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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Keio University's diverse programs and environment have promoted global education.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/22/national/meiji-program-empowers-cultural-connections/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library of  Manga and Subcultures is a unique research center with around 100,000 books.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/22/national/degrees-international-approach/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Students have many opportunities for international exchange on campus.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/22/national/masters-programs-international-edge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-29T18:14:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The International University of Japan's diverse classes give students an opportunity to experience multidimensional approaches to various issues, according to Linh Ngo of the International Relations Program.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/22/national/mcgill-mba-boasts-top-tier-global-ranking/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-29T18:14:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[McGill University's Montreal campus]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/22/national/diverse-workforce-key-survival-evolving-industry/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-29T18:14:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Arina Doe, recruitment officer of Money Forward Inc.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/22/national/foreign-graduates-bring-huge-benefits-workforce/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-29T18:15:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lucy Crew, senior talent acquisition manager at Robert Walters Japan K.K.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/22/national/changing-practices-increase-options-foreign-students/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-29T18:15:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/22/national/range-scholarships-available-international-students/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-29T18:15:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/22/national/timing-ripe-pursuing-higher-education-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-29T18:15:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Greg Story lectures on presentation skills to Japan Market Expansion Competition participants on May 12, 2017 in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/22/national/voices-10-students-recent-graduates/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-29T18:15:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/29/business/economy-business/analysts-predict-bank-japan-will-maintain-policy-stance-focus-growing-10-year-yield-range/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-29T19:22:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda speaks during a seminar at the International Monetary Fund-World Bank annual meeting in Nusa Dua, Indonesia, on Oct. 13.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/29/national/ipcc-report-warns-growing-climate-change-risks-japan-seeks-adapt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-29T19:35:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel in Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture, was built to protect the Tokyo metropolis from flooding.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/29/national/awareness-aichi-biodiversity-targets-found-lacking-compared-climate-change/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-29T20:27:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/29/national/mother-japanese-boy-killed-92-u-s-shooting-hopes-book-will-promote-stricter-gun-control/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-29T20:32:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mieko Hattori uses a computer at her home in Nagoya to write a story for children with the aim to eliminate gun deaths in the United States.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/29/national/politics-diplomacy/modi-abe-agree-boost-ties-tokyo-pledges-huge-new-yen-loans-india/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-29T21:48:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in Yamanashi Prefecture]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/29/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-grilled-diet-new-visa-statuses-upcoming-tax-hike/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-29T21:48:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe responds to questions during a Lower House plenary session on Monday afternoon.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/29/national/government-planning-seasonal-limits-new-five-year-residence-status-foreign-workers-japan-sources/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-29T21:48:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Chinese trainee harvests a cabbage at a farm in Kawakami, Nagano Prefecture, in October 2009. As the agriculture sector continues to suffer from a serious labor shortage, the government is considering allowing foreign nationals to come to Japan as seasonal workers.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/29/national/halloween-revelers-overturn-small-truck-tokyos-shibuya-ward/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-29T21:48:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Halloween revelers stand on a small truck that was overturned early Sunday in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward, a mecca for the celebrations.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/29/national/joyful-couple-marry-meiji-shrine/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-29T21:56:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Princess Ayako and Kei Moriya, both keen on global welfare, look forward to their wedding.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/29/national/princess-dedicated-society/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-29T21:56:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Princess Ayako waves to residents in Sabae, Fukui Prefecture, on Oct. 5.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/29/national/devotion-amid-global-background/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-29T21:56:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Princess Ayako (standing) with her older sisters Princess Tsuguko (left), Noriko Senge (right) and  their grandfather, the late Prince Mikasa, in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, in August 2014.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/29/world/crime-legal-world/turkey-demands-truth-jamal-khashoggi-killing-saudi-prosecutor-visits/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-29T23:01:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdoganm, in Ankara on Friday]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/29/business/corporate-business/hitachi-unit-admits-improper-inspections-chip-materials/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-29T23:01:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hitachi Chemical Co. officials apologize in June over data fabrication. Similar misconduct was reported by the firm on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/30/world/crime-legal-world/mail-bomb-suspect-appears-florida-court-new-package-intercepted/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-30T06:16:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cesar Altieri Sayoc, accused of mailing 14 pipe bombs to prominent critics of U.S. President Donald Trump, appears handcuffed in federal court to answer charges against him in an artist's sketch in Miami Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/30/world/crime-legal-world/fiancee-says-riyadh-behind-jamal-khashoggis-murder-slams-trump-response/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-30T06:20:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hatice Cengiz, fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, is seen during an interview with Reuters in London Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/30/world/science-health-world/ecuador-discovery-pushes-back-origins-chocolate-use-5300-years-ago/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-30T08:42:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A worker shows the inside of a cacao pod at a cacao plantation in Cano Rico, Venezuela, in 2012. A paper published Monday says tests indicate traces of cacao on artifacts from a South American archeologic site estimated to be 5,400 years old. That makes about 1,500 years older than cacao's known domestication in Central America.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/30/world/science-health-world/conservationists-fear-devastating-consequences-china-dilutes-ban-tiger-rhino-parts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-30T10:53:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An Indian rhinoceros lies dead with its horn missing at Kaziranga National Park, about 220 km (137 miles) east of the northeastern Indian city of Guwahati, in 2008. Poachers have killed at least 10 rhinos in two national parks in Assam state since January, eight of them at the Kaziranga National Park. Horns fetch up to $10,000 and demand is soaring in China and Southeast Asian countries, wildlife experts say.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/30/asia-pacific/lion-air-jet-made-erratic-altitude-changes-final-fatal-plunge-topped-300-mph-transmitted-data/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-30T12:08:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lion Air aircraft sit on the tarmac at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Cengkareng, Jakarta, Indonesia, on Monday. A Boeing Co. 737 Max jet, operated by Indonesia's Lion Air crashed in the Java Sea with 189 people on board, making it the model's first accident and potentially the worst commercial aviation disaster in three years.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/29/business/corporate-business/upgraded-express-seibu-railways-laview-train-debut-next-spring/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-30T12:45:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Seibu Railway's new Laview limited express train is  meant to "naturally blend into the city and natural landscapes," according to the company.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/30/asia-pacific/just-little-wobble-thousands-feel-6-1-magnitude-quake-new-zealand/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-30T12:55:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/30/national/crime-legal/ex-kobe-assemblyman-guilty-public-funds-fraud/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-30T13:44:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Kobe assemblyman Ken Hashimoto was found guilty of fraud in a court ruling on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/30/national/crime-legal/zama-mass-murder-suspect-says-interviews-nine-victims-objects-desire/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-30T13:55:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takahiro Shiraishi]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/30/national/crime-legal/women-demand-compensation-tokyo-medical-university-rigged-entrance-exams/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-30T14:51:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A lawyer hands over a document demanding compensation to a Tokyo Medical University official in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/30/business/japan-machine-makers-avoid-caterpillar-crawl/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-30T15:40:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An attendee looks at a Fanuc Corp. CR-4iA industrial robot (right) at the RoboDEX exhibition in Tokyo on Jan. 18.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/30/world/crime-legal-world/trump-may-answer-mueller-questions-election-lawyer-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-30T15:40:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-trumpmueller-a-20181031.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at Southern Illinois Airport on Saturday. Trump's legal team has prepared written responses to questions from Special Counsel Robert Mueller.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/30/business/u-s-curbs-exports-chinese-chip-firm-fujian-jinhua-trade-war-heats/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-30T15:52:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/30/national/imperial-palace-tours-available-chinese/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-30T16:00:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-palacetour-a-20181030.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Imperial Household Agency said guided tours in Chinese will be made fully available now that a sufficient number of guides are ready.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/30/world/politics-diplomacy-world/trump-bolsonaro-bromance-cards-u-s-president-new-brazilian-leader/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-30T16:13:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A supporter of Jair Bolsonaro wears a mask of U.S. President Donald Trump as he celebrates the results of Brazil's presidential election in Sao Paulo on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-10-30T17:21:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attends a news conference at the State Department in Washington on Oct. 23.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/30/business/corporate-business/sony-boosts-outlook-playstation-heads-record-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-30T18:51:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-sony-a-20181031.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Record sales of popular PS4 titles and growth in Sony's PlayStation division are said to be behind the firm's earnings upgrade.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/30/business/corporate-business/sharp-cuts-fiscal-2018-sales-outlook-%c2%a52-69-trillion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-30T19:28:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-sharp-a-20181031.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sharp Corp. slashed its sales outlook for the current business year partly due to a decline in television sales in China.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/30/national/japan-minister-apologizes-report-drunken-misconduct/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-30T19:52:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mitsuhiro Miyakoshi]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/30/national/tepco-apologizes-inappropriate-hashtag-image-crippled-fukushima-plant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-30T19:54:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-tepco-a-20181031.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A post from Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s official Twitter account, seen here, attracted criticism for insensitivity over the Fukushima nuclear disaster.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/30/national/teachers-medical-staff-japan-among-professions-risk-overwork-government-white-paper-finds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-30T20:36:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-overwork-a-20181031.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A government white paper on combating death from overwork has shown that 80.7 percent of surveyed teachers said they have grappled with stress or concerns related to work.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/30/business/economy-business/japans-job-availability-improves-fresh-44-year-high-september/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-30T20:37:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-job-a-20181031.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[There were 1.64 openings for every job-seeker in September, the highest level since January 1974 and up from 1.63 the previous month, according to the labor ministry.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/29/national/japans-princess-ayako-weds-commoner-kei-moriya-ceremony-tokyos-meiji-shrine/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-30T21:33:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-ayako-a-20181030.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Princess Ayako and Kei Moriya pose for a photo Monday after their wedding ceremony at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/28/national/shibuya-prepares-host-japans-premier-raucous-halloween-celebration/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-30T21:46:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-halloween-b-20181029.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A police officer uses a plastic megaphone to call for restraint and good manners as people wearing Halloween costumes go wild Sunday night near the famous scramble crossing outside Shibuya Station in central Tokyo. It was reported some people got out of control and toppled a small truck on a street in the area.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/30/national/japans-central-government-already-spent-%c2%a5172-5-billion-2020-games/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-30T23:10:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-olympic-a-20181031.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The new National Stadium in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward, which is still under construction, is seen in this photo taken in July.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/31/world/science-health-world/nasa-retires-planet-hunting-kepler-space-telescope-drifts-156-million-km-earth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-31T09:20:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-kepler-a-20181101.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An artist's conception of the Kepler Space telescope is shown in this illustration provided Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/31/business/u-s-presence-premier-cuba-trade-fair-dwindles-amid-trump-hostility/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-31T09:23:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-cubatrade-a-20181101.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People walk past equipment by U.S. firm Caterpillar displayed at the 36th Havana International Fair (FIHAV) in Havana Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/31/world/crime-legal-world/probe-interior-secretary-ryan-zinke-sent-u-s-prosecutors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-31T09:31:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-zinke-a-20181101.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke testifies before a Senate Appropriations Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on the FY2019 funding request and budget justification for the Interior Department, on Capitol Hill in Washington in May 10.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/31/asia-pacific/u-s-south-korea-alliance-strained-trump-keeps-suspending-war-games/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-31T10:46:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/f-ussk-a-20181101.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-ussk-a-20181101.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis speaks to the press outside of the Pentagon in Washington in August.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/30/national/freed-journalist-jumpei-yasuda-describes-huge-facility-held-hostage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-31T12:07:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/n-yasuda-a-20181031.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-yasuda-a-20181031.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jumpei Yasuda]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/31/business/goldman-sachs-failed-manga-artist-startup-queen-akiko-nakas-unique-path-success/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-31T13:01:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/n-wantedly-a-20181101.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-wantedly-a-20181101.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Akiko Naka, chief executive officer of Wantedly Inc., speaks during an interview in Tokyo, on Sept. 14. Naka took the company, a recruiting social network, on the Tokyo Stock Exchange last year, and is one of the youngest women to head a Japanese-listed company.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/31/world/cities-seek-cash-tech-plan-safer-greener-future/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-31T13:57:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/f-cities-a-20181101.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-cities-a-20181101.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks in New Delhi on Oct. 1.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/31/national/japanese-u-s-forces-hold-joint-military-rescue-exercise/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-31T15:06:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-jpusdrill-a-20181101.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A U.S. military pilot on a stretcher is carried out from an Air Self-Defense Force helicopter at Misawa Air Base, in Aomori Prefecture, as part of a joint Japanese and U.S. rescue drill the same day.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/30/business/corporate-business/robust-sales-switch-software-boosts-nintendos-net-profit-25-first-half/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-31T15:40:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/b-nintendo-a-20181031.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-nintendo-a-20181031.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nintendo Co. boosted its first-half profit for this business year thanks to the steady sales of game titles for the Switch console.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/31/asia-pacific/social-issues-asia-pacific/cardboard-nannies-fruit-money-fast-paced-hong-kong-slow-adapt-elderly/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-31T15:46:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-hkelderly-c-20181101.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An elderly woman pushes a cart filled with discarded cardboard in the Sham Shui Po district of Hong Kong in March.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/22/national/tesol-masters-program-working-teachers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-31T16:04:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[z5-kanda-a-20181022.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Graduation ceremony of the M.A. TESOL Program of Kanda University of International Studies.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/31/national/crime-legal/japanese-high-court-upholds-denial-tuition-waivers-students-pro-pyongyang-school/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-31T16:29:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-koreanschool-a-20181101.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Supporters of former students from a pro-Pyongyang school involved in a lawsuit against the government over tuition waivers hold up protest signs on Tuesday in front of the Tokyo High Court. One of the signs calls a ruling denying the suit "unreasonable."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/31/world/crime-legal-world/fbi-probing-boston-irish-mob-boss-james-whitey-bulger-found-dead-89-prison-transfer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-31T16:54:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-bolger-d-20181101.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[James "Whitey" Bulger holds John Martorano's youngest son, John Jr., during his Christening ceremony in this undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office of Massachusetts in 2013.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/31/national/surge-number-u-s-women-seeking-political-office-spark-change-male-dominated-japanese-diet-experts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-31T17:11:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/n-women-a-20181101.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-women-a-20181101.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A record 237 women are running for the 435-seat U.S. House of Representatives in the Nov. 6 midterm elections.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/31/national/ana-apologizes-flight-delays-due-pilots-boozy-night/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-31T17:26:33+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/31/business/japanese-government-considers-plan-premium-vouchers-underpin-economy-tax-hike/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-31T18:44:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/b-tax-a-20181101.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-tax-a-20181101.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/31/national/crime-legal/south-korean-supreme-court-orders-japan-firm-compensate-wartime-forced-laborers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-31T20:17:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-skcourt-a-20181031.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Supporters of a South Korean Supreme Court ruling that ordered a Japanese steel firm to compensate four South Koreans who were victims of forced labor during Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula gather outside the court before the decision Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/31/national/imperial-family-members-abe-among-attend-wedding-banquet-former-princess/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-31T20:43:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-wedding-b-20181031.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Crown Prince Naruhito and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lead a toast to the newlyweds, former Princess Ayako (right) and her husband Kei Moriya (second from right), at a wedding banquet in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/31/asia-pacific/north-korea-preparing-nuclear-test-site-international-inspectors-report/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-31T20:45:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/f-nkinspect-a-20181101.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-nkinspect-a-20181101.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man watches a television screen featuring a news report on the reported demolition of North Korea's Punggye-ri nuclear test site, at the main train station in Seoul in May.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/31/business/economy-business/bank-japan-downgrades-economic-growth-inflation-forecast-2-goal-remains-reach/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-31T21:16:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/b-boj-a-20181101.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-boj-a-20181101.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Haruhiko Kuroda]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/31/national/okinawa-gov-denny-tamaki-pledges-action-stop-construction-henoko-base/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-31T21:16:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-okinawa-a-20181101.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Denny Tamaki]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/31/world/russia-investigates-teenage-suicide-attack-national-security-agency-office-arkhangelsk/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-31T22:29:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/31/world/france-opens-national-investigation-reports-spike-birth-defects/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-31T22:53:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-01T06:37:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Google sign is seen during the WAIC (World Artificial Intelligence Conference) in Shanghai in September.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-01T08:59:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[General Motors Executive Vice President for Global Product Development Mark Reuss speaks as he unveils the 2019 Chevrolet Silverado trucks during the 2018 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit in January. GM reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings on Wednesday behind solid sales in China and North America, where SUVs and trucks continued to perform well.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/01/world/politics-diplomacy-world/trump-contends-u-s-constitution-not-cover-birthright-citizenship-despite-14th-amendment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-01T09:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[President Donald Trump speaks to reporters about a shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, Oct. 27. Trump has astonished legal scholars with his claim that he can end birthright citizenship with a swipe of his pen.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/31/national/crime-legal/wwii-labor-ruling-hurt-ties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-01T09:31:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Foreign Minister Taro Kono speaks to reporters at the ministry in Tokyo on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-01T10:48:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Recovered belongings believed to be from the crashed Lion Air flight JT610 are laid out at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/01/world/crime-legal-world/mystery-deaths-ny-police-say-asylum-seeking-saudi-sisters-entered-water-alive/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-01T10:58:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[These two undated photos provided by the New York City Police Department show sisters Rotana (left) and Tala Farea, whose fully clothed bodies, bound together with tape and facing each other, were discovered on on the banks of New York City's Hudson River Oct. 24. Rotana, 22 and Tala, 16, had been living in Fairfax, Virgina, and were reported missing in August. Their mother told detectives the day before the bodies were discovered, she received a call from an official at the Saudi Arabian Embassy, ordering the family to leave the U.S. because her daughters had applied for political asylum.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/01/world/crime-legal-world/u-s-senate-panel-said-probing-trump-ex-aide-steve-bannons-campaign-activities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-01T12:07:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former White House strategist Steve Bannon speaks during the Red Tide Rising Rally supporting Republican candidates, in Elma, New York, Oct. 24.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/31/national/ldp-decides-not-introduce-daylight-saving-time-2020-olympics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-01T12:12:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[High school students endure scorching heat in Tajimi, Gifu Prefecture, in August. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has given up the idea of introducing daylight saving time during the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, citing technical difficulties.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-01T13:16:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police cordon off an area of Tokyo's Shibuya Ward after a fire broke out at a building near crowded celebrations to mark Halloween on Wednesday evening.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/31/business/corporate-business/panasonic-net-profit-april-sept-fell-amid-slowdown-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-01T13:33:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Weakening investment in China and sluggish sales of consumer electronics have pushed down Panasonic Corp.'s group net profit in the April-September period by 4.5 percent from a year earlier.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/01/business/tech/high-rise-farms-go-global-japans-spread-leads-way/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-01T14:04:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/01/world/science-health-world/click-bionic-arm-help-amputees-simple-things/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-01T17:22:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wolfgang Bauer shows his bionic hand during the Ottobock media day in Vienna Oct. 23.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-01T17:44:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[At the Japan-U.S. Business Council meeting held in Tokyo on Wednesday, business leaders from the two countries discussed issues including concerns over U.S. tariff policies.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/01/national/famed-kyoto-kabuki-theater-reopens-major-reinforcement-work-guard-earthquakes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-01T18:11:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Minamiza Theater in Kyoto reopened Thursday after reinforcement work to guard against earthquakes was carried out over a period of just under three years.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/01/business/tech/players-affected-online-game-final-fantasy-xiv-hit-unprecedented-cyberattacks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-01T18:21:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A screenshot of "Final Fantasy XIV"]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/01/world/austria-join-u-s-shunning-global-migration-pact/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-01T18:26:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sebastian Kurz]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/01/national/nhk-expands-disaster-related-push-notifications-include-chinese-language/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-01T18:28:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/01/national/tokyo-police-arrest-13-shibuya-halloween-mayhem/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-01T19:02:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-halloween-b-20181102.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police officers look on as crowds gather in the streets of Shibuya for Halloween on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/01/business/tokyo-top-hong-kong-official-insists-regions-independence-freedoms-secure-one-country-two-systems-policy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-01T19:15:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Carrie Lam, chief executive of the Hong Kong government, speaks at a symposium in Tokyo on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/01/business/tech/startup-bets-can-end-japans-love-affair-cash-payments/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-01T19:46:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-payments-a-20181102.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[QR codes — the dotted squares that can be read by smartphone cameras — were invented in the 1990s by a unit of Toyota Motor Corp. to track automotive parts.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/01/business/tech/worlds-top-consumer-drone-maker-scores-u-s-wins-despite-security-concerns-china-trade-war-takes-toll/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-01T20:08:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Spreading Wings S800 EVO drone is displayed at the headquarters of SZ DJI Technology Co., the world's largest maker of civilian drones, in Shenzhen, China, in 2016.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/01/national/crime-legal/couple-daughter-found-fatally-stabbed-osaka-house-son-calls-police/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-01T20:11:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police examine the area around the house where three people in a family were stabbed to death in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/01/national/japans-nuclear-industry-growing-likely-miss-governments-2030-target/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-01T21:12:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Damaged reactor buildings at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/01/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-asks-seoul-ensure-compensation-ruling-wartime-forced-labor-will-not-affect-japanese-business-interests/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-01T21:13:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a House of Representatives Budget Committee meeting Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/01/national/japan-airlines-pilot-temporarily-detained-london-drinking-alcohol-tokyo-flight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-01T22:08:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-01T22:38:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen walks alongside Paraguay's Foreign Minister Eladio Loizaga in Luque, Paraguay, on Aug.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/01/business/corporate-business/subaru-files-recall-410000-cars-due-faulty-engine-part/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-02T03:42:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-subaru-a-20181102.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Subaru Corp. filed a recall with Japan's transport ministry for over 410,000 cars.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/02/world/politics-diplomacy-world/divisive-donald-worst-democrats-republicans-blast-trump-ad-racially-charged/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-02T06:22:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump stands with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer as he delivers remarks on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington Oct. 1.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-02T06:25:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Saudi Arabia flag flies on the top of the consulate as diplomatic vehicles wait outside the Saudi Consulate on Thursday in Istanbul. Journalist Jamal Khashoggi was strangled as soon as he entered the consulate and his body was dismembered and destroyed as part of a premeditated plan, Turkey's chief prosecutor said on Wednesday, making details of the murder public for the first time.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/02/business/trump-signs-sanctions-order-targeting-venezuela-gold-exports-john-bolton/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-02T06:29:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton talks to the Miami Herald on Latin American policy at the National Historic Landmark Miami Freedom Tower on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/02/business/new-york-times-scoffs-trumps-claim-failing-adds-200000-online-subscribers-quarter/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-02T09:12:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-02T09:24:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[African migrants are seen in their hiding place in the Moroccan mountains near the port city of Tangier in September.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/02/world/social-issues-world/gay-witch-hunt-sparks-fear-panic-tanzanias-lgbt-community-goes-hiding/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-02T09:27:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/02/world/crime-legal-world/appearing-swagger-pittsburgh-synagogue-massacre-suspect-pleads-not-guilty/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-02T10:49:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-bowers-a-20181103.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[This image widely distributed by U.S. media on Oct. 27 shows a Department of Motor Vehicles ID picture of Robert Bowers, the suspect of the attack at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. Bowers, suspected of gunning down 11 people at the synagogue, pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal charges that could see him sentenced to death.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/02/world/iran-suspected-seeking-assassinate-iranian-norwegian-denmark/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-02T12:41:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Families of victims of a terrorist attack on a military parade that killed 25 in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz mourn at a mass funeral ceremony on Sept. 24.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/02/business/corporate-business/big-loss-panasonic-president-says-firm-close-profit-joint-factory-tesla/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-02T14:02:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/02/national/japanese-towns-thrive-abundant-squid-suffer-numbers-decline-alarming-rate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-02T15:25:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Employees work at a squid processing plant in Sakata, Yamagata Prefecture, on June 5.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/02/business/japanese-maker-train-deadly-taiwan-crash-finds-design-flaw/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-02T16:37:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-train-a-20181103.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Carriages derailed in Taiwan's worst rail crash in decades lie across the rails in the county of Yilan on October 22.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/02/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/sri-lankas-strongman-back-hes-brought-family/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-02T17:40:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sri Lanka's newly appointed prime minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa, is blessed by Buddhist monks during the ceremony to assume duties at the prime minister's office in Colombo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/02/business/tech/japanese-advertising-giant-dentsu-u-s-venture-capital-firm-tie-boost-sports-technology-sector/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-02T17:46:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/02/business/corporate-business/toyota-mulls-turning-site-closing-plant-housing-development-designed-test-autonomous-vehicles/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-02T17:52:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/02/world/science-health-world/scientists-launch-plan-map-genes-complex-life-earth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-02T18:07:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-species-a-20181103.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-species-a-20181103.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An American flamingo rescued from a hunter stands in a private zoo on Oct. 18 in Turmero, Venezuela. Scientists on Thursday launched the Earth BioGenome Project, which aims to map the genetic code of all 1.5 million known species of complex life on Earth.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/02/national/u-s-abstains-vote-japan-sponsored-antinuclear-resolution-u-n-disarmament-panel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-02T18:15:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-antinuke-a-20181103.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The First Committee on Disarmament Issues at the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Thursday adopted a resolution calling for the total elimination of nuclear arms.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/02/business/apple-warns-holiday-sales-sending-value-1-trillion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-02T18:16:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-apple-a-20181103.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-apple-a-20181103.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Apple Inc. said it expects between $89 billion and $93 billion in revenue for its fiscal first quarter ending in December.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/02/national/crime-legal/man-arrested-hamamatsu-fatal-stabbing-filipino-ex-girlfriend/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-02T18:17:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/02/asia-pacific/social-issues-asia-pacific/u-n-agencies-report-says-hundreds-millions-adults-children-asias-booming-cities-undernourished/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-02T19:48:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-hunger-a-20181103.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-hunger-a-20181103.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A girl uses a hammer to crack open shells and sell the seeds as snacks in Yangon on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/02/world/politics-diplomacy-world/u-s-will-hold-migrants-massive-tent-cities-military-will-fire-violent-ones-trump/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-02T19:58:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-trumpthreat-a-20181103.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-trumpthreat-a-20181103.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on immigration and border security in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/02/national/major-policy-shift-japan-oks-bill-let-foreign-manual-workers-stay-permanently/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-02T21:39:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-foreign-b-20181103.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An Indonesian care worker tends to a resident at a facility in Tenri, Nara Prefecture, in May 2017.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/02/national/crime-legal/minister-says-rules-will-tightened-jal-pilots-arrest-u-k-drinking-flight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-02T21:39:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-jal-a-20181103.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-jal-a-20181103.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan Airlines Co. executives apologize during a news conference Thursday after a pilot was detained in London for drinking before a flight to Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/02/national/japan-pushes-world-heritage-listing-southwestern-islands/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-02T21:40:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-heritage-a-20181103.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-heritage-a-20181103.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An aerial photo taken in April shows the mangrove forest on Iriomote Island in Okinawa Prefecture. The government has decided to recommend a chain of southwestern islands including the island as a candidate for listing as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2020.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/02/business/corporate-business/hitachi-units-faulty-inspections-expand-auto-display-parts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-02T22:07:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-hitachi-a-20181103.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-hitachi-a-20181103.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hitachi Chemical Co. President and Chief Executive Officer Hisashi Maruyama announces faulty inspections of its auto parts, display materials and other products during a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/02/world/crime-legal-world/two-stabbed-man-arrested-incident-near-sonys-london-headquarters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-02T23:01:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-londonstabbing-a-20181103.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-londonstabbing-a-20181103.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Staff evacuated from the office building housing Sony Music's offices are seen with police officers on a nearby street after an incident at the offices in London on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/02/asia-pacific/dissident-cartoonist-badiucao-cancels-hong-kong-show-china-threats/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-02T23:15:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-badiucao-a-20181103.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-badiucao-a-20181103.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wrapped artworks by Chinese political cartoonist Badiucao are seen after his first solo international exhibition "Gongle" was cancelled in Hong Kong on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/03/world/politics-diplomacy-world/trump-considering-u-s-state-department-spokeswoman-u-n-ambassador-post/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-03T10:33:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-nauert-a-20181104.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-nauert-a-20181104.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Heather Nauert]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/03/world/politics-diplomacy-world/u-s-campaign-trail-obama-warns-fear-trump-touts-economy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-03T10:51:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-uscampaign-a-20181104.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-uscampaign-a-20181104.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former U.S. President Barack Obama walks on stage as he campaigns for Democrats, including Florida Sen. Bill Nelson and gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum in Miami on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/03/world/crime-legal-world/saudi-sisters-likely-committed-suicide-new-yorks-hudson-river-police-say/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-03T11:16:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-saudisisters-a-20181104.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-saudisisters-a-20181104.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sisters Tala (left) and Rotana Fareain are pictured in this undated composite image.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/02/business/u-s-job-growth-jumps-annual-wage-gain-biggest-since-2009/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-03T12:04:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-usjobs-a-20181103.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-usjobs-a-20181103.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Loredana Gonzalez, of Doral, Florida., fills out a job application at a JobNewsUSA job fair in Miami Lakes in January.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/03/business/economy-business/trump-says-think-well-make-deal-china-trade/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-03T12:27:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-chinatrade-a-20181104.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-chinatrade-a-20181104.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping participate in a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in November last year.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/03/world/trump-backtracks-suggestion-u-s-troops-fire-migrants/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-03T12:27:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-shootmigrants-a-20181104.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-shootmigrants-a-20181104.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. soldiers arrive at Valley International Airport in Harlingen, Texas, to conduct the first missions along the southern border in support of Operation Faithful Patriot on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/03/business/tech/twitter-deletes-10000-accounts-sought-discourage-u-s-voting/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-03T12:35:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-twitter-a-20181104.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-twitter-a-20181104.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Twitter has deleted more than 10,000 automated accounts posting messages that discouraged people from voting in Tuesday's U.S. election and wrongly appeared to be from Democrats, after the party flagged the misleading tweets to the social media company.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/03/world/crime-legal-world/u-s-top-court-wont-halt-trial-census-citizenship-question/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-03T12:36:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-censuscase-a-20181104.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-censuscase-a-20181104.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Then-U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke arrives at a presentation for the 2010 U.S. Census at the National Press Club in Washington in December 2010.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/03/business/economy-business/rcep-nations-unlikely-reach-substantial-agreement-trade-pact-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-03T12:53:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/03/world/harvard-defends-admission-policy-asian-american-bias-trial-wraps/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-03T13:16:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-harvasian-a-20181104.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-harvasian-a-20181104.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rowers practice on the Charles River, past the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in March 2017.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/03/asia-pacific/north-korea-warns-restart-nuclear-weapons-development-sanctions-arent-lifted/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-03T15:31:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-nknukes-a-20181104.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-nknukes-a-20181104.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guides the launch of a Hwasong-12 missile in this undated photo released last September.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/03/world/offbeat-world/south-africans-make-bricks-human-urine/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-03T15:37:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-biobricks-a-20181104.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-biobricks-a-20181104.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Suzanne Lambert (left), Dyllon Randall and Vukheta Mukhari, developers of the first brick that uses human urine as one of the binding components, pose in the lab at the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Cape Town on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/03/national/media-national/shibuyas-halloween-havoc-may-tarnish-future-festivities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-03T22:54:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/p16-stmichel-halloween-a-20181104.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p16-stmichel-halloween-a-20181104.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Center of attention: Two men stand on a small truck in Tokyo's Shibuya district on Oct. 28.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/03/national/media-national/testing-times-students-english-language-ability-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-03T22:57:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/p17-brasor-education-a-20181104.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p17-brasor-education-a-20181104.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Higher learning: The University of Tokyo has announced that it will not require applicants to take private English tests in order to qualify for its entrance exam.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/03/national/crime-legal/man-gets-life-prison-killing-japanese-woman-canada/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-03T16:33:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Indonesian workers who came to Japan on the intern trainee visas examine fish in September at Ishinomaki port in Miyagi Prefecture. The latest Kyodo News poll showed more than half the Japanese voters who took part in the survey support a government bill that will create new visa categories for foreign blue-collar workers.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Marubeni Corp. formed U.S. grain unit Columbia Grain Inc. in 1978. As Japan's manufacturers questioned the need of the sōgō shōsha as middlemen, the sōgō shōsha began investing in manufactures, manufacturing JVs and distributors to gain ownership and protect themselves in the supply chain.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg returns after a break to continue testifying at a House Energy and Commerce hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington in April about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 election and data privacy. Facebook and other social platforms have been waging a fight against online misinformation and hate speech for two years. With the U.S. midterm elections coming Tuesday, there are signs that they're making some headway, although they're still a long way from winning the war.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In this photograph taken in Beijing in June 2016, representatives of former forced workers during World War II meet with reporters. The Chinese workers are now reaching a wartime compensation deal with Mitsubishi Materials.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Some of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, claimed by Beijing and known as Diaoyu in China, are seen in this photo taken in September 2012.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-05T20:54:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[British financial services minister John Glen (right) and other financial officials pose for photographs outside No. 10 Downing St. in London on Oct. 29.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-05T20:54:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-05T22:56:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shoppers are seen at an electronics retail store in Tokyo on March 31, 2014, the day before the consumption tax was raised to 8 percent.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-05T23:36:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The South Korean destroyer Dae Jo Yeong makes a goodwill visit to the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Sasebo base in Nagasaki Prefecture on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/05/business/faced-worker-shortage-japan-reshapes-legendary-hospitality/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-05T23:46:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yuria Nagamoto is an elevator operator at Takashimaya Co.'s Nihonbashi department store in central Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/06/business/u-s-supreme-court-ends-fight-obama-era-net-neutrality-rules-not-taking-repeal-bid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-06T06:26:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police guard the main entrance to the Supreme Court in Washington last month. The Supreme Court has ended the court fight over repealed Obama-era "net neutrality" rules that required internet providers to treat all online traffic equally. The court on Monday rejected appeals from the telecommunications industry seeking to throw out a lower court ruling in favor of the "net neutrality" rules.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-06T09:05:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rescue team members carry a bag containing the body of a passenger from Lion Air flight JT610 at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-06T09:12:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Journalists work in front of the condo of Brazil's new president-elect, Jair Bolsonaro,in Rio de Janeiro Oct. 29.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/05/national/s-finds-80-rescue-hashtags-unrelated-emergencies-july-deluge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-06T09:18:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People wait to be rescued from the roof of an inundated house in the Mabi district of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on July 7. Torrential rains during the period caused substantial damage in several prefectures of western Japan.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/06/world/politics-diplomacy-world/breaking-barriers-u-s-midterm-election-winners-mark-minority-firsts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-06T09:19:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Democratic U.S. congressional candidate Rashida Tlaib (center) attends a midterm campaign rally with Democratic nominee for governor Gretchen Whitmer (left) and U.S. Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence in Detroit Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/06/national/mayor-tsunami-hit-city-stresses-resilience-inclusivity-u-n/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-06T13:16:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rikuzentakata Mayor Futoshi Toba (center) speaks at the United Nations to mark World Tsunami Awareness Day on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/06/national/japanese-manufacturer-nippon-sharyo-fix-problem-blamed-deadly-train-crash-taiwan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-06T14:26:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A worker walks around the derailed train in Yilan county, Taiwan, as preparations are made to clear the accident site on Oct. 22.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/06/business/corporate-business/takeda-pushes-back-dissident-shareholders-seek-stop-shire-deal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-06T14:32:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The logo of Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. is displayed at the company's news conference venue in Tokyo in May.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/06/business/u-s-exempts-japan-seven-nations-iran-oil-sanctions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-06T16:27:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-iranoil-a-20181107.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The government and businesses are concerned about possible oil price increases following the reimposition of U.S. sanctions on Iran.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/06/national/japan-set-panel-tighten-airline-pilot-drinking-rules-following-recent-scandals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-06T16:28:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/05/national/cooperation-information-sharing-key-disaster-response-speakers-tell-hiroshima-workshop/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-06T16:30:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/06/world/science-health-world/gene-study-reveals-secrets-parasitic-worms-possible-treatments/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-06T16:30:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A giant parasitic worm representing a type that causes the chronic disease schistosomiasis is pictured on Lake Leman during the Neglected Tropical Diseases Summit, in Geneva in April 2017.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/06/national/politics-diplomacy/japanese-foreign-minister-thanks-turkish-counterpart-release-journalist-jumpei-yasuda/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-06T17:21:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Foreign Minister Taro Kono and his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, hold a news conference in Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/06/national/japan-make-trademark-registration-era-names-impossible/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-06T17:21:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chief Cabinet Secretary Keizo Obuchi, who would later go on to become prime minister, holds up the kanji for the new era name, Heisei, on Jan. 7, 1989, the day Emperor Hirohito passed away.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/06/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/top-u-s-diplomat-meet-senior-north-korean-official-new-york-thursday-amid-denuclearization-acrimony/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-06T17:22:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Pyongyang in this photo released on Oct. 7.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/06/business/economy-business/household-spending-japan-falls-first-time-three-months/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-06T17:44:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/06/business/corporate-business/lego-wins-court-case-china-copyright-infringement/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-06T18:10:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lego has won another case against imitators in China.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/06/national/osaka-immigration-facility-locked-17-unruly-detainees-room-six-keep-order/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-06T18:31:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Seventeen foreign detainees were locked in a room for six people in this building of the Osaka Regional Immigration Bureau in Osaka Prefecture in June.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/06/national/crime-legal/police-investigate-osaka-speeding-case-man-posts-footage-online/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-06T19:37:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/06/business/japan-sue-south-korea-wto-subsidies-shipbuilders/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-06T20:25:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/06/national/social-issues/suicides-middle-aged-men-japan-tend-surge-monday-mornings-research/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-06T20:44:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-suicide-a-20181107.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Among men aged 40 to 65, suicides between 4 a.m. and 7:59 a.m. hit a peak during the period from 1995 to 2014.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/06/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-ready-help-malaysia-tackle-fiscal-problems-abe-tells-counterpart-mahathir-mohamad/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-06T21:07:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-mahathir-b-20181107.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mahathir Mohamad]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/06/national/climate-change-issues-likely-one-top-points-osaka-g20-summit-jacques-attali/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-06T21:08:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-interview-a-20181107.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jacques Attali, head of the international nongovernmental organization Positive Planet, speaks during an interview in Hiroshima on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/06/business/cabinet-sends-japan-eu-free-trade-pact-diet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-06T21:14:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/06/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-revise-decadesold-fishery-system-attempt-bring-newcomers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-06T22:47:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-fishing-a-20181107.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan plans to revise its fishery laws for the first time in 70 years to encourage more people to join the declining industry.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/06/national/crime-legal/two-women-found-apparently-slain-shimane-home-son-one-arrested/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-06T22:55:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/06/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-mike-pence-may-meet-next-week-discuss-north-korea-japanese-government-sources/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-06T23:17:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-pence-a-20181107.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a campaign rally at McKenzie Arena, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Sunday. Pence is expected to visit Japan for talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe next week.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/07/world/politics-diplomacy-world/lgbt-people-erased-books-russia-gay-propaganda-law/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-07T06:15:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/07/business/british-women-protest-pension-age-rises-meet-mens-65/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-07T10:17:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[British Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey arrives to attend the weekly meeting of the Cabinet at 10 Downing Street in London on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/07/world/crime-legal-world/u-k-police-arrest-six-men-torching-grenfell-tower-effigy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-07T10:51:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-effigy-a-20181108.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[In this grab taken from video made available on Tuesday, people place a model of Grenfell Towers onto a bonfire, in London.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/07/world/crime-legal-world/canada-urges-pakistan-ensure-safety-christian-woman-spared-blasphemy-case/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-07T10:59:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-bibi-a-20181108.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-bibi-a-20181108.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman, listens to officials at a prison in Sheikhupura near Lahore, Pakistan, in 2010. Italy is working to help relocate the family of Bibi, who was acquitted eight years after being sentenced to death for blasphemy, amid warnings from her husband that their life is in danger in Pakistan.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/07/world/science-health-world/four-6-rare-black-rhinos-die-move-chad-possibly-starvation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-07T11:01:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-rhinos-a-20181108.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A black rhino runs around in a holding pen in Zakouma National Park in Chad in May. Four out of 6 South African rhinos that were transferred to the park in southeast Chad in a bid to revive the endangered species have died, but not from poaching, conservationists said Tuesday. "An additional two black rhino carcasses have been discovered in Zakouma National Park in Chad, bringing the total mortalities to four, of the six that were reintroduced in May this year," the conservation group African Parks said in a press release.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/07/business/boeing-close-issuing-safety-warning-737-max-following-crash-off-indonesia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-07T13:07:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An official moves an engine from the crashed Lion Air jet, a brand-new Boeing 737 Max 8, for further investigation in Jakarta on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/07/world/politics-diplomacy-world/former-gop-presidential-candidate-mitt-romney-wins-utah-senate-election/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-07T13:11:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-romney-a-20181108.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/07/national/tasty-lamb-saves-hokkaido-high-school-threat-closure/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-07T14:20:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-lamb-a-20181108.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Students check the condition of lambs at the Hokkaido Embetsu Agricultural High School on Oct. 19.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/07/world/politics-diplomacy-world/democrats-chip-away-republican-dominance-state-governments/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-07T14:49:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-statepolls-b-20181108.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-statepolls-b-20181108.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Democratic Florida gubernatorial candidate and Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum concedes the Florida governor's race to U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis as Gillum's wife, R. Jai, wipes away tears and his running mate Chris King and King's wife, Kristin, look on at his midterm election night rally in Tallahassee on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/07/national/pleasure-boat-industry-bids-attract-young-people-services-cheaper-activities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-07T14:59:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-boat-a-20181108.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-boat-a-20181108.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan's pleasure boat industry is beefing up its efforts to lure more young people through increased services such as jet ski rentals.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/07/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/top-u-s-diplomat-delays-meeting-north-koreans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-07T15:56:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-nkdelay-a-20181108.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Kim Yong Chol, a North Korean senior ruling party official and former intelligence chief, arrive for a lunch at the Park Hwa Guest House in Pyongyang in July.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/07/national/rakutens-english-drive-case-study-success-wider-adoption-japan-inc-much-slower-going/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-07T16:05:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-rakuten-a-20181108.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-rakuten-a-20181108.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiroshi Mikitani, CEO of Rakuten Inc., listens to a lecture by Tsedal Neeley, a professor at Harvard Business School, in Tokyo on Oct. 24.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/07/world/politics-diplomacy-world/u-s-women-voters-drive-democratic-house-victories-republican-senate-gains-reuters-ipsos-poll/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-07T16:30:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-femvote-a-20181108.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-femvote-a-20181108.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Women watch election results at the Texas Democrats Election Night Party in Austin on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/07/world/politics-diplomacy-world/democratic-u-s-house-alter-foreign-policy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-07T16:45:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-forgress-a-20181108.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-forgress-a-20181108.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Since the House must still work with a Republican-controlled Senate to pass any bills, the Democratic majority's greatest influence will be oversight, the ability to call hearings and subpoena witnesses.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/07/business/corporate-business/softbank-ipo-seeks-18-billion-retail-investors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-07T16:55:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-softbank-a-20181108.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-softbank-a-20181108.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The expected size of the SoftBank Group mobile unit's initial public offering to retail investors would be a record in Japan, exceeding the IPOs for Japan Post Holdings Co. in 2015 and NTT Docomo Inc. in 1998.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/07/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-south-korea-leaders-unlikely-hold-talks-ties-sour-forced-labor-ruling/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-07T17:27:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-jpsktalks-a-20181108.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-jpsktalks-a-20181108.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae-in are seen ahead of talks in New York on Sept. 25.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/07/business/financial-markets/240-billion-day-market-seen-leaving-london-brexit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-07T17:28:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/07/national/japans-first-drone-document-delivery-operation-launched-fukushima-amid-labor-shortage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-07T17:43:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-drone-a-20181108.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-drone-a-20181108.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Japan Post Co. delivery drone hovers over a post office in the town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/07/business/upper-house-enacts-extra-budget-worth-%c2%a5936-billion-disaster-recovery/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-07T18:01:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/07/world/politics-diplomacy-world/next-starting-gun-sounds-2020-white-house-race/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-07T19:29:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-elex2020-a-20181108.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-elex2020-a-20181108.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign rally for incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill on Oct. 31 in Bridgeton, Missouri. McCaskill won re-election Tuesday. Biden, meanwhile, is believed to have his eyes on the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/07/national/tokyo-2020-workers-raise-section-giant-roof-tradition-inspired-olympic-gymnastics-venue/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-07T20:07:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-gymnasium-a-20181108.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-gymnasium-a-20181108.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The center section of the Ariake Gymnastics Centre's giant timber roof is seen while being raised on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/07/national/tokyo-medical-university-accept-applicants-rejected-due-rigging/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-07T21:28:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/07/national/japans-health-insurance-overhaul-prevent-abuses-mainly-foreigners/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-07T21:28:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-insurance-b-20181108.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-insurance-b-20181108.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Indonesian workers who came to Japan through an intern trainee visa program examine fish at a port in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, in September.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/07/business/u-s-taxpayers-count-cost-foxconns-artful-deal-wisconsin/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-07T22:56:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-foxconn-a-20181109.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-foxconn-a-20181109.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump, second left, speaks as Scott Walker, governor of Wisconsin, (from left), Terry Gou, chairman of Foxconn Technology Group, and Speaker Paul Ryan, a Republican from Wisconsin, listen during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Foxconn facility in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, on June 28. Trump has praised the Taiwanese company for bringing jobs to a state critical to his re-election.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/07/world/china-gaming-giant-tencent-verify-players-identities-2019/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-07T22:57:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-gamerid-a-20181109.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-gamerid-a-20181109.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Tencent Games logo is displayed on a mobile phone on Nov. 5]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/07/business/japan-firms-remain-wary-trump-policy-midterm-polls/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-08T03:50:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-bizreac-a-20181108.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-bizreac-a-20181108.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man walks past TV screens showing U.S. midterm election reports Wednesday at an electronics store in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/08/world/politics-diplomacy-world/trump-pahrump-dead-republican-brothel-owner-wins-election-nevada/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-08T10:44:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-hof-a-20181109.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-hof-a-20181109.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dennis Hof, owner of the Moonlite BunnyRanch legal brothel and recent winner of the Republican primary election for Nevada State Assembly District 36, sits in the parlor of the brothel in Mound House, Nevada, in June.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/08/world/politics-diplomacy-world/saudi-king-shows-support-heir-public-tour-despite-crisis-jamal-khashoggi-slaying/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-08T11:01:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-saudis-a-20181109.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-saudis-a-20181109.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Saudi King Salman waves during his visit to Qassim province in Qassim, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday. Salman has begun a domestic tour with a first stop in the conservative heartland of Qassim province, where he pardoned prisoners serving time on financial charges and announced 16 billion riyals, about $4.27 billion, in new projects.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/07/world/politics-diplomacy-world/polls-closing-voters-pit-trump-strength-resistance-democrats/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-08T12:06:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-polls-c-20181108.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-polls-c-20181108.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Voters wait in line in the gymnasium at Brunswick Junior High School to receive their ballots for the midterm election Tuesday in Brunswick, Maine.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/08/world/politics-diplomacy-world/democrats-warn-trump-attorney-general-sessions-forced/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-08T12:48:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-sessions-dems-a-20181109.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-sessions-dems-a-20181109.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jeff Sessions returns to his home in Washington on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/08/world/offbeat-world/wheelchair-ramp-jump-tops-list-new-guinness-world-records-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-08T13:19:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-gwrecords-a-20181109.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-gwrecords-a-20181109.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[South Koreans make kimchi in an attempt at a Guinness World Record for largest number of people making kimchi at one place during the Seoul Kimchi Festival at Seoul Plaza on Sunday. More than 3,000 people made kimchi to donate to needy neighbors in preparation for the winter season.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/08/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-putin-will-meet-singapore-next-week-tass/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-08T13:48:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/07/national/politics-diplomacy/gops-loss-house-japan-anticipate-hard-line-trump/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-08T14:31:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-reactions-a-20181108.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-reactions-a-20181108.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People walk past a huge public TV screen in Tokyo on Wednesday showing a news program covering the U.S. midterm elections.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/08/national/hiroshima-bomb-survivor-yoshinori-kato-regrets-failing-save-lives-trapped-schoolchildren/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-08T14:46:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-hiroshima-a-20181109.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-hiroshima-a-20181109.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoshinori Kato, 90, talks about his A-bomb experience while touching the statue of Jizo, the guardian of children, which he donated to Danbara Elementary School.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/08/national/japan-urge-companies-curb-use-microplastics-amid-marine-pollution-crisis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-08T14:59:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-plastics-a-20181109.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-plastics-a-20181109.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A photo shows microplastics retrieved from Lake Biwa, in Shiga Prefecture, and Osaka Bay.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/30/national/politics-diplomacy/liberal-democratic-partys-general-council-approves-draft-immigration-control-bill-despite-members-concerns/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-08T15:28:49+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/02/national/freed-journalist-jumpei-yasuda-no-grudge-tokyo-syria-ordeal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-08T15:36:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-yasuda-a-20181103.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-yasuda-a-20181103.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jumpei Yasuda bows Friday at the start of a news conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/08/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-doesnt-treat-u-s-fairly-trade-trump-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-08T16:39:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-unfair-a-20181109.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-unfair-a-20181109.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A TV monitor showing U.S. President Donald Trump is seen behind national flags of the U.S. and Japan at a foreign exchange trading company in Tokyo Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/08/national/crime-legal/diet-members-former-secretary-arrested-%c2%a5100-million-heist-kyoto-2010/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-08T17:33:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/08/business/tech/signposts-cashierless-kiosk-tokyo-signals-real-challenge-amazon-smart-store-sector/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-08T17:44:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A kiosk where there are no cashiers, developed by Signpost Corp., is seen at Akabane Station in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/07/national/activist-worked-sufferers-minamata-disease-dies-103/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-08T17:47:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fumiko Hiyoshi]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/08/business/tech/samsung-previews-smartphone-screen-folds-like-book/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-08T18:14:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A FlexPai smartphone with a flexible screen is displayed in San Francisco Monday. Royole Corp. recently unveiled what it is billing to be the world's first smartphone with a flexible screen so the device can be folded like a billfold. The phone will go on sale next month in China only, but Royole hopes to release it in the U.S. next year. Samsung announced its plans for its own foldable-screen phone in San Francisco on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-08T18:18:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-08T18:35:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson and Takafumi Minaguchi, chief of the U.S. coffee chain's Japanese arm, pose at a news conference Thursday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-08T18:58:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A pedestrian walks past signs for banks in Tokyo. Two megabanks, MUFG Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., plan to share their respective automated teller machines to cut operational costs, according to sources.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/08/national/science-health/unmanned-japanese-cargo-vessel-kounotori-heads-home-iss-carrying-experiment-samples/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-08T21:09:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Kounotori 7 unmanned cargo vessel is released from the International Space Station on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/08/business/corporate-business/new-five-year-plan-toshiba-cut-thousands-jobs-withdraw-british-nuclear-plant-u-s-lng-businesses/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-08T21:09:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toshiba Chairman and CEO Nobuaki Kurumatani holds a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/08/national/politics-diplomacy/u-s-vice-president-mike-pence-hold-talks-prime-minister-shinzo-abe-tokyo-visit-next-week/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-08T21:09:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-pence-a-20181109.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mike Pence]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/08/world/politics-diplomacy-world/in-case-you-missed-it-trumps-awkward-response-to-a-japanese-reporter/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-08T22:25:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-trump-a-20181109.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump points at CNN's Jim Acosta and accuses him of "fake news" during a news conference at the White House on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/08/business/japan-loans-philippines-%c2%a538-billion-manila-railway-rehabilitation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-08T22:33:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-09T09:25:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Firefighters and rescue workers stand at the site of the collapsed Morandi Bridge in the port city of Genoa, Italy, in August.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/09/world/politics-diplomacy-world/u-s-court-case-tests-special-counsel-muellers-power-status/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-09T14:06:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man holding an upside-down U.S. flag participates in a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's alleged interference in the investigation headed by Robert Mueller in Washington on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/09/national/science-health/keio-university-weighs-research-goal-performing-japans-first-womb-transplants/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-09T14:31:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/08/national/38-fire-departments-offer-interpreter-services-emergency-calls/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-09T15:04:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-emergency-a-20181109.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A government survey shows that the country is on track to achieving its goal of having multilingual emergency call services.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/09/business/corporate-business/investing-american-lng-boom-backfired-toshiba/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-09T17:08:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Journalists sit in front of Toshiba logos before to the company's news conference Thursday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/09/asia-pacific/north-korean-worker-seeks-dutch-shipbuilders-prosecution-labor-abuses-alleging-slave-like-conditions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-09T17:41:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/09/business/economy-business/wasteful-tax-spending-japan-second-lowest-10-years-audit-board/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-09T18:35:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/09/business/corporate-business/japans-shiseido-form-philippine-unit-singapores-luxasia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-09T19:41:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-cosmetics-a-20181110.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-cosmetics-a-20181110.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A selection of Shiseido Co. lipstick sits on display at a company news conference in Tokyo in August. The cosmetics giant is tying up with a Singapore firm to enter the Philippine market.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/09/national/kyoto-wi-fi-signal-sensors-monitor-assist-managing-tourist-crowds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-09T20:23:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/09/national/crime-legal/australian-officials-arrest-japanese-man-finding-six-lizards-baggage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-09T20:23:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-09T20:26:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-abetrump-a-20181110.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[President Donald Trump welcomes Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the White House in Washington on June 7.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/09/asia-pacific/one-dead-two-hurt-melbourne-attack-called-act-terrorism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-09T21:01:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-melbourne-a-20181110.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-melbourne-a-20181110.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A burnt out vehicle is surrounded by police tape on Bourke Street in central Melbourne, Australia, on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/09/world/three-fast-moving-california-blazes-cause-thousands-flee/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-09T23:27:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-calfires-a-20181110.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-calfires-a-20181110.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Firefighters battle flames overnight during a wildfire that burned dozens of homes in Thousand Oaks, California, on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/10/national/47-japanese-confirmed-safe-flash-floods-jordan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-10T12:05:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/10/business/economy-business/trump-looking-booting-commerce-secretary-wilbur-ross-cabinet-reports/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-10T12:19:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-ross-a-20181111.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-ross-a-20181111.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wilbur Ross]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/09/national/sad-legacy-postwar-upheaval-neglected-graves-hinder-safety-works-okinawa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-10T12:41:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-okinawa-a-20181110.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-okinawa-a-20181110.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A cliff at the foot of prefectural housing in the Mizugama district of Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture, has a high risk of rockfalls, but the prefectural government cannot proceed with repair work because of unclaimed graves carved into it.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/09/national/effort-nudge-japan-go-cashless-offsets-sales-tax-hike-faces-many-hurdles/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-10T12:42:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-yenforliving-a-20181110.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-yenforliving-a-20181110.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The government is planning to implement all sorts of policies to minimize the consumption tax hike's negative impact on the economy, and at the same time, nudge the public toward cashless payments.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/12/business/rethinking-notion-hot-weather-means-increased-consumption-wake-japans-scorching-summer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-10T12:42:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-yenforliving-a-20181013.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pedestrians cross a street in Tokyo on Aug. 2. Due to this summer's scorching weather, retail sales increased for many items, from air conditioners to skin care products,  while others didn't benefit as much as expected.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/10/business/white-house-adviser-peter-navarro-calls-wall-street-executives-unregistered-foreign-agents-weighing-u-s-china-trade-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-10T13:26:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-navarro-a-20181111.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Containers are piled high at a port in Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong province on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/10/world/u-k-ministers-reportedly-present-may-plan-b-no-deal-brexit-scenario/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-10T13:29:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-brexitb-a-20181111.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pedestians cross the River Thames on Waterloo Bridge in August, with the City of London in the background.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/10/asia-pacific/china-orders-broadcasters-websites-avoid-celebrity-hype-stop-using-fake-statistics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-10T13:29:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/10/business/corporate-business/kirin-shift-beer-health-products-sankei-newspaper-reports/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-10T13:43:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-kirin-a-20181111.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kirin Holdings Co. will reportedly shift its core business strategy from beverages to "health and illness-preventing" solutions.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/10/national/japan-china-agree-start-regular-talks-food-safety/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-10T13:55:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/10/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/first-washington-calls-beijing-remove-missiles-south-china-sea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-10T14:26:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-scswrap-a-20181111.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Chinese Defense Minister Gen. Wei Fenghe (second from left), U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and Chinese Politburo member Yang Jiechi shake hands at the conclusion of a news conference at the State Department in Washington on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/10/world/politics-diplomacy-world/fbi-probing-florida-company-linked-acting-attorney-general-matthew-whitaker-report-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-10T15:12:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-whitaprobe-a-20181111.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-whitaprobe-a-20181111.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Matthew Whitaker]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/10/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/u-s-defense-chief-works-keep-rising-sino-american-tensions-boiling/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-10T15:15:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-chinamattis-a-20181111.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis welcomes Chinese defense chief Gen. Wei Fenghe to the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/09/business/japans-women-consumers-workers-gaining-clout-rejecting-cute/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-10T15:20:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Women walk past luxury stores in Tokyo's Omotesando shopping district.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/10/world/politics-diplomacy-world/u-s-halt-refueling-saudi-led-coalition-aircraft-yemen-conflict/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-10T15:55:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-saudiair-a-20181111.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington last March.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/10/national/media-national/japans-news-outlets-weigh-jumpei-yasudas-culpability-syria-kidnapping/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-10T22:55:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Home free: Freelance journalist Jumpei Yasuda speaks at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Nov. 2.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/09/national/japan-ban-drones-near-venues-2020-olympic-games/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-10T16:15:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A drone takes aerial photographs of the Aichi Prefectural Government building for inspection purposes in July.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/10/national/japanese-business-group-decries-taiwans-continued-ban-japanese-food-imports-wake-3-11/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-10T16:24:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/10/national/media-national/illustrators-use-social-media-highlight-minutiae-everyday-life-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-10T22:42:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/10/national/politics-diplomacy/spat-npt-reference-japan-sponsored-u-n-resolution-expands-nuclear-disarmament-rift-u-s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-10T19:33:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Atomic Bomb Dome is seen in Hiroshima in May 2016. A clear policy difference has emerged between Japan and the United States over the importance of Article 6 of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which calls on nuclear-armed states to pursue nuclear disarmament.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/10/national/crime-legal/japanese-woman-arrested-stabbing-death-u-s-airman-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-10T19:35:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/10/business/government-considers-scaling-back-tax-exemption-education-child-care-gift-program-april/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-10T21:21:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The number of people applying for tax exemption has steadily declined since the program was introduced in 2013.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/11/national/training-program-japan-u-s-help-pacific-island-nations-counter-illegal-fishing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-11T02:00:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-10T23:24:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Bangkok development project Iconsiam, which will open Saturday, is seen in an artist's rendering. The project includes two residential towers, a movie theater, a concert auditorium and a variety of retail options.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/10/world/least-six-dead-fire-incinerates-northern-california-town/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-11T12:26:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A massive fire in Paradise, California, is seen Friday in this shortwave infrared satellite image.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/09/national/mobile-battery-emits-smoke-aboard-bullet-train-tokyo-saitama-sending-four-hospital/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-11T12:53:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Firefighters are seen near a bullet train at Omiya Station in Saitama Prefecture on Friday. Smoke coming from a mobile battery carried by a passenger halted operations on the line.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/11/world/death-toll-rises-least-23-california-wildfire-14-bodies-found/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-11T22:01:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-fires-a-20181112.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sheriff's deputies recover the remains of a victim of the Camp Fire on Saturday in Paradise, California.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/11/world/german-president-frank-walter-steinmeier-joins-british-royals-london-mark-1918-end-world-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-11T23:16:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier lays a wreath at the Cenotaph during the Remembrance Day  ceremony in Whitehall, central London, on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/12/asia-pacific/social-issues-asia-pacific/myanmar-prepares-first-rohingya-returnees-u-n-warns-rushing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-12T06:37:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rohingya refugees take part in a protest at the Kutupalong refugee camp to mark the one year anniversary of their exodus, in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, in August.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/12/world/u-s-backed-syrian-force-resumes-ground-assault-islamic-state/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-12T06:47:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-sdf-a-20181113.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) participate in a military parade during the funeral of a fellow fighter, killed in an offensive by the Islamic State (IS) group against an SDF position, in the Kurdish-controlled city of Qamishly in northeastern Syria, on Sunday. The Kurdish-led force SDF, joint Arab-Kurdish units backed by the US-led anti-jihadist coalition, said it was resuming its offensive against the Islamic State (IS) group in eastern Syria.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/11/national/north-korean-paper-raps-japans-reaction-south-korean-court-ruling-wartime-forced-labor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-12T07:15:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a press conference after holding talks with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Paekhwawon State Guest House in Pyongyang on Sept. 19.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/12/world/finlands-gps-disrupted-nato-war-games-russia-may-responsible-prime-minister/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-12T09:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila (right) attend a news conference at the Prime Minister's official residence Kesaranta in Helsinki Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/12/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/pence-subs-trump-summits-skeptical-asian-nations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-12T11:33:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-asiapence-a-20181113.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-asiapence-a-20181113.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Vice President Mike Pence arrives for a campaign rally with President Donald Trump at Southport High School in Indianapolis on Nov. 2.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/12/national/four-chinese-ships-briefly-intrude-waters-near-senkaku-islands/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-12T12:56:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/12/world/crime-legal-world/trump-discussed-erdogan-response-saudi-slaying-jamal-khashoggi-white-house-official/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-12T13:48:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-trumperdo-a-20181113.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-trumperdo-a-20181113.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yasin Aktay, a Justice and Development Party (AKP) member of the parliament and head of the Turkish Group of Inter-Parliamentarian Union, speaks during a commemoration event for the killed Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/12/business/chinas-alibaba-nets-record-30-billion-singles-day-sales-extravaganza-growth-rate-plunges/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-12T14:06:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-singlesday-a-20181113.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-singlesday-a-20181113.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A staff member jumps for a photo to celebrate after Alibaba's "Double 11" shopping festival, also known as Singles' Day, set a new record of 213.5 billion yuan ($30.7 billion) in Shanghai on Monday. Online shoppers in China on Sunday shattered last year's record of $24 billion in sales during the country's annual buying frenzy. This year's extravaganza was the 10th one to be held.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/12/business/analysis-100-major-firms-shows-failing-pass-u-n-human-rights-test/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-12T14:19:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-rightsfirm-a-20181113.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-rightsfirm-a-20181113.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A shopper carries an Adidas AG bag in the SoHo neighborhood of New York on Aug. 12. In an analysis published Monday, Adidas came top in a ranking of how well companies operating in sectors at high risk of labor abuses match human rights standards set by the United Nations.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/12/national/capsule-iss-experiments-aboard-recovered-splashing-ocean-near-remote-island/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-12T14:43:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-jaxa-a-20181112.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-jaxa-a-20181112.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A capsule containing samples from the International Space Station is recovered after it splashes down into the Pacific Ocean near Minamitorishima Island, Japan's easternmost territory, on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/11/national/domestic-matsutake-mushrooms-affordable-year-due-favorable-weather-conditions-good-harvest/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-12T16:01:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[These matsutake mushrooms were served at restaurant Ginza Wakuta in Tokyo on Nov. 1.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/29/business/sogo-shosha-thriving-adversity-postwar-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-12T16:19:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/b-marubeni4-a-20181030.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-marubeni4-a-20181030.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An early Marubeni Corp. store in Osaka as seen in 1872. Marubeni and Itochu were founded as the same company before World War II, but were broken into two separate companies after the war.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/12/business/tracing-japans-business-giants-late-80s-2000s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-12T16:27:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-marubeni6-a-20181113.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-marubeni6-a-20181113.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The sōgō shōsha continued to increase investment in supply sources and in joint ventures during the latter half of the 1980s and into the 1990s.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/12/national/ministry-picks-150-leading-master-craftspeople-annual-award/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-12T16:30:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-crafts-a-20181112.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-crafts-a-20181112.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masahiro Koizumi, 73, from Kyoto Prefecture, is one of 150 artists selected by the labor ministry this year as master craftsmen.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/12/national/japans-rokko-butter-starts-producing-processed-cheese-indonesia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-12T17:17:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/12/asia-pacific/south-korea-u-s-military-drills-violate-sept-19-agreement-north-korea-media/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-12T17:18:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[South Korean Marine amphibious assault vehicles fire smoke shells during a landing operation in the southern city of Pohang on Nov. 5.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/12/asia-pacific/jewish-human-rights-group-blasts-k-pop-band-bts-bomb-t-shirt-hats-nazi-logo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-12T18:00:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-bts-a-20181113.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of the South Korean K-pop group BTS are seen during their Sept. 24 visit to the United Nations headquarters in New York to attend an event held during the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/12/business/rcep-ministers-begin-talks-seek-accord-key-parts-giant-free-trade-deal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-12T18:13:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/12/national/despite-depopulation-14-6-japan-feel-local-communities-accept-foreign-workers-survey/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-12T18:14:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-survey-a-20181113.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-survey-a-20181113.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A recent survey has found that only about 14 percent of respondents believe it is necessary for local communities to actively accept foreign workers, while more than half feel their communities are shrinking.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/12/national/workers-complain-unbearable-foul-smells-new-toyosu-market/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-12T18:15:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-smell-a-20181113.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-smell-a-20181113.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wholesalers check the quality of frozen tuna displayed during the first tuna auctions on the opening day of the new market, which recently opened in Toyosu, not far from the old site at Tsukiji, in central Tokyo, on Oct. 11.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/12/business/corporate-business/softbank-unveils-21-billion-ipo-japan-mobile-telecom-business/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-12T19:04:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-softbank-a-20181113.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-softbank-a-20181113.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[SoftBank is planning to sell 1.6 billion shares at ¥1,500 apiece when it lists its domestic mobile telecommunications unit on Dec. 19.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/12/national/former-lighthouse-keeper-reminisces-letter-correspondence-yukio-mishima/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-12T19:41:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-chubu-c-20181113.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-chubu-c-20181113.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yukio Mishima (left), Michio Suzuki (center) and Toshiro Mayuzumi, who composed the soundtrack for a movie based on Mishima's novel "Shiosai" (The Sound of Waves), pose for a photo during Mishima's visit to Kamishima island, in Mie Prefecture, for filming in 1954.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/12/national/entrepreneur-generates-electricity-solely-used-cooking-oil-collected-throughout-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-12T19:51:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-12T20:35:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiroyuki Sonoda]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-12T20:43:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki speaks at New York University on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/12/business/economy-business/abe-asks-cabinet-ministers-take-steps-economy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-12T20:44:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addresses a meeting of his Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-12T20:57:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[British Prime Minister Theresa May lays a wreath at the grave of John Parr, the first British soldier to be killed in during World War I in 1914, at the St. Symphorien Military Cemetery in Mons, Belgium, on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/12/asia-pacific/crime-legal-asia-pacific/labor-activists-china-go-missing-suspected-coordinated-raids/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-12T21:39:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-12T22:28:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. will hold a shareholders meeting Dec. 5 to win approval for its plan to acquire Irish drugmaker Shire.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-12T22:49:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In this 1942 photo, smoke is seen rising into the sky as a ship burns in Darwin, in northern Australia, following a bombing raid by Japan's military during World War II.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/12/national/crime-legal/woman-seriously-injured-suspected-random-stabbing-yokohama-street/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-12T22:50:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police officers search for clues on a shopping street in Yokohama on Sunday, after a woman was stabbed and seriously injured in what may have been a random attack.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-13T06:33:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A senior pilot of Lion Air Group points at the control computer as he supervises during a routine practice session on Boeing 737-900ER simulator at Angkasa Training Center near Jakarta, Indonesia, Nov. 2.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/13/world/crime-legal-world/parents-named-son-hitler-jailed-u-k-banned-far-right-group/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-13T06:34:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Convicted neo-Nazi 38-year old Claudia Patatas leaves Birmingham Crown Court on Monday with supporter Michael Woodbridge, after she was granted bail by the trial judge, ahead of her sentencing hearing scheduled for next month. A British couple with neo-Nazi views who named their son after Adolf Hitler was convicted Monday of membership in an outlawed far-right group.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-13T09:28:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Traders react on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/10/national/media-national/japan-struggles-keep-loneliness-arms-length/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-13T10:27:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p16-hoffman-loneliness-a-20181111.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Home alone: Elderly people in Japan are particularly vulnerable to loneliness, according to research cited by business weekly Shukan Toyo Keizai.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-13T10:59:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pilots of Lion Air Group read the checklist as a senior pilot supervises during a routine practice session on a Boeing 737-900ER simulator at Angkasa Training Center near Jakarta Nov. 2.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/13/world/politics-diplomacy-world/trump-urges-florida-halt-law-mandated-recount-hand-races-republicans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-13T11:05:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Employees at the Broward County Supervisor of Elections office check a machine as they sort ballots before being counted Monday in Lauderhill, Florida.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/13/national/ueno-zoos-xiang-xiang-begins-live-separately-mother/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-13T13:43:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Xiang Xiang, a female panda cub, plays on her own Tuesday at the Ueno Zoo in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/13/business/xi-seen-expanding-chinas-pacific-footprint-australias-expense-trump-snubs-apec-confab/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-13T14:07:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-apec-a-20181114.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomes U.S. President Donald Trump at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing last November.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/13/national/u-s-tells-japan-may-resume-military-drills-south-korea-next-spring-sources/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-13T15:38:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan anchors as a U.S. Aegis warship crosses its bow after they arrive at Busan port for joint military exercises with South Korea in 2007.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-13T15:44:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Caroline Kennedy speaks during an interview with The Japan Times in Tokyo on Oct. 30.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/13/business/wagyu-beef-may-getting-even-pricier/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-13T16:22:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japanese wagyu is known for its soft, fatty and marbled meat.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/12/national/politics-diplomacy/mixed-results-u-s-midterms-trump-likely-hit-japan-trade-thomas-friedman/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-13T16:26:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Veteran New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman is interviewed at a hotel in Tokyo's Roppongi district on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/13/business/corporate-business/toshiba-buys-back-%c2%a5120-8-billion-worth-shares/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-13T16:28:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toshiba Corp.'s share buyback program will continue until next November.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/13/asia-pacific/top-military-officer-confirms-chinese-air-force-plan-extend-reach-space/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-13T16:42:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pilots in the Chinese Air Force's Red Eagle aerobatic team perform using K-8 aircraft during the 12th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition on Nov. 6 in Zhuhai, China.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/13/asia-pacific/north-korean-missile-bases-housing-weapons-capable-striking-much-japan-still-running-think-tank-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-13T19:19:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A satellite image taken March 29 shows what the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies reports is an undeclared missile operating base at Sakkanmol, North Korea.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/13/national/politics-diplomacy/tokyo-pence-praises-u-s-japan-alliance-model-asian-nations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-13T20:37:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Vice President Mike Pence meets with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Abe’s official residence in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/13/national/emigration-not-immigration-one-top-japanese-concerns-amid-shrinking-population-pew-poll/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-13T21:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Indonesian nursing interns arrive at an opening ceremony for a Japanese school in Tokyo in August 2008. A survey published Tuesday has revealed that 59 percent of the public think immigrants make the country stronger because of their work and talents.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/13/world/politics-diplomacy-world/brexit-deal-possible-24-48-hours-mays-deputy-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-13T22:02:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May speaks at the Lord Mayor's Banquet at Guildhall in London on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/13/asia-pacific/myanmars-neighbors-call-accountability-rakhine-crisis-draft-statement/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-13T22:03:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte pose for a photo at the ASEAN summit on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/13/business/japan-eu-cars-seen-cross-hairs-white-house-weighs-recommended-tariffs-national-security-grounds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-13T22:46:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A staff member assists customers as they prepare to test-drive a Toyota Motor Corp. Lexus LS500 sedan parked at the Lexus Meets Hibiya showroom in Tokyo on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/14/business/1922-einstein-letter-fearing-german-anti-semitism-fetches-32000-israeli-auction/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-14T09:05:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-auction-a-20181115.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People attend a public auction where a letter written in 1922 by physicist Albert Einstein is put up for sale at Kedem Auction House in Jerusalem Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/14/world/crime-legal-world/chemical-arms-team-assign-blame-syrian-attacks-despite-russia-iran-opposition/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-14T09:19:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The headquarters of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is pictured in The Hague, Netherlands, Oct. 4.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/14/world/crime-legal-world/trump-may-answer-written-russia-probe-questions-week-not-obstruction-source/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-14T10:47:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-mueller-a-20181115.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-mueller-a-20181115.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Special counsel Robert Mueller departs after briefing the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington last year.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/13/asia-pacific/offbeat-asia-pacific/taiwan-grandpa-catches-em-playing-pokemon-go-15-phones/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-14T11:42:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chen San-yuan, 70, known as "Pokemon grandpa," talks on his mobile phone as he plays the mobile game "Pokemon Go" near his home, in a Taipei suburb on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis shakes hands with Philippine Ambassador Jose Manuel Romualdez on Wednesday  during an event at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in  Wyoming commemorating the U.S. decision to return the "Bells of Balangiga" to the Philippines.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoshitaka Sakurada, the minister in charge of cybersecurity, answers questions at a Lower House committee meeting on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/15/national/rescue-operation-underway-japan-south-korea-fishing-boats-collide-off-takeshima/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-15T15:36:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Takeshima islets lie off Shimane Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/15/national/nearly-70-women-tokyo-back-single-sex-train-cars-survey-finds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-15T16:00:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A majority of women in Tokyo approve of the single-sex carriages introduced in the city in 2000 to combat groping on trains, according to a survey.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/15/national/train-buffs-join-forces-online-save-japans-fading-railway-assets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-15T16:42:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A human-powered railway turntable and a C11-type steam locomotive are on display in Shibetsu, Hokkaido.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/15/national/social-issues/vietnam-born-rights-advocate-bungo-okabe-steps-stifle-abuse-technical-trainees-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-15T16:47:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vietnam-born Bungo Okabe, 36, runs a shelter for technical trainees in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, as part of his work to support Vietnamese nationals who experience abuse in Japan.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/15/national/takamatsu-high-court-rejects-calls-residents-halt-shikoku-electrics-ikata-nuclear-reactor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-15T17:15:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Shikoku Electric Power Co. official speaks to reporters outside the Takamatsu High Court on Thursday after a ruling was handed down.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/15/world/social-issues-world/bid-ban-black-pete-pre-christmas-character-rejected-dutch-court/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-15T17:44:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Black Pete meets children during the arrival of Sinterklaas in Maassluis, the Netherlands, on Nov. 12, 2016.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/14/business/16-asia-pacific-nations-eye-2019-conclusion-rcep-trade-deal-delay/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-15T17:47:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-rcep-a-20181115.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership summit meeting in Singapore on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/14/business/corporate-business/government-puts-subaru-supervision-series-inspection-scandals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-15T17:57:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-subaru-a-20181115.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Subaru Corp. will be placed under strict government supervision following a series of inspection scandals..]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-15T18:29:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The design of the pedal-powered Cogy wheelchair is based on reflexivity, allowing users with limited mobility to use their momentum to propel themselves forward.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/15/business/japan-eyes-eliminating-cattle-age-limit-u-s-beef-imports/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-15T18:37:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The government is set to eliminate current restrictions that only allow imports of U.S. beef from cattle aged 30 months or younger.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/15/business/apec-ministerial-talks-japans-top-diplomat-calls-progress-rcep-warns-protectionism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-15T18:56:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A ministerial meeting at the APEC forum in Papua New Guinea on Thursday]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/15/business/tech/kddi-start-using-drones-search-missing-hikers-mount-fuji/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-15T18:57:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-15T21:07:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/15/national/12-japan-airlines-flights-delayed-15-months-due-pilots-failing-alcohol-tests/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-15T21:07:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-jal-a-20181116.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-jal-a-20181116.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan Airlines revealed Thursday that 12 flights have been delayed since August 2017 after pilots failed to pass preflight alcohol tests.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/15/national/string-japan-self-defense-forces-mishaps-minister-orders-preventive-measures/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-15T21:07:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-sdf-a-20181116.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A car window in Takashima, Shiga Prefecture, was shattered after a mortar shell fired during a Ground Self-Defense Forces training exercise landed nearby.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/15/national/politics-diplomacy/focus-1956-accord-may-signal-dawn-japan-russia-isle-row/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-15T21:10:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-focus-a-20181116.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-focus-a-20181116.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk at the ASEAN summit in Singapore on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/15/world/hong-kong-government-rejects-u-s-commission-report-ties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-15T22:24:15+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/15/world/politics-diplomacy-world/u-k-conservative-lawmaker-rees-mogg-submit-letter-no-confidence-pm-may/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-15T22:57:06+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/16/business/auto-tariffs-riskier-wall-street-thinks-economist/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-16T09:11:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-tariffs-a-20181117.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmstrom addresses a press conference on World Trade Organization (WTO) reform and the Alliance for Torture-Free Trade at the European Commission in Brussels in September. The European Union is prepared to retaliate if U.S. President Donald Trump imposes new tariffs on auto imports, Malmstrom warned Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/16/business/mueller-scores-win-prosecution-firm-run-putins-chef/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-16T09:13:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-concord-a-20181117.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-concord-a-20181117.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin gestures as he attends a summit meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Konstantin palace outside St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2016.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/15/national/politics-diplomacy/apec-adopts-guidelines-infrastructure-investment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-16T11:44:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-apec-a-20181116.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-apec-a-20181116.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono speaks during a news conference held on the sidelines of the APEC Summit at the International Media Center in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/14/business/corporate-business/japanese-housebuilding-startup-homma-seeks-give-u-s-housing-market-dose-innovation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-16T14:20:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-honma-b-20181115.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-honma-b-20181115.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A prototype house called Homma One is seen in this digital image.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/16/asia-pacific/north-koreas-kim-jong-inspects-testing-of-newly-developed-tactical-weapon/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-16T14:42:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-kimtest-a-20181117.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-kimtest-a-20181117.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves after a parade for the 70th anniversary of North Korea's founding day in Pyongyang on Sept. 9.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/16/asia-pacific/trumps-summit-no-show-asean-draws-asian-nations-closer-together/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-16T16:01:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/16/business/britains-dominic-raab-tripped-barniers-staircase-british-exit-negotiations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-16T16:02:09+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/16/national/japan-improve-ebola-testing-system-amid-rise-foreign-tourists/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-16T16:17:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-ebola-a-20181116.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An Ebola virus is seen using an electron microscope in this image provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/16/world/politics-diplomacy-world/may-vows-carry-brexits-hard-liners-try-topple/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-16T16:44:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-comewhatmay-a-20181117.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May gives a news conference at No. 10 Downing St. on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/16/business/business-bosses-alarmed-u-k-cabinet-resignations-imperil-brexit-deal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-16T16:46:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-busrexit-a-20181117.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[London's Canary Wharf business, financial and shopping district glows in the evening light on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/16/business/corporate-business/toyota-gives-top-selling-corolla-new-look-increases-efforts-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-16T17:20:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-corolla-a-20181117.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toyota unveiled the all-new version of its Corolla sedan in Guangzhou, China, on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/16/national/second-swine-fever-infection-detected-gifu-prefecture/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-16T17:27:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-cholera-a-20181117.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-cholera-a-20181117.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Officials disinfect a pig barn at a park in the city of Gifu on Friday, after confirming two of the pigs there were infected with swine fever.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/16/business/tpp-11-chief-negotiators-meet-tokyo-next-week-japanese-minister-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-16T17:42:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/16/asia-pacific/north-korea-deport-american-held-since-october/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-16T17:52:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/16/business/facebook-renewed-fire-handling-misinformation-attacks-critics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-16T18:05:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-facebook-a-20181117.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The logo of the social network Facebook is seen in May on a broken screen of a mobile phone. Facebook said Thursdayit was severing ties with a political consultancy that sought to discredit critics of the social networking giant using questionable campaign-style tactics. The California-based company's announcement followed a lengthy New York Times investigation detailing Facebook's struggles with its image as it came under scrutiny for its handling of Russian-led misinformation efforts.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/16/world/crime-legal-world/saudis-implicate-ex-royal-aide-top-spy-jamal-khashoggi-killing-plan-execute-five/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-16T18:17:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An image grab taken from the Saudi Broadcast Authority (SBA) on Thursday shows Saudi Deputy Public Prosecutor Shalaan al-Shalaan delivering a speech in Riyadh, in which he exonerated Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and sought the death penalty for five accused Khashoggi murderers.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/16/business/brexiteers-bet-u-k-can-defy-gravity-post-divorce-trade/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-16T18:46:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[British Member of Parliament Jacob Rees-Mogg, leader of the hard-line pro-Brexit European Research Group of lawmakers, speaks from St. Stephen's entrance at London's Houses of Parliament on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/16/national/history/japanese-expat-overcame-color-bar-become-decorated-war-hero-britain-wwi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-16T19:31:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Harry Fusao O'Hara poses in front of an aircraft in this undated photo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/16/national/social-issues/family-supporters-deceased-english-teacher-urge-japan-minimize-use-physical-restraints-mental-health-institutions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-16T19:32:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/16/national/japans-industries-ready-hire-foreign-workers-concerns-remain/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-16T19:54:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Filipino care worker visits the home of an elderly woman in Osaka to provide care and do chores in March last year. The nursing sector will take the largest share of foreign laborers expected to enter Japan on proposed new working visas.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/16/national/tokyo-11-year-old-breaks-record-youngest-person-pass-high-level-japanese-math-test/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-16T19:56:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiroto Takahashi]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/16/national/british-scholar-ronald-dore-known-studies-japan-dies-age-93/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-16T19:58:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ronald Dore]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/16/national/japan-eyes-holding-tests-seven-countries-farm-jobs-new-visas/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-16T21:34:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-visatest-a-20181116.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The government is considering conducting tests in seven foreign countries to bring farm workers into Japan under a new working visa category planned to be introduced in April.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/14/national/politics-diplomacy/345000-foreign-workers-predicted-come-japan-new-visas-government/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-16T21:48:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jaman, an Indonesian worker, processes copper pipes at a factory in Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture, last month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/16/national/politics-diplomacy/putin-says-japan-claimed-islands-ownership-subject-future-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-16T23:08:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a news conference after the East-Asia Summit in Singapore on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/16/national/jal-ana-pledge-new-measures-pilot-drinking-scandals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-16T23:08:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan Airlines Co. President Yuji Akasaka bows Friday at a news conference in Minato Ward, Tokyo, after he submitted to the government measures to prevent heavy drinking by airline crew.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/16/business/tech/nintendo-hopes-new-pokemon-titles-will-lead-surge-sales-switch-console-ahead-holidays/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-17T00:03:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-pikachu-a-20181117.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[After a sluggish year for software sales, Nintendo hopes two new "Pokemon" titles will boost sales of its Switch console ahead of the holidays.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/16/national/crime-legal/dismembered-body-parts-thought-belong-missing-chiba-woman-police-question-son/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-17T00:29:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-body-a-20181117.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An investigator looks into a house in Yachimata, Chiba Prefecture, on Friday. The house is home to a 37-year-old man whose mother went missing in September. Dismembered body parts were found in late September and early October around the Kujukuri area of the prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/17/world/politics-diplomacy-world/u-s-judge-orders-white-house-restore-press-pass-cnns-jim-acosta/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-17T10:40:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[CNN's Jim Acosta speaks to journalists on the North Lawn upon returning to the White House in Washington on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/17/asia-pacific/u-n-committee-strongly-condemns-myanmars-persecution-rohingya-japan-abstains-vote/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-17T11:36:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rohingya refugee children are silhouetted as they play with jump ropes at Balukhali camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-17T12:25:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Occupy Central founders Benny Tai (center), Chu Yiu-ming (left) and Chan Kin-man hit drums at a rally near the Hong Kong government complex in August 2014.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/17/national/japan-puts-off-delivery-first-gsdf-ospreys-shipment-u-s-due-local-opposition/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-17T12:44:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/16/national/social-issues/poster-sexual-harassment-draws-online-criticism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-17T13:11:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Cabinet Office poster drawing attention to sexual harassment has triggered criticism online.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/17/business/toyota-mazda-break-ground-new-1-6-billion-plant-american-south/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-17T13:26:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/17/world/politics-diplomacy-world/may-takes-control-brexit-endgame-ministers-defy-plans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-17T13:49:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives at LBC radio studios in central London on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/17/world/politics-diplomacy-world/two-years-brexit-vote-u-k-s-path-forward-remains-air/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-17T13:52:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Anti-Brexit campaigner Steve Bray stands with placards asking if Brexit is worth it and demanding a people's vote near the Houses of Parliament in London on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/17/business/tech/japan-aims-create-prototype-flying-cars-conduct-test-flights-2019-draft-road-map/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-17T14:09:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/17/national/crime-legal/honed-four-decades-osaka-police-use-facial-recognition-skills-arrest-dozens-wanted-criminals-every-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-17T15:24:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-osakapolice-a-20181118.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An Osaka Prefectural Police officer puts his miatari skills into action as he searches for suspects in June in Osaka.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/17/national/history/tale-heike-delivers-path-salvation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-17T22:32:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taira Kiyomori]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/17/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/ex-german-chancellor-warns-demonizing-china-says-two-economic-powers-work-closely-together/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-17T15:31:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-schroedchina-a-20181118.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gerhard Schroeder]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/17/national/politics-diplomacy/diet-discussion-halted-justice-ministry-says-data-survey-missing-foreign-trainees-miscalculated/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-17T15:38:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/17/national/media-national/flamboyant-host-club-king-takeshi-aida-given-extravagant-sendoff/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-17T22:42:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p16-schreiber-aida-a-20181118.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The host with the most: Festooned amidst the glitz at host club Ai Honten in Tokyo's Shinjuku district are news clippings about its late founder, Takeshi Aida.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/17/national/media-national/live-action-pokemon-trailer-reaffirms-pikachus-enduring-popularity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-17T22:40:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p16-hanaway-pikachu-a-20181118.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Right: Pokemon Co. CEO Tsunekazu Ishihara appears on stage with "Pokemon" characters Pikachu (left) and Eevee during a news conference in which the company unveiled the video games "Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu" and "Pokemon: Let's Go, Eevee" in Tokyo in May. The Nintendo Switch games were released on Nov. 16]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/17/national/politics-diplomacy/south-korea-dissolve-japan-funded-comfort-women-foundation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-17T20:18:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-comfortfund-a-20181118.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-comfortfund-a-20181118.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/17/national/north-korean-official-condemns-japan-demands-apologies-past/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-17T20:18:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-nkjapan-a-20181118.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[North Korean official Ri Jong Hyok, vice chairman of the Korean Asia-Pacific Peace Committee, speaks during a conference in Goyang, South Korea, on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/17/national/politics-diplomacy/shinzo-abe-chats-xi-jinping-moon-jae-fringes-apec-meet-papua-new-guinea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-17T21:22:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/17/national/media-national/keidanren-faces-flak-falling-behind-times-despite-change-leadership/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-17T22:58:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p17-brasor-keidanren-a-20181118.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Man in the middle: Hiroaki Nakanishi of Hitachi Ltd. was appointed chairman of the Japan Business Federation in May, leading some to believe the lobbying organization was looking to implement a change of direction.  Bloomberg]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/17/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/south-korea-says-chinese-leader-xi-jinping-plans-visit-north-korea-next-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-17T23:26:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese President Xi Jinping inspects the guard of honor at Parliament House in Port Moresby on Friday, ahead of this weekend's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/18/world/politics-diplomacy-world/may-sees-no-alternative-brexit-plan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-18T12:13:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-brexit-a-20181119.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[British Prime Minister Theresa May leaves No. 10 Downing St. in London on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/18/world/politics-diplomacy-world/korean-american-woman-narrowly-misses-historic-election-u-s-congress/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-18T13:36:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Young Kim, then-Republican House candidate from California (center), waits for a group photo with the 116th Congress outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/18/business/economy-business/u-s-allies-including-japan-counter-china-alternative-electricity-plan-papua-new-guinea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-18T14:22:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-papelex-a-20181119.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O' Neill (center) stands with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (left), Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (second left), New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (second right) and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence (right) for a photo during the signing of a joint electricity deal between the five nations, during the APEC Summit in Port Moresby on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/17/national/plan-requiring-vehicles-use-tire-chains-heavy-snow-certain-sections-highway-revealed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-18T16:01:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A bus driver puts snow chains on the wheel of a bus on a snowy day in Tokyo in January.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/18/business/economy-business/brexit-killing-great-british-curry-house/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-18T16:58:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A chef cooks curry in the kitchen of the Indo Indian restaurant in Chobham, England, recently.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/18/world/crime-legal-world/malta-police-identify-suspected-masterminds-murder-journalist-daphne-caruana-galizia-report/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-18T18:50:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A girl holds a photo of assassinated anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia near a newly rebuilt makeshift memorial during a vigil outside the Courts of Justice in Valletta on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Various corporate logos in Japan have been updated in recent years under new brand-management strategies.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20081121a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Carlos Ghosn]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn speaks at a news conference Wednesday in Yokohama after the automaker's shareholders' meeting.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nissan Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn rubs shoulders Tuesday with shareholders in Yokohama during a buffet lunch after the annual shareholders' meeting.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn addresses a ceremony in Tokyo for winners of a children's book contest.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[New concept: A visitor takes a picture of the Toyota NX4 concept car at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition on April 24.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Aiming high: Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn speaks during an interview at the automaker's headquarters in Yokohama on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Future of fuel?: Jason Harper, a Bloomberg contributor, fills a 2008 Honda FCX Clarity with compressed hydrogen at an Air Products and Chemicals Inc. fueling station in Allentown, Pa., last October.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This handout photograph obtained from Brooklyn federal court shows "El Chapo" Guzman Loera's .38 Super pistol encrusted with diamonds on the handle and his initials "JGL", which was used as an exhibit by the government Monday by government prosecutors to the jury during Guzmaan's trial in Brooklyn federal court.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The United States imported 118,000 liters — 77,000 liters of sake and 41,000 liters of other alcohol, accounting for 40 percent of the prefecture's alcohol export.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A bowl of edible freeze-dried crickets is displayed at a conference on Insects as Food at Wayne State University in Detroit in 2016.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/20/business/corporate-business/carlos-ghosn-arrest-key-events-nissan-since-1999-restructuring/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-20T14:38:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Carlos Ghosn]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-20T16:18:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Honda Motor Co. apologized Tuesday, a day after the official Twitter account of one of its dealerships mocked the arrest of Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn over financial misconduct allegations.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A nationwide study shows that 45 percent of hospitalized dementia patients were physically restrained at some point.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A general view shows a road leading to the Jewish West Bank settlement of Dolev, where rental properties listed on Airbnb are offered, in 2016.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Employees walk to Nissan Motor Co.'s headquarters in Yokohama on Tuesday morning.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[﷯Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn joins the unhappy club of prominent corporate chieftains accused of misusing their highly paid positions for personal gain.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/20/business/japan-compile-second-extra-budget-disaster-prevention-agriculture/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-20T17:35:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[﷯BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda attends the Paris Europlace International Financial Forum in Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ships with the USS Ronald Reagan carrier strike group and USS John C. Stennis carrier strike group transit the Philippine Sea on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-20T17:54:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Soldiers from the Kentucky-based 19th Engineer Battalion work in a public park in Laredo, Texas, where they are installing barbed and concertina wire on Nov. 17. The soldiers are some of the thousands of U.S. troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border as part of a mission ordered by President Donald Trump to toughen the frontier and provide engineering and logistical support to Customs and Border Protection agents.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-20T18:26:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Foreign youths study for Japanese high school entrance exams during a class in Kani, Gifu Prefecture, in April 2013 under a program launched by the nonprofit organization Kani International Exchange Association.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/20/national/u-n-panel-concerned-lack-reparations-korean-former-comfort-women/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-20T21:42:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-20T22:40:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nissan Motor Co. President and CEO Hiroto Saikawa speaks during a news conference at the firm's headquarters in Yokohama on Monday night.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump sits with her children Joseph, Arabella and Theodore Kushner as President Donald Trump participates in the 71st presentation and pardoning of the Thanksgiving turkeys in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-21T06:36:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Boeing 737-MAX 8 is parked Nov. 14 outside Boeing Co.'s 737 assembly facility in Renton, Washington. Boeing Co. canceled a conference call that it scheduled for Tuesday with airlines to discuss issues swirling around its newest plane, which has come under close scrutiny after a deadly crash in Indonesia.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-21T06:38:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-21T08:55:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Migrants on board the containership Nivin are refusing to disembark in Misrata, Libya, Nov. 14. A total of 91 migrants, including a baby, were rescued by the ship's crew after leaving Libya in a raft.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tammy Lee Trojanowski, 46, holds her chihuahua-dachshund outside the Federal Emergency Management center in Chico, California, as she talks about the Camp Fire disaster. She wasn't sure her home survived in Magalia and has been living out of her pickup truck.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-21T11:48:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former FBI Director James Comey are seen in June. U.S. President Donald Trump wanted prosecutions opened against Clinton and Comey, according to a report in The New York Times on Tuesday. The report, quoting unnamed sources, said that Trump's wish earlier this year prompted his then White House lawyer, Donald McGahn, to advise him to hold off, because he'd be opening himself to accusations of abuse of power.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/21/world/u-s-accuses-china-continuing-ip-technology-theft-amid-trade-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-21T12:58:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Larry Kudlow, director of the U.S. National Economic Council, speaks to members of the media outside the White House in Washington on Tuesday. President Donald Trump is trying to "inject a note of optimism" into trade talks with China ahead of a planned meeting between leaders of the two nations in Argentina later this month, Kudlow said.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/21/world/might-no-deal-brexit-look-like/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-21T13:43:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Anti-Brexit campaigners protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/21/business/eye-china-eu-agrees-investment-screening-rules/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-21T13:47:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An attendant walks past EU and Chinese flags ahead of the EU-China High-level Economic Dialogue at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on June 25, 2018.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/21/asia-pacific/xis-manila-visit-yields-raft-deals-duterte-furthers-embrace-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-21T14:24:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte applaud following their joint statement at Malacanang Palace in Manila on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/20/national/politics-diplomacy/japans-ruling-bloc-votes-motion-remove-head-judiciary-committee-amid-clash-immigration-bill/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-21T14:26:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yasuhiro Hanashi, chairman of the Lower House's judiciary committee, stands up and thanks lawmakers of the ruling parties after a motion calling for his dismissal was voted down on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-21T14:45:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump speaks after signing the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington Friday, DC. Trump said Tuesday the brutal murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi operatives will not derail the U.S.-Saudi relationship — even if Prince Mohammed bin Salman were found to bear responsibility.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/20/national/politics-diplomacy/japans-justice-minister-apologizes-erroneous-data-foreign-interns/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-21T14:47:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takashi Yamashita]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-21T16:57:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An Otemae University student paints the wall of a school restroom in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-21T17:23:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-21T17:27:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman cleans up the road behind her house in the city of Nishi-tokyo, as she started licensed private lodging in June.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/21/national/japans-rising-sun-flag-removed-canadian-classroom-following-student-petition/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-21T17:58:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A photo of the Rising Sun flag in Walnut Grove Secondary School was used in the Change.org petition.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-21T18:28:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends the Pacific Islands Countries Informal Dialogue with leaders at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Port Moresby on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-21T18:46:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ibaraki Gov. Kazuhiko Oigawa, third from the right, attends a ceremony celebrating completion of internal remodeling at a satellite shop showcasing Ibaraki Prefecture in Tokyo's Ginza district, on Oct. 25.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-21T18:46:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The takeover of Shire by Takeda Pharmaceutical now awaits a decision by investors, with a shareholder vote scheduled for Dec. 5.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/20/national/crime-legal/nissans-ghosn-suspected-using-firms-overseas-houses-free-without-reporting-benefit-income/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-21T19:09:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Flags of Japan, France and Nissan Motor Co. in front of Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama on Tuesday]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/21/asia-pacific/u-s-flies-b-52-bombers-near-disputed-islands-south-china-sea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-21T19:42:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan pulls into Hong Kong for a port visit on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-21T19:44:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Comedian Michelle Wolf performs at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington in April.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/21/business/chinese-leaders-visit-philippine-ministers-meet-japan-pms-aide-advance-infrastructure-plans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-21T19:59:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-philjapan-a-20181122.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese leader Xi Jinping speaks as Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte listens during a State Banquet at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/21/national/politics-diplomacy/diplomats-take-aim-delay-u-n-security-council-reform/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-21T20:12:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-un-a-20181122.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-un-a-20181122.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Security Council reform is discussed at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/21/national/cybersecurity-threats-space-targeted-japans-draft-new-defense-guidelines/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-21T20:12:34+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/20/national/crime-legal/five-year-jail-term-sought-ex-head-bankrupt-kimono-firm-alleged-fraud/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-21T20:13:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-kimono-a-20181121.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoichiro Shinozaki]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/21/national/crime-legal/death-penalty-sought-man-accused-killing-osaka-teens-2015/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-21T21:28:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-murder-a-20181122.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Koji Yamada]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/21/national/japans-nuclear-watchdog-weighs-giving-children-priority-distribution-iodine-tablets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-21T21:33:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-iodine-a-20181122.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Nuclear Regulation Authority decided Wednesday to review the nation's distribution system for iodine tablets against radiation exposure.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/22/world/science-health-world/u-s-abortion-rate-fell-sharply-decade-ending-2015-especially-among-teens-cdc/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-22T06:32:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-abortions-a-20181123.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman protests domestic violence with other women's rights advocates in an International Women's Day march in Los Angele in 2015. The U.S. failed Monday to water down a U.N. resolution on combatting sexual harassment and violence against women. President Donald Trump's administration sought to scrap language in the resolution on access to reproductive health care services, safe abortions and recognizing the right of women to decide matters related to their sexuality.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/22/world/science-health-world/ionic-wind-silent-plane-no-moving-parts-makes-historic-flight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-22T08:23:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-ionic-a-20181123.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-ionic-a-20181123.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An experimental aircraft created by engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology called V2 (Version 2 EAD Airframe) that uses electro-aerodynamic propulsion and is solid-state, with no moving parts, is shown at the duPont Athletic Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in this undated handout image obtained by Reuters Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/22/world/u-k-counterterrorism-cops-investigating-makeshift-bombs-found-unoccupied-london-flat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-22T08:48:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/22/world/science-health-world/girl-moscow-zoo-welcomes-rare-western-lowland-gorilla-baby/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-22T08:51:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-gorilla-a-20181123.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kira, a 23-year-old western lowland gorilla, holds her newborn baby in their enclosure at the Moscow Zoo in Moscow Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/22/world/iran-says-can-fire-missiles-can-reach-u-s-bases-aircraft-carriers-make-move/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-22T08:56:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/21/national/3000-foreign-employees-join-ramen-noodle-shops-workers-union/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-22T11:01:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/18/business/protectionism-rising-japanese-leader-abe-canadian-counterpart-agree-promote-free-trade-apec-meeting/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-22T11:22:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/22/world/social-issues-world/80000-yemeni-children-may-died-hunger-aid-group-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-22T11:45:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Yemeni child receives treatment for malnutrition at a hospital in the third city of Taiz in the country's southwest on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/22/asia-pacific/social-issues-asia-pacific/kim-jong-south-korea-revamps-way-students-study-north-neighbor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-22T12:57:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-sked-a-20181123.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-sked-a-20181123.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Posters bearing messages wishing for unification between the two Koreas hang on a wall at the Daesungdong Elementary School, which lies inside the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, South Korea, Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/22/business/trudeau-cuts-canadian-business-taxes-keep-pace-u-s-moves-defers-deficit-reduction/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-22T13:20:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-cantax-a-20181123.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-cantax-a-20181123.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau shakes hands with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (right) after delivering the Fall Economic Statement in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/21/business/economy-business/oecd-lowers-global-growth-forecast-2019/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-22T13:28:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-oecd-a-20181122.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-oecd-a-20181122.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The OECD has downgraded its growth projections for Japan in both 2018 and 2019, citing the negative effects of the upcoming consumption tax hike.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/21/national/short-staffed-nursing-home-denies-mismanagement-6-residents-die/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-22T14:31:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-carehome-a-20181122.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-carehome-a-20181122.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kaze no Mai, a nursing home in the city of Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, has denied allegations of mismanagement after six of its residents died from October to mid-November.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/22/business/japanese-firms-starting-encourage-employees-take-naps-work/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-22T14:55:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-napping-a-20181123.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-napping-a-20181123.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[More companies are offering their employees spaces where they can take a rest.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/22/national/japan-tourism-rebounded-october-slow-month-wake-natural-disasters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-22T16:03:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-tourism-a-20181123.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-tourism-a-20181123.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Foreign tourists gather at New Chitose Airport in Sapporo in September.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/22/business/japan-less-attractive-28-countries-skilled-foreign-workers-survey-shows/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-22T17:17:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-ranking-a-20181122.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-ranking-a-20181122.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan is ranked 29th in the world in terms of appeal for highly skilled foreign workers, according to a Swiss survey.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/22/business/economy-business/japans-inflation-held-steady-1-0-october-wane-coming-months/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-22T17:39:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-inflation-a-20181123.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-inflation-a-20181123.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan's core-core consumer prices, excluding both fresh food and energy costs, rose 0.4 percent in October year-on-year — the same pace for the third straight month.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/22/asia-pacific/u-s-scale-back-major-joint-military-exercise-bid-keep-north-korean-nuclear-diplomacy-track/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-22T17:41:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-usskdrills-a-20181123.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-usskdrills-a-20181123.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[South Korean and U.S. soldiers sit inside an amphibious vehicle as they pose for photographers during an annual joint military landing exercise in Pohang, on South Korea's southeast coast, in 2016.  The United States and South Korea have scaled down a joint military exercise scheduled for spring to facilitate nuclear talks with North Korea,]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/22/national/six-found-dead-fukushima-house-fire/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-22T17:52:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-fire-a-20181123.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-fire-a-20181123.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Firefighters examine a gutted house in Ono, Fukushima Prefecture, Thursday morning after a fire the night before killed seven residents.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/22/national/humans-nature-coexist-ramsar-recognized-wetlands-heart-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-22T18:21:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-wetland-a-20181123.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-wetland-a-20181123.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Around 10 percent of the global population of greater scaups migrate to Kasai Kaihin Park for the winter.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/22/national/japan-auditors-release-moritomo-gakuen-report-fail-answer-land-sold-cheap/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-22T18:22:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/photo.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[photo.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/22/national/japan-airlines-apologizes-canceling-overbooked-tokyo-fukuoka-flight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-22T18:29:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/22/business/spacexs-crew-rocket-set-january-test-flight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-22T18:32:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/22/national/crime-legal/japanese-man-sue-ex-boss-head-dunked-boiling-hot-pot-year-end-party-causing-severe-burns/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-22T18:35:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-burns-a-20181123.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-burns-a-20181123.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man (left) who suffered severe burns to his face during a year-end party in 2015 holds a news conference Thursday in Tokyo, during which he revealed details of his plans to sue his former boss over the incident.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/22/business/corporate-business/demand-slows-apple-iphone-supplier-foxconn-plans-deep-cost-cuts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-22T18:58:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-foxconn-a-20181123.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-foxconn-a-20181123.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Foxconn Technology Group, the Taiwan-based assembler of Apple Inc.'s iPhones, aims to cut $2.9 billion from expenses in 2019, according to an internal document.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/22/business/softbank-invest-2-billion-coupang-s-koreas-largest-online-retailer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-22T20:01:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-softbank-a-20181123.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-softbank-a-20181123.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., holds a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 5. SoftBank is set to invest $2 billion in South Korea's e-commerce giant Coupang.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/22/national/percentage-japanese-university-students-dating-experience-falls-record-low/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-22T20:12:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/GettyImages-936894818.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[GettyImages-936894818.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/22/business/government-panel-paves-way-japans-working-age-limit-raised-70/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-22T21:30:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-age-a-20181123.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-age-a-20181123.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The government is considering raising the retirement age to 70 from the current 65 as Japan is suffering from labor shortages.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/22/business/government-plans-5-rebates-cashless-payments-2019-tax-hike/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-22T21:30:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-tax-a-20181123.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-tax-a-20181123.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The government plans to introduce a system giving a 5 percent point rebate to people who make purchases using credit cards or other cashless methods.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/22/national/japan-immigration-bureaus-tweet-free-refugees-graffiti-goes-viral-hit-focus-vandalism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-22T21:30:57+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-immigration-a-20181123.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-immigration-a-20181123.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Tokyo immigration bureau Twitter post Tuesday reads: "Freedom of expression is important but this is public property. Isn't it a bit much?"]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/22/world/politics-diplomacy-world/may-address-parliament-eu-britain-agree-draft-deal-post-brexit-ties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-22T21:32:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-maybrexit-a-20181123.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-maybrexit-a-20181123.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May visits the Kentish Town Health Centre in London on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/23/asia-pacific/girl-power-indias-solar-gal-pals-light-rajasthans-rural-homes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-23T13:21:48+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-solarindia-a-20181124.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-solarindia-a-20181124.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[With unreliable electricity and hourslong power cuts every day, many rural families across India are often forced to rely on candles, kerosene oil lanterns or burning wood, which emit soot and noxious fumes, but solar-powered lighting provides an alternative.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/23/national/reading-improves-childrens-math-skills-japan-survey-finds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-23T13:38:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-books-a-20181124.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-books-a-20181124.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Children who read more often tend to perform better academically, especially in math, a survey has shown.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/22/business/economy-business/japans-economy-improving-amid-solid-domestic-demand-cabinet-office/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-23T14:13:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/23/world/politics-diplomacy-world/british-pm-theresa-mays-brexit-deal-doesnt-votes-might-come-next/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-23T14:34:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives to give a statement outside 10 Downing St. in central London on Thursday following the announcement of a draft deal on post-Brexit trade ties with the EU.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/23/asia-pacific/chinese-e-commerce-sites-remove-dolce-gabbana-products-following-backlash-racist-advertising-campaign/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-23T14:37:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman walks out of a Dolce &amp; Gabbana outlet in Shanghai on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/23/asia-pacific/china-touts-stepped-prosecutions-pollution-offenses/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-23T15:22:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-23T15:32:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/23/world/politics-diplomacy-world/eu-britain-agree-draft-deal-future-relations-gibraltar-issue-clouds-final-ok/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-23T16:57:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A pro-EU anti-Brexit demonstrator wears an EU flag-themed beret while waving EU flags during a protest outside the Houses of Parliament in central London on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/23/business/corporate-business/kuras-kunihiko-tanaka-peddling-vinegar-running-sushi-empire/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-23T17:51:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-kurasushi-a-20181124.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kura Corp. President Kunihiko Tanaka says that he had big dreams while growing up in western Japan.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/23/world/science-health-world/scared-dna-exposed-share-scientists-suggest/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-23T17:56:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/23/national/science-health/little-blind-fish-can-mend-broken-heart/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-23T18:18:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-hooper-naturalselections-a-20181124.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Insightful habits: A surface cave fish (left) passes a blind cave fish.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/23/business/corporate-business/nissans-hiroto-saikawa-hard-nosed-leader-takes-center-stage-ghosns-ouster/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-23T19:08:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-saikawa-b-20181124.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nissan Motor Co. CEO Hiroto Saikawa is described by company insiders as smart, exacting and results-oriented.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/23/world/divided-war-young-israelis-gazans-tell-stories-via-instagram/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-23T19:13:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-instagaza-a-20181124.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Israeli teens Meshy Elmkies, 16 (right), Liam Yefet, 16 (center) and Lee Cohen, 17, co-managers of the Otef.Gaza Instagram account, play with a dog near a barrier which borders the Gaza Strip in Kerem Shalom kibbutz in southern Israel earlier this month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/23/business/corporate-business/carlos-ghosn-rearview-mirror-nissan-looks-forward-fast-changing-automobile-world/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-23T19:38:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/2018-11-22T141212Z_1541890132_RC13C28C1EE0_RTRMADP_3_NISSAN-GHOSN.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[2018-11-22T141212Z_1541890132_RC13C28C1EE0_RTRMADP_3_NISSAN-GHOSN.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nissan President and Chief Executive Officer Hiroto Saikawa leaves Nissan Motor Co. global headquarters in Yokohama on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/23/asia-pacific/social-issues-asia-pacific/27-24-vote-hong-kong-lawmakers-reject-motion-consider-sex-unions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-23T19:59:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/21/national/politics-diplomacy/south-korea-says-will-dissolve-japan-funded-comfort-women-foundation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-23T20:43:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-comfort-c-20181122.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-comfort-c-20181122.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to reporters Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office following the South Korean government's announcement that it will dissolve a foundation set up under a 2015 bilateral agreement to settle the issue of Korean "comfort women."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/22/business/u-s-probing-japans-mufg-alleged-violation-rules-north-korea-money-laundering-nyt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-23T21:25:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-mufg-a-20181123.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan's national flag is seen behind the logo of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (MUFG) at a bank branch in Tokyo last fall.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/23/national/stone-pavement-find-daisun-kofun-japans-largest-ancient-tomb-makes-overwhelmingly-unique/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-23T21:31:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-tomb-a-20181124.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An official (left) from the city of Sakai in Osaka Prefecture and a representative of the Imperial Household Agency explain a stone-paved greenbelt surrounding the Daisen Kofun tomb on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/22/national/applicants-top-80000-2020-tokyo-olympics-volunteer-roles/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-24T11:47:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-volunteers-a-20181123.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A worker for the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games hands out a pamphlet in Tokyo in Septemebr as part of efforts to recruit volunteers.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/23/world/crime-legal-world/united-arab-emirates-says-may-free-jailed-british-spy-clemency-appeal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-24T12:01:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-uaespy-a-20181124.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-uaespy-a-20181124.jpg]]></image:title>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/24/business/can-greed-good-carlos-ghosn-ceo-compensation-skeptical-japanese-public/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-24T14:15:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-ghosnpay-a-20181125.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-ghosnpay-a-20181125.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Carlos Ghosn, chairman of the alliance between Renault SA, Nissan Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp., poses for a photograph on the opening day of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/24/national/media-national/jomon-period-modern-japanese-art-ancient-beginnings/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-24T22:44:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/p16-hoffman-jomon-a-20181125.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p16-hoffman-jomon-a-20181125.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ancient example: The "Jomon Venus," a National Treasure of Japan, sits on display in the Togariishi Museum of Jomon Archaeology in Nagano Prefecture.  Public domain]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/24/world/utah-teens-steal-propeller-plane-fly-low-highway-landing-regional-airport/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-24T15:50:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/24/world/politics-diplomacy-world/britains-finance-minister-says-theresa-mays-brexit-deal-eu-best-option-protect-economy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-24T20:52:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/24/national/politics-diplomacy/taro-kono-discusses-territorial-dispute-russias-sergey-lavrov-meeting-rome/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-24T22:53:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-kono-a-20181125.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Foreign Minister Taro Kono meets with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, in Rome on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/24/business/corporate-business/japans-shimadzu-corp-commercialize-new-blood-test-detect-early-stage-colon-cancer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-24T22:57:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-shimazu-a-20181125.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-shimazu-a-20181125.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Precision instrument-maker Shimadzu Corp. has recently developed a machine that can analyze blood to detect early-stage colon cancer.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/24/world/rights-groups-urge-european-countries-scrap-outdated-harmful-rape-laws/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-24T22:59:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/25/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/hong-kong-democrats-hope-regain-veto-powers-crucial-election/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-25T12:34:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-hkelection-a-20181126.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-hkelection-a-20181126.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A couple walk past an MTR Corp. logo outside Hong Kong station on Saturday. The city's democratic opposition is aiming to win back a crucial legislative council seat in an election Sunday that would restore some of its veto power.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/25/asia-pacific/philippines-top-judge-says-beijings-south-china-sea-claims-pose-gravest-threat-nation-since-world-war-ii/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-25T14:34:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-scsphil-a-20181126.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Protesters display placards during a rally held outside the Chinese Consulate in the Makati  financial district, east of Manila, on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/25/world/grassroots-protest-gasoline-tax-turns-biggest-challenge-yet-frances-emmanuel-macron/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-25T16:52:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A protester is seen next to a burning barricade during a "yellow vest" protests against higher fuel prices held on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/25/world/egypt-unveils-previously-unopened-sarcophagus-containing-female-mummy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-25T16:52:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-mummy-a-20181126.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-mummy-a-20181126.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Archaeologists remove the cover of an intact sarcophagus inside tomb TT33 in Luxor, Egypt, on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/25/world/senior-saudi-prince-says-cia-cannot-trusted-conclusion-reached-khashoggi-killing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-25T17:42:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-khashoggi-a-20181126.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-khashoggi-a-20181126.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Saudi Arabian Prince Turki al-Faisal speaks during an interview in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/25/national/two-japanese-make-onto-bbcs-100-influential-women-year-list/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-25T19:22:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/25/national/high-bid-japanese-snow-crab-makes-guinness-world-records/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-25T20:04:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-crab-a-20181126.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-crab-a-20181126.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tottori Gov. Shinji Hirai poses for a photo holding a snow crab Saturday in Tokyo at a promotional event. A crab caught in the prefecture earlier this month has been recognized by Guinness World Records as garnering the most expensive bid for a crab at ¥2 million.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/25/national/abe-vows-continued-efforts-reconstruction-disaster-hit-fukushima-prefecture/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-25T20:10:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-abe-a-20181125.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe smiles together with local officials after inspecting a multipurpose medical helicopter in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on Saturday during his visit to assess progress in the area's reconstruction.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/25/national/referendum-taiwanese-vote-retain-ban-food-products-five-japan-prefectures/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-25T20:31:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-taiwanfood-a-20181126.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An employee spreads out steamed rice at a Suehiro Sake Co. brewery in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, last November.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/25/business/corporate-business/former-nissan-chairman-carlos-ghosn-denies-allegations-report/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-25T22:49:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-ghosn-a-20181126.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-ghosn-a-20181126.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nissan Motors' then-Chairman Carlos Ghosn speaks during a news conference in Yokohama in May 2015.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/25/world/politics-diplomacy-world/comments-leaders-eu-officials-outcome-special-brexit-summit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-25T23:07:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/26/world/politics-diplomacy-world/u-s-republican-senators-split-trump-slain-saudi-journalist/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-26T06:14:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-26T06:27:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA["Yellow vest" (Gilets Jaunes in French) protesters take part in a demonstration on the A6 motorway in Villefranche-sur-Saone, France, on Saturday to protest high fuel prices and living costs. Demonstrators who have blocked French roads over the past week dressed in high-visibility jackets were set to cause another day of disruption amid calls to bring Paris to a standstill.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-26T09:42:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Migrants in Mexico stand amid tear gas launched by U.S. agents at the border with the U.S. (right of fence) after a group of migrants pushed past Mexican police at the Chaparral crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday. The mayor of Tijuana has declared a humanitarian crisis in his border city and says that he has asked the United Nations for aid to deal with the approximately 5,000 Central American migrants who have arrived in the city.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-26T11:35:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen attends a campaign rally for local elections in New Taipei City on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-26T11:54:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Two BeiDou-3 satellites are lifted off via a single carrier rocket at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan province, China, Nov. 19.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/26/national/wild-boar-found-wandering-around-residential-area-kobe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-26T12:54:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Passersby look at a wild boar that was seen wandering through a residential area of Kobe on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-26T13:27:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen announces her resignation as chairwoman of the Democratic Progressive Party after local elections in Taipei on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/26/business/japanese-parking-firms-see-bonanza-bangkoks-traffic-jams/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-26T14:02:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bangkok suffers from chronic road congestion.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-26T14:02:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Only a limited number of Osaka minpaku private lodgings have been accepted by the city.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/26/asia-pacific/malaysia-growers-bet-durian-china-goes-bananas-worlds-smelliest-fruit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-26T14:02:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People work at a booth promoting Musang King durians at the Malaysia Durian Festival in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, in November last year.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-26T14:46:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Supporters of pro-democracy candidate Lee Cheuk-yan (left) shout slogans against supporters of establishment candidate Rebecca Chan Hoi-yan during a by-election campaign on the voting day in Hong Kong on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/26/asia-pacific/china-will-strive-better-climate-change-fight-countrys-climate-envoy-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-26T14:46:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Buildings are seen amid heavy smog in Beijing's central business area on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/26/world/buy-green-palm-oil-forests-will-suffer-industry-warns/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-26T14:46:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Workers stand near palm oil fruits inside a palm oil factory in Sepang, outside Kuala Lumpur, in February 2014.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-26T15:52:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-auselection-a-20181127.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison met lawmakers from Victoria, Australia's second-most populous state, on Monday after voters there overwhelmingly turned against the Liberals in a state election.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/26/world/russia-plans-fines-1-revenue-tech-firms-break-rules-sources/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-26T15:52:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-russianet-a-20181127.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian regulator Roscomnadzor has repeatedly accused Google of failing to comply with Russian laws.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/26/national/health-ministers-japan-china-south-korea-meet-agree-cooperate-event-big-natural-disaster-response/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-26T16:03:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Participants from Japan, China and South Korea, including Japanese health minister Takumi Nemoto (center), pose for a photo while attending a ministerial meeting on health issues in the city of Kumamoto on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-26T16:24:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoshinobu Nisaka poses for a photo in the city of Wakayama on Sunday evening after securing a fourth consecutive term as governor of Wakayama Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/26/national/crime-legal/foreign-ministry-official-arrested-kabukicho-possession-illegal-stimulant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-26T16:37:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/26/national/crime-legal/fresh-warrants-issued-eight-custody-bogus-2017-sekisui-house-land-sale/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-26T16:54:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/26/asia-pacific/chinese-businesses-face-resentment-terror-attacks-pakistan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-26T17:13:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Pakistan soldier stands guard while a loaded Chinese ship prepares to depart, at Gwadar port, Pakistan, in November 2016. The assault on the consulate in Karachi on Friday was the latest in a series of attacks on China's growing influence in Pakistan, where Beijing is financing tens of billions of dollars' worth of mega-projects that critics fear will plunder the country's resources and leave it with crippling debt.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/26/business/singapore-serving-testing-ground-halal-japanese-dishes-prepared-kumamoto/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-26T17:41:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-halal-a-20181127.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Muslim tourists to Japan face limited choices of food since Japanese cuisine often uses soy sauce and cooking sake, which are banned under Islamic law.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-26T18:40:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pedestrians look at a screen showing a news program featuring Nissan's chairman, Carlos Ghosn, in Tokyo on Thursday just before he was fired.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/26/national/taiwan-passage-japanese-food-ban-referendum-affect-relations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-26T18:42:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taiwanese Nationalist Party executives call for the continuation of a ban on food imports from five Japanese prefectures, in Taipei in July.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/26/national/south-korean-lawmakers-visit-disputed-takeshima-islets-stoking-anger-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-26T18:43:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-26T18:52:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-26T18:55:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A couple visit the Iwamura Castle ruins in Ena, Gifu Prefecture, that are recently attracting tourists amid growing popularity of stone castle walls.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/26/world/iran-quake-injures-700-rouhani-orders-relief-effort/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-26T19:15:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-26T20:03:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nobuo Gohara, a lawyer and former prosecutor, discusses the plea bargaining system in relation to the recent arrest of ousted Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn during a news conference Monday at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/26/national/austere-japan-detention-quarters-contrast-starkly-carlos-ghosns-globe-trotting-lifestyle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-26T20:28:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Tokyo Detention House in Katsushika Ward where Carlos Ghosn is being held]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/26/national/politics-diplomacy/opposition-ramps-criticism-new-immigration-law-ahead-lower-house-passage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-26T21:00:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/26/national/crime-legal/six-found-dead-miyazaki-police-launch-murder-probe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-26T21:35:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An aerial photo taken Monday shows a house in Miyazaki Prefecture where six bodies, including that of a young girl, were discovered.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/26/business/corporate-business/nissan-ceo-hints-intention-review-alliance-renault/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-26T22:20:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/26/business/economy-business/government-outlines-fiscal-stimulus-ease-impact-japans-next-consumption-tax-hike/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-27T02:11:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A big TV screen at JR Osaka Station on Oct. 15 displays news of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's announcement to raise the consumption tax next autumn as planned.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/27/world/crime-legal-world/kenya-charges-three-chinese-railway-workers-bribery-amid-ticket-scam/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-27T04:32:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese employees (from left) of China Roads and Bridge Corporation at the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) security manager Li Gen, security magager Li Xiaowu and translator Sun Xin appear on Monday at Mombasa's Court, Kenya, charged with bribery.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/27/world/social-issues-world/trump-urges-mexico-send-central-american-migrants-home-border-melee/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-27T07:14:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he departs the White House for travel to Mississippi, in Washington Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/27/world/politics-diplomacy-world/u-n-u-s-warns-russia-outrageous-violation-ukraine-sovereignty-sea-clash/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-27T07:15:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley addresses the UNSC during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Ukraine Monday at the United Nations in New York. The United States on Monday warned Russia that "outlaw actions" like the seizure of Ukrainian ships in the Sea of Azov are preventing normal relations from developing between Washington and Moscow.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-27T08:47:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[GM workers picket at an entrance to the General Motors' assembly plant in Oshawa, Ontario, Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/27/asia-pacific/france-detains-civil-servant-suspected-spying-north-korea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-27T10:54:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-27T13:10:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[OriHime-D humanoid robots remotely controlled from home by workers with severe physical disabilities serve customers at a cafe in Minato Ward, Tokyo, on Monday. The cafe will operate through Dec. 7 on a trial basis.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Alibaba Group co-founder Jack Ma attends a World Trade Organization event in Geneva on Oct. 2.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/27/world/russia-ignores-western-calls-free-captured-ukrainian-ships/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An activist fixes a Ukrainian flag to the fence of the Russian consulate during a protest in the Black Sea Ukrainian city of Odessa on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-27T16:08:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping participate in a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing last November.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/27/national/crime-legal/woman-arrested-allegedly-stabbing-two-police-officers-hiroshima/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-27T16:59:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-27T19:44:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-27T20:34:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[According to sources, Japan's Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission was aware of alleged misconduct in relation to Carlos Ghosn's derivatives trading in 2008.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/27/national/jal-headquarters-raided-following-pilots-heavy-drinking-flight-london/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-27T20:41:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Transport ministry officials enter a Japan Airlines Co. office at Tokyo's Haneda airport for an on-site inspection Tuesday, following recent alcohol scandals involving pilots.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/27/national/science-health/japanese-u-s-researchers-say-allergy-shots-pregnancy-protect-infants/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-27T22:57:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Getting allergy shots during pregnancy could prevent the baby from developing allergies after birth, according to a study by a group of researchers.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/27/business/corporate-business/line-chinas-tencent-link-push-cashless-payments-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-27T23:06:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-line-a-20181128.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Line Corp. CEO Takeshi Idezawa speaks during an event in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/27/national/politics-diplomacy/immigration-bill-set-clear-lower-house-despite-opposition-filibuster-no-confidence-motion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-27T23:07:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of labor unions and other people opposing an immigration reform bill expected to pass through the Lower House on Tuesday call for withdrawal of the government-sponsored bill in front of the Diet the same day. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/27/business/japanese-rice-farmers-now-see-overseas-market-potential-savior/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T00:17:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-rice-a-20181128.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Forecasts that less expensive foreign rice will enter the country has farmers like Kazuya Terasawa of Niigata shifting more toward exports.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/27/national/politics-diplomacy/constitutional-referendum-unleash-tv-blitz-never-seen-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T00:19:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-referendum-a-20181128.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tells members of the Liberal Democratic Party in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, in August of his strong desire to hold a referendum on amending the Constitution by next summer.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/27/business/big-winner-carlos-ghosns-arrest-protege-nissan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T00:23:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-saikawa-a-20181128.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiroto Saikawa, president and chief executive officer of Nissan Motor Co., speaks during a news conference in Yokohama on Nov. 19.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/27/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-meet-okinawa-gov-tamaki-wednesday-u-s-base-transfer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T00:30:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/28/business/tech/chinas-opening-human-gene-engineering-pandoras-box-seen-symptom-unbridled-tech-quest/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T04:18:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-genetech-a-20181129.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-genetech-a-20181129.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jennifer Doudna, a scientist at the University of California, Berkeley, speaks during the Human Genome Editing Conference in Hong Kong Tuesday. Scientists and bioethics experts reacted with shock, anger and alarm Monday to a Chinese researcher's claim that he helped make the world's first genetically edited babies.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/28/world/social-issues-world/migrant-flows-slow-trickle-libyan-former-smuggling-hub-sabratha-amid-crackdown/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T04:28:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Coast guardsman Ayman al-Dabbashi is seen on the seafront at the Libyan city of Sabratha Nov. 21.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/28/business/trump-cross-gm-boss-layoffs-larry-kudlow-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T07:04:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-gm-a-20181129.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Director of the National Economic Council Larry Kudlow speaks at a press briefing at the White House in Washington Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/28/world/politics-diplomacy-world/trumps-main-focus-g20-set-packed-schedule-key-bilateral-meetings/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T07:15:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-trumptalks-a-20181129.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-trumptalks-a-20181129.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U..S President Donald Trump (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose at the Forbidden City in Beijing last November. There is a "good possibility" Trump will reach an agreement later this week to resolve the U..S trade dispute with China, a White House official said Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/28/world/politics-diplomacy-world/u-s-government-shutdown-looms-trump-digs-border-wall-demand/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T08:46:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-trumpwall-a-20181129.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-trumpwall-a-20181129.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[House Speaker Paul Ryan returns to Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday following a meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/28/world/science-health-world/u-s-navy-hospital-ship-treating-thousands-venezuela-expats-colombia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T09:03:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kamila, daughter of Yenymar Vilches, a Venezuelan migrant, is attended by personnel of the ship of the United States Navy Hospital USNS Comfort at Divina Pastora High School in Riohacha, Colombia, Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/28/world/crime-legal-world/tweet-tantrum-trump-claims-robert-mueller-ruining-lives-accused-paul-manafort-lying/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T11:31:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-tantrump-a-20181129.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-tantrump-a-20181129.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Then-FBI Director Robert Mueller (left) is seen in 2013 and U.S. President Donald Trump last December. President Trump intensified his attacks on November Tuesday on the special counsel probing possible collusion between Russia and his 2016 electoral campaign, after prosecutors said his former campaign chairman lied to investigators.Trump's ongoing attacks against the investigation by Mueller have become more virulent this month, after the president installed a new acting attorney general who has strongly criticized Mueller's probe and suggested cutting its purse-strings.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/28/business/economy-business/china-envoy-warns-dire-consequences-u-s-hard-liners-hold-sway-bid-separate-economies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T11:33:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-chinathreat-a-20181129.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-chinathreat-a-20181129.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[China's ambassador to the United States, Cui Tiankai, responds to reporters questions during an interview with Reuters in Washington Nov. 6.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/28/asia-pacific/north-koreas-kim-reportedly-open-inspections-main-nyongbyon-nuclear-complex/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T12:38:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-nkinspect-a-20181129.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[South Korean college students stage a rally to welcome North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's possible visit to South Korea for an inter-Korean summit, in Seoul, on Monday. The sign reads: "A welcome group for a great man."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/28/national/crime-legal/wall-street-journal-says-carlos-ghosn-enduring-bizarre-inquisition-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T14:42:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This photo taken in June shows a four-tatami-mat room at the Tokyo Detention House in Tokyo's Katsushika Ward, where ousted Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn has been detained.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/28/business/corporate-business/ebay-ceo-aims-turn-japan-operations-multibillion-dollar-business/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T15:40:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-ebay-a-20181129.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Devin Wenig, president and CEO of eBay Inc., speaks during an interview in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/27/business/corporate-business/nhk-trim-fees-4-5-fiscal-2020-meet-criteria-online-simulcasting/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T16:07:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-nhk-a-20181128.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[NHK is planning to lower its TV viewing fees in order to meet government-set conditions to launch an online simulcasting service ahead of the 2020 Games.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/28/national/crime-legal/murder-probe-launched-japanese-language-school-operator-found-dead-chiba-prefecture/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T16:09:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/28/world/politics-diplomacy-world/g20-summit-trump-wont-leader-going-rogue/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T16:24:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-g20rogue-a-20181129.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House in March.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/28/business/mystery-man-boasts-can-shift-nikkei-single-tweet-release-book-japan-trading-philosophy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T16:48:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-nikkei-a-20181129.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-nikkei-a-20181129.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An influential trader known as "Cis" tweeted that he'll reveal some of his investment secrets in an upcoming book.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/28/national/crime-legal/founder-staffing-firm-goodwill-group-gets-suspended-sentence-speeding/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T17:26:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/28/national/hiroshima-debuts-interactive-map-get-tourists-visit-bomb-sites-off-beaten-path/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T17:37:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-hiroshima-a-_v0.2.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Fukuromachi Elementary School Peace Museum is one of the memorial sites included in the tour routes of the Hiroshima Peace Tourism project.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/28/national/osaka-launch-smartphone-app-providing-disaster-info-foreign-tourists-ahead-expo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T17:57:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Foreign tourists visit the Shinsekai district of Osaka, famous for the Tsutenkaku tower, on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/28/business/japans-abe-welcomes-brexit-deal-phone-talk-may/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T18:52:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/28/business/japanese-firm-launches-ready-eat-emergency-rice-philippines/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T18:56:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kiyosada Egawa, chairman of Biotech Japan Corp., unveiled the firm's Ready-to-Go rice product Tuesday in the Philippines.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/28/world/science-health-world/furhat-robot-human-touch-wants-hear-woes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T19:01:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Furhat, the social robot with a back-projected face that can change its personality and talk to people, is shown at a demonstration of the technology in London on Nov. 19.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/28/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-jordan-agree-boost-security-cooperation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T19:43:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[King Abdullah II of Jordan and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a joint press announcement following their meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/28/national/ana-unit-searched-pilots-preflight-drinking/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T19:58:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Transport ministry officials enter the headquarters of ANA Wings Co. at Haneda airport Wednesday to begin a three-day search at the airline.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/28/asia-pacific/chinese-state-media-confirms-countrys-third-aircraft-carrier-works/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T19:59:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[China's aircraft carrier the Liaoning is transferred from a dry dock into the water at a launch ceremony at a shipyard in Dalian in China's northeastern Liaoning Province, in April 2017. Chinese state-run media confirmed for the first time earlier this week that the country is working on its third aircraft carrier.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/28/business/google-ranks-push-stop-censored-search-engine-project-dragonfly-targeting-china-users/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T20:09:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-dragonfly-a-20181129.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Amnesty International activists hold a giant dragonfly-shaped balloon with a banner reading "Google, do not censor in China, no to the Dragonfly project" during a protest outside the Google headquarters in Madrid on Tuesday as part of a campaign calling on Google to cancel its controversial plan to launch a censored search engine in China.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/28/national/politics-diplomacy/japans-upper-house-begins-debate-bill-expand-use-foreign-labor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T22:48:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-immigration-a-20181129.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said at a news conference Wednesday that the Lower House has held "enough" discussions over issues related to a bill to accept more blue-collar foreign workers.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/28/national/crime-legal/family-dispute-believed-root-murder-6-southwestern-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T22:49:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A house in Takachiho, Miyazaki Prefecture, where six people were found murdered Monday, is seen in this aerial photo taken Tuesday afternoon.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/28/business/japans-rich-cash-asia-china-closing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T22:49:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-rich-a-20181129.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-rich-a-20181129.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan's top earners have the largest accumulation of wealth in the region, according to the latest Asia-Pacific Wealth Report.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/28/business/corporate-business/nissans-executive-pay-may-topped-%c2%a53-billion-cap-fiscal-2017/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T22:49:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-nissanpay-a-20181129.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-nissanpay-a-20181129.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[While only ¥735 million was stated in Nissan's securities reports as remuneration for Carlos Ghosn in the year that ended this March, sources say the payment to him may have actually been about ¥2.5 billion.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/29/business/u-s-senators-ask-white-house-probe-alleged-zte-effort-venezuela-monitor-citizens/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-29T04:23:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-zte-a-20181130.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A state employee shouts slogans during a demonstration demanding salary improvements from the Venezuelan government as police block their way in Caracas Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/29/asia-pacific/doomed-lion-air-jet-deemed-not-airworthy-penultimate-flight-investigators/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-29T04:24:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-lionair-a-20181130.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-lionair-a-20181130.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) subcommittee head for air accidents Nurcahyo Utomo speaks during a news conference on its investigation into a Lion Air plane crash last month, in Jakarta Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/29/world/science-health-world/stop-ebola-congo-targets-malaria-outbreak-zone/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-29T06:43:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-ebola-a-20181130.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Medical workers disinfect the coffin of a deceased unconfirmed Ebola patient inside an Ebola Treatment Center run by The Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA) in August  in Beni, Congo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/29/world/politics-diplomacy-world/republican-senator-withhold-vote-cia-briefs-jamal-khashoggi-slaying/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-29T06:52:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-graham-a-20181130.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-graham-a-20181130.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion on the First Step Act Monda in Gulfport, Mississippi as Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. (second from right) listen.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/28/national/politics-diplomacy/ldp-not-present-constitution-revision-plan-diet-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-29T12:18:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-constitution-a-20181129.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-constitution-a-20181129.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/29/business/ford-reshuffles-u-s-plants-beef-suv-truck-production/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-29T12:47:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-ford-a-20181130.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-ford-a-20181130.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Joy Falotico, president of Lincoln for Ford Motor Co., speaks in front of a Lincoln Aviator sports utility vehicle (SUV) during AutoMobility LA ahead of the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angele on Wednesday. Ford, banking on China to revive its long-lagging Lincoln brand, is trying to accelerate plans to begin building its luxury models there and avoid profit-sapping tariffs brought about by President Donald Trump's trade war.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/29/world/latest-crimea-strife-gives-vladimir-putin-new-opportunity-test-wests-resolve/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-29T13:36:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-putinresolve-a-20181130.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-putinresolve-a-20181130.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the "Russia Calling!" meeting of the VTB Capital Investment Forum in Moscow on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/29/reference/japans-dramatic-surge-syphilis-cases-particularly-high-incidence-tokyo-puzzles-experts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-29T14:39:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/n-fyi-a-20180130.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-fyi-a-20180130.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The health ministry launched a campaign against sexually transmitted diseases in November 2016, using a poster bearing the anime character Sailor Moon, but efforts have failed to prevent syphilis from spreading in the nation.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/28/national/japan-gets-mixed-grades-un-efforts-curb-greenhouse-gases/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-29T14:51:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/315462965_1-5.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[315462965_1-5.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A wind turbine operates at the Yokohama City Wind Power Plant, also known as Hama Wing, last year .]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/29/world/bill-protect-mueller-probe-stalls-u-s-senate-jeff-flake-starts-opposing-judicial-nominations-protest/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-29T15:28:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-muellerprotection-a-20181130.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Republican Senator Jeff Flake speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/24/business/eu-trade-commissioner-expresses-support-japans-goal-reform-wto/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-29T16:21:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-eutrade-a-20181125.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-eutrade-a-20181125.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cecilia Malmstrom]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/29/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/kim-jong-uns-diplomacy-pays-off-first-sound-puppy-feet-joint-survey-north-korean-railway-system/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-29T16:41:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-sknk-a-20181130.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-sknk-a-20181130.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday holds a puppy born from a hunting dog gifted from North Korea.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/29/business/trump-asked-agencies-look-gm-subsidy-cuts-carmaker-announced-layoffs-closures-source/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-29T17:17:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-trumpgm-a-20181130.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-trumpgm-a-20181130.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A banner depicting the Chevrolet Cruze model vehicle is displayed at the General Motors Lordstown plant, Tuesday in Lordstown, Ohio. Even though unemployment is low, the economy is growing and U.S. auto sales are near historic highs, GM is cutting thousands of jobs in a major restructuring aimed at generating cash to spend on innovation. GM put five plants up for possible closure, including the plant in Lordstown.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/29/world/science-health-world/pressure-mounts-bury-carbon-emissions-going-pay-costs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-29T17:22:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-emissions-a-20181130.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-emissions-a-20181130.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Emissions rise from a chimney at the Port Qasim coal power plant at Port Qasim in Sindh province, Pakistan.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/29/asia-pacific/crime-legal-asia-pacific/three-police-officers-jailed-philippines-murder-first-rodrigo-dutertes-bloody-war-drugs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-29T18:11:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-phildrugwar-a-20181130.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A member of the Philippine National Bureau of Investigation inspects the site where Kian Lloyd delos Santos, a 17-year-old student, was killed during anti-drug operations in Caloocan, Metro Manila, in August 2017.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/29/business/inbound-investment-japan-continues-upward-trend-driven-asian-neighbors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-29T18:23:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/29/business/corporate-business/softbanks-21-billion-ipo-reaches-retail-sales-target/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-29T19:07:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-softbank-a-20181130.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-softbank-a-20181130.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[SoftBank Group Corp. will announce the price range for the initial public offering of its wireless unit on Friday, following a campaign to whip up public interest in the IPO.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/29/world/politics-diplomacy-world/bank-england-chief-goes-u-k-government-gloomy-brexit-analysis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-29T19:38:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-brexit-a-20181130.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-brexit-a-20181130.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bank of England Gov. Mark Carney speaks during the Financial Stability Report news conference at the central bank in London on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/29/national/crime-legal/end-road-fukuoka-man-arrested-drifting-videos-instagram/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-29T19:59:01+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/29/national/politics-diplomacy/talks-trump-putin-xi-abes-schedule-departs-g20-summit-buenos-aires/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-29T21:10:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-abe-a-20181130.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-abe-a-20181130.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife, Akie, depart from Tokyo's Haneda airport for Argentina on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/29/national/offshore-fill-work-u-s-base-okinawa-go-high-gear-december/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-29T21:10:44+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/29/business/corporate-business/nissan-renault-mitsubishi-agree-fully-committed-alliance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-29T22:29:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-alliance-a-20181130.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-alliance-a-20181130.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi headquarters building in Amsterdam on Thursday]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/29/business/japans-lower-house-passes-bill-ratify-free-trade-pact-european-union/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-30T01:42:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/30/world/politics-diplomacy-world/trump-adviser-john-bolton-hones-ties-brazils-far-right-leader-bolsonaro/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-30T04:20:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-boltbols-a-20181201.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Brazil's president-elect, Jair Bolsonaro (left), and U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton share a working breakfast in Rio de Janeiro Thursday. Bolton, who arrived in a large convoy for the hour-long interview with Bolsonaro as both sides hope to bolster ties, left without giving a statement to the press. Bolsonaro is set to take office on Jan. 1.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/30/world/crime-legal-world/didnt-occur-vacuum-canada-hate-crimes-rose-47-2017-especially-muslims/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-30T08:44:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People gather for the funeral of three of the six victims of a massacre at the Grand Mosque of Quebec on arrival at the Maurice Richard arena, in Montrea last year. The number of hate crimes reported to police in Canada jumped by 47 percent in 2017 from the previous year, targeting mostly Muslim, Jewish or black people, the government statistical agency said Thursday]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/30/world/american-airlines-pilots-seek-737-max-training-lion-air-crash/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-30T08:49:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rescuers recover a piece of airplane part from Lion Air flight 610 that crashed into the sea during a rescue operation in the waters of Tanjung Karawang, Indonesia, Oct. 29.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/30/world/michael-cohens-plea-suggests-russians-held-kompromat-trump/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-30T12:56:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen exits Federal Court after entering a guilty plea in New York on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/30/world/crime-legal-world/macron-says-will-talk-saudi-prince-buenos-aires-hint-will-raise-issue-jamal-khashoggi-slaying/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-30T13:01:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-macron-a-20181201.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-macron-a-20181201.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[French President Emmanuel Macron (left) and Argentine President Mauricio Macri greet each other during a press conference at Casa Rosada presidential house in Buenos Aires on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/30/world/u-s-touts-new-evidence-iranian-weaponry-yemen-afghanistan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-30T13:27:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-iranarms-a-20181201.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-iranarms-a-20181201.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Brian Hook, the U.S. special representative for Iran, speaks to reporters at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington Thursday. Senior U.S. officials presented what the Pentagon called "clear and tangible evidence" that Iran is arming dangerous groups with "advanced weapons" and is fueling instability across the Middle East.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/30/world/fearing-espionage-u-s-considers-tighter-rules-chinese-students/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-30T13:41:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-chinastudents-a-20181201.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A jogger runs alongside the Charles River next to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in November.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/29/business/faced-japans-changing-habits-demographics-postal-firm-sagawa-looks-diversify/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-30T13:52:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-sagawa-a-20181130.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sagawa Express Co. driver Keisuke Kawabe pushes his cart through the streets of Tokyo's Roppongi district on his way to making a delivery last week.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/30/world/enough-poor-children-africans-call-diversity-aid-campaigns/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-30T13:55:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-africaimage-a-20181201.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-africaimage-a-20181201.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Most respondents in the survey by the Norwegian campaign group Radi-Aid found representations of Africa accurate, but said they would like to see more pictures of older generations, of racial diversity and of positive aspects of their lives.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/30/world/pentagon-looks-exoskeletons-build-super-soldiers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-30T13:59:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Lockheed Martin exoskeleton is demonstrated in Washington on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/30/asia-pacific/south-korean-conscientious-objectors-paroled-landmark-ruling/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-30T14:15:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[South Korean conscientious objectors pose for photographs after being released from Daegu detention center in Daegu, South Korea, on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/29/business/corporate-business/japans-fsa-approved-not-reporting-retirement-pay-says-carlos-ghosn-aide-greg-kelly/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-30T15:30:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-kelly-a-20181130.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-kelly-a-20181130.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Greg Kelly]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/30/world/science-health-world/reports-worrying-increase-measles-cases-2017-parents-shun-vaccinations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-30T15:38:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-measles-a-20181201.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-measles-a-20181201.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Measles cases worldwide jumped more than 30 percent last year compared to 2016. The World Health Organization said the worrying trend of resurgent measles cases is a near global phenomenon, but the causes vary among regions.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/30/asia-pacific/u-s-sends-warship-near-south-china-sea-islets-ahead-g20-summit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-30T16:04:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-fonop-a-20181201.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-fonop-a-20181201.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville patrols the South China Sea in July 2016.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/29/national/kid-scaring-namahage-among-japanese-folk-rituals-approved-unesco-intangible-cultural-heritage-list/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-30T16:44:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-unesco-a-20181130.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-unesco-a-20181130.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An Oga no Namahage performance takes place at the municipal office of Oga in Akita Prefecture on Wednesday. A set of traditional rituals in Japan, including Oga no Namahage, was approved for inclusion on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/30/business/g20-finance-chiefs-voice-concerns-downside-risks-world-economy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-30T17:05:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-g20fin-a-20181201.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-g20fin-a-20181201.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife, Akie, arrive ahead of the Group of 20 leaders summit in Buenos Aires on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/30/business/economy-business/japan-industrial-output-jumps-2-9-october-setting-fastest-pace-since-2015/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-30T17:44:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/30/national/crime-legal/ex-morning-musume-idol-hitomi-yoshizawa-gets-suspended-sentence-tokyo-drunk-driving-hit-run/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-30T17:53:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-yoshizawa-a-20181201.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-yoshizawa-a-20181201.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hitomi Yoshizawa]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/30/national/rural-towns-like-shikokus-ikata-japanese-nuclear-industry-making-quiet-comeback/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-30T18:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-nuclear-a-20181201.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-nuclear-a-20181201.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A port with orange farms dotting the mountains in the background in Ikata, Ehime Prefecture, which relies on the nuclear power industry for revenue.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/30/business/tech/uber-hitachi-among-players-huge-london-trial-aiming-crack-electric-car-charger-shortfall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-30T18:02:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-uber-a-20181201.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-uber-a-20181201.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hitachi and Uber are among the companies that are launching the biggest-ever trial involving commercial electric vans and cars.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/30/business/economy-business/japans-job-market-softens-october-amid-labor-crunch/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-30T18:39:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/b-jobs-a-20181201.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-jobs-a-20181201.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan's labor market loosened slightly in October, government data showed Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/30/asia-pacific/philippines-tries-turn-tide-loss-marine-life-amid-climate-change-overfishing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-30T20:15:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-philifish-a-20181201.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-philifish-a-20181201.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Filipino fisherman casts his net to fish in Laguna de Bay in Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, Philippines, in October.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/30/national/crime-legal/u-k-judge-hands-jal-pilot-10-month-prison-sentence-heavy-drinking-london-tokyo-flight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-30T21:32:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-jal-a-20181201.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-jal-a-20181201.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Japan Airlines Co. co-pilot who was arrested in London in October after drinking heavily before his flight was jailed for 10 months in the U.K. on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/30/national/crime-legal/tokyo-prosecutors-request-extension-carlos-ghosns-detention/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-30T22:44:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-ghosn-a-20181130.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-ghosn-a-20181130.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Carlos Ghosn, former chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance, responds to a question during a roundtable with journalists at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/30/national/science-health/japanese-startup-among-firms-chosen-nasas-moon-delivery-bid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-30T22:48:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-space-a-20181201.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-space-a-20181201.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An artist's illustration of the lunar lander Artemis-7]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/30/world/ukraine-bans-russian-men-entry-martial-law-crackdown/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-30T23:06:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/f-ukrainemartial-a-20181201.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-ukrainemartial-a-20181201.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Servicemen of the Ukrainian National Guard patrol in the center of Kiev on Friday, after martial law was imposed in border regions.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/30/national/politics-diplomacy/revenue-abes-ldp-overwhelms-political-parties-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-01T00:49:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-polifunds-a-20181201.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-polifunds-a-20181201.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party marked a 7.2 percent increase in revenue from the previous year in 2017, remaining at the top of the list for five straight years, data released Friday has shown.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/30/business/japanese-government-may-set-%c2%a5100-billion-fund-ambitious-scientific-research/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-01T00:49:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/30/national/diet-panel-approves-bill-ban-ticket-scalping-ahead-2020-tokyo-olympics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-01T00:53:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/29/national/crime-legal/two-years-sought-former-idol-yoshizawa-hit-run/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-01T00:53:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-yoshizawa-a-20181201.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-yoshizawa-a-20181201.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hitomi Yoshizawa]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/28/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-russia-mull-high-level-framework-push-peace-treaty-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-01T00:53:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-rusjapan-a-20181129.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-rusjapan-a-20181129.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Habomai islet group, part of the disputed islands off the northeastern tip of Hokkaido claimed by Japan and Russia, is seen in this file photo taken in December 2016.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/29/national/breaking-issue-wartime-labor-rocked-japan-south-korea-ties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-01T00:54:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-fyi-a-20181130.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-fyi-a-20181130.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kim Sung-joo (center), one of the plaintiffs of a case involving wartime laborers, speaks in front of South Korea's Supreme Court in Seoul on Wednesday after it ordered Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. to pay damages to two groups of South Koreans.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/01/business/corporate-business/nissan-no-carlos-ghosn-may-portend-new-normal-lower-u-s-sales/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-01T09:06:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/b-noghosn-a-20181202.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-noghosn-a-20181202.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pedestrians walk past a television screen showing a news program featuring former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn in Tokyo on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/01/national/crime-legal/japan-may-seize-south-korean-assets-wartime-labor-issue/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-01T11:57:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/n-wartimelabor-a-20181202.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-wartimelabor-a-20181202.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kim Sung-joo (center), one of the plaintiffs in a case involving wartime laborers, is surrounded by reporters as she arrives at the South Korean Supreme Court in Seoul on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/01/business/economy-business/move-likely-affect-japan-carmakers-u-s-mexico-canada-ink-new-nafta-deal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-01T12:21:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mexican leader Enrique Pena Nieto, U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sign a new free trade agreement on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/01/national/science-health/japanese-scientists-doctors-blast-birth-gene-edited-babies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-01T12:34:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[He Jiankui, a Chinese researcher who claims to have helped make the world's first gene-edited babies, speaks during the Human Genome Editing Conference in Hong Kong on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/30/national/foreign-rental-car-drivers-involved-four-times-accidents-osaka-domestic-drivers-ministry-data/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-01T12:43:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[According to the Institute for Traffic Accident Research and Data Analysis, between 2014 and 2016 the total number of rental car accidents caused by foreign visitors in Japan nearly tripled.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/01/national/japan-working-ability-counter-cyberattacks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-01T12:53:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Children who walked out of school protest against government inaction on climate change in Sydney on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-01T13:53:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/01/national/74-russians-oppose-handing-disputed-islets-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-01T14:30:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-01T15:17:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-01T15:57:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Argentina President Mauricio Macri stands between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese leader Xi Jinping during a group photo at the Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/01/national/media-national/magazines-explore-inevitability-death-taxes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-01T22:54:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Final cost: According to a nationwide survey quoted in Shukan Asahi, the average outlay for all related funeral expenditures in Japan is around ¥1.76 million.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/01/national/media-national/netflix-hopes-attract-new-anime-fans-old-favorites/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-01T16:12:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Then-Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn attends a media conference outside Paris in October last year.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wreckage recovered from Lion Air flight JT610, which crashed into the sea, lies at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta pm on Oct. 29.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-01T17:44:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The alleged location of the Khartoum offices of the website Sudan Today is pictured on Sept. 12.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-01T19:57:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Madagascar presidential candidate Marc Ravalomanana addresses supporters during a campaign rally held at Mahamasina Stadium in Antananarivo on Nov. 3.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/01/national/half-japanese-choose-not-obtain-number-cards/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-01T20:07:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-01T20:08:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a meeting on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-01T21:18:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[French President Emmanuel Macron, U.S. President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and other Group of 20 leaders pose during the G20 summit in Buenos Aires on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/01/national/politics-diplomacy/trump-urges-abe-balance-u-s-deficit-japan-quickly/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-01T21:19:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks with U.S. President Donald Trump during a meeting on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/01/national/nhk-tv-stations-begin-broadcasting-4k-8k-ultra-high-definition-programs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-01T22:05:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/01/national/media-national/question-mark-hangs-holiday-reshuffles/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-01T22:58:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/02/business/g20-cuts-pledges-fight-protectionism-amid-u-s-china-trade-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-02T13:34:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, the last leader to arrive for the family photo at the G20 summit, throws his hands up Friday in Buenos Aires.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-02T13:49:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador greets supporters during Mexico's 58th presidential inauguration event at Mexico City's central plaza, the Zocalo, on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-02T13:58:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A room is seen in the Lazaro Cardenas house at Los Pinos, the former official residence of the president of Mexico, in Mexico City on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/02/world/offbeat-world/suitor-drops-engagement-ring-grate-times-square/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-02T15:40:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-02T15:51:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/02/business/corporate-business/carlos-ghosns-close-aide-greg-kelly-drafted-documents-deferred-pay-sources/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-02T16:10:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Greg Kelly]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/01/national/fewer-foreigners-expected-coming-japan-work-caregiver-trainees-data-shows/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-02T16:21:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Myanmar women planning to go to Japan as foreign trainees and work as caregivers study Japanese at a school in Yangon in May.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/02/business/g-20-summit-backs-wto-reform-ahead-trump-xi-trade-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-02T16:27:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[WTO Director-General Roberto Azevedo is welcomed by Argentine President Mauricio Macri at Costa Salguero in Buenos Aires during the G20 summit on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-02T18:25:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman greet each other at the Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires on Friday as U.S. President Donald Trump enters the room in this image taken from video.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-02T18:40:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[British Prime Minister Theresa May and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands during a bilateral meeting in Buenos Aires on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/02/world/u-s-secretary-state-mike-pompeo-condemns-iran-missile-test/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-02T18:52:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington on Nov. 20.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-02T20:16:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands prior to their talks in Buenos Aires on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/02/national/politics-diplomacy/bushs-passing-draws-tributes-japans-politicians/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-02T20:19:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Then-Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu and U.S. President George H.W. Bush wave as they meet at the White House in 1989.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/02/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-may-take-taiwans-fukushima-food-import-ban-wto/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-02T21:52:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taro Kono]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/02/business/trump-puts-japan-crosshairs-trade-truce-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-02T22:56:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks with U.S. President Donald Trump during a meeting in the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/02/business/corporate-business/nissan-renault-alliance-row-developing-diplomatic-feud/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron during a meeting on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-02T22:57:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[SBI chairman Emmanuel Dumisani Dlamini is seen on giant screens during the COP24 U.N. Climate Change Conference 2018 in Katowice, Poland, Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-03T12:20:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-03T13:44:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-03T14:16:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-03T15:30:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[General Motors CEO Mary Barra speaks next to a autonomous Chevrolet Bolt electric car in Detroit in 2016. The jobs that GM will shed through buyouts and layoffs are now held by people who are experts in the internal combustion engine, mechanical engineers and managers who work on complex components that won't be needed on the much simpler electric vehicles that the largest U.S. automaker says are its future. GM said cutting these jobs is necessary to invest in self-driving and other new technologies.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-03T16:39:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Part of the Metropolitan Expressway network is closed due to heavy snow in January 2013. More weather observatories are providing snow forecasts for shorter time frames.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-03T16:43:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-03T16:43:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Companies continued to boost investment in July-September, but at a slower pace than preceding quarters following a string of natural disasters, the government said Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-03T17:01:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-03T17:13:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-03T18:37:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A vacant, traditional Japanese-style house in Iga, Mie Prefecture, is set to be renovated and used as a hotel.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/03/business/rare-christian-painting-goes-display-yokohama-offering-window-era-persecution-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-03T18:38:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-03T18:55:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-03T20:42:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-03T20:42:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-03T23:11:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-04T04:21:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Alex Younger, chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, known as MI6, delivers a speech at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-04T08:50:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches carrying a Qatari communications satellite, which will provide connectivity to Qatar and neighboring parts of the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe, from historic Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Nov. 15.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/04/business/economy-business/yellow-vest-protesters-knock-wind-french-business-economy-heap-pressure-macron/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-04T13:08:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Protestors wearing a yellow vest (Gilets jaunes) pull down the grating of the Tuileries Gardens next to the rue de Rivoli, in central Paris, during a demonstration against the rising oil prices and living costs, on Saturday. Police and anti-government protesters clashed near the Champs-Elysees and in other parts of central Paris, with demonstrators hurling rocks and paint at riot police who responded with tear gas.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/04/world/science-health-world/plans-team-mull-standards-uncharted-water-gene-editing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-04T13:23:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[He Jiankui, a Chinese researcher, speaks during the Human Genome Editing Conference in Hong Kong Nov. 28. He made his first public comments about his claim to have helped make the world's first gene-edited babies.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/04/business/trump-aide-larry-kudlow-calls-end-congress-created-electric-vehicle-subsidies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-04T13:26:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Larry Kudlow, director of the U.S. National Economic Council, speaks to members of the media outside the White House in Washington on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/04/asia-pacific/crime-legal-asia-pacific/rights-law-group-urgent-need-tribunal-crimes-committed-myanmar-rohingya/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-04T13:35:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Myanmar Navy personnel escort Rohingya Muslims back to their camp in Sittwe, Rakhine state, on Friday. Nearly 100 Rohingya Muslims were forced back to Rakhine state after being detained at sea en route to Malaysia, police said on Nov. 28, stirring fears of a fresh refugee boat crisis.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/04/national/chinas-import-ban-plastic-waste-pushes-rich-nations-rethink-trash-options/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-04T14:07:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police inspect smuggled recyclable waste in Nanning, southern China, last February.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/04/national/one-japanese-town-bets-big-high-end-organic-rice/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-04T14:13:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Organic rice is harvested in Hakui, Ishikawa Prefecture, in September 2016.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/04/world/fearful-bias-google-blocks-gender-based-pronouns-new-ai-tool/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-04T14:55:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-04T15:48:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman swipes a smart card to pay for items at an unmanned cash register during a demonstration at a FamilyMart convenience store in Tokyo in February. Convenience-store chains including FamilyMart are investing in automation and other labor-saving measures to help keep their stores running and offset rising wages.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/04/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/new-malaysia-race-continues-cast-long-shadow/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-04T16:53:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People pass posters of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and politician Anwar Ibrahim at a rally in Kuala Lumpur last May.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/04/world/politics-diplomacy-world/u-s-congress-looks-stopgap-bill-avert-government-shutdown/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-04T17:03:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Member-elects of the 116th Congress arrive for a group photo outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Nov. 14.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/04/national/introducing-newest-stop-tokyos-yamanote-line-takanawa-gateway/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-04T17:06:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A new station under construction between Shinagawa and Tamachi stations on Tokyo's Yamanote Line is seen in August. Railway operator JR East announced Tuesday that the station will be named Shinagawa Gateway.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/04/business/japanese-economy-minister-returns-salary-pay-offer-government-backed-fund-high/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-04T17:26:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Economy minister Hiroshige Seko speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/04/business/corporate-business/iris-ohyama-sets-vietnam-unit-expand-southeast-asia-sourcing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-04T17:52:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-04T18:40:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Alpinist Yuichiro Miura speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-04T19:15:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[British Prime Minister Theresa May departs after a news conference following a special meeting of the European Council on the Brexit withdrawal agreement in Brussels, Belgium, on Nov. 25.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/04/national/nobel-medicine-laureate-tasuku-honjo-visits-longtime-barber-ahead-ceremony/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-04T19:47:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tasuku Honjo, who won the 2018 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, gets a haircut in the city of Kyoto on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/04/national/japan-names-ambassadors-ukraine-australia-south-africa-uae/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-04T19:47:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/04/national/crime-legal/former-world-championship-runner-yumiko-hara-sentenced-suspended-term-shoplifting/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-04T19:48:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/04/national/labor-union-says-3000-foreign-workers-laid-off-sharp-plant-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-04T20:37:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/04/national/majority-japanese-firms-failing-meet-disabled-employment-quotas/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-04T20:37:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[At a lantern manufacturer in Usa, Oita Prefecture, about half of the company's workforce have disabilities.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/04/national/lawyers-south-korean-wartime-labor-case-set-deadline-response-nippon-steel-sumitomo-metal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-04T22:58:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lim Jae-sung, second from left, a lawyer representing South Korean plaintiffs in a World War II labor court case, holds a written request in front of the Nippon Steel &amp; Sumitomo Metal Corp. headquarters in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/04/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/cambodia-mulls-law-restore-opposition-politicians-rights/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-04T22:59:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen waves as he watches boat races during a water festival in Phnom Penh on Nov. 21.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/04/business/corporate-business/directors-meet-decide-will-fill-carlos-ghosns-chair-helm-nissan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-04T23:02:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiroto Saikawa, president and chief executive officer of Nissan Motor Co., is one of the most likely successors to Carlos Ghosn.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/04/national/crime-legal/prosecutors-arrest-carlos-ghosn-fresh-charge-prolonging-detention-report/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-04T23:27:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Carlos Ghosn attends the Tomorrow In Motion event on the eve of press day at the Paris Auto Show in the French capital on Oct. 1]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/05/business/trump-holds-possible-extension-90-day-china-trade-truce/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-05T04:28:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-chinatruce-a-20181206.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Trump speaks at a Joint Fundraising Committee in Fargo, North Dakota, in September. Trump said Tuesday that the talks to resolve the trade dispute with China have begun already and will last for 90 days unless they are extended.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/05/world/el-nino-may-cut-colombias-rainfall-80-early-2019-posing-fire-threat-minister/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-05T04:28:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Farmer Carlos Lopez shows lettuce crops damaged by the lack of rain during the El Nino weather phenomenon in the Madrid municipality near Bogota, Colombia in 2016. While flooding and intense rain wreak havoc on several countries in Latin America, El Nino brings other harmful effects to Colombia with severe drought.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/05/world/15-migrants-died-boat-off-libya-12-days-without-food-water-egyptian-survivor-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-05T04:30:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Surviving migrants who were in a boat spending 12 days at sea without food or water are seen in Misrata, Libya, Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/05/world/parents-american-journalist-kidnapped-syria-2012-appeal-u-s-syria/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-05T04:33:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Marc and Debra Tice, the parents of U.S. journalist Austin Tice (portrait left), who was abducted in Syria more than six years ago, give a press conference in Beirut on Tuesay. They said they were very encouraged by the level of cooperation of U.S. President Donald Trump's administration and new information about their son's fate. Tice, 37, disappeared in August 2012 near Damascus and his whereabouts remains a mystery.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/05/business/thomson-reuters-cut-3200-jobs-2020-offer-fewer-products/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-05T07:13:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chairman David Thomson (left) walks with CEO Jim Smith during the Thomson Reuters Corp. annual general meeting for shareholders in Toronto in 2017.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/05/world/crime-legal-world/democrats-preparing-probe-trumps-fbi-hq-plan-lawmaker/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-05T07:15:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/05/world/crime-legal-world/one-time-u-s-model-soldier-faces-25-years-islamic-state-support-mental-health-questioned/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-05T09:09:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Army Sgt. 1st Class Ikaika Kang holds an Islamic State group flag after allegedly pledging allegiance to the group at a house in Honolulu last year. On Tuesday, Kang is scheduled to be sentenced for trying to help the Islamic State group.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/04/national/lower-house-approves-bill-creating-10-day-holiday-japan-around-imperial-succession/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-05T13:11:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/05/asia-pacific/malaysian-fugitive-jho-low-four-others-hit-fresh-1mdb-charges/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-05T14:20:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/04/business/tech/japan-display-unveils-smart-bus-stop-runs-solar-power-can-display-schedules/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-05T14:24:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-busstop-a-20181205.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan Display unveils a smart bus stop equipped with a 32-inch display on Tuesday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/05/national/crime-legal/four-men-arrested-allegedly-overturning-truck-shibuya-halloween-event/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-05T17:35:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Halloween revelers stand on an overturned small truck in a photo taken by one of the witnesses on Oct. 28 in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward, a mecca for the celebrations.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/05/business/tech/toyota-launches-sensor-based-device-designed-prevent-accidents-caused-misapplication-pedals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-05T18:03:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toyota Motor Corp.'s has released a sensor-based device to prevent accidents caused by pedal error.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/05/national/wild-boar-bites-off-elderly-womans-finger-charges-another-capture-hunting-club-city-near-kobe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-05T18:33:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/05/national/crime-legal/japans-police-cells-evolving-meet-changing-demographics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-05T18:44:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[When prosecutors make an arrest, suspects are held in detention centers from the start, such as the Tokyo Detention House seen here, whereas those arrested by police are initially held in holding cells.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/05/business/fast-retailing-opens-gu-style-studio-store-harajuku-can-try-buy-walk-away-nothing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-05T18:44:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An attendee uses a touch-screen display to try on clothes on a virtual avatar during a media event at the GU Style Studio store in Tokyo on Nov. 29.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/05/business/economy-business/deputy-governor-says-bank-japan-room-boost-stimulus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-05T18:56:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/05/national/swine-fever-reported-research-institute-gifu-prefecture-logs-third-case-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-05T19:12:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Officials in protective suits Wednesday gather near a public research institute in Minokamo, Gifu Prefecture, where a hog cholera infection was found.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/05/business/corporate-business/vw-says-next-generation-combustion-cars-will-last/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-05T19:25:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess talks with reporters after meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House Tuesday in Washington.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/05/business/corporate-business/carlos-ghosn-possibly-hidden-billions-yen-nissan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-05T19:32:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/b-corpgov-a-20181206.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-corpgov-a-20181206.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nissan Motor Co.'s own corporate governance rules gave unusual powers to its former Chairman Carlos Ghosn.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/05/national/crime-legal/former-mayor-expresses-anger-tepco-trial-fukushima-crisis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-05T20:00:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/05/national/crime-legal/court-rejects-okinawas-demand-halt-u-s-futenma-base-relocation-henoko/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-05T20:51:51+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/05/business/corporate-business/nissan-rejects-renaults-request-send-successor-replace-ghosn/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-05T21:13:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-nissan-a-20181206.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Renault SA made a request last month to send a successor with equal authority to replace ousted Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn, according to sources, but the request was denied.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/05/business/corporate-business/volkswagen-japan-reports-dozens-improper-car-inspections-related-exhaust-emissions-fuel-economy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-05T21:14:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/b-vwfraud-a-20181206.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Till Scheer]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/06/world/politics-diplomacy-world/u-s-house-democrat-seeks-emergency-hearing-alleged-north-carolina-election-fraud/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-06T08:33:34+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/26/business/lifelines-economy-feed-fuel-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-06T09:42:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-marubeni8-a-20181127.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The sōgō shōsha's involvement ranges from just the importation of foodstuffs and energy resources all the way to supermarkets, service stations and stages in-between.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-06T16:31:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-06T16:51:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-06T17:59:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shareholders' approval for the largest-ever overseas purchase by a Japanese company paves the way for possible downgrades at ratings agencies.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-06T18:08:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[South Korean university students welcoming North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's visits to Seoul are blocked by policemen during a protest in central Seoul on Nov. 30.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/06/national/police-believe-korean-resident-japan-ties-kim-jong-ils-ex-sushi-chef-spy-pyongyang-sources-say/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-06T18:26:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-06T18:50:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-06T19:30:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-06T19:57:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[DeNA Co.’s free taxi-hailing service with “zero yen” rides will feature ads on the body and the interior of 50 cabs.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-06T21:13:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The government and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. may pull out of a nuclear project in Turkey.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-06T21:14:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-06T21:15:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-06T21:28:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[SoftBank Group Corp.'s mobile phone services were disrupted in some parts of Japan on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-06T23:18:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-07T07:27:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Al-Shabab fighters on pickup trucks prepare to travel into the city, just outside Mogadishu, in 2008. A bloody rivalry has emerged between extremist groups in Somalia as the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab hunts upstart fighters linked to the Islamic State group, officials tell The Associated Press.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-07T07:38:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dallas Woodhouse, North Carolina Republican Party executive director, speaks during a news conference outside the Durham County Board of Elections in Durham in 2016. Woodhouse says the organization would be open to a new election if an investigation were to find a high likelihood that wrongdoing swayed the state's unresolved congressional race.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-07T08:40:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Spectators watch as the Union Pacific funeral train carrying the casket of former President George H.W. Bush passes through Navasota, Texas, Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/05/national/costs-related-japans-hotter-summers-factored-budget-2020-games/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-07T11:20:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[John Coates, head of the International Olympic Committee's inspection team, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-07T11:21:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-07T15:58:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/07/national/crime-legal/call-nature-prompted-169-kph-expressway-drive-kagoshima-assemblyman-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-07T16:01:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[GettyImages-1010969612.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Kagoshima Prefecture municipal assembly member says that his need for relieve himself prompted him to hit 169 kph on an expressway in April.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/07/world/science-health-world/indias-polluted-air-claimed-1-24-million-lives-2017-12-5-total-deaths-study/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-07T16:07:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Indian commuters drive amid heavy smog along a busy road past the South Extension area of New Delhi on Thursday. Smog levels spike during winter in Delhi, when air quality often eclipses the World Health Organization's safe levels.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/06/national/politics-diplomacy/ghosn-says-signed-papers-receiving-underreported-pay-sources/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-07T16:35:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn speaks during an interview in Hong Kong on April 20, 2018.]]></image:caption>
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