokyo on Monday to mark 150 years of diplomatic relations between the countries.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/25/video-2/video-disney-wedding-dress-collection-kuraudia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-25T00:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/26/news/ripples-of-protest/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-26T00:25:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Protesters rally on canoes off Henoko in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Wednesday, to mark one year after construction work began there. The protesters also staged a sit-in in front of a gate of the neighboring U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/26/news/the-highest-honor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-26T00:26:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Figure skating superstar Yuzuru Hanyu, speed skaters Nana Takagi (center) and Nao Kodaira (center left) are greeted by Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko as at an Imperial garden party in Tokyo's Akasaka district Wednesday. The Imperial Couple invited about 2,000 guests who have made major accomplishments in their fields.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/26/video-2/video-announcement-gundam-nt-first-projection-mapping-odaibas-unicorn-gundam-statue/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-26T12:38:37+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/27/video-2/video-sing-sing-photo-exhibition-seibu-shibuya/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-27T00:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/26/images/times-gallery/april-27-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-26T19:34:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[tg20180427a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Princess Takamado (center) stands next to Thai Ambassador and Chairperson of Exective Committee of "Japan Through Diplomats' Eyes'' Bansarn Bunnag (left) and representatives from 77 countries during a luncheon to promote the annual photo exhibition at the Thai residence on April 19. This year's theme is "Meiji 150 years".]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/26/news/no-valet-required/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-26T19:50:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[J-deite Ride, a two-seater robot that transforms from a car into humanoid form, is unveiled at a factory near Tokyo on Wednesday. Developed by Brave Robotics Inc., Asratec Corp. and Sansei Technologies Inc., the robot will be used at amusement parks.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/28/news/starry-eyed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-28T19:13:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Starry-eyedChildren hold starfish on Saturday at an outdoor facility that's part of Aquamarine Fukushima, an aquarium in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture. The 4,500-sq.-meter artificial beach opened for the season the same day.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/28/news/shinkansen-scramble-ver-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-28T19:27:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shinkansen scrambleVacationers form long lines to board a bullet train at Tokyo Station on Saturday for the start of the Golden Week holidays. Railway stations, airports and highways throughout the nation will be packed with travelers during the extended break.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/04/29/images/times-gallery/april-30-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-29T19:41:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[(From left) Takahiro Nakamae, director general of the Foreign Ministry's Latin-American and Caribbean; Jorge Barakat, Administrator of Panama Maritime Authority; the Rev. Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi, archbishop of Tokyo; and Panama Ambassador Ritter Diaz and his wife, Ayana, celebrate World Youth Day 2019 in Panama at the ambassador's residence on April 10.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/05/01/news/unity-by-design/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-01T00:08:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/xa20180501a1a.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[High school students pose in kimono bearing designs representing 100 different countries in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Sunday. The display is part of a project organized by Imagine Oneworld, based in Kurume, to make kimono representing 196 countries to convey the message that the world is united ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/05/02/news/video-mobile-suit-gundam-x-isetan-welcome-zeon/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-02T00:00:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/05/01/news/a-reckoning-with-history/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-01T23:44:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Labor group members clash with police officers near the Japanese Consulate General in Busan, South Korea, on Tuesday as police try to block them from erecting a statue symbolizing Korean forced workers taken to Japan during its 1910-1945 colonial rule.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/05/03/video-2/video-dinosaur-live-dino-safari-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-03T00:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/05/03/images/times-gallery/may-4-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-03T20:51:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Princess Takamado (center) poses with ambassadors and ambassador's wives  from Italy, Bulgaria, Tunisia, Panama, Latvia, Germany, Mexico, Moldova, Australia and the United States in the final installment of the World Gardening Fair in Hotel Okura Tokyo on May 2.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/05/04/news/youthful-design/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-04T23:31:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/yb20180505x1a.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dozens of koinobori (carp streamers) designed by renowned textile designer Reiko Sudo are displayed at the National Art Center in Tokyo's Roppongi district on Friday, a day ahead of Children's Day. The exhibition titled "Koinobori Now!" runs through May 28.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/05/08/news/video-tokyo-rainbow-pride-2018-parade/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-08T00:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/05/09/news/still-waiting-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-09T00:13:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sakie Yokota — the mother of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korea as a teenager — is seen Tuesday looking at pictures of her daughter on the wall of the bustling underground concourse at Tokyo's Shinjuku Station. The pictures will be displayed through Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/05/10/news/video-ginza-sixs-one-year-anniversary/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-10T00:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/05/11/news/video-newborn-magellanic-penguin-tokyos-sumida-aquarium/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-11T00:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/05/10/images/times-gallery/may-11-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-10T23:08:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[European ambassadors and diplomats join the Tokyo Rainbow Pride Parade in Shibuya, Harajuku, on May 6.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/05/11/news/mothers-day-treat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-11T23:22:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rauhin, a giant panda at the Adventure World wildlife theme park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, is given a heart-shaped piece of ice with a carrot cut like a carnation inside ahead of Mother's Day on Sunday. Rauhin has given birth to eight cubs and in April mated with Eimei, another panda at the facility, meaning she might give birth to another between July and September, zoo officials said.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/05/11/news/chinas-drive-clean-air/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-11T23:22:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese Premier Li Keqiang listens to Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looks on during their visit Friday to a Toyota plant in Hokkaido, where the automaker demonstrated its cutting-edge electric vehicles and other technologies.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/05/14/images/times-gallery/may-14-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-14T08:24:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Twenty participants from16 embassies and organizations pose for a photo after the competition at Tokyo's Akasaka Kumin Center on April 21.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/05/14/news/end-of-the-line-4/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-14T08:29:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[yd20180514b1a-1.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fans snap photos of a lavender, anime-themed shinkansen based on "Shinseiki Evangelion" ("Neon Genesis Evangelion") on Sunday, the last day of its extended run, at JR Shin-Osaka Station. The bullet train, which debuted in 2015 between Shin-Osaka and Hakata stations, was supposed to be taken out of service in March 2017 but was extended by popular demand.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/05/15/news/clouds-of-fury/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-15T01:16:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[yr20180515x1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Smoke spews from Mount Shinmoe during its latest eruption Monday, prompting authorities in Kyushu to issue warnings for ash and falling rocks. The volcano, featured in the 1967 James Bond film "You Only Live Twice," erupted for the first time in about seven years in March. Its most recent outburst was on April 6.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/05/16/video-2/video-art-fishing-festivals-golden-week-tokyo-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-16T00:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/05/17/news/tickled-pink-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-17T20:09:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Visitors walk down a hill covered with moss pink flowers in full bloom on Thursday at Higashimokoto Shibazakura Park in Ozora, Hokkaido. The flowers cover a roughly 10-hectare hill in the park like a huge pink, violet and white blanket.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/05/17/news/you-are-being-watched/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-17T20:09:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[xh20180518u1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Security cameras are placed in a Yamanote Line train car on Thursday. East Japan Railway Co. intends for the new cameras to improve safety inside the cars. The train operator plans to finish installing the cameras on all Yamanote Line cars by the 2020 Tokyo Games.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/05/18/news/historys-rich-pageant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-18T20:04:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/xc20180519u1a.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Participants wearing historic dress carry mikoshi (portable shrines) enshrining Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate, on Friday at Toshogu Shrine in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture. The biannual parade started in 1617, the year after Tokugawa's death, replicating a march that carried his remains to Nikko from Shizuoka Prefecture in accordance with his will.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/05/20/images/times-gallery/may-21-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-21T14:05:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[tg20180521a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Princess Takamado (center) poses for a photo with (from left) Mari Sai of the Japan-Iraq Medical Network; Dr. Minoru Kamata; the Jordanian ambassador's wife and founder of the charity project Art for Peace, Shifa Haddad; Eriko Haikawa, Co-founder of the charity project Art for Peace; and Haddad's daughters, Mariam and Aya at the launch of the project and art fair at the Jordanian ambassador's residence in Tokyo on May 10.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/05/21/news/learning-the-ropes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-21T22:43:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ye20180522t2a.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Junior officers from the Maritime Self-Defense Force prepare to undertake navigation training aboard the destroyer Makinami at the MSDF's naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Monday. Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera inspected the base the same day.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/05/22/news/defining-an-era/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-22T20:27:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/xw20180523u2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[xw20180523u2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Part of the first portrait of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko since his 1989 enthronement is seen in this image provided by the Imperial Household Agency on Monday. The 2-meter square portrait was painted by Hiroshi Noda, 81, a master artist specializing in realism.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/05/21/news/video-introducing-t-frend-japanese-drone-monitors-office-workers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-24T14:30:25+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/05/25/video-2/video-mangekyo-japanese-drumming-show-yurakucho/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-25T00:00:54+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/05/24/sports/world-cup-hero-joins-vissel-kobe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-24T23:33:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/yf20180525x1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[yf20180525x1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiroshi Mikitani (left), CEO of Rakuten Inc., which owns Vissel Kobe, welcomes former Barcelona star Andres Iniesta to the J. League team on a lucrative three-year deal on Thursday in Tokyo. Iniesta helped Spain win the 2010 World Cup.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/05/26/news/farewell-young-man/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-26T20:10:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/xh20180527u1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[xh20180527u1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The funeral service for pop star Hideki Saijo, best known for singing 1979's "Young Man," a cover of Village People's megahit "Y.M.C.A." from the previous year, was held Saturday in Tokyo. Saijo, who was popular in other parts of Asia as well, died on May 16 at the age of 63.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/05/26/video-2/video-roppongi-art-night-2018-press-preview/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-27T19:09:35+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/05/23/news/video-rose-week-2018-tokyo-garden-terrace-kioicho/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-27T19:10:33+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/05/27/images/times-gallery/may-28-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-27T21:53:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vietnam Ambassador Nguyen Quoc Cuong (sixth from left) and former Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy Iwao Matsuda (sixth from right) join Director General of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam Nguyen Trung Khanh (fifth from left), Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Mitsunari Okamoto (fourth from right) and other participants during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Vietnam Festival 2018 in Yoyogi Park on May 19.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/05/28/news/honoring-the-fallen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-28T23:03:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People pray for unidentified Japanese war dead from World War II on Monday at Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, after some remains were recently repatriated from overseas.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/05/30/news/video-star-island-2018-futuristic-firework-entertainment-odaiba/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-30T11:54:00+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/05/30/news/reeling-them-in/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-30T23:34:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nearly a ton of katsuo (bonito) arrives at Onahama port in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Wednesday in the first catch of the season. Although the port was devastated in the March 2011 tsunami, it has undergone a number of revitalization projects, prompting more local fishermen to return to the area.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/05/30/sports/moving-up-the-ladder/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-30T23:36:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Newly promoted ozeki Tochinoshin poses with a Georgian flag in front of his stable on Wednesday in Tokyo. The wrestler, who hails from Georgia, had his promotion approved by a unanimous decision during a Japan Sumo Association extraordinary board meeting.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/06/03/images/times-gallery/june-4-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-03T17:41:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/tg20180604a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[tg20180604a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Polish Ambassador Jacek Izydorczyk (center) poses with State Minister of Foreign Affairs Kazuyuki Nakane (left) and Chairman of the Japan-Poland Interparliamentary Group Hirofumi Nakasone during a toast to celebrate Poland's national constitution day at the Hotel New Otani, Tokyo on May 23.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/06/01/video-2/video-japan-architecture-genealogies-transformation-mori-art-museum/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-04T18:54:48+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/06/05/news/paying-respects/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-05T23:44:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/yq20180606x1a.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prince Akishino (second from left) and Princess Kiko (second from right) visit the Ehime Maru Memorial in Honolulu on Monday. During their trip to Hawaii, the couple will also take part in a  celebration of the 150th anniversary of the first Japanese immigrants to arrive there. Story: page 2]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/06/06/images/times-gallery/june-7-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-06T23:37:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/tg20180607a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[tg20180607a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Azerbaijani Ambassador Gursel Ismayilzada (center) poses for a photo alongside Japan-Azerbaijan Friendship League Chairman Akira Amari (left) and Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Iwao Horii during a reception to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Azerbaijan at the Okura Hotel Tokyo on May 24.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/06/07/news/banding-together/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-07T22:19:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/xr20180608w2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[xr20180608w2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Banded houndsharks swim in the ocean off Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, on Tuesday. The area is a popular diving spot that attracts as many as several hundred sharks at a time. Banded houndsharks are known to be gentle and do not attack humans.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/06/07/images/times-gallery/june-8-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-08T12:01:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/tg20180608a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[tg20180608a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Georgian Ambassador Levan Tsintsadze (second from left) poses for a photo with (from left) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador of Special Representative for Caucasus Toshihiro Aiki; Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi; and Japan-Georgia Friendship League Chairman Ichiro Aisawa during a reception to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Georgian republic.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/06/08/news/akihabara-attack-remembered/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-08T22:33:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/xa20180609w1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[xa20180609w1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiroshi Yuasa, a 64-year-old man who suffered a serious injury during a stabbing rampage in Tokyo's Akihabara district 10 years ago, prays for victims at the crime scene on Friday. On June 8, 2008, a former temporary worker now on death row mowed down pedestrians while driving a truck in a vehicle-free zone and then randomly stabbed passers-by with a knife.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/06/12/news/hanging-around/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-12T00:04:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Xian Xian the female giant panda cub lies in a hammock at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo on Monday as her mother, Shin Shin, looks on. The hammock is a present to mark her first birthday Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/06/13/news/video-ueno-zoos-xiang-xiang-pandas-turns-1-year-old/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-13T00:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/06/13/news/hooking-them-in/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-13T23:32:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A staff member promoting Kanagawa Prefecture at the Japanese Embassy in London takes part in an event on Tuesday held jointly with the Japan National Tourism Organization to introduce 2019 Rugby World Cup venues and attractions ahead of the tournament.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/06/14/images/times-gallery/june-15-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-14T21:30:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bulgarian Rose Cultural Association Chief Director Fumie Yamashita (left) poses for a picture with Bulgarian Ambassador Borislav Kostov (center) and his wife, Manya, at the Rose Day Charity Party at the ambassador's residence in Tokyo on May 31.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/06/16/news/video-international-tokyo-toy-show-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-16T00:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/06/15/news/an-eye-for-detail/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-15T23:59:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Emperor Akihito visits a metal machining factory in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, on Friday as part of his annual inspections of small manufacturers. Friday's visit marked his last such inspection ahead of his abdication on April 30 next year.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/06/16/news/hard-hats-advised/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-16T18:30:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[HARD HATS ADVISEDMount Sakurajima is captured in mid-eruption Saturday in this shot from Tarumizu, Kagoshima Prefecture. The eruption just after 7 a.m. flung debris as far as 1.1 km, sent a pyroclastic flow down its southwest slope and shot smoke nearly 5 km into the sky, the highest since May 2017.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/06/17/images/times-gallery/june-18-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-17T19:02:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang (right) poses for a picture with Toshihiro Nikai, chairman of the Japan-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship League, during a reception to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Japan at Meiji Kinenkan on June 1.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/06/17/news/the-wheel-mccoy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-18T00:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kindergartners watch a set of water mills, the oldest still in operation in Japan, that were put back into service Sunday for this year's rice growing season in Asakura, Fukuoka Prefecture. The mills, which move water from the Chikugo River to nearby rice paddies, stopped working last year after they became clogged with mud and debris after heavy rains.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/06/20/news/video-milky-way-illumination-city-light-fantasia-tokyo-tower/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-20T00:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Kobayashi_TokyoTowerSummer18-thumbnail.jpg]]></image:title>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/06/21/video-2/video-mori-building-digital-art-museum-epson-teamlab-borderless/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-21T00:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/06/21/news/prayers-quake-victims/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-21T20:08:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui offer prayers Thursday in front of the gate of Juei Elementary School in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, where a 9-year-old girl died after a wall on school property collapsed on her during the major earthquake that hit the region Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/06/22/images/times-gallery/june-22-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-22T11:15:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Estifanos Afeworki, dean of the African Diplomatic Corps (ADC) and Eritrea's ambassador, speaks on stage alongside (among others) Solomon Maina, chair of ADC's Tourism and Culture Committee and Kenya's ambassador (third from left), Foreign Minister Taro Kono (fifth from left) and Ahmed Araita Ali, vice dean of the ADC and Djibouti's ambassador (sixth from left), at the opening ceremony of Ima No Africa in Tokyo's Hibiya Park on June 16.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/06/22/video-2/video-public-viewing-2018-fifa-world-cup-tokyo-dome/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-22T18:17:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/06/23/news/video-japans-ninja-de-taxi-cabs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-23T00:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/06/24/images/times-gallery/june-25-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-25T19:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Panama Ambassador Ritter Diaz (fifth from the left) and his wife, Ayana Hatada (fourth from right), pose for a picture with Takahiro Nakamae (fourth from left), director of the Latin-American Division of the Foreign Ministry, at a reception to celebrate Panama Day at JICA Global Plaza in Tokyo on June 10.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/06/27/news/video-monja-penguin-chicks-swimming-debut-sumida-aquarium/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-27T00:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/06/27/news/purrrrr-fect-preview/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-27T00:29:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The interior of a special Hello Kitty bullet train is shown to the media Monday in the city of Fukuoka. The eight-car train is decorated with drawings of pink ribbons inspired by the look of the popular Sanrio Co. character.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/06/28/news/summer-catch/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-28T23:02:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Visitors view goldfish, popular symbols of summer, on display Thursday at the Sumida Aquarium, part of the commercial complex surrounding Tokyo Skytree in Sumida Ward. The aquarium is holding a special exhibition featuring about 1,000 goldfish of 20 different types.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/06/30/news/video-connected-cars-toyota-motor-corp/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-30T00:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/06/30/news/speedy-cat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-30T18:23:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[xu20180701s1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Hello Kitty bullet train debuts Saturday at Hakata Station in Kyushu. The eight-car train, decorated with a Hello Kitty motif throughout its interior and exterior, will make one round-trip journey between Hakata and Shin-Osaka every day.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/07/01/images/times-gallery/july-2-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-01T17:58:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[British Ambassador Paul Madden poses for a photo with Seiko Noda, minister for internal affairs and communications, at an event to celebrate the 92nd birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at the British Embassy Tokyo on June 14.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/07/01/video-2/video-public-viewing-2018-fifa-world-cup-match-poland-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-02T12:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/07/04/news/video-bakemono-exhibition-mimicry-animals-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-04T00:00:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/07/06/news/video-introducing-canguro-three-wheeled-robot/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-06T00:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/07/07/news/video-eco-edo-nihonbashi-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-07T00:00:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/07/12/images/times-gallery/july-13-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-13T17:09:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rwandan Ambassador Venetia Sebudandi (fourth from left) poses for a photo with Hachimantai Mayor Masahiko Tamura (second from left); Manabu Horii (fourth from right), vice minister for foreign affairs; Manabu Sakai (third from right), state minister for international affairs and communications; Lower House lawmaker Emi Kaneko (second from right); Masahiko Tominaga (right), vice-minister for policy coordination at the  Ministry of International Affairs and Communications; and members of the Japan-African Friendship Association during a reception to celebrate Rwanda's independence day at Hotel Le Port Kojimachi on July 4.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/07/14/news/video-visiting-tondemi-heiwajima/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-14T14:28:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/07/16/images/times-gallery/july-16-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-18T11:03:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Philippines Ambassador Jose C. Laurel V (center) poses for a photo with (from left) Philippines Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III; former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda; Salvador C. Medialdea, executive secretary of the Philippines; and Nobuteru Ishihara, chairman of the Japan-Philippines Friendship League, during a reception to celebrate the 120th anniversary of independence of the Philippines at the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo on June 20.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/07/19/news/video-walumination-otemachi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-19T00:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/07/20/news/taste-summer-price/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-20T19:37:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Eels are grilled with sweet soy sauce in the city of Osaka on Friday, the Day of the Ox. People who ate the summer delicacy this year ended up with larger bills as prices for the endangered fish are soaring.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/07/16/sports/celebration-seen-around-world/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-22T17:44:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[France's Olivier Giroud lifts the World Cup trophy and celebrates with his teammates after their 4-2 victory over Croatia in Sunday's final in Moscow. It was the highest-scoring World Cup final since 1966. Stories: page 12]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/07/22/images/times-gallery/july-23-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-23T15:01:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Eighty-four-year-old Mori Tajima (front row center), winner of the 29th Itoen Oi Ocha New Haiku Contest and recipient of the Minister of Education Science and Technology Award, poses for a photo with  16-year-old Kazuki Horinouchi (back row, third from right), winner of the English haiku category in the same competition, and Itoen President Daisuke Honjo (front row left) during the award ceremony at the Imperial Hotel Tokyo on July 5.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/07/24/news/video-tangible-earth-museum-2018-roppongi-hills/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-24T00:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/07/26/news/making-a-splash-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-26T00:04:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Children play on a water feature in front of Tokyo Station on Wednesday. East Japan Railway Co. sponsored the stone water structure, which is 22 meters wide and 15 meters long, as part of an effort to help people remain cool during Tokyo's hot summer. It will remain open through mid-September.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Students from Tenno Elementary School in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, return to school Monday for the new term after torrential rains in July triggered deadly mudslides and flooding in western Japan. Hundreds of sandbags used to fight the floods remain piled up on the roadside.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-09-17T10:34:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-09-17T10:36:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Samurai Blue fans applaud Japan's 3-0 win over Costa Rica in Osaka on Tuesday night. The banner, reading "Ganbarou, Nippon" ("You can do it, Japan!"), also stood as a message of support for Kansai and Hokkaido after recent natural disasters in those areas. Story: page 11]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-09-17T10:36:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Adventure World, a zoo, aquarium and amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, announced Monday that a female giant panda born Aug. 14 will go on public view starting Thursday. The public can also send in names for the baby panda, which currently weighs about 600 grams, from Thursday through Nov. 16.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-09-19T00:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-09-22T00:00:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-09-24T08:48:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Katsuya Suzuki (right), Aeroflot sales manager for Japan and Australia, presents Fish and Chips Eating Contest winner software engineer Nikolai Egorov with a round-trip airline ticket from Japan to London during The Great British Weekend Tokyo 2017-2020 at Roppongi Hills on Sept. 1.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-09-29T11:56:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-10-01T12:34:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[First Deputy Chairman of the Senate of Uzbekistan Sodiq Safoev (fifth from right) poses for a photo with Kyoko Nakayama (fourth from right), a member of the Japan-Uzbekistan Parliamentary League; Mikio Sasaki (right), chairman of the Uzbek-Japan Economic Committee; Ryoji Noyori (second from right), winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in chemistry; and Uzbekistan Ambassador Gayrat Fazilov (second from left) at a reception to celebrate Uzbekistan's independence day at Hotel Okura Tokyo on Sept. 12.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-10-02T23:42:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bartenders in New York make cocktails using premium-quality Haku vodka made from Japanese rice. Beam Suntory Inc., a U.S. unit of Suntory Holdings Ltd., started selling the vodka brand in the United States on Monday. It will be launched in Japan and Europe next year.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People sort a catch in the town of Mukawa, one of the areas in southwestern Hokkaido hit by a recent powerful earthquake, as the shishamo fishing season begins Wednesday. Residents hope that the sales of shishamo, the area's main produce, will help the local economy recover.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-10-08T16:03:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/10/09/images/times-gallery/october-8-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-09T11:50:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Macedonian Ambassador Andrijana Cvetkovikj (center) joins from left, Member of the House of Councilors Kimi Onoda; Masahiro Ishii; Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Manabu Horii; Member of the House of representative Yasuhide Nakayama; Shinako Tsuchiya; and Shunsuke Takei during a reception to celebrate of the Independence Day and 25 Years Diplomatic Relations between Macedonia and Japan at Hotel Okura on Sept. 26.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-10-13T00:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-10-12T23:46:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Osaka native Takeru Kitazono, 15, performs on the rings before capturing gold in the men's all-around artistic gymnastics final at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires on Thursday. It was Japan's fifth gold and 14th overall medal of the competition.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-10-14T23:32:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kazuo Shiogata, 54, from Hiroshima, won a shouting contest held in the city of Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on Sunday. A total of 56 participants, ranging in age from 3 to 85, enjoyed eating barbecued local beef and then shouted  whatever they wanted. Judges awarded marks on how loud contestants shouted and how interesting their messages were. Shiogata shouted that despite heavy rains in July, Hiroshima is now doing well.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-10-15T11:09:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[German Ambassador Hans Carl von Werthern (second from left) and his wife, Elizabeth (left), raise glasses for a toast with Foreign Minister Taro Kono (right), and his wife, Kaori (second from right), during a reception celebrating Germany's Unity Day at the von Werthern residence in Tokyo on Oct. 3.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-10-16T00:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-10-15T23:54:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Princess Mako, eldest daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, attends a ceremony on Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, on Monday to mark the 10th anniversary of the start of a project to release captive-bred crested ibises into the wild. Over 300 birds have been released into their natural habitat over the past decade.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-10-16T23:26:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A violinist and pianist perform alongside Kyushu Railway Co.'s Seven Stars in Kyushu luxury train at Fukuoka's Hakata Station on Tuesday. Monday marked the fifth anniversary since the start of the high-end excursions, which have remained popular despite some routes being affected by natural disasters in recent years.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/10/16/news/top-shot/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-17T12:53:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA["Sakura on the Pond," a close-up of a fallen cherry blossom, won Timothy James R. Mortel, the spouse of an official in the Philippines Embassy in Tokyo, the top prize in the 21st Japan Through Diplomats' Eyes photo competition.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-10-18T21:11:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Alvaro Bautista (front), a rider for the Angel Nieto Team, and other MotoGP riders race mini-bikes during a fan event as part of festivities leading up to the Motul Grand Prix of Japan on Thursday. Pro riders teamed up with children in a pro-kid-pro relay over six laps on a kart track at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit in Motegi, Tochigi Prefecture, on Thursday. The Motul Grand Prix of Japan takes place Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-10-25T00:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/10/24/sports/flawless-victory/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-24T21:21:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Risako Kawai celebrates after her 8-0 victory over Turkey's Elif Yesilirma in the women's 59-kg freestyle final at the World Wrestling Championships on Tuesday in Budapest. Kawai didn't surrender a single point over the last week at Papp Laszlo Arena. Mayu Mukaida also won gold for Japan, claiming the title in the women's 55-kg freestyle division.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/10/24/news/fresh-look-iconic-store/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-24T21:33:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. reopens its flagship Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi department store Wednesday after renovations. The new first floor of the store in Chuo Ward, Tokyo, was designed by architect Kengo Kuma.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/10/27/news/video-ceatec-japan-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-27T00:00:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Nagata_Ceatec18-thumbnail.jpg]]></image:title>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/10/28/images/times-gallery/october-29-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-28T17:48:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[tg20181029a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Saulius Skvernelis (center), prime minister of Lithuania, joins Hirofumi Nakasone (left), chairman of the Japan-Lithuania Friendship Diet Member's League, and Gediminas Varvuolis (right), Lithuanian ambassador to Japan, during a reception to celebrate the centenary of the restoration of the State of Lithuania at Hotel Okura on Oct. 9.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/10/29/life/stuff-nightmares-parade-kawasaki-halloween/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-29T20:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[kawasaki-halloween-2018PA280108.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kawasaki Halloween]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/10/29/news/picture-of-happiness/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-29T23:29:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/xw20181030x1a.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Princess Ayako (front right) and her then husband-to-be, Kei Moriya (front left), arrive for their wedding ceremony at Meiji Shrine in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, on Monday. After marrying a commoner, the princess lost her royal status.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/10/31/news/video-japan-robot-week-2018-world-robot-summit-2018-tokyo-big-sight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-31T00:00:38+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/10/31/news/video-halloween-tokyo-japan-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-31T20:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/10/31/news/up-up-and-away-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-31T23:22:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An international hot air balloon festival kicks off Wednesday in the city of Saga, hosting 109 balloons from 17 countries and regions including the United States and Brazil. The event will run through Sunday, with participants competing in steering their balloons by reading the wind.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/10/31/news/ready-fright-night/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-31T23:22:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Revelers dressed up for Halloween take a selfie at the famed scramble crossing outside Shibuya Station in central Tokyo on Wednesday, the climax of the annual event. Hundreds of police officers were mobilized for crowd control.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/11/03/news/video-future-noren-exhibition-nihonbashi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-03T00:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/11/04/images/times-gallery/november-5-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-04T17:40:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hungarian Ambassador Norbert Palanovics (left) joins Seishiro Eto (right), chairman of the Japan-Hungary Parliamentary Friendship League, at a reception celebrating Hungary's national day in Tokyo on Oct. 19.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/11/07/news/pictures-election-day-u-s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-07T15:54:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ELEX4.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[ELEX4.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A voter waits for assistance from a volunteer at the Tuttle Park Recreation Center in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/11/08/images/times-gallery/november-9-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-08T21:21:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[tg20181109a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[On Nov. 2, the Embassy of Honduras in Japan held an event to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Mitch. During the ceremony, the embassy presented plaques and diplomas to organizations and individuals who generously and selflessly contributed their support during the emergency produced by the hurricane and its resulting aftermath. The organizations honored in the event included the Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of Defense, Japan's Self-Defense Forces, the Japan International Cooperation Agency, the Japan Overseas Cooperative Association, the Association of Medical Doctors of Asia and members of the Sawai Koto Academy. Hondurian Ambassador Alejandro Palma Cerna (front row, fourth from right) and Masateru Ito, Japanese ambassador to Honduras during Hurricane Mitch (front row, fourth from left), pose with participants at JICA Global Plaza, Ichigaya.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/11/08/news/special-guest-special-words/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-08T21:25:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/xw20181109v1a.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Crown Prince Naruhito speaks with a student attending the Yukiwari school for special needs children in the city of Kaminoyama, Yamagata Prefecture, on Thursday. The 58-year-old Crown Prince attended a rehearsal for the facility's culture festival where he offered words of encouragement to the students. The elder son of Emperor Akihito will ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne on May 1.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/11/11/video-2/video-long-time-sailors-kajimoto-kawata-shoot-olympic-dream/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-11T00:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Nagatsuka_Yacht-thumbnail2.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/11/13/news/video-tokyo-towers-winter-fantasy-orange-illumination-city-light-fantasia-white-night-story/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-13T00:00:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Kobayashi_Xmas118-TokyoTower-thumbnail.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/11/14/news/video-omotesando-hills-christmas-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-14T00:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Kobayashi_Xmas18-Omotesando-thumbnail.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/11/15/images/times-gallery/november-15-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-15T12:40:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/tg20181115a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[tg20181115a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[To celebrate its 25th anniversary, the Orchestra of Traditional Folk Instruments of Turksoy held a master class. Dancers from Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Russia and Turkestan performed for Duisen K. Asseinov, secretary-general of Turksoy (back row, center), Asel Bazakulova, wife of the Kyrgyzstan foreign minister (back row, fourth from right) and Toshihiro Nakajima (back row, third from left) at the National Theater on Nov. 12.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/11/16/news/video-starry-sky-2018-2019-lighting-yurakucho-mullion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-16T00:00:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Kobayashi_Xmas18-Yurakucho-thumbnail.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/11/17/news/video-marunouchi-bright-christmas-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-17T00:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Kobayashi_Xmas18-Marunouchi.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Kobayashi_Xmas18-Marunouchi.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/11/19/news/crisis-revisited/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-19T19:55:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/yz20181120t1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[yz20181120t1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An official checks an instrument board in the main control room for crippled reactors Nos. 3 and 4 at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant last Thursday, as the facility is opened to media for the first time since the March 2011 meltdown.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/11/20/news/getting-christmas-spirit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-20T18:36:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/yi20181121s1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[yi20181121s1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Children from Tokyo International School show off Christmas ornaments they made from recycled cork at a charity event hosted by Grand Hyatt Tokyo general manager Steve Dewire on Tuesday. This year the hotel in Tokyo's Roppongi district invited 40 students from the school to participate in efforts supporting children affected by natural disasters.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/11/21/news/video-kioi-winter-2018-crystal-tree-sparkles-winter-celebration/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-21T00:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Kobayashi_Xmas18-Kioicho-thumbnail.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Kobayashi_Xmas18-Kioicho-thumbnail.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/11/21/news/good-luck-osaka/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-21T19:48:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/yu20181122t2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[yu20181122t2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Visitors gather outside the iconic symbol of 1970 World Exposition, the famed Taiyo no To (Tower of the Sun), in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, on March 19, the date its interior was open to the public for the first time in 48 years. Osaka is bidding to host the 2025 Expo, the winner of which will be announced at a general assembly of the Bureau International des Expositions in Paris on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/11/21/news/an-all-star-ensemble/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-21T19:49:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/yu20181122t1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[yu20181122t1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Figures of people who made headlines this year, including North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump shaking hands (left) and Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani (left on top of chimney), are displayed Wednesday at the Uroko House in Kobe's Ijinkan complex, which was built for foreign merchants after the opening of Kobe port in the 19th century.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/11/23/news/anime-over-broadway/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-23T22:16:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/xo20181124w1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[xo20181124w1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Huge balloons in the form of Pikachu, a  "Pokemon" character, and Goku, from the "Dragon Ball" series, float above spectators on 6th Avenue during the 92nd Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City on Thursday. A cold snap failed to cool the enthusiasm of crowds at the event.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/11/18/images/times-gallery/november-19-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-26T16:57:40+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/tg20181119a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[tg20181119a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[From left: John Fritz, ambassador of Micronesia; Toshiko Abe, state minister for foreign affairs; Peter M. Christian, president of the Federated States of Micronesia; Lorin S. Robert, secretary of foreign affairs of the Federated States of Micronesia; Masanao Ozaki, governor of Kochi Prefecture; and congressional speaker Wesley W. Siminia celebrate the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and the Federated States of Micronesia as well as its independence day at Hotel New Otani on Nov. 2.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/11/27/news/video-disney-mickey-90th-anniversary-magic-color/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-27T00:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/11/27/news/video-two-tokyo-midtowns-celebrate-christmas/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-27T00:02:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Kobayashi_Xmas18-Midtown-thumbnail.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Kobayashi_Xmas18-Midtown-thumbnail.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/11/26/news/tear-gas-u-s-border/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-26T19:40:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/yi20181127t1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[yi20181127t1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of a migrant family, part of a caravan of thousands traveling from Central America to the United States, run away from tear gas, fired by U.S. agents, in front of the border wall between the U.S and Mexico in Tijuana, Mexico, on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/11/26/images/times-gallery/november-26-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-26T19:52:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/tg20181126a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[tg20181126a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[On Nov. 10, the Kawagoe Country Club hosted the Panama Maritime Golf Tournament to commemorate the 115th anniversary of Panama's national day and renew ties between Panama and Japanese shipping and business communities. Koichi Muto, president of the Japan Shipowners' Association (first from left), poses with Ritter Diaz, the Panamanian ambassador (third from left), Kiyoshi Kimura, president of Kiyomura and Sushizanmai (fourth from left), Seishiro Eto, president of the Panama-Japan Interparliamentary League (fifth from left), Takahiro Nakamae, director-general of the Latin-American and Caribbean divisions of Japan's Foreign Ministry (fourth from right) and other guests.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/11/28/news/video-tokyo-drumming-show-helps-overseas-tourists-people-hearing-disabilities-feel-music/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T00:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Mizuno_MangekyoLUMINE-thumbnail.jpg</image:loc>
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		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/11/27/news/an-imperial-escape/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-27T23:16:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/xo20181128x1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[xo20181128x1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko wave to people at JR Tokyo Station as they depart for a private trip to Shizuoka Prefecture on Tuesday. They are expected to return to Tokyo on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-27T23:23:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sushi chef Yoshikazu Ono from Sukiyabashi Jiro Honten in Tokyo poses with a plaque he received for maintaining the restaurant's status of having three Michelin stars. This year's Michelin Guide again makes Tokyo the No.1 culinary city in the world.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-29T00:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/11/28/news/remembering-shinran/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T23:23:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[xf20181129x2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Buddhist monks sway as they chant the special Bandobushi mantra dedicated to Shinran (1173-1263), a noted Japanese Buddhist monk who founded what ultimately became the Jodo Shinshu sect. The annual service took place on his death anniversary Wednesday at Kyoto's Higashi-Honganji Temple, the headquarters of the Shinshu Otani sect.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/11/28/news/thats-make-exit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T23:23:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of the media view a huge emergency exit Wednesday in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward that is being built for the Chuo Shinkansen maglev train line, in a photo taken using a fish-eye lens.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/11/30/news/video-100-ninjas-stroll-tokyo-visit-iga-koga-sites/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-30T00:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/11/30/news/tis-the-season/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-30T19:59:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Santa Claus arrives at Narita Airport from Finland on Friday. He is planning to meet children across Japan until he returns to Finland on Dec. 14.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/12/02/images/times-gallery/december-3-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-02T17:52:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[tg20181203a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mohamed El Amine Bencherif, Algerian ambassador to Japan (second from left), and his wife, Amira (left), raise a toast with Kenji Yamada, parliamentary vice-minister for foreign affairs (second from right), and Akira Urabe, president of the Japan-Algeria Association and former ambassador to Algeria (right), during a reception at the embassy to celebrate Algeria's 64th national day on Nov. 16.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/12/04/news/all-dolled-up-4/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-05T00:04:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[zf20181205x1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Singer Namie Amuro, who retired in September, and two-time figure skating Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu are among this years' newsmakers in whose image dolls have been created by doll-maker Togyoku Co., seen here in the city of Saitama on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/12/06/news/video-sumida-river-disco-mirror-ball-car-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-06T00:00:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/12/05/news/grateful-for-shelter/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-05T23:31:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[xw20181206x2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Quake evacuees Kazuyoshi Takeda (center) and his wife, Noriko, express gratitude to Shuichiro Oikawa, mayor of the town of Abira, Hokkaido, as they are given a temporary housing unit based on a trailer, on Wednesday in the town hit by the powerful quake in September. A total of 15 such housing units will be offered to affected households in Abira and the neighboring town of Atsuma.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/12/07/news/video-roppongi-hills-christmas-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-07T00:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shinji Hattori, chairman and group CEO of Seiko Holdings Corp., unveils details about Seiko Dream Square at the Imperial Hotel Tokyo on Nov. 30. The space is scheduled to open on Dec. 20 as an interactive store that boasts a museum and artisan demonstrations to showcase Seiko's brand identity to global customers.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-11T00:00:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/12/10/sports/reaching-for-stardom/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-10T23:17:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rika Kihira performs during the exhibition on Sunday after winning the 2018 Grand Prix Final on the previous day in Vancouver, British Columbia. She became the first Japanese skater since Mao Asada to triumph at the event in her senior debut season. The 16-year-old is a strong prospect to represent Japan at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/12/12/video-2/video-red-bull-crashed-ice-yokohama/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-12T00:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/12/11/news/education-for-all/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-11T23:25:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takeya Yamasaki (second from right), executive director of tea ceremony school Chanoyu International, presents The Japan Times President Takeharu Tsutsumi with a ¥376,000 contribution to The Japan Times Readers' Fund at the daily's head office in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on Tuesday. The funds will be distributed to overseas charities, particularly those operating in Asia, that help people in need secure better access to education.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/12/13/news/video-japanese-tea-ceremony-tokyo-tower/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-13T00:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/12/12/news/santas-other-workshop/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-12T20:18:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Santa Claus swims with a whale shark at Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in the city of Osaka earlier this week. The event takes place at the attraction three times each day.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/12/12/news/2018-year-disasters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-12T20:19:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[xm20181213u1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Seihan Mori, chief Buddhist priest of Kyoto's famed Kiyomizu Temple, writes the character sai (disaster/calamity) on Wednesday after it was named Japan's 2018 kanji of the year, reflecting a series of disasters, including earthquakes and torrential rains, as well as harassment scandals involving various sports.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/12/13/news/white-glove-treatment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-13T19:17:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A monk sweeps the dust off the statue of a Buddhist deity at Naritasan Shinshoji temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Thursday ahead of the new year. The annual cleaning ritual started in the Edo Period (1603-1868) and takes place every Dec. 13.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/12/13/images/times-gallery/december-14-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-13T22:01:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Romanian Ambassador Tatiana Iosiper (right) joins, from left, Mihai Covaliu, Sydney 2000 Olympic gold medalist in fencing  and president of the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee; Ichiro Aisawa, chairman of the Japan-Romania Parliamentary Friendship League; Nadia Comaneci, Montreal 1976 Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics; and Kenji Yamada, parliamentary vice-minister for foreign affairs, during a reception to celebrate Romania's national day at Hotel Okura in Tokyo on Nov. 29.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/12/12/images/times-gallery/december-12-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-14T10:13:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Italian Ambassador Giorgio Starace (center) joins Vittorio Moretti, president of Franciacorta (right), and Manlio Cadelo, ambassador of San Marino (left), to promote Franciacorta Day 2018 at the Italian ambassador's residence in Tokyo on Nov. 21.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/11/29/images/times-gallery/november-30-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-17T09:22:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Steve Dewire, Grand Hyatt Tokyo's general manager (back row, center), joins Marie Seino, chief director of Re Kikou (back row, left), Harumi Torii, founder of Kids Earth Fund (back row, right) and 40 students from Tokyo International School at the hotel's Christmas ornament crafting workshop on Nov. 20. Grand Hyatt Tokyo's annual charity program supports people with disabilities as well as children affected by natural disasters in Tohoku, Kumamoto and Hokkaido. This year's theme is "Sparkle with Joy."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/11/15/images/times-gallery/november-16-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-17T09:23:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takanori Nakamura (center) receives a plaque for his appointment as "Ambassador of the Best of Colombia" from Hiroshi Wago Rojas, executive director of ProColombia Japan (left), and Gabriel Duque, Colombian ambassador to Japan (right), during a ceremony at the ambassador's residence on Nov. 7.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/09/27/images/times-gallery/september-28-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-17T09:26:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike (second from left) welcomes Diane d'Arras (center), president of the International Water Association, and participants of the World Water Congress and Exhibition at Kiyosumi Garden on Sept.18.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/10/21/images/times-gallery/october-22-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-17T09:27:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Honorary President Princess Takamado (center, front row) at Roppongi Hills on Oct. 10, with, from left, Thai Ambassador and Chairperson of the Executive Committee Bansarn Bunnag; Jana Ontkova; Hirofumi Nakasone; Timothy J. R. Mortel; Ecuador Ambassador Jaime Barberis and winner of the Ambassador Prize; and Chief of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and executive committee member Kiminori Iwama; with jury special mentions and committee members (back row) of the "Meiji 150 years, Japan transforming — Through Diplomats' Eyes 2018'' exhibition.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/07/26/images/times-gallery/july-27-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-17T09:28:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Colombian Coffee icon "Juan Valdez'' poses for a photo with (from left) Colombian Ambassador Gabriel Duque, 2018 Miss International Queen of Coffee Japan Representaive Kanako Hirayama and Colombian Coffee Growers Federation Tokyo Director Santiago Pardo during an event to promote Colombian coffee at the embassy on July 11.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/12/01/news/one-piece-local-history/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-17T09:30:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[za20181202w1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[One piece of local historyKumamoto officials together with Kumamon, the prefecture's mascot, pose Friday beside a statue of Monkey D. Luffy, a character from the best-selling manga "One Piece." The statue has been erected in front of the prefectural government building in the city of Kumamoto.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/11/30/news/an-island-underwater/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-17T09:31:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman walks toward an embankment after tying her cow to higher ground during high tide on Ghoramara Island, India, in September. Ghoramara has nearly halved in size over the past two decades due to rising seas, according to village elders. "If a tsunami or a big cyclone hits this island we will be finished," said Sanjib Sagar, village leader on the island 150 kilometers south of Kolkata.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/multimedia/2018/12/05/images/times-gallery/december-5-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-17T09:33:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Irish Ambassador Paul Kavanagh (center) and Paul Gilsenan, president of the Ireland Japan Chamber of Commerce (IJCC)(far right), join the winners of the 2018 IJCC Ireland Japan Business Awards, Hiroshi Ichikawa, vice president and Japan general manager of of Icon Plc (far left), Akira Oyama, corporate executive vice president of Ricoh Co. Ltd. (second from left) and Alan Fisher, owner of Kyojin Artistry Co. LLC (second from right) during a ceremony at the Conrad Tokyo on Nov.22.]]></image:caption>
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