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		<lastmod>2016-12-26T17:56:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters at the Foreign Ministry on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2016-12-27T09:59:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A paper crane made by atomic bomb victim Sadako Sasaki on display at the USS Arizona Memorial visitor center in Hawaii has served as a symbol of reconciliation between the United States and Japan.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/27/national/social-issues/modern-japanese-men-dogged-stoic-salaryman-stereotype/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-27T16:41:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-men-b-20161228.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The rigid mindset in Japan that men should be the breadwinners is hitting working men hard today, with many earning barely enough to support their families.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/27/business/sharing-economy-takes-off-japan-despite-barriers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-27T17:16:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Three families enjoy a meal featuring vegetables grown with no agrochemicals on a hillside in the Tokyo suburb of Machida, at a farming-experience event this month organized through the sharing economy service TABICA.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/27/world/russia-finds-first-black-box-crashed-jet-black-sea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-27T17:21:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2016-12-27T18:32:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Japanese bomber is seen in the foreground in a photograph taken by a Japanese pilot during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/27/asia-pacific/crime-legal-asia-pacific/following-unruly-passenger-incident-korean-air-to-get-tough-and-ease-stun-gun-rules/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-27T18:55:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The man who disrupted a Korean Air flight last week arrives at Incheon Airport's police station Monday in South Korea.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/27/business/economy-business/household-spending-drops-ninth-consecutive-month/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-27T18:58:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Christmas decorations sit in a window display as shoppers browse in a luxury handbag and shoe store in the Marunouchi area of Tokyo on Dec. 19.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/27/national/crime-legal/nigerian-man-arrested-allegedly-killing-filipino-woman/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-27T18:59:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/27/asia-pacific/seven-missing-freak-rains-drench-australias-outback/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-27T18:59:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/27/business/corporate-business/toshiba-log-near-%c2%a5100-billion-2016-loss-u-s-nuclear-power-business-sources/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-27T20:29:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man uses a smartphone in Tokyo. Behind him the Toshiba Corp. logo is displayed on screens.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/27/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-arrives-hawaii-visit-pearl-harbor-attack-memorial-lays-wreath-punchbowl/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-27T22:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Paying their respects (from left) Sal Miwa of the Japan-America Society of Hawaii, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Defense Minister Tomomi Inada and Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Koichi Hagiuda bow at the Ehime Maru Memorial at Kakaako Waterfront Park, Monday in Honolulu. The memorial is dedicated to the victims of a 2001 deadly collision off the coast of Hawaii between the Ehime Maru, a fisheries training vessel, and a U.S. naval submarine. Abe plans to visit Pearl Harbor with U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/27/business/corporate-business/toyota-likely-fall-top-spot-global-auto-sales/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-28T04:28:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda speaks during the Paris Motor Show in September.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/28/national/politics-diplomacy/china-dismisses-abes-pearl-harbor-visit-suggests-japan-unrepentant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-28T07:08:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/28/national/russia-easing-visa-requirements-japanese/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-28T07:12:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/28/business/u-s-charges-chinese-trio-hacking-law-firms-gaining-ma-info-insider-trading/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-28T09:57:47+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/22/national/tokyo-olympics-organizers-settle-price-tag-2020-games-eye-cost-cutting/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-28T14:31:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike greets International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates on a TV monitor at a four-party working group meeting in Tokyo on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/27/national/kumamoto-culling-93000-chickens-scene-latest-bird-flu-outbreak/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-28T14:55:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-birdflu-a-20161228.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A member of the Self-Defense Forces helps with a chicken cull at a poultry farm in Nankan, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/28/business/corporate-business/u-s-investment-fund-buy-hitachi-unit-%c2%a5150-billion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-28T15:48:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-hitachi-a-20161229.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. investment fund KKR &amp; Co. may buy Hitachi Koki Co., a power-tool manufacturing subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/28/world/fault-wing-flap-becomes-main-theory-russian-jet-crash-black-sea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-28T16:43:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/28/business/corporate-business/tesla-panasonic-make-solar-cells-buffalo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-28T16:57:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<lastmod>2016-12-28T17:14:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/28/national/politics-diplomacy/full-text-abes-address-pearl-harbor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-28T17:33:02+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/28/world/crime-legal-world/polish-trucker-shot-dead-hijacker-hours-berlin-attack-report/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-28T17:34:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-berlin-a-20161229.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Or Elyakim, the son of Dalia Elyakim, the Israeli victim in last week's Christmas market attack, attends the lighting ceremony of Europe's largest Hanukkah menorah at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/28/business/tech/u-s-posts-rules-addressing-cyberbugs-medical-devices/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-28T18:03:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/28/asia-pacific/kim-bent-nuclear-capability-2017-sanctions-china-wont-matter-key-defector/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-28T19:17:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-kim-a-20161229.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[High-profile North Korean defector Thae Yong Ho, No. 2 at the North's embassy in London, arrives for the National Assembly's intelligence committee in Seoul Friday. He told South Korean lawmakers on Monday that he fled because of disillusionment with what he describes as a "tyrannical reign of terror" by leader Kim Jong Un, according to one of the lawmakers who attended their private meeting.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/28/national/abes-pearl-harbor-visit-hailed-japan-question-lack-apology/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-28T19:18:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-survivors-a-20161229.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kikuyo Iida, 87, sister-in-law of Lt. Fusata Iida, a Japanese naval pilot who died in the Pearl Harbor attack, shows a photo of Fusata on Wednesday at her home in Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/28/business/economy-business/japans-industrial-output-rises-1-5-november/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-28T19:23:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-output-a-20161229.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Smokestacks stand illuminated at night at the Yokkaichi industrial complex in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture on Oct. 27.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/28/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-offers-everlasting-condolences-pearl-harbor-obama-praises-partnership-peace/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-28T21:09:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wrap up their remarks at Kilo Pier overlooking the USS Arizona Memorial at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/28/national/politics-diplomacy/leaders-hawaii-remarks-include-veiled-message-trump-experts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-28T21:09:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-analysis-z-20161229.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Barack Obama at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, on Dec. 27.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/28/national/crime-legal/shiga-man-faces-attempted-murder-charge-shoving-woman-crowded-kobe-train-platform/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-28T21:09:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of trying to kill a woman by pushing her on a train platform at JR Sannomiya Station in Kobe.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/28/national/crime-legal/dentsu-execs-face-prosecutors-excessive-long-hours-violation-labor-law/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-28T21:11:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dentsu Inc. and some of its officials were expected to be referred to prosecutors as early as Wednesday for allegedly violating the labor law.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/28/world/politics-diplomacy-world/blood-benefits-duterte-imposes-formula-philippines/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-28T22:55:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-duterteblood-a-20161229.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[President Rodrigo Duterte speaks on Dec. 22 in front of housewives and mothers that participated in the anti-illegal drugs campaign of the provincial government and Duterte's war on drugs at Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga, Philippines.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/29/world/nigerian-army-says-boko-haram-may-used-chibok-girls-shields-fleeing-forest/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-29T07:04:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-boko-a-20161230.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Soldiers stand near a military vehicle in Bama, northeast Nigeria, Dec. 8. The Nigerian army has defeated Boko Haram in the Sambisa forest, one of the jihadis' last remaining strongholds, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/29/business/pakistan-commissions-china-assisted-fourth-nuke-plant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-29T09:00:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pakistani officials walk before the inaugural ceremony of The Chashma-III reactor in Chashma, some 250 km (155 miles) southwest of Islamabad on Wednesday. Pakistan's fourth nuclear power plant went online Wednesday in a joint collaboration with China.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/29/national/politics-diplomacy/honolulu-paper-hails-abes-pearl-harbor-visit-calls-sense-closure/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-29T09:38:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/28/national/politics-diplomacy/now-abe-visited-pearl-harbor-go-nanjing-scholar-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-29T12:57:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A memorial ceremony was held in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 13 for victims of the 1937 massacre committed by Japanese troops in the eastern Chinese city.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/29/world/politics-diplomacy-world/u-s-set-announce-response-russian-election-hacking-sources-say/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-29T13:23:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/29/world/offbeat-world/canadian-man-punches-cougar-attacking-dog-near-fast-food-chain/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-29T14:27:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/29/world/russia-opens-criminal-case-bears-killing-causes-outcry/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-29T14:29:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/29/national/shogi-body-chief-reinstates-top-player-apologizes-false-cheating-charge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-29T14:40:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-shogi-a-20161229.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Koji Tanigawa apologizes Tuesday at a news conference in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/27/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-russia-row-islands-complicated-putins-struggle-u-s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-29T15:08:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin (third from right) speaks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (third from left), during a visit to the Kodokan Judo Institute in Tokyo on Dec. 16.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Above: President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Mobile, Alabama, on Dec. 17. This year's U.S. presidential election featured numerous stories, scandals and hostilities. Some of the people involved were (left, from the top) Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, Trump's main opponent; Sen. Bernie Sanders, who challenged Clinton for the Democratic nomination; Trump's running mate and now Vice President-elect Mike Pence; the Trump children: Donald Jr., Ivanka, Eric and Tiffany; (right, from the top) Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway; advisers Reince Priebus and Steve Bannon; FBI Director James Comey and Russian President Vladimir Putin.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dentsu Inc. President Tadashi Ishii (left) and another company executive bow deeply at a news conference Wednesday where Ishii announced his resignation.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2016-12-29T20:37:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2016-12-30T04:19:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2016-12-30T05:12:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2016-12-30T05:19:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino concedes to a crowd in Buffalo in 2010 as he gestures about "raising the bar" in Albany.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This screen grab image taken Thursday from a video released on YouTube by Islamist group Boko Haram shows Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau making a statement at an undisclosed location. The embattled leader, Abubakar Shekau, appeared in a new video disputing a claim by Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari that the jihadi group had been routed from its Sambisa Forest stronghold. "We are safe. We have not been flushed out of anywhere. And tactics and strategies cannot reveal our location except if Allah wills by his decree," Shekau said in the 25-minute video, flanked by armed fighters.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2016-12-30T08:51:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2016-12-30T12:01:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This image provided by the FBI shows the wanted poster for Evgeniy Bogachev. In a sweeping response to election hacking, President Barack Obama sanctioned Russian intelligence services and their top officials, kicked out 35 Russian officials and shuttered two Russian-owned compounds in the U.S. It was the strongest action the Obama administration has taken to date to retaliate for a cyberattack. Other individuals sanctioned include Bogachev and Alexey Belan, two Russian nationals who have been wanted by the FBI for cybercrimes for years.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/30/world/politics-diplomacy-world/russias-grizzly-steppe-cyberattacks-started-simply-u-s-report-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-30T12:57:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2016-12-30T13:01:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2016-12-30T15:47:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2016-12-30T17:58:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[All across Japan people were fixated on their smartphones trying to catch augmented-reality cartoon characters via the "Pokemon Go" app, which inevitably led to some accidents and lectures on phone etiquette.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Toyota C-HR gasoline model (right) and hybrid model SUVs are displayed in a parking lot during a media event ahead of the sales launch in Tokyo on Dec. 13.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[South Korean President Park Geun-hye easily had the worst year among Asian leaders.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2016-12-30T20:48:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The U.S. military on Dec. 21 recovers debris, believed to be a main wing section from an MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft that ditched off Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, earlier in the month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/30/national/comfort-woman-statue-installed-near-japanese-consulate-busan/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A statue symbolizing Korean "comfort women" sits in front of the Japanese Consulate in Busan on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Congolese President Joseph Kabila is inaugurated in Kinshasa on Dec. 6, 2006.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2016-12-31T22:13:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Women who are or will turn 20 years old as of April 1 take part in an archery event at the Sanjusangendo, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, on Jan. 17, 2016.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2016-12-31T22:13:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The wreckage of a car that drove off the fifth floor of a parking garage in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Saturday with five people inside is seen here. Three adults were killed in the incident while two children suffered injuries.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/31/business/printemps-ginza-closes-32-years-operation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-31T22:14:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Printemps Ginza department store closed on Saturday after 32 years of doing business. The building will reopen in March as Marronnier Gate, a new shopping facility.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/31/national/crime-legal/justice-ministry-considering-review-treatment-prisoners-emphasis-rehabilitation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-31T22:36:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2016-12-31T22:36:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Carved ivory is shown to reporters before being destroyed in Beijing in May 2015.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/31/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/relaxing-ban-japanese-food-needs-rational-discussion-tsai/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-31T23:04:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen attends a new conference on Saturday in Taipei.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/01/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-no-reason-rock-boat-calling-early-2017-snap-election/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-01T00:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-poloutlook-a-20170101]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is all smiles after a big victory in the Upper House election in July. Whether his ruling coalition will be able to pull off another victory if a snap election is called this year remains to be seen.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/31/asia-pacific/crime-legal-asia-pacific/chinese-firms-ordered-pay-disney-pixar-194000-copying-cars-xinhua/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-31T23:23:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/31/business/yangon-rail-system-get-upgrade/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-12-31T23:39:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-myanmarail-a-20170101.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Yangon Circular Railway currently is dilapidated and slow, but scenic.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/31/national/politics-diplomacy/sake-summit-japan-snubbed-g-7-leaders-condemning-russia-syria-crisis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-01T01:13:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin visit the Kodokan Judo Institute in Tokyo on Dec. 16.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/31/national/abdication-bill-filed-late-april/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-01T01:14:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Emperor Akihito waves to well-wishers on Dec. 23, his 83rd birthday, from behind bullet-proof glass enclosing the balcony of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/31/national/media-national/hot-spring-developer-open-facility-caters-even-visitors-tattoos/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-01T14:03:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p3-adelstein-onsen-z-20170101]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[No matter how big or small your tattoo might be, most hot springs in Japan are still a no-go zone.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/31/national/media-national/japan-world-enter-long-night-post-truth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-01T14:04:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Capitalist, democratic Tokyo?: The idea that capitalist democracy would triumph globally has been challenged in the 21st century as the pace of globalism slows.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/01/business/japan-business-federation-send-mission-talks-trump/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-02T01:09:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sadayuki Sakakibara, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren), is seen being interviewed recently at the organization's headquarters in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-02T01:09:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kumamon, the iconic mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture, rings the closing bell at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Friday to end the year's trading as four-time Olympic gold medalist wrestler Kaori Icho looks on.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-02T04:31:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ian Bremmer]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-02T04:31:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/01/national/mankind-eyes-mars-next-giant-leap/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-02T04:33:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Digitally produced representations of the Orion spacecraft.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-02T06:04:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-kim-a-20170103.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A handout picture released by North Korean news agency, KCNA (Korean Central News Agency) on Sunday shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivering the new year message in Pyongyang.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/02/world/islamic-state-attack-iraq-police-checkpoint-kills-seven-shows-guerrilla-style-capability/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-02T08:57:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Iraqis inspect the site of a bomb attack at a police checkpoint near the southern Iraqi city of Najaf Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/31/national/media-national/buried-truths-digging-deep-japanese-media-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-02T11:31:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/02/world/science-health-world/work-lies-ahead-fight-zika-threats-cdc-chief/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-02T14:20:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Thomas Frieden is interviewed at the Puerto Rico Health Department in San Juan on March 8.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-02T15:00:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-smog-a-20170103.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese women wear masks on a heavily polluted day in Beijing on Sunday. China's capital city started the year under a heavy blanket of grey smog, with a concentration of toxic particles 20 times higher than the maximal level recommended by the World Health Organization, as a new pollution cloud was — again — striking the country.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/02/asia-pacific/china-considering-strong-measures-contain-taiwan-sources/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-02T16:53:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese J-15 fighter jets are parked on deck of the Liaoning aircraft carrier during military drills in the Yellow Sea, off China's east coast, on Dec. 23.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/02/national/world-closes-doors-refugee-surge-aceh-aid-expert-urges-japan-open-play-lead-role/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-02T19:44:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lilianne Fan, co-founder of refugee assistance organization Geutanyoe Foundation, is interviewed at Amnesty International Japan's office in Tokyo on Nov. 28.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/03/business/economy-business/60-major-japanese-companies-expect-economy-grow-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-03T05:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/02/national/study-explores-deafening-silence-japans-english-language-classes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-03T00:15:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/02/national/bid-curb-long-working-hours-ministry-plans-roll-premium-friday-campaign/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-03T00:25:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An official at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry explains the Premium Friday campaign, in which companies will be urged to let their employees finish work early on the last Friday of every month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/03/world/social-issues-world/pope-tells-bishops-zero-tolerance-sexual-abuse-atrocities-critics-see-mere-rhetoric/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-03T08:13:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A soldier patrols St. Peter's square at the Vatican Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/03/world/science-health-world/pakistani-city-taps-clerics-push-polio-immunizations-400000-kids-rare-strain-found/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-03T10:49:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Pakistani health worker gives polio vaccine to a child in Quetta, Pakistan, Monday. A Pakistani health official says a special five-day anti-polio drive is being launched in the capital of southwestern Baluchistan province after traces of polio virus were found in the sewer system.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/02/national/politics-diplomacy/trumps-rise-spurs-students-japan-broach-touchy-subjects/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-03T14:10:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japanese and American university students say the inauguration on Jan. 20 of Donald Trump as U.S. president could help spur debate on uncomfortable issues between the two countries.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-03T14:17:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Skydroner 500 anti-drone system detects and deactivates a drone during a demonstration in Singapore on Dec. 15.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-03T15:02:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Workers build portions of the inaugural platform for the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, Dec. 8. Trump ramped up preparations for his inauguration on Thursday, working with aides on an historic address that will be seen as a cornerstone of his administration.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-03T15:35:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-03T15:56:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-03T15:59:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kanako Sato stands with her daughter by terraced paddy fields in the city of Tokamachi, Niigata Prefecture, on Nov. 26.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/03/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/ties-equestrian-princess-landed-samsung-center-park-scandal-south-korea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-03T16:26:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prosecutors are looking into whether Samsung sought favors from President Park Geun-hye and her friend Choi Soon-sil in return for funding initiatives backed by them.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/03/national/social-issues/experts-warn-japans-language-schools-are-becoming-a-front-for-importing-cheap-labor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-03T20:24:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-jpschools-a-20170114]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bijay Gyawali, a 33-year-old clinical psychologist from Nepal, says the Japanese government brings in lots of workers on a student status (because) "it needs a lot of workers."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/03/national/crime-legal/revised-anti-stalking-law-centered-social-media-harassment-takes-effect/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-03T20:25:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/02/national/crime-legal/man-arrested-allegedly-ramming-car-police-cruiser-outside-diet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-03T21:19:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police officers investigate a car Saturday night that rammed into a police vehicle in front of the Diet.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/03/national/science-health/kagawa-team-finds-incense-helps-students-relax-and-concentrate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-03T22:04:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-incense-a-20161229.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A student at Kagawa University participates in an experiment in which his brain and heart data are scanned while he smells Japanese incense.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/03/national/politics-diplomacy/u-s-security-umbrella-stake-abe-go-forging-ties-trump/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-03T22:06:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-dipoutlook-a-20170104.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[News about a meeting between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump was all over the media on Nov. 18.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/03/national/japans-air-traffic-control-system-undergo-major-upgrade/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-04T04:23:25+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/04/business/mcdonalds-opens-shop-near-vatican-upsetting-purists-cardinal-not-nuns/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-04T07:35:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A McDonald's sign is seen at Via della Conciliazione street in Rome in front of Vatican City's St. Peter's Square Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/04/business/trump-taps-reagan-ex-official-lighthizer-trade-chief/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-04T07:38:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[President-elect Donald Trump speaking to reporters at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, Dec. 28. Trump announced Tuesday he has nominated Reagan-era lawyer Robert Lighthizer, described as an advocate of greater protectionism, as U.S. trade representative. Trump's choice for one of his last remaining senior appointments signals that he plans to go ahead with the tough trade policies he promised during the presidential campaign.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/04/world/science-health-world/london-zoo-begins-resident-inventory-counting-penguin-chicks-tiger-cubs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-04T10:35:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Zoo keeper Suzi Hyde counts Humboldt penguins during the annual stocktake at London Zoo in London Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/04/business/egg-prices-soar-imports-allowed-south-korea-poultry-cull-tops-30-million-bird-flu-rages/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-04T10:52:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[South Korean health officers bury chickens at a poultry farm in Hwaseong, South Korea, Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/04/world/politics-diplomacy-world/senator-gets-ball-rolling-killing-obamacare-ryan-returned-trump-era-congress-kicks-off-trips/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-04T11:21:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) concludes his remarks upon being re-elected speaker in the House chamber on the first day of the new session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/04/asia-pacific/trumps-north-korea-red-line-come-back-haunt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-04T14:25:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[North Korea leader Kim Jong Un smiles as he visits Sohae Space Center in Cholsan County, North Pyongan province, for the testing of a new engine for an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in this undated photo released in April.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/04/asia-pacific/north-koreas-claim-icbm-test-plausible-experts-say/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-04T14:31:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A new engine for a North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is tested at the Sohae Space Center in Cholsan County, North Pyongan province in this undated photo released in April.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/03/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-representative-taiwan-says-bilateral-ties-best/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-04T15:31:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/n-taiwan-a-20170104.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japanese Representative to Taiwan Mikio Numata attends a name-changing ceremony for Japan's de facto embassy in Taipei on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/04/national/social-issues/children-japan-struggle-break-poverty-cycle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-04T15:58:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-poverty-a-20170105.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A staffer at an education support facility for children in poverty run by the Fukuoka Prefectural Government teaches math to a child last May.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/04/world/science-health-world/israels-flying-car-passenger-drone-moves-closer-delivery/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-04T15:59:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An employee works on a prototype of the Cormorant, a passenger-carrying drone, at Urban Aeronautics' workshop in Yavne, Israel, on Dec. 22.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/04/national/rural-japan-halted-60-traditional-folk-events-due-depopulation-aging/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-04T16:31:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/n-festivals-a-20170105.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-festivals-a-20170105.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People carry a giant float with multiple tiers of lanterns during the Tobata Gion festival in Kitakyushu on Dec. 4. While the festival is among the 33 recently added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list, a lack of people to inherit traditions has led to the abolishment and suspension of many lesser-known local festivals across Japan. The Kitakyushu event, usually held in summer, was held last month to celebrate its UNESCO list inclusion.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/04/business/corporate-business/ono-pharmas-wild-2016-ride-cuts-stock-valuation-%c2%a51-87-trillion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-04T16:35:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/04/asia-pacific/indonesian-military-says-cooperation-australian-military-suspended/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-04T16:56:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/04/national/politics-diplomacy/japans-amano-return-iaea-chief-unopposed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-04T17:20:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yukiya Amano]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/04/world/politics-diplomacy-world/tillerson-cede-control-240-million-exxon-trump-pick/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-04T17:31:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rex Tillerson]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/04/world/turkey-says-identity-istanbul-attacker-established-manhunt-continues/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-04T17:43:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/26/national/japans-apology-culture-takahata-mother-says-sorry-adult-sons-alleged-sexual-assault/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-04T18:54:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Actress Atsuko Takahata publicly apologizes Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/04/business/financial-markets/toshiba-shares-recover-early-plunge-report-new-accounting-scandal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-04T19:33:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/04/national/politics-diplomacy/new-years-speech-abe-prioritizes-economy-mum-revising-constitution/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-04T21:29:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/n-abe-a-20170105.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/04/business/japans-inpex-running-azadegan-oil-field-deal-iranian-official-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-04T21:32:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Noreddin Shahnazizadeh, managing director of Iran's Petroleum Engineering and Development Co., is interviewed in Tehran on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/04/national/traffic-deaths-fall-4000-japan-first-time-67-years/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-04T21:32:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/05/world/crime-legal-world/germany-collars-tunisian-used-aliases-probed-terrorist-links-berlin-truck-attacker/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-05T06:08:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This CCTV screenshot released Wednesday by the Belgian Federal Police on demand of Brussels' king prosecutor, shows alleged suspect Anis Amri walking in the Brussels-North station on Dec. 21, where he arrived at around 7 p.m. and left at around 9 p.m. Tunisian suspect Anis Amri smuggled the weapon used in the Berlin Christmas market attack across borders to Italy and used it in the shootout in which he was killed, Italian police said Wednesday. Meanwhile, German police were trying to establish if a 26-year-old Tunisian — who has been arrested in Berlin on an unrelated charge — was an accomplice of Amri.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/05/world/science-health-world/canada-scientists-living-near-heavy-traffic-raises-dementia-risk/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-05T11:20:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cars are stuck in a traffic jam during sunset in Moscow in 2015.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/05/national/pair-strong-late-night-quakes-give-fukushima-ibaraki-jolts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-05T15:18:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/05/business/apple-invest-1-billion-softbank-fund-support-tech/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-05T15:21:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., speaks during a symposium in Tokyo on Sept. 9.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/05/national/politics-diplomacy/trump-visit-japan-indo-pacific-region-soon-abe-trump-aides-agree/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-05T15:21:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/05/national/osaka-hospital-discovers-perforated-intravenous-drip-bags/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-05T15:57:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/05/world/frenchman-105-bicycles-history-hour-long-velodrome-ride/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-05T16:05:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[French cyclist Robert Marchand, 105, rides on his way to cover 22.528 km (14.08 miles) in one hour to set a new record at the indoor Velodrome National in Montigny-les-Bretonneux, southwest of Paris Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/05/asia-pacific/myanmar-panel-rejects-claim-rohingya-persecuted/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-05T16:08:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rohingya women and children wait to collect water at the Leda camp, an unregistered camp for Rohingya in Teknaf, near Cox's Bazar in southern Bangladesh, on Dec. 3.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/05/national/publisher-uses-wwii-images-ad-calling-world-peace/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-05T17:26:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/04/business/economy-business/japans-economy-tipped-grow-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-05T17:49:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Women in kimono gather at the opening of the year's first trading day at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-10T14:52:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Concierges welcome customers in Nihonbashi Toyama, a "satellite shop" specialty store representing Toyama Prefecture, on Dec. 6.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-10T14:52:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Trainee housekeepers do stretching exercises during a training session at the Magsaysay Center for Hospitality and Culinary Arts in Manila on Dec. 19. They are set to begin work in Japan in the spring.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-10T14:59:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Resarchers at Kyushu University say they have found a protein that plays a key role in causing itchiness among atopic dermatitis patients.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-10T15:19:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-10T15:29:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-10T16:04:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. plans to buy U.S. cancer drugmaker Ariad in a $4.7 billion deal.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-10T17:43:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-10T18:57:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-10T20:46:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike attaches a 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics badge to the jacket of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe before their meeting at his office in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-10T21:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[According to the OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey conducted in 2013, Japanese teachers spend roughly 7.7 hours a week supervising student clubs.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-10T21:04:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-11T03:40:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A handout image released by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) on Jan. 4 from the VISTA infrared survey telescope at ESO's Paranal Observatory in northern Chile shows one of the largest infrared high-resolution mosaics of Orion ever created, covering the Orion A molecular cloud, the nearest known massive star factory, lying about 1,350 light-years from Earth, and revealing many young stars and other objects normally buried deep inside the dusty clouds.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-11T08:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-11T10:38:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at a reception celebrating the completion of the U.S. Diplomacy Center Pavilion in Washington Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-11T11:05:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-11T13:09:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/10/business/economy-business/xi-lead-delegation-chinas-wealthiest-executives-davos/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-11T14:30:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Accompanied by investigators, Pak Jung-hyun, an editor at major publisher Kodansha Ltd., leaves his home in Tokyo to go to a police station Tuesday over the suspicious death of his wife.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This ex-Mitsubishi Electric employee says he developed a psychological disorder after being forced to work illegally long hours.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a press conference Thursday at Trump Tower in New York. Trump held his first news conference in nearly six months Wednesday, amid explosive allegations over his ties to Russia.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/12/world/politics-diplomacy-world/tillerson-says-beijing-must-denied-access-south-china-sea-isles-fortified/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-12T10:24:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Demonstrators protest over President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, outside the hearing room where Tillerson's confirmation hearing is being held Wednesday on Capitol Hill in Washington.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/12/world/social-issues-world/aid-agencies-alarmed-reports-migrants-freezing-death-balkans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-12T11:03:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Syrian refugee child walks barefoot on frozen ground at the refugee camp of Ritsona about 86 km (53 miles) north of Athens, Wednesday. The European Commission said conditions for refugees on islands and other camps where they are housed in tents despite severe cold weather, is "untenable."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/12/national/longtime-olympic-reporter-expects-fantastic-tokyo-games-cost-hurdles-cleared/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-12T14:55:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-olyjournalist-a-20170113.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Steve Wilson, known in journalism circles as "Mr. Olympics," poses for a photo during an interview in London in December before leaving The Associated Press.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/11/national/radioactive-cesium-fukushima-fish-government-limit-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-12T15:19:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/12/asia-pacific/north-koreas-icbm-not-yet-able-reach-u-s-mainland-south-korea-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-12T15:37:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/12/national/fusosha-sell-amended-version-best-seller-court-ordered-halt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-12T15:58:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/12/world/science-health-world/swedish-archaeologists-discover-12-ancient-egyptian-cemeteries-near-aswan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-12T16:33:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-aswan-a-20170113.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Skeletal and animal remains are seen at one of 12 newly discovered ancient Egyptian cemeteries dating back to the New Kingdom era north of Aswan on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/12/national/politics-diplomacy/former-prime-minister-nakasone-sought-halt-1980s-trade-talks-u-s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-12T16:37:02+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/12/business/australia-japan-ink-deal-bulk-shipping-liquid-hydrogen-energy-project/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-12T17:27:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-hydrogen-a-20170113.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Officials from the Australian and Japanese governments sign a memorandum of understanding in Canberra, Australia, on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/12/business/economy-business/japan-logs-29th-consecutive-current-account-surplus-november/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-12T17:28:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/12/national/politics-diplomacy/chinese-leader-warmed-japanese-defense-strength-1980s-declassified-records-show/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-12T18:52:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/n-nakasonechina-a-20170113.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-nakasonechina-a-20170113.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone (left) shakes hands with Hu Yaobang, Chinese Communist Party general secretary, at the State Guest House in Tokyo in November 1983.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/12/business/osaka-duty-free-shop-plan-scrapped-tourist-shopping-sprees-slow/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-12T21:58:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-dutyfree-a-20170113.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Customers browse a duty-free shop in Tokyo's Ginza district. Kansai Airports has scrapped a plan to open a duty-free shop in central Osaka due to a slowdown in bakugai shopping sprees.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/12/national/tokyo-gov-koike-inspects-tsukiji-first-time-since-delaying-relocation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-12T21:59:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-koike-a-20170113.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike inspects the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo Thursday morning, the first such visit since deciding to postpone its relocation to the Toyosu area.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/12/business/corporate-business/toshiba-may-face-heavier-losses-u-s-nuclear-business-source/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-12T22:00:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/b-toshiba-a-20170112.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-toshiba-a-20170112.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toshiba Corp.'s total losses at its nuclear business in the United States may be larger than earlier stated.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/12/national/politics-diplomacy/declassified-papers-show-u-s-urged-japan-pay-security-costs-1980s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-12T22:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/n-nakasonereagan-a-20170113.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-nakasonereagan-a-20170113.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone meets with U.S. President Ronald Reagan in January 1983 at the White House in Washington.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/12/national/world-first-drone-delivers-soup-surfers-off-fukushima-prefecture/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-12T22:01:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-drone-a-20170113.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[During a test flight Thursday, a drone delivers a flask of hot soup to surfers enjoying the waves off Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/12/national/social-issues/japanese-city-use-vein-data-identify-lost-dementia-sufferers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-12T22:01:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/n-vein-z-20170113.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-vein-z-20170113.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[quickly identified in case they wander off and are found without an ID.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/13/business/corporate-business/mcdonalds-arranging-sell-major-stake-japan-unit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-13T07:41:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/12/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-meets-duterte-economy-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-13T09:07:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/n-duterte-a-20170113.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-duterte-a-20170113.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe inspect an honor guard during a ceremony at the Malacanang Palace in Manila on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/13/world/social-issues-world/800-boat-migrants-rescued-off-six-rubber-boats-libyan-traffickers-exploit-weather-window/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-13T09:37:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/f-rescue-a-20170114.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-rescue-a-20170114.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sub-Saharan migrants crowd a dinghy as they are rescued by members of Proactiva Open Arms NGO at the Mediterranean sea, about 20 miles north of Ra's Tajura, Libya, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. About 300 migrants were rescued Thursday from three dinghies by members of Proactiva Open Arms Spanish NGO and Italian coast guard before transferring them to the Italian coast.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/10/12/national/crime-legal/hokkaido-hostelier-hot-water-foreign-female-guests-busted-maids/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-13T15:09:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/n-hostels-a-20161013.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-hostels-a-20161013.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The website of the Khaosan hostel chain advertises its hostels in several popular tourism locations. People from its operator, Manryo Inc., have been arrested over alleged immigration law violations.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/13/world/brazilian-farm-owners-form-militias-attack-land-activists-rights-group/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-13T15:16:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/13/national/mindan-head-urges-removal-comfort-woman-statue-outside-busan-consulate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-13T15:22:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/13/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/samsung-vice-chairman-grilled-hours-influence-peddling-scandal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-13T15:29:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/f-samsung-a-20170114.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-samsung-a-20170114.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee leaves the office of the independent counsel in Seoul early Friday in front of a crowed of media representatives.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/13/national/rural-furusato-nozei-beer-beef-thank-yous-costing-urban-japan-much-needed-revenues/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-13T16:34:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/n-hometowntax-z-20170114.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-hometowntax-z-20170114.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yamanouchi in Nagano Prefecture. If people send ¥30,000 or more of their "furusato nozei" (hometown taxes) taxes to the village, they'll receive 24 bottles of a locally brewed beer.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/12/national/restaurant-industry-opposes-total-smoking-ban-ahead-2020-olympics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-13T16:42:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/n-smoking-a-20170113.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-smoking-a-20170113.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The health ministry hopes to submit a bill to revise the Health Promotion Law and potentially ban smoking in all indoor public spaces when the Diet opens next Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/13/world/politics-diplomacy-world/frances-montebourg-marginally-wins-first-left-wing-primary-debate-poll-shows/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-13T17:00:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/f-freft-a-20170114.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-freft-a-20170114.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Arnaud Montebourg]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/12/national/novelist-mishima-discusses-death-pacifist-constitution-1970-voice-recording/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-13T17:17:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/n-mishima-a-20170113.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-mishima-a-20170113.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yukio Mishima]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/13/national/ministry-reprimands-nhk-late-employees-embezzling/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-13T17:32:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/13/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/china-russia-agree-countermeasures-u-s-anti-missile-system-xinhua/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-13T17:38:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/f-thaad-a-20170114.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-thaad-a-20170114.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[THAAD missiles can maneuver in the air, as shown in this U.S. Army photo of a 1999 launch.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/13/business/corporate-business/nippon-steel-asks-rivals-supplement-production-fire/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-13T18:00:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/13/national/politics-diplomacy/bilateral-pact-limiting-u-s-base-workers-immunity-inked-next-week/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-13T18:18:44+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/13/business/china-posts-worst-export-fall-since-2009-fears-u-s-trade-war-loom/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-13T18:19:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/b-china-a-20170114.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-china-a-20170114.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Trucks line up at a container port in Qingdao in east China's Shandong province in this Dec. 8 file photo.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/13/national/revamped-traditional-kominka-homes-offer-rural-charms-urban-amenities-foreign-tourists/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-13T18:19:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/n-oldhouse-a-20170114.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-oldhouse-a-20170114.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/13/business/corporate-business/honda-revive-civic-japan-six-year-hiatus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-13T18:25:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/10/asia-pacific/u-s-carriers-deployment-turbulent-asia-test-trumps-china-north-korea-policies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-13T18:57:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/f-carriers-a-20170111.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-carriers-a-20170111.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Family and friends watch as the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier departs on deployment from Naval Station North Island in Coronado, California, on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/13/national/government-mission-eliminate-secondhand-smoking-ahead-olympics-health-minister-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-13T19:05:01+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/n-smoking-a-20170113.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-smoking-a-20170113.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The health ministry hopes to submit a bill to revise the Health Promotion Law and potentially ban smoking in all indoor public spaces when the Diet opens next Friday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/13/national/politics-diplomacy/okinawa-prepares-new-effort-block-henoko-base-rallying-local-opposition/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-13T19:46:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/n-okinawabeat-a-20170114.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-okinawabeat-a-20170114.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People stage a rally opposing the heavy presence of the U.S. military in Okinawa on Dec. 22 in Nago, Okinawa.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/13/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-duterte-agree-u-s-role-vital-asia-pacific-offers-talk-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-13T20:05:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/n-abedavao-a-20170114.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-abedavao-a-20170114.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte hands over a framed photograph of a Philippine eagle to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during an eagle-naming ceremony at a hotel in Davao City, in the southern Philippines, on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An international panel on trade in wildlife products has adopted a proposal to ban international trade in gray parrots, which are popular pets in many countries, including Japan.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-18T19:38:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vietnamese student Vu Thi Thu Trang trains as a nursing care worker at the Japan Welfare Education College in Tokyo on Dec. 22.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/17/national/kobe-remembers-great-hanshin-earthquake-22-years/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-18T19:44:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A person touches name plates bearing the names of victims in Chuo Ward, Kobe, where a ceremony for the 22nd anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake was held Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-18T20:51:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[John Bolton, an adviser to President-elect Donald Trump and former ambassador to the United Nations, stands in the elevator of Trump Tower in New York on Dec. 2.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/18/business/toyota-shell-among-giants-betting-10-7-billion-hydrogen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-18T21:26:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of a new hydrogen council, including Toyota Chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada (seventh from left), pose for a picture on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/18/business/financial-markets/trumps-open-mouth-operations-make-twitter-key-currency-traders/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-18T21:53:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/17/national/social-issues/care-burden-prompting-widows-cut-off-laws-via-little-known-procedure/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-18T23:59:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Family counselor Harumi Takakusagi says she receives many inquiries, mostly from widows in their 40s and 50s, who want to sever legal ties with their in-laws.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/18/national/japan-seek-unesco-listing-remote-islands-christian-sites/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-19T04:44:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/19/business/economy-business/manufacturing-surge-labor-crunch-show-u-s-economic-health-fed-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-19T06:09:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shinola CEO Tom Lewand is seen at the watch factory on Jan. 4in Detroit. Shinola, a young American company, is trying to make its mark by reinventing an iconic brand and selling products made in the USA like bicycles and watches manufactured in the industrial wastelands of Detroit.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/19/world/politics-diplomacy-world/trump-backs-off-moving-briefings-white-house-vows-pick-reporters-get/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-19T10:47:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[President-elect Donald Trump speaks with reporters Jan. 13 in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/19/world/istanbul-nightclub-attacker-says-acted-islamic-state-orders-terror-sweep-nets-dozens-arrests/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-19T10:57:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A picture taken Tuesday shows a notebook reading in different languages suras in the apartment where the main suspect in the Reina nightclub rampage was arrested by Turkish police the night before, in Istanbul. The 34-year-old Uzbek man suspected of slaughtering 39 people at an Istanbul nightclub on New Year's Eve confessed to the massacre, hours after his capture in a police raid. Authorities detained Abdulgadir Masharipov, who spent 17 days on the run after the attack claimed by Islamic State, along with three women and an Iraqi man.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-19T14:29:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gambian refugees in a wooden canoe approach a beach in the Senegalese village of Niafarang Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/17/national/thousands-fukushima-evacuees-face-hardship-housing-subsidies-slashed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-19T15:12:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nuclear researcher Hidetake Ishimaru (left), Noriko Matsumoto (center), a former resident of Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, and freelance journalist and author Chia Yoshida attend a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/18/business/apa-chain-takes-flak-china-books-inns-denying-nanjing-massacre/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-19T15:13:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Apa hotel chain is under fire under over a book written by its CEO, which claims the 1937 Nanking Massacre was a fabrication by the Chinese side.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/19/world/crime-legal-world/thief-makes-e15-million-jewelry-heist-cannes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-19T15:36:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/19/national/crime-legal/security-cameras-credited-big-drop-crime-public-fears-overreliance-loss-privacy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-19T16:13:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/19/business/mitsui-acquire-role-u-k-s-east-anglia-railway/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-19T16:20:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/19/national/japan-helping-mongolia-improve-public-pension-system/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-19T16:30:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Japanese official conducts a hearing with a nomadic herder in Arkhangai, Mongolia, in November.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/19/national/dentsu-cuts-pay-five-executives-employees-overwork-suicide/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-19T17:44:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-19T17:54:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A mural is displayed at the Kangwon Land casino on Wednesday in Sabuk, South Korea.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/19/business/nissan-toyota-back-u-k-plants-despite-mays-brexit-plan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-19T17:57:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Carlos Ghosn, chairman of Nissan Motor Co. and CEO of Renault SA, gestures during an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/19/national/ana-plane-skids-off-runway-landing-hokkaido-no-one-injured/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-19T18:28:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/19/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-pursue-contentious-law-criminal-conspiracies-outset-diet-session/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-19T19:08:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addresses senior members of the ruling coalition in Tokyo on Jan. 5. Abe said the government plans to submit a bill to outlaw conspiracies to commit crimes during the ordinary Diet session, according to one of the attendees.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/19/business/paul-mccartney-sues-sonyatv-reclaim-rights-beatles-music/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-19T19:12:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Paul McCartney]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/19/national/sdf-carry-tabletop-exercise-based-possible-china-taiwan-clash/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-19T19:36:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/19/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/hong-kongs-former-finance-chief-confirms-run-top-job/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-19T19:37:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/19/business/corporate-business/toshiba-incur-%c2%a5700-billion-loss-asks-state-owned-bank-aid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-19T20:29:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toshiba Corp. is seeking financial assistance from the state-owned Development Bank of Japan as it is likely to log a larger-than-expected loss.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/19/business/commerce-pick-urges-toyota-others-build-plants-u-s-slams-protectionist-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-19T22:35:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Commerce Secretary-designate Wilbur Ross testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/19/national/global-elites-sample-sushi-sake-japan-night-davos/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-19T22:37:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A guest takes a serving of sushi made with Uonuma Koshihikari rice during the Japan Night event to promote Japanese food on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/19/national/crime-legal/12-yakuza-arrested-over-2011-drive-by-shooting-of-fukuoka-construction-exec/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-19T22:37:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police investigators raid the home of Satoru Nomura, head of the Kitakyushu-based yakuza group Kudo-kai, in May 2015.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/19/national/crime-legal/three-arrested-forcing-cambodian-women-work-hostess-bars/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-20T06:58:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-20T07:01:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is sworn in before testifying at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on his nomination to be Energy secretary on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/20/world/politics-diplomacy-world/fortress-washington-braces-anti-trump-protests-biker-allies-ready-step/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-20T10:33:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[With the Washington Monument looming, SWAT personnel keep watch Thursday as preparations continue for Friday's presidential inauguration.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/20/business/facebooks-zuckerberg-suing-gain-rights-kauai-hideaway-undocumented-heirs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-20T11:08:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the keynote address last April at the F8 Facebook Developer Conference in San Francisco. Zuckerberg went to court to gain ownership of isolated pockets of land tucked away within his sprawling estate in Hawaii. Many of the more than a dozen parcels on Kauai are less than an acre. Zuckerberg wrote in a Facebook post Thursday that he filed the cases to find all the partial owners so he can pay them their fair share.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/19/national/japan-ask-unesco-list-remote-islands-christian-sites/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-20T12:58:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The evergreen Yanbaru forest in northern Okinawa is seen in July last year. The area is part of a government proposal for UNESCO World Heritage listing.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/20/world/politics-diplomacy-world/athens-zihuatanejo-global-show-unity-womens-rights/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-20T13:26:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-trumen-a-20170121.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yon Hui Bell holds her son, Emilio Rafael, during a vigil by community activists outside San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio, Texas, on Thursday, the eve of Donald Trump's inauguration as president. The group gathered to show their support for immigrants, women, minorities and others they fear may be harmed by the new administration's policies.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/20/world/offbeat-world/hemp-used-worlds-first-bio-based-bridge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-20T15:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-20T15:02:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/20/national/japans-imperial-couple-make-first-visit-vietnam/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-20T16:09:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/20/national/recalled-japanese-envoy-not-likely-return-seoul-anytime-soon/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-20T16:35:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/20/national/city-obama-holds-onto-hope-u-s-leader-will-visit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-20T17:11:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hula dancers in the city of Obama, Fukui Prefecture, perform at an event Jan. 14 to show gratitude to outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama. Residents hope Obama will visit someday so they can thank him for the publicity his two terms as president provided.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/20/business/financial-markets/treasury-nominee-mnuchin-rolls-back-trumps-comments-strong-dollar/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takata Corp. is looking for buyers after a massive global recall of faulty parts, linked to at least 17 deaths worldwide.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Donald Trump takes the presidential oath of office at the Capitol on Friday with his wife, Melania, and children at his side.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Keep it in your wallet: After a year filled with unexpected events, many in Japan have decided saving for a rainy day may be the smarter thing to do rather than making the kinds of big purchases that might help the economy.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Armed Services Ball in Washington on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Activists in Bangalore on Saturday take part in a nationwide "I Will Go Out" march calling for safe access for women and marginalized communities in public spaces across India.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toshiba is facing ballooning losses from its U.S. nuclear business.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sen. John McCain arrives for the Presidential Inauguration of Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol in Washington Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched during a successful intercept test, in this undated handout photo.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-23T13:02:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takahiko Inagaki, who aims to revamp its whisky distillery, poses in Tonami, Toyama Prefecture, on Jan. 12.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-23T13:21:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-23T14:15:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-23T14:34:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show on Jan. 22 in this photo provided by the BBC.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toshihiro Nikai]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-23T16:20:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-23T16:20:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-23T16:53:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/23/business/corporate-business/nissan-mazda-project-gains-thai-market-share-incentive-linked-limit-expires/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-23T18:56:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-23T19:36:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-23T19:44:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-23T20:07:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-23T21:05:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An image provided by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan shows what the world's biggest telescope, which has been dubbed the TMT, would look like upon completion.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-23T23:41:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The contentious anti-conspiracy bill awaits deliberation during a recent Diet session.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/23/business/japan-high-post-brexit-britains-fta-priority-list-new-envoy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-24T03:35:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-24T06:48:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-24T07:11:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-24T09:52:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Emperor Akihito]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Environment Ministry aims to boost nature tourism in places such as Akan National Park in Hokkaido.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A globe bar inscribed with the name of former communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and the word "PEACE" sits inside the former leader's bunker in Bucharest Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-27T06:34:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/27/national/cairo-university-open-new-institute-japan-studies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T14:26:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cairo University in Egypt will establish an institute for Japan studies in February for research in arts and sciences, as well as to serve as a "bridge" to deepen understanding about Japan.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/22/national/an-mba-for-visionaries/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T15:26:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[globis1-20170122]]></image:title>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-27T16:33:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a Lower House Budget Committee session on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-27T16:47:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A buyer inspects tuna before the first auction of the year at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Jan. 5.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/10/25/business/tech/cutting-edge-inventions-showcased-tokyo-future-tech-expo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T16:54:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man wears a robot suit at Digital Content Expo 2014, which opened at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/10/27/national/computer-role-playing-game-helps-potential-lay-judges-prepare-for-trial/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T16:55:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A scene from the lay judge simulator shows a defendant in court. The subtitles suggest what a panel member may be deliberating, such as "I must think carefully because my decisions can change his life."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/10/28/business/corporate-business/softbank-unveils-smartphone-for-seniors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T16:56:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-27T16:57:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-ring-a-20141030.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wearable electronic device Ring is shown to the media on Wednesday at Omotesando Hills in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/05/national/media-national/nhk-dramas-foreign-star-says-japan-strengthened/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T16:58:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Charlotte Kate Fox, who plays Ellie in the NHK morning drama "Massan," holds a news conference Wednesday in Tokyo at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/10/national/complaints-over-online-toy-purchases-on-the-rise-ncac-warns/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T16:59:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-yokai-a-20141111.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Parents are snapping up the hugely popular DX Youkai Watch Type Zero for their children ahead of Christmas.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/12/national/girl-scouts-posed-yokohama-statue-reunited-52-years-later/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T16:59:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Libby Watson and Hiroko Tanaka meet for the first time in 52 years, at Narita International Airport on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/21/national/politics-diplomacy/tokyo-voters-scratch-heads-over-poll-call/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:02:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/21/national/japanese-artists-performers-find-youtube-brings-pay-applause/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:02:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ken Sekine, better known by his online handle Megwin, acknowledges fans in a video posted on Oct. 31. The caption says: "Thank you for your support, which has taken me this far."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/26/national/30-years-unicef-actress-kuroyanagi-says-theres-work/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:03:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tetsuko Kuroyanagi sits with children in an adobe-walled school in Cote d'Ivoire in June 2006.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/17/national/iwate-taps-googles-ingress-boost-tourism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:04:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-ingress-a-20141118.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An official from the Iwate Prefectural Government shows off "Ingress," Google's location-based game. The prefecture has started using the game as a tool to promote local tourism.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/12/01/national/drop-black-suit-akita-university-tells-job-seekers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:04:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Students in black suits attend a job fair in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Dec. 1, 2013.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/12/03/national/laotians-learn-about-land-rights-through-theater/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:05:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-jvc-a-20141204.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A member of the Japan International Volunteer Center asks villagers in Laos how they feel after watching local students perform a play about land rights.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/12/03/national/asylum-seekers-japan-get-helping-hand-nonprofit-group/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:06:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-jar-b-20141204.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Asylum seekers in Japan often face significant obstacles in their efforts to secure permanent refugee status.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/12/11/business/ecology-product-confab-at-big-sight-kicks-off-with-higher-youth-turnout/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:07:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Elementary school students listen as a Fujitsu Ltd. employee discusses their vegetable-growing project on Thursday at the Eco-Product 2014 expo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/12/16/national/novelty-party-hokkaido-shows-105000-voters-want-none/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:07:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/12/18/business/tech/gadget-maker-wants-everyday-items-online-access/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:08:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-iot-a-20141219.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Startup DentsuBlue in Tokyo's Roppongi district is hoping to promote digital padlocks that can be unlocked wirelessly using a smartphone app.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/12/25/national/now-boastful-japan-really-tune-visitors-want-foreign-expert-warns/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:09:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/01/06/national/new-nugget-woes-tarnish-mcdonalds-already-stained-image/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:11:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman passes a McDonald's outlet in Tokyo in July. Diners in the capital and in Misawa, Aomori Prefecture, have reported finding pieces of vinyl in Chicken McNuggets.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/12/26/national/asahi-plans-system-review-reports-limit-editorial-interference/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:11:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/01/07/national/you-want-teeth-with-that-mcdonalds-japan-sold-fries-with-surprise/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:12:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/n-mcdonalds-a-20150108.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-mcdonalds-a-20150108.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takehiko Aoki]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/01/09/national/a-shadow-falls-on-the-golden-arches/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:12:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/n-food2-b-20150110.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-food2-b-20150110.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[McDonald's admits inedible items have been found in food for some time. Critics accuse it of a lack of transparency, and say customers expect more than a mere apology.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/01/19/national/mystery-deaths-afflicting-tuna-tokyo-aquarium/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:18:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-tuna-a-20150120.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man watches bluefin tuna in an aquarium at Tokyo Sea Life Park in Edogawa Ward on Monday. There were just six tunas in the fish tank after five others were moved to another tank earlier in the day.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/01/21/national/facing-severe-caregiver-shortage-government-dedicates-funds-to-promoting-profession/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:18:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/01/14/national/science-health/more-japanese-children-being-prescribed-psychotropic-drugs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:20:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/iStock_000004299543_Large.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[childhood-medication]]></image:title>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/01/21/national/islamic-states-twitter-tactics-mocked-by-japanese-internet-users/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:21:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[ismessage20150122]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An example of Islamic State-related account using a variety of hashtags.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/01/28/national/free-kenji-rally-held-outside-prime-ministers-office/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:26:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-freekenji-a-20150129.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People hold up "Free Kenji" signs calling for the release of Islamic State captive Kenji Goto on Wednesday evening in front of the prime minister's office.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/02/01/national/app-maker-quest-unique-crowd-pleasing-products/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:28:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-nextgeneration-NEW-a-20150202.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Daisaku Yamamoto, CEO of IT venture LeLeLe Inc., is interviewed at his office in Tokyo in January.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/02/05/national/crime-legal/new-threats-new-costs-as-japanese-companies-face-up-to-new-tactics-from-cyberattackers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:28:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-cybersecurity-a-20150206.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japanese companies are allocating more money for cybersecurity, but some analysts warn they are not taking radical steps like compartmentalizing their networks to limit loss, given that breaches can never be wholly prevented.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/02/05/national/crime-legal/magazine-ids-nagoya-student-breaking-legal-taboo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:29:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-shincho-a-20150206.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Feb. 12 issue of the Shukan Shincho, which hit newsstands Thursday, carries an article on a student who allegedly killed an elderly woman. The Japan Times blotted out the minor's name and blurred her face in this photo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/02/10/national/science-health/riken-serves-obokata-others-with-penalties-charges-could-follow/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:30:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/02/19/national/ninja-promote-cool-vending-machines/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:30:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tourists pose for a photo with JR Water Business Co. staff dressed in ninja and kimono outfits, in front of an Acure smart vending machine at JR Akihabara Station on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/03/02/national/crime-legal/questions-raised-keeping-teen-suspects-anonymous/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:31:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-juvenile-a-20150303.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[This screen shot of a Twitter user's post shows a photo of one of the teen suspects in the Kawasaki murder case. The user also gave the boy's name and urged others to pass it on. The Japan Times has modified the image to protect the suspect's identity.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/03/09/national/tohoku-disaster-areas-fast-track-rebuilding-others-stuck-slow-lane/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:32:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The "Bridge of Hope" spans the Kesen River in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, in a photo taken Feb. 24. It is a key part of a 3-km-long conveyor system carrying earth from higher ground to a low-lying coastal area across the river that is being raised by 10 meters.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/03/06/national/crime-legal/lawyer-raps-weekly-for-expose-on-minor-in-kawasaki-slaying/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:33:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Weekly Shukan Shincho's Thursday issue contains an article with photos and the full name of the 18-year-old arrested on suspicion of killing a boy in Kawasaki. The Japan Times modified the image to protect the suspect's identity.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/03/14/national/misawa-spelling-prodigy-scoops-6th-japan-times-bee/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:33:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sean Fogerty (center), the 13-year-old winner of the 6th Japan Times Bee, poses with (from left) spelling judge Steve McClure, master of ceremonies Marc Davies, The Japan Times President Takeharu Tsutsumi, spelling judge Teru Clavell, pronouncer James Tschudy and The Japan Times Managing Editor Edan Corkill.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/03/17/business/online-service-make-health-checks-easier/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:34:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-healthapp-a-20150318.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Smaho de Dokku (Health Examination With Your Smartphone), a web-based service created by KDDI Corp., offers users a way to conveniently receive a health checkup.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/03/27/national/school-kids-weak-at-filtering-data-to-produce-own-conclusions-study/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:35:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/02/07/national/japan-must-improve-intel-firms-can-propser-nsa-official-turned-ceo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:35:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bruce McIndoe]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/03/31/reference/translation-tech-gets-olympic-push/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:36:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A member of the support staff for Tokyo Marathon 2015 communicates with a foreign participant using a translation application on his smartphone on Feb. 22.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/04/08/national/schools-get-edo-era-knickers-twist/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:37:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A page from the government-approved morals education textbook "Watashitachi no Doutoku" ("Our Morals"), for fifth- and sixth-graders, describes behaviors said to be from the Edo Period.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/04/08/national/tokyos-baffling-signboards-get-revamp-foreign-visitors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:38:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/04/09/national/real-time-web-service-aims-inform-disaster-victims-via-twitter/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:38:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Web-based real-time disaster information service Disaana was launched Wednesday to provide information from inside disaster areas by mining tweets and displaying them as pins on a map. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/04/20/national/politics-diplomacy/naturalized-kabukicho-denizen-hopes-teach-china-lesson-democracy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:40:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Komaki Lee, a China-born naturalized Japanese running for the Shinjuku Ward Assembly, poses in the Kabukicho entertainment district, where he made a name for himself as a tour guide.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/05/01/national/social-issues/overuse-mobile-gadgets-hampers-students-ability-study-sleep/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:45:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[screent teen 20150501]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Asked if they find it hard to get up in the morning, 78.1 percent of junior high respondents who often watch or use electronic devices, including TVs, game consoles, mobile phones and computers, immediately before bedtime said they sometimes or frequently do have trouble the next morning.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/05/07/national/gaming-videos-giving-passionate-players-social-leg/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:45:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/n-videogamer-a-20150508.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-videogamer-a-20150508.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gatchman, known only by his screen name, is a full-time video gamer who regularly posts videos of his exploits and triumphs online.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/04/20/national/politics-diplomacy/chiyoda-ward-candidate-swears-campaign-vans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:45:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-campaigncar-a-20150421.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Delivering speeches from atop campaign vans is a familiar sight during elections in Japan, but one candidate, 30-year-old Takeori Yamashita, has rejected what he says is a noisy tradition.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/05/13/national/residents-upset-move-base-ospreys-yokota-municipalities-cite-broken-promises/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:49:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The U.S. military's Yokota Air Base in Tokyo touches five administrative cities and a town, and is located next to a residential area.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/27/asia-pacific/india-snake-charmers-struggle-survive-tradition-slowly-dies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:49:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A traditional snake charmer plays a gourd flute in front of cobras as a crowd watches following morning prayers at a temple in the snake-charmer settlement of Jogi Dera in the central Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in November.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/06/10/national/international-students-face-job-hunting-hurdles-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:52:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[International students gather for job interviews at a seminar held by the Kansai Economic Federation in 2013 in Osaka.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/06/16/national/crime-legal/wi-fi-hacker-criminal-case-reveals-risks-faced-home-users/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:54:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/27/business/mitsubishi-motors-faces-%c2%a5480-million-fine-false-fuel-economy-claims/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:54:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/b-mmc-a-20170128.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-mmc-a-20170128.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mitsubishi Motors Corp. is likely to be fined about ¥480 million for making false claims in sales literature about the fuel efficiency of its cars.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/06/25/national/toshiaki-endo-appointed-olympics-minister/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:56:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/n-newminister-a-20150626.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-newminister-a-20150626.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toshiaki Endo, the newly appointed minister in charge of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, speaks at his inaugural news conference at the Cabinet Office on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/06/29/business/tech/japanese-cat-collecting-game-is-apps-meow/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:57:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/n-neko-a-20150630.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-neko-a-20150630.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The cat-collecting smartphone game "Neko Atsume," shown in this screen shot, is gaining fans around the world.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/07/02/national/olympics-minister-says-first-task-address-stadium-funding-feud/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:58:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/n-endo-a-20150703.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-endo-a-20150703.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toshiaki Endo, appointed minister of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics last week, poses in his office on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/07/07/national/unique-stadium-design-biggest-reason-for-cost-blowout-sport-council/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T17:58:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-27T18:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Journalist Jumpei Yasuda is interviewed in February.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-27T19:02:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toshiba Corp. President Satoshi Tsunakawa speaks to reporters during a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-27T19:04:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Miyu Toyonaga, sporting an Ivanka Trump-brand dress, shows a picture of herself posing like Ivanka, along with a photo of her lifestyle icon, during an interview in Tokyo last month.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-27T19:52:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Haruhiko Kuroda, governor of the Bank of Japan, reacts during a plenary session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 20.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/27/asia-pacific/beijing-tells-officials-not-set-off-new-year-fireworks-curb-smog/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T19:54:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The tip of the Empire State Building is lit in blue as fireworks explode over the Hudson River celebrating the Lunar New Year on Thursday, as seen from Weehawken, New Jersey.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lawrence Krauss (left), chairman of the "Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists" Board of Sponsors, and board member Thomas Pickering, a former U.S. undersecretary of state as well as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Russia and other countries, unveil that the board has moved the minute hand of their "Doomsday Clock" by 30 seconds to a more ominous 2-1/2 minutes from midnight during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/27/business/japan-keep-close-eye-business-impact-u-s-mexico-spat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T20:12:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A book in Apa hotel rooms claiming the Nanking Massacre never took place could damage Japan's image and cause the Chinese tourists fueling its tourism boom to dry up. The book was written by Apa Group CEO Toshio Motoya.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/27/business/corporate-business/mitsubishi-motors-hit-%c2%a5485-million-fine-bogus-fuel-efficiency-data/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-27T22:50:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kurdish men work at a demolition site in Chiba Prefecture on Oct. 21, 2015.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/27/business/trump-seek-quick-progress-abe-bilateral-trade-deal-replacing-tpp/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-28T12:02:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-01-28T12:04:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This All Nippon Airways plane slipped off a runway after landing at New Chitose Airport near Sapporo on Jan. 19.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte listens as Philippine National Police (PNP) Director-General Ronald Dela Rosa whispers to him, during a late-night news conference at the presidential palace in Manila Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Newspapers, including the Nikkei (center), are displayed for sale in Tokyo on Friday. The headline set in black says "Nikkei buys British FT."]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Celeste Arrington]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/31/national/health-ministry-gears-possible-ban-smoking-public-areas/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-31T20:11:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/n-smoking-a-20170201.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-smoking-a-20170201.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The health ministry is considering proposing legislation that would ban smoking in public areas ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/31/national/japanese-american-fought-wwii-internment-evoked-amid-trump-immigration-ban-fallout/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-31T20:30:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/n-korematsu-a-20170201.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-korematsu-a-20170201.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fred Korematsu]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/31/national/politics-diplomacy/mattis-not-ask-japan-south-korea-shoulder-u-s-deployment-costs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-31T20:31:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/31/asia-pacific/north-korea-no-2-threat-u-s-pla-strategists-say/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-31T20:43:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/f-china-c-20170201.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-china-c-20170201.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[North Korean leader Kim Jong Un looks at what is believed to be the tip of a rocket warhead after a simulated test of atmospheric re-entry of a ballistic missile at an unidentified location in this undated photo released in March.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/31/world/putin-instigating-biggest-russian-arctic-military-buildup-since-soviet-fall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-31T20:43:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/f-arctic-a-20170201.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-arctic-a-20170201.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian servicemen of the Northern Fleet's Arctic mechanized infantry brigade participate in a military drill on riding reindeer and dog sleds near the settlement of Lovozero outside Murmansk, Russia, Jan. 23.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/31/world/politics-diplomacy-world/trump-administration-reportedly-allow-872-refugees-u-s-week/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-31T20:55:05+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/31/national/sapporo-drafts-partnership-rules-lgbt-couples/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-31T21:11:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/31/asia-pacific/mattis-reaffirms-pledge-defend-south-korea-evolving-north-korean-threat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-31T21:47:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/f-ussk-a-20170201.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-ussk-a-20170201.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. and South Korean army soldiers pose on a floating bridge on the Hantan River during a joint military exercise against a possible attack from North Korea, in Yeoncheon, South Korea, in December 2015.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/31/national/space-cargo-ship-experiment-clean-debris-hits-snag/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-01-31T21:55:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/n-cargoship-a-20170201.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-cargoship-a-20170201.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Kounotori6 cargo transporter is released from the International Space Station early Saturday. It has failed to extend a cable needed to test technology to remove debris from orbit, according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/01/national/japans-refugee-rejections-set-get-fast-track/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T05:21:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/31/business/corporate-business/toyota-announces-closure-date-plant-near-melbourne/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T05:21:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/b-austoyota-a-20170201.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-austoyota-a-20170201.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An Australian flag flies next to the Toyota flag outside the Toyota manufacturing plant in Altona, a western suburb of Melbourne, in February 2014.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/31/business/economy-business/diet-enacts-extra-budget-disaster-relief-defense/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T05:22:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/31/business/corporate-business/canon-logs-32-drop-net-profit-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T05:23:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/01/business/toyota-target-best-buy-fight-back-heart-stopping-republican-border-tax-push/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T05:55:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/01/national/politics-diplomacy/okinawa-governor-arrives-washington-voice-u-s-base-grievances/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T07:05:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/01/national/social-issues/10000-sought-refugee-status-japan-2016-including-job-seekers-sources/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T07:06:52+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/01/world/syrian-kurd-dominated-militias-see-u-s-support-raqqa-fight-trumps-watch/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T07:28:16+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/f-raqqa-a-20170202.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-raqqa-a-20170202.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fighters from the Kurdish-Arab alliance known as the Syrian Democratic Forces sit on a heavily armed vehicle near the village of Khirbet al-Jahshe, some 35 km from al-Tabaqah on the western outskirts of Raqqa, Syria, in December as they advance toward the Islamic State (IS) group bastion. A coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Syria has received U.S. armored vehicles for the first time, and a promise of new U.S. support, a coalition spokesman told AFP on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/01/world/science-health-world/brain-computer-interface-lets-paralyzed-patients-communicate-thoughts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T09:53:43+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/f-interface-a-20170202.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-interface-a-20170202.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The NIRS/EEG brain-computer interface system is worn by a model in Switzerland in this undated photograph released in London Tuesday,]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/31/national/americans-gather-near-u-s-embassy-tokyo-protest-trumps-travel-ban/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T10:35:58+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/n-rally-a-20170201.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-rally-a-20170201.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Americans and other expats gather to protest against President Donald Trump's recent travel ban, outside the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/30/national/politics-diplomacy/tokyo-silent-as-trump-immigration-ban-sparks-global-outcry/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T10:38:34+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/n-banreaction-a-20170131.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-banreaction-a-20170131.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe answers questions before the Upper House Budget Committee on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/01/world/politics-diplomacy-world/untested-trump-seen-threat-eu-like-russia-china-radical-islam-stirs-german-protectionism-fears/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T10:53:07+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/f-eurotrump-a-20170202.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-eurotrump-a-20170202.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech at a local meeting of her Christian Democrats, CDU, in Grimmen, northern Germany, Saturday. Merkel said there's no solution yet to the problem of how to fairly share the burden of migration among European Union member states.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/01/world/social-issues-world/lgbt-advocates-leery-despite-despite-trump-vow-protect-workplace-rights/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T11:28:32+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/f-lgbt-a-20170202.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-lgbt-a-20170202.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jessie Lamphere, a transgender high school student, stands with his mom, Tyler Lamphere, after a brief hearing at the state Capitol in Pierre, South Dakota, Tuesday. A bill that would have restricted which locker rooms South Dakota transgender students could use was withdrawn Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/01/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/south-korea-moves-curb-presidents-power-park-scandal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T12:33:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/f-skprez-a-20170202.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-skprez-a-20170202.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People march toward the presidential Blue House during a protest demanding the resignation of South Korean President Park Geun-hye in Seoul on Jan. 7.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/01/asia-pacific/science-health-asia-pacific/chinas-nuclear-power-capacity-likely-overtake-americas-within-decade/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T13:08:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/01/world/politics-diplomacy-world/third-americans-think-trumps-travel-ban-will-make-safer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T13:33:52+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/01/national/science-health/japanese-researchers-analyze-big-data-babies-development/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T14:09:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/01/asia-pacific/duterte-asks-china-help-patrol-piracy-prone-southern-waters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T14:59:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/31/national/much-japan-pay-host-u-s-forces-depends-ask/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T15:13:19+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/n-cost-z-20170201.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-cost-z-20170201.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Kadena Air Base in Okinawa. There seems to be no consensus between Tokyo and Washington as to what percentage of the financial burden has been borne by Japan since 2004.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/01/world/crime-legal-world/quebec-shooting-suspect-rented-flat-near-mosque-massacre-scene/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T15:13:50+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/f-quebec-a-20170202.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-quebec-a-20170202.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[This undated selfie portrait sourced on social network on Tuesday shows Alexandre Bissonnette, a Canadian political science student known to have nationalist sympathies who was charged with six counts of murder over a shooting spree at a Quebec mosque — one of the worst attacks ever to target Muslims in a Western country. Some 50 people were in the mosque at the time of the attack. The dead are all dual Canadian nationals: one Moroccan, two Algerians, one Tunisian and two Guineans.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/01/business/corporate-business/komatsu-joins-peers-signaling-mining-rebound-remains-elusive/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T16:07:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/01/business/corporate-business/housewife-who-saved-toyoko-hotel-chain-puts-focus-on-female-managers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T16:35:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/b-toyoko-a-20170202.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-toyoko-a-20170202.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Maiko Kuroda, president of Toyoko Inn Co., says the business hotel chain is seeking permission for a more than 1,000-room property in New York's Queens.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/01/business/corporate-business/toyota-expects-thai-auto-sales-log-8-rise-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T17:19:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/01/business/corporate-business/j-power-aims-burn-natural-gas-wood-abe-fights-climate-change/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T17:42:30+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/b-biomass-a-20170202.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-biomass-a-20170202.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A worker at a biomass plant displays a sample of wood chips. The Electric Power Development Co. is looking to use more woody biomass as well as build its first major power plant that burns natural gas.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/01/world/crime-legal-world/massachusetts-new-york-virginia-join-suing-trumps-immigration-order/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T17:44:48+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/f-statesuits-a-20170202.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-statesuits-a-20170202.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey takes questions from reporters during a news conference Tuesdayin Boston. Healey is joining a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts challenging President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration. Martin Meehan, president of the University of Massachusetts, stands second from left.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/01/national/japan-to-start-offshore-work-at-planned-new-okinawa-airbase/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T17:48:46+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/01/national/university-tokyo-hospital-admits-nurse-administered-wrong-medication-boy-subsequently-died/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T17:56:22+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/n-todaihospital-a-20170202.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-todaihospital-a-20170202.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The University of Tokyo Hospital has said a nurse mistakenly gave a boy the wrong drugs in 2015.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/01/national/niigata-governor-ryuichi-yoneyama-stands-firm-against-restart-of-kashiwazaki-kariwa-plant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T18:02:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/n-niigata-b-20170202.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-niigata-b-20170202.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An October Kyodo News poll showed that 64 percent of Niigata Prefecture voters oppose the restart of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/01/national/crime-legal/police-unaware-moustached-tokyo-man-forces-clean-shaven-friend-take-fall-speeding/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T18:26:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/01/national/politics-diplomacy/fear-losing-trump-trade-defense-lies-behind-abes-silence-muslim-ban/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T18:52:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/n-focus-a-20170202.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-focus-a-20170202.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asks permission to answer questions from the Lower House Budget Committee on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/01/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/trumps-pentagon-chief-seeks-steady-allies-trip-japan-south-korea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T18:52:39+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/f-mattispre-b-20170202.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-mattispre-b-20170202.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis speaks as President Donald Trump listens at the Pentagon in Washington on Friday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/01/national/politics-diplomacy/south-korea-joins-china-asks-asian-games-organizer-change-hotel-nanking-massacre-denial-book/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T18:52:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/01/asia-pacific/shadowy-killings-persist-manila-police-quit-drugs-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T21:12:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/01/business/trump-lambastes-japan-china-currency-devaluation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T21:21:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-currency-a-20170202.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Money traders operate at a foreign exchange brokerage in Tokyo Wednesday. Japanese officials rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's claim that Tokyo is seeking to weaken the yen against the dollar to gain a trade advantage.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/01/world/politics-diplomacy-world/u-s-senate-approves-chao-lead-transportation-department/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-02-01T21:52:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-02-02T06:19:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[National security adviser General Michael Flynn delivers a statement daily briefing at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-02-02T11:50:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-02-02T14:32:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A huge tuna sign greets visitors to the Tsukiji fish market.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-02-02T16:46:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-02-02T16:49:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-02-02T16:53:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA["The Road Home Prize" winners and judges pose at Josai University's Kioicho Campus on Jan. 27.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-02-02T17:51:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Tesla Motor Inc. Gigafactory undergoes construction in Sparks, Nevada, last July.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Customers view vehicles on display for sale outside a Ford Motor Co. dealership in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, last month.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The World Trade Organization's headquarters are seen in Geneva, Switzerland, last week. A proposed U.S. corporate tax reform risks being the biggest dispute in WTO history.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-02-02T19:19:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-02-02T19:34:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump will hold additional talks at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, after their Feb. 10 Washington meeting, a source said. The prime minister dismissed as "not true" on Wednesday Trump's assertion overnight that Japan has been devaluing the yen.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-02-02T20:27:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The decision by the Supreme Court on Wednesday has raised doubts about whether the right to be forgotten online will take root in Japan.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-02-02T21:18:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-02-02T21:46:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ante upped: An artificial intelligence bot beat human players for the first time ever at poker during a tournament that ended Monday. The machine's victory marks a significant development in AI.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-02-02T22:14:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Panasonic Corp. on Thursday raised its full-year group earnings forecasts for the current business year.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A volunteer feeds a lion at Nour Park in Mosul's zoo, Iraq, Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-02-03T13:44:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An environmental activist protests during a speech by Myron Ebell (left), who was appointed to lead U.S. President Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency's transition team, at the Solvay library in Brussels on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump speaks on the phone Saturday with Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. For decades, Australia and the U.S. have enjoyed the coziest of relationships, collaborating on everything from military and intelligence to diplomacy and trade. Yet an irritable tweet Trump fired off about Australia and a dramatic report of an angry phone call between the nations' leaders proves that the new commander in chief has changed the playing field for even America's staunchest allies.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Head Honsha: Nico Nico has opened its new headquarters, which includes a studio for visitors, within the Parco department store in Ikebukuro.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japanese 10-year yields briefly erased gains and the yen dropped after the Bank of Japan on Friday offered to buy an unlimited amount of bonds at a fixed rate.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The average number of flu patients per hospital or clinic shot up to 39.41 last week, up from 28.66 the week before.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda fields questions from reporters Friday after a meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A wall with barbed wire is seen in front of the Las Vegas skyline section of the Miniature Wonderland exhibit in Hamburg, Germany, on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Honest truth: Anyone who finds an item of lost property is entitled to a reward by law, although such rights can be waived.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-02-04T20:39:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-02-05T13:58:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Indian counterpart Narendra Modi raise their glasses during a luncheon Abe hosted for Modi in Kobe in November 2016. Japan and India agreed to promote cooperation in Africa during the visit.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A recently released study says that Japan's imports of foodstuffs, wood product and other commodities is affecting 792 endangered species in various parts of the world.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The truth is out there: Journalist Kazuhiko Inoue led a highly criticized segment on Tokyo's MXTV's "News Joshi" that featured a distorted report on protesters trying to stop the construction of helipads for the U.S. military in Okinawa.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yasuhiro Sato (center), president and chief executive officer of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., listens during a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 14.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan's wages rose 0.5 percent in 2016 from the previous year.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cardinal Angelo Amato reads out a letter from Pope Francis in a ceremony Tuesday in Osaka to endorse beatification of Japanese Christian warlord Takayama Ukon.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tran Hong Kien is one of two Vietnamese working at Yoshimoto Factory in Tokyo. They were hired as regular employees and receive the same salary as their Japanese colleagues.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a speech Tuesday at an annual event in Tokyo that promotes the return of four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido that were seized at the end of World War II by the then-Soviet Union.]]></image:caption>
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