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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan Life Co., based in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward, is suspected of engaging in a fraudulent health care product rental business. The firm has effectively gone bankrupt.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-12-27T15:46:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[First dance: U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump dance at the Armed Services Ball after his inauguration as the 45th president of the United States in January.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-12-27T16:37:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-12-27T17:34:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-12-27T17:37:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Blast threat: An intermediate-range ballistic missile test is conducted by North Korea on May 14.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-12-27T18:06:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man walks past an electronic stock board showing the Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-12-27T18:08:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-12-27T18:47:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People place wreaths at the statutes of former North Korean leaders Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-un in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang on Dec. 24. A plan to acquire long-range cruise missiles capable of striking North Korea could set off heated debate in the Diet next year.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/27/business/end-47-year-japan-rice-program-signals-boost-ramen-wheat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-12-27T19:50:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Customers eat at a mobile food stall in the Tenjin area of Fukuoka Prefecture on Dec. 21. Fukuoka is expanding production of a locally developed variety of grain that's designed to be perfect for tonkotsu ramen, a dish of cloudy white pork broth with noodles and slices of pork that originates in the region.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/27/national/two-niigata-nuclear-reactors-run-tepco-clear-safety-standards-first-company-since-fukushima-crisis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-12-27T20:53:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Nuclear Regulation Authority gave its approval Wednesday to restart the No. 6 and No. 7 reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, the first reactors operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. to formally clear the stricter safety standards.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/27/national/crime-legal/japan-limit-work-permits-asylum-seekers-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-12-27T20:53:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/27/national/science-health/doctor-not-listen-japan-faces-off-prescription-drugs-seniors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-12-27T21:46:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The health ministry plans to compile guidelines on how to prescribe medicine to the elderly, as many older patients are at risk of adverse reactions from taking too much medicine.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/27/business/corporate-business/scandal-hit-nissan-subaru-log-lower-domestic-output-november/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-12-27T22:03:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Visitors are seen looking at a Nissan Motor Co. sport-utility vehicle at a trade show in Wuhan, China, in October 2013.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/27/asia-pacific/vietnam-jails-15-plot-blow-airport-media/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-12-27T22:51:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/28/world/libya-flies-142-migrants-back-guinea-u-n-agencys-help/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-12-28T07:21:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Guinean migrants get on a plane to be deported to Guinea, in Misrata, Libya, Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/28/business/airbus-preparing-ditch-a380-superjumbo-emirates-fails-ink-big-deal-sources/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-12-28T07:33:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Emirates' chairman and CEO (right), Tom Enders, CEO of Airbus (left), and Tim Clark, president of Emirates Airlines, descend the steps of Airbus A380 during a delivery ceremony of Emirates' 100th Airbus A380 at the German headquarters of aircraft company Airbus in Hamburg-Finkenwerder, Nov.3.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/27/national/politics-diplomacy/south-korea-issues-report-casting-doubt-2015-comfort-women-deal-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-12-28T10:24:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Oh Tai-gyu, head of a special task force investigating the 2015 South Korea-Japan agreement regarding “comfort women,” speaks during a briefing on his investigation at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/28/world/social-issues-world/syria-lets-patients-leave-besieged-rebel-area-near-damascus-treatment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-12-28T10:53:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A girl is seen in an ambulance during medical evacuation from the besieged town of Douma, eastern Ghouta, to Damascus Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/27/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-dismisses-south-korean-criticism-comfort-women-deal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-12-28T11:11:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Foreign Minister Taro Kono visits the West Bank city of Jericho on Tuesday. He released a statement while on tour in the Middle East rejecting a South Korean government report on the so-called "comfort women" deal reached two years ago.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/27/national/crime-legal/japans-supreme-court-upholds-acquittal-ex-aum-shinrikyo-cult-member-tokyo-bombing-case/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-12-28T11:29:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Naoko Kikuchi]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/28/world/tit-tat-response-russia-plans-limit-u-s-military-flyovers-open-skies-treaty/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-12-28T13:01:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/28/asia-pacific/north-korean-defectors-may-exposed-radiation-says-south/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-12-28T13:18:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Conference of Cell Chairpersons of the Workers' Party of Korea gathers in Pyongyang in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/28/asia-pacific/south-korean-panel-says-theres-no-proof-cash-kaesong-industrial-park-diverted-norths-arms-program/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-12-28T13:36:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[North Korean women check cosmetic cases at a plant run by Taesung Industry Inc. in the Kaesong industrial complex in February 2006.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/28/asia-pacific/sumatras-sinabung-volcano-biggest-eruption-since-august/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-12-28T15:05:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/27/national/tokyos-kabutocho-financial-district-gets-creative-bid-revive-quiet-streets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-12-28T16:06:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rakugo comic storyteller Ryutei Ichiya performs at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Nov. 27. The event was part of an effort by the TSE and its landlord, Heiwa Real Estate Co., to liven up the Kabutocho district, Japan's equivalent to Wall Street.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/28/national/japanese-ex-diplomat-frankfurt-fired-improper-use-public-funds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-12-28T16:07:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/27/national/foreign-students-studying-japan-reaches-record-high/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-12-28T16:44:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The number of students studying at universities or higher educational institutions stood at 188,384, up 10.1 percent from a year before.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/28/business/financial-markets/dark-pool-action-grows-japan-top-exchange-lobbies-action/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-12-28T16:52:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Employees work on the trading floor at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), operated by Japan Exchange Group Inc. (JPX), in August.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-12-29T12:40:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-12-29T14:47:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-12-29T14:50:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Swiss branch of the World Wildlife Fund this year created a global warming-themed Christmas sweater, modeled here in Zurich in November. Profits from sales of the item will go to projects aimed at fighting climate change.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-12-29T15:05:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-12-29T15:37:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Democratic Party leader Renho, seen here on May 18,  was granted membership of the major opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/29/business/corporate-business/weworks-chinese-rival-nixes-urwork-brand-global-makeover/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-12-29T17:13:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Higashiosaka Chosen Chukyu Gakko in Osaka's Ikuno Ward will effectively close in March, after being cut off from funding by the Japanese central and local governments, school officials said Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-12-29T17:55:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may not attend the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in February given South Korean President Moon Jae-in's stance on a bilateral deal over the "comfort women" issue, sources said Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/29/national/top-court-reverses-2016-international-child-custody-decision/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2017-12-29T21:07:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[According to Seven &amp; I Holdings, the number of foreign visitors purchasing products at its stores has been growing in big cities and popular tourist destinations.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2017-12-29T22:21:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yasutaka Kitagawa (right), an official responsible for the shared agriculture experiment at Toray Construction Co., works with a "supporter" at a farm in Seika, Kyoto Prefecture, in mid- December.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/30/world/social-issues-world/metoo-rape-laws-womens-rights-advanced-despite-adversity-2017/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Women's March on Washington drew half a million participants on Jan. 21 — the largest single-day protests in U.S. history. An estimated 5 million people demonstrated worldwide under the theme "women's rights are human rights."]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Iranian pro-government supporters march during the funeral of a young member of the Revolutionary Guards, Sajjad Shahsanai, in the city of Najafabad, west of Isfahan, on Wednesday. A fifth night of unrest Monday to Tuesday saw six protesters killed during an attack on a police station in Qahderijan in the central province of Isfahan, state TV said. At least three other towns near the cultural hub of Isfahan also saw violence overnight, causing the deaths of a young member of the Revolutionary Guards, a policeman and a bystander.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (left) makes a speech Friday as leaders of Japan's top three business groups look on at a Tokyo hotel.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-08T21:23:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump returns to the White House from Camp David, Maryland, on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-08T21:56:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-08T22:43:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A new calendar published by the village of Otari, Nagano Prefecture, highlights 12 bachelors seeking brides in or outside the depopulating community.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/08/national/younger-hibakusha-offspring-seen-taking-reins-anti-nuke-drive/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-08T23:28:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-09T04:39:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hibakusha from Hiroshima and Nagasaki pose Monday with others in Yokohama in front of a ship chartered by Peace Boat.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-09T04:40:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-09T06:58:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Monero cryptocurrency logo is seen in this illustration photo Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-09T09:52:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Republican U.S. presidential nominee Mitt Romney delivers a speech criticizing then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2016.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-09T10:57:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Then-FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies before the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Federal Bureau of Investigation oversight on Capitol Hill in Washington in 2013.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-09T11:47:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A South Korean government spokesman late last month reads a statement by President Moon Jae-in that the "comfort women" deal with Japan adopted two years ago would not settle the bilateral dispute.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-09T11:56:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Logan Paul]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-09T13:28:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Scott Huffman, Google assistant vice president of engineering, speaks during an LG news conference at the 2018 CES in Las Vegas Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-09T13:32:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takashi Matsuba, president of Matsuba Entertainment, shows off his company's products at the 2017 baseball winter meetings trade fair last month in Florida.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/09/business/economy-business/japans-real-wages-mark-first-rise-11-months/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-09T14:47:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-09T16:37:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Men walk past an electronic stock board showing the Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-09T16:41:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/09/business/hitachi-chairman-hiroaki-nakanishi-head-keidanren-business-lobby/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-09T16:42:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiroaki Nakanishi]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/09/business/corporate-business/japanese-baby-products-firm-ficelle-makes-full-scale-thai-debut/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-09T17:01:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-09T18:17:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-09T18:32:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-09T18:33:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks in an interview with The Japan Times on Tuesday at the metropolitan government headquarters in Shinjuku Ward.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/09/national/japan-offer-disaster-info-car-navigation-systems/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-09T18:48:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-09T20:46:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha speaks during a briefing on the 2015 South Korea-Japan agreement over "comfort women" at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-09T20:47:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cybozu Inc. President Yoshihisa Aono speaks at a news conference Tuesday in Tokyo after filing a suit against the government seeking the right to use his premarital name.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/09/national/u-s-apologizes-japan-repeated-military-accidents/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-09T20:47:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera speaks to reporters Tuesday after a telephone call with U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/09/business/economy-business/bank-japan-mulls-raising-fiscal-2018-growth-forecast-maintaining-monetary-easing-sources/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-09T22:59:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-09T23:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-10T03:05:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A municipal official checks hundreds of unclaimed urns stored in an underground charnel house in a public cemetery in the city of Saitama.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/09/national/40-percent-foreign-workers-feel-discriminated-japanese-firms-survey-finds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-10T03:19:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Responding to a multiple-answer question on what they do not like about working in Japan, 43 percent of respondents cited gender inequality.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/09/national/teen-girls-gunma-hit-85-year-old-driver-whose-family-urged-not-get-behind-wheel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-10T04:23:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-10T04:27:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai arrives for an FCC meeting where they will vote on net neutrality in Washington on Dec. 14. Published reports say Pai is skipping the CES gadget show because of death threats. Pai has scrapped popular net-neutrality rules that had barred broadband providers like AT&amp;T, Comcast and Verizon from interfering with internet traffic. The policy's supporters have reacted strongly. Pai and his staff have called out racist tweets and death threats against the chairman.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/10/business/tech/microsoft-says-security-patches-slowing-pcs-servers-intel-shares-dip/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-10T09:55:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Computer processors by U.S. technology company Intel are pictured on Jan. 5 in Paris. As tech giants race against the clock to fix major security flaws in microprocessors, many users are wondering what lurks behind unsettling names like Spectre or Meltdown and what can be done about this latest IT scare.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[South and North Korean delegates attend their meeting at the truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarised Zone separating the two Koreas Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-10T10:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In this image made with a long exposure, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An Etihad Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft takes off from Zurich Airport Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-10T21:40:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-10T22:06:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-10T23:02:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-11T12:55:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-11T14:15:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/11/national/number-households-japan-welfare-hit-record-high-october/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-11T15:35:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-11T16:03:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/11/national/japanese-firms-brainstorming-ways-keep-staff-cancer-active-productive-new-law/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-11T16:09:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/11/business/south-korea-justice-ministry-prepares-ban-cryptocurrency-trading-exchanges-raided/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-11T16:25:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man walks past an electric board showing exchange rates of various cryptocurrencies at the Bithumb cryptocurrencies exchange in Seoul on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/11/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/trump-plays-talk-war-north-korea-reiterates-openness-talks/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (center) answers questions from reporters in Kauai, Hawaii, on Wednesday after inspecting a test complex for the Aegis Ashore missile defense system.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/11/business/financial-markets/boj-tightening-begin-sooner-expected-u-s-economist-allen-sinai-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-11T17:05:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese officials reviewing the nation's vast foreign exchange holdings have recommended slowing or halting purchases of U.S. Treasury bonds.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-11T18:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-11T18:02:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-11T18:17:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda speaks at a news conference Wednesday in Montgomery, Alabama, where automakers Toyota and Mazda announced plans to build a $1.6 billion joint-venture plant in Huntsville that will eventually employ about 4,000 people.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-11T20:15:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-11T21:38:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takashi Miyawaki is sent to the prosecutor Thursday in Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-12T02:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-11T23:22:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-11T23:26:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man sprays antiseptic solution on a truck Thursday near a poultry farm where bird flu is suspected to have infected chickens, in Sanuki, Kagawa Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-11T23:40:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/11/business/2017-imported-vehicle-sales-japan-highest-20-years/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-12T04:22:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-12T06:51:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-12T07:11:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-12T09:43:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[National flags of the United Kingdom, United States of America, France and Russia hang in front of the Steigenberger Belvedere hotel in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-12T09:47:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Endangered high mountain gorillas from the Sabyinyo family react as they play inside the forest within the Volcanoes National Park near Kinigi, northwestern Rwanda, Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-12T09:51:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Oil drills lief offshore of a service pier in the Santa Barbara Channel off the coast of Southern California near Carpinteria in 2015. Opposition to the Trump administration's plan to expand offshore drilling mounted. The plan could open up federal waters off the California coast for the first time in more than three decades.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-12T09:53:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A worker prepares to exit the Carrier Corporation HVAC manufacturing plant ahead of an expected second-round of layoffs in Indianapolis Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-12T11:17:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yasuhiro Suzuki]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/10/national/coming-age-1-8-new-adults-tokyo-not-japanese-ward-figures-show/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-12T12:53:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Women wearing kimonos attend their Coming-of-Age Day celebration ceremony at an amusement park in Tokyo on Jan. 8. According to data provided by the 23 ward offices, 10,959 new non-Japanese adults live in central Tokyo, or 13 percent of the 83,764 new adults living in the city.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/12/asia-pacific/myanmar-admission-soldiers-killed-rohingya-important-step-u-s-envoy-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-12T13:32:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rohingya refugee children smile for the camera as they carry firewood at Palong Khali refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/09/10/national/crime-legal/man-held-store-cigarette-extortion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-12T14:16:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-12T14:16:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Beachgoers spend their afternoon at Manly Beach in Sydney in September. Australia sweltered through its third-hottest year on record in 2017.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/12/world/tackle-global-road-deaths-like-preventable-diseases-report-urges/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-12T14:18:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Enforcing speed limits, ensuring vehicles are road-worthy can help reduce accidents, a report about global road safety said Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/11/national/time-honored-showa-era-club-ginza-closes-nine-decade-run/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-12T14:30:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A screenshot of a goodbye message on Shiroibara's website.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/16/national/crime-legal/aichi-man-28-arrested-video-posted-tampering-stores-stew/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-12T14:46:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/12/national/okinawa-zoos-lion-cubs-proving-cute-pass/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-12T14:51:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Seramu, a white lion cub, is credited with boosting visitor numbers to the Okinawa Zoo &amp; Museum.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-12T15:15:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takeshi Hakamada, Team Hakuto's leader, speaks at a Dec. 19 event at Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/12/business/airbnb-becoming-rural-income-source-india-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-12T15:43:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoshino Cedar House, a collaboration between Airbnb, a Tokyo-based architect and the Nara Prefecture community where it is located, is helping revitalize the rural area in a rapidly aging country.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/12/business/economy-business/japan-posts-current-account-surplus-%c2%a51-35-trillion-november/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-12T16:56:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-currentaccount-a-20180113.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A container ship sits berthed at a shipping terminal in Yokohama, Japan. Japan's current account surplus in November marked the 41st straight month of black ink, with increased shipments of semiconductor-related equipment and cars lifting the country's exports by 13.9 percent to ¥6.77 trillion.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-12T17:00:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[GM's planned Cruise AV driverless car, which features no steering wheel or pedals, is seen in a still image taken from video released Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/12/national/japanese-government-747-loses-panel-en-route-hokkaido-no-injuries-reported/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-12T17:09:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-12T18:04:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-12T18:11:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/12/national/electric-vehicles-practical-economical/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-12T19:32:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nissan Motor Co. Leaf electric vehicles are displayed at the company's showroom in Yokohama in November 2017.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/12/national/kagawa-culling-92000-chickens-fend-off-bird-flu-outbreak-shikoku/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-12T20:30:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Guests play with Sony's latest Aibo robot at one of the company's showrooms in Tokyo on Thursday, the day the new gadget went on sale.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Through an interpreter, Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue on Friday chats with Beatrice Fihn, leader of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-14T23:10:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-14T23:14:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A screen capture from Twitter user @wpugh shows a missile warning for Hawaii on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A customized Automobili Lamborghini SpA Huracn super car is displayed at the Tokyo Auto Salon in Chiba on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man last month collects recyclables from an alley in Hebei province, China.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-15T15:20:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-15T17:07:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Consumers in Japan are often asked if they have a point card, with the most common being the T-card.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A compact NAND flash memory card and other Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. products are shown during a 2004 conference. Some analysts expect the memory chip industry's growth rate to fall by more than half this year.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-15T19:10:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Professor of Engineering Hiroshi Amano holds a power semiconductor (left) and a wafer of crystallized gallium nitride at Nagoya University. His team is working on developing a wireless power supply system using crystallized gallium nitride technology.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Foreign Minister Taro Kono speaks during a meeting of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) on Sunday in Abu Dhabi.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/15/national/social-issues/foreign-trainee-fatality-data-highlight-safety-exploitation-issues-japan/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/15/business/economy-business/stiglitz-sees-risks-u-s-politics-spending-deadline-nears/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-15T23:43:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-16T04:10:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tatsufumi Sakai (right), head of Mizuho Financial Group Inc.'s securities unit, will succeed Yasuhiro Sato (left) as the banking group's president and CEO on April 1.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-16T06:44:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Remaining girls who were kidnapped from the northeast Nigerian town of Chibok are seen in an unknown location in Nigeria in this still image taken from an undated video obtained on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-16T06:50:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-16T06:54:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-16T07:00:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-16T12:11:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-16T13:07:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-16T13:31:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yasuhiro Suzuki competes at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, in November 2010.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takku, a 1-year-old mixed breed on the verge of being put down at an animal shelter after his owner abandoned him, takes police dog lessons from his trainer, Takashi Sueoka, on Dec. 30 in Yamaguchi Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A wallaby is seen on the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Sydney on Tuesday in this screenshot taken from video.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan's high-speed shinkansen date to the 1960s and have become a staple of domestic travel, with speeds of about 199 mph (320 kph), making for a 2.5 hour trip between Tokyo and Osaka — one of the most heavily trafficked routes.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The General Motors plant in Silao, in Guanajuato state, Mexico, is seen Nov. 9.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Maria Ressa (left), CEO and editor of online portal Rappler, speaks during a news conference at its office in Manila on Monday as Acting Managing Editor Chay Hofilena listens.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/16/national/japans-trains-always-time-report-highlights-frequency-rush-hour-delays-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-16T18:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A transport ministry report shows that train delays are frequent during Tokyo's rush hour.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-16T18:12:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pictures of South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are seen on a sign during a rally to denounce the U.S. policy against North Korea and demand a peaceful Winter Olympics, in Seoul on Tuesday. The Korean reads "Peace bobsled."]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-16T18:56:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber lands at Andersen Air Force Base on Guam on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-16T18:58:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (center), head of a minister-level meeting to discuss making the government more efficient through digital technology, speaks at the Prime Minister's Office on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/16/national/foreign-tourist-spending-2017-adds-record-%c2%a54-42-trillion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-16T19:01:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/16/national/seven-bodies-found-capsized-wooden-boat-likely-north-korea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-16T20:17:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Seven bodies were found in this capsized wooden boat that washed ashore in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, the police said Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-16T20:32:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Motohisa Furukawa (left), secretary-general of Kibo no To (Party of Hope), and Teruhiko Mashiko, secretary-general of the Democratic Party, speak to reporters Monday in Tokyo after reaching a broad agreement to form a joint parliamentary group.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/16/national/japan-coast-guard-seeks-boost-response-time-new-bases-large-patrol-ships/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-16T21:44:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-16T23:13:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Some Japanese firms — including the country's top mobile phone carrier, NTT Docomo — are looking to tackle food waste through various measures, including offering more financial incentives to consumers.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-17T04:09:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-17T06:54:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Protesters calling for an immigration bill addressing the so-called Dreamers, young adults who were brought to the United States as children, walk through the Hart Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-17T06:56:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon speaks during a campaign event for Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Judge Roy Moore in Fairhope, Alabama, Dec. 5.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-17T10:04:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rohingya refugees watch as others receive relief material at the Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Tuesday. Bangladesh and Myanmar have agreed that they will try to complete the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled from violence in Myanmar within two years, Bangladesh's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/17/national/chisako-wakatake-yuka-ishii-win-akutagawa-literary-award-yoshinobu-kadoi-bags-naoki-prize/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-17T10:34:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Recipients (from left) Yuka Ishii and Chisako Wakatake won the Akutagawa Prize while Yoshinobu Kadoi won the Naoki Prize.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/17/world/politics-diplomacy-world/u-s-house-panel-hold-hearing-emergency-alerts-hawaii-error/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-17T13:49:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-17T13:55:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman holds a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin during celebrations on the main square of the Crimean city of Simferopol in March 2014.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-17T15:13:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cyclists try to park Mobike bicycles on a crowded street in Shanghai.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-17T16:29:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-17T16:30:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-17T16:30:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-17T16:33:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ebru Ispir (left) cooks Turkish cuisine as she chats about her family in Turkey and her Muslim faith during a cooking session in Tokyo on Dec. 17.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-17T18:35:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-17T19:16:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-17T20:01:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Construction for the maglev train route's Nagoya Station is seen on Dec. 20.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-17T20:02:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Men work on the outside of the Bank of Japan building in Tokyo earlier this week.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-17T20:02:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-17T20:04:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-17T20:14:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Children from The American School in Japan Early Learning Center attend a disaster drill held at the Roppongi Hills complex located in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Wednesday, the 23rd anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-17T20:22:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tepco employees work at the company's central grid management center in Tokyo in this undated photo. The company is hunting both overseas and around Japan for startups and other investments with the potential to revolutionize the power sector.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/17/asia-pacific/koreas-mull-olympic-sized-question-represents-kim-jong-un/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-17T20:27:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Top North Korean official Choe Ryong Hae gestures during a visit to a completed cosmetics factory and cooperative farm in Sinuiju, in this photo released Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/17/national/tokyo-set-historical-structures-aglow-2020-games/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-17T20:28:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Tokyo Metropolitan Government building is lit up on Nov. 28, a day before the marking of 1,000 days until the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/17/national/nhk-issues-false-missile-alert-heels-hawaii-error/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-17T20:57:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A screenshot of the NHK news website from Tuesday evening says that broadcaster mistakenly sent an alert about a North Korean missile launch.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/17/national/politics-diplomacy/alliance-negotiations-two-japanese-opposition-parties-break/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-17T22:58:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shigefumi Matsuzawa (second from left), who heads Kibo no To (Party of Hope) in the Upper House, and Yuichiro Tamaki (third from left), leader of the party, gather at an emergency meeting of the party executive at the Diet on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/17/national/politics-diplomacy/tokyo-rejects-seouls-demand-additional-measures-comfort-women/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-17T22:58:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha (left) and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono attend a 20-nation ministerial meeting on North Korea Tuesday in Vancouver., British Columbia.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/17/world/politics-diplomacy-world/majority-u-s-national-park-service-advisory-board-appointed-former-president-obama-resigns-saying-ignored/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-17T23:35:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/17/national/kojien-dictionary-definition-lgbt-criticized-inaccuracy-advocates/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-18T03:59:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman looks at the new edition of Kojien dictionary at a bookstore in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/18/business/corporate-business/apple-pay-38-billion-u-s-taxes-foreign-cash-open-new-american-campus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-18T06:30:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Apple logo is seen at the entrance to the Fifth Avenue Apple store in New York in 2016. Apple announced Wednesday it would pay some $38 billion in taxes — likely the largest payment of its kind — on profits repatriated from overseas as it boosts investments in the United States.The iPhone maker said in a statement it plans to use some of its foreign cash stockpile of more than $250 billion, which qualifies for reduced tax rates under a recent bill, to invest in new projects, with estimated investments of $75 billion in the U.S.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/18/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/pentagon-chief-jim-mattis-told-foreign-ministers-north-korea-war-plan-source/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-18T10:41:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Jim Mattis talks to troops at an outdoor movie theater at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Dec. 21. The unannounced visit was the first by a defense secretary since Donald Rumsfeld visited in January 2002 shortly after the first prisoners arrived from Afghanistan.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/18/business/tech/twitter-may-notify-users-exposed-russian-propaganda-2016-election/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-18T10:48:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-propaganda-a-20180119.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Testifying Wednesday (from left) Monika Bickert, head of global policy management at Facebook Inc.; Juniper Downs, global head of public policy and government relations at YouTube Inc.; and Carlos Monje, director of U.S. and Canada public policy and philanthropy at Twitter Inc., appear before a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing in Washington. The committee is looking into terrorism and social media and whether large tech companies like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube are doing enough to combat the spread of extremist propaganda online.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/18/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/russia-helping-north-korea-skirt-sanctions-pyongyang-getting-close-missile-trump/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-18T11:03:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump departs following a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony for former Sen. Bob Dole at the U.S. Capitol in Washington Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/17/national/kobe-marks-23-years-since-great-hanshin-earthquake-killed-6400/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-18T12:16:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/17/business/corporate-business/japans-recruit-holdings-announces-entry-vacation-rental-market/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-18T12:36:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-minpaku-a-20180118.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan has seen a surge in new players jumping on the minpaku vacation rental bandwagon. Recruit Holdings Co. on Wednesday became the latest to announce its entry into the sector.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/17/national/saga-prefecture-employs-sagat-street-fighter-game-fame-tourism-ambassador/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-18T13:48:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This screenshot from the Saga Prefectural Government and Capcom Co. website shows Sagat (center) and other Street Fighter 2 video game characters that will be used to promote the prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/18/business/strong-wage-growth-key-beating-deflation-japanese-government-says-report-corporate-wage-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-18T16:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/17/national/highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-detected-dead-goshawk-found-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-18T16:57:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[About 92,000 chickens were culled last week at a poultry farm in Kagawa Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/18/national/japans-epsilon-3-rocket-successfully-places-private-nec-satellite-orbit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-18T17:01:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Epsilon-3 rocket carrying NEC Corp.'s ASNARO-2, a small radar satellite, takes off from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/18/national/crime-legal/84-year-old-woman-swindled-%c2%a570-million-nursing-home-scam/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-18T17:52:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-18T17:54:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan listens to cheering supporters as he addresses his lawmakers at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/18/business/corporate-business/troubled-toshiba-plans-eliminate-negative-net-worth-selling-westinghouse-claims-u-s-hedge-fund/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-18T18:13:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A view of Toshiba Corp.'s headquarters in Tokyo. The struggling company has agreed to sell its claims related to Westinghouse Electric Co. to the Baupost Group LLC for $2.16 billion.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/18/business/boj-gov-haruhiko-kurodas-chances-good-second-term-ldp-official-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-18T18:44:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/18/business/corporate-business/japans-ntt-communications-expanding-data-center-capacity-malaysia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-18T18:45:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/18/asia-pacific/oil-sunken-iranian-tanker-diffusing-east-china-sea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-18T18:46:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/18/national/politics-diplomacy/see-u-s-already-north-korea-war-footing-waiting-allies-get-onboard/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-18T19:13:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A B-2 stealth jet taxis at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam on Jan. 8. The U.S. has been deploying bombers and aircraft carriers to Guam, raising speculation it is preparing for a military conflict.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/18/national/social-issues/japans-government-aims-ageless-society-plan-keep-healthy-seniors-working/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-18T20:04:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/n-elderly-a-20180118.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-elderly-a-20180118.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The government aims to create a society where people aged 65 or older will not be automatically regarded as seniors.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/18/national/crime-legal/japans-crime-rate-hits-record-low-number-thefts-plummets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-18T21:35:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/n-crime-a-20180119.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-crime-a-20180119.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The overall number of cases of crime has consistently declined in Japan after hitting a peak of 2.85 million in 2002.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/18/national/nippon-ishin-no-kai-leader-osaka-gov-ichiro-matsui-files-suit-niigata-gov-ryuichi-yoneyama-twitter-comments/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-18T22:51:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/n-governor-a-20180119.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-governor-a-20180119.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ichiro Matsui]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/18/national/u-s-helicopters-fly-okinawa-school-despite-promising-avoid-route-falling-window-incident/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-18T22:51:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-okinawa-a-20180119.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Elementary school students take part in an evacuation drill on Thursday in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, as a precaution when U.S. military helicopters approach, after a window from a similar U.S. aircraft fell on the school grounds in December.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/18/world/india-test-fires-long-range-ballistic-missile-amid-perceived-threats-china-pakistan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-18T23:01:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/18/business/japanese-companies-drivers-seat-indian-bullet-train-deals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-19T04:13:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi leave an E5 series shinkansen during a visit to a plant run by Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.'s Rolling Stock Co. in Kobe in 2016.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/19/business/emirates-hands-a380-superjumbo-lifeline-16-billion-order/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-19T06:54:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An Emirates Airbus A380 airliner lands at Nice international airport in France Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/19/world/politics-diplomacy-world/women-worldwide-set-march-trump-linked-misogyny-triggers-new-era-activism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-19T06:58:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In this Jan. 21, 2017, photo, a crowd fills Independence Avenue during the Women's March on Washington, in Washington. The astounding sea of women in bright pink "pussy hats" in Washington, across the nation and beyond, often described as the largest single-day protest in U.S. history, became the face of the resistance to Trump and his agenda. It inspired thousands of women to do something they'd never done before: explore a run for political office.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/19/world/train-derails-hits-residences-mexico-city-suburb-killing-least-five/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-19T09:45:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-derail-a-20180120.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A covered grain hopper lies on its side at the site where the last car of freight train derailed and hit two houses killing five people in the municipality of Ecatepec, just north of Mexico City, on Thursday. The victims died when they were buried by the corn the freight car was carrying.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/19/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/u-s-pacific-commander-calls-china-disruptive-regional-force-calls-allies-build-capabilities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-19T09:52:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-19T10:09:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/18/national/tokyo-metro-trains-vandalized-third-time-seven-days/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-19T10:26:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/n-graffiti-a-20180119.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-graffiti-a-20180119.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Hibiya Line subway car is seen covered with graffiti on Monday morning in a picture provided by Twitter user @hatasan_oira. Operator Tokyo Metro Co. has been hit with three cases of vandalism over the past week.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/19/world/science-health-world/u-s-succeeds-initial-nevada-tests-nuclear-power-system-sustain-astronauts-mars/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-19T11:11:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Mars fission power system concept in the Kilopower project is shown in this undated NASA handout photo released on Jan. 9.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/19/world/politics-diplomacy-world/federal-shutdown-showdown-divided-congress-votes-keep-government-running/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-19T12:23:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-congress-a-20180120.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy speaks at a news conference with Republican leaders in Washington on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/18/business/nestle-cooks-new-ruby-chocolate-launch-kit-kat-crazed-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-19T13:49:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-kitkat-a-20180119.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ruby chocolate KitKats, produced by Nestle SA, are displayed during a media event in Tokyo on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/07/27/business/corporate-business/wasabi-raspberry-japans-exotic-kit-kat-varieties-sure-win-tourists/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-19T13:52:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/n-kitkat-a-20170728.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-kitkat-a-20170728.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yasumasa Takagi, owner and head chef of Le Patissier Takagi, pours liquid chocolate into an airbrush during a media preview of the Kit Kat Chocolatory Ginza store in Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/03/24/business/cherry-blossom-fever-boosts-companies-bottom-lines/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-19T13:52:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/b-sakura-a-20170325.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-sakura-a-20170325.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cherry blossom-themed products include Ito En Ltd.’s Oi Ocha green tea, Suntory Beer Ltd.’s Kin-mugi low-malt beer, Karuizawa Brewery Ltd.’s Ouka-ranman beer and Ezaki Glico Co.’s Pocky chocolate.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/04/business/japan-kit-kat-varieties-draw-tourists-spend/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-19T14:57:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/b-kitkat-a-20180105.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-kitkat-a-20180105.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Foreign visitors look at Nestle Japan's wasabi Kit Kat bars at the company's outlet in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district in late November.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/19/world/science-health-world/even-without-el-nino-last-year-earth-keeps-warming-2017-ranked-either-second-third-hottest/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-19T16:57:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/f-warming-a-20180120.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-warming-a-20180120.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A March 2017 flash flood hits the colorful historic center of the city of Trujillo, Peru, bringing mud and debris. The last three years were the hottest on record, the United Nations weather agency said Thursday, citing fresh global data underscoring the dramatic warming of the planet.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/19/business/softbank-led-group-completes-acquisition-uber-stock-worth-9-3-billion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-19T16:59:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/b-uber-a-20180120.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-uber-a-20180120.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Uber Technologies Inc. has completed its deal with SoftBank Group Corp.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Scarborough Shoal, in the South China Sea, is seen in this photo taken in March 2016.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-21T18:26:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A trash collector removes garbage from Capitol Hill as the U.S. government remains shut down Saturday in Washington.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-21T19:15:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-21T21:16:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The U.N. Security Council adopts new sanctions against North Korea in September.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-21T21:19:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Freedom: Passengers walk out of a train on East Japan Railway Co.’s Shinetsu Line, where they spent the night after being stranded by heavy snowfall in Sanjo, Niigata Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-21T21:51:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Japanese survey links prolonged stress with a 20 percent higher risk of cancer in men.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-21T22:31:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fukui Prefecture's days as the center of Japan's nuclear power industry might be fading with five reactors scheduled for decommissioning. These include the No. 1 (front) and No. 2 units at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi plant in Fukui, shown in this January 2017 photo.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-21T22:32:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A unique version of karuta, a traditional Japanese card game, has been devised to promote public awareness of infectious diseases.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-21T23:07:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police and railway staff gather Saturday on a train platform at Okayama Station in the city after a boy was found walking on the tracks of the Sanyo Shinkansen Line.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Palestinians take part in a protest over the visit of U.S. Vice President Mike Pence to Israel, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-22T10:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Was he pushed?: Yokozuna Hakuho (left) loses to Hokutofuji at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-22T10:02:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-22T10:08:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Riot police fire tear gas to disperse Catholic priests and demonstrators during a protest against President Joseph Kabila, organized by the Catholic church in Kinshasa Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-22T10:10:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Staff remove snow ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in the Swiss Alps resort of Davos Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-22T10:13:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A tourist helicopter circles the Statue of Liberty Sunday in New York. The statue is closed due to the government shutdown. President Donald Trump's budget director is holding out hope that feuding Democrats and Republicans in Congress can reach a short-term spending agreement before the start of the workweek Monday, but he worries that the government shutdown could last for several more days if progress remains elusive.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-22T10:24:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People wait in Tokyo's Hibiya Park for admission tickets to the first court hearing of Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara in April 1996.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-22T10:51:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An attendee holds a sign that reads "Resist" before entering the Sam Boyd Stadium during the Women's March One-Year Anniversary: Power To The Polls event in Las Vegas on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/21/national/politics-diplomacy/constitutional-revision-labor-reform-casinos-agenda-japans-legislature-opens/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-22T12:13:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets members of his Cabinet on Friday. Lawmakers are expected to discuss a number of key bills when the Diet opens on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/22/world/politics-diplomacy-world/german-chancellor-angela-merkel-closes-fourth-term-familiar-coalition-ally/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-22T12:58:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a faction meeting of her conservative bloc in Berlin on Jan. 16.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/22/asia-pacific/crime-legal-asia-pacific/bomb-southern-thai-market-kills-least-three-injures-18-security-official-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-22T13:42:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Thai military personnel inspect the site of a bomb attack at a market in the southern Thai province of Yala on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/22/national/critic-susumu-nishibe-dies-78-apparent-suicide/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-22T14:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Susumu Nishibe]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/21/national/social-issues/abused-foreign-trainees-pressured-leave-labor-union-technical-intern-programs-supervising-body-ahm/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-22T14:43:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[AHM Cooperation faxed this letter to the Kanagawa City Union to get four foreign trainees it was overseeing to leave the labor body. The trainees joined the union because they were being abused by the employer chosen for them under Japan's Technical Intern Training Program.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/22/asia-pacific/crime-legal-asia-pacific/vietnam-jails-former-petrovietnam-official-life-another-13-years/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-22T15:03:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vietnamese former state oil executive Trinh Xuan Thanh listens to the verdict in his trial at the Hanoi's People's Court on Monday. Thanh, who was allegedly kidnapped from Germany, was sentenced to life in prison for graft on the same day, in one of the most high-profile corruption trials in the communist nation that have targeted business and political elite.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-22T15:06:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-22T16:16:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-22T16:17:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A 15-year-old teen arrested over an alleged stabbing in Kagoshima earlier this month told the police his target "could be anyone."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/22/business/corporate-business/softbank-reportedly-ready-invest-400-million-health-care-portal-run-chinese-firm-ping-insurance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-22T16:44:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-22T16:47:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Piles of clamshells with a stone structure above them are seen at an excavation site at the Sakatsuji Shell Midden in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/22/business/imf-raises-japans-growth-forecast-1-2-broad-based-global-recovery/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-22T23:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-22T16:57:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An annotated satellite image of Fiery Cross Reef in the Spratly island chain of the South China Sea shows areas where China has conducted construction work above ground during 2017.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-22T16:57:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A sign bearing North Korean and U.S. flags and distances is seen near the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas in Paju, South Korea.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/20/national/residents-ex-pats-kansai-mark-trump-inauguration-anniversary-protest-march/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-22T17:14:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman holds a sign at a rally in Osaka Saturday to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's first year in office.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/22/business/tokyo-meeting-officials-forge-ahead-tpp-even-canada-wavers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-22T17:49:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-tpp-a-20180123.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toshimitsu Motegi, Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, speaks at a two-day meeting of chief negotiators from the other participating nations.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/22/business/year-ago-davos-thought-trump-normal-president-hasnt-case/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-22T18:23:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-davostrump-a-20180123.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump listens during a meeting on immigration with bipartisan members of Congress, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on Jan. 9. Trump is set to travel to Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum this week.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/22/national/history/filipino-japanese-youngsters-urged-remember-infamous-1942-bataan-death-march/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-22T18:54:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-bataan-a-20180123.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Meeting in the Manila suburb of Quezon (from left), Philippine Veterans Affairs Office Administrator Ernesto Carolina, Philippine Veterans Bank Chairman Roberto de Ocampo and PVB President Nonilo Cruz attend a ceremony Thursday to launch the Bataan Freedom Trail and Bataan Freedom Run, scheduled for spring in commemoration of the 1942 Bataan Death March.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/22/business/finance-minister-taro-aso-pledges-restore-japans-fiscal-health-even-government-spends-child-care/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-22T18:58:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-aso-a-20180123.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends a Diet session with Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the World Economic Forum on Tuesday in Davos, Switzerland.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium will be the venue for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2018 Winter Games.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-25T13:12:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Brain shape evolution in Homo sapiens is shown in these images of the earliest known members of our species, the 300,000-year-old cranium Jebel Irhoud 1 (left), and a present-day human.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The monkeys Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua were cloned using the method that produced Dolly the sheep.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Icicles formed on a fountain at Tokyo's Hibiya Park on Thursday morning as temperatures marked a 48-year low in the capital. The reading of minus 4 degrees Celsius prompted warnings about freezing pipes and strain on the power grid.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-25T22:02:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a policy speech in a plenary session of the Lower House on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/25/national/crime-legal/suit-revealed-former-sumo-stablemaster-kasugano-now-jsa-director-wrestler-2014-assault/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-25T22:02:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Stablemaster Kasugano, who also serves as communications chief for the Japan Sumo Association, fields questions from reporters at the Kokugikan in Tokyo in January.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/25/national/crime-legal/activist-widowed-aum-yet-find-peace-decades-deadly-95-sarin-attack/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-25T22:03:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shizue Takahashi, a representative of those injured by doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo's 1995 sarin attack on the Tokyo subway system, speaks at a news conference on in the capital on Jan. 19.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/25/national/physical-decline-key-reason-elderly-drivers-return-licenses-government-survey/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-25T22:03:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-license-a-20180125.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nearly three quarters of elderly drivers aged 70 or older in Japan intend to voluntarily return their driver's licenses when they become aware of physical decline, a government survey shows.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/25/business/corporate-business/new-uber-ceo-dara-khosrowshahi-make-first-visit-japan-february/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-25T22:05:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-uberasia-a-20180126.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dara Khosrowshahi]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/25/national/japan-open-permanent-exhibit-territorial-disputes-senkakus-takeshima/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-26T00:13:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-senkaku-a-20180125.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea are seen in September 2012. Monday marks the fifth anniversary of the nationalization of three of the five islets.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/26/world/science-health-world/israeli-cave-yields-oldest-homo-sapiens-remains-outside-africa-possibly-dating-back-194000-years/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-26T06:46:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A close-up view of the teeth accompanying the left maxilla of human remains from the Misliya Cave in Israel, the oldest remains of our species Homo sapiens found outside Africa, is provided in this photo released Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/26/world/u-s-pacific-northwest-dangerously-underprepared-tsunami-experts-say/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-26T06:54:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A tsunami sign is shown along the coastal highway in Cardiff, California, Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/26/world/politics-diplomacy-world/justice-departments-inspector-general-turns-anti-trump-fbi-agents-missing-text-messages/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-26T07:03:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/26/business/harveys-5-feet-rain-made-second-costliest-u-s-hurricane-125-billion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-26T09:41:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-harvey-a-20180127.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rescue boats float on a flooded street as people are evacuated from rising floodwaters brought on by Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston last August. The National Hurricane Center's official report on Harvey compiles staggering numbers, starting with 68 dead and $125 billion in damage. But the really big numbers in the Thursday tally have to do with the rainfall that swamped Houston. Two places had more than 5 feet of rain.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/26/world/politics-diplomacy-world/trump-sought-van-gogh-guggenheim-offered-potty-gold-report/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-26T09:42:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This 2016 image made from a video shows the 18-karat toilet, titled "America," by Maurizio Cattelan in the restroom of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. According to a report in the Washington Post, President Donald Trump and first lady Melania asked the museum if they can borrow Van Gogh's painting entitled "Landscape With Snow," for their private White House quarters. Instead, the Guggenheim Museum's chief curator came up with a pointedly satirical counteroffer. She offered them use of the solid gold toilet used by visitors in a museum restroom until last August.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/26/world/turkey-tells-u-s-stop-backing-syrian-kurds-risk-confrontation-ground-afrin/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-26T10:59:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/25/national/science-health/nobel-winner-yamanaka-donate-salary-ips-research-scandal-kyoto-university-institute/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-26T11:32:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shinya Yamanaka, who heads Kyoto University's iPS institute, delivers a speech in Kyoto on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/26/national/politics-diplomacy/foreign-minister-taro-kono-visit-beijing-weekend/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-26T12:51:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/n-kono-a-20180127.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-kono-a-20180127.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taro Kono]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/26/world/politics-diplomacy-world/trump-ordered-muellers-firing-backed-off-new-york-times/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-26T12:55:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/f-mueller-a-20180127.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-mueller-a-20180127.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Special Counsel Robert Mueller (right) departs after briefing members of the U.S. Senate on his investigation into potential collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign on June 21, 2017.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/26/world/science-health-world/one-20-south-africas-rhinos-slaughtered-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-26T13:02:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-rhinos-a-20180127.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[South African veterinarians treat a de-horned rhinoceros that was left to die by poachers in May 2016.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/25/business/consumer-centers-japan-face-surge-inquires-issues-linked-virtual-currency-trading/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-26T14:59:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/n-virtual-a-20180126.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-virtual-a-20180126.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Some people are trading cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin without adequate knowledge. In some cases they have incurred losses due to price volatility.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/26/business/corporate-business/fujitsu-sell-mobile-phone-unit-%c2%a550-billion-polaris-capital-investment-fund/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-26T15:35:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fujitsu Ltd. Arrows NX smartphones are seen on display at an NTT Docomo Inc. store in Tokyo last April.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/26/national/politics-diplomacy/japans-first-f-35a-stealth-jet-deployed-misawa-air-base/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-26T15:41:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/n-misawa-a-20180127.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-misawa-a-20180127.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A next-generation F-35A stealth jet arrives at Misawa Air Base in Aomori Prefecture on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/26/business/north-korea-exporting-coal-south-korea-japan-via-russia-despite-u-n-sanctions-europe-intel-sources/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-26T15:47:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/b-coal-a-20180127.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-coal-a-20180127.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A protester holds a banner to oppose U.S. policies against North Korea near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul Thursday. President Donald Trump's administration slapped sanctions Wednesday on North Korean financial and business networks in China and Russia as it pushed to cut off revenues for the increasingly isolated nation's nuclear and missile programs.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/26/business/japanese-beef-lovers-seen-boosting-imports-17-year-high/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-26T17:07:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/b-beef-a-20180127.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-beef-a-20180127.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Domestic demand for beef, especially imported meat such as from the U.S. and Australia, as shown in this photo, is increasing.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/26/national/dog-nurseries-tap-demand-japans-busy-hands-off-owners/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-26T17:25:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/n-dogs-a-20180126.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-dogs-a-20180126.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[More and more dog owners are taking their beloved pets to "dog nursery schools."]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/26/business/corporate-business/citizen-considers-luxury-acquisitions-attract-high-net-worth-customers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-26T18:12:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Citizen Watch Co. Eco-Drive One.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/26/business/corporate-business/rakuten-walmart-take-aim-amazon-alliance-groceries-e-books-japan-u-s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-26T19:30:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-rakuten-a-20180127.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rakuten Inc. CEO Hiroshi Mikitani (left) and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. CEO Doug McMillon hold a news conference at the Japanese e-commerce firm's headquarters in Tokyo on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/25/national/social-issues/survey-finds-records-remain-past-sterilizations-2700-japan-scrapped-eugenics-law/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-26T19:31:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[These documents related to the Eugenic Protection Law, which existed until 1996, were found in the Kanagawa Prefectural Government's archives.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/26/business/tech/self-parking-slippers-nissan-drives-hospitality-new-level/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-26T20:25:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nissan Motor Co.'s self-parking slipper is seen in this handout photo, released on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/26/national/science-health/heat-terrorism-big-one-doctors-prepare-eventualities-ahead-tokyo-2020-olympics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-26T20:53:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Medical workers aid injured people at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon following explosions in Boston on April 15, 2013.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/26/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-france-agree-deepen-maritime-security-ties-two-plus-two-meeting/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-26T22:21:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/n-japanfrance-a-20180127.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-japanfrance-a-20180127.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[French Defense Minister Florence Parly (left), Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (second from left), Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera attend a news conference in Tokyo Friday after their "two plus two" foreign policy and security talks.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/26/national/politics-diplomacy/hiromu-nonaka-abe-critic-former-government-spokesman-dies-92/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-26T22:45:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/n-nonaka-a-20180127.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-nonaka-a-20180127.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiromu Nonaka]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/26/national/politics-diplomacy/proposed-kibo-no-policy-criticizes-abe-backed-security-laws-conservative-members-may-balk/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-27T00:33:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kibo no To Secretary-General Motohisa Furukawa speaks at a party meeting at the Diet building on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/26/business/trump-says-consider-rejoining-tpp-terms-improved/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-27T02:50:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Intercontinental hotel in Davos, Switzerland, is seen Thursday. U.S. President Donald Trump stays there for one night during his two-day visit to the World Economic Forum.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/26/business/financial-markets/aso-says-global-accords-forex-rates-maintained-dollar-fluctuates-trump-mnuchin-comments/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-27T04:22:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/b-aso-a-20180127.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-aso-a-20180127.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taro Aso]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/20/national/journalism-tied-power-must-checked/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-27T10:50:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-osakajtos-a-20180121.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Construction is under way last November at the veterinarian faculty building of Okayama University of Science in Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, which is run by Kake Gakuen.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/27/world/politics-diplomacy-world/trump-said-seek-716-billion-defense-2019-budget/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-27T11:53:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Recent scientific findings could be used to help reconstruct internal organs that have been clinically shown to respond to mechanical stimulation.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pierre Krahenbuhl, commissioner-general of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, speaks at a news conference on Thursday at the Japan National Press Club.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is generally regarded as sane.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tetsuya Komuro is one of the country's most prolific pop artists.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/27/national/jaea-begin-defueling-troubled-monju-reactor-july/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-27T18:50:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi smiles as she attends the "At Home" reception at the Rashtrapati Bhavan presidential palace after an India Republic Day parade in New Delhi on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-27T22:08:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Coincheck CEO Koichiro Wada (left) and board member Yusuke Otsuka face the media in Tokyo late Friday to announce the cryptocurrency exchange lost ¥58 billion in virtual NEM coins to a hacking attack.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-27T23:14:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-27T23:15:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-27T23:26:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-27T23:42:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-28T17:33:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-28T21:29:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Coincheck executive Yusuke Otsuka fields questions from reporters in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-28T21:34:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-28T21:34:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The government will attempt to effectively force welfare recipients to use only generic drugs.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-28T22:57:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-28T22:58:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-28T23:21:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The rear of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is seen Friday as the muddy Seine River covers its banks after days of almost nonstop rain caused flooding in France.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-29T01:45:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The city of Kyoto has developed this sign to explain how to use a Japanese-style toilet.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-29T06:58:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of the Mexican army monitor the area where seven people were killed inside a house while they were watching a soccer game in Monterrey, Mexico, Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-29T06:59:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, speaks during a TV news interview Jan. 23 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Collins on Sunday said President Donald Trump would be "best served" by keeping a public silence on an independent investigation into his 2016 campaign's contacts with Russia in the wake of news reports of attempted presidential interference and urged special counsel Robert Mueller to review whether Trump tried to fire him.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jordanian army members participate in a hostage rescue drill during a Black Hawk helicopter handover ceremony to Jordan from the U.S. government, at a Jordanian military base near the town of Zarqa Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny attends a rally in Moscow Sunday. Navalny was arrested Sunday in Moscow while walking with protesters, as protests take place across the country.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-29T15:21:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man who left a self-reliance assistance home in Nagoya looks at a message board given to him by the facility's staff. The names and faces on the board are obscured for privacy reasons.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-29T15:47:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man looks at the newest edition of the Kojien dictionary at a bookstore in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Jan. 12.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/29/business/japanese-people-love-cash-much-dont-need-digital-currency-boj-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-29T17:35:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-cash-a-20180130.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Bank of Japan believes there is little need for digital currency in Japan, where cash is still king.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-29T17:49:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An exhibitor stands near a Huawei Technologies Co. logo at the CeBIT 2017 tech fair in Hannover, Germany, last March.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-29T18:17:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-29T18:18:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-29T18:19:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ryosei Tanaka]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-29T18:19:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump leaves the stage after addressing a plenary session Friday, the last day of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-29T19:01:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech during a special address on Friday, the closing day of the World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/29/national/japanese-officials-rapped-slow-response-volcanic-eruption-gunma/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-29T19:44:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A volcanic crater on Mount Moto-Shirane in the town of Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture, is viewed Sunday after the Jan. 23 eruption.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/29/national/crime-legal/kanagawa-police-launch-ai-based-predictive-policing-system-olympics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-29T20:03:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Kanagawa Prefectural Police ﷯plan to introduce predictive policing using artificial intelligence before the 2020 Olympics.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-29T20:13:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Foreign Minister Taro Kono shakes hands with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi before their meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Sunday]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-29T23:05:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the Pyongyang Pharmaceutical Factory in this undated photo released Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/29/business/fsa-raps-coincheck-massive-theft-customers-cryptocurrency-assets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-29T23:12:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Journalists wait outside the building from which embattled cryptocurrency trader Coincheck operates, in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-29T23:12:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A pregnant woman holds an ultrasound photo in this undated photo. Japan is set to allow more institutions to conduct blood-based prenatal testing for chromosomal abnormalities linked to disorders such as Down syndrome.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/29/business/french-message-corporate-japan-u-k-presence-eu-finished/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-30T04:18:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian speaks in Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/25/national/tokyo-metro-trial-playing-classical-music-hibiya-line/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-30T09:20:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[From Monday, Tokyo Metro Co. will start playing background music on 13000 series trains, one of which is seen here. The model boasts a high-tech stereo system.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/30/business/tech/russian-bots-retweeted-trumps-twitter-470000-times-ahead-2016-election/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-30T10:11:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-30T10:51:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Indian police rescue people after a bus accident at the Ghogra Canal in Murshidabad district, around 187 miles from Kolkata, on Monday. At least 36 people were killed in eastern India's West Bengal state early Monday after the speeding passenger bus swerved off a bridge and plunged into the river, police said.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/28/national/english-teacher-challenges-students-plug-world/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-30T11:51:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[English teacher Mio Horio, who has been nominated for this year's Global Teacher Prize, speaks about her efforts to raise her students' awareness of global issues by connecting them with children around the world via Skype. She is seen in a screenshot from a Skype interview with The Japan Times on Jan. 12.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/26/national/lottery-tickets-japan-will-sold-online-october-bid-boost-sales/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-30T14:09:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People line up in front of a booth in Tokyo's Ginza district in November to buy year-end lottery tickets. Lottery tickets will be available online starting in October.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/30/asia-pacific/north-korea-scraps-joint-olympic-cultural-event-south/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-30T14:19:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A North Korean women's ice hockey athlete is congratulated on her birthday at Jincheon National Training Center in Jincheon, South Korea, on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-30T14:23:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-wang-a-20180131.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wang Qishan]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/29/national/tokyo-area-sees-net-population-inflow-22nd-year-row/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-30T14:27:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The greater Tokyo area saw a population increase for the 22nd consecutive year in 2017.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/30/asia-pacific/china-eastern-xiamen-airlines-cancel-taiwan-flights-amid-routes-row/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-30T14:27:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/30/business/taiwan-mulls-softening-post-2011-import-ban-japanese-food-products/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-30T14:48:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chen Shih-chung]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/30/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-russia-hold-vice-ministerial-talks-next-week-northern-territories/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-30T14:50:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/30/national/new-osaka-drone-museum-offers-hands-flight-experience/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-30T14:51:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mei Watanabe, head of Drone Museum Horie in the city of Osaka, controls a drone with hand gestures on Dec. 15.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/30/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-disagrees-ldp-calls-largely-rewrite-war-renouncing-article-9/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-30T15:52:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/n-constitution-a-20180131.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during of a meeting of the Lower House Budget Committee on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/30/business/cryptocurrency-stolen-japans-coincheck-sent-eight-separate-addresses/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-30T17:04:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-30T17:05:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toyo Keizai Inc. says its Kaisha Shikiho corporate data book is selling well.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/30/business/corporate-business/mitsubishi-electric-panasonic-eye-greater-shares-thai-air-conditioner-market/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-30T17:06:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/30/business/corporate-business/nomura-hires-bankers-bank-america-ubs-jefferies-u-s-expansion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-30T17:07:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/30/business/corporate-business/amazon-com-opens-rain-forest-seattle-hoping-innovative-employee-ideas-blossom/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-30T17:09:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-amazon-a-20180131.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos gives closing comments after opening the new Amazon Spheres with some help from Alexa during an opening event at Amazon's headquarters in Seattle Monday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/30/business/economy-business/japans-labor-crunch-leads-tightest-job-market-40-years/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-30T17:29:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-labor-z-20180131.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An android robot is seen at a reception desk of Henn na Hotel Tokyo Ginza in Tokyo on Jan. 26. The government said that there are roughly 150 positions available for every 100 job seekers.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/30/national/university-tokyo-opens-center-promote-use-big-data-japans-public-sector/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-30T18:14:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-opendata-a-20180131.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A visitor to the University of Tokyo Open Data Center in Bunkyo Ward on Jan. 18 looks at a map created from open data provided by a municipal government.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/30/national/crime-legal/osaka-man-mother-arrested-allegedly-streaming-footage-women-performing-indecent-acts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-30T18:17:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/30/world/fitness-tracking-app-strava-offers-virtual-spy-hole-onto-u-s-bases-troops-movements-linked-identities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-30T18:46:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Philip Morris International Inc.'s iQOS will also be regulated in the new anti-smoking policy released by the health ministry.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Victor Cha]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-31T15:36:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Lower House passes a fiscal 2017 draft supplementary budget on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-31T15:52:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[These screenshots of smartphones show advertisements for tourist spots in Kanagawa Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-31T19:57:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Daisuke Muramoto (center) poses with heads of municipalities from near the Sea of Okhotsk in Hokkaido at a Tokyo event to promote the region in December. Known for cold weather, the municipalities vowed to "cool" the "flame of controversy" created by the sharp-tongued comedian.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-31T20:04:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The building housing the headquarters of cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Inc. is seen in Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-01-31T21:32:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Line Corp., whose logo is seen at the company's headquarters in Tokyo, plans to launch a cryptocurrency exchange.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Japan Atomic Energy Agency research reactor that cleared a regulatory safety review on Wednesday is seen in Ibaraki Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-01T00:38:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The underground arcade in Tokyo Midtown Hibiya is opened to the media Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-01T06:57:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt gives a thumbs up across the House chamber floor as he passes Education Secretary Betsy DeVos after U.S. President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/01/world/social-issues-world/human-traffickers-seen-exploiting-chaos-southern-europe-migrant-processing-centers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-01T07:06:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Migrants disembark from the MV Aquarius, a search and rescue ship run in partnership between SOS Mediterranee and Medecins Sans Frontieres, after it arrived in Augusta on Sicily Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/01/business/search-called-off-quiksilver-boss-believed-missing-off-france/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-01T10:07:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This photo taken in 2014 in Saint-Jean-de-luz, France, shows Pierre Agnes, then global head of apparel, who is also responsible for global marketing for Quiksilver and Roxy, posing at his offices. Agnes, president of Boardriders Inc., which owns Quicksilver, Roxy and DC Shoes, was declared missing at sea after his boat was found empty on a beach in Hossegor, southwestern France, the local prefecture said on Wednesday after Agnes went to sea earlier at dawn.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/01/world/politics-diplomacy-world/u-k-government-will-give-parliament-initial-brexit-analysis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-01T13:28:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-01T13:55:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Osaka District Court on Wednesday dismissed a damages suit filed by bereaved relatives of Koreans who were affected by the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-01T14:25:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rep. Kenji Fujimori speaks to the media outside the Congress building in Lima on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/01/world/crime-legal-world/san-francisco-dismiss-thousands-marijuana-convictions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-01T15:19:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-01T16:31:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-01T16:48:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A visitor photographs an instax instant camera made by Fujifilm Corp. at a trade fair in Cologne, Germany, in September 2016.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-01T17:23:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-media-a-20180202.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dennis Frost, associate professor at Kalamazoo College in Michigan, says Japan's newspapers and TV stations have massively increased coverage of para-sports since Tokyo was picked to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/01/business/corporate-business/uber-plots-expansion-japan-singapore-amid-talk-retreat-asia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-01T17:33:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A tablet sits on display at the Uber Technologies Inc. office in Singapore on Jan. 19.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/01/business/cryptocurrency-exchanges-improve-security-measures-boj-chief-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-01T18:27:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda speaks Wednesday during a committee meeting in the Upper House.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/01/business/japans-budgets-extra-%c2%a52-7-trillion-child-care-missile-defense-disaster-prevention/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-01T18:28:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-01T18:40:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-linesoft-a-20180202.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[SoftBank Group Corp. logo displayed at a Tokyo conference. ﷯SoftBank Group Corp. will take a majority stake in Line Corp.'﷯s mobile unit.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-01T19:15:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The rare 'super blue blood moon' is seen over Tokyo Tower in the capital's Minato Ward at 9:54 p.m. on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-01T19:53:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An apartment building in Sapporo that was destroyed in a fire, killing 11 mainly elderly residents who lived on welfare, is seen on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/01/business/bitcoins-big-wipeout-erased-44-billion-virtual-value-january/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-01T20:20:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A digital currency, bitcoins in physical form lie on a data terminal. Bitcoin's market value slid by $44.2 billion (¥4.8 trillion) in January.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-01T20:21:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-missile-a-20180202.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[This undated photo shows a Standard Missile-3 Block IIA being launched during a test from the guided missile cruiser USS Lake Erie.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/01/national/science-health/watered-measures-threaten-extremely-smoky-tokyo-olympics-critics-say/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-01T20:21:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/n-smoking-a-20180202.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-smoking-a-20180202.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Doctors have raised concerns about Japan's watered down measures limiting smoking in public places.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/02/world/social-issues-world/new-eu-sea-mission-no-longer-requires-ships-take-migrants-italy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-02T07:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A lifeguard of the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms Xavi Cerda is seen aboard an RHIB during a rescue operation simulation in the central Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/02/business/20-u-s-steel-firms-pressure-trump-act-now-curb-imports/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-02T09:14:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-02T09:16:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-biofuels-a-20180203.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump listens to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt after announcing his decision that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington last June.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/02/world/social-issues-world/kin-fear-safety-abducted-chibok-girls-nigeria-bombs-boko-harams-forest-hideout/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-02T09:24:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/02/world/politics-diplomacy-world/another-spending-deadline-nears-trump-tells-republicans-seek-immigration-compromise/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-02T11:00:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/f-immigration-a-20180203.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-immigration-a-20180203.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[President Donald Trump pauses while speaking at the 2018 House and Senate Republican Member Conference at The Greenbrier, in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/02/world/social-issues-world/u-n-sounds-alarm-south-sudan-africas-biggest-refugee-crisis-looms-pleas-3-2-billion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-02T11:16:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Turkana woman washes her face at a water point within the Kalobeyei Settlement outside the Kakuma refugee camp in Turkana county, northwest of Nairobi, Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/01/national/1200-line-see-panda-cub-tokyo-display-limits-eased/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-02T12:18:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Around 1,200 people line up on Thursday at Ueno Zoo to see giant panda cub Xiang Xiang and mother Shin Shin, as a first-come, first-served system for viewing kicked off.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-02T12:21:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, son of the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro, poses with Paris Hilton as she takes a selfie during the gala dinner of the closing of the XVII Habanos Festival, in Havana in 2015.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-02T12:49:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[British Prime Minister Theresa May drinks tea with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a tea ceremony at the Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/02/world/science-health-world/judge-orders-u-s-officials-reconsider-denial-protections-yellowstone-bison/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-02T12:52:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bison stand in Yellowstone National Park on Jan. 20.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-02T13:05:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. special envoy for North Korea Joseph Yun speaks following a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/02/national/social-issues/teigin-incident-70-years-efforts-continue-clear-late-artists-name-1948-tokyo-mass-murder/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-02T14:13:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Visitors to Gallery Ten in Tokyo's Taito Ward look at paintings drawn in prison by the late Sadamichi Hirasawa, who was convicted of mass murder in the Teigin Incident. The exhibition is being held to mark the 70th anniversary of the case.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/02/business/corporate-business/honda-targets-top-spot-india-scooterization-wave/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-02T14:23:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Minoru Kato (center), president of Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India, poses with executives Yadvinder Singh Guleria (left) and Atsushi Ogata at an event launching the Grazia advanced urban scooter in Mumbai on Nov. 8.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/01/national/crime-legal/japans-disaster-agency-call-diversifying-j-alert-delivery-channels/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-02T15:17:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-02T15:21:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-02T15:45:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-02T15:55:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mike Pence]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toshimitsu Motegi, the economy minister and Prime Minister Abe's point man for the Trans-Pacific Partnership pact, speaks at the Diet on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/01/national/girl-dies-osaka-construction-vehicle-hits-children-impaired-hearing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-02T17:10:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-girl-a-20180202.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police inspect the area where a construction vehicle fatally struck students and teachers from a school for children with impaired hearing in Osaka Thursday. The accident killed a student and injured four other people.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/02/national/politics-diplomacy/commander-u-s-osprey-squadron-okinawa-fired-deadly-august-crash-off-australia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-02T17:11:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-osprey-a-20180203.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lt. Col. Bryan G. Swenson (second from right) gives U.S. Navy World War II veteran Don Irwin (second from left) an explanation about the MV-22 Osprey in April at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/02/national/crime-legal/okinawa-court-sentences-taiwanese-man-25-years-trying-smuggle-600-kilograms-stimulant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-02T17:27:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/02/national/naganos-lake-suwa-confirms-first-crossing-gods-five-years/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-02T17:34:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-ice-a-20180203.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man on Friday walks past the first omiwatari (crossing of the gods) seen at Lake Suwa in Nagano Prefecture since 2013.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/02/business/japans-digital-camera-shipments-post-first-increase-seven-years-thanks-social-media-surge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-02T17:47:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-camera-a-20180203.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A model holds Fujifilm's X-T2, a popular mirrorless camera that boasts advanced features despite its relatively small size. The domestic shipment of digital cameras in Japan increased in 2017 for the first time in seven years thanks to the growing popularity of social media.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/01/national/kyoto-university-admit-17-erroneously-rejected-applicants/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-02T18:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masao Kitano, Kyoto University's executive vice president, speaks at a news conference in Kyoto on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/02/business/shaken-cybertheft-japans-regulator-conducts-spot-inspection-coincheck/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-02T20:28:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/b-coincheck-z-20180203.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-coincheck-z-20180203.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The FSA said Friday it had ordered all cryptocurrency exchanges to submit a report on their system risk management.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/02/national/tokyo-takes-steps-deal-sanchi-oil-spill/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-02T20:29:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/02/national/jomanji-temple-burns-late-night-blaze-aichi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-02T20:34:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-temple-a-20180203.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An aerial photo taken Friday shows the gutted main building and priests' quarters of Jomanji Temple in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/02/business/financial-markets/big-u-s-banks-accept-opec-right-embrace-oil-near-80/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-02T21:55:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-oilfeud-a-20180203.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ayed Al Qahtani, director of the research division for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, speaks during the Energy Mexico Expo &amp; Congress in Mexico City on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/02/business/financial-markets/gpif-boasts-6-trillion-returns-public-pension-money-invested-third-quarter/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-02T22:49:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-gpif-b-20180203.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Government Pension Investment Fund said Friday it made over ¥6 trillion in profit from playing the stock market with public pensions between October and December.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/23/national/japanese-patrol-plane-spots-north-korean-dominican-tankers-making-contact-off-shanghai/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-02T23:02:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/02/world/olympic-perks-north-korean-athletes-doubt-sanctions-nip-samsung-phones-nike-uniforms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-03T11:01:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/f-gamesperks-a-20180203.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Samsung Electronics' Galaxy S8 smartphone is displayed at the company's booth in Pyeongchang, South Korea on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/01/national/nissan-become-main-sponsor-sazae-san-anime-toshiba-drops/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-03T11:03:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/n-sazae-a-20180202.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-sazae-a-20180202.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Characters pose in front of a statue of Sazae-san and the character's creator in Fukuoka.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/03/asia-pacific/north-korea-earned-200-million-banned-exports-u-n-report-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-03T12:11:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/f-nkexports-a-20180204.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-nkexports-a-20180204.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[This undated photo released Thursday shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the newly remodeled Pyongyang Trolley Bus Factory.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/02/asia-pacific/social-issues-asia-pacific/chinas-metoo-movement-colleges-initially-encouraged-authorities-frustrated/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-03T12:13:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/f-chitoo-a-20180203.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-chitoo-a-20180203.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Beyond colleges, there have been few public allegations of sexual harassment in most areas of Chinese society, including politics, business and entertainment.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/02/national/social-issues/lawyers-set-hotlines-victims-1948-1996-eugenics-law/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-03T13:12:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/n-hotline-a-20180203.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-hotline-a-20180203.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A lawyer at the Sendai Bar Association office on Friday takes notes while talking to people affected by the now-defunct Eugenic Protection Law.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/03/world/science-health-world/massive-levels-cellphone-radiation-linked-tumors-male-rats/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-03T14:04:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/f-celltumor-a-20180204.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-celltumor-a-20180204.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[There is no evidence that radio-frequency devices such as cellphones increase cancer risk in humans.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/03/world/politics-diplomacy-world/trumps-nuclear-weapons-review-boosts-regional-command-roles/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-03T14:32:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-npr-a-20180204.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan (left) speaks next to Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette during a news conference on the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review at the Pentagon on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/03/world/politics-diplomacy-world/trump-pick-k-t-mcfarland-withdraws-nomination-envoy-singapore/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-03T15:01:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/f-ktsing-a-20180204.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-ktsing-a-20180204.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[K.T. McFarland]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/03/world/science-health-world/protein-buildups-woodpecker-brains-may-indicate-damage-protective-mechanism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-03T15:04:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/f-peckers-a-20180204.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-peckers-a-20180204.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Woodpeckers preserved in alcohol at the Field Museum in Chicago.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/03/national/media-national/finnish-broadcaster-targets-youth-vote-anime-inspired-video/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-03T22:36:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p16-smith-finland-a-20180204.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p16-smith-finland-a-20180204.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Victor: Independent presidential candidate Sauli Niinisto speaks during his election reception in Helsinki on Jan. 28. A broadcaster produced an anime-inspired video during the election campaign in an attempt to increase the number of young voters.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/03/national/media-national/christel-takigawa-cursed-japan-2020-olympics-omotenashi-pitch/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-03T22:51:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p16-schreiber-omotenashi-a-20180204.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Helping hand: TV announcer Christel Takigawa addresses members of the International Olympic Committee in Buenos Aires in September 2013.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/03/business/financial-markets/cryptocurrency-groups-make-slow-progress-merger-key-regulating-industry/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-03T19:30:00+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/03/national/media-national/scrutiny-initial-coin-offerings-rises-wake-coincheck-theft/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-03T21:07:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p3-adelstein-coincheck-ico-z-20180204.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p3-adelstein-coincheck-ico-z-20180204.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The building housing the headquarters of cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Inc. is seen in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/03/business/corporate-business/japans-top-six-automakers-scored-record-high-global-unit-sales-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-03T22:16:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/b-autosales-z-20180204.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-autosales-z-20180204.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toyota Motor Corp. was at the top with record global sales of 9.38 million vehicles in 2017.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/04/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/pentagon-mistakenly-labels-taiwan-part-china-key-nuclear-policy-document/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-04T11:23:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/f-taiwan-a-20180205.png</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-taiwan-a-20180205.png]]></image:title>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/04/national/science-health/cranial-bones-three-horned-dinosaurs-found-western-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-04T18:40:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/n-dinosaur-a-20180205.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-dinosaur-a-20180205.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[This fossil from a primitive horned dinosaur, including its lower jaw, was found in Sasayama, Hyogo Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/04/asia-pacific/not-singapore-worries-prepares-militant-attack/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-04T19:07:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/04/business/victims-massive-cryptocurrency-theft-eye-suit-coincheck/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-04T21:35:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/b-coincheck-a-20180205.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-coincheck-a-20180205.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Reporters gather next to Coincheck's office in Tokyo, on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/04/national/science-health/japan-successfully-launches-worlds-smallest-satellite-carrying-rocket/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-04T21:36:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/n-satellite-a-20180205.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-satellite-a-20180205.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The world's smallest satellite-carrying rocket is launched Saturday at the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/04/world/politics-diplomacy-world/u-k-will-not-surrender-bespoke-brexit-deal-eu-minister-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-04T23:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/f-brexit-a-20180205.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-brexit-a-20180205.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Opposition Labour lawmaker Chuka Umunna campaigns, along with pro-European activists, on the streets of Brixton, south London, on Friday,]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/05/world/amtrak-train-apparently-directed-onto-wrong-track-fatal-south-carolina-crash/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-05T06:55:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/f-amtrak-a-20180206.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-amtrak-a-20180206.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Authorities investigate the scene of a fatal Amtrak train crash in Cayce, South Carolina, Sunday. At least two were killed and dozens injured.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/05/world/politics-diplomacy-world/gop-led-house-intel-panel-weigh-whether-release-democratic-memo-monday-sources/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-05T07:05:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/f-demo-a-20180206.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-demo-a-20180206.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[House Intelligence Committee member Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) questions former CIA director John Brennan during a hearing on Russian active measures during the 2016 election campaign" in the U.S. Capitol in Washington last May.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/05/business/rex-tillerson-raises-specter-u-s-sanctions-venezuelan-oil-pressure-maduro/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-05T10:16:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/b-tillerson-a-20180206.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-tillerson-a-20180206.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson pays homage to Argentine hero Jose de San Martin alongside Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie at San Martin Palace in Buenos Aires Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/02/business/corporate-business/kaz-hirai-end-six-year-sony-reign-high-note/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-05T10:24:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kenichiro Yoshida (right), set to take over as Sony president, and outgoing chief Kazuo Hirai appear at a Tokyo event on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-05T10:25:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The scene shows, what according to Syrian rebels were fires caused by a Russian military plane shot down by rebel forces near Idlib, Syria, reportedly on Saturday in this still image obtained from social media.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-05T11:09:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hodo Nakamura (center) cheers in the city of Nagasaki after winning the Nagasaki gubernatorial election on Sunday night.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-05T11:44:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Seiko Noda speaks to reporters at the Prime Minister's Office on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-05T12:03:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-05T12:19:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takanohana]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hypothermia killed about 16,000 people between 2000 and 2016, according to Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry statistics.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-05T15:31:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-05T16:39:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-05T17:53:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-05T17:58:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-05T17:59:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-05T18:05:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-05T18:45:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jun Seki, Nissan's China chief, speaks during a news conference in Beijing on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-05T20:03:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Spectators holding the Korean unification flag watch a preparatory ice hockey match between a unified Korean team and Sweden in Incheon, South Korea, on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-06T06:58:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-06T07:02:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-06T07:07:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-06T10:19:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington Jan. 30.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-06T10:27:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A user gets ready to launch Facebook on an iPhone, in North Andover, Massachusetts, last June. The Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission said in a statement Monday that Facebook is violating city and state laws that require disclosure of who pays for political advertising.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-06T10:43:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-06T11:50:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[John Krafcik (right), chief executive officer of Waymo Inc., exits the Phillip Burton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in San Francisco on Monday. Waymo has spent almost a year accusing Uber Technologies Inc. of an unconscionable theft of its hard-won technology — and now has to deliver its proof. The companies faced off Monday before a jury in San Francisco federal court over an alleged heist that has fascinated Silicon Valley from the moment Waymo filed its lawsuit last February.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/06/asia-pacific/crime-legal-asia-pacific/chinese-shipping-employee-shot-dead-pakistans-city-karachi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-06T17:16:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-06T17:18:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-06T17:36:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-sento-z-20180207.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Thanks to the spread of smartphones, some public bathhouses have successfully expanded its customer base via social media.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/06/national/heavy-snow-strands-1000-vehicles-fukui-prefecture-road/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-06T17:48:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The city of Fukui was buried under a blanket of heavy snow on Tuesday. The snowfall could continue through Wednesday from northern to western Japan, mainly along the Sea of Japan coast]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-06T19:14:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pope Francis leaves at the end of a Mass with members of different religious orders in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-06T19:15:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-06T19:18:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-06T20:11:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A two-story home in Kanzaki, Saga Prefecture, is seen on Tuesday morning after a Ground Self-Defense Force chopper crashed into it on Monday afternoon.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/06/business/tech/north-korean-hackers-said-possibly-behind-massive-coincheck-heist/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-06T20:11:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Inc.'s signboard is seen in front of a building where their office is located in Tokyo on Jan. 29.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/06/national/fukushima-finds-records-sterilizations-performed-eugenic-law/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-06T20:11:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/06/asia-pacific/hong-kong-court-frees-three-democracy-leaders-warns-future-acts-dissent/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-06T21:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hong Kong's leading democracy activists (from left to right) Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow arrive outside the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/06/world/science-health-world/new-spacex-jumbo-rocket-set-debut-test-launch-company-milestone/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-06T21:45:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket stands on historic launch pad 39A as it is readied for its first demonstration flight at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/06/asia-pacific/north-korea-calls-trump-dolt-like-compares-bloody-nose-strike-iraq-war-run/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-06T22:33:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A paper-mache float depicting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump is seen Tuesday during preparations for the upcoming Rose Monday carnival parade in Mainz, Germany.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/06/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-russia-seek-progress-territorial-dispute-tokyo-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-07T04:21:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeo Mori speaks to reporters after a vice-ministerial meeting with Russia Tuesday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/07/business/tech/uber-says-hackers-behind-2016-data-breach-canada-florida/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-07T10:22:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/b-uber-a-20180208.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-uber-a-20180208.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[John Flynn (left), chief information security officer of Uber Technologies Inc., and Marten Mickos, chief executive officer of HackerOne Inc., listen during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee hearing in Washington on Tuesday. The Senate panel is looking into a 2016 data breach at Uber Technologies and alleged company efforts to hide the cyberattack, which exposed personal information of 57 million drivers and customers, by paying off hackers.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-07T13:13:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-treason-a-20180208.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) talks with reporters after an Amtrak passenger train carrying Republican members of the U.S. Congress from Washington to a retreat in West Virginia collided with a garbage truck in Charlottesvile, Virginia, Jan. 31.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/07/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-german-president-agree-implement-japan-eu-trade-pact-soon/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-07T13:17:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (left) reviews the guard of honor with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a welcoming ceremony at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/06/business/financial-markets/nikkei-plunges-1000-points-outset-heels-massive-dow-fall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-07T13:30:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man looks at a mobile phone in front of an electronic board showing the Nikkei average outside a brokerage in Tokyo on Tuesday morning.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/07/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/asean-hopes-expedite-south-china-sea-code-conduct-no-deal-expected-within-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-07T14:56:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-asean-a-20180208.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An annotated satellite image of Fiery Cross Reef in the Spratly island chain of the South China Sea shows areas where China has conducted construction work above ground during 2017.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/07/national/crime-legal/japanese-father-numerous-children-born-using-surrogate-mothers-sues-thai-court-paternal-rights/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-07T14:56:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/07/asia-pacific/china-defense-spending-eclipse-rest-asia-pacific-2030-report/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-07T14:58:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of a military honor guard rehearse ahead of a welcome ceremony for British Prime Minister Theresa May in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Jan. 31.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/07/business/corporate-business/masayoshi-son-plans-measures-reduce-discount-softbank-stock/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-07T15:38:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-softbank-a-20180208.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[SoftBank's market capitalization is less than half its holdings, but executives at the firm plan to step up efforts to change that.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/06/national/godivas-dig-obligatory-valentines-chocolates-stirs-debate-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-07T17:08:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-chocolate-a-20180207.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Customers look at chocolates in Godiva showcases at the Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi Main Store in Chuo Ward, Tokyo, on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/07/business/corporate-business/softbank-chief-masayoshi-son-eyes-telecoms-ipo-within-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-07T17:38:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-sblisting-a-20180208.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[SoftBank Group Corp. said it wants to list its domestic telecoms unit this year.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/07/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/kim-jong-un-sister-visit-south-korea-part-olympic-delegation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-07T18:10:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-kimsis-a-20180208.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his sister, Kim Yo Jong, are seen during their visit to a military unit in the country in 2015.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/07/world/politics-diplomacy-world/trump-orders-washington-parade-showcase-u-s-military-muscle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-07T18:18:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/f-truparade-a-20180208.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump (front row, center) stands beside French President Emmanuel Macron as they watch the annual Bastille Day military in Paris on July 14.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/07/national/politics-diplomacy/ldp-faction-boss-fukushiro-nukaga-pressured-step-ahead-september-party-leadership-race/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-07T18:24:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-nukaga-a-20180208.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Veteran Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Fukushiro Nukaga (right) is expected to step down as faction leader amid calls for him to resign. His weak position in the party underlines the slow decline of LDP factions overall.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/07/world/politics-diplomacy-world/u-s-house-passes-stopgap-spending-bill-trump-threatens-shutdown-immigration/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-07T20:44:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The U.S. Capitol is seen at dusk in Washington on Tuesday. The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved another stopgap bill to keep the federal government from shutting down.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/06/national/princess-makos-marriage-postponed-lack-preparation-imperial-household-agency-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-07T20:47:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Princess Mako and her fiance, Kei Komuro, are seen in this photo taken on Sept. 3.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/07/national/800-cars-remain-stranded-heavy-snow-sea-japan-coast/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-07T20:53:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-snow-a-20180208.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An aerial photo shows cars and trucks buried in snow and stranded on Route 8 in Sakai, Fukui Prefecture, on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/07/national/metro-government-says-tokyo-2020-olympic-paralympic-venue-construction-schedule/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-07T20:59:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A photographer takes pictures at the construction site of the Olympic Aquatics Centre in Koto Ward, Tokyo, on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/07/business/corporate-business/court-orders-tepco-pay-%c2%a51-1-billion-extra-damages-residents-fukushima-district/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-07T23:23:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/07/business/japans-farm-fisheries-exports-reach-record-high-fifth-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-08T04:23:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-08T09:20:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-pence-a-20180208.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Vice President Mike Pence inspects PAC-3 missile interceptors with Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/08/business/california-vows-ban-crude-trump-offshore-drilling-plan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-08T10:56:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rules are posted on the door to a public hearing on the Trump administration plan to open offshore areas to oil and gas drilling, in Salem, Oregon, Tuesday. The Trump administration's plan to drill for oil and gas off the coast of the United States drew protests Tuesday in Congress and on the streets.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/08/business/first-baby-syndrome-gerbers-spokesbaby-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-08T11:07:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Question of identity: LGBT issues have received increasing media attention in recent years.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-08T21:45:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lee Kun-hee, chairman of Samsung Electronics Co., center, and daughter Lee Boo-jin, chief executive officer of Hotel Shilla Co., right, arrive for a company meeting at the Shilla Hotel in Seoul, South Korea, in January 2014. Lee Kun-hee was named on Thursday by South Korean police as a suspect in a $7.5 million tax evasion case.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A newly discovered Roman mosaic is displayed by the Israeli Antiquity Authority at the Israeli Caesarea National Park on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taimei Elementary School in Tokyo's Ginza district has caused a stir for adopting new uniforms designed by Armani.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This photo taken Tuesday by an Environment Ministry official on Amami-Oshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, shows a green turtle that was found dead with oil stuck inside its mouth.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nissan Motor Co. Thursday lowered its operating profit forecast for this fiscal year because of an inspection scandal that came in light in 2017.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-09T18:03:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-09T18:06:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-09T19:41:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Andy Yang, co-founder of the education technology company Bridge+, gives an interview at the Jinshan Cross Strait Youth Entrepreneurship Base in Shanghai on Jan. 10.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-09T23:15:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-09T23:16:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man offers a prayer Wednesday in front of a residential facility for welfare recipients in Sapporo, where 11 people were killed in a fire that started on Jan. 31.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-09T23:20:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-10T11:43:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rachel Brand, then-nominee for U.S. associate attorney general, and Rod Rosenstein, then-nominee to be deputy attorney general, are sworn in before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington last March.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-10T11:46:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-travelfrog-a-20180210.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA["Tabi Kaeru" became the No. 1 downloaded smartphone app in China for almost two weeks after its debut.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/09/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-moon-show-unity-winter-games-open/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-10T13:15:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shakes hands with South Korean President Moon Jae-in during their meeting in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/10/world/politics-diplomacy-world/trump-signs-deal-end-brief-agency-shutdown-boost-u-s-spending/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-10T13:44:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/10/world/u-s-backed-syrian-rebels-open-handing-two-captured-beatles-british-militants/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-10T13:45:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Alexanda Amon Kotey (left) and El Shafee Elsheikh are notorious for their alleged role in the kidnapping, torture and killing of Western hostages in Syria.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/09/national/princess-makos-intention-marry-unchanged-officials-insist-tokyo-news-conference/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Princess Mako and her fiance Kei Komura attend a news conference last September in Tokyo to announce their engagement.]]></image:caption>
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