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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan Mint will issue commemorative ¥10,000 gold coins, seen here, and ¥500 copper coins in October to mark the enthronement of Emperor Naruhito.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-11T14:24:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-11T14:39:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Two French special forces soldiers, Cedric de Pierrepont (left) and Alain Bertoncello, were killed in a nighttime rescue of four foreign hostages in Burkina Faso.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-11T15:11:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A missile is launched during a military drill in North Korea on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-11T15:13:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shake hands at the State Department in Washington on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/10/business/corporate-business/ihi-vows-improve-product-safety-wake-jet-engine-inspection-scandal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-11T15:14:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[IHI Corp. executives including President Tsugio Mitsuoka (right) face the media after receiving a business improvement order from the transport ministry on April 9 in the wake of a scandal over improper maintenance work at the jet-engine manufacturer.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/11/national/media-national/attempting-switch-off-social-media-golden-week/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-11T22:42:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Last Heisei portrait: A family poses for a photo in commemoration of the end of Heisei Era at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on April 30. Many people spent time away from their computers during the recent 10-day Golden Week.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/11/national/media-national/tabloids-press-pause-nation-celebrates-dawn-reiwa-era/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-11T22:44:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Crowning glory: Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako, Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko attend an enthronement ceremony in Tokyo on May 1.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/11/world/group-85-migrants-rescued-sinking-boat-maltese/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-11T18:54:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/10/national/minibus-slides-mountain-gunma-leaving-driver-behind-14-injured/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-11T19:17:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A minibus is shown on a mountain slope after sliding 20 meters from a parking lot Friday in the village of Nanmoku, Gunma Prefecture, injuring 14 passengers.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/11/asia-pacific/following-clash-kashmir-region-islamic-state-claims-created-province-india/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-11T19:43:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Following prayers on Friday, Indian paramilitary troops watch Kashmiri protesters near the Jamia Masjid Mosque in Srinagar.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/11/world/politics-diplomacy-world/labour-leader-jeremy-corbyn-vows-double-minimum-wage-young-workers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-11T20:01:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/11/national/japan-takes-water-steps-prevent-another-olympic-drought/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-11T20:25:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yagisawa Dam in Gunma Prefecture is seen in June 2016.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/11/national/politics-diplomacy/niigata-meet-u-s-agriculture-secretary-urges-japan-cut-tariffs-farm-goods/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-11T21:27:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Agriculture minister Takamori Yoshikawa meets his U.S. counterpart, Sonny Perdue, in the city of Niigata on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/11/national/kitakyushus-100-seat-swing-set-recognized-worlds-longest/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-11T22:45:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This photo, taken in Hibikinada Green Park in Kitakyushu on Saturday, shows a circular swing measuring about 163 meters in circumference. A total of 100 swings are attached to the structure. It has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's biggest.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/11/national/media-national/jr-hokkaido-confronts-harsh-realities-financing-rail-lines-depopulated-areas/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-12T02:28:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Limited services: JR Hokkaido's Furano Line connects the city of Furano with the city of Asahikawa.   Getty Images]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/11/national/politics-diplomacy/osakas-mayor-intends-call-referendum-metropolis-plan-fall-2020/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-12T12:40:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Osaka Mayor Ichiro Matsui speaks to reporters in the city of Osaka on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/12/world/social-issues-world/defiant-cuban-lgbt-activists-hold-unprecedented-parade/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-12T13:17:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cuban LGBT activists kiss each at a demonstration in Havana on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/12/asia-pacific/north-korea-warns-human-rights-criticism-pushing-direction-washington-not-want-see/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-12T16:16:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives at the railway station in Vladivostok on April 26 before leaving Russia after a summit with President Vladimir Putin.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/12/business/oecd-report-recommends-japan-embrace-technological-innovation-entrepreneurship-expand-agricultural-productivity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-12T17:02:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ken Ash, director of trade and agriculture at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, is interviewed by The Japan Times on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/12/business/china-still-cautiously-optimistic-u-s-trade-talks-despite-new-tariffs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-12T17:05:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Unloaded containers from Asia stand at the main port terminal in Long Beach, California, on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/12/national/politics-diplomacy/g20-farm-ministers-urge-high-tech-push-cross-sector-cooperation-feed-worlds-hungry/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-12T17:55:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Farm minister Takamori Yoshikawa speaks during at a news conference Sunday in Niigata after a G20 ministerial meeting on agricultural issues.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/12/world/politics-diplomacy-world/anc-keeps-power-south-africa-scandals-cost-votes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-12T17:57:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[South African President Cyril Ramaphosa applauds as confetti is launched at the end of the results ceremony at the Independent Electoral Commission Results Center in Pretoria on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/12/asia-pacific/separatist-gunmen-storm-five-star-hotel-pakistan-killing-least-one/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-12T17:57:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This picture taken on March 8 shows the five-star Pearl Continental hotel located on a hill in the southwestern Pakistani city of Gwadar.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/12/world/politics-diplomacy-world/britains-labour-party-questions-whether-successor-leader-theresa-may-honor-brexit-deal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-12T19:32:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[British Prime Minister Theresa May leaves church, as Brexit turmoil continues, in Sonning, England, on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/12/national/calligraphy-unveiled-japannew-reiwa-era-kept-national-archives/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-12T19:55:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga holds up a placard showing the kanji for Reiwa, the name of the new Imperial era, at a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on April 1.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/12/business/economy-business/malaysia-talks-japan-join-new-visa-program-blue-collar-workers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-12T20:31:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vietnamese workers pack tomatoes at a farm in Asahi, Chiba Prefecture, in December. Japan is in talks with Malaysia on allowing blue-collar workers to enter the country under a new visa program that was launched in April, official sources have said.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/13/world/crime-legal-world/mexican-union-leader-shot-dead-troubled-oil-refining-city-salamanca/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-13T03:41:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/10/national/japan-enacts-legislation-making-preschool-education-free-effort-boost-low-fertility-rate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-13T10:08:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Upper House passes a bill Friday that will make preschool education free starting in October.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/04/15/national/crime-legal/young-girl-sent-back-sri-lanka-hague-convention/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-13T12:18:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/10/23/national/japan-to-join-child-custody-pact-in-april/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-13T12:19:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/16/national/hague-pact-too-late-for-divorcee/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-13T12:19:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/13/world/white-house-adviser-says-trump-xi-likely-hold-talks-osaka-g20-meeting-june/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-13T12:53:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump listens during a Celebration of Military Mothers event held in the East Room of the White House on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/13/world/gunmen-kill-six-second-recent-attack-church-burkina-faso/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-13T13:51:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/13/business/retired-lebanese-soldiers-picket-central-bank-wage-benefit-cuts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-13T14:43:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Retired soldiers take part in a protest over proposed cuts to the cost of military pensions and benefits, in front of the central bank in Beirut Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/13/business/eyes-ubers-second-day-trading-debut-flop-amid-trump-trade-war-lyfts-drag/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-13T14:53:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-uber-a-20190514.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Uber board member Ryan Graves (right) rings a ceremonial bell as the company's stock opens for trading during its initial public offering at the New York Stock Exchange Friday. Stacey Cunningham (second from left), president of the NYSE, Tony West (center), Uber's Chief Legal Officer, and CEO Dara Khosrowshahi (second from right) applaud. A fare war between Uber and Lyft has led to billions of dollars in losses for both ride-hailing companies as they fight for passengers and drivers.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-13T14:53:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-biden-a-20190514.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden (left) and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti leave a Mexican restaurant after talking to patrons, in Los Angeles May 8.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/13/business/facebook-takes-dodgy-italian-accounts-ahead-eu-election/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-13T14:54:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man poses with a magnifier in front of a Facebook logo on display in this illustration taken in Sarajevo in 2015.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-13T14:58:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump waves prior to departing on a trip to Wisconsin from the White House in Washington last fall.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/13/national/u-n-panel-agrees-new-guidelines-accurately-measure-greenhouse-gas-emissions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-13T16:10:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/13/business/corporate-business/days-announcing-tripling-profits-softbank-market-value-slides-9-billion-uber-ipo-flops/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-13T16:22:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-softuber-a-20190514.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi (center, dark jacket) rings the opening bell during the company's IPO at the New York Stock Exchange on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/13/national/four-found-dead-submerged-car-off-port-kagoshima-prefecture/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-13T16:33:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Four people were confirmed dead Monday after their bodies were discovered in a submerged car off a port in Kagoshima Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/13/business/corporate-business/japan-auto-association-chief-says-outlook-bleak-amid-u-s-china-trade-spat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-13T16:35:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/b-autochief-a-20190514.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-autochief-a-20190514.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda, also the chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, faces the media during a news conference Monday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/12/business/corporate-business/carlos-ghosns-successor-hiroto-saikawa-siege-within-nissan-profit-sinks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-13T16:37:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nissan chief Hiroto Saikawa speaks at a news conference at Nissan Global Headquarters in Yokohama on March 12.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/13/business/corporate-business/toshiba-net-profit-26-fiscal-2018-selling-chip-unit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-13T16:39:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-toshiba-a-20190514.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toshiba's group operating profit fell 58.9 percent to ¥35.45 billion in the 2018 business year.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/13/business/corporate-business/lawyer-ghosn-says-ex-nissan-boss-received-no-money-via-oman-bank-accounts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-13T16:41:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-hironaka-a-20190514.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Nissan Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn did not receive any money into his personal bank accounts via Oman, according to his lawyer, Junichiro Hironaka.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/13/national/science-health/japan-health-ministry-issues-alert-libido-enhancing-slimming-products-foreign-websites/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-13T16:53:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-pills-a-20190514.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The health ministry has warned of possible health risks regarding so-called supplements for sexual enhancement or slimming being sold to Japanese consumers on overseas-based websites.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/13/national/classes-resume-prince-hisahitos-school-following-knife-incident/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-13T16:56:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-prince-a-20190514.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ochanomizu University Junior High School resumed classes Monday following an incident late last month in which an intruder left knives on a desk used by Prince Hisahito.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-13T17:04:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-13T17:18:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[At your service: Maids at Royal/T Cafe in Culver City pose during a break from attending to customers' needs in California's first maid cafe.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/01/08/national/subculture-inspires-young-male-cross-dressing-trend/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-13T17:19:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20110108f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Crossover appeal: Takarazuka actresses (from left) Fuuto Nozomi and Rio Asumi along with male cross-dresser Mitz Mangrove promote Unilever Japan cosmetic cream in Tokyo on Oct. 18.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/25/business/european-design-animation-station-african-festival/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-13T17:20:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/13/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/midterm-vote-philippine-leader-rodrigo-duterte-set-gain-allies-shut-critics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-13T18:14:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/f-philvote-a-20190519.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Voters rush inside as the gate opens at a polling precinct in Manila on Monday for a midterm poll. The vote was expected to strengthen President Rodrigo Duterte's grip on power, opening the way for him to deliver on pledges to restore the death penalty and rewrite the constitution.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/13/national/politics-diplomacy/u-s-removes-japan-list-countries-showing-noncompliance-hague-convention-child-abduction/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-13T18:42:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-hague-a-20190513.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-hague-a-20190513.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The U.S. State Department has removed Japan from its list of countries showing a pattern of noncompliance with the so-called Hague Convention on cross-border parental child abduction.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/13/national/south-korean-students-flock-japan-birthrate-sinks-unemployment-climbs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-13T19:57:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[South Korean job seekers attend a job fair in Nagoya in April.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/13/national/shibuya-youtube-pranksters-made-bed-now-lie-prosecutors-referral/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-13T20:00:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-prank-a-20190514.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo's Shibuya scramble crossing was the site of a March prank in which a group placed a bed with a YouTuber on top in the middle of the intersection as pedestrians traversed it.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/09/national/sea-turtles-returning-to-ogasawaras/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-13T20:18:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Familiar waters: A green sea turtle swims last July near Chichijima in the Ogasawara Islands about 1,000 km south of Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/13/national/turtle-shell-divination-rite-conducted-ahead-key-imperial-succession-ceremony/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-13T20:25:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The turtle-shell divination rite to select the prefectures that will supply rice for the Daijosai ceremony was held at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/13/national/tepco-tests-halting-water-injection-crippled-reactor-fukushima-no-1-nuclear-power-plant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-13T20:25:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is seen on March 11 in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture. The complex was struck by the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster and is currently being decommissioned.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/13/business/corporate-business/kddi-rolls-new-price-smartphone-plans-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-13T20:26:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-kddi-a-20190514.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takashi Shoji, KDDI Corp.'s senior managing executive officer director, explains the carrier's data plans Monday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/13/business/corporate-business/nissan-pushes-back-renaults-renewed-efforts-merge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-13T23:33:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/b-nissan-a-20190514.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-nissan-a-20190514.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Renault Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard and Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa hold a news conference at Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama in March.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/14/business/bayer-says-monsanto-probably-kept-files-influential-people-across-europe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-14T03:04:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Bayer AG logo is seen at the headquarters in La Garenne-Colombes, near Paris, Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/13/national/narita-airport-saw-record-number-travelers-golden-week/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-14T12:18:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Narita airport’s departure lobby is crowded with travelers on April 26.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/12/asia-pacific/crime-legal-asia-pacific/chinese-womans-secret-arrest-u-s-hints-sanctions-probe-goes-beyond-just-huawei/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-14T12:29:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-chinaprobe-a-20190513.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Huawei Technologies Co. executive Meng Wanzhou leaves her family home in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/14/world/politics-diplomacy-world/sudans-military-opposition-agree-transitional-power-structure-tensions-mount/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-14T13:14:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-sudan-a-20190515.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sudanese gather as protests continue near Sudan's military headquarters in central Khartoum on Monday. Sudan's protest leaders said they have reached a breakthrough agreement with the country's military rulers on transitional authorities to run the country. The news came shortly after the prosecutor general's office said ousted President Omar al-Bashir had been charged over the killings of protesters during anti-regime demonstrations.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/14/world/crime-legal-world/trump-urges-judge-not-fast-track-lawsuit-house-subpoena/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-14T13:20:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/f-slowalk-a-20190515.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-slowalk-a-20190515.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up as Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban departs the White House in Washington Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/14/business/trump-says-u-s-farmers-will-get-15-billion-aid-amid-china-trade-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-14T13:23:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press before a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday in Washington.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/14/national/politics-diplomacy/xi-visit-japan-state-guest-put-off-next-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-14T13:59:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-chinapresident-a-20190514.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping get together for talks on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires last Nov. 30.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/14/national/ex-top-trump-aide-mcmaster-says-accepting-north-korea-nukes-push-japan-debate-deterrent/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-14T15:45:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-mcmaster-a-20190515.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-mcmaster-a-20190515.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Then-U.S. national security adviser H.R. McMaster listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with North Korean defectors in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington in February 2018.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/14/business/split-u-s-supreme-court-allows-consumers-antitrust-suit-apple-proceed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-14T15:53:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Customers enter the Apple store in New York last May. The Supreme Court is allowing consumers to pursue an antitrust lawsuit that claims Apple has unfairly monopolized the market for the sale of iPhone apps.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/14/world/trump-losing-fight-ban-huawei-equipment-global-mobile-networks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-14T15:57:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-huawei-a-20190515.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Attendees walk past a sign advertising Huawei Technologies Co. at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/21/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-xi-summit-comes-chinese-leader-looks-create-united-front-amid-u-s-trade-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-14T17:18:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-abechina-a-20181022.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands during the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, on Sept. 12.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/14/business/corporate-business/nissan-considers-buying-stake-chinese-electric-carmaker/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-14T17:37:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-nissanev-a-20190515.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Nissan Motor Co. Sylphy Zero Emission electric vehicle is assembled at a factory operated by a joint venture with Dongfeng Motor Co. in Guangzhou, China, last Nov. 15.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/14/business/world-hands-subsidies-u-s-states-start-hitting-drivers-electric-cars-higher-fees/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-14T17:37:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/b-usev-a-20190515.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-usev-a-20190515.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Drivers of electric vehicles, including the Chevrolet Bolt, are being hit with higher fees in 24 U.S. states.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/14/asia-pacific/inside-close-naval-encounters-south-china-sea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-14T17:37:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/f-chinasea-a-20190515.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-chinasea-a-20190515.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The U.S. Navy's USS Blue Ridge sits anchored in Singapore on Thursday. The Japan-based Blue Ridge is the flagship of the 7th Fleet and the oldest operational ship in the U.S. Navy.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/14/business/economy-business/japans-current-account-surplus-shrinks-first-time-five-years/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-14T18:02:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/b-surplus-a-20190515.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-surplus-a-20190515.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Finance Ministry says China's economic slowdown has hurt Japan's trade figures.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/14/national/unesco-panel-recommends-adding-japans-mozu-furuichi-tombs-world-heritage-list/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-14T18:17:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-unesco-c-20190515.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-unesco-c-20190515.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An aerial photo shows the Emperor Nintoku mausoleum (top) and the Emperor Richu mausoleum (bottom), at sites collectively called the Mozu-Furuichi tumulus clusters, in Osaka Prefecture. A UNESCO panel has recommended the sites be added to the World Cultural Heritage list.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/14/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-south-korea-foreign-ministers-likely-meet-month-paris/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-14T18:34:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-skorea-a-20190515.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-skorea-a-20190515.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-Wha speaks during a news conference with Japanese counterpart, Taro Kono, in Tokyo last July.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/14/national/science-health/japanese-astronomer-names-asteroid-reiwa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-14T19:05:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-asteroid-a-20190514.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-asteroid-a-20190514.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga holds up a placard showing the kanji for the new imperial era, Reiwa, during a news conference, as people watch live at an electronics store in Tokyo's Yurakucho district on April 1.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/14/national/emperor-naruhito-receives-first-briefing-abe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-14T19:07:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-emperor-a-20190515.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-emperor-a-20190515.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Emperor Naruhito receives his first briefing on domestic and international matters from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/14/national/science-health/japan-assign-100-personnel-new-satellite-monitoring-unit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-14T19:29:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-satellite-a-20190514.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-satellite-a-20190514.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Defense Ministry]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/14/national/tokyos-shibuya-district-ban-drinking-streets-halloween/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-14T19:32:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-shibuya-a-20190515.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-shibuya-a-20190515.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police officers try to control crowds gathered to celebrate Halloween on the streets of Shibuya in Tokyo on Oct. 31.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/14/national/okinawa-based-u-s-marines-may-start-moving-guam-october-2024/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-14T20:12:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-marines-a-20190515.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-marines-a-20190515.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma is seen in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/14/national/politics-diplomacy/nippon-ishin-no-kai-lawmaker-apologizes-drunkenly-asking-war-russia-islands/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-14T20:13:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-maruyama-a-20190515.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-maruyama-a-20190515.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Opposition lawmaker Hodaka Maruyama retracts his controversial remarks as he faces reporters in Tokyo late Monday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/14/business/corporate-business/uniqlo-gu-brands-fast-retailing-says-460000-online-accounts-accessed-japan-hack/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-14T20:13:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/b-uniqlo-a-20190515.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-uniqlo-a-20190515.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fast Retailing, operator of the Uniqlo store chain, says customers' personal information, purchase history and parts of credit card numbers have been hacked.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/03/national/tokyos-pet-loss-cafe-offers-place-grieve-lost-furry-friends/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-14T20:23:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-petloss-c-20190504.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-petloss-c-20190504.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pet altar items are displayed at Pet Loss Cafe in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/14/world/saudi-arabia-says-oil-facilities-near-riyadh-attacked-explosive-laden-drones/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-14T21:14:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/f-saoil-a-20190515.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-saoil-a-20190515.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Oil tanks at a plant in Haradh, about 280 kilometres southwest of the eastern Saudi oil city of Dhahran, are seen on March 22, 2006. Two pumping stations on a major Saudi oil pipeline were attacked by drones on Tuesday, halting the flow of crude along it, Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/14/business/corporate-business/nissan-projects-weakest-profit-decade-carlos-ghosn-woes-linger/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-14T21:51:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/b-nissanresults-a-20190515.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-nissanresults-a-20190515.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nissan Motor Co. CEO Hiroto Saikawa holds a news conference on the carmaker's earnings projections in Yokohama on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/15/asia-pacific/tsunami-warning-strong-quake-off-papua-new-guinea-threat-japan-evaluation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-15T00:31:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/15/world/washington-warns-possible-iran-linked-imminent-threats-u-s-forces-iraq/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-15T08:47:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/f-iranthreat-a-20190516.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-iranthreat-a-20190516.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[IU.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (center) talks with Charge D'affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad Joey Hood after he arrived for meetings May 7. A senior officer in the U.S.-led military coalition combating the Islamic State says there is no increased threat from Iranian-backed forces in Iraq or Syria. British Maj. Gen. Chris Ghika, speaking from coalition headquarters in Baghdad, made the remark to reporters at the Pentagon in a video teleconference Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/15/world/social-issues-world/five-u-s-abuse-victims-sue-vatican-release-thousands-names-predator-priests/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-15T11:30:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/f-vatsuit-a-20190516.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-vatsuit-a-20190516.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Attorney Jeff Anderson (left), accompanied by Manuel Vega, who says he was sexually abused by a priest, describes Vega's lawsuit against the Vatican at a news conference in Los Angeles last fall. Several people, including Vega, filed suit against the Vatican on Tuesday and are demanding to know the names of thousands of predator priests they claim have been kept secret by the Holy See, according to Anderson.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/14/national/osaka-welcomes-unesco-support-burial-mounds-world-heritage-site/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-15T11:58:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-unescoreax-a-20190515.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-unescoreax-a-20190515.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, rejoice Tuesday upon hearing the news that the UNESCO advisory panel recommended adding ancient tumulus clusters in the prefecture to the World Cultural Heritage list.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/15/business/financial-markets/upbeat-comments-trump-china-halt-global-stock-skid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-15T12:18:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/b-stocks-a-20190516.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-stocks-a-20190516.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Specialist Anthony Matesic works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday. Stocks are opening broadly higher on Wall Street as the market claws back some of the ground it lost in a big slide a day earlier.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/15/world/risks-rise-little-spent-avert-disasters-say-u-n-red-cross/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-15T15:28:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/f-unrisks-a-20190516.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-unrisks-a-20190516.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Children line up on Sunday to collect food in Puri, in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, following Cyclone Fani.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/15/world/politics-diplomacy-world/mike-pompeo-warns-russia-u-s-election-meddling/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-15T15:32:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/f-pompeo-a-20190516.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-pompeo-a-20190516.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo greet each other prior to their talks in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi, southern Russia, on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/15/world/politics-diplomacy-world/u-k-faces-final-brexit-showdown-parliament-start-june/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-15T18:18:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/f-brexit-a-20190516.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-brexit-a-20190516.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[British Prime Minister Theresa May waits to greet NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg for a bilateral meeting in London on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/15/business/economy-business/china-vows-peoples-war-trade-fight-u-s-takes-nationalist-turn/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-15T18:35:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/b-trademedia-a-20190516.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-trademedia-a-20190516.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese shipping containers are stored beside a U.S. flag after they were unloaded at the Port of Los Angeles in Long Beach, California, on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/15/national/japan-plans-create-10-billion-14-digit-phone-numbers-5g-era-approaching/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-15T18:41:41+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-phonenumber-a-20190515.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-phonenumber-a-20190515.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan plans to roll out some 10 billion new 14-digit phone numbers, as the 11 digit-numbers currently in use are expected to run out within several years.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/15/business/corporate-business/hitachi-high-speed-train-unveiled-britain-launch-london-leeds-service/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-15T18:53:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/b-train-a-20190516.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-train-a-20190516.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Azuma high-speed train, manufactured by Japan's Hitachi Ltd., is shown to the media at London's King's Cross Station on Tuesday. The train was to begin commercial operations from Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/15/national/acting-u-s-defense-chief-hopes-help-mend-japan-south-korea-ties-first-visit-tokyo-next-month-sources/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-15T19:08:10+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-shanahan-a-20190516.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-shanahan-a-20190516.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Patrick Shanahan]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/15/national/health-insurance-law-revised-limit-coverage-japan-residents/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-15T22:15:16+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-insurancelaw-a-20190516.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-insurancelaw-a-20190516.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A legislative revision is enacted at the Upper House session Wednesday to make Japan's national health insurance program largely available only to those residing in the country.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-15T22:39:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hodaka Maruyama (right) apologizes to former residents of the four Russian-held, Japanese-claimed islands, on Sunday during a visit to Kunashiri, one of the islands, for comments made while drunk the previous night.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-15T22:44:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Robotic life-sized dinosaurs drew lots of onlookers at the Japan IR Expo on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-16T13:59:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Record heat in Japan last year, which triggered a buying frenzy of liquefied natural gas and catapulted prices to their highest since 2014, is unlikely to be repeated, meteorologists say.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-16T16:44:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-16T17:07:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-16T17:10:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-16T17:29:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-16T18:06:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-16T18:59:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-16T19:57:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-16T19:58:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[More Chinese patients are visiting Japan on medical visas, seeking better treatment at hospitals and clinics.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Actress Mio Imada and Hikakin, a popular YouTuber, pose for photos during Line Corp.'s media event Thursday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The new National Stadium, the main venue for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, is under construction on March 9.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe discusses future growth policies Wednesday at the prime minister's office.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/16/national/robots-gundam-series-greet-2020-olympic-athletes-space/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-16T21:59:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai briefs reporters at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday about the Tokyo 2020 organizers' plan to launch model robots from the "Mobile Suit Gundam" anime series into space aboard a satellite that will broadcast messages of support to athletes.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/17/world/nine-islamic-state-militants-killed-southwest-pakistan-raid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-17T04:43:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pakistan hospital staff collect information on alleged terrorists killed by security forces, at a mortuary in Quetta, Pakistan, Thursday. Pakistani police say security forces acting on intelligence raided a militant hideout in the town of Mastung in southwestern Baluchistan province, triggering a shootout that killed many suspects.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/17/world/casualties-reported-saudi-led-coalition-airstrikes-hit-sanaa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-17T08:47:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People inspect the site of an airstrike by Saudi-led coalition forces in Sanaa Thursday,. Yemen's human rights minister says heavy fighting is underway in the country's south as rebel Houthis push to gain more territory from government forces and their allies. The clashes come as the Saudi-led coalition carried out airstrikes on the capital earlier on Thursday, targeting the Houthis and killing at least three civilians.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/17/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/australian-larrikin-ex-prime-minister-bob-hawke-dies-89/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-17T09:05:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke and his wife, Blanche d'Alpuget, arrive at the Australian Labor Party's campaign launch in Brisbane, Australia, ,in 2013. Hawke, Australia's 23rd prime minister, has died in Sydney at age 89.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/17/world/crime-legal-world/nancy-pelosi-says-trump-needs-congress-ok-military-action-iran/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-17T09:09:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters at her weekly news conference at the Capitol in Washington Thursday. Pelosi says the U.S. must avoid war with Iran, and she says the White House has "no business" moving toward a Middle East confrontation without approval from Congress.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/16/national/politics-diplomacy/japanese-government-seeks-public-comment-plan-bring-foreign-trainees-hotel-sector/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-17T13:11:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Vietnamese woman working for a cleaning company in the city of Kochi spreads a sheet on a bed at a business hotel in January. The government is considering adding the hotel industry to its technical intern program for foreign nationals.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/17/national/tight-security-expected-g20-summit-osaka/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-17T13:40:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hirofumi Yoshimura]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/17/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-extends-sdf-dispatch-u-n-peacekeeping-mission-hq-south-sudan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-17T14:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The base camp used by the Ground Self-Defense Force during its peacekeeping mission is seen in Juba last May, after Japanese troops withdrew from the U.N.-sponsored mission in South Sudan the year before.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/17/national/politics-diplomacy/iran-unwilling-negotiate-bully-u-s-nuclear-deal-foreign-minister/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-17T14:48:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/17/world/crime-legal-world/french-anesthetist-charged-killing-nine-patients-resuscitation-scam/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-17T15:26:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Frederic Pechier, an anesthetist suspected of poisoning and murder at the Besancon hospital, talks to journalists as he leaves the court after his hearing in Besancon, France, March 29. Pechier is already under investigation for poisoning seven patients and has been charged with poisoning 17 more people at a clinic in eastern France, one of his lawyers said Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/17/business/huawei-ban-seen-clouding-u-s-china-trade-talks-tech-sector/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-17T15:27:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-huaweifactor-a-20190518.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Young Sohn, president and chief strategy officer of Samsung Electronics Co., speaks at the Viva Technology conference in Paris on Thursday Donald Trump's latest offensive against China's Huawei Technologies Co. puts Europe in an even bigger bind over which side to pick, but France's President Emmanuel Macron is seen holding the line.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/17/world/social-issues-world/fleeing-regime-russian-bombs-syrian-families-shelter-olive-groves-near-turkey-border/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-17T15:28:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Displaced Syrian children sit together in an olive grove at Atmeh town, Idlib province, Syria, Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/03/17/world/basque-militant-separatist-group-eta-set-announce-disarmament-report/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-17T15:31:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/17/world/standing-tall-first-black-african-woman-scales-everest/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-17T15:36:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/16/national/princess-kako-plans-visit-europe-first-official-overseas-trip/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-17T15:43:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Princess Kako, a niece of Emperor Naruhito, arrives at a conference hall in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Sept. 2 last year.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/17/national/japan-passes-bill-drastically-curb-drone-flights-military-tokyo-olympic-sites/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-17T15:51:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-drones-a-20190518.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A pair of drones are seen during a demonstration at the CP+ Camera and Photo Imaging Show in Yokohama in February. The government on Friday enacted legislation to severely restrict the flying of drones over military and Olympic facilities.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/17/asia-pacific/science-health-asia-pacific/preseasoned-omega-lambs-fitbit-cows-new-zealand-responds-alternative-protein-threat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-17T16:35:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Te Mana sheep stand in a wool shed at a farm near Lumsden in New Zealand's Southland region. Their meat is aimed at a niche similar to wagyu beef.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/17/asia-pacific/social-issues-asia-pacific/health-insurance-time-off-empowered-sex-workers-thailand-battle-stigma/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-17T16:41:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/17/business/corporate-business/nissan-ceo-hiroto-saikawa-wont-charged-ghosns-underreported-pay-sources-say/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-17T17:28:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/b-ceo-a-20190518.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-ceo-a-20190518.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nissan Motor Co. Chief Executive Hiroto Saikawa speaks at a press conference at its global headquarters in Yokohama on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/17/business/tech/boeing-says-completed-software-update-737-max-jets-eyes-faa-certification-flight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-17T18:07:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-boeing-a-20190518.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Employees work on Boeing 737 Max airplanes at the Boeing Renton Factory in Renton, Washington, in March. Boeing said Thursday it completed its software update on the 737 Max after two deadly crashes resulted in a global grounding of the aircraft. The proposed fix must now win approval from U.S. and international regulators before the planes can return to service.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/17/business/corporate-business/nissan-offer-navigated-highway-driving-system-starting-fall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-17T18:21:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman walks past a Nissan Motor Co. logo at the company's headquarters in Yokohama on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/17/business/corporate-business/toyota-considers-offering-self-driving-technology-ride-hailing-firms-asia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-17T19:27:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Toyota Motor Corp. GR Supra vehicle stands on display at the company's office in Tokyo on May 8.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/17/business/u-s-wont-seek-cap-car-exports-japan-trade-deal-despite-report-tokyos-negotiator-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-17T20:24:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toshimitsu Motegi, minister for economic and fiscal policy, speaks at a news conference in Washington on April 16.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/17/national/science-health/breast-cancer-drug-verzenio-serious-side-effects-lungs-japans-health-ministry-warns/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-17T22:19:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-cancerdrug-a-20190518.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-cancerdrug-a-20190518.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The health ministry on Friday warned that the breast cancer drug Verzenio could have a bad side effect on the lungs.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/17/world/politics-diplomacy-world/boris-johnson-slim-trimmed-ready-fight-power/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-18T07:09:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson gives a speech at the JCB Headquarters in Rocester, Staffordshire, Britain, on Jan. 18.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/18/business/economy-business/toyota-rebukes-trump-sending-message-carmaker-not-welcomed-u-s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-18T09:30:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump salutes as he walks from Marine One after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Friday following a one-night trip to New York.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/18/business/economy-business/trump-delays-u-s-auto-tariffs-six-months-calls-imports-security-threat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-18T12:30:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a meeting of the National Association of Realtors on Friday in Washington.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/18/business/economy-business/china-newspaper-says-u-s-s-forced-tech-transfer-claims-fabricated/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-18T12:44:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/18/world/politics-diplomacy-world/venezuelas-maduro-says-norway-talks-sought-peaceful-agenda-opposition/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-18T12:46:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino (left) wave the country's national flag during a "march of loyalty" with the Superior Staff of the Venezuela's Bolivarian National Armed Forces and other military personnel in Aragua state on  Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/18/business/economy-business/huawei-autos-trump-aligns-trade-u-s-security/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-18T14:55:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump addresses an audience at a trade show in Washington on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/18/asia-pacific/crime-legal-asia-pacific/u-s-says-may-scale-back-huawei-trade-restrictions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-18T14:56:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-huawei-a-20190519.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Huawei Technologies Co. logo sits on the company's exhibition stand at the Viva Technology conference in Paris on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/18/national/two-retired-japan-government-planes-sold-1-3-billion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-18T14:56:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/18/world/social-issues-world/u-s-men-avoid-spending-time-female-colleagues-wake-metoo-movement/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-18T14:57:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/18/national/history/go-daigos-mysterious-loyal-warrior/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-18T22:32:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p12-hoffman-livingpast-a-20190519.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A print of Kusunoki Masashige from "Sixty-odd Famous Generals of Japan" by Utagawa Yoshitora (c. 1862-66)]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/18/world/science-health-world/surging-suicide-rate-among-american-girls-raises-questions-social-media/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-18T15:23:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/18/national/media-national/elementary-school-kids-can-say-darndest-things-online/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-18T22:40:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga speaks at a daily news briefing on Friday at the Prime Minister's Office, where he suggested a no-confidence motion against Abe's Cabinet could trigger a snap election.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kagoshima Gov. Satoshi Mitazono (second from left) inspects the location of a mudslide on Yakushima island on Monday, a day after hundreds of stranded hikers were rescued.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sony Corp.'s cloud gaming partnership with archrival Microsoft Corp. caught staff in the PlayStation division off guard.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Plaintiffs in new lawsuits filed against Japanese firms over wartime labor, together with their lawyers, give a news conference in Gwangju, South Korea, on April 29. Thorny wartime compensation issues led the Japanese government to call on Monday for the setting up of an arbitration board under a 1965 pact that normalized Tokyo-Seoul bilateral ties.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Osaka High Court on Monday upheld a lower court ruling sentencing a man to 30 years in prison for murdering a man and injuring his three children at their home in Osaka Prefecture in 2016.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-21T04:45:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-21T08:50:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A fighter loyal to Libya's internationally recognized government walks inside a building on the outskirts of Tripoli May 16.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-21T11:22:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The key composite index of economic indicators released Monday has fueled talk that Japan may have entered a recession.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-21T13:24:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A statue symbolizing Korean laborers forcibly taken to Japan during its colonial rule stands near the Japanese Consulate in Busan.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A screen shot from a website developed by a Japanese professor lets users browse through archived photos and comments from witnesses of the Pearl Harbor attack on Dec. 7, 1941.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Condemned: Prime Minister Gen. Hideki Tojo, who was hanged as a Class-A war criminal, attends his trial at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in 1948.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-21T14:52:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Tuesday. He called on relevant officials to enhance safety measures on roads used by young children to go to and from their schools and kindergartens.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-21T15:00:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai speaks during an April event with President Donald Trump on the deployment of 5G technology in the United States, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Pai says he plans to recommend the agency approve the $26.5 billion merger of wireless carriers T-Mobile and Sprint, saying it'll speed up 5G deployment in the U.S. Pai also said Monday the combination will help bring faster mobile broadband to rural Americans.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A North Korean soldier looks into China from his guard post near Dandong, in northeast China's Liaoning Province, in January 2016. The sexual exploitation in China of North Korean women fleeing poverty and oppression in their homeland is said to generate at least $105 million in annual profits for the Chinese underworld]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-21T15:11:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Montoursville, Pennsylvania, on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-21T15:12:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he departs for a campaign rally from the White House in Washington Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) speaks at the Liberty Political Action Conference (LPAC ) in Chantilly, Virginia, in 2013.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-21T15:17:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh gives an interview with The Associated Press at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah April 16. Shtayyeh said Monday that any American peace plan that ignores the Palestinian people's political aspirations for an independent state is doomed to fail. His comments immediately cast a cloud over the American-led Mideast peace conference expected to take place in late June in the tiny Gulf Arab state of Bahrain.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This image taken from CCTV video and released March 16 shows Brenton Tarrant, the suspect in the New Zealand mosque attacks, as he arrives in March 2016 at Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport in Turkey.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe salutes President Xi Jinping at the end of the opening session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A number of Chinese clam fishing boats, which have returned to the disputed South China Sea, are seen at Scarborough Shoal, which is claimed by China, Taiwan and the Philippines, in this satellite image taken last December.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former U.S. defense secretaries Chuck Hagel (left) and Ashton Carter, and former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A road sign warning motorists of kangaroos, koalas and wombats stands along a road leading to the coal-powered AGL Energy Ltd. Loy Yang Power Station in the Latrobe Valley, Australia, on Feb. 23.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Sri Lankan soldier stands guard outside St. Theresa's Church in Colombo on Sunday as Catholic churches held services again following the Easter terrorist attacks.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/06/world/save-us-satans-survivors-sri-lanka-church-attack-pray-tight-security/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-21T16:24:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of Zion Church, which was bombed on Easter Sunday, pray at a community hall in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/04/28/asia-pacific/laid-back-sri-lanka-became-soft-target-islamist-strike/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-21T16:25:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police keep watch outside the family home of a bomber suspect where an explosion occurred during a Special Task Force raid, following a string of suicide attacks on churches and luxury hotels, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/04/29/world/sri-lanka-raids-hq-hard-line-islamist-group-suspected-easter-church-carnage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-21T16:26:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sri Lankan army personnel search people and their bags at a check point in the village of Kattankudy in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/04/27/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/sri-lankan-ex-defense-chief-gotabaya-rajapaksa-says-will-run-president-tackle-radical-islam/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-21T16:26:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Sri Lankan Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa greets supporters in Katunayake after his return from the United States on April 12.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/04/25/national/body-japanese-victim-sri-lanka-easter-terror-attack-arrives-narita/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-21T16:27:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-body-a-20190426.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The body of Kaori Takahashi, a Japanese woman killed in the terrorist bombings in Colombo, arrives at Narita airport on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/04/25/asia-pacific/foreigners-swept-sri-lanka-searches-clues-easter-sunday-bombings/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-21T16:27:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Family members pray for their mother, a victim of the Easter suicide attacks, at the site of a mass burial in Negombo, Sri Lanka, on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/04/25/asia-pacific/blood-brothers-family-played-key-role-sri-lankas-easter-attacks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-21T16:27:46+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/04/24/asia-pacific/islamic-state-claims-sri-lanka-bombings-releases-photo-attackers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-21T16:28:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-isclaim-c-20190425.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[University of Dubuque professor Rasika Mudalige-Jayawickrama (center left) takes a moment as she attends a vigil on the campus on Tuesday in Dubuque, Iowa. She is from Sri Lanka and her family still lives there.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/04/23/asia-pacific/sri-lanka-imposes-emergency-links-international-network-terror-attacks-death-toll-soars-290/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-21T16:28:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sri Lankan security personnel inspect the debris of a car after it explodes when police tried to defuse a bomb near St. Anthony's Shrine in Colombo on Monday. The death toll from Sunday's bomb blasts that ripped through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka rose dramatically Monday to 290 — including dozens of foreigners — as police announced new arrests over the country's worst attacks for more than a decade.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/04/23/business/sri-lankas-bomb-carnage-casts-pall-tourism-revival-island-named-top-destination/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-21T16:28:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People visit the Golden Buddha statue at the Golden Temple of Dambulla in Central province, Sri Lanka, in January 2016. The suicide bombers who killed at least 290 people, including 32 foreign nationals, could bring the country's recent tourism boom to an end.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/04/23/asia-pacific/rift-president-kept-sri-lanka-prime-minister-dark-intel-looming-easter-attack-deadly-290-minister/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-21T16:29:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe speaks to the media at St. Anthony's Shrine in Colombo Sunday in this still image obtained from a video.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/21/business/american-airlines-asks-court-halt-illegal-slowdown-mechanics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-21T16:29:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[American Airlines aircraft sit at their gates at Miami International Airport in April.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/04/22/national/taro-kono-sends-sympathy-sri-lanka-terror-attacks-amid-report-japanese-among-fatalities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-21T16:29:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono answers a question during a news conference Friday at the Department of State in Washington.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/21/national/japans-weather-agency-extend-range-temperature-forecasts-seven-days-12/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-21T16:46:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-21T17:07:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and economic revitalization minister Toshimitsu Motegi]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/21/national/crime-legal/man-arrested-allegedly-threatening-kill-akb48-spin-off-group-member/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-21T17:11:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yuka Ogino]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/21/national/pay-higher-education-japan-public-parents-students/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-21T17:17:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Students head to the University of Tokyo for unified entrance exams on Jan. 19.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/21/national/japan-shifts-toward-digital-storage-records-moritomo-sdf-scandals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-21T17:17:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Daily logs of Ground Self-Defense Force activities in South Sudan are shown in a file photo from 2017.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/20/national/politics-diplomacy/japans-longest-serving-chief-cabinet-secretary-setting-stage-run-top-slot/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-21T17:20:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga strolls through Central Park in New York on May 11.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-21T17:43:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Based on the result of a psychiatric test, the Tokyo High Court on Monday scrapped a life prison term for a man and sentenced him to 25 years in prison for the murders of three family members and the attempted murder of another in 2016.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-21T18:02:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[William Hagerty]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/21/national/five-injured-including-three-pedestrians-five-car-crash-central-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-21T20:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A truck that rammed into three pedestrians and hit four vehicles is seen at the site of the crash in Tokyo's Shinbashi district on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/21/national/women-pass-scandal-hit-tokyo-medical-universitys-entrance-exam-higher-rate-men/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-21T20:18:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/image.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[image.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo Medical University admitted last August that it had been deducting points from exam scores for over 10 years to curb the enrollment of women, as well as men who had failed the exam previously.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/21/national/cherry-blossom-seekers-spur-japan-tourism-april-record-high/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-21T22:22:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tourists walk on a street leading to Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in November 2013. The number of foreign visitors to Japan hit a record high in April.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/21/national/hamamatsu-shizuoka-advises-residents-evacuate-downpours-lash-japans-main-island/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-21T22:24:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People hold their umbrellas tightly as strong winds and heavy rain hit central Tokyo on Tuesday morning.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/21/national/new-real-time-flood-projection-system-developed-joint-waseda-university-tokyo-team-tested-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-21T22:25:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A screenshot of a newly developed flood projection system by researchers from Waseda University and the University of Tokyo shows a flood simulation around Tokyo's Shinjuku area.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/21/national/tepco-cautioned-employing-foreign-workers-fukushima-plant-new-visa-system/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-21T22:25:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Tokyo Electric Power Co. employee wearing a protective suit and mask walks past storage tanks for radioactive water at the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, in November 2013.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-21T22:29:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nobuyoshi Yamasaki, chief executive office of TBM Co., poses for a photograph at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on June 9.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/20/business/corporate-business/japan-startup-making-paper-stone-seeks-pre-ipo-funding/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-21T22:31:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nobuyoshi Yamasaki, chief executive officer of TBM Co., poses at the firm's headquarters in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-21T22:32:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-21T22:34:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/21/national/10-year-old-japanese-go-professional-debuts-international-stage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-21T22:59:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sumire Nakamura, 10, Japan's youngest professional go player, faces 27-year-old Wang Chenxing during her first international match Tuesday in Beijing.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-21T23:34:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lawmaker Hodaka Maruyama says he will not resign as a Diet member as he faces reporters in Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda speaks during the unveiling of the 2020 Toyota Supra at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Jan. 14.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/21/business/economy-business/taro-aso-denies-japans-october-sales-tax-hike-linked-snap-election-speculation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-21T23:35:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[New South Korean Ambassador to Japan Nam Gwan-pyo enters the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiroshi Inoya (left) and Soma Sakimoto meet in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Theresa May, U.K. prime minister, gestures while delivering a speech setting out a new proposal for her Brexit deal in London on Tuesday. She is considering tighter customs ties with the European Union to try to win over Labour lawmakers, but the strategy risks angering Brexiteers in her government.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Giant balloons in the shape of a Chinese military tank and "Tank Man" are seen in front of Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall in Taipei on Tuesday, ahead of 30th anniversary of the 1989 military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-22T18:26:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[British Steel's Scunthorpe plant is pictured at dawn in England on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-22T18:32:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-22T18:51:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-22T19:10:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-22T19:17:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan saw the biggest increase in expat package values last year, thanks to a stronger yen and steeper housing costs.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-23T11:18:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The logos of Japan's three major mobile phone carriers: (from top) NTT Docomo Inc., KDDI Corp.'s au and SoftBank Corp.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A sign advertises 5G at the Qualcomm booth at CES International in Las Vegas in January. Qualcomm and Apple drove declines in technology stocks on Wednesday2. Qualcomm plunged following a federal judge's ruling against the chipmaker in an antitrust case.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-23T13:30:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ray Wong (left) and Alan Li pose for a photo in Berlin in June 2018. The two former Hong Kong independence activists have been granted refugee status in Germany in what is one of the first cases of dissenters from the semi-autonomous Chinese city receiving such protection.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-23T13:34:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chasing fans abroad: Members of the all-female Takarazuka Revue Company perform in Taipei in April. For its first totally solo overseas undertaking, the musical troupe managed to handle everything itself, from ticket sales and promotion to renting a theater.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Two CV-22 Ospreys take off from the U.S. military's Yokota Air Base on the outskirts of Tokyo last October.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-23T13:36:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Foreign nationals take tests on April 25 in Tokyo for a newly introduced type of working visa.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Empress Masako is greeted Wednesday at the Japanese Red Cross Society's annual gathering in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/23/business/corporate-business/ceo-japans-sony-vows-tackle-game-addiction-group-disorder/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-23T13:55:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kenichiro Yoshida]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/01/16/national/farewell-johnny-japans-oldest-chimp-dies-69/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan's oldest chimpanzee, Johnny, died Tuesday at a zoo in Kobe at the estimated age of 69.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takuya Yokota, a younger brother of abductee Megumi Yokota, speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a welcoming ceremony for Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 14.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-24T18:02:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A meeting is held at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Friday to discuss measures to tackle human trafficking in Japan.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A statue of the Nintendo Co. video-game character Mario stands on display in the Akihabara district of Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/24/business/economy-business/japans-core-consumer-prices-rose-0-9-year-april/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-24T18:15:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People walk past a Uniqlo store in Tokyo. Japan's core consumer prices rose 0.9 percent in April from a year earlier due to robust demand for overseas package tours and rising energy prices, according to government data released Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Firecrackers explode near supporters of presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto during clashes with the police in Jakarta on Wednesday. Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said authorities had the volatile situation under control after six people died Wednesday in riots.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-24T19:46:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[President Donald Trump, accompanied by Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue *left), gestures as he answers a question from a reporter during a meeting to support America's farmers and ranchers in the Roosevelt Room of the White House Thursday in Washington.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/24/national/sumo-superfan-skip-basho-finale-saying-tightened-security-trump-unwelcome-distraction/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-24T20:32:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kenzo Furushima, an 83-year-old sumo enthusiast, talks Friday about his concerns regarding U.S. President Donald Trump's upcoming visit to the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/24/business/financial-markets/boj-plan-fix-etf-problem-branded-meaningless-gesture/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-24T21:06:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jesper Koll]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/24/business/economy-business/japan-downgrades-prospects-economy-due-china-u-s-trade-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-24T21:42:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-downgrade-a-20190525.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The government downgraded its assessment of Japan's economy in a monthly report released Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/24/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-rare-ally-good-terms-trump-chance-boost-strategic-position/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-24T21:43:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania greet Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife, Akie, in front of the White House in Washington on April 27.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/24/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-turns-heat-fails-convince-south-korea-accept-arbitration-wartime-labor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-24T21:44:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Foreign Minister Taro Kono holds talks with his South Korean counterpart Kang Kyung-wha (right) Thursday in Paris.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/24/national/japan-enacts-law-calling-national-movement-slash-6-million-tons-food-wasted-annually/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-24T21:45:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lawson Inc. rice balls are seen with stickers indicating they are close to expiration and are eligible for shopping credits worth 5 percent of their value.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/24/business/corporate-business/nomura-ceo-take-3-month-pay-cut-leak-information-japan-stock-market-changes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-24T21:45:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Koji Nagai, chief executive officer of Nomura Holdings Inc., speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/24/business/economy-business/japan-u-s-trade-chiefs-meet-tokyo-ahead-abe-trump-summit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-24T22:16:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-trade-a-20190525.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer (right) welcomes economic revitalization minister Toshimitsu Motegi (second from left) in Washington on April 25, ahead of their trade talks.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-25T09:16:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Minister of Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal holds flowers after paying her respects at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/24/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/north-korea-vows-fiercer-response-end-nuclear-talks-u-s-continues-hostile-acts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-25T09:16:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump talk in the garden of the hotel where they met for the second U.S.-North Korea summit in Hanoi on Feb. 28.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-25T10:18:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud take part in a signing ceremony at the Saudi Royal Court in Riyadh in May 2017.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/25/world/politics-diplomacy-world/downfall-theresa-may-prime-minister-broken-brexit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-25T11:02:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/f-maydownfall-a-20190526.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-maydownfall-a-20190526.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[British Prime Minister Theresa May tears up as she announces her resignation outside No. 10 Downing St. in central London on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/25/national/mayor-yamaguchi-prefecture-asks-tokyo-scrap-aegis-ashore-deployment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-25T11:48:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/25/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/u-s-defense-chief-meet-chinese-counterpart-singapore-defense-forum/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-25T12:39:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Patrick Shanahan]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/25/world/politics-diplomacy-world/british-prime-minister-boris-johnson-eus-worst-nightmare/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-25T12:50:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-bojo-a-20190526.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Boris Johnson, the former mayor of London and current British foreign minister, leaves his home in the capital in June 2016.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/25/business/corporate-business/ana-launches-tokyo-honolulu-service-using-airbus-a380-worlds-biggest-passenger-jet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-25T13:29:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-anaa380-a-20190526.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The first Airbus A380 aircraft operated by All Nippon Airways has a special sea turtle livery. With the launch of the aircraft Friday, ANA hopes to bolster its cash-cow Honolulu routes.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/24/business/corporate-business/citing-weakening-profitability-lower-margins-moodys-downgrades-nissans-credit-rating-a3/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-25T13:36:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Nissan Motor Co. logo is seen atop the company's global headquarters in Yokohama.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/24/national/consumer-agency-orders-mcdonalds-japan-pay-%c2%a521-million-improper-labeling-two-items/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-25T13:53:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-mcdonald-a-20190525.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Tokyo Roast Beef Burger is advertised on a McDonald's Japan menu.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/25/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-ruling-bloc-delay-submission-bill-revise-referendum-law/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-25T14:28:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/25/national/olympics-2011-miracle-pine-tokyo-2020-torch-itinerary/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-25T15:16:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/25/national/media-national/susaki-mascot-chiitan-runs-afoul-twitters-social-media-rules/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-25T22:42:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p16-stmichel-chiitan-twitter-a-20190526.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Otter outrage: A mascot called Chiitan has had its Twitter accounts suspended and fans certainly aren't happy about it.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/25/national/media-national/news-outlets-debate-ethics-behind-prenatal-testing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-25T22:53:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p17-brasor-disability-test-a-20190526.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Clinical testing: The Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology has decided to allow doctors with private practices to perform a prenatal test that carries little risk.  Getty Images]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/25/business/japan-promote-tax-hike-preparations-small-businesses/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-25T15:50:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/25/national/crime-legal/japanese-police-arrest-15-men-suspected-large-scale-phone-scam-thailand/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-25T15:52:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Suspects in a large-scale phone scam in Thailand, involving what is believed to be hundreds of victims across Japan, arrive at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/25/national/media-national/fatal-traffic-mishaps-put-drivers-media-spotlight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-25T22:52:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p16-schreiber-car-accidents-a-20190526.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Traffic tragedy: Ambulance personnel work at the site where a car rammed into a group of young children in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on May 8.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/25/business/china-accuses-u-s-officials-misleading-public-trade-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-25T16:51:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-tradewar-a-20190526.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man looks at his smartphone as he walks past an electronics shop advertising phones from Huawei and Apple in Beijing on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/25/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/north-korean-missile-tests-violated-u-n-resolution-top-trump-official-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-25T16:51:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/f-nkbolton-a-20190526.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-nkbolton-a-20190526.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[John Bolton]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/25/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-says-double-election-not-necessarily-cards-even-tax-hike-delayed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-25T17:06:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-abetax-a-20190526.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-abetax-a-20190526.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a meeting of the Lower House's Committee on Health, Labor and Welfare on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/25/national/weather-agency-warns-heatstroke-temperature-rises-30-c-parts-nation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-25T19:51:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-heat-a-20190526.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-heat-a-20190526.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Children play in the water at a park in the city of Osaka on Saturday as temperatures exceeded 30 C in the city and in several other parts of the country.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-27T18:55:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Visitors read past front pages of The Japan Times at an exhibition at the Nagoya University of Foreign Studies Library on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-28T05:35:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Storm damage and debris is left behind at the Skyview Mobile Home Park in the aftermath of a tornado in El Reno, Oklahoma, on Monday,. The EF3 tornado hit the area on Saturday night killing two people and injuring many others.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-28T11:35:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[During a meeting in Tokyo on Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the relatives of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago as first lady Melania Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe look on.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-28T11:41:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump and Emperor Naruhito share smiles as first lady Melania Trump and Empress Masako walk behind during the American presidential couple’s state call at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Monday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-28T14:00:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Etsuro Honda, former economic adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is interviewed in Tokyo last Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/28/business/huawei-reviewing-fedex-relationship-says-packages-diverted/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-28T14:02:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Huawei company logo is seen at the security exhibition in Shanghai Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/27/national/japans-emperor-naruhito-meets-trump-first-state-guest-since-taking-throne/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-28T14:07:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako welcome U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania at the Imperial Palace on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/28/business/ball-u-s-court-start-trade-talks-top-eu-commissioner/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-28T14:10:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom attends an interview with Reuters in Geneva last June.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-28T14:51:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Freelance writer Mayumi Asai picks strawberries at a farm in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, in March.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taiji Hasuda, president of Jikei Hospital's operating company, talks about opening the baby hatch during an interview in the city of Kumamoto on March 7.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-28T15:12:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A total of 144 infants have been brought to the Konotori no Yurikago (Storks' Cradle) baby hatch since it was set up at Jikei Hospital in the city of Kumamoto in 2007.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-28T15:13:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Beate Sirota Gordon addresses the Upper House Constitution Committee in May 2005.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-28T15:16:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Sudanese woman holding a baby flashes the "V" for victory sign as protesters gather outside the military headquarters in Khartoum demanding the instalment of civilian rule on Monday. Thousands of Sudanese men and women have held an around-the-clock sit-in at the site since April 6, initially to seek the military's support in toppling longtime autocrat Omar Bashir and later to remove the generals who seized power after his ouster.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-28T15:16:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland takes part in a bilateral meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the Lappi Areena in Rovaniemi, Finland, May 7.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/28/world/crime-legal-world/malta-failing-rule-law-journalists-assassination-report/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-28T15:20:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People lay flowers and candles at a makeshift memorial during a vigil and protest on the first anniversary of the assassination of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in a car bomb, outside the Courts of Justice in Valletta last October.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-28T15:22:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This photo taken on May 22 and released by @nimsdai Project Possible shows heavy traffic of mountain climbers lining up to stand at the summit of Mount Everest.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/28/national/200-bags-cocaine-found-stomach-japanese-died-plane/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-28T15:53:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-28T16:03:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Relatives of inmates react in front of a prison complex in the Brazilian state of Amazonas after prisoners were found strangled to death in four separate jails, according to the penitentiary department in Manaus on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/28/business/corporate-business/delivery-robot-soon-reality-china-startup-begins-mass-production-robovans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-28T16:20:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-driverless-a-20190529.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Chinese startup Neolix says it will deliver 1,000 of these autonomous vehicles in the next year.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/28/world/blood-thunder-sea-british-veteran-remembers-d-day-75-years/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-28T16:32:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[D-Day veteran Richard Llewellyn on HMS Belfast, on the River Thames in London on May 22]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-28T16:35:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves to supporters on Monday as he set off on a victory rally in the holy city of Varanasi after sweeping the general elections.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/28/national/politics-diplomacy/chinas-new-ambassador-japan-starts-work-thursday/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-28T16:45:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-ambassador-a-20190528.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kong Xuanyou, the incoming Chinese ambassador, is considered an expert on Japan.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/27/business/corporate-business/nissan-tied-renault-fiat-merger-face-much-less-independent-future/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-28T16:53:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jean-Dominique Senard (left), chairman of Renault and Nissan Motor Co. President Hiroto Saikawa hold a news conference in Yokohama on March 12.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/28/national/emperor-empress-bid-farewell-trump-departs-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-28T16:54:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-emperor-a-20190529.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Emperor Naruhito shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump as he bids him farewell Tuesday at a hotel in Tokyo while Melania Trump and Empress Masako look on.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/28/national/science-health/japanese-scientist-puts-forward-theory-moons-formation-solves-50-year-old-mystery-composition-moon-rocks-not-cheese/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-28T17:03:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p3-hooper-naturalselections-a-20190525.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Many moons ago: The Japanese legend of the formation of the moon from a teardrop shed by a god could be a metaphor for the likelihood that it was born from a plume of molten rocks shed by the Earth after a collision with the planet Theia.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/27/business/new-consortium-accelerate-climate-related-corporate-disclosures-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-28T17:29:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hitotsubashi University professor Kunio Ito, one of the founders of a consortium launched Monday that will facilitate climate-related information disclosures by companies, delivers a speech during an event in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/28/business/economy-business/clear-now-japan-braces-trade-pressure-trump-july/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-28T17:40:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hold a joint news conference at the State Guesthouse in Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/28/business/japan-restrict-foreign-investment-firms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-28T17:41:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-investment-a-20190529.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The U.S. sanctions against Huawei Technologies Co. are having wide-ranging consequences.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/28/national/social-issues/kids-arent-right-japan-struggles-protect-vulnerable-children-group-homes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-28T17:47:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Miwa Moriya cries during an interview at her home in Yokohama on April 24.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/28/national/japan-open-job-fields-foreign-graduates-universities/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Marc Mukasey, a lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump, exits the Manhattan Federal Courthouse, following a ruling by a judge to allow Deutsche Bank AG and Capital One Financial Corp. to provide financial records to investigators, in New York City May 22.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ariya Narayanasamy competes in the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Tuesday in National Harbor, Maryland.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Nike advertisement is seen in Shanghai in this undated photo. U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to blacklist Huawei Technologies Co., while also threatening to ban other Chinese technology companies, could open the door to retaliation against U.S. brands.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masahiro Kanagawa]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-30T11:23:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police investigate an accident Friday in which a car struck pedestrians and a garbage truck in the Ikebukuro district of Tokyo, leaving 10 people injured, two of them in critical condition.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/14/national/social-issues/advocates-fighting-child-labor-come-together-tokyo-ahead-osaka-g20-summit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-30T11:28:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nana Antwi Boasiako Brempong, executive secretary of the nonprofit Child Research for Action and Development Agency in Ghana, poses behind a row of flags following the ACE SDG8.7 Dialogue Dinner.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/29/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-propose-abe-kim-summit-north-korean-officials-next-week/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-30T12:05:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan plans to propose a summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to Japanese government sources.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/08/national/car-hits-group-children-injuring-least-13/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-30T12:45:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[First responders tend to those injured in a car accident in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Wednesday, in which a group of children were hit.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/29/national/japan-bolsters-fight-workplace-harassment-punitive-measures-elusive/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-30T13:55:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Upper House passes amendments to five laws on Wednesday requiring companies to prevent workplace harassment.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/29/national/crime-legal/rarely-noticed-neighbors-kawasaki-man-behind-mass-stabbing-said-short-fuse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-30T14:07:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Reporters gather Wednesday in front of the Kawasaki home of Ryuichi Iwasaki, the man behind the mass stabbing a day earlier, as police officials raid the house.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/30/national/half-tokyo-firms-unprepared-olympic-traffic-congestion-survey-finds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-30T14:27:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A traffic jam in central Tokyo last July]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/29/national/following-kawasaki-attack-attention-turns-survivors-mental-trauma/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-30T14:48:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A school bus for Caritas Elementary School arrives a stop in Kawasaki on Wednesday morning, where its pupils and their parents were attacked.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/30/business/tech/ferrari-accelerates-move-hybrid-cars/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-30T15:30:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ferrari's new SF90 Stradale hybrid sports car is displayed at the company's base in Maranello, Italy, Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/30/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-extend-1-2-billion-loans-improve-bangladesh-infrastructure/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-30T15:32:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with his Bangladeshi counterpart, Sheikh Hasina, in Tokyo on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/30/world/three-reported-dead-16-missing-hungarian-river-tour-boat-capsizes-danube/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-30T15:42:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-danube-a-20190531.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hundreds of rescue workers try to help on the banks of Danube River in downtown Budapest Wednesday. A river boat used for tourism capsized in the Hungarian capital with dozens of people on board, and a rescue effort was underway as three people died and 16 others were missing.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/30/world/contrasting-visions-denmarks-welfare-state-turn-issue-hot-election-topic/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-30T16:25:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-welfare-a-20190531.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Aase Blytsoe, 92, who has dementia, sits in her apartment in Aarup, Denmark, on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/30/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/pyongyang-hits-evil-ambition-washington-says-use-strength-not-u-s-monopoly/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-30T17:15:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/f-nkslam-a-20190531.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-nkslam-a-20190531.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump talk in the garden of the Metropole hotel during the second North Korea-U.S. summit in Hanoi Feb. 28.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/30/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/u-s-china-tensions-loom-large-shangri-la-dialogue-addresses-asian-security-issues/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-30T17:30:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-shangrila-a-20190531.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-shangrila-a-20190531.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Then-U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis (left) speaks with Lt. Gen. He Lei, vice president of the Chinese People's Liberation Army's Academy of Military Science (right) during the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore last June.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/30/national/tourists-get-chance-play-ninja-protect-osaka-castle-demons-malls-new-vr-game/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-30T17:51:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-ninja-a-20190531.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-ninja-a-20190531.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A game that offers visitors the experience, through virtual reality, of playing the role of a ninja is among the new attractions to be launched at the Jo-Terrace Osaka shopping complex.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/30/business/corporate-business/japan-sets-target-achieve-20-cut-industrial-food-waste-2030/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-30T18:19:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/30/national/politics-diplomacy/japans-cdp-dpp-jcp-wont-face-one-seat-districts-bid-topple-abes-ldp/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-30T18:30:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-opposition-a-20190531.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-opposition-a-20190531.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yukio Edano (center), head of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, prepares to meet with the leaders of other opposition parties at the Diet on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/30/business/corporate-business/jobs-nissan-will-safe-fiat-chrysler-deal-renaults-jean-dominique-senard-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-30T18:44:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/b-renault-a-20190531.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-renault-a-20190531.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jean-Dominique Senard, chairman of Renault SA, is interviewed in Yokohama on March 12.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/29/national/crime-legal/parents-nightclub-worker-died-chugging-alcohol-win-benefits/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-30T18:51:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-host-a-20190530.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-host-a-20190530.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Female customers enjoy chatting and having drinks with male hosts at a Tokyo host club.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/29/business/corporate-business/japans-smartphone-market-suppliers-likely-take-hit-u-s-blacklisting-huawei/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-30T18:52:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/b-huawei-a-20190530.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-huawei-a-20190530.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A 5G figure in front of Huawei Technologies Co.'s headquarters in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/29/national/science-health/genetic-tests-identifying-cancer-treatments-covered-japans-public-health-insurance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-30T18:53:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-cancer-a-20190530.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-cancer-a-20190530.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The health ministry decided Wednesday that genetic tests to help cancer patients identify the best drugs and therapies for their treatment, including one sold by Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., will be covered by the public health insurance system.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/30/business/economy-business/japan-business-lobby-jcci-urges-sales-tax-hike-proceed-planned/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-30T18:56:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/b-salestax-a-20190531.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-salestax-a-20190531.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Akio Mimura, head of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which represents small and medium-sized businesses, speaks at a meeting in late March.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/30/business/pentagon-seeks-funds-reduce-u-s-reliance-chinas-rare-earths-tensions-mount/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-30T19:00:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-pentagon-a-20190531.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Molten lanthanum, a rare earth metal, is poured into a mold at Jinyuan Co.'s smelting workshop, near the town of Damao in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China, in 2010.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/30/world/u-s-says-russia-secretly-conducting-low-yield-nuclear-tests-report/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-30T19:04:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/30/national/science-health/app-developed-keio-university-startup-proves-effective-helping-smokers-quit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-30T19:22:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-smoking-a-20190531.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A demonstration of a smoking cessation treatment app developed by Keio University and CureApp Inc.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/30/national/students-teachers-mixed-views-japanese-schools-strict-dress-hair-codes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-30T19:39:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-nishinippon-a-20190531.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-nishinippon-a-20190531.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Questions are being raised over regulations on uniforms and hairstyles mandated at high schools and junior high schools, with some deeming them unnecessary.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/30/business/corporate-business/defects-leopalace21-properties-caused-hasty-expansion-closed-culture-report-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-30T20:11:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-leopalace-a-20190531.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Leopalace21 Corp. President and CEO Eisei Miyama discusses a third-party report on issues at the company, at a press conference in Tokyo on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/30/national/politics-diplomacy/give-birth-least-three-kids-japan-ex-minister-fire-linking-single-women-low-birthrate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-30T21:07:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-sakurada-a-20190531.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-sakurada-a-20190531.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoshitaka Sakurada]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/29/business/corporate-business/pokemon-looks-cash-detective-pikachu-game-switch/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-30T21:25:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pokemon Co. Chief Executive Officer Tsunekazu Ishihara speaks at a news conference on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/31/world/congo-forces-kill-26-islamist-rebels-ebola-zone-shootout/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-31T04:35:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-congo-a-20190601.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Congolese woman and her children who are suspected Ebola patients sit at the Ebola treatment center in Butembo in the Democratic Republic of Congo in March.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/31/world/crime-legal-world/ex-trump-adviser-roger-stone-faces-hurdles-quest-get-indictment-dismissed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-31T08:40:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-stone-a-20190601.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Roger Stone, longtime political ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, departs following a hearing to convince a judge to dismiss charges stemming from special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election, at U.S. District Court in Washington Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/31/world/crime-legal-world/trump-says-impeachment-dirty-filthy-disgusting-word/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-31T08:48:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/f-trumpeach-a-20190601.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-trumpeach-a-20190601.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Thursday. Trump renewed his assertion that Robert Muellers report exonerated him of wrongdoing, claiming the special counsel "would have brought charges" if he could, and adding that he "can't imagine the courts allowing him" to be impeached.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/31/business/corporate-business/inflatable-angry-emoji-looms-facebook-annual-meeting-users-vent-frustrations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-31T12:44:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/b-facebook-a-20190601.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-facebook-a-20190601.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A passerby takes a photograph of an inflatable angry emoji during a protest outside the Facebook 2019 Annual Shareholder Meeting in Menlo Park, California, Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/31/world/central-u-s-river-flood-risk-mounts-rain-lets-deadly-twisters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-31T12:46:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-flood-a-20190601.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A building sits submerged in the flood waters of the Arkansas River in this aerial photo in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/31/world/hope-fades-finding-21-missing-budapest-boat-disaster-far-fatal-seven-south-korean-tourists/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-31T12:47:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman stands by flowers and candles placed on the riverbank to pay tribute to the victims of the capsized boat at Margaret Bridge, in Budapest Thursday. Rescue crews were preparing to raise a sightseeing boat from the bottom of the Danube River Thursday as search teams scoured the waters for 21 people missing after the vessel, packed with South Korean tourists, collided with a larger cruise ship and sank.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/31/world/social-issues-world/149-african-refugees-airlifted-libya-italy-help-needed-u-n/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-31T12:53:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A wounded fighter loyal to Libya's U.N.-backed government (GNA) walks in front of a house burned during clashes with troops loyal to Khalifa Hifter in the Wadi Rabiya neighborhood on the outskirts of Tripoli Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/31/business/t-mobile-sprint-offer-shed-airwaves-enticing-cable-giants/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-31T12:55:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-31T12:58:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-31T12:59:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan meets with the U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton in Abu Dhabi Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/30/national/158-ethics-violations-found-research-japanese-institute/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-31T13:11:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-ncvc-a-20190531.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center President Hisao Ogawa (center) apologizes during a news conference in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/30/national/japan-times-bee-winner-fails-reach-final-round-u-s-scripps-national-spelling-bee/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-31T13:37:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ariya Narayanasamy smiles after correctly spelling "pyrexia" during the second day of oral spelling at the Scripps National Spelling Bee.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/31/business/calbee-extend-potato-chip-products-best-date-two-months/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-31T13:42:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-calbee-a-20190531.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The "best before" dates for Calbee Inc.'s bagged potato chip products will be extended by two months starting October.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/28/national/one-survivor-found-divers-continue-search-missing-crew-ship-collision-off-eastern-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-31T13:42:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Japan Coast Guard ship is seen off the coast of Inubosaki, Chiba Prefecture, on Tuesday as the search continued for missing crew members of the Sensho Maru, which sank Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/31/national/another-body-found-collision-two-cargo-ships-off-japan-coast/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-31T13:42:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/31/business/corporate-business/japan-display-secure-financial-aid-china-taiwan-group-june/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-31T14:28:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/31/world/crime-legal-world/claus-von-bulow-accused-murdering-heiress-wife-dies-92/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-31T14:32:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-vonbulow-a-20190601.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Claus von Bulow with daughter Cosima and companion Andrea Reynolds in Providence, Rhode Island, on June 10, 1985, after being acquitted for the attempted murder of his wife.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/31/national/crime-legal/japan-government-panel-reviewing-parents-right-discipline-children-meet-june-20/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-31T15:01:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-parents-a-20190601.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-parents-a-20190601.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takashi Yamashita]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/31/asia-pacific/tiananmen-timeline-reform-hopes-brutal-crackdown/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-31T16:19:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/f-tiantime-a-20190601.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Above: Students and locals throng Tiananmen Square in Beijing on May 14, 1989, after an overnight hunger strike as part of the mass pro-democracy protest. Below: the square on May 18 this year.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/31/world/politics-diplomacy-world/saudi-king-calls-firm-arab-stance-threats-iran/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-31T16:54:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/f-salman-a-20190601.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-salman-a-20190601.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Saudi King Salman chairs an emergency summit of Gulf Arab leaders in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Thursday. King Salman opened the summit with a call for the international community to use all means to confront Iran, but he also said the kingdom extends its hand for peace.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/31/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-malaysia-eye-close-ties-based-look-east-policy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-31T17:55:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-abeasia-a-20190601.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-abeasia-a-20190601.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe greets his Malaysian counterpart, Mahathir Mohamad, at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/31/business/corporate-business/nissan-ceo-willing-meet-fiat-chrysler-chairman-discuss-renault-merger/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-31T18:00:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/b-nissan-a-20190601.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-nissan-a-20190601.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nissan Motor Co. CEO Hiroto Saikawa speaks during a news conference in Yokohama on Feb. 12.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/31/business/corporate-business/mufg-japans-biggest-bank-offers-redundancy-hundreds-managers-london/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-31T18:05:02+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/31/business/corporate-business/nippon-steels-reinvention-namesake-metal-make-car-bodies-30-lighter/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-31T18:16:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/b-steel-a-20190601.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-steel-a-20190601.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man fishes near the Nippon Steel Corp. plant in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/31/asia-pacific/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-carrying-bloody-purge-collapse-trump-summit-report-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-31T19:40:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/f-nkpurge-a-20190601.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-nkpurge-a-20190601.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kim Hyok Chol]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/31/business/corporate-business/nec-shows-facial-recognition-speed-boarding-japans-narita-airport-hub/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-31T21:06:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/b-narita-a-20190601.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-narita-a-20190601.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Passengers will be able to drop off their luggage without showing any documents.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/31/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-russia-hold-two-plus-two-meeting-revealing-rift-territorial-dispute/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-31T21:07:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-japanrussia-b-20190531.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-japanrussia-b-20190531.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Foreign Minister Taro Kono meets with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, for talks at the Iikura Guest House in Tokyo on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/31/national/politics-diplomacy/nuclear-envoys-japan-u-s-south-korea-discuss-north-korea-trilateral-meeting-singapore/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-31T22:14:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-nukeenvoy-a-20190601.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-nukeenvoy-a-20190601.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Stephen Biegun]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/31/business/economy-business/indias-economic-growth-dropped-5-8-january-march-period-lowest-17-quarters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-31T23:13:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/f-indiaeconomy-a-20190601.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-indiaeconomy-a-20190601.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Narendra Modi]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/01/asia-pacific/north-koreas-kim-visits-factories-linked-missile-launches/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-01T10:35:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-nkkim-a-20190602.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervises a military drill in a photo released May 4.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/31/national/91-year-olds-death-care-home-western-japan-goes-unnoticed-10-days/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-01T11:36:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-carehome-a-20190601.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-carehome-a-20190601.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[At Palmary Inn Akashi, a care home for the elderly in Hyogo Prefecture, the death of a 91-year-old male resident went unnoticed for more than 10 days.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/31/reference/moves-afoot-push-media-switch-japanese-name-order-english-will-work/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-01T11:36:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-names-a-20190601.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-names-a-20190601.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Illustration by The Japan Times]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/01/world/politics-diplomacy-world/trump-says-boris-johnson-good-job-u-k-leader-ahead-state-visit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-01T12:23:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/f-trumpbojo-a-20190602.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-trumpbojo-a-20190602.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Boris Johnson, Britain's then-foreign secretary, waves to the media as he arrives for a Cabinet meeting at No. 10 Downing St. in London in October 2017.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/01/world/science-health-world/extinction-rebellion-considers-using-drones-shut-londons-heathrow-airport/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-01T13:25:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/f-heathreb-a-20190602.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-heathreb-a-20190602.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Climate change activists attend an Extinction Rebellion protest outside Heathrow Airport in London on April 19.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/01/national/third-japanese-made-trips-10-day-holiday-period-survey/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-01T13:57:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/n-goldenweek-z-20190602.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-goldenweek-z-20190602.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The survey showed that 40.7 percent of respondents in their 30s made trips during the period, representing the highest proportion.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/01/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-philippines-agree-work-toward-free-open-indo-pacific/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-01T13:58:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/n-japhil-a-20190602.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-japhil-a-20190602.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte greets Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a joint press statement in Tokyo on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/01/national/crime-legal/elderly-man-involved-fatal-ikebukuro-accident-drivers-license-revoked/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-01T13:58:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/31/national/ueno-zoos-crowd-pulling-giant-panda-cub-xiang-xiang-returned-china-end-2020/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-01T14:24:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/n-panda-a-20190601.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-panda-a-20190601.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Giant panda Xiang Xiang eats bamboo at Ueno zoo in Tokyo on Nov. 13.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/01/business/economy-business/trumps-top-two-trade-advisers-opposed-decision-impose-tariffs-mexico-sources-say/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-01T14:25:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/f-tariffopp-a-20190602.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-tariffopp-a-20190602.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (left) huddles with Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer as they arrive for a group photo session after their meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/01/business/carmakers-see-17-billion-wiped-trumps-mexico-threat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-01T14:28:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/f-autumble-a-20190602.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-autumble-a-20190602.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[New Toyota vehicles stand in a manufacturing plant stockyard in Tijuana, Mexico, on April 30.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/31/national/social-issues/kawasaki-attack-support-groups-worry-recluses-might-painted-brush/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-01T14:51:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-recluse-a-20190601.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-recluse-a-20190601.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People pray at the site of Tuesday's mass stabbing in Kawasaki's Tama Ward on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Diet lawmakers (from left) Yoshifu Arita, Shoji Nishida, Katsuo Yakura and Sohei Nihi attend a news conference in Tokyo on Friday during which they called for increased regulation on hate speeches.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[End of days: Scholar Ivan Krastev told the Asahi Shimbun there are two types of people in the world, with each type representing a characteristic anxiety.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hot tip: The launch of Hi Mojimoji's Kimo Tip stationery product has sparked an online debate about tipping in Japan.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Damaged buildings of the Kristall explosives plant in the Russian town of Dzerzhinsk are seen Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-03T11:13:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-03T13:33:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Thousands of Hungarians demonstrate in the center of Budapest on Sunday to protest the education and research policies of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government and its reorganization plans for the independent Hungarian Academy of Sciences.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-03T14:20:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[With Prime Minister Theresa May about to hand over the reins of power in Britain, candidates to succeed her now feel free to speak out on issues such as Huawei's role.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-03T14:31:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-03T14:32:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-03T14:36:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[German Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany's conservative CDU party leaves following a short statement on Sunday to comment on the leadership crisis at the CDU's coalition partner in the government, the social democratic SPD party. The leader of Merkel's junior coalition partner, the SPD, resigned Sunday from her party's top jobs, raising the possibility that Germany's embattled government could collapse.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-03T14:38:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-03T15:45:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Major freight forwarders such as FedEx are facing declining shipments of goods as the U.S.-China trade dispute affects the industry.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Capital spending by companies rose 6.1 percent in the January-March quarter, but economists are skeptical the trend will continue amid the U.S.-China trade conflict.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-03T16:12:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese Defense Minister Gen. Wei Fenghe salutes attendees ahead of the fourth plenary session of the 18th International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-La Dialogue, in Singapore on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-03T16:26:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-03T16:28:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-03T16:28:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Empress Masako plants a tree during a national tree-planting ceremony in Owariasahi, Aichi Prefecture, on Sunday in her first official duty outside Tokyo since Emperor Naruhito ascended the throne on May 1.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/03/business/corporate-business/mitsui-chemicals-boost-polypropylene-compound-output-thailand/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-03T17:32:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Alexandre de Juniac, director general of the International Air Transport Association, addresses its annual general meeting in Seoul on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/01/national/media-national/historic-justification-japans-tattoo-ban-no-longer-relevant/</loc>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/p3-adelstein-tattoos-a-20190602.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p3-adelstein-tattoos-a-20190602.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An increasing number of tourists visiting Japan these days have tattoos, putting pressure on private business owners to change their policies on whether or not to accept them.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/04/25/national/crime-legal/police-can-use-wiretapping-devices-decrypt-record-prefectural-hqs-across-japan-june/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:03:30+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/n-wiretap-a-20190426.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-wiretap-a-20190426.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police will use this new setup to wiretap phone conversations for investigations beginning June 1.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/04/03/national/crime-legal/15-japanese-arrested-thailand-raid-accused-scamming-%c2%a5225-million/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:03:59+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/n-thaiscam-a-20190404.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-thaiscam-a-20190404.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A group of Japanese men arrested last week in Thailand for fraud are taken to the Immigration Bureau in Bangkok on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/03/28/national/crime-legal/hokkaido-court-convicts-ex-gangster-saying-drug-charge-provable-without-illegal-warrantless-gps-data/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:04:11+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/GettyImages-522623416.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n gps 20190329.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The court in Asahikawa, central Hokkaido, sentenced former gangster Masayuki Tanikawa to six years in prison and fined him ¥1.5 million for possessing 61 grams of stimulants.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/02/21/national/crime-legal/damages-petty-fraud-scams-japan-fourth-straight-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:04:30+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/n-fraud-a-20190222.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-fraud-a-20190222.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The so-called ore-ore (it's me, it's me) scam refers to the swindling of mostly elderly people by perpetrators who impersonate their relatives over the phone and ask for money transfers.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/01/28/reference/japan-u-s-law-enforcement-fingerprint-data-sharing-pact-kicks-off-raising-privacy-concerns/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:05:04+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/n-fingerprint-a-20190129.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-fingerprint-a-20190129.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Law enforcement authorities in Japan and the United States have begun sharing fingerprint data to better combat crime.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/03/national/media-national/fukuoka-enlists-artificial-intelligence-fight-organized-crime/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:05:28+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/p3-adelstein-AI-a-20181104.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p3-adelstein-AI-a-20181104.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police in Fukuoka hope to collect data on gang movements, analyzing the patterns on a computer in order to predict when and where an attack might occur so that they can act in real time to prevent it from happening.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/05/31/national/crime-legal/japanese-style-plea-bargaining-debuts-authorities-fear-spread-false-testimony/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:05:45+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/n-pleabargaining-a-20180601.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-pleabargaining-a-20180601.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The introduction of a plea bargaining system in Japan has sparked worries in the criminal justice system that it will lead to false statements and wrongful convictions of innocent people.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/16/national/crime-legal/japan-allow-plea-bargaining-june-amid-overhaul-criminal-justice-system/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:06:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/06/national/media-national/giving-former-gangsters-chance-can-reap-rewards/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:06:38+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/p3-adelstein-reintegration-a-20180107.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p3-adelstein-reintegration-a-20180107.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A former gangster named "Koyama" holds a copy of Noboru Hirosue's "Yakuza And Nursing: A Study of Those Who Leave the Yakuza."]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/02/national/media-national/life-gangster-japan-just-isnt-fun-used/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:07:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/11/04/national/media-national/japans-crime-syndicates-shooting-foot/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:07:34+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/p3-adelstein-gangs-a-20171105.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p3-adelstein-gangs-a-20171105.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police officers in September investigate the site where a former member of the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza group was shot dead.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/09/12/national/crime-legal/bodyguard-shot-dead-apparent-feud-among-gangsters-kobe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:07:59+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/n-gangster-a-20170913.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-gangster-a-20170913.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police officers investigate the site where a former member of the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza group was shot dead on Tuesday morning in the city.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/07/12/national/japan-joins-u-n-organized-crime-convention-passing-controversial-conspiracy-law/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:08:14+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/n-convention-a-20170713.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-convention-a-20170713.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiroshi Minami, deputy permanent representative of Japan to the United Nations, displays on Tuesday Japan's instrument of acceptance of the U.N. Convention against Transnational Organized Crime at the United Nations in New York.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/07/01/national/media-national/crime-syndicates-japan-sitting-gold-mine/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:08:22+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/p3-adelstein-gold-a-20170702.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p3-adelstein-gold-a-20170702.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gold bars that authorities suspect have been smuggled from Busan, South Korea, are displayed after being confiscated by police in the city of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in November 2015.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/04/01/national/crime-legal/gangsters-japan-arent-quite-intimidating-used/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:08:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/31/national/crime-legal/u-s-sanctions-two-yakuza-groups-leader-alleged-money-laundering/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:09:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/20/national/fuji-tv-reporter-suspected-using-name-help-mobster-buy-car/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:09:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/11/01/national/yamaguchi-gumi-henchmen-make-kobe-kids-offer-cant-refuse-halloween-sweets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:09:39+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/n-yamaguchigumi-a-20161102.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-yamaguchigumi-a-20161102.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A vehicle enters the headquarters of the Yamaguchi-gumi crime syndicate in Nada Ward, Kobe, in June.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/10/02/national/crime-legal/philippines-detains-japanese-man-suspicion-trafficking-minor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:10:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/09/24/national/crime-legal/gang-member-held-baseball-gambling-involving-ex-giants-players/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:10:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/09/04/national/crime-legal/wake-fukuoka-incident-courts-taking-steps-enhance-safety-lay-judges/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:10:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/09/03/national/media-national/one-year-gang-splinter-tough-explain/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:11:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/06/04/national/media-national/legal-reform-may-start-rooting-gangsters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:11:32+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/p3-adelstein-plea-a-20160605.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p3-adelstein-plea-a-20160605.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tetsuya Shiroo]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/04/02/national/media-national/drug-problem-keeps-getting-older/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:11:51+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p3-adelstein-addiction-a-20160403.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p3-adelstein-addiction-a-20160403.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Media scrum: A vehicle carrying Kazuhiro Kiyohara, a former pro baseball player who was indicted for alleged drug possession and use, leaves the Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo on March 17.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/12/19/national/media-national/gangs-girl-power-getting-old-jaapans-magazines-ring-2015/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:12:40+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/p18-bij-a-20151220.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p18-bij-a-20151220.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA["Sitzkrieg": Police raid the home of Yamaguchi-gumi oyabun Shinobu Tsukasa in Nagoya in October. Japan's weeklies anticipate a turf war erupting in 2016 after the splintering of the country's largest yakuza group.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/31/national/media-national/obsolete-gangsters-proving-problematic/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:12:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/26/business/mizuho-chairman-tsukamoto-to-resign-over-yakuza-loan-scandal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:13:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/03/national/city-shimabara-marks-28th-year-since-fugen-peak-disaster/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:23:37+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/n-unzen-a-20190604.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-unzen-a-20190604.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A family offers prayers to the victims of the 1991 pyroclastic flow from Mount Unzen on the 28th anniversary of the disaster Monday in Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/03/business/corporate-business/france-presses-concessions-fiat-renault-merger-proposal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:24:41+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/b-fiat-a-20190604.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-fiat-a-20190604.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Chairman John Elkann arrives for an event in Milan on May 27.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/03/business/corporate-business/special-hello-kitty-dessert-buffet-available-hilton-osaka/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:36:00+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/b-kitty-a-20190604.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-kitty-a-20190604.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A dessert buffet with a Hello Kitty theme is held at Hilton Osaka on Wednesday to mark the 100th anniversary of Hilton and the 45th anniversary of the Japanese character.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/10/21/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/h-k-media-say-chinese-ex-premier-li-peng-88-died/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:36:00+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/f-li-z-20161022.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Opening Session, 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC)]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese Communist Party members Li Peng (left), Li Ruihuan, Wei Jianxing speak before the opening session of the 16th Party Congress in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, in November 2002. According to a Hong Kong magazine Li died on Tuesday but his death has not been confirmed.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/06/06/asia-pacific/dont-fear-democracy-taiwan-tells-china-on-tiananmen-anniversary/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:36:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/06/04/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/wary-china-intensifies-censorship-policing-as-tiananmen-anniversary-arrives/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:37:17+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/w1-s1-tiananmen-a-20140605.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[w1-s1-tiananmen-a-20140605.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese workers fill the streets of Beijing to support the student-led pro-democracy movement on May 18, 1989.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/06/03/asia-pacific/tiananmen-group-china-atone-historical-crimes-demanded-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:42:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/04/27/asia-pacific/hong-kong-museum-documenting-tiananmen-square-massacre-reopens-ahead-anniversary/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:46:12+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/f-tiananmen-a-20190428.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-tiananmen-a-20190428.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bullet shells are seen at the June 4th Museum in Hong Kong on Thursday ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/04/20/asia-pacific/leica-draws-china-backlash-video-invoking-tiananmen-crackdown/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:46:22+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/f-leicachina-a-20190421.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-leicachina-a-20190421.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A member of the Chinese People's Armed Police stands guard in front of a portrait of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on March 4.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/06/04/asia-pacific/u-s-calls-china-account-ghosts-tiananmen-square-massacre/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:46:36+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/f-ustian-a-20180605.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-ustian-a-20180605.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[University students clean the "Pillar of Shame" statue, a memorial for those killed in the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, at the University of Hong Kong on Monday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/03/world/gunfire-blasts-heard-sudan-capital-troops-enter-protest-site-outside-militarys-hq/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T18:54:30+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/f-sudan-a-20190604.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-sudan-a-20190604.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Sudanese protester walks past burning tires as Sudan's military forces tried to disperse the sit-in outside Khartoum's army headquarters Monday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/02/national/crime-legal/former-top-farm-bureaucrat-arrested-alleged-murder-son/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T19:22:00+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/n-agricurder-a-20190603.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-agricurder-a-20190603.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hideaki Kumazawa]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/31/national/crime-legal/suspects-motive-kawasaki-knife-attack-still-unclear-even-police-search-alleged-killers-use/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T19:42:55+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-motive-b-20190601.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-motive-b-20190601.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The site of Tuesday’s Kawasaki knife attack is seen on Friday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/03/national/automated-train-yokohama-crash-continued-moving-1-meter-slamming-buffer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T20:18:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Commuters form a long line at a bus stop at Shin-Sugita Station in Yokohama on Monday morning, as train services on the Kanazawa Seaside Line remain suspended. An accident involving an unmanned train occurred at the station on Saturday evening.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/03/asia-pacific/china-warns-students-academics-risks-studying-u-s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T21:20:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-03T21:20:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Boris Johnson gets into a car in London on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/03/national/30-years-tiananmen-japan-keep-memory-alive/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T22:51:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A young woman is caught between civilians and Chinese soldiers who were trying to remove her from an assembly near the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on June 3, 1989. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/03/national/crime-legal/kawasaki-knife-attack-suspect-may-checked-scene-crime-four-days/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-03T22:51:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[School officials of Caritas Elementary School attend to offerings made to the victims of a mass stabbing at the crime scene in Kawasaki last week.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/03/business/corporate-business/new-dragon-quest-smartphone-game-inspired-pokemon-go-released-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-04T13:03:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A screenshot from Dragon Quest Walk]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/04/asia-pacific/u-s-sell-34-surveillance-drones-allies-south-china-sea-region/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-04T13:05:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A ScanEagle drone is shown during an Insitu customer event in Mazagon, Spain, last year.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/04/national/japan-ends-search-f-35a-plans-resumption-flights-soon/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-04T13:07:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An F-35A stealth fighter is seen at Misawa Air Base in Aomori Prefecture in January 2018.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/03/national/crime-legal/former-top-farm-ministry-official-says-kawasaki-knife-attack-prompted-kill-son/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-04T13:33:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hideaki Kumazawa, 76, is escorted out of Nerima Police Station in Tokyo on Monday morning to be sent to prosecutors.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/04/world/alleged-hezbollah-attack-tunnel-lebanon-israel-neutralized-80-meters-deep/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-04T13:43:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An Israeli soldier walks inside a tunnel that the army says crosses from Lebanon to Israel, in Zarit, northern Israel, Monday. The Israeli military says it has finished sealing the last of a series of Hezbollah attack tunnels under the country's northern border with Lebanon, roughly six months after they were found.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/04/business/brazil-halts-beef-exports-china-atypical-mad-cow-disease/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-04T13:47:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Workers carry salted meat that will be spreaded, dried and then packed at a plant of JBS S.A, the world's largest beef producer, in Santana de Parnaiba, Brazil, in 2017.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/03/national/politics-diplomacy/soviet-documents-reveal-moscows-view-territory-seized-japan-end-wwii/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-04T14:23:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/n-soviet-a-20190603.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-soviet-a-20190603.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[This photo, taken in Moscow on May 22, shows declassified secret documents from the former Soviet Union. The papers suggest top Soviet officials were aware that a lack of any reference in the 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty to the sovereignty of islands seized from Japan could be exploited in postwar negotiations with Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/04/business/boeing-737s-undergo-review-wing-parts-prone-cracking/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-04T14:26:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A TUI fly Boeing 737-800 takes off from the airport in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, last July.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/04/national/jetstar-japan-cancel-70-flights-june-due-pilot-shortage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-04T16:04:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/n-jetstar-a-20190604.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-jetstar-a-20190604.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jetstar Japan is suffering from a pilot shortage.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/04/business/russia-orders-tinder-dating-app-share-user-data-demand/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-04T16:10:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/b-tinder-a-20190605.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-tinder-a-20190605.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Passengers look at their smartphones as they ride a bus in Moscow on May 16. Russia's communications regulator says that Tinder is now required to provide user data to Russian intelligence agencies.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/04/business/singapore-lifts-2010-ban-japanese-poultry-imports/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-04T16:53:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man looks at a menu as poultry is displayed in the window outside a restaurant in the Chinatown area of Yokohama in February last year.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/04/national/driverless-trains-back-track-yokohama-drivers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-04T17:36:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/n-train-a-20190605.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-train-a-20190605.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Passengers disembark and board a train at Yokohama Seaside Line Co.'s Shin-Sugita Station in Yokohama on Tuesday as automated trains resumed services, with drivers in control, three days after an accident involving one of the trains.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/04/national/politics-diplomacy/opposition-parties-submit-bill-legalize-sex-marriage-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-04T17:37:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lawmaker Kanako Otsuji (left) of the Constitutional Democratic Party briefs reporters Monday in Tokyo on a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/04/business/tough-top-girls-believe-female-leaders-suffer-widespread-harassment-survey-shows/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-04T17:42:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/b-harassment-a-20190605.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-harassment-a-20190605.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Girls worldwide hope to become leaders, but they expect to face sexism and harassment when they get there, a global child rights organization said in a report released Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/04/business/corporate-business/japans-mizuho-financial-allow-employees-take-side-jobs-next-march/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-04T18:17:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-mizuho-a-20190605.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mizuho Financial Group Inc. President Tatsufumi Sakai is interviewed in Tokyo last month.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/04/business/japan-streamline-farm-export-procedures-starting-next-spring/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-04T18:36:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/b-farmexport-a-20190605.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-farmexport-a-20190605.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoshihide Suga]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/04/national/woman-rescued-drifting-sailboat-off-hokkaido-identified-russian-national/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-04T18:36:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/04/national/politics-diplomacy/u-s-rips-china-tiananmen-crackdown-anniversary-japan-takes-different-tack/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-04T19:42:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/n-sinojapan-a-20190605.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[University students clean the "Pillar of Shame" statue, a memorial for those killed in the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, at the University of Hong Kong on Tuesday. Thousands are expected to turn out for a candlelight vigil in the city. The territory has greater freedoms than the mainland does, though activists are concerned about the erosion of those freedoms in recent years.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/04/business/financial-markets/japans-pension-system-inadequate-aging-society-council-warns/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-04T21:13:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman walks past a lottery booth in Tama, western Tokyo, in August 2018.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/04/national/amid-high-profile-car-accidents-involving-elderly-survey-finds-1-4-people-japan-80-still-drive/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-04T21:14:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Elderly drivers attend a road safety class in Matsusaka, Mie Prefecture, in May 2017.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/03/world/politics-diplomacy-world/virginia-pastor-asks-god-give-trump-wisdom-lead-u-s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-04T23:32:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/f-prayer-a-20190604.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-prayer-a-20190604.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump listens while pastor David Platt speaks at the McLean Bible Church in Vienna, Virginia,Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/05/business/backlash-trump-u-turns-targeting-u-k-health-service-trade-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-05T08:19:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A protester holds a banner about the NHS during a demonstration against the state visit of U.S. President Donald Trump in central London Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/04/national/mourners-continue-offer-prayers-flowers-one-week-kawasaki-mass-stabbing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-05T12:13:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-kawasaki-a-20190605.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People pray at the site of a mass stabbing in Kawasaki on Tuesday, a week after the attack.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/05/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/dont-test-patience-north-korea-tells-u-s-one-year-anniversary-singapore-summit-looms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-05T12:24:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-nkpatience-a-20190606.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[In this undated picture released Saturday, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is seen visiting the  February 8 General Machine Factory.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/05/world/u-s-shared-nuclear-power-info-saudi-arabia-jamal-khashoggi-slaying-senator/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-05T13:28:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Activists dressed as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands during a demonstration calling for sanctions against Saudi Arabia and to protest the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, outside the White House in Washington last October.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/05/world/science-health-world/canada-will-step-global-womens-health-nations-step-back-trudeau/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-05T13:38:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/f-canada-a-20190606.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-canada-a-20190606.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference after announcing a $1.4 billion, annual commitment to support women's global health at the Women Deliver 2019 Conference at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/05/business/heineken-expecting-70-sales-bump-japan-rugby-world-cup/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-05T13:47:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A bartender serves Heineken beer in Tokyo on Tuesday. Heineken Kirin K.K. expects demand for beer to surge during the Rugby World Cup due to the many fans who are due to visit from overseas to watch the tournament.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/05/world/crime-legal-world/trump-ex-campaign-chairman-paul-manafort-may-go-rikers-island-jail-source/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-05T14:03:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-manafort-a-20190606.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort departs from U.S. District Court in Washington in 2018.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/05/business/trump-says-republicans-foolish-block-mexico-tariffs/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/05/business/financial-markets/worldcentral-banks-poised-act-world-economic-warnings-flash/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at a conference Tuesday in Chicago.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-05T17:07:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The chief of staff of Pakistan's army, Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, arrives for the Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad on March 23.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/05/national/japanese-government-seeks-number-ids-double-health-cards-starting-2021/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-05T17:51:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The government plans to release a road map with a set of new programs to boost the use of My Number ID cards, which have not proven as popular as had been hoped.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/05/national/crime-legal/record-1-ton-haul-stimulants-seized-beach-central-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-05T18:11:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A boat allegedly used for smuggling drugs is docked at a port in Minamiizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Wednesday after seven Chinese men were arrested on suspicion of possessing around a ton of stimulants.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A police officer patrols No. 10 Downing St. in London on Wednesday. Prime Minister Theresa May's decision to step down on Friday has fired the starting gun for a Conservative Party leadership race that could redefine Britain's exit from the European Union.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/05/asia-pacific/north-korea-pause-mass-games-kim-scolds-organizers-shortcomings/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-05T18:43:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A mass gymnastics and artistic performance at the May Day stadium in Pyongyang on Tuesday]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/05/national/crime-legal/kawasaki-school-reopens-week-deadly-mass-stabbing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-05T19:17:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Students of Caritas Elementary School board a chartered public bus in Kawasaki on Wednesday, when the school reopened following the May 28 attack on children waiting for a school bus.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/05/business/japan-support-creation-300000-jobs-long-term-unemployed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-05T19:18:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives at his office in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-05T19:19:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An overturned vehicle is seen next to other damaged cars at an intersection in the city of Fukuoka on Tuesday night after a car plowed into traffic, causing a crash that killed the elderly driver and his wife.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during the 2019 California Democratic Party State Organizing Convention in San Francisco Sunday. Sanders is lambasting Walmart's board, including its CEO, for paying its workers what he describes as "starvation wages" and introduced a shareholder proposal that calls for hourly associates to have a seat on the company's board.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/23/national/blind-sailor-friend-rescued-in-pacific/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-06T11:12:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20130623a3a]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shipwrecked: Mitsuhiro Iwamoto (left), 46, and newscaster Jiro Shinbo, 57, attend a news conference after they were rescued Friday by the Maritime Self-Defense Force in the Pacific Ocean. Iwamoto, a veteran sailor who is visually impaired, and Shinbo left Onahama port in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sunday bound for San Diego, California, but ran into stormy weather.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/04/20/national/im-happiest-person-earth-blind-japanese-sailor-completes-nonstop-pacific-crossing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-06T11:14:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-sailor-a-20190421.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Blind sailor Mitsuhiro Iwamoto and his navigator, Doug Smith, react on Saturday in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, after they successfully completed a nonstop voyage from San Diego.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/06/world/politics-diplomacy-world/campaigning-welfare-pledges-danish-center-left-opposition-wins-election/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-06T13:23:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Social Democratic leader Mette Frederiksen speaks at Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen following preliminary election results Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/06/business/tech/ai-da-humanoid-robot-artist-gears-first-solo-exhibition-oxford/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-06T13:43:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-aida-a-20190607.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ai-Da sketches with a pencil near a painting based on her computer vision data in Oxford, England, on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/06/business/trump-adviser-leading-gop-senator-say-mexico-tariffs-might-not-go-ahead/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-06T13:49:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-tariffs-a-20190607.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Peter Navarro, director of the National Trade Council, speaks during a television interview outside the White House in Washington May 31.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/05/business/toyota-warns-u-s-dealers-negative-impact-trumps-mexico-tariff/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-06T13:55:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A 2018 Toyota Tacoma TRD 4x4 pick-up truck is seen for sale at the Toyota Suburban auto dealership in Farmington Hills, Michigan, in 2018.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-06T14:03:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump listens as Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Leo Varadkar speaks at Shannon Airport in Shannon, Ireland, Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-06T14:08:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A U.S. M1A2 Abrams tank fires during the U.S. led joint military exercise "Noble Partner 2016" near Vaziani, Georgia, in 2016.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-06T14:11:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-06T14:23:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-chopper-a-20190606.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Deputy Okinawa Gov. Kiichiro Jahana speaks to reporters Wednesday about an incident the previous day in which a piece of rubber tape attached to a wing blade of a U.S. military helicopter fell onto the grounds of a junior high school in Okinawa.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/03/national/crime-legal/osaka-police-urges-officers-staff-install-message-recorders-fixed-phone-lines-combat-fraud/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-06T14:24:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In an effort to prevent remittance and other kinds of fraud, the Osaka Prefectural Police are urging officers and staff members to install special devices on their home phones.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/06/national/no-injuries-reported-yokohama-municipal-subway-train-derails/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-06T14:26:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A derailed subway car is seen at Shimoiida Station on the Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line in Yokohama Thursday morning.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/06/national/politics-diplomacy/speculation-grows-japan-diet-session-will-extended-enable-double-election/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-06T14:40:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-06T14:40:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yumi Ishikawa holds a news conference in Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/06/national/crime-legal/woman-arrested-slaying-elderly-parents-fukuoka-apartment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-06T14:46:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-06T14:50:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Setsuko Thurlow gives a speech at a graduation ceremony at the University of Toronto in Canada on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/06/business/japan-business-lobby-chief-undergo-lymphoma-treatment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-06T15:13:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiroaki Nakanishi]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/06/business/economy-business/japan-holds-debate-modern-monetary-theory/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-06T18:58:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Finance Minister Taro Aso briefs reporters on May 28.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/06/business/corporate-business/toyota-subaru-agree-jointly-develop-electric-suvs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-06T19:02:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-suv-a-20190607.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[This artist's image shows the shell of an electric SUV Toyota Motor Corp. and Subaru Corp. will develop jointly. The two companies will sell the vehicle under both their brand names.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/06/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-equals-hirobumi-ito-japans-third-longest-serving-prime-minister/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-06T21:09:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/n-abeoffice-a-20190607.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-abeoffice-a-20190607.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/06/national/politics-diplomacy/rare-diet-resolution-passed-increase-pressure-hodaka-maruyama-quit-russia-war-remarks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-06T21:10:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-maruyama-a-20190607.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Lower House plenary session on Thursday passed a resolution urging lawmaker Hodaka Maruyama to resign over his  controversial remarks about waging war with Russia.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/06/national/crime-legal/japanese-youtuber-given-two-year-jail-term-assaulting-wife-critical-comments-videos/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T12:10:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Judge Sadahiro Ariga said the defendant's act "should be strongly criticized as he committed the crime after losing his temper."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/05/business/corporate-business/shinkansen-operator-jr-central-eyes-cleaning-miracle-competes-rival/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T12:20:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-shinkansen-a-20190606.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A staff member of Central Japan Railway Co.'s subsidiary cleans the cabin of a Tokaido bullet train.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/07/national/politics-diplomacy/putin-says-japans-military-cooperation-u-s-getting-way-peace-talks-russia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T13:10:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-putin-a-20190608.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting with heads of major news agencies in St. Petersburg on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/06/national/ex-captive-japanese-journalist-denied-passport-issuance-five-months/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T14:05:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Journalist Jumpei Yasuda gestures during an interview with Kyodo News on Monday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/06/national/metropolitan-expressway-variable-tolling-2020-games/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T14:06:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An intersection of the Metropolitan Expressway in Tokyo's Chuo Ward in July last year]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/07/world/social-issues-world/pioneering-u-n-study-counts-115-million-child-grooms-worldwide/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T14:13:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/07/world/crime-legal-world/court-airs-trump-lawyers-voicemail-michael-flynns-camp-guilty-plea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T14:14:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/07/world/west-point-cadet-killed-military-vehicle-flips-training-site/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T14:15:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/f-cadet-a-20190608.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-cadet-a-20190608.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[United States Military Academy superintendent Lt. Gen. Darryl Williams speaks during a news conference Thursday in Cornwall, New York. West Point officials say one cadet was killed and over a dozen people were injured when a vehicle they were riding in for summer training overturned. The accident occurred near Camp Natural Bridge, an area where cadet summer training takes place.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/07/business/bmw-sells-cars-globally-despite-tariffs-sees-no-reason-change-mexico-plans-board-member/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T14:17:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-bmw-a-20190608.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Employees work on the assembly floor at the Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) manufacturing facility in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, on Thursday. BMW AG executives are cutting the ribbon on the automaker's first Mexican assembly plant, a week after President Donald Trump threw a wrench in their plans with a fresh tariff threat on Mexican goods.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/07/world/politics-diplomacy-world/elizabeth-warren-rises-2020-race-policy-focus-catches-fire/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T14:18:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/f-warren-a-20190608.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-warren-a-20190608.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren speaks to Lisa Flynn Scroggins (left) of South Bend, Indiana, and Wendy Silver of Bristol, during her Elkhart Community Conversation event on Wednesday at the RV/MH Hall of Fame and Museum in Elkhart, Indiana.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/07/world/crime-legal-world/u-s-house-democrats-move-toward-court-action-william-barr-don-mcgahn/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T14:19:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/f-housedems-a-20190608.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-housedems-a-20190608.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he and first lady Melania Trump arrive at Shannon Airport in Shannon, Ireland,Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/07/business/tech/fcc-votes-curb-scourge-robocalls-gives-carriers-ok-take-blocking-tactics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T14:20:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/b-robocalls-a-20190608.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-robocalls-a-20190608.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A call log displayed via an AT&amp;T app on a cellphone in Orlando, Florida, is seen in 2017. New tools are coming to help fight robocall scams, but don't expect unwanted calls to disappear.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/07/world/crime-legal-world/ex-trump-adviser-michael-flynn-shakes-legal-team-court-filing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T14:22:10+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/07/world/politics-diplomacy-world/labour-narrowly-denies-brexit-party-first-seat-parliament/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T14:26:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/f-forbes-a-20190608.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-forbes-a-20190608.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lisa Forbes of the Labour Party accepts her win for the local seat at the Kingsgate Conference Centre in Peterborough, England, on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/06/business/airbnb-listings-japan-rebound-regulatory-freeze/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T14:52:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Residential buildings in the Kachidoki area of Tokyo]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/09/04/world/crime-legal-world/world-court-weighs-u-k-claim-chagos-islands-site-key-u-s-base-indian-ocean/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T15:36:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/f-chagos-a-20180905.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-chagos-a-20180905.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A U.S. Air Force weapons loader delivers a 2,000-oiybd bomb for loading into a B1 bomber at the Diego Garcia base in 2001. International judges will hear arguments on Monday to examine the fate of the Brit.ish-ruled Chagos Islands, home to a strategic joint U.S military base — now claimed by Mauritius. In a diplomatic blow to Britain last year, the United Nations adopted a resolution presented by Mauritius and backed by African countries, asking the International Court of Justice to offer an advisory opinion on the island chain's fate.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/22/business/african-nations-agrees-giant-free-trade-bloc-nigeria-south-africa-sit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T15:37:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/b-africa-a-20180323.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-africa-a-20180323.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rwandan President Paul Kagame, who is also the current chairman of the African Union, gestures after signing the African Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) Agreement during the 10th Extraordinary Session of the African Union (AU) in Kigali Wednesday. African leaders on Wednesday signed what is being called the largest free trade agreement since the creation of the World Trade Organization.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/01/world/politics-diplomacy-world/trumps-letter-respect-prompts-african-leaders-refrain-criticizing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T15:37:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/30/asia-pacific/china-denies-report-hacked-african-union-headquarters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T15:37:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/f-chinafrica-a-20180131.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-chinafrica-a-20180131.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kuang Weilin]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/04/06/business/corporate-business/rakuten-inc-gets-approval-become-nations-fourth-major-wireless-carrier/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T15:41:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/b-rakuten-a-20180407.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-rakuten-a-20180407.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiroshi Mikitani, chairman and chief executive officer of Rakuten Inc., speaks during a news conference in Tokyo in October.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/20/world/politics-diplomacy-world/senegal-nigeria-troops-enter-gambia-force-losing-president-step/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T15:41:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/f-gambia-a-20170121.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-gambia-a-20170121.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A convoy of Senegal soldiers heads toward the Gambia boarder with Senegal near Karang, Senegal, Thursday. Senegalese troops charged into neighboring Gambia late Thursday to support the country's newly inaugurated president, while longtime ruler Yahya Jammeh showed no sign of stepping down.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/19/world/politics-diplomacy-world/african-union-suspends-burkina-faso-abducting-president-threatens-sanctions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T15:44:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/f-burkina-a-20150920.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Burkina Faso junta leader Gen. Gilbert Diendere waits for Senegalese President Macky Sall to arrive at the airport for talks in Ouagadougou on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/07/13/business/email-disruption-hits-millions-of-au-mobile-phone-users/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T15:46:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-07T15:46:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/n-fyi-a-20141217.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-fyi-a-20141217.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A smartphone is displayed during a news conference Sept. 30 in Tokyo announcing the launch of NTT Docomo Inc.'s latest lineup of handsets.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/07/business/corporate-business/docomos-earnings-may-be-derailed-by-price-wars/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T15:47:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/13/business/tech/carriers-start-taking-iphone-pre-orders/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T15:48:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20130914a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Take a number: People wait at the NTT DoCoMo counter at Bic Camera's Yurakucho outlet in Tokyo to pre-order iPhone 5Cs Friday, a week before the Apple Inc. smartphones go on sale.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/04/18/business/corporate-business/softbank-failed-report-income-%c2%a593-9-billion-tax-haven-units-sources-say/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T15:50:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/07/national/japan-facing-increased-pressure-hike-minimum-wage-business-leaders-give-mixed-response/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T17:33:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/n-yenforliving-a-20190608_v0.2.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-yenforliving-a-20190608_v0.2.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[New employees of Seven &amp; I Holdings Co. attend an initiation ceremony in Tokyo in March 2015. Last week, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy recommended that the government draw up detailed measures to bring the nationwide average minimum wage up to ¥1,000 per hour as soon as possible.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/07/national/rugby-world-cup-organizers-offer-refunds-affected-mix-yokohama-aichi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T17:46:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/n-tickets-a-20190608.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-tickets-a-20190608.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People walk past a poster promoting the upcoming Rugby World Cup in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, one of the municipalities across the country that will host teams from abroad.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/07/business/tech/richard-branson-plans-tie-ana-satellite-launch-business-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T17:46:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/b-space-a-20190608.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-space-a-20190608.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sir Richard Branson at Davos, Switzerland, in 2014.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/07/business/economy-business/japans-economy-still-worsening-despite-improvement-key-index-government-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T18:01:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/b-economy-a-20190608.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-economy-a-20190608.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cars ready to be exported are lined up at Yokohama port on May 23.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/07/national/remains-japan-asdf-pilot-found-two-months-f-35a-fighter-crash-off-aomori/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T18:10:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/n-f35-a-20190608.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-f35-a-20190608.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A U.S. military plane and a Japan Coast Guard boat search for a missing Air Self-Defense Force F-35A fighter jet on April 10 after it crashed in the Pacific off Aomori Prefecture during an exercise the previous day.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/07/world/u-s-anti-missile-warhead-counter-north-korean-threat-multiple-problems/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T18:42:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/07/business/corporate-business/french-red-line-nissan-ensured-fiat-renault-merger-plan-fell-apart/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T19:25:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/b-fiat-a-20190608.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-fiat-a-20190608.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bruno Le Maire]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/07/business/japanese-government-adopts-draft-bill-create-high-tech-super-cities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T19:56:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/b-supercity-a-20190608.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-supercity-a-20190608.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Self-driving vehicles are tested in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/07/national/hundreds-hiroshima-region-evacuate-amid-downpours-rainy-season-begins-much-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T20:15:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/n-rain-a-20190608.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-rain-a-20190608.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Meteorological Agency has declared that the rainy season has begun in Okinawa, Kagoshima Prefecture's Amami region, and southern Kyushu, and says it appears to have started Friday in wide areas of eastern, central and northeastern Japan.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/07/national/number-newborns-japan-fell-low-918397-2018-government-survey/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T20:17:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/n-birthrate-z-20190608.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-birthrate-z-20190608.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan's total fertility rate — the average number of children a woman will bear in her lifetime — fell 0.01 point from the previous year to 1.42.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/07/business/corporate-business/toyota-tie-chinas-catl-electric-vehicles-goal-evs-making-half-sales-2030/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T20:17:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toyota Motor Corp. Executive Vice President Shigeki Terashi briefs reporters on its electric vehicle business on Friday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/07/national/crime-legal/japans-adoption-rules-changed-allow-older-kids-ties-biological-parents-severed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T20:17:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-adoption-a-20190608.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Diet on Friday passed a revision to the Civil Code to expand the scope of children subject to the special adoption program that allows children to be legally registered to their adoptive parents, with previous ties to their biological parents erased.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/07/national/media-national/chemical-manufacturer-kaneka-fire-paternity-harassment-allegations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T20:43:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p16-shoji-paternity-z-harassment-a-20190609.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[In an interview with Business Nikkei.com, the employee and his wife revealed the sequence of events that led to this firestorm.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/07/world/u-s-russia-trade-blame-near-collision-warships-east-china-sea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-07T21:26:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/07/business/corporate-business/japan-startup-miraisens-touts-cheap-light-touchable-3d-tech-everything-vr-shopping/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-08T11:40:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-touch-a-20190608.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Miraisens Inc. CEO Natsuo Koda (right) and founder and Chief Technology Officer Norio Nakamura hold a palm-sized device equipped with 3D Haptics, which can recreate a variety of touch sensations in a three-dimensional space.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/08/world/science-health-world/solar-eclipse-frenzy-fuels-astronomical-tourism-chile/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-08T12:50:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/f-eclipse-a-20190609.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-eclipse-a-20190609.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A placard shows the time of the July 2 total solar eclipse in Coquimbo, Chile.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/08/world/u-s-starts-withdrawing-turkey-f-35-program-russia-defense-deal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-08T13:31:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-usturkey-a-20190609.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Lockheed Martin F-35 aircraft at the ILA Air Show in Berlin on April 25]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/08/business/economy-business/weak-u-s-employment-report-raises-red-flag-economy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-08T13:50:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/08/world/offbeat-world/aphrodisiac-beavers-good-food-says-polish-minister/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-08T14:21:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A beaver in a marsh near the Belaurusian village of Vyganashchy]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/07/national/crime-legal/sapporo-mother-boyfriend-sent-prosecutors-death-2-year-old-girl/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-08T14:27:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-abuse-a-20190608.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A car carrying Rina Ikeda leaves the Hokkaido Prefectural Police headquarters in Sapporo on Friday to move the child abuse suspect to prosecutors.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/07/national/japans-commercial-whaling-restart-july-1-three-decade-hiatus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-08T14:28:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-whaling-a-20190608.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A whaling vessel departs from Abashiri port in eastern Hokkaido on June 1 to take part in the last round of what Japan calls research whaling off the Pacific coast ahead of the country's withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission at the end of June, followed by a return to commercial whaling.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/08/national/israel-hold-ceremony-tokyo-2020-games-victims-1972-munich-attack/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-08T18:56:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/08/national/politics-diplomacy/liberal-democratic-party-unveils-election-pledges-focus-foreign-policy-ahead-upper-house-vote/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-08T20:01:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/n-campaign-a-20190609.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-campaign-a-20190609.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Liberal Democratic Party policy chief Fumio Kishida displays an election campaign pledge booklet for the Upper House election set for this summer on Friday at the party's head office in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/08/business/g20-finance-chiefs-discuss-measures-guard-economic-risks-fukuoka-meeting/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-08T21:49:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Finance Minister Taro Aso and OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria pose Saturday during a meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors in the city of Fukuoka.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/08/business/boeing-delayed-fix-defective-737-max-warning-light-three-years-lawmakers-say/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-08T22:02:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-boeing-a-20190609.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The cockpit of a Boeing 737 MAX 8]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/08/business/ministry-eyes-sharply-lower-penalties-mobile-phone-contract-termination/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-08T23:10:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/b-smartphones-a-20190609.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-smartphones-a-20190609.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The communications ministry plans to lower penalty charges imposed by mobile phone service providers for early contract termination from the current ¥9,500 to ¥1,000 or less.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/09/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/wake-easter-terrorist-attacks-eye-china-indian-leader-vows-support-sri-lanka/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-09T21:41:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena walk under an umbrella as they attend a welcoming ceremony for Modi at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/10/world/syrian-rebel-town-buries-goalie-became-singer-revolution/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T03:10:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-sarout-a-20190611.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People use their mobile phones to take pictures of the body of Abdelbasset al-Sarout, 27, who died from wounds he sustained battling in northwest Syria, during his funeral in the border town of al-Dana, Idlib, Syria, Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/10/business/60000-harvard-teaches-rich-kids-good-cash/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T12:05:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/06/07/national/japanese-beverage-company-expands-network-vending-machines-containing-free-umbrellas/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T12:27:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/n-umbrella-a-20180608.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-umbrella-a-20180608.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dydo Drinco Inc. recycles lost umbrellas from seven railway operators and offers them at their vending machines for customers to borrow.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/07/18/business/nadeshiko-japan-obviously-doesnt-do-it-for-the-money/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T13:41:26+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/10/national/social-issues/men-force-feet-high-heels-japans-kutoo-movement-seeks-build-media-attention/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T13:43:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/n-kutoo-a-20190611.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-kutoo-a-20190611.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[In January, actress and writer Yumi Ishikawa tweeted her frustration about the unfairness of having to wear heels, kicking off the #KuToo movement.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/09/business/corporate-business/carlos-ghosns-lawyers-surprised-hear-renault-board-started-legal-proceedings-based-audit-report/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T13:55:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/b-ghosn-a-20190610.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-ghosn-a-20190610.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Carlos Ghosn]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/10/business/corporate-business/united-technologies-raytheon-poised-massive-merger/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T14:11:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/b-merger-a-20190611.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-merger-a-20190611.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Raytheon logo is seen on a building in Annapolis Junction, Maryland, in March.  Raytheon and United Technologies, two major American aeronautics and defense groups, are poised to announce as early this week plans for a massive merger, according to U.S. media.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/10/world/politics-diplomacy-world/boris-johnson-woos-hard-brexit-brigade-michael-gove-eclipsed-cocaine-woes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T15:03:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/f-brexit-a-20190611.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-brexit-a-20190611.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Conservative MP Boris Johnson leaves a house in London on Friday. Johnson is considered the front-runner to become Britain's next prime minister.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/09/business/aso-treasury-secretary-steven-mnuchin-discuss-global-economic-risks-amid-u-s-china-trade-spat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T16:25:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/b-asomnuchin-a-20190610.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-asomnuchin-a-20190610.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Finance Minister Taro Aso shakes hands with U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin before the two held talks on the sidelines of the Group of 20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors in the city of Fukuoka on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/10/national/tohoku-residents-try-keep-memory-3-11-quake-tsunami-alive-vr-wreckage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T16:38:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/n-kahoku-a-20190611.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-kahoku-a-20190611.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Junior high school students look around the Ruins of the Great East Japan Earthquake Kesennuma City Memorial Museum during a school trip in May.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/10/national/giant-panda-cub-xiang-xiang-tokyos-ueno-zoo-turn-2-week/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T17:17:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-panda-a-20190611.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Xiang Xiang, a female giant panda cub, eats bamboo in her enclosure at Ueno zoo in Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/10/business/corporate-business/ana-space-agency-look-possibility-using-satellite-system-find-optimal-flight-paths/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T17:45:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/b-anajaxa-a-20190610.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-anajaxa-a-20190610.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ayako Matsumoto]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/10/business/chile-citing-track-record-trade-aims-build-consensus-g20-apec-meetings/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T17:55:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/b-chile-b-20190611.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-chile-b-20190611.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rodrigo Yanez, Chile's vice minister of trade, speaks during an interview with The Japan Times on Saturday in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/15/national/volunteers-prepare-face-inclusive-2020-games/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:04:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/n-volunteers-a-20190516.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-volunteers-a-20190516.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoshihiro Muramatsu (right), who lost his sight when he was a junior high school student, hands out commemorative bags to attendees at the main entrance of a long-distance road relay event at Komazawa Olympic Park in Tokyo in March.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/03/04/national/science-health/blind-japanese-inventor-harnessing-technology-improve-lives-visually-impaired/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:05:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/n-asakawa-a-20190305.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-asakawa-a-20190305.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chieko Asakawa, an Osaka-born computer scientist, is among 19 innovators who will be inducted into the U.S. National Inventors Hall of Fame in Washington in May.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/01/17/national/social-issues/no-peel-appeal-novelty-banana-grower-showcase-integration-mentally-disabled-workers-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:05:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/n-banana-a-20190118.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-banana-a-20190118.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chieko Saito, a former nursery teacher with no prior farming experience, established Okayama Ohisama Farm in May 2017.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/30/national/regulations-regarding-employment-disabled-workers-strengthened/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:05:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/n-disability-a-20181231.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-disability-a-20181231.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The government will strengthen regulations for the hiring of disabled workers.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/18/national/pioneering-swim-club-gives-disabled-japanese-chance-excel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:07:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/n-swimming-a-20181219.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-swimming-a-20181219.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Children with disabilities learn to swim at the Okazaki Tatsuki Swimming Club in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/28/national/wheelchair-accessible-tour-kamakura-aims-revolutionize-tourism-people-disabilities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:08:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-tour-a-20181129.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-tour-a-20181129.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tomoya Takano (right), the creator of a tour for people with disabilities, helps Hiroshi Matsuyama, who has ALS, navigate a bumpy path at Hase Temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Oct. 14.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/16/national/skydiving-welsh-grandma-brings-power-touch-disabled-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:08:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-grandma-a-20181117.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dylis Price is interviewed in Cardiff, Wales.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/13/national/japan-government-ponders-telecommuting-hire-disabled-people/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:09:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-disabled-a-20181113.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[After getting caught padding the number of government employees with disabilities, officials are starting to look for more ways to hire such people.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/22/national/japan-ministries-counted-dead-retired-people-totals-meet-legal-quotas-disabled-employment-panel-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:09:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:09:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-disabilities-a-20181016.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Girls experience life as a person with autism (left) or with a disability affecting the forearms and hands (right) through a game-like experience at the Lives Tokyo event in September at the Tokyo Midtown complex in Minato Ward.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/04/national/social-issues/deaf-community-looks-bring-olympics-japan-2020/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:10:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Deaf volleyball team members communicate with each other during a game at an athletic meet on Sept. 23 in Fukaya, Saitama Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/08/28/national/half-disabled-workers-central-government-institutions-miscounted-labor-minister/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:10:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-hiring-a-20180829.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Labor minister Katsunobu Kato takes questions from reporters during a news conference at the ministry on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/08/27/national/japanese-designer-dreams-card-let-people-convey-disorders/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:10:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/n-disabilities-a-20180828.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-disabilities-a-20180828.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Natsumi Miyazaki holds a card designed to describe symptoms of her developmental disorders to others.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/08/14/national/visually-impaired-residents-evacuated-western-japan-rain-disaster-prompting-calls-better-planning/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:11:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-blind-a-20180815.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Katsue Yamasaki of Okayama Prefecture is one of six people with visual impairments confirmed to have evacuated during the recent rain disaster.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:11:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-disabled-a-20180808.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiroko Uchiyama (far left) and Shoji Nakanishi (center) hold a news conference at the health ministry on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/10/business/economy-business/japans-current-account-surplus-april-shrank-amid-weak-exports-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:24:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/10/national/social-issues/wheelchair-accessible-hotel-rooms-still-issue-ahead-tokyo-2020-paralympics-olympics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:29:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-wheelchairs-a-20190611.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Primary school children in Yokohama interact with members of Britain's paratriathlon team on May 17.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/10/03/national/sapporo-care-home-provider-elderly-broadens-deaf-residents-horizons/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:32:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-carehome-a-20171004_v0.2.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Residents of a care home for people with hearing disabilities in Sapporo chat in sign language during snack time last month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/08/23/national/hundreds-disabled-workers-lose-jobs-government-subsidized-businesses-struggle-financially/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:32:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-layoffs-a-20170824.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A job interview session is seen being held in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on Aug. 9 for people with disabilities who had been abruptly laid off because their employers suffered financial difficulties.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/08/04/national/social-issues/disability-awareness-campaigner-calls-japan-accept-inclusive-classrooms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:32:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-disabilities-a-20170805.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takashi Ono (center) demonstrates how he can communicate with his finger in Kawasaki on May 25.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/07/14/national/social-issues/laughing-adversity-bedridden-comic-asodog-finds-humor-disability/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:33:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-comedian-a-20170715.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Asodog, who claims to be Japan's first and only "bedridden" comedian, performs in Kumamoto in February.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/04/28/national/hyogo-firm-helping-disabled-learn-sweet-product-development-sales-skills/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:34:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-imomaru-a-20170429.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takao Misawa shows Imoma:ru buns with sweet potato paste filling produced by workers with disabilities in Ibaraki and Hyogo prefectures.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/04/25/national/social-issues/tokyo-movie-house-caters-visually-impaired-everyone-else/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:35:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-cinema-a-20170426.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chihoko Hiratsuka, founder of Cinema Chupki Tabata, is interviewed March 24 in the movie theater's seating area.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/04/12/national/guidelines-supporting-preschool-children-disabilities-final-review/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:35:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-disabilities-z-20170413.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The ministry's draft has been prepared based on feedback from associations and groups that provide care for children with disabilities, including Down's syndrome or autism.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/03/15/national/government-calls-widespread-rollout-flashing-fire-alarms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:35:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-alarm-a-20170316.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A welfare facility in Tokyo's Meguro Ward conducts a fire drill using flashing fire alarms last month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/22/national/crime-legal/sagamihara-mass-murder-suspect-says-pursued-gangster/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:36:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:36:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[From left: Paralympic track athlete Keita Sato, real estate company Tokyo Tatemono executive Hisao Shibayama, former Olympic hurdler Dai Tamesue and president of prosthetics developer Xiborg, Ken Endo, participate in an exhibition run at the new Shin-Toyosu Brillia Running Stadium during its opening reception Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/11/17/national/social-issues/japanese-bar-group-urges-airasia-x-apologize-2014-refusal-check-mans-wheelchair/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:37:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:39:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[wn20130624a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Aiding the blind: Korey Singleton, who manages the George Mason University Assistive Technology Initiative, demonstrates a tactile diagram on fetal pig dissection for students in Fairfax, Virginia, on June 14.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/29/national/japanese-outsiders-stage-art-exhibit-in-london/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20130329b1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[What's in a name?: A work titled "Untitled" by artist Komei Bekki is pictured in the foreground as an employee poses next to another artwork called "Untitled" by Satoshi Morita at the Wellcome Collection in central London on Wednesday. The works are part of the "Souzou: Outsider Art from Japan" exhibition.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/07/26/national/crime-legal/survivors-bereaved-mark-second-anniversary-mass-stabbing-kanagawa-care-home/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:40:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kaoru Irikura (far left), head of the care home Tsukui Yamayuri En in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, offers a prayer in front of the facility on Thursday, the two-year anniversary of a fatal stabbing rampage that took place there.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/07/09/national/doctor-researchers-use-japanese-strategy-game-go-help-children-developmental-disabilities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:41:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toru Masaoka]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/07/04/national/%c2%a52020-tickets-announced-2020-tokyo-games/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:41:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:41:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-colors-a-20180704.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A teacher at Tonohiraga Elementary School in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, explains the stroke order of kanji using specially designed chalk whose colors are easily recognizable by people with color vision deficiency.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/05/23/national/social-issues/give-back-life-victims-japans-forced-sterilizations-demand-justice-decades-silence/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:41:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A 75-year-old man, who goes by the name Saburo Kita in the Japanese media to avoid questions from his late wife’s family, is interviewed at his home in Tokyo on April 22.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/04/13/national/crime-legal/fukuoka-couple-impaired-hearing-considers-lawsuit-forced-sterilization/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:43:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tourists hold origami bought from a vending machine behind them near Toshogu Shrine, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, on Feb. 1.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/30/national/crime-legal/woman-sues-government-japan-forced-sterilization-scrapped-eugenics-law/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:43:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A group of lawyers holding a banner walk to the Sendai District Court on Tuesday, where they were representing a woman suing the government over her sterilization conducted under the now-defunct Eugenic Protection Law.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A curator (right) explains an artwork while a woman touches it, at an event held at Mori Art Museum in Tokyo's Roppongi district in October to help visually impaired people appreciate art.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Keisuke Shimakage, CEO of Tokyo-based startup Oton Glass, wears a pair of glasses that can read aloud text in the wearer's field of view.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman talks to an operator via sign language using a special public phone set up at Haneda airport on Sunday to provide sign-language relay translation services for people with hearing disabilities.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:45:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Misato Komiyama and her parents feed rice crackers to deer during a visit to Nara Park on June 3.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/11/02/national/manufacturers-help-innovations-disabled-evolve-idea-reality/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:46:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A 19-year-old woman nicknamed Miyu shows off a bag designed for women who use wheelchairs. The bag can be hooked to a wheelchair using a specially designed belt.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/11/01/national/social-issues/protest-targets-hyogo-hospital-chiefs-comment-calling-past-campaign-sterilize-disabled-unique/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:46:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:46:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Body and soul: Takenobu Yanagita paints at Maru studio in the city of Fukuoka on June 14.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/04/23/national/nagoya-shop-offers-unique-handbags-made-workers-disabilities-recycled-obi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:48:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-chubu-a-20180424.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman at an establishment that employs people with disabilities in Nagoya uses a sewing machine to create a bag from a distinctively patterned Nagoya obi.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/04/17/national/japanese-expert-speaks-using-paralympics-build-respect-people-disabilities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:48:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-paralympics-a-20180418.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People in wheelchairs watch an ice hockey game during the Pyeongchang Paralympics in South Korea last month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/05/31/national/social-issues/japan-inc-giving-workers-disability-training/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:48:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-disability-a-20160601.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Corporate employees take training in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on May 10 that helps them understand how to interact with people with disabilities and the elderly.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/05/02/reference/new-law-bans-bias-against-people-with-disabilities-but-shortcomings-exist-say-experts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:48:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-fyi-a-20160503.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man in a wheelchair rides a loop bus in Nara Prefecture. A new law requires government agencies and private businesses to remove "social barriers" for people with impairments, including ensuring their access to public transportation.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/05/02/national/social-issues/defense-lawyer-with-guide-dogs-help-carries-welfare-related-caseload/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:49:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-guidedog-a-20160503.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lawyer Kimiko Yoshie walks with her guide dog, Kuru, in front of the Kobe District Court.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/04/16/national/media-national/accommodating-disabilities-within-reason/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:49:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p18-brasor-disabled-a-20160417.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p18-brasor-disabled-a-20160417.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rocky road: A Takashimaya department store employee helps a customer with a disability in Tokyo. The Law on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities, which went into effect April 1, requires businesses to make a "reasonable accommodation" of those with disabilities, but is vague about specifying limitations.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/01/18/national/photo-helen-kellers-1937-visit-gifu-school-discovered/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:49:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-chubu-a-20160119.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[This photo shows Helen Keller with students and teachers at Gifu Prefectural School for the Blind in the city of Gifu in June 1937.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/12/29/national/christian-doctor-wakayama-offers-hope-disabled-kids-kenya/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:50:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-kenya-a-20151230.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japanese pediatrician Kazuko Kumon runs a health care and education facility for disabled children in Kenya.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/12/04/national/japanese-paralympic-gold-medalist-urges-better-inclusion-u-n-address/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:50:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/n-paralympian-a-20151205.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-paralympian-a-20151205.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Miki Matheson]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/11/13/national/style-compliments-functionality-shibuya-exhibition-aids-disabled/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:51:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/n-disability-c-20151114.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-disability-c-20151114.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People Design Institute's Shinji Sudo looks at Wheelchair DJ, which has wheels that play music when spun and can be "scratched" back and forth like a record.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/11/10/national/first-japanese-researchers-observe-chimp-mother-sister-caring-disabled-infant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:51:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/n-chimp-a-20151111.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-chimp-a-20151111.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[In this photo taken in November 2011 at the Mahale Mountains National Park in Tanzania, a chimpanzee takes care of her disabled younger sister.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/08/24/national/schools-wheelchair-repairs-give-new-life-to-people-in-need/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:52:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/n-wheelchair-a-20150825.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-wheelchair-a-20150825.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[High school students try their hand at restoring a corroded wheelchair destined for Sri Lanka during a seminar held in Daisen, Akita Prefecture, on Aug. 7.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/12/30/national/autistic-people-find-independence-unique-facility-saitama/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:52:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-autism-a-20141231.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Residents and staff of Keyaki no Sato in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, join visitors from the Beijing Association of Rehabilitation for Children with Autism for a commemorative photo on Dec. 5.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/10/business/economy-business/japans-january-march-gdp-upgraded-weak-consumption-still-concern/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:55:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/b-gdprevise-a-20190611.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-gdprevise-a-20190611.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[January-March GDP has been upgraded but analysts say weak consumption still remains a concern.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/05/27/national/social-issues/people-disabilities-giving-japans-short-handed-companies-assist-working-home/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:55:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/n-telework-a-20180528.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-telework-a-20180528.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kazuma Minowa, who lives in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, talks to workers at the Tokyo office of realtor Kachi Jutaku in March by teleconference. More firms in urban areas are hiring people with physical disabilities or mental disorders by taking advantage of teleconferencing.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/07/14/national/heat-apparently-claims-mentally-disabled-youth-left-service-van-six-hours-saitama/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:56:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-disabilities-a-20170715.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kenji Otsuka, a manager of a welfare facility in Ageo, Saitama Prefecture, speaks to reporters Thursday after a man with disabilities died in a car after being left in the vehicle for about six hours amid hot weather.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/07/26/national/crime-legal/care-facility-staffers-express-concern-security-following-kanagawa-stabbing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T18:58:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/n-facility-a-20160727.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-facility-a-20160727.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tsukui Yamayuri En, a care facility for people with disabilities in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, is seen from the air Tuesday, hours after a knife-wielding man went on a killing rampage there.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/02/16/national/25-japans-disabled-trouble-making-ends-meet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T19:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-10T19:00:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-kimono-a-20160213.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Akiko Nakajima, head of Hanayome Kobo in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, shows a kimono that can be put on without standing up.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/11/19/national/education-board-member-calls-prenatal-screening-reduce-burden-disabled-children/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T19:01:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-10T19:01:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-disabilities-a-20151030.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yusuke Hatsuse (front), president of Universal Style Co., prepares for a judo training session at a university in Tokyo on Sept. 30.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/25/national/2266-disabled-people-were-abused-in-japan-in-fiscal-2013-ministry-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T19:02:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-10T19:03:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-chubu-a-20171212.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mothers in Nagoya use sign language to discuss a range of topics, such as giving birth and what to do in the event of a natural disaster.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/25/national/special-needs-student-punished-shamed-flatulence-tochigi-school-discloses/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T19:03:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A student at a junior high school for children with disabilities in Tochigi Prefecture was instructed last year to write an essay promising not to fart during classes before seeing the composition posted in the classroom. The school later admitted that the punishment had been "excessive."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/02/15/national/social-issues/manga-news-articles-japanese-civic-groups-create-barrier-free-publications-people-mental-disabilities/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-manga-a-20190216.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kyoto Seika University professor Kazuma Yoshimura has worked with researchers to create manga that is accessible for people with mental disabilities.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/06/11/national/u-n-ambassador-highlights-link-disasters-disabilities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T19:06:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-10T19:06:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-minibus-a-20171114.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A minibus rests upside down in a wooded area in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, on Monday after it tumbled off a narrow road. The accident left all 18 people aboard with minor injuries.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-10T19:07:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Good show: Mamoru Samuragochi works at his office in Yokohama.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/21/national/group-compiles-posts-song-lyrics-braille-online-facilitate-karaoke-visually-impaired/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T19:08:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-chubu-a-20150922.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A support group in Nagoya offers lyrics on its website that can be printed out in Braille using special printers, opening a new world of karaoke possibilities to the blind.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Toyota Motor Corp. employee high fives a player during the Special Olympics on Feb. 13 in the city of Niigata.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/06/25/national/social-issues/disabled-artists-carving-out-niche-in-japan/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p3-disabled-a-20140626.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kosuke Ota, an autistic artist, works on designs in Fukuoka's Minami Ward on April 18.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/20/national/certificate-test-starts-for-care-workers-as-travel-guides/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Participants in a field training program to assist the elderly and physically disabled take a ride on a water bus on the Sumida River in Tokyo last November.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/05/04/national/cram-schools-help-children-developmental-disabilities-prepare-future/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T19:14:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-disabilities-a-20170505.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Eita Ide (right) studies computer programming at Kid’s Tech, a newly opened cram school catering to the needs of children with developmental disabilities in Tokyo’s Ota Ward in mid-April.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/06/19/national/cafe-caters-to-mentally-disabled/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T19:15:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoko Kamoya (second from left) serves drinks at Necco Cafe in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on April 10.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/08/26/national/social-issues/amputee-athlete-encourages-others-with-disabilities-to-compete-in-events/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T19:16:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/n-amputee-a-20140827.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-amputee-a-20140827.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hitomi Onishi (second from left) competes in the T42 class of the women's 100-meter dash at the Kanto track and field championship for the disabled in Machida, Tokyo, on July 5.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/30/national/inventors-of-self-help-tools-sought-for-disabled-infirm/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T19:17:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p3-self-help-a-20140131.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Simple aids: Examples of goods developed to help the disabled and elderly live independent lives include (clockwise from left) a file attached to a shaft, an aid for putting on socks, a portable whiteboard pad, an umbrella mount for automatic wheelchairs, hinged chopsticks and a nail clipper with boards attached for easier use.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/10/national/u-n-japanese-crafts-exhibit-is-dream-come-true-for-disability-advocate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T19:17:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/p3-disabled-a-20131211.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p3-disabled-a-20131211.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Global reach: Mika Hirako (right) demonstrates Japanese craftsmanship at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Dec. 3 as President of the General Assembly John Ashe (left) looks on. Mutsuko Takenouchi, founder of Aikobo Group, is pictured second from the right.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/11/national/1500-disabled-japanese-abused-in-half-year-period/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T19:18:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/03/national/disabled-find-new-roles-in-workplace/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T19:18:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20130703f2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Working together: At Sign with Me, a cafe owned and operated by staff with hearing disabilities in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, messages are written on a white board.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/22/world/science-health-world/robotics-about-to-transform-our-notion-of-what-is-human/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T19:18:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[wn20130622f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bionic man: Born without a left hand, Bertolt Meyer received a bionic hand developed by Scottish company Touch Bionics at the age of 19. Here he operates a music console in 2010 at the Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Technology fair in Germany.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/02/15/business/firms-may-have-to-hire-people-with-mental-disorders/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T19:18:56+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/10/national/kyoto-team-retains-seat-isu-1-office-chair-grand-prix/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T19:27:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-chairrace-a-20190610.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Contestants take part in the office chair race "Isu-1" Grand Prix held in Hanyu, Saitama Prefecture, on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/03/13/national/social-issues/cafes-employing-staff-disabilities-find-taste-trumps/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T19:27:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A staff member of Sign With Me, a soup cafe in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward, takes an order from a customer (left) via sign language on Dec. 28.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/29/national/social-issues/exhibition-focuses-visually-impaired/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T19:28:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p3-exhibition-a-20140430.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A visitor observes an exhibition on how to guarantee the "right to read" of people with seeing impairments at the Tokyo Metropolitan Human Rights Promotion Center on April 23.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/10/22/national/more-museums-exhibit-accessibility/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T19:28:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20131023f3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Focus on the family: A couple leaves their baby with staff members at a baby-sitting facility in the National Art Center in Tokyo in September before viewing the exhibits.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/09/21/world/science-health-world/new-smartphone-app-gives-sight-to-the-blind/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T19:28:44+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/05/14/world/social-issues-world/haitian-orphan-gets-3-d-printed-prosthesis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T19:29:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p5-3dhaiti-a-20140515.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Handicapped Haitian boy Stevenson Joseph (right) learns to use a 3-D printed prosthetic hand at the orphanage where he lives in Santo, near Port-au-Prince, April 28, 2014.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/30/world/science-health-world/experiment-allows-man-to-use-his-mind-to-control-anothers-movements/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T19:33:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/wn20130831n2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[wn20130831n2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Future thinking: After receiving a brain signal transmitted over the Internet, Andrea Stocco would hit the keyboard keys to fire a shot in a computer game whenever the sender, who was playing it, thought about firing. Stocco could not actually see the game that is displayed behind him.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/18/world/science-health-world/wearable-tech-liberates-disabled/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T19:33:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/wn20130819c1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[wn20130819c1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tammie Lou Van Sant]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/04/world/social-issues-world/a-year-later-couple-grapples-with-life-after-assault/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T19:33:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/wn20130805f4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[wn20130805f4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The road back: Abby Maslin sees her husband, Thomas "TC" Maslin, off to a speech therapy session at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on May 31. Thomas Maslin suffered traumatic brain injury in August 2012 when he was assaulted with a baseball bat that crushed the left side of his head and left him in a coma for days.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/04/world/woman-with-down-syndrome-wins-rights-case/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T19:33:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[wn20130805a8a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jenny Hatch]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/28/world/social-issues-world/woman-with-down-syndrome-pushes-for-her-independence/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T19:33:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/wn20130729f1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[wn20130729f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Independent minded: Margaret Jean "Jenny" Hatch, 29 (right), wants to live with friends Jim Talbert (left) and Kelly Morris. But the parents of Hatch, who has Down syndrome, believe she belongs in a group home.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/08/national/crime-legal/joc-chief-questioned-bid-probe-frances-behalf/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T19:36:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/n-joc-a-20170209.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-joc-a-20170209.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tsunekazu Takeda]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/10/business/g20-ministers-end-tsukuba-meet-pledge-seek-reform-world-trade-organization/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T20:53:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-g20trade-a-20190610.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiroshige Seko, the economy, trade and industry minister, and Foreign Minister Taro Kono attend a ministerial meeting of the Group of 20 major economies held in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/04/13/business/economy-business/g20-agrees-take-timely-action-mitigate-risks-global-economy-boj-gov-haruhiko-kuroda-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T20:55:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-g20wrap-a-20190414.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Finance Minister Taro Aso and Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda leave a Group of 20 news conference during the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings in Washington on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/01/02/national/politics-diplomacy/2019-test-abe-japanese-diplomats-efforts-secure-return-russian-held-isles/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T20:55:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe watch an international judo tournament on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, in September. The two are trying to lay the groundwork for reaching an agreement this year on a long-standing territorial dispute.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/03/business/japan-uruguay-agree-two-way-beef-exports/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T20:55:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-uruguay-a-20181204.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is welcomed by Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez in Montevideo on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/09/25/national/politics-diplomacy/climate-change-will-high-next-years-g20-summit-agenda-abe-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T20:55:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-abeclimate-a-20180925.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/07/23/business/g20-finance-leaders-say-increased-trade-geopolitical-tensions-affect-global-growth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T20:56:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-g20-a-20180724.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Luis Caputo (right), president of the Argentine central bank, and Argentine Treasury Minister Nicolas Dujovne, listen to a question at a news conference during the Group of 20 finance ministers and central bankers' meetings in Buenos Aires on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/07/22/business/g20-finance-chiefs-share-concerns-escalating-trade-friction/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T20:56:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-g20-a-20180723.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Finance Minister Taro Aso (center left) speaks with Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (center right), during the G20 finance ministers and central bankers meetings in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/07/22/business/economy-business/bojs-kuroda-keeps-mum-possible-steps-soften-easing-pain/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T20:56:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda (left) chats with Finance Minister Taro Aso, who also holds the deputy prime minister portfolio, while attending the Group of 20 meetings of finance ministers and central bankers in Buenos Aires on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/07/21/business/economy-business/group-20-draft-cites-growing-trade-tensions-diplomatically/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T20:56:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-g20draft-a-20180722.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One on Friday at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/04/20/business/g-20-finance-meeting-kicks-off-leaders-focus-free-trade-amid-u-s-protectionism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T20:56:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-g20-a-20180421.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda speaks to the media Thursday in Washington ahead of the opening of the Group of 20 meeting of finance chiefs.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/23/national/osaka-considered-likely-host-japans-first-g-20-summit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T20:56:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-g20osaka-a-20171224.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Intex Osaka convention center in Suminoe Ward is seen in September. Osaka is a likely candidate for hosting the leaders' summit for the Group of 20 major economies in 2019, sources say.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/10/14/business/economy-business/g-20-finance-chiefs-upbeat-on-world-economy-affirm-coordination-over-risks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T20:57:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda speaks to reporters after a meeting of Group of 20 finance chiefs in Washington on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/08/30/business/g-20-gdp-growth-exceed-3-risks-noted-moodys/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-10T20:57:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks Friday at a ministerial meeting held at the Prime Minister's Office to adopt a policy package aimed at reducing plastic waste.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-11T11:34:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The government plans to ban the use of plastic straws and cutlery at cafeterias in its office buildings.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Food loss is a pressing issue for cities like Kyoto. Japan's huge volume of wasted food often comes in plastic containers.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The government aims to boost the use of plant-based bioplastics by nearly 30 times by 2030 to cut back on plastic bottles and other such waste.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike at a news conference on Friday]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Modou Fall, head of the Clean Senegal Association, wears a costume made from plastic cups and bags as he helps clean a beach during World Cleanup Day in Dakar on Sept. 15.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Plastic and other garbage float in a sewage drain in Mumbai on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Yukiya Amano of Japan addresses the media during a 2018 news conference after a meeting of the IAEA board of governors at the International Center in Vienna. Amano is urging world powers to continue dialogue with Iran to keep it in the landmark 2015 deal aimed at preventing the country from building nuclear weapons.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe answers a question during a Diet committee meeting on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Renault are said to be looking for ways to revive their collapsed merger plan.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japanese author Seiko Tanabe, known for her modernized version of the Japanese classic "Tale of Genji," is pictured in February 2011. Tanabe died in Kobe on June 6 at age 91.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/20/business/corporate-business/new-mitsubishi-motors-ceo-vows-achieve-growth-alliance-nissan-renault/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Incoming Mitsubishi Motors Corp. CEO Takao Kato (right) and Mitsubishi Motors Chairman Osamu Masuko hold a news conference Monday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The three-way alliance of Nissan Motor Co., Renault SA of France and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. remained in second place in terms of global auto sales in 2018, totaling 10.75 million units, according to industry data released Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Carlos Ghosn, chairman of the alliance between Renault SA, Nissan Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp., speaks during an interview at Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama on Sept. 19.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nissan Motor Co. and its alliance partner Renault SA have launched a joint investigation into the alleged financial misconduct of their former chairman, Carlos Ghosn, at the Amsterdam-based company overseeing the Japanese-French partnership, a source close to the matter said.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-car-a-20190402.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cars roll off the assembly line at Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s plant in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, in August 2011.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/03/27/business/corporate-business/renault-wants-merger-nissan-fiat-chrysler-report/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-11T17:21:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-renault-a-20190328.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jean-Dominique Senard, chairman of Renault SA, attends a news conference in Yokohama on March 12. The French carmaker is reportedly aiming to restart merger talks with Nissan Motor Co., which would also involve Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/02/01/business/corporate-business/nissan-board-meet-next-week-post-ghosn-leadership/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-11T17:21:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/b-nissanboard-a-20190202.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-nissanboard-a-20190202.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nissan Motor Co. and Renault SA signboards are seen at their dealerships in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture. Nissan's board will hold an extraordinary board meeting as early as next week to discuss its top management in the post-Ghosn era.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/11/national/akita-governor-blasts-defense-ministry-missile-defense-system-survey-errors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-11T17:21:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/n-aegis-a-20190612.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-aegis-a-20190612.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Defense Ministry official explains errors the ministry made in its geographical survey related to the deployment of Aegis Ashore missile launchers at a meeting of local residents in the city of Akita on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/08/business/corporate-business/nissan-recall-150000-vehicles-new-improper-inspection-practices-come-light/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-11T17:22:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/b-recalls-a-20181208.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-recalls-a-20181208.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Seiji Honda, corporate vice president of Nissan Motor Corp., bows after finishing a news conference in Tokyo on Friday as the firm revealed a plan to recall 150,000 vehicles due to improper inspections.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/03/business/corporate-business/nissan-ceo-whisperer-greg-kelly-ponders-fate-tokyo-jail/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-11T17:22:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/b-kelly-a-20181204.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-kelly-a-20181204.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Greg Kelly's role at Nissan Motor Co. as former Chairman Carlos Ghosn Ghosn's loyal gatekeeper and confidant has thrust him into the heart of the investigation by Japanese authorities.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/11/business/corporate-business/new-six-year-business-plan-nissan-eyes-profits-volume/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-11T17:23:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/b-nissan-a-20190512.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-nissan-a-20190512.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People walk into Nissan Motor Co.'s headquarters in Yokohama last month.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/04/22/business/corporate-business/tokyo-prosecutors-indict-carlos-ghosn-misappropriation-charge-serious-allegation-yet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-11T17:23:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/b-ghosn-a-20190423.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-ghosn-a-20190423.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A video of Carlos Ghosn, filmed on April 3, is seen on April 9 at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/04/19/business/corporate-business/nissan-backs-notre-dame-restoration-e100000-donation-amid-push-repair-alliance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-11T17:23:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/b-donations-a-20190420.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-donations-a-20190420.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People gather in front of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on Wednesday, two days after a big fire gutted part of the iconic building, a designated UNESCO World Heritage site.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/04/19/business/corporate-business/carlos-ghosn-indicted-monday-fresh-charge-misusing-nissan-funds-source/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-11T17:24:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/b-ghosncharge-a-20190420.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-ghosncharge-a-20190420.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn is set to be charged Monday with the alleged misuse of company funds paid to a distributor in Oman, according to sources.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/04/16/business/corporate-business/nissan-sales-chief-latest-quit-arrest-ex-boss-carlos-ghosn/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-11T17:24:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/b-nissan-a-20190417.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-nissan-a-20190417.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nissan Motor Co. Executive Vice President Daniele Schillaci speaks in Yokohama in January.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/02/28/business/corporate-business/lawyers-request-bail-ex-nissan-chief-carlos-ghosn-third-time/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-11T17:24:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/b-ghosn-a-20190301.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-ghosn-a-20190301.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Carlos Ghosn, former chairman of the Mitsubishi and Nissan Alliance, gestures during a news conference at a hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, April 26, 2017.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/02/05/business/corporate-business/nissan-freeze-remuneration-payments-former-chairman-carlos-ghosn/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-11T17:25:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/b-ghosn-a-20190206.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-ghosn-a-20190206.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nissan Motor Co. is set to post about ¥9 billion of previously unstated remuneration for former Chairman Carlos Ghosn on its earnings report slated to be released soon, according to a source.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/01/31/business/corporate-business/nissan-chief-holds-first-meeting-new-renault-chairman/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-11T17:25:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/b-nissanrenault-a-20190201.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-nissanrenault-a-20190201.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A vehicle believed to be carrying Nissan Motor Co. CEO Hiroto Saikawa arrives at the venue of his meeting with Renault SA Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/25/business/tokyo-court-oks-bail-request-carlos-ghosn-aide-greg-kelly/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-11T17:26:11+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/b-kellybail-a-20181226.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-kellybail-a-20181226.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Stepladders arranged for photographers are placed in front of the Tokyo Detention House, where former Nissan executive Greg Kelly and chairman Carlos Ghosn are being detained. Kelly was granted a bail on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/24/national/crime-legal/greg-kellys-wife-says-former-nissan-director-released-christmas-day/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-11T17:26:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/23/business/corporate-business/carlos-ghosn-allegedly-used-ceo-reserves-fund-reward-saudi-acquaintance-help-dealing-personal-investment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-11T17:26:41+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/b-nissanfund-a-20181223.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-nissanfund-a-20181223.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Disgraced Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn is suspected of using the carmaker's CEO reserves fund to reward a Saudi acquaintance who helped him deal with a personal investment that incurred a huge loss, according to sources.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/15/national/media-national/carlos-ghosns-arrest-spurs-debate-executive-salaries-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-11T17:27:15+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/p17-brasor-executive-pay-a-20181216.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p17-brasor-executive-pay-a-20181216.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[View from the top: Former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn's arrest has sparked debate on the salaries foreign executives receive in Japan.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/14/business/corporate-business/nissan-sue-sister-carlos-ghosn-improperly-gaining-contract/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-11T17:27:28+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/b-ghosnsister-a-20181215.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-ghosnsister-a-20181215.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nissan Motor Co. reportedly plans to sue a sister of ex-Chairman Carlos Ghosn at a Rio de Janeiro court, after an internal probe found she had improperly gained from a contract to serve as an adviser.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/12/business/corporate-business/carlos-ghosn-aide-greg-kelly-files-complaint-extended-detention/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-11T17:27:38+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/b-kelly-a-20181213.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-kelly-a-20181213.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Greg Kelly, a former Nissan Motor Co. representative director who was first arrested on Nov. 19, was served a fresh arrest warrant along with former Chairman Carlos Ghosn on Monday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/11/business/tokyo-court-approves-another-10-days-detention-ex-nissan-boss-carlos-ghosn/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-11T17:27:48+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/b-ghosn-a-20181212.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-ghosn-a-20181212.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A huge street monitor in Tokyo broadcasts news about Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn on Monday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/24/national/crime-legal/carlos-ghosns-former-aide-greg-kelly-denies-reporting-ex-nissan-chairmans-salary/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-11T17:28:41+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-kelly-a-20181125.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-kelly-a-20181125.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A security guard stands near Nissan Motor Co.'s logo at its global headquarters in Yokohama on Thursday. Ousted Representative Director Greg Kelly, who was arrested on the same day as former Chairman Carlos Ghosn earlier this week, is reportedly denying that Ghosn's salary was falsely under-reported in company securities reports.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/11/business/despite-priuss-sales-slump-hybrids-popular-ever/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-11T17:39:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/n-prius-a-20190612.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-prius-a-20190612.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Prius hybrid automobile goes through a final quality check on the production line at Toyota Motor Corp.'s plant in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, in 2017.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/11/business/corporate-business/nissan-ceo-hiroto-saikawa-sought-special-deal-stock-options-2013-says-former-ghosn-aide/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-11T17:53:15+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/b-saikawa-a-20190612.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-saikawa-a-20190612.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiroto Saikawa, Nissan Motor Co. president and CEO, speaks during a news conference in Yokohama on March 12.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/11/national/japan-aims-reduce-greenhouse-emissions-zero-second-half-21st-century/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-11T17:55:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/n-energy-a-20190612.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-energy-a-20190612.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday addresses a meeting on the country's plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/11/business/japan-u-s-officials-hold-talks-advance-trade-negotiations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-11T18:10:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/b-ustrade-a-20190612.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-ustrade-a-20190612.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Minister of Economic Revitalization Toshimitsu Motegi (left) and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer shake hands before a meeting at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative in Washington on April 16.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/11/national/science-health/drug-firms-consider-move-tokyo-osaka-future-modern-city-medicine/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-11T18:30:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/n-osaka-a-20190612.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-osaka-a-20190612.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man rides past Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.'s headquarters building in Osaka in April 2018. Pharmaceutical companies are divided over whether to transfer their head offices from Osaka to Tokyo to be closer to where government decisions are made.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/11/business/japan-encourage-foreign-workers-maintain-employment-outside-major-cities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-11T19:57:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/b-foreignworker-a-20190612.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-foreignworker-a-20190612.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Technical trainees from Indonesia engage in agricultural work in the city of Kan'onji, Kagawa Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/11/business/abe-says-real-economic-goals-met-without-hitting-2-inflation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-11T20:01:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/b-abe-a-20190612.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-abe-a-20190612.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks before a Diet committee Monday afternoon.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/11/business/corporate-business/nissan-extends-olive-branch-renault-relations-hit-new-low/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-11T22:10:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/b-nissan-a-20190612.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-nissan-a-20190612.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jean-Dominique Senard, chairman of Renault SA (left), reacts as Hiroto Saikawa, president and chief executive officer of Nissan Motor Co., looks on during a news conference in Yokohama on March 12.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/11/national/politics-diplomacy/u-s-ambassador-japan-william-hagerty-says-high-hopes-abe-visit-iran/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-11T23:34:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/n-hagerty-a-20190612.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-hagerty-a-20190612.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[William Hagerty]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/01/asia-pacific/science-health-asia-pacific/japan-aims-reach-deal-g20-summit-reduce-amount-plastic-waste-entering-oceans-zero-2050/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-12T10:48:53+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/n-plastic-a-20190602.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-plastic-a-20190602.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Containers filled with plastic waste are seen on display at Port Klang in Selangor state, Malaysia, on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/06/national/sign-warmer-japan-china-ties-abe-xi-expected-sign-panda-research-pact-g20/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-12T10:49:22+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/n-panda-a-20190607.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-panda-a-20190607.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Xiang Xiang, a giant panda cub living at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo, eats bamboo last month.]]></image:caption>
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