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		<lastmod>2015-09-18T21:32:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-18T21:34:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-18T22:53:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kazumi Fujikawa collects samples of plants and flowers at Natma Taung National Park in May, along with park ranger Ling Shein Mane (left) and forest management administrator Law Shine (right), who accompany her on expeditions.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-18T23:12:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Visitors in the Upper House gallery watch lawmakers vote on a no-confidence motion filed by the opposition against the body's president, Masaaki Yamazaki, during a plenary session Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-19T12:01:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of a Self-Defense Force honor guard prepare for a ceremony for U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John Dolan at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo in June.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-19T12:36:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Eric Fanning]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-19T12:57:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This undated photo released Friday shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visiting the city of Rason to inspect recovery from a flood last month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/18/national/1-meter-tsunami-chile-temblor-may-hit-pacific-coast-hokkaido-first/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-19T13:28:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fishing boats run aground by the sea line the beach Thursday in Coquimbo, some 445 km north of Santiago, after being hit by tsunami after Wednesday's quake off Chile. Japan is bracing for tsunami to reach its Pacific shores early Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-19T13:37:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-19T15:30:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[So-called "Red Shirt" demonstrators rally in support of Prime Minister Najib Razak in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday. Critics of Razak rallied over two days in August, demanding his resignation over a graft scandal.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-19T15:31:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-19T15:31:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-19T22:28:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-19T15:52:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fumio Kishida]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/18/national/politics-diplomacy/protesters-crowd-diet-security-bills-face-passage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-19T16:32:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Protesters holding placards walk toward the Diet on Friday evening as the passage of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s contested security bills loomed.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/19/national/history/governments-affinity-universe-religion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-19T22:32:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/19/national/science-health/grandma-drives-human-evolution/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-19T22:36:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hunter gatherers: Hadza men return from a hunt in Tanzania. Hadza men often hunt in pairs.  	           Andreas Lederer / WIKICOMMONS]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/19/national/media-national/money-matters-comes-security/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-19T22:44:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The once-over: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reviews members of the Self-Defense Forces at Hyakuri air base in Omitama, Ibaraki Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-19T19:48:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Zaha Hadid]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/19/national/japanese-voice-frustration-resignation-over-security-shake-up/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-19T19:49:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Protesters outside the Diet early Saturday denounce moves to pass the security bills.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says nearly 500,000 Volkswagen and Audi diesel cars built in the past seven years use software that deliberately cheats on emissions tests.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The gang's all here: A man greets a car as it pulls into Yamaguchi-gumi headquarters in Kobe. The weeklies have been speculating on the outcome of a split within the group's membership that could result in anything from a war to "mutual coexistence."]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A rebel fighter fires heavy artillery during clashes with government forces and pro-regime militiamen in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Women participate in a meeting of Women Who Code Tokyo, an organization for female programmers, on Aug. 25 in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo. The group has members ranging from beginners to IT professionals.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, better known as Prachanda, signs the final copy of the newly passed constitution at the parliament in Kathmandu on Friday. The new constitution is the first to be drawn up by elected representatives after centuries of autocratic rule.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A protester in a mask depicting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offers a mock salute during a rally against the government in front of the Diet building on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A visitor looks at an hourglass at the Nima Sand Museum in Shimane Prefecture on Sunday. The 5.2-meter hourglass was recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's largest.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sheila Smith]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/20/national/nearly-70-japan-inc-unready-safeguard-nations-new-id-numbers/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Small and midsize companies are scrambling to find a secure way to store the new national ID numbers when the My Number system debuts in October.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese President Xi Jinping is shown on a big screen as Type 99A2 Chinese battle tanks roll across during a parade in Beijing on Sept. 3 commemorating the 70th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. Xi is trying to mend fences across China's ideological divide after his crackdown on corruption alienated officials in the Communist Party, government and military.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Red shirt movement leader Kwanchai Praipana holds a large framed picture of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra at his office in Udon Thani, Thailand, last Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The public approval rating of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet has fallen to 38.9 percent, according to the results of a poll released Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Iraqi refugees buy train tickets to Turku from a public transport center in Tornio, Finland, on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Journalists take part in a walking tour of the underground Furukawa reservoir in Tokyo when it was being built in August 2014. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is trying to cope with heavy rain by constructing giant reservoirs both above and underground.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-22T06:14:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An Airbus Defence and Space satellite image courtesy of Stratfor, a geopolitical intelligence and advisory firm in Austin, Texas, shows at least 16 Russian combat aircraft stationed at the Bassel al Assad air base near the Syrian town of Latakia Sunday. Russia has started flying drone aircraft on surveillance missions in Syria, U.S. officials said on Monday, in what appeared to be Moscow's first military air operations inside the country since staging a rapid buildup at a Syrian air base.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-22T08:26:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-22T08:27:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Actors dressed as Red Army soldiers perform at a gala show to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Beijing Sept. 3. Bitterness is growing within China's armed forces to President Xi Jinping's decision to cut troop numbers by 300,000 and considerable effort will be needed to overcome opposition to the order, according to a source and commentaries in the military's newspaper.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-22T11:25:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Migrants and refugees try to push a police barricade after they were blocked by Turkish riot police while walking toward Edirne on Monday in Istanbul. A new march by migrants, mainly Syrian, trying to reach Europe overland from Turkey was blocked by police outside Istanbul. The White House vowed more aid for Syrian refugees but Congress may block attempts by the U.S. to take more in.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-22T12:26:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bashar Assad]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-22T12:30:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Marise Payne, Australia's new defense minister, shakes hands with Governor-General Peter Cosgrove during a swearing-in ceremony at Government House in Canberra on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-22T12:37:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A new sticker prepared by the East Japan Railway Co. to be used from Oct. 1 asks passengers near priority seats to turn off their mobile phones only when trains are crowded.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-22T12:47:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Employees pose for a photo inside the flagship branch of Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ in Tokyo on Sept. 2. Luxurious branches and the prevalence of cash in transactions help to explain why Japan falls behind even India and Nigeria in the use of mobile phones for banking.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/22/national/history/ban-rings-japan-peace-bell-mark-u-n-s-70th-anniversary-calls-conflicts-cease/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-22T15:51:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks during the Peace Bell Ceremony to commemorate the International Day of Peace Monday at the United Nations in New York.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/21/national/social-issues/japan-increasingly-gray-people-80-older-top-10-million/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-22T16:00:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Elderly people exercise at a temple in Tokyo on Monday, Respect for the Aged Day. The government estimates the number of people in Japan 80 and older has topped 10 million.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/22/world/u-s-presidential-race-stokes-fears-new-wave-islamophobia/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ben Carson]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Supporters of Burkina Faso's coup leader Gen. Gilbert Diendere shout slogans in front of the residence of the king of the Mossi, an ethnic group, as rumors have been circulating that Diendere was there on Monday The proposed ECOWAS deal provides for presidential and parliamentary elections to be held by Nov. 22 at the latest, but above all lifts the ban of candidates loyal to former President Blaise Compaore.  Tensions in the country prompted the U.S. to urge its citizens to get out.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-22T17:55:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-22T17:55:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vladimir Putin]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Professor Cary Fowler, executive director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, holds samples of seed containers at the "Doomsday" vault of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Svalbard, Norway, in August 2007.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-22T20:49:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kitakyushu Mayor Kenji Kitahashi (second from right), Thai drama series "Devil Lover" star Pitchaya Nitipaisankul (third from left) and others take part in an event to promote the drama in Bangkok on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/22/business/financial-markets/bitcoin-firm-head-pleads-guilty-first-kind-ponzi-scheme/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-22T23:17:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Trendon Shavers]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/22/national/politics-diplomacy/onaga-takes-base-argument-u-n-human-rights-panel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-22T23:22:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga addresses a meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/22/national/politics-diplomacy/sdf-role-south-sudan-expand-may-new-security-laws/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-22T23:29:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A member of the Ground Self-Defense Force guards a fence at a refugee camp in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, on July 24 as part of a U.N. peacekeeping operation.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/22/business/toshiba-shareholders-urged-reject-three-executive-reappointments/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-22T23:29:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/22/national/commenting-security-bills-niigata-bar-association-goes-short-sweet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-22T23:35:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A screen shot of an official statement by the Niigata Bar Association reads "Okashii daro, kore" ("This isn't right") to protest the new security laws.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/22/national/history/site-1930s-activism-kyoto-cafe-steeped-heritage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-22T23:35:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Western-style Salon de the Francois cafe stands in contrast to traditional Kyoto buildings nearby. Its interior was remodeled in 1940 and is largely unchanged today.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/22/world/among-flood-refugees-syrians-see-impostors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-22T23:51:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A migrant rests in front of a barricade in Istanbul on Monday after Turkish riot police blocked the road toward Edirne.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/23/world/social-issues-world/oecd-sees-million-refugees-year-decade-eu-looks-shelter-120000-amid-grievance-fraught-vote/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T08:32:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Migrants and refugees walk toward Hungary after arriving by train in Botovo, Croatia, on the Hungarian border, Tuesday. At a contentious meeting, European Union ministers agreed Tuesday to relocate 120,000 refugees among the bloc to ease the strains on front-line nations like Greece and Italy, which are being overwhelmed by the continent's ballooning migrant crisis.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/23/world/security-precautions-unprecedented-popes-u-s-whistle-stop-itinerary/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T11:51:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Workers prepare the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, the day before Pope Francis visits the White House.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/23/world/muslim-teen-collared-texas-school-homemade-clock-gets-u-n-invite-will-study-elsewhere/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T11:58:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This Sept. 16 file photo shows 14-year-old Ahmed Ahmed Mohamed as he speaks during a news conference in Irving, Texas. The Muslim teenager who became an overnight sensation after a Texas teacher mistook his homemade clock for a bomb has been withdrawn from his school, local media reported Tuesday. Ahmed Mohamed, 14, won invitations to the White House, Google and Facebook last week amid a surge of public support for the aspiring inventor who was taken away from school in handcuffs. "Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It's what makes America great," Obama tweeted hours after the story broke.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/22/national/online-census-draws-19-million-respondents-criticism-handling-personal-data/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T12:10:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A screen shot shows the English-language Web page promoting the nation's first-ever online census with former Olympic figure skater Nobunari Oda acting as the poster boy.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/23/world/politics-diplomacy-world/rule-fiat-modesty-conciliation-lean-machine-signal-start-catholic-leaders-u-s-visit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T12:15:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pope Francis waves from his car, a Fiat, upon arrival at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/23/world/crime-legal-world/xi-visit-comes-white-house-seeks-answers-texas-businesswoman-held-china-spying-charges/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T12:32:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This undated photo provided by Jeff Gillis shows his wife, Phan Phan-Gillis. Chinese authorities are investigating Phan-Gillis, an American businesswoman, on suspicion of spying and stealing state secrets, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday, confirming earlier media reports that Phan-Gillis of Houston was detained earlier this year while traveling in the country.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/23/world/russian-aircraft-syria-consistent-force-protection-moscows-intent-unclear-kerry/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T13:03:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj at the U.S-India Strategic]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/23/world/syrian-rebels-say-russian-involvement-will-escalate-prolong-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T13:20:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-23T13:49:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This selfie was taken in 2011 by a macaque monkey on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi with a camera that was positioned by British nature photographer David Slater.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/23/world/politics-diplomacy-world/xi-arrives-seattle-meet-tech-titans-looks-downplay-china-slump-cyberspying-allegations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T13:52:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/08/25/world/politics-diplomacy-world/speculation-mounts-possible-biden-run-obama-endorsement/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T14:18:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vice President Joe Biden and President Barack Obama speak in June in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Obama is the man in the middle as his vice president weighs challenging his former secretary of state for the 2016 Democratic nomination. While Obama would officially stay neutral in a Biden-Clinton faceoff, the contest would essentially be a fight over which of his closest advisers is the rightful heir to his legacy.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/23/national/history/old-film-hopeful-letter-help-reunite-japanese-teacher-106-former-students-taiwan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T14:31:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-teacher-a-20150924.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[This photo, taken Aug. 26, shows the letter and photos Namie Takaki sent to Yang Han-tsong, one of her former students at Wurih Elementary School in Taichung, Taiwan.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/23/business/tech/app-store-hack-slow-foreign-connections-lack-support-apple-led-developers-use-risky-pirated-tools/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T14:34:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man talks on an iPhone in Beijing in this file photo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/17/world/politics-diplomacy-world/oregon-artist-sell-image-trump-painted-menstrual-blood/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T15:10:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/17/world/politics-diplomacy-world/distant-no-3-bush-tries-dump-trumps-low-energy-tag-heading-republican-debate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T15:10:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-bush-a-20150918.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks Aug. 6 as Jeb Bush watches during a Republican presidential debate in Cleveland. Eleven top-tier Republican presidential hopefuls face off in their second prime-time debate of the 2016 campaign Wednesday n a clash between outsiders and establishment candidates under a cathedral of political conservatism.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/14/world/politics-diplomacy-world/billionaire-trump-calls-high-ceo-pay-joke-disgraceful/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T15:10:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump poses for a photo with Iowa State fans before an NCAA college football game between Iowa State and Iowa, Saturday in Ames, Iowa. Trump lashed out at high corporate CEO pay on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/10/world/politics-diplomacy-world/trump-fiorina-look-face-anyone-vote/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T15:10:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard chief executive, waves as she and supporters march in the Labor Day parade Monday in Milford, New Hampshire. She is the latest target of rival Donald Trump's brash comments, this time about her looks.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/10/world/social-issues-world/candidate-omalley-slams-xenophobic-trump-democratic-rivals-refugee-crisis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T15:10:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-omalley-a-20150911.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Businessman and Republican Candidate for president Donald Trump speaks out against President Obama's nuclear deal with Iran during a protest event sponsored by they activist group Tea Party Patriots in Washington on Wednesday. Democratic rival candidate Martin O'Malley on Wednesday branded Trump as xenophobic over his stance on immigrants.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/04/world/crime-legal-world/trump-inspired-boston-brothers-roughed-homeless-mexican-stay-jail/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T15:11:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-boston-a-20150905.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Attorney Gary McGillivray (left), representing Scott Leader, 38, and Attorney John Flanagan, representing Steve Leader, 30, appear before the judge to waive their clients' hearing that could have determined whether they would be released on bail ahead of trial, in Dorchester, Massachusetts, Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/03/world/politics-diplomacy-world/fire-belly-bush-tells-trump-bring-told-return-speak-english-u-s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T15:11:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/f-jeb-a-20150904.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-jeb-a-20150904.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[This screen grab released by Mexican app developer Karaokulta on Wednesday in Guadalajara, Mexico, shows the opening splash screen of the new video game called "Trumpealo," which roughly translates as "Trump him." Trumpealo is a play on a Spanish word for punching somebody in the face.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/08/28/world/politics-diplomacy-world/trump-came-gloves-off-looks-bully-bush-withering-wrath/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T15:11:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has a supporter, Mary Margaret Bannister, check to see if his hair is real during his speech to supporters during a rally at the TD Convention Center on Thursday in Greenville, South Carolina.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/08/21/world/politics-diplomacy-world/faux-u-s-candidate-deez-nuts-polls-9-clinton-trump-matchup/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T15:11:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/08/21/world/politics-diplomacy-world/trumps-traitor-remark-condemned-accused-deserter-bergdahls-lawyer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T15:11:37+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/08/18/world/crime-legal-world/fist-bumping-trump-arrives-limo-nyc-jury-duty/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T15:11:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-trumpjury-a-20150819.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump departs the Manhattan Supreme Courthouse in New York on Monday. Trump reported for jury duty in New York on Monday in a black limo, signing an autograph and giving a fist-bump to a supporter as he took a break from the campaign trail. The real estate mogul's service came after a state judge in March fined him $250 for failing to respond to summonses to serve jury duty five times since 2006.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/08/13/world/politics-diplomacy-world/contrary-trumps-assumptions-data-show-china-doesnt-continuously-devalue-yuan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T15:11:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. real-estate magnate Donald Trump is seen playing golf on a billboard at the Trump International Golf Club Dubai in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday. The empire of White House hopeful Trump outside the United States extends to 12 countries, including Turkey, South Korea, India, Brazil and the United Arab Emirates. A frequent China-basher, data show Trump is off the mark in saying Beijing has continuously devalued the yuan.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/08/12/business/economy-business/constant-critic-trump-dumps-wrath-china-yuan-devaluation-says-will-devastate-u-s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T15:11:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-trump-a-20150813.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Democratic supporters (from left) Hayley Alderman, Sam McNerney and Julie Haefner stand outside the Birch Run Expo Center before Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was scheduled to address a GOP fundraising event, Tuesday, in Birch Run, Michigan. Trump said Tuesday that China's devaluatioin of the yuan will "devastate" the U.S.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/08/11/world/politics-diplomacy-world/republicans-still-back-trump-despite-debate-sexist-slurs-rivals-lag-far-behind-poll/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T15:11:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-trumpoll-a-20150812.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Donald Trump and his wife, Melania Trump, are seen on stage following the prime-time Republican presidential debate on Aug. 6 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/08/09/world/politics-diplomacy-world/republicans-pile-trump-following-controversial-debate-comments/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T15:12:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/f-wo-trump-a-20150810.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Republican 2016 U.S. presidential candidate businessman Donald Trump answers a question at the first official Republican presidential candidates debate of the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign in Cleveland, Ohio, in this file photo taken August 6, 2015. Trump, disinvited from a conservative conference and under fire because of remarks about a female debate moderator, defended his comments on Saturday while denouncing politically correct "fools."]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/08/08/world/politics-diplomacy-world/trump-bushs-stumbles-will-gops-female-candidate-ride-rescue/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T15:12:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-fiorina-a-20150809.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Carly Fiorina]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/08/08/world/politics-diplomacy-world/trump-main-attraction-republican-debate-smashes-u-s-television-record/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T15:12:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-debate-a-20150809.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump shrugs during the first Republican presidential debate at the Quicken Loans Arena Thursday in Cleveland.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/08/01/business/corporate-business/trump-sought-import-foreign-workers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T15:12:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/b-trump-a-20150802.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-trump-a-20150802.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump stands outside his Trump Turnberry Resort hotel in South Ayrshire, Scotland, on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/07/27/world/politics-diplomacy-world/trump-says-leads-movement-edges-bush-lead-republican-field-cnn-poll/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T15:12:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/f-donald-a-20150728.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-donald-a-20150728.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally and picnic Saturday in Oskaloosa, Iowa.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/07/24/world/crime-legal-world/suits-trump-university-success-seminars-paint-harsh-reality-financial-deceit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T15:12:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/f-trumpu-a-20150725.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-trumpu-a-20150725.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Donald Trump, president and chief executive of Trump Organization Inc. and U.S. 2016 presidential candidate, speaks during The Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa, on July 18. The sponsor, The Family Leader, is a "pro-family, pro-marriage, pro-life organization which champions the principle that God is the ultimate leader of the family."  Trump is facing lawsuits over his Trump University wealth seminars by plaintiffs who were allegedly promied financial success at a cost.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/07/20/world/politics-diplomacy-world/republican-rivals-unapologetic-trumps-denial-mccains-war-hero-status-disqualifies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T15:12:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/f-trump-a-20150721.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-trump-a-20150721.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump addresses the press July 10 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California,surrounded by people whose families were victims of illegal immigrants who shared their stories of loss. A defiant Trump refused to apologize Sunday after he ignited a firestorm by dismissing the military record of Sen. John McCain, a former prisoner of war. The flamboyant billionaire businessman, reality TV star and presidential contender said McCain — a decorated aviator who was tortured while spending five years in a prison camp — did not deserve hero status for his Vietnam War service. It was just the latest verbal grenade from the outspoken Trump, 69, who identifies as a Republican and has supported Republican candidates in the past. "No, not at all," Trump told ABC's "This Week" program, when asked if he owed McCain an apology.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/07/08/world/politics-diplomacy-world/pga-match-joins-exodus-dumps-trump-links-slur-immigrants/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T15:12:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-trump-a-20150709.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[In this March 10 file photo, Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. The PGA of America is moving its Grand Slam of Golf from Donald Trump's golf course in Los Angeles. Trump says he met with the PGA of America on Monday and both sides agreed it would be best to not play the 36-hole exhibition at Trump National Golf Club. Trump says in a statement he does not want the PGA of America to suffer consequences from his comments about Mexican immigrants.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/07/07/world/politics-diplomacy-world/trump-says-mexico-remarks-distorted-slaying-multiple-deportee-proves-right/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T15:12:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/f-trump-a-20150708.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-trump-a-20150708.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump signs a surf board as part of a fundraiser in the Bronx borough of New York, Monday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/06/27/world/politics-diplomacy-world/mexicans-bash-pinata-trump-calling-imbecile/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T15:13:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/f-trumpinata-a-20150628.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-trumpinata-a-20150628.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A pinata depicting U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump hangs outside a workshop in Reynosa, Mexico, on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/06/17/world/politics-diplomacy-world/trump-blusters-way-white-house-bid-blasts-fellow-republicans-obama-mexicans-saudis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T15:13:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/f-trump-a-20150618.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-trump-a-20150618.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Real estate mogul Donald Trump, 69, displays his financial statement during his announcement that he will run for the 2016 presidential election at the Trump Tower in New York on Tuesday. Trump, one of America's most flamboyant and outspoken billionaires, threw his hat into the race promising to make America great again.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/04/22/business/obama-abe-poised-trumpet-tpp-deal-next-week-japans-ambassador-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T15:13:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/b-tpp-a-20150423.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-tpp-a-20150423.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman arrives at a government building in Tokyo to talk with his Japanese counterpart over deadlocked Trans-Pacific Partnershipnegotiations on Monday. Japan's envoy to the U.S. said Tuesday the two sides were near reaching a deal.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/02/26/world/politics-diplomacy-world/donald-trump-serious-2016-presidential-run-washington-post-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T15:13:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/23/business/corporate-business/startups-untapped-resource-japan-inc-says-venture-capitalist/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T15:50:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/b-interview-a-20150924.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-interview-a-20150924.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Anis Uzzaman, president and CEO of Fenox Venture Capital, speaks about ideas to make Japanese companies more competitive, in an interview on Sept. 10 in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/19/national/politics-diplomacy/nation-blurs-pacifist-outlook-with-passage-of-security-laws/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T16:02:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/n-secanalysis-a-20150920.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-secanalysis-a-20150920.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A demonstrator faces off with police outside the Diet building in Tokyo early Saturday while holding up a sign with an anti-war slogan.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/21/world/politics-diplomacy-world/clinton-urges-u-s-vet-admit-thousands-off-refugees-sidesteps-question-syria-crisis-blame/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T16:06:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-clinton-a-20150922.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[In this photo provided by CBS, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks on CBS' "Face the Nation" with John Dickerson, Sunday in Washington.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/19/world/politics-diplomacy-world/democratic-donors-urge-biden-challenge-clinton-presidential-race/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T16:06:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/f-demsbiden-a-20150920.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-demsbiden-a-20150920.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vice President Joe Biden speaks during an event at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/13/world/politics-diplomacy-world/sanders-argets-black-voters-bid-cut-hillary-clintons-base/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T16:06:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/f-sanders-a-20150914.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-sanders-a-20150914.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders takes a question during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/07/world/politics-diplomacy-world/sanders-edges-clinton-by-9-points-in-new-hampshire-poll-finds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T16:06:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-sanders-a-20150908.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders talks to tribal members of the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa/Meskwaki Nation during a campaign event at the Meskwaki Nation Settlement near Tama, Iowa, on Friday. Sanders has opened a 9-point lead over fellow Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton among party supporters in New Hampshire, according to an NBC News/Marist Poll on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/02/world/politics-diplomacy-world/clinton-stumbles-democrats-bank-biden-reutersipsos-poll/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T16:06:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/f-biden-a-20150903.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-biden-a-20150903.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vice President Joe Biden arrives at the West Executive Entrance of the White House on Aug. 26 for the Presidential Daily Briefing with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/08/31/world/politics-diplomacy-world/iowa-poll-puts-clinton-support-rate-50-first-time-rival-sanders-closing-gap/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T16:06:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/f-clintsand-a-20150901.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-clintsand-a-20150901.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders addresses the summer meeting of the Democratic National Committee on Friday in Minneapolis. Sanders says international rivals would be mistaken to assume he wouldn't use military force if that's what circumstances required. He says the United States should have the strongest military in the world.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/07/14/world/politics-diplomacy-world/mindful-rise-liberal-sanders-clinton-bashes-wall-street-vows-wage-equality/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T16:07:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/f-clinton-a-20150715.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-clinton-a-20150715.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton (C) waves as she leaves the New School after speaking to outline economic vision in New York on Monday. Clinton promised to raise incomes of hardworking Americans and rein in excesses on Wall Street in the first major economic policy address of her 2016 campaign.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/06/14/world/politics-diplomacy-world/clinton-courts-working-americans-first-major-presidential-campaign-rally/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T16:07:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/f-hillary-a-20150615.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-hillary-a-20150615.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives to give her "official launch speech" Saturday at a campaign kickoff rally in Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island in New York.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/05/05/world/politics-diplomacy-world/republican-ex-hewlett-packard-ceo-fiorina-enters-2016-race-takes-shot-clinton/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T16:07:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/f-florina-a-20150506.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-florina-a-20150506.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Hewlett-Packard Co. Chief Executive Carly Fiorina (left) arrives for her interview with Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric in New York on Monday, when she announced she is running for president, and took a shot at Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton, who she said represents a political class that Americans are "disgusted" with.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/04/19/world/politics-diplomacy-world/clinton-faces-early-test-on-free-trade-deals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T16:07:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/04/16/world/politics-diplomacy-world/clinton-wraps-iowa-swing-pledge-help-small-businesses-ease-tax-headaches/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T16:07:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton is escorted through the Statehouse rotunda after meeting with Iowa Democratic Party lawmakers, Wednesday in Des Moines, Iowa.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/04/14/world/politics-diplomacy-world/pressured-liberal-democrats-candidate-clinton-goes-ceo-pay/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T16:07:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/04/13/world/politics-diplomacy-world/official-clinton-declares-candidacy-vows-champion-everyday-americans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T16:07:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In this image taken from video posted to hillaryclinton.com on Sunday, Hillary Rodham Clinton announces her campaign for the presidency. The former secretary of state, senator and first lady enters the race in a strong position to succeed her rival from the 2008 campaign, President Barack Obama.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/23/national/thailand-urges-japan-invest-east-west-rail-initiative/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T16:09:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/23/business/xi-seeks-to-reassure-u-s-on-trade-security/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T16:33:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with former Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger after Kissinger introduced him Tuesday at a banquet in Seattle. Xi was in Seattle on his way to Washington for a White House state dinner on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/12/world/politics-diplomacy-world/republican-rick-perry-drops-u-s-presidential-race/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T16:55:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rick Perry]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/08/24/world/politics-diplomacy-world/at-koch-group-summit-a-restrained-enthusiasm-for-trump/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T16:55:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman holding her baby excitedly greets Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump after a speech at a campaign rally on Friday in Mobile, Alabama.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/23/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/as-malaysian-leader-struggles-in-graft-scandal-his-party-plays-the-race-card/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T17:24:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak addresses the country in a National Day message from Kuala Lumpur on Aug. 30.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/23/world/u-s-says-chinese-interceptor-performed-unsafe-maneuver-near-navy-spy-plane-off-coast/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T17:48:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People's Liberation Army Air Force fighter jets perform during an aerobatics show in Zhuhai, China, last November.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/23/business/corporate-business/turing-ceo-will-lower-price-of-750-a-pill-antibiotic-but-doesnt-say-how-much/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T17:52:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Martin Shkreli]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/23/business/corporate-business/volkswagen-needs-to-explain-away-software-to-avoid-criminal-charges-experts-say/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T17:52:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-vwanalysis-a-20150924.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Volkswagen Golf VI are stored at the "CarTowers" in the theme park Autostadt next to the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg, Germany, in this March 10, 2010 file photo. The company has admitted to U.S. clean air regulators that some of its diesel cars used a so-called defeat device.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/23/national/police-remember-fallen-canine-comrades/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T18:01:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiroshi Takada, director at the Metropolitan Police Department crime lab, prays for police dogs during a memorial service held at an animal cemetery in Tokyo's Itabashi Ward on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/23/asia-pacific/u-s-china-hacking-deal-likely-to-skip-industrial-espionage-for-now/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T18:51:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/f-chinahack-a-20150924.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, arrive at Boeing Field in Everett, Washington, on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/21/reference/increase-natural-disasters-causes-fire-insurance-premium-hike-october/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T18:56:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-fyi-a-20150922.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A resident of Joso, Ibaraki Prefecture, cleans up furniture and other household items on Sept. 12 after his home was flooded. Insurers will raise premiums for fire coverage, including typhoon-related property damage, from Oct. 1.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/23/asia-pacific/hong-kong-pro-democracy-leaders-shut-out-during-xis-u-s-visit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T19:08:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/f-BRI-hkprotest-a-20150924.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-BRI-hkprotest-a-20150924.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A pro-democracy protester fixes an installation made of umbrellas, symbols of the protest, in Hong Kong's financial central district last October.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/07/30/world/politics-diplomacy-world/abortion-gripe-spurs-senate-republicans-try-divert-planned-parenthood-funds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T22:24:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-abortion-a-20150731.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, joined by (from left) Sen. John Thune, Sen. Joni Ernst, Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Rand Paul, and Sen. James Lankford, peaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday to discuss Planned Parenthood.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/08/30/national/politics-diplomacy/changing-residence-registries-seen-key-young-voter-turnout/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T22:27:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/n-voting-a-20150831.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-voting-a-20150831.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[High school students cast their votes for a mock election at the Diet building in Tokyo in June, after lawmakers enacted legislation to lower the voting age to 18 from 20.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/07/world/politics-diplomacy-world/fossil-fuel-advocate-palin-wants-to-be-energy-czar-says-immigrants-in-u-s-should-speak-american/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T22:29:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/f-palin-a-20150908.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-palin-a-20150908.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Republican Gov. of Alaska Sarah Palin speaks at the 42nd annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor, Maryland, in this February file photo. Immigrants to the United States should "speak American," the former Republican vice presidential nominee said on Sunday, adding her voice to a controversy triggered by Donald Trump's criticism of fellow Republican White House hopeful Jeb Bush's use of Spanish.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/02/15/world/politics-diplomacy-world/liberals-work-to-lure-elizabeth-warren-into-white-house-race/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T22:31:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/f-warren-a-20150216.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-warren-a-20150216.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Backed with $1.25 million from liberal advocacy groups, the group Run Warren Run has opened offices in early primary states New Hampshire and Iowa, hoping Sen. Elizabeth Warren (center) will enter the 2016 presidential race.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/24/world/politics-diplomacy-world/obama-2016-voters-want-candidate-with-that-new-car-smell/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T22:31:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/04/23/world/politics-diplomacy-world/bush-rare-republican-nod-obama-hits-clintons-reservations-asia-trade-talks-stance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T22:32:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/08/10/world/politics-diplomacy-world/rubio-defends-stance-abortion-circumstances-called-step/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T22:41:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/f-rubio-a-20150811.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-rubio-a-20150811.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio speaks at the RedState Gathering Friday in Atlanta. He  repeated Sunday his position against abortion under any circumstances.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/03/09/world/politics-diplomacy-world/netanyahu-denies-report-hes-backed-two-state-solution/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T22:42:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/212535493.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Addresses AIPAC Policy Conference]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, pauses while speaking during the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., U.S., on March 2, 2015. He denied reports that he has backed away from seeking a two-state peaceful solution with the Palestinians.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/03/20/world/politics-diplomacy-world/netanyahu-backtracks-election-opposition-palestinian-state/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T22:42:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/08/03/world/politics-diplomacy-world/not-debater-trump-plans-play-nice-first-gop-candidate-faceoff/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T22:49:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/f-trumpdebate-a-20150804.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-trumpdebate-a-20150804.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to the media Thursday during a news conference on the first day of the Women's British Open golf championship on the Turnberry golf course in Turnberry, Scotland. Republican presidential candidates dismissed Trump's dominance in early primary polling, scrambling to position themselves days before their first debate.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/07/17/world/politics-diplomacy-world/sen-warren-sides-loan-strapped-students-billionaires-2016-draft-begins/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T22:55:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-warren-a-20140718.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, questions witnesses during a Senate Banking Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on July 8, 2014. Students are endorsing her as a potential presidential candidate.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/05/world/politics-diplomacy-world/clinton-apologizes-email-confusion-says-nothing-wrong/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T22:56:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/f-clinton-a-20150906.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-clinton-a-20150906.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks about Puerto Rico's health care crisis in San Juan on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/12/19/world/politics-diplomacy-world/with-cuba-decision-obama-hands-hillary-clinton-a-gift/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T22:58:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/09/15/world/politics-diplomacy-world/liberal-vermont-sen-sanders-may-seek-u-s-presidency-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T23:05:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/f-sanders-a-20140916.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-sanders-a-20140916.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders leads a hearing on "The State of VA Health Care" on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 9.  The liberal lawmaker is believed weighing running for president, possibly as an independent, in 2016.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/08/11/world/politics-diplomacy-world/hillary-clinton-criticizes-obamas-foreign-policy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T23:11:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/09/25/national/clinton-praises-abe-for-tackling-cultural-barriers-facing-women-in-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T23:12:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/07/03/world/politics-diplomacy-world/ex-sen-webb-declares-democratic-candidacy-white-house-run/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T23:29:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-webb-a-20150704.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[In this June 30 file photo, former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb speaks in Baltimore. On Thursday, Webb announced his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/05/16/national/media-national/jcp-gains-ground-column-inches/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T23:31:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p19-brasor-media-mix-a-20150517.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Youth vote: Japan Communist Party member Yoshiki Yamashita meets with young voters in 2012. Thanks to outreach strategies such as this, the JCP has broadened its appeal with younger voters who now feel disillusioned with both major parties.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/05/06/world/politics-diplomacy-world/parliamentary-candidate-britains-ukip-suspended-threatening-shoot-rival/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T23:32:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/06/23/national/politics-diplomacy/ldp-plans-leadership-election-sept-20-abe-expected-face-opposition/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T23:33:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/04/08/national/crime-legal/ex-mayors-election-application-rejected-due-bribery-sentence-time-restriction/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T23:34:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/04/08/world/politics-diplomacy-world/libertarian-rand-paul-declares-candidacy-vows-smash-washington-machine/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T23:34:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/f-paul-a-20150409.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-paul-a-20150409.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul announces the start of his presidential campaign as the audience cheers Tuesday at the Galt House Hotel in Louisville. Paul launched his 2016 presidential campaign Tuesday with a combative message against both Washington and his fellow Republicans, declaring that "we have come to take our country back."]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/04/03/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-looks-move-major-nation-summit-may-2016-amid-election-security-concerns/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-23T23:34:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/23/national/politics-diplomacy/abes-twitter-account-aims-to-thank-indian-leader-mistakenly-sends-to-california-entrepreneur/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-24T02:02:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe after their meeting in Tokyo in September 2014. Abe received a birthday message from Modi on Twitter on Monday but sent a reply to the wrong person.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-24T02:33:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese-American and Korean-American residents hail a decision Tuesday at San Francisco City Hall calling for the building of a memorial to "comfort women."]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-24T09:21:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese President Xi Jinping (second from left) and president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Ray Conner (left) tour the Boeing assembly line, Wednesday in Everett, Washington. China has agreed to buy 300 jets from Boeing. In addition, state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China signed a cooperation agreement with the aerospace giant to build a 737 aircraft assembly center in China.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-24T10:58:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bishops listen to Pope Francis speak during the midday prayer service at the Cathedral of St. Matthews in Washington Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-24T11:45:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[African migrant stand after arriving on a inflatable dinghy with others from Turkey on the shores of the Greek island of Lesbos on Wednesday. More than 260,000 asylum-seekers have arrived in Greece so far this year, most reaching the country's eastern islands on flimsy rafts or boats from the nearby Turkish coast.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-24T11:46:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama wave with Pope Francis during an arrival ceremony for the pope at the White House in Washington Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz speaks during Iowa Faith]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Martin Winterkorn, chief executive officer of Volkswagen AG, pictured here during an interview at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 2011, announced his resignatoin Wednesday, taking responsibility for the German carmaker's rigging of U.S. emissions tests.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man who was paralyzed in both legs for five years was able to walk again by using a computerized link fed by brain waves and a harness to support his body weight.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-24T18:28:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A consultant advises a job seeker at an employment fair in Seoul on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-24T20:16:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe heads to a car after a Zen meditation session at Zenshoan Temple in Tokyo’s Yanaka district in July.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-24T20:18:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yasutoshi Nishimura]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/24/national/politics-diplomacy/senior-ldp-official-seeks-to-warm-up-bilateral-relations-with-visit-to-china-in-late-october/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-24T20:18:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-24T20:18:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses the crowd at the South Carolina African American Chamber of Commerce in North Charleston, South Carolina, Wednesday. He slammed Boeing Co. over its plan to open a plant in China, saying it will cost American jobs.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-24T20:37:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga speaks at a news conference Thursday at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/24/world/science-health-world/fish-scales-key-teeth-got-bite-scientists-say/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-24T20:38:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-teeth-a-20150925.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fossil fragments of the dermal skull (top) and lower jaw of the early Devonian bony fish Psarolepis romeri have teeth, but these teeth lack enamel.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/24/national/laundry-firms-flexibility-cited-as-reason-why-single-moms-dont-quit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-24T21:41:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Single mom Akemi Hirayama sheds tears of joy at an appreciation ceremony on Sept. 17 at her workplace in Matsubushi, Saitama Prefecture, where she poses surrounded by her colleagues including her boss Miyuki Yoshida (second from left) and CEO Shinichi Nakahata (center).]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/25/business/tech/mazda-plans-gas-fuel-efficiency-boost-50-km-per-liter-2020-later/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-25T06:25:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-25T06:27:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People walk past signs posted ahead of the World Meeting of Families and Pope Francis's scheduled visit, Tuesday in Philadelphia. Pope Francis will attend the World Meeting's closing concert, the Festival of Families, on Saturday and celebrate Mass on Sunday. Both events are being held on the city's Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Francis will parade down the parkway's outer lanes before both events. Homeless people on the parkway are being evicted amid a security sweep.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/23/national/chilean-woman-lives-dream-works-akihabara-maid-cafe-day/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-25T07:50:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chilean college student Margarita Jimenez, experiencing working at a maid cafe in Tokyo's Akihabara district Sept. 15, poses with a local tour guide who goes by the name Emi.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man watches from a bumboat as he passes the haze-shrouded central business district in Singapore Thursday. The 3-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) reached a hazardous level of 317 at 8 p.m. (1200 GMT) on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-25T09:51:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[White House press secretary Josh Earnest talks to the media during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday. Earnest discussed Obama's upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the state visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping and other topics.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-25T10:55:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[University of Tokyo professor emeritus Noboru Kashiwagi, who heads a third-party panel probing the fiasco over construction of a new National Stadium, speaks at a news conference at the sports ministry on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-25T11:08:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Director of the National Security Agency (NSA) Adm. Michael Rogers testifies on Capitol Hill Thursday before the Senate Intelligence Committee.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-25T11:08:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio wipes his eyes as he listens to Pope Francis address a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, making history as the first pontiff to do so. Vice President Joe Biden looks on.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shiite fighters, known as Houthis, inspect the inside of the al-Balili mosque after two suicide bombings at the mosque during Eid al-Adha prayers in Sanaa Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-25T12:56:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-25T13:27:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tevita Vaiola Falevai shows pictures taken during his stint in Japan as a professional sumo wrestler at his home in Tongatapu, the main island of the Kingdom of Tonga in the South Pacific, last September.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/25/national/new-reforms-threaten-future-of-japanese-language-study-in-england/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-09-25T14:58:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Teachers fear the study of Japanese in England could be severely undermined following plans to scrap one of the most important exams in the subject.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Customers Makiko Maeda (left) and Naoki Tsukamoto react after purchasing the new iPhone 6s at an Apple store in Tokyo on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/25/business/corporate-business/toshiba-mulling-sale-washing-machine-factory-indonesia/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-25T16:02:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-25T16:27:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with  Prime Minister Shinzo Abe after the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, New York, Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addresses a seminar in New York on Monday aimed at promoting tourism in Japan. ]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Japan Post sign is displayed outside a branch in Tokyo. Japan Post Bank Co. is considering setting up an investment fund with local financial institutions to support small and mid-size companies.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Liberal Democratic Party heavyweight Shigeru Ishiba holds a sign showing the name of his new intraparty faction at its inaugural news conference Monday in Tokyo. The name, "Suigetsu-kai," is a word used in Zen to describe a higher state of selflessness.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida sign a treaty at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. on Monday. The pact will allow Japanese officials to enter U.S. military bases in Japan to conduct environment surveys.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Aki Okuda]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter (left) and Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida exchange signed documents on the “Agreement to Supplement the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) on Environmental Stewardship” Monday during a ceremony at the Pentagon.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Excerpts from a 1993 U.S. Forces Japan report chronicle contamination at Camp Kinser in Okinawa Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masako Ichikawa, the mother of Hirosuke Ichikawa, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Saudi forces stand to attention during a visit by Yemeni Prime Minister Khaled Bahah at the Saudi-led coalition military base in Yemen's southern embattled city of Aden on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-30T11:30:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-30T13:35:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tourists experience home-style hospitality in Iwate Prefecture using a booking made on Tomarina, a home-sharing website run by Tokyo-based Tomareru Inc.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-30T13:36:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-30T16:45:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ryota Miyaji]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-30T17:10:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-30T17:10:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-30T17:11:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-09-30T17:14:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lawyer Kazuko Ito (left) and Setsuko Miyamoto welcome as "groundbreaking" a recent Tokyo court ruling that declared making individuals appear in porn movies against their will is illegal, during a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takashi Saito (second from right), head of a Japanese consortium eyeing one of the world's most lucrative defense contracts, speaks at a news conference in Adelaide, South Australia on Aug. 26.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kounotori, a Japanese-built unmanned cargo craft, departs the International Space Station on Tuesday. It was expected to burn up as it plunged through the atmosphere.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dead pricey: Burial in Japan has become an expensive affair, and Shukan Post suggests that rather than purchase a cemetery plot, relatives have been simply "forgetting" the ashes of their loved ones in public places.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Akira Amari, the minister in charge of TPP negotiations, answers questions from reporters on Tuesday ahead of the ministerial-level talks in Atlanta.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A combination photo, made by the Media Office Of Saudi-led Coalition In Yemen, shows an Iranian boat that was said to be carrying weapons, after it was seized by Saudi-led coalition forces in this undated handout photo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/01/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-south-korea-vow-ensure-success-three-way-summit-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-01T08:18:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-01T10:31:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump talks during a campaign stop Wednesdayin Keene, New Hampshire.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/01/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-australia-urge-north-korea-not-engage-provocation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-01T10:45:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-01T11:21:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In this image made from video provided by Homs Media Centre, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, smoke rises after airstrikes by military jets in Talbiseh of the Homs province, western Syria, Wednesday. Russian military jets carried out airstrikes in Syria for the first time on Wednesday, targeting what Moscow said were Islamic State positions. U.S. officials and others cast doubt on that claim, saying the Russians appeared to be attacking opposition groups fighting Syrian government forces.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This portion of an email from Hillary Rodham Clinton's private email account when she was secretary of state and released by the State Department on Wednesday shows an email Clinton received early in the morning on Aug. 3, 2011. The newly released emails show Russia-linked hackers tried at least five times to pry into Clinton's private email account while she was secretary of state. It is unclear if she clicked on any attachment and exposed her account. Clinton received the infected emails, disguised as speeding tickets, over four hours early the morning of Aug. 3, 2011.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Ariane 5 rocket launches from Ariane Launch Area 3 at the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on Wednesday. The rocket successfully launched a pair of communications satellites, the ARSAT-2 satellite for Argentine operator ARSAT and the Muster Sky satellite for Australian operator NBN.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-01T16:24:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-01T16:48:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Guadalupe fur seal (front) is shown at a SeaWorld animal rescue facility in San Diego in this file photo from 2013.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A huge Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton stands in the new Compass exhibition room at the National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo's Ueno district in August.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/01/business/corporate-business/softbank-leads-1-billion-funding-u-s-online-lender-sofi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-01T17:21:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bar signs light up a street in Tokyo’s Ginza district. Female office workers who moonlight as bar hostesses may be unable to hide their earnings once My Number is introduced.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sailors on the deck of the USS Ronald Reagan spell out hajimemashite as the aircraft carrier arrives at the port of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Thursday morning.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-01T19:48:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kanagawa Gov. Yuji Kuroiwa (left) and Shinjiro Koizumi, parliamentary vice minister of the Cabinet Office, pose with an experimental self-driving car developed by Robot Taxi Inc., on Thursday in Yokohama.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/01/national/politics-diplomacy/defense-ministry-launches-new-equipment-management-agency/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-01T19:49:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-01T19:50:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe receives a Bob Marley CD and other gifts from Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller during their meeting in Kingston on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/01/business/high-end-tokyo-stores-cash-chinas-weeklong-holiday/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-01T20:13:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese travelers prepare to shop in Tokyo's Ginza district on Thursday. They arrived aboard a tour bus.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/01/asia-pacific/north-koreas-envoy-britain-pyongyang-ready-launch-satellite-space-time/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-01T20:15:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Monday shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspecting the newly built excursion boat Mujigae while cruising on the Taedong river in Pyongyang.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/01/business/pacific-trade-ministers-begin-talks-drug-patents-high-agenda/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-01T20:17:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Trade minister Akira Amari fields questions from reporters in Atlanta on Thursday, following the first day of talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-01T21:33:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Juliano Hamana (right) and Jayme Jennings (left) browse samples at the Shango Cannabis shop after legal recreational marijuana sales began at midnight in Portland, Oregon, on Oct. 1.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/01/world/world-powers-caught-off-guard-by-russian-sorties-in-syria/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-01T21:38:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Buildings and a minaret in the central Syrian town of Talbisseh lie damaged Wednesday after Russian warplanes carried out airstrikes in three Syrian provinces. ]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-01T21:39:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reviews an honor guard after his arrival in Kingston Wednesday. Abe is in Jamaica on an official visit.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/01/business/corporate-business/sompo-japan-buy-nursing-care-unit-watami-%c2%a521-billion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-01T23:03:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-02T08:56:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-02T11:12:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto (left) and Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui announce their new national party at a new conference in Osaka on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/01/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-china-timed-announcement-espionage-arrests-says-expert/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-02T11:13:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-02T11:14:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Daichi Suzuki, an Olympic gold medalist selected to be the first commissioner of the Japan Sports Agency, poses outside the new agency in Tokyo Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/01/business/economy-business/tankan-marks-slide-confidence-amid-economic-softness-asia-slowdown/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-02T11:15:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-02T11:44:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Undated file photo shows the buildings of the University of Tokyo in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-02T11:45:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Migrants and refugees wait to board a train near the registration camp, after crossing the Greek-Macedonian border, near Gevgelija on Thursday. Macedonia is a key transit country in the Balkans migration route into the EU, with thousands of asylum seekers and migrants — many of them from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia — entering the country every day, many trying to get to Germany.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-02T14:37:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People hold a vigil following a mass shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ozzie the bald eagle is shown during a wound care operation at the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW) in Sanibel, Florida, on Sept. 28.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-02T15:10:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-02T17:56:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-02T18:24:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Bank of Japan's headquarters is reflected in a telephone booth window. BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda is trying to get banks to buy fewer bonds and lend more, but banks are instead flocking to longer-dated government debt on expectations the BOJ will expand its radical stimulus program.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/02/business/august-job-availability-figures-best-23-years-123-positions-every-100-seekers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-02T18:34:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/02/world/crime-legal-world/reports-say-shooter-gunned-15-oregon-community-college-wounded-20/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-02T19:51:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police search students outside Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, Thursday following a deadly shooting at the college.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/02/business/corporate-business/mighty-vw-undone-japanese-firm-horibas-portable-emissions-gauging-systems/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-02T20:19:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of media film an Audi AG A3 35 TDI emissions certification vehicle, produced by Volkswagen AG, waiting to be tested inside the Transportation Pollution Research Center laboratory, operated by National Institute of Environmental Research in Incheon, South Korea, on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nissan's Teatro for Dayz concept will debut in Tokyo this month.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sophie Gregoire introduces her husband, Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau, in Brampton, Ontario, on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masashi Yamamoto, a Ground Self-Defense Force colonel, awards a Japanese paratrooper's badge to U.S. veteran William LaRou on Wednesday at Arlington Cemetery in Virginia.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-08T23:08:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-08T23:35:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-09T08:08:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is shown the way by JPrime Minister Shinzo Abe to review a guard of honor before their meeting at Abe's official residence in Tokyo Thursday Erdogan is on a two-day visit to Japan.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/09/national/crime-legal/joyo-bank-loan-officer-allegedly-embezzled-%c2%a5140-million-disappeared/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-09T09:20:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-09T11:17:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Scott Everett (standing) transports his family on a johnboat along Lee's Landing Circle in Conway, South Carolina, Wednesday . Rescuers searched early Wednesday for two people missing in floodwaters in South Carolina, while authorities urged residents in hundreds of homes to seek higher ground.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, flanked by his wife, Judy, explains his decision to pull out of a Republican caucus secret ballot vote to determine the nominee to replace retiring House Speaker John Boehner on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-09T13:48:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An image grab made from a video released by the Russian Defense Ministry on Monday reportedly shows a Russian warship launching a cruise missile in the Caspian Sea during a strike against Islamic State positions in Syria.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/08/national/social-issues/poverty-isolation-push-japans-child-abuse-cases-record-high/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-09T14:49:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-09T15:05:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/06/22/national/tokoname-pottery-makers-turn-russia-see-vast-market-opportunity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-09T15:11:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokoname pottery artisan Seiho Tsuzuki demonstrates his teapot-making skills at a recent exhibition in Moscow.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/21/national/crime-legal/warrant-obtained-peruvian-suspected-slaying-saitama-couple/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-09T16:09:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/09/world/science-health-world/scans-predict-patients-risk-depression-relapse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-09T16:14:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-09T16:37:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Iranian asylum seekers who were caught in Indonesian waters while sailing to Australia sit on a boat at Benoa port in Bali on May 12, 2013.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/09/business/economy-business/g-20-addresses-global-risks-amid-china-slowdown/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-09T17:15:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/09/business/corporate-business/fast-retailing-forecast-lags-estimates-u-s-losses-mount/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-09T18:08:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-uniqlo-a-20151009.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tadashi Yanai, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Fast Retailing Co., speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/09/business/international-flights-60-five-years-regional-airports/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-09T18:15:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-09T19:39:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-sdf-a-20151010.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A screenshot from Facebook shows a strip of toilet paper imprinted with a Self-Defense Forces recruitment ad.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/09/business/malaysian-central-bank-urged-criminal-prosecution-state-fund/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-09T20:48:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/09/national/article-9-supporters-disappointed-to-miss-nobel-peace-prize/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-09T21:22:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/n-nobel-peace-a-20151010.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-nobel-peace-a-20151010.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kenzaburo Oe]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/08/business/corporate-business/sonys-hirai-says-turnaround-past-midway-point/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-09T21:31:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-hirai-a-20151009.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sony Corp. Chief Executive Officer Kazuo Hirai addresses reporters at the IFA consumer electronics trade fair in Berlin on Sept. 2. He says the company's struggling electronics business is now turning the corner.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/09/national/hungarian-diplomat-wins-top-prize-annual-photo-competition/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-09T21:37:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/n-photocontest-a-20151010.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-photocontest-a-20151010.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA["In a Different Pace" by Attila Erdos, minister counselor at the Embassy of Hungary, won the Prince Takamado Memorial Prize in the "Japan Through Diplomats' Eyes" 2015 photo contest on Thursday. The annual contest draws entries from diplomats and their family members in Japan. The photographs can be viewed at Hills Cafe/Space in Roppongi Hills in Tokyo through Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/09/world/politics-diplomacy-world/belarus-vote-sets-stage-putin-duel-eu/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-09T21:51:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/f-belarus-a-20151010.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-belarus-a-20151010.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[In this Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, file photo, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks during a news conference in Minsk.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/09/business/abe-launches-new-tpp-mitigation-office-to-assuage-farmers-small-business-owners/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-09T22:01:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/09/national/crime-legal/serial-slaying-suspect-faces-psychological-evaluation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-09T22:02:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/n-peruvian-a-20151010.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-peruvian-a-20151010.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vayron Jonathan Nakada Ludena, a Peruvian suspected in six murders, is transported to Kumagaya Police Station in Saitama Prefecture on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/09/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-counts-kato-reverse-sliding-birthrate-labor-exodus-aging-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-09T22:04:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/n-population-a-20151010.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-population-a-20151010.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Minister Katsunobu Kato, who is in charge of reversing Japan's dwindling birthrate, attends a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/09/national/politics-diplomacy/new-environment-chief-vows-to-engage-communities-targeted-for-nuclear-waste-facility/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-09T22:20:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-marukawa-a-20151009.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Environment Minister Tamayo Marukawa speaks during an interview at the ministry in Tokyo on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/09/national/politics-diplomacy/technology-key-to-clinching-overseas-projects-new-infrastructure-minister-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-09T22:36:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/09/national/politics-diplomacy/returning-economy-chief-amari-fires-tpp-warning-shot-across-clintons-bow/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-09T23:49:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-amari-a-20151010.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Akira Amari is interviewed Friday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/09/national/science-health/extensive-radiation-study-finds-no-internal-cesium-exposure-fukushima-children/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-10T09:46:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-radiation-a-20151010.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An employee at Hirata Central Hospital in Fukushima Prefecture gauges a baby's internal radiation exposure using a new advanced scanner in this undated photo.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/10/asia-pacific/china-warns-u-s-will-not-allow-violations-waters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-10T12:43:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/10/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/china-calls-u-s-human-rights-report-biased/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-10T15:10:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/10/business/economy-business/japans-rich-acutely-aware-wealth-not-flashy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-10T19:00:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/p7-yen4living-a-20151011.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-yen4living-a-20151011.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Net nous: Nomura Research estimates there are about 8.8 million "digital seniors" in Japan, meaning tech-savvy retired people who spend a great deal of time online and know how to manage their money.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/10/national/new-jica-head-envisages-effective-approach-for-oda/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-10T19:59:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-jica-a-20151011.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shinichi Kitaoka]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/10/world/islamic-state-closes-syrian-city-aleppo-u-s-abandons-rebel-training-effort/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-10T20:13:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Syrian rebel fires at sniper positions in the town of Harem, near the Turkish border, in October 2012.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/10/asia-pacific/visiting-chinese-official-tells-north-koreas-kim-beijing-can-help-revive-nuclear-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-10T20:25:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/f-nkchina-a-20151011.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-nkchina-a-20151011.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets Liu Yunshan, a senior Chinese Communist official, in Pyongyang on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/10/national/tepco-expects-begin-freezing-ice-wall-fukushima-no-1-year-end/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-10T20:32:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-icewall-a-20151011.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tepco officials guide a group of journalists as they view the Unit 2 (left) and Unit 4 nuclear reactor buildings at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/09/business/tech/laundry-folding-robot-unveiled-tokyo-trade-fair/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-10T22:03:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-laundroid-a-20151010.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A model demonstrates a prototype of an automatic laundry-folding machine called "Laundroid" during CEATEC, Asia's largest electronics trade show, in Chiba Prefecture Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/10/world/california-gets-first-comprehensive-regulations-medical-marijuana/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-10T22:50:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/f-calipot-a-20151011.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-calipot-a-20151011.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An employee at a medical marijuana dispensary waters marijuana plants in Sacramento, California, on Aug. 19.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/10/world/russia-wakes-caspian-sea-fleet-fire-cruise-missiles-syria/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-10T22:50:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/f-rusnavy-a-20151011.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-rusnavy-a-20151011.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[This image shows a Russian warship firing a rocket in the Caspian Sea.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/10/business/rich-chinese-facing-backlash-property-prices-vancouver-north-americas-costliest-city/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-10T23:44:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/b-vancouver-a-20151011.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-vancouver-a-20151011.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A condominium development nears completion close to downtown Vancouver in August 2013.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/10/national/special-lotteries-planned-raise-%c2%a516-billion-2020-olympics-rugby-event/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gen Nakatani is likely to become the first Japanese defense minister to visit South Korea in four years on his expected visit next week.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/21/world/social-issues-world/u-n-report-shows-women-inching-slowly-unevenly-toward-equality/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-21T15:13:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-21T15:36:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Investigators on Sunday search a residential area of Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, where the remains of a company executive have been found.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/21/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-south-korea-defense-chiefs-agree-expand-exchanges/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-21T15:44:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/21/national/open-university-dropped-part-exam-question-apparent-war-related-bias/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-21T16:29:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-21T17:45:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/21/national/aichi-city-nixes-tsutaya-library-project-amid-public-opposition/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-21T18:23:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Takeo Public Library in Takeo, Saga Prefecture, is under attack after the city used public funds earmarked for book procurement on security measures. The library is run by the operator of video rental giant Tsutaya.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/21/asia-pacific/u-s-navy-delegation-visits-chinese-carrier-amid-maritime-tensions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-21T21:21:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/22/business/japan-boost-protection-names-liquor-producing-regions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-22T08:08:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-22T08:13:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/21/national/groups-criticize-japans-tolerance-child-pornography-call-stricter-laws/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-22T09:50:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/21/national/politics-diplomacy/opposition-bloc-slams-scandal-hit-government-shying-away-extra-diet-session/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-22T09:51:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/21/national/politics-diplomacy/u-s-eyes-south-china-sea-patrols-will-japan-play-role/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-22T10:18:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese dredging vessels are purportedly seen in the waters around Mischief Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea in May.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/21/national/japans-overseas-tourist-arrivals-surpass-last-year-just-nine-months/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-22T10:19:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-22T11:00:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Syrian President Bashar Assad during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on Tuesday. Assad made a surprise visit to Moscow on Tuesday evening to thank Putin for launching airstrikes against Islamist militants in Syria.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/21/national/crime-legal/two-giants-pitchers-involved-baseball-gambling-panel-finds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-22T11:09:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shoki Kasahara]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/03/14/national/shirakami-sanchi-forest-outside-time/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-22T12:12:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kurokuma Falls]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/03/14/national/monuments-hint-glory-hiraizumis-golden-age/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-22T12:13:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sunset over Mt. Kinkei, viewed from Muryoko-in Ato]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/22/asia-pacific/pakistan-tell-u-s-wont-accept-limits-tactical-nuclear-arms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-22T14:40:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/22/business/china-weakens-recession-stalks-north-asia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-22T15:31:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/22/national/survey-says-half-of-japans-hotels-refuse-tattooed-visitors-entry-to-bathing-areas/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-22T15:32:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/22/business/eu-fines-sony-four-firms-e116-million-disc-drive-cartel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-22T16:14:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-22T16:29:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Protestors gather in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, in September as boats leave for the season's first dolphin hunt.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/22/business/kuroda-effect-seen-homebuyers-choose-fixed-rate-mortgages/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-22T16:32:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Carpenters work on a new home in Yokohama. Buyers are starting to bet the unprecedented monetary easing of Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda will cause interest rates to rise, and are choosing fixed-rate mortgages.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/22/world/science-health-world/climate-change-slams-economy-stanford-berkeley-study/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-22T16:33:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-22T17:50:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-22T21:01:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fuji Television's new drama series will feature a lesbian couple.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/22/national/efforts-increasing-keep-japans-single-parent-kids-off-streets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-22T21:27:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/22/business/corporate-business/harley-davidson-sees-tpp-boon-expansion-emerging-economies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-22T21:34:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/22/national/politics-diplomacy/reciprocal-visits-abe-xi-sought-beijing-attaches-conditions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-22T21:35:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-22T22:38:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/22/national/social-issues/embassies-help-foreigners-japan-overcome-language-barrier-times-disaster/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-22T22:38:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/22/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-park-summit-springboard-toward-improved-bilateral-ties-expert-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-22T22:41:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-22T22:48:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-22T22:48:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-22T23:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-22T23:25:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The No. 3 nuclear reactor at Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata plant in Ikata, Ehime Prefecture, is seen in this photo taken in May.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Two players duke it out in Bubble Jumper, one of six "superhuman" sports on show at Tokyo's National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/23/national/fukuoka-serves-worlds-first-seedless-sweet-persimmons/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-23T13:42:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-23T15:12:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police officers in June 2014 inspect the apartment building where Riku Saito's skeletal remains were found some seven years after the 5-year-old died of malnutrition in a room where he was locked up by his father.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-23T15:37:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-23T15:59:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A postman leaves a post office in Aomori on a motor bike Friday morning to deliver identification numbers to residents under the new My Number system.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-23T16:36:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-23T16:41:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., gestures as he speaks during a SoftBank Academia lecture in Tokyo on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/23/business/corporate-business/postal-ipo-hype-said-sign-public-shift-equities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-23T17:08:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-23T17:46:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-23T17:53:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Journalists tour the destroyer USS Benfold in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Monday. The ship's deployment to the region is part of Washington's refocusing on Asia.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ken Hasebe, mayor of Tokyo's Shibuya Ward, shows a sample copy of a certificate to recognize same-sex partnerships, which will be issued from Nov. 5, at a news conference Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taro Kono]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Japanese soldier is captured and made a POW by Soviet forces during the battles of Khalkhin Gol in 1939.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/23/national/japan-seeks-cut-in-host-nation-support-for-u-s-forces/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-23T22:06:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Eight children of visa overstayers petition the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau on Friday calling for special permission to live in Japan during a campaign organized by nonprofit organization Asian People’s Friendship Society.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mitsuhide Iwaki]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-24T16:15:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Android ChihiraJunco welcomes customers at Aqua City Odaiba commercial complex in Tokyo on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/24/national/chinese-ships-enter-japanese-waters-around-senkaku-islands/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-24T16:50:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-24T20:28:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-24T22:20:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sumida Ward's Tokyo Skytree, together with some 200 sites in 60 countries around the world, was illuminated with blue lights Saturday as part of a global celebration to mark the 70th anniversary of the United Nations.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-25T11:59:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Big speech: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addresses the 70th United Nations General Assembly last month.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-25T12:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-25T15:08:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-25T18:49:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-25T21:54:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-26T09:23:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-26T13:12:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ongoing land reclamation by China at Subi Reef is seen from Pagasa Island, one of the islets in the South China Sea's Spratlys group, in May.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/26/national/ehime-track-second-prefecture-restart-reactor/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Reactor 3 at Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear power plant is a step closer to being restarted as Ehime Gov. Tokihiro Nakamura conveyed his approval to the plant operator Monday morning.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-26T14:07:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cup runneth over: Water is relatively abundant in Japan, but there are less people around to pay for the infrastructure that processes it and delivers it to homes and businesses.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/23/national/crime-legal/osaka-high-court-endorses-retrial-1995-arson-murder-case/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-26T15:08:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2015-10-26T15:16:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The "sakefan World" iPhone app offers information on sake in Japanese and English, including alcohol content and recommended ways of drinking the rice wine.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/26/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-australia-planning-two-plus-two-ministers-meeting-late-november/</loc>
		<lastmod>2015-10-26T15:19:51+09:00</lastmod>
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