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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People gather outdoors at Batu Merah village in Ambon, in Indonesia's Maluku islands, following a 6.5 magnitude earthquake on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japanese owners of 7-Eleven stores are finding it difficult to continue 24/7 operations amid a severe labor shortage.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Le Anh Hao, the father of Le Thi Nhat Linh, who was murdered in 2017 at the age of 9, speaks in front of the Tokyo High Court on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-27T03:12:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Graduate student Bradley Arrington uses a steel hammer and chisel to remove diseased coral on a trip to inspect corals affected by Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) near the University of the Virgin Islands campus in St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands in May.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-27T05:44:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Joseph Maguire testifies before a House Intelligence Committee hearing on the handling of the whistleblower complaint in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/27/national/stand-delivered-japans-evolving-escalator-etiquette/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-27T10:14:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People stand to the left side and keep the right side open for people in a hurry on an escalator in Tokyo on Sept. 12.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-27T13:57:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (left) and his South Korean counterpart, Kang Kyung-wha, shake hands at United Nations headquarters in New York on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/27/national/hiroshima-a-bomb-daughter-nuclear-ban-treaty/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-27T14:51:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mitchie Takeuchi delivers a speech Thursday at the U.N. headquarters in New York.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/27/national/health-ministry-names-424-public-hospitals-need-consider-reform/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-27T15:58:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The health ministry said Thursday that 424 public medical institutions nationwide may need to consolidate and realign to save costs.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-27T16:09:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People pay their respects before a statue of late North Korean leader Kim Il Sung in North Korea's northern city of Samjiyon Sept. 13.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/27/world/science-health-world/black-hole-seen-shredding-star/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-27T16:40:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[After passing too close to a supermassive black hole in this illustration, a star is torn apart into a thin stream of gas, which is then pulled back around the black hole and slams into itself, creating a bright shock and ejecting more hot material.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/27/national/crime-legal/ex-security-worker-suspected-360-million-stolen-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-27T16:47:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiroki Ito]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/27/asia-pacific/smartphone-business-thrives-north-korea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-27T17:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A North Korean speaks on the phone outside the venue of the Workers' Party of Korea Congress in Pyongyang in May 2016.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/27/world/social-issues-world/trump-camp-proposes-historically-low-annual-refugee-limit-18000/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-27T17:36:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Refugees and community activists gather in front of the White House in Washington in 2017. The Trump administration wants to cap the number of refugees admitted into the United States to the lowest number since the resettlement program was created in 1980. A State Department proposal released Thursday would put a cap on the number of refugees at 18,000 for the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/27/world/politics-diplomacy-world/johnsons-top-adviser-likens-u-k-s-brexit-chaos-walk-park-compared-2016-referendum/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-27T17:47:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dominic Cummings, political adviser to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, arrives at 10 Downing Street in London Thursday. An unrepentant Prime Minister Boris Johnson brushed off cries of "Resign!" and dared his foes to try to topple him Wednesday at a raucous session of Parliament, a day after Britain's highest court ruled he acted illegally in suspending the body ahead of the Brexit deadline.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/27/world/crime-legal-world/computer-server-haunted-hillary-clinton-2016-now-may-trumps-turn/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-27T17:48:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press after arriving on Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland Thursday after returning from New York.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/27/business/hackers-tried-steal-airbus-secrets-via-contractors-china-link-suspected-afp/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-27T17:49:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An Airbus A350-1000 conducts a test flight over Chateauroux airport, central France, in February. European aerospace giant Airbus has been hit by a series of attacks by hackers who targeted its suppliers in their search for commercial secrets, security sources told AFP, adding they suspected a China link.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/27/world/iran-commits-new-breach-nuclear-deal-expands-enrichment-advanced-centrifuges-iaea-report/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-27T17:50:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/27/world/sudan-closes-borders-libya-central-african-republic-security-economic-dangers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-27T17:50:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A member of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) stands next to a vehicle during an operation to locate and arrest Irregular migrants from Ethiopia, Sudan and Chad who were abandoned by traffickers in a remote desert area near the Libyan border and taken to the Khartoum State border, Sudan, Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/27/business/boeing-not-adequately-consider-pilot-reactions-737-max-ntsb/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-27T17:52:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Boeing 737 Max 8 being built for India-based Jet Airways lands following a test flight at Boeing Field in Seattle in April. Federal safety officials say Boeing should consider how cockpit confusion can slow the response of pilots who are dealing with the kind of problem that likely caused two airliners to crash in the past year.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/26/business/u-s-japan-agree-first-stage-phenomenal-new-trade-accord-trump/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-27T17:58:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump before signing an agreement on trade at the InterContinental Barclay New York hotel on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/27/asia-pacific/social-issues-asia-pacific/hong-kong-artificial-islets-off-lantau/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-27T18:03:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The view from 934-meter-high Lantau Peak, which is famed for stunning sunrise views. (WT-shared) Thorsten at wts wikivoyage / CC BY-SA 4.0]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/27/business/tanker-costs-surge-chinese-sanctions-iran/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-27T18:03:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/27/national/aichi-illustrator-moon-viewing-japans-halloween/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-27T18:06:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kaori Nishihama shows her book and illustration on o-tsukimi dorobō (moon viewing thieves) in Nisshin, Aichi Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/27/business/economy-business/japan-tankan-manufacturer-mood-6-year-low/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-27T18:10:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/27/business/corporate-business/china-fund-pull-bailout-plan-japan-display/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-27T18:22:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Operations were suspended in June at a plant in Hakusan, Ishikawa Prefecture, run by Japan Display Inc., which supplies liquid crystal displays for Apple Inc.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/27/asia-pacific/crime-legal-asia-pacific/brother-guilty-honor-killing-pakistani-qandeel-baloch/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-27T18:55:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch speaks during a news conference in Lahore in 2016.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/27/national/forever-tied-nuclear-disaster-fukushima-residents-hope-pr-boost-2020-tokyo-olympics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-27T19:03:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Participants of an event to promote the "reconstruction Olympics" theme for the 2020 Tokyo Games hold balloons at the J-Village national soccer training center in the town of Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 1.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/27/business/financial-markets/investors-await-cio-japans-gpif-pension-fund/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-27T19:36:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiro Mizuno, executive managing director and chief investment officer of Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund, listens during the Bloomberg Global Business Forum in New York on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/27/business/corporate-business/toyota-subaru-to-raise-stakes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-27T20:16:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. President Yasuyuki Yoshinaga (left) and Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda shake hands during a line-off ceremony at Fuji Heavy's main plant in Ota, Gunma Prefecture, in 2012. Fuji Heavy is now known as Subaru Corp.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/27/national/japan-to-study-joint-custody-divorce/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-27T20:18:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/27/national/defense-report-south-korea-downgrade/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-28T00:03:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Defense Minister Taro Kono waits for a Cabinet meeting to begin at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/27/national/japans-anti-nhk-party-leader-suggests-genocide-solution-overpopulation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-28T11:33:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takashi Tachibana, who heads the political party NHK Kara Kokumin o Mamoru To (the Party to Protect the People from NHK), has made comments suggesting he advocates genocide as a solution to overpopulation.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Brazilian children attend a class at Hiro Gakuen, a special school for Brazilians, in Ogaki, Gifu Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-28T13:19:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-28T15:06:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Teen activist Greta Thunberg take part in a protest march on climate change in Montreal on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-28T22:55:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Beer essentials: A vendor sells Heineken beer at Tokyo Stadium. The tournament's official beer sponsor has so far kept the drinks flowing during World Cup games.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fresh face: Newly appointed Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi arrives at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Sept. 11.  AP]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masayoshi Son]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-28T20:10:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-28T20:11:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-29T07:23:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takahama nuclear power plant]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-29T07:25:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Men monitor stock prices at a brokerage in Beijing on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-29T07:29:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-29T13:38:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A military vehicle passes a closed street in central Beijing during a rehearsal for Tuesday's military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on Sept. 21.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/29/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/look-back-seven-decades-communist-ruled-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-29T17:56:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Visitors are seen in front of exhibits showing U.S. President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China, during an exhibition on China's achievements to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic, at the Beijing Exhibition Center on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-29T17:57:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Unkindest punch: Investigators examine the exterior of a bar in Nishi-Azabu in which kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo was attacked in Tokyo in November 2010.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/29/national/science-health/kounotori8-cargo-spaceship-docks-international-space-station/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-29T18:15:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Kounotori8 docks at the International Space Station on Saturday after astronauts aboard caught the cargo transporter with a robotic arm.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/30/national/japans-new-justice-minister-katsuyuki-kawai-pledges-reform-focus-immigration/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-30T05:05:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Katsuyuki Kawai]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/29/national/typhoon-southwestern-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-29T20:21:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Typhoon Mitag, the season's 18th typhoon, is seen Sunday in this satellite image.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/04/21/national/hometown-donation-system-emerges-effective-way-help-quake-victims/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This screen shot taken from the online tax donation site Satofull shows a message soliciting donations for the quake-hit village of Minamiaso in Kumamoto Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-30T02:59:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-30T03:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-30T05:53:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Women walk past the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square in 2013.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-30T07:22:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jared Kushner (center), senior White House adviser, and Wilbur Ross (left), U.S. commerce secretary, wait for U.S. President Donald Trump to arrive for a news conference in New York on Sept. 25.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-30T09:12:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jennifer Arcuri]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/29/asia-pacific/japan-based-u-s-aircraft-carrier-south-china-sea-ahead-key-chinese-anniversary/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-30T09:15:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The USS Ronald Reagan sails alongside the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Izumo helicopter carrier (front) while conducting operations in the South China Sea on June 19.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/30/national/magnitude-4-4-earthquake-jolts-ibaraki-prefecture/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-30T10:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The epicenter of the earthquake that occurred on Sept. 30 at 1:02 a.m. is located in Ibaraki Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-30T13:27:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A pedestrian walks on posters of Chinese leader Xi Jinping, part of a newly created Lennon Wall, outside the Central Government Complex in Hong Kong on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-30T15:12:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-30T15:50:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Shimane Peninsula is seen from a seaplane during a test flight in July. The operator of the seaplane plans to offer flights linking the Sanin and Sanyo regions.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-30T16:03:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A trial began Monday in Kyoto to send push notifications to foreign tourists' smartphones that remind them of etiquette amid increasing numbers of complaints from local residents.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/30/business/forever-21-bankruptcy-retail/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-30T16:41:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Filing for bankruptcy could help Forever 21 get rid of unprofitable stores, but that will be a heavy blow to major U.S. mall owners.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sparks fly as a worker uses an angle grinder at a factory in Kawasaki on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-30T17:02:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People attend an event hosted by the Swedish Embassy in Tokyo on Sunday to increase the number of articles in Wikipedia about women.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-30T17:04:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-30T17:10:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds up his party's platform book at a campaign event in Mississauga, Ontario, on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-30T17:13:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-30T17:16:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/30/business/tech/boeing-omitted-safeguards-737-max-used-military-jet-wsj/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-30T17:17:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Boeing 737 NG / Max of Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair after takes off from the Toulouse-Blagnac airport, near Toulouse, France, Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-30T17:19:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kansai Electric Power Co. Chairman Makoto Yagi speaks to reporters in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/30/business/economy-business/boj-considered-another-cut-short-term-rates-september-board-meeting/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-30T17:23:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda gestures at a news conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 19.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/03/business/tech/pager-services-end-japan-50-years/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-30T17:41:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pagers, better known as "pocket bells" in Japan, will go extinct next September after 50 years of service.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/30/business/corporate-business/softbank-ex-sprint-boss-wework/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-30T17:50:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Marcelo Claure will be asked to take a more hands-on role helping oversee a cleanup of the WeWork office rental company.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/30/national/crime-legal/japan-court-rejects-damages-suit-constitutionality-surname-rule-married-couples/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-30T17:53:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-30T18:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-gretaeffect-a-20191001.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The head of Austria's Green Party Werner Kogler reacts on stage at his party's electoral evening in Vienna on Sunday after the first exit polls.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/30/asia-pacific/xi-military-parade-showcase-china-missiles-spooking-u-s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-30T18:03:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-chiparade-a-20191001.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Chinese military vehicle carries a covered-up ballistic missile along Jianguomenwai Avenue during a Sept. 21 rehearsal for the 70th anniversary of Communist China, in Beijing. A parade on Tuesday by China's secretive military will offer a rare look at its rapidly developing arsenal, including possibly a nuclear-armed missile that could reach the United States in 30 minutes, as Beijing gets closer to matching Washington and other powers in weapons technology.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/30/business/japan-post-ceo-vows-restore-trust-wake-insurance-scandal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-30T19:20:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-japanpost-a-20191001.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masatsugu Nagato, president and CEO of Japan Post Holdings Co., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Monday. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/30/business/tech/japanese-pagers-last-beeps-50-years/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-30T19:21:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-pagers-a-20191001.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A pager from NTT Docomo Inc. displays a text message saying "please call."]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-30T19:27:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-kono-a-20191001.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Defense Minister Taro Kono (left) receives a list of demands from Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki at the Okinawa Prefectural Government building in Naha on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/30/business/chinas-factory-activity-shrinks-fifth-month-row-index-shows/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-30T19:43:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/30/national/hyogo-relax-wastewater-seto-inland-sea-fish-catches/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-30T20:19:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Containers full of young sand eel are unloaded at Hayashizaki port in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, in March.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/30/business/economy-business/japan-consumption-tax-hike-analysts-economy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-30T20:21:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/b-tax-a-20191001.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-tax-a-20191001.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A sign in a Bic Camera store in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, on Sunday reminds customers that the consumption tax is going up to 10 percent from 8 percent.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/30/national/politics-diplomacy/tenuous-ties-signs-substance-behind-warming-sino-japanese-relations-communist-china-marks-70th-anniversary/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-30T20:22:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese leader Xi Jinping shake hands during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, in Beijing on Nov. 10, 2014. The uneasy handshake marked the first meeting between the two men since either took power, and an awkward first gesture toward easing two years of high tensions.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-30T22:58:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-dietsession-a-20191001.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An extraordinary Diet session will run 67 days from Friday to Dec. 9, according to a senior ruling party lawmaker.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-01T04:48:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-colven-a-20191002.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Colombian Defense Minister Guillermo Botero speaks during a news conference about Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro's support for illegal Colombian armed groups operating from Venezuelan territory, in Bogota Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/29/national/chiba-biwa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-01T12:06:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-chiba-a-20190930.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Loquat trees, felled by Typhoon Faxai when it hit Chiba Prefecture earlier this month, are seen in this photo taken in Kenzo Takeba’s orchard in Minamiboso, Chiba Prefecture, on Wednesday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/01/national/politics-diplomacy/japans-peace-contributor-role-iran/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-01T13:47:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Sept. 24.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-01T15:12:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Packed U.S. beef is displayed at a supermarket in the city of Chiba in 2006.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/01/business/aussies-see-chance-critical-minerals-supply-u-s-washington-cuts-dependence-china-report/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-01T15:14:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Liberal Party leader and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news Sept. 11 conference at Rideau Hall in Ottawa. Canada is in talks with the United States to seek ways for both to reduce their dependance on China for rare earth elements, key minerals for high-tech products, Trudeau said Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/01/world/crime-legal-world/lawyers-huawei-cfo-meng-wanzhou-detail-record-requests-prove-rights-violated/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-01T15:15:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou leaves court for a lunch break during a hearing in British Columbia supreme court in Vancouver Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/01/business/eu-trade-chief-nominee-stresses-deep-economic-ties-u-s-cites-shared-concern-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-01T15:16:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[European Trade Commissioner-designate Phil Hogan of Ireland attends his hearing before the European Parliament in Brussels Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/01/business/boeing-unveils-revamp-deepen-safety-focus-737-max-crashes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-01T15:34:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Boeing Chairman, President and CEO Dennis Muilenburg speaks during a delivery celebration of the Boeing KC-46 Pegasus aerial refueling tanker to the U.S. Air Force in Everett, Washington, in January.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-01T16:10:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People watch tuna auctions from the observation deck at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market in January.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/01/world/science-health-world/fruit-fly-trial-unlocks-clues-polypill-beat-aging/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-01T16:21:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-01T16:44:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/01/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-rolls-dice-political-legacy-tax-hike/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-01T16:47:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe leaves after a group photograph with his new Cabinet at the Prime Minister’s Official in Tokyo in September.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/01/national/national-public-safety-commission-tackles-topics-elderly-driving-tokyo-olympics-security/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-01T16:52:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/n-license-a-20191002.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ryota Takeda]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/01/business/saudi-aramco-reports-output-fully-restored-attacks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-01T16:56:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Workers are seen at the damaged Saudi Aramco oil facility in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia, Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-01T17:04:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A WeWork office is seen in New York City in July. WeWork, which replaced its controversial chief executive last week, announced Monday that it will withdraw a plan to go public but will revive an initial public offering down the road.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-01T17:07:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Steven Yates, formerly of the Toyota Verblitz rugby team, has been handed a suspended sentence for drug possession.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/01/business/corporate-business/rakuten-limited-orders-mobile-network/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-01T17:08:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiroshi Mikitani, chairman and chief executive officer of Rakuten Inc., displays a Rakuten Mini smartphone during a news conference in Tokyo in September.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-01T17:13:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A police officer stands near a house in Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, where the body of a young girl was found on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/01/business/corporate-business/kddi-nokia-ericsson-5g-providers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-01T17:36:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rajeev Suri, president and chief executive officer of Nokia Corp., speaks during a briefing in Barcelona, Spain, in February.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/01/business/corporate-business/400000-deposits-7pay-seven-eleven-scraps/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-01T17:38:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/01/business/corporate-business/softbank-wework-lesson-for-startups/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-01T18:02:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-softbank-a-20191002.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., says company leaders need to become profitable and practice good governance.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/01/national/third-japanese-women-certified-mental-health-issues-say-workplace-harassment-cause-government-survey-shows/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-01T18:27:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-harassment-z-20191002.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Some 36.3 percent of women with mental illnesses said that they had suffered from sexual harassment, assault, bullying and abuse of power at work by superiors.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/01/business/how-japan-firms-fight-frugal-retail-psyche/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-01T18:36:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-pricing-a-20191002.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Yokohama F. Marinos soccer team introduced artificial intelligence last year to more closely align ticket prices with demand.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/01/business/can-barely-make-ends-meet-low-income-families-japan-fret-tax-hike/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-01T18:37:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hideki Miyazaki (left), a former Upper House member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and senior officials from the Japan Medical Association arrive in Pyongyang on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-01T18:49:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cash registers that can compute prices for items subject to differing tax rates are displayed in Tokyo in June.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics test whether artificial snow can be used to cool spectators.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-01T19:03:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People demanding a guilty verdict for former top executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. over the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident rally outside the Tokyo District Court on Sept. 19.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/01/business/japan-delaying-export-chipmaking-material-south-korea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-01T22:36:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Protesters hold placards reading "No Abe!" during a demonstration in Seoul in August against Japan's removal of South Korea from a list of trusted trading partners.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/01/business/japan-struggles-consumption-tax-hike/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-01T22:39:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An employee at a Kentucky Fried Chicken store in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, changes the menu to reflect the consumption tax hike on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-01T22:40:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda addresses the Japan Securities Dealers Association during an event in Tokyo last week.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-01T22:40:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yudai Funato]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-02T04:36:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former special counsel Robert Mueller departs from the U.S. Capitol following his testimony before the House of Representatives, on Capitol Hill in Washington July 24.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Nigerian man died after going on a hunger strike at the Omura Immigration Center in Nagasaki Prefecture in June.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A photo taken in September 2011 and provided by Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Nagoya shows an alligator that died this May. More than 330 coins were found in its stomach.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-02T13:47:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Junko Kobayashi (left) meets with a financial planner in Yokohama in July.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-02T14:11:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Organizers of controversial art exhibition "After 'Freedom of Expression?'" announce Monday in Nagoya that they and the host of the exhibition have agreed a three-day reopening.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/09/21/business/eu-fines-ykk-other-zipper-makers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T14:19:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-02T16:39:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police released a photo Monday of Misaki Ogura, who went missing on Sept. 21 in Yamanashi Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/02/business/sami-mian-parents-kids-financial-literacy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T16:54:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Financial educator Sami Mian gives a lecture for parents and kids in June 2018.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Liberal leader Justin Trudeau chats with host Rosie Barton at a recording of a CBC "Face to Face" town hall event Monday in Toronto.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/02/business/no-deal-brexit-prompt-nissan-factory-rethink-financial-times/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T16:57:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A set of remote islands, called Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan, is seen in this picture taken from a helicopter in 2012.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A tweet by U.S. President Donald Trump is displayed on a tablet computer in this arranged photograph taken in Arlington, Virginia, Tuesday. Trump on Twitter blamed Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and his colleagues at the central bank for hurting manufacturing companies after a key gauge of the industry's health posted its weakest reading since the end of the last recession.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes his keynote speech during Facebook Inc.'s annual F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, April 30.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/01/business/japan-seen-unlikely-achieve-fiscal-consolidation-target-despite-tax-hike/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T17:25:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/b-budget-a-20191002.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-budget-a-20191002.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Two receipts issued at a convenience store in Tokyo show the consumption tax rate was raised from 8 to 10 percent Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/01/national/politics-diplomacy/defense-minister-taro-kono-conveys-concerns-iran-rising-tensions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T17:29:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/n-hatami-a-20191002.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-hatami-a-20191002.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taro Kono]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/10/20/national/social-issues/april-suicide-kansai-electric-manager-also-deemed-karoshi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T17:35:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/08/26/national/japan-holds-nuclear-disaster-drill-multiple-simultaneous-accidents-fukui/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T17:35:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People are helped into a Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter as part a two-day evacuation drill for multiple nuclear accidents in Oi, Fukui Prefecture, on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/11/national/no-fukui-evac-plan-needed-simultaneous-nuclear-accidents-cabinet-documents/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T17:35:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-evacuation-a-20180212.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Government officials see no need to draft a new evacuation plan for the possibility of simultaneous nuclear accidents taking place at the Takahama (above) and Oi nuclear power plants in Fukui Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/07/22/national/media-national/public-questions-japans-duck-cover-drills/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T17:36:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p16-brasor-mediamix-a-20170723.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Preparing for the worst: Children at an elementary school in Takaoka, Toyama  Prefecture, take part in an incoming ballistic missile evacuation drill on July 14.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/05/18/national/gifu-man-admits-launching-pet-bottle-rockets-toward-fukui-nuke-plant-just-reactor-restart/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T17:37:07+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/05/10/national/kepco-eyes-restarting-takahama-reactor-may-17/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T17:38:19+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/04/25/national/kansai-electric-seeks-mid-may-restart-two-fukui-reactors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T17:38:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/n-takahama-a-20170426.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-takahama-a-20170426.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kansai Electric Power Co. will seek to restart two idled reactors at its Takahama plant in Fukui Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/01/world/crime-legal-world/moroccan-court-jails-journalist-abortion-charge-denies-riling-rights-activists/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T17:44:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/f-abortion-a-20191002.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-abortion-a-20191002.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Relatives of Moroccan journalist Hajar Raissouni leave the court after her trial following her sentencing for alleged sexual relations outside marriage and an illegal abortion in the capital Rabat, on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/09/29/world/no-anesthetists-just-six-icu-beds-left-east-aleppo-doctor-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T17:45:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/f-aleppo-a-20160930.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-aleppo-a-20160930.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Civil Defense worker carryies the body of a child after airstrikes hit al-Shaar neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday. Pope Francis has decried the assault on Aleppo, saying those responsible for the bombing must answer to God.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/06/06/national/kepco-restarts-second-takahama-reactor-greenpeace-warns-french-mox-fuel-shipment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T17:45:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/n-takahama-a-20170607.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-takahama-a-20170607.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Security guards stand near a gate at the Takahama nuclear power plant in Takahama, Fukui Prefecture, on Tuesday, prior to the restart of a reactor at the facility.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/05/17/national/kepco-restarts-takahama-no-4-reactor-amid-anti-nuclear-protest/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T17:45:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/n-takahama-a-20170518.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-takahama-a-20170518.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Activists gather in front of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s headquarters in Osaka on Wednesday to protest the restart of the Takahama No. 4 reactor, which is back online after more than 14 months.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/04/04/national/plaintiffs-drop-bid-block-fukui-reactor-restarts-high-court-nixes-landmark-injunction/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T17:45:59+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/03/28/national/takahama-reactors-may-soon-restart-court-overturns-injunction/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T17:46:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/n-takahama-a-20170328.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n takahama-a 20170328]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Plaintiffs hold banners in front of the Osaka High Court on Tuesday expressing disappointment after the court ruled in favor Kansai Electric over the restart of two Takahama reactors.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/07/14/national/crime-legal/kansai-electric-files-appeal-ruling-takahama-reactors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T17:46:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/07/12/national/court-rules-third-time-takahama-reators/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T17:47:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/06/26/national/politics-diplomacy/atomic-safety-shinkansen-issues-complicate-upper-house-equation-kansai-voters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T17:47:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/n-kansai-a-20160627.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-kansai-a-20160627.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man walks past the Takahama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture. Nuclear power safety is one of the main issues on the minds of Kansai voters for the Upper House election next month.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/06/20/national/nra-looks-ok-2019-restart-aging-kepco-reactors-fukui-coast/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T17:48:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/n-takahama-a-20160621.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-takahama-a-20160621.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Reactor 1 (foreground) and reactor 2 are seen in January at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/02/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-ship-to-samoa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T17:50:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/n-samoa-a-20191003.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-samoa-a-20191003.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pose at the Prime Minister's Office on Wednesday after exchanging Japanese and Samoan national rugby team uniforms.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/02/business/corporate-business/us-auto-sales-step-back-september/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T17:50:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/b-usauto-a-20191003.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-usauto-a-20191003.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A row of 2014 Ford Motor Co. Focus vehicles sit on display at a dealer in Illinois in November 2013.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/06/17/national/crime-legal/kepco-fails-suspend-injunction-takahama-nuclear-plant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T17:50:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/n-takahama-a-20160618.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-takahama-a-20160618.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Residents on Friday hold a banner that reads: “Kepco’s request has been rejected; Court rejects restart of Takahama reactors.” The protesters are seen in front of the Otsu District Court in Shiga Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/04/14/national/crime-legal/nuclear-protesters-sue-nra-halt-takahama-reactor-restarts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T17:51:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/n-takahama-a-20160415.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-takahama-a-20160415.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lawyer Sakae Kitamura speaks at a news conference in Nagoya on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/04/06/national/japans-nuclear-regulator-stresses-gravity-of-reactor-incident-to-utility-kansai-electric/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T17:54:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/11/world/politics-diplomacy-world/u-s-democrats-increase-pressure-trump-republicans-new-gun-bills/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T17:54:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/f-demguns-a-20190912.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-demguns-a-20190912.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer hold a news conference with fellow congressional Democrats to demand that the U.S. Senate vote on the House-passed "Bipartisan Background Checks Act" passed by the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington Monday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/02/business/deliveries-japan-hit-record-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T18:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/b-parcel-a-20191003.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-parcel-a-20191003.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The number of packages handled by parcel delivery services in fiscal 2018 hit a record high for the fourth consecutive year.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/02/world/crime-legal-world/one-year-later-las-vegas-remembers-58-killed-horrific-sniper-massacre/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T18:03:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/f-vegas-a-20181003.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-vegas-a-20181003.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[First responders and others fold an American flag following a prayer service during the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 1 mass shooting in Las Vegas.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/09/05/business/big-name-firms-embroiled-recent-u-s-political-debates-inviting-trumps-wrath/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T18:04:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/b-bigfirms-a-20180906.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-bigfirms-a-20180906.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A monitor displays Nike Inc. signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/07/world/politics-diplomacy-world/gun-control-takes-center-stage-2020-democratic-presidential-race/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T18:04:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/f-demguns-a-20190508.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-demguns-a-20190508.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[2020 Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker speaks during a town hall meeting in Carroll, Iowa, April 16.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/01/national/record-15-7-million-visit-tokyo-disney-resorts-april-september-period/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T18:05:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-disney-a-20191002.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[This handout photo, provided by Tokyo Disneyland operator Oriental Land Co., shows an image of a parade in the Tokyo Resort in Chiba Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/13/world/politics-diplomacy-world/trump-seen-caving-nra-relegates-gun-purchase-age-states-courts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T18:09:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/f-trumpgun-a-20180314.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-trumpgun-a-20180314.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Atlantic Aviation in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, Saturday. Weeks after prodding lawmakers to stand up to the National Rifle Association,Trump is backing off his call for increasing the minimum age to buy an assault weapon — an idea strongly opposed by the NRA.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/02/world/politics-diplomacy-world/reeling-trumps-free-flowing-gun-meeting-republicans-mull-next-steps/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T18:11:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/f-gop-a-20180303.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-gop-a-20180303.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, speaks during a news conference on possible gun control legislation in Washington on Thursday. Schumer said Republicans won't support universal background checks for gun purchases because they are too fearful of the National Riffle Association (NRA), even though 90 percent of Americans are in favor of the checks.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/28/world/politics-diplomacy-world/gop-led-congress-focus-gun-buyer-background-checks-florida-school-massacre/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T18:12:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-02T18:13:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-flaschool-a-20180227.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Seventeen people dressed as angels stand Sunday at the memorial outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, for those killed in a shooting on Feb. 14.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/02/business/economy-business/japan-firms-0-9-inflation-next-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T18:16:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/b-inflation-a-20191003.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-inflation-a-20191003.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A sales clerk assists a customer at the Isetan Shinjuku department store in Tokyo last month, prior to Tuesday's consumption tax hike.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/09/19/national/cooling-systems-five-nra-cleared-nuke-plants-fail-nearby-volcanoes-erupt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T18:18:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/n-reactors-a-20170920.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-reactors-a-20170920.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Reactors 1 and 2 at the Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture are seen in this photo. KYODO]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/09/20/national/tepco-make-legal-safety-vow-seeks-restart-reactors-kashiwazaki-kariwa-plant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T18:19:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/n-tepco-a-20170921.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-tepco-a-20170921.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. President Tomoaki Kobayakawa attends a meeting of the Nuclear Regulation Authority in Tokyo on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-04T13:31:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This Wednesday morning picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on Thursday shows the test-firing of "the new-type SLBM Pukguksong-3" in the waters off Wonsan Bay.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/04/asia-pacific/indonesia-protests-threaten-widodos-reforms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-04T14:27:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Indonesian riot police charge protesters in Mataram, on the island of Lombok, on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/04/asia-pacific/drought-australia-day-zero-water-crisis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-04T14:36:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This boat ramp once led to water at the drought-affected Split Rock Dam near Tamworth, in the Australian state of New South Wales.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/04/national/fukushima-survey-foreign-residents/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-04T17:40:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fukushima Prefecture aims to create policies that will better match foreign residents' situations.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/04/national/crime-legal/failed-disciplining-abuse-yua-funato-stepfather/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-04T17:58:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/n-abuse-a-20191005.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-abuse-a-20191005.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yudai Funato]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/04/national/abuses-rampant-japan-foreign-intern-program/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-04T18:06:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/03/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-clears-decks-debate-amending-constitution/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-04T18:37:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-diet-a-20191004.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Leaders of the major  political parties take part in an online debate in Tokyo on June 30 ahead of the start of official campaigning for the  July 21 Upper House election.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/04/national/ehime-queen-of-bonsai-europe-exports/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-04T18:38:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-bonsai-a-20191005.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Junichi Moritaka shows off his bonsai plants on Sept. 11 in Shikokuchuo, Ehime Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/04/asia-pacific/science-health-asia-pacific/ecotourism-boom-seen-threat-indonesias-komodo-dragons/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-04T18:40:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Komodo dragons are seen on Rinca island, a part of the protected area of Indonesia's Komodo National Park, in 2010. Indonesia has scrapped plans to ban tourists from an island home to Komodo dragons and will instead limit visitor numbers and raise entry prices to create a "premium destination," officials said.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/04/business/tech/u-s-u-k-ink-deal-get-data-faster-tech-firms-terrorist-child-abuse-cases/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-04T18:42:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-backdoors-a-20191005.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes his keynote speech during Facebook Inc.'s annual F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, in April.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/04/national/media-national/rip-off-bars-japan-tourist-boom/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-04T18:43:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The U.S. Embassy has warned travelers to exercise caution in entertainment districts such as Shinjuku's Kabukicho.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/04/world/ecuador-declares-state-emergency-violent-fuel-protests-block-roads/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-04T18:43:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A demonstrator clashes with riot police during a transport strike against the economic policies of the government of Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno regarding the agreement signed on March with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in Quito on Thursday. The Ecuadorean government confirmed possible labor and tax reforms as established in the agreement, Economy Minister Richard Martinez stated a day after announcing the elimination of fuel subsidies.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/04/national/typhoon-mitag-downgraded-extratropical-cyclone/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-04T18:46:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rising waters from an overflowing Kagami River left 20 cars in a parking lot submerged Thursday morning in the city of Kochi following torrential rain due to a tropical storm that cut through the Korean Peninsula.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/04/national/nhk-denies-pressure-japan-post/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-04T18:48:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[NHK President Ryoichi Ueda speaks at the Diet in May.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/04/world/science-health-world/u-s-vaping-related-deaths-rise-18-illnesses-surpass-1000-cdc/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-04T18:50:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A demonstrator vapes during a protest at the Massachusetts State House against the state's four-month ban of all vaping product sales in Boston Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/04/world/social-issues-world/nearly-600-burundian-refugees-head-home-tanzania-camps-mass-repatriation-starts-amid-claims-atrocities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-04T18:59:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/f-burundians-a-20191005.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-burundians-a-20191005.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Burundian refugees get off from a bus that transported them from Tanzania to neighboring Burundi as part of a repartition program, at the Nyabitare transit site in the Gisuru commune, Ruyigi province, Burundi, Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/04/business/feel-hijacked-u-s-duties-french-wine-bad-news-exporters-say/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-04T19:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/b-fwines-a-20191005.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-fwines-a-20191005.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bottles of red wine are seen in the cellar of Chateau Le Puy in Saint Cibard, France, Thursday. The U.S. decision to impose tariffs on French wines will penalize American consumers, the French wine exporters' federation said on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/03/national/crime-legal/cambodian-court-convicts-two-japanese-murder-taxi-driver/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-04T19:01:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-murder-a-20191004.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Two Japanese men arrive at a Cambodia court Thursday to receive a verdict over the murder of a taxi driver.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/04/business/japan-talks-new-legislation-regulations-it-giants/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-04T19:08:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/04/business/economy-business/japans-taro-aso-stimulus-tax-hike/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-04T19:10:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Finance Minister Taro Aso speaks to reporters on Tuesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo. Japan hiked its consumption tax to 10 percent from 8 percent on the same day.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/04/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-debate-constitution-diet-begins/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-04T22:03:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a speech at the opening of the extraordinary Diet session Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/04/national/kepco-nuclear-contract-details-takahama/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-04T22:03:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-kepco-a-20191005.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of opposition parties on Thursday question industry ministry officials in the Diet building over a scandal involving Kansai Electric Power Co. Kepco officials refused to attend the meeting, saying a third-party panel is investigating the case.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/04/business/massive-policy-failure-japan-follows-global-coal-plans-warns-al-gore/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-04T22:03:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-gore-a-20191005.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore speaks at a Tokyo event in relation to climate change on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/03/business/corporate-business/uber-eats-delivery-staff-japan-form-labor-union/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-04T22:06:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-uber-a-20191004.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan staff for Uber Technologies Inc.'s food delivery service Uber Eats hold a news conference Thursday in Tokyo, demanding to be treated as employees rather than independent contractors.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/05/world/politics-diplomacy-world/trudeau-rival-andrew-scheer-pressed-u-s-citizenship-drops-candidate-anti-lgbt-comments/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-05T13:26:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/f-scheer-a-20191006.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-scheer-a-20191006.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Conservative leader Andrew Scheer speaks to the media following a campaign rally on Thursday in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/04/national/interpreter-georgian-rugby-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-05T14:25:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hayate Sotome interprets for members of Georgia's national rugby team as they shop in Nagoya last month during their stay in this country for the Rugby World Cup.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/05/asia-pacific/hacking-new-zealand-health-firm-may-expose-data-million-people/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-05T15:32:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/05/world/politics-diplomacy-world/iranians-tried-hack-trumps-re-election-campaign-sources-say/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-05T15:34:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/05/asia-pacific/crime-legal-asia-pacific/new-zealand-bishop-resigns-woman-accuses-unacceptable-sexual-behavior/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-05T15:38:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/06/national/media-national/everything-life-boils-bad-smell/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-06T15:00:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p16-hoffman-flatulence-a-20191006.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Delicate subject: Analyzed chemically, nattō is said to smell like the soles of your feet but that's not to say that fans of the fermented soybean delicacy will be more tolerant of foot odor.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/06/national/media-national/studio-ghibli-attracts-new-generation-fans-august-tradition/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-06T16:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A statue of a character from "Castle in the Sky" at the Ghibli Museum in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/05/business/japanese-business-group-taipei-pushes-taiwan-lift-food-import-ban/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-05T16:47:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shoppers browse shelves filled with Japanese-made confectionery products at a store in Taipei.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/05/business/jbic-texas-vow-boost-japanese-investment-u-s-state/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-05T16:53:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/05/asia-pacific/new-zealand-marks-capt-cooks-1769-arrival-prime-minister-urges-open-talk-history/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-05T19:23:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-nzmaori-a-20191006.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[In this image taken from video, British High Commissioner Laura Clarke wipes away a tear after hugging a Maori elder during a visit to the town of Gisborne, in New Zealand, on Wednesday. Clarke expressed "regret" that British explorers killed some of the first indigenous Maori they met 250 years ago. She met with Maori tribal leaders in the town as New Zealand marked the anniversary of Capt. James Cook and the crew of his ship Endeavour's arrival in 1769.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/05/national/jaxa-nasa-collaborate-lunar-exploration/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-05T19:50:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/05/national/ldp-chapter-headed-tomomi-inada-got-donations-security-company-linked-former-takahama-deputy-mayor-eiji-moriyama/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-05T20:24:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/n-inada-a-20191006.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tomomi Inada]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/05/national/u-s-transportation-secretary-elaine-chao-attend-enthronement-ceremony/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-05T21:06:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao speaks to reporters in Washington on Sept. 19.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talks to supporters in Ankara on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/05/national/media-national/debating-contraception-womans-reproductive-rights/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-05T22:06:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p17-brasor-contraception-a-20191006.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tough pill to swallow: Birth control pills are used by only 1 percent of Japanese women of child-bearing age, mainly owing to their high cost and hurdles in obtaining a prescription.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/06/business/tech/connecting-realities-cyberspace/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-06T11:59:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Visitors to the Taisei Corp. booth at Society 5.0 Town at CEATEC can look at the future image of buildings in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/06/business/tech/sci-fi-no-creations-address-societal-dilemmas/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-06T11:58:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Professor and Pixie Dust Inc. CEO Yoichi Ochiai posits that the technology behind remote smartphone-controlled crane game apps could be integrated into convenience store jobs in the future.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/06/business/tech/innovative-peek-tech-tomorrow/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-06T12:08:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[o02-CEATEC-a-20191013.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[CEATEC is an annual showcase of the latest technology.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-06T15:08:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Standing outside the torched building, a man offers prayers for victims of the July 18 arson attack on Kyoto Animation's studio in the city's Fushimi Ward later in the month.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-06T18:13:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker shake hands ahead of their talks in Brussels on Sept. 27.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-06T18:43:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A parade rehearsal for Emperor Naruhito's upcoming enthronement ceremony is held on Sunday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/06/world/politics-diplomacy-world/boris-johnson-reportedly-will-challenge-queen-fire/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-06T18:44:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives at No. 10 Downing St. in London on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/06/asia-pacific/china-pork-shortage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-06T18:50:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-06T18:50:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pope Francis leads a ceremony to elevate 13 Roman Catholic prelates to the rank of cardinal in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-06T18:50:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/b-space-a-20191007.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-space-a-20191007.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masatoshi Nagasaki]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/06/national/japans-surfing-towns-prepare-cash-olympic-wave/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-06T19:03:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-surf-a-20191007.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Surfers hit the waves at Tsurigasaki beach in Ichinomiya, Chiba Prefecture, which will host the surfing events for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/06/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-cabinet-support-rate-falls-53-tax-hike-poll/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-06T23:08:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-support-a-20191007.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers his policy speech during an extraordinary session at the Lower House on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/06/business/financial-markets/fighting-bank-japan-may-not-crazy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-06T23:08:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-boj-a-20191007.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pedestrians walk past the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo in September 2016.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/07/business/tech/vodafone-tests-new-network-tech-u-k-challenge-big-three-suppliers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-07T03:15:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Vodafone logo is seen at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, last year.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/07/business/trump-side-denies-impeachment-effect-china-narrows-scope-trade-deal-u-s-ahead-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-07T06:53:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/07/world/politics-diplomacy-world/erdogan-trump-discuss-syria-safe-zone-phone-call-plan-meet-next-month-ankara/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-07T08:27:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/f-erdotrump-a-20191008.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-erdotrump-a-20191008.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waves to supporters during an event in Ankara Saturday. Turkey's president threatened Saturday to launch a solo military operation into northeastern Syria, where U.S. troops are deployed and have been trying to defuse tension between its NATO ally and Syrian Kurdish forces.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/07/national/despite-concerns-gene-edited-foods-expected-go-sale-japan-later-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-07T13:16:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-gene-a-20191007.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A farmer holds gene-edited soybeans on a farm in Waseca, Minnesota, in October 2018.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/07/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/north-koreas-top-nuclear-negotiator-warns-terrible-events-talks-u-s-resume-without-shift/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-07T15:02:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-nkus-a-20191008.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An  image of U.S. President Donald Trump is seen behind two protesters attending a rally to oppose Washington's policies against North Korea near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/07/business/corporate-business/new-hedge-fund-will-target-poor-corporate-governance-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-07T15:14:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-hedgefund-a-20191008.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kansai Electric President Shigeki Iwane frowns at an Osaka news conference Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/06/national/world-watching-japan-deals-severe-population-decline-rural-flight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-07T15:22:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-population-a-20191007.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Store clerk Etsuko Kudo poses at a grocery store in Gojome, Akita Prefecture, on Sept. 4.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/07/business/corporate-business/weworks-startup-party-ends-2000-jobs-chopping-block/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-07T15:39:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-wework-a-20191008.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[WeWork has taken pride in providing employees with outlandish corporate events, but those days are coming to an end.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/06/business/stories-success-100-japanese-firms-business-overseas-published-online/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-07T16:24:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/07/national/taro-kono-commander-u-s-forces-japan-boost-cooperation-amid-growing-north-korean-missile-threat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-07T17:06:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Defense Minister Taro Kono and Lt. Gen. Kevin Schneider, commander of U.S. forces in Japan, meet at the Defense Ministry on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/07/national/u-s-help-japan-analyzing-level-threat-north-korean-slbms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-07T17:13:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-slbm-a-20191007.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA["The new-type SLBM Pukguksong-3" is test-fired in waters off Wonsan Bay on North Korea's east coast on Oct. 2.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/07/business/economy-business/japan-downgrades-economy-assessment-worsening-first-time-four-months/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-07T17:14:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/07/national/pope-francis-death-row-iwao-hakamada/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-07T19:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-pope-a-20191008.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pope Francis waves to worshipers as he arrives to hold the weekly general audience on Oct. 2 at St. Peter's square at the Vatican.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/07/business/yokohama-chinatown-e-payment-rebate-tourists-cashless/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-07T19:08:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-chinatown-a-20191008.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yokohama Chinatown hopes a rebate program for cashless purchases aimed at easing the impact of the tax hike to 10 percent from 8 percent will bring more traffic to the area.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/07/national/imperial-enthronement-parade-toyota-century/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-07T19:22:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-parade-a-20191008.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A special convertible car that will be used during Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako's parade following the enthronement ceremony on Oct. 22 is displayed during a press preview at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/07/national/girl-7-still-missing-police-end-16-day-long-search-yamanashi-prefecture/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-07T20:05:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-missing-a-20191008.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tomoko Ogura, the mother of Misaki, who went missing at a campsite in the village of Doshi, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Sept. 21, speaks to reporters Sunday at the campsite after police ended their 16-day search for the girl.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/08/world/social-issues-world/bodies-13-women-found-crowded-migrant-boat-sinks-off-italian-isle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T03:34:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Survivors rescued by the Italian coast guard after their ship carrying some 50 migrants began taking on water are brought to safety at the port of Lampedusa, Italy, Monday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/08/business/trump-threatens-obliterate-turkeys-economy-takes-off-limits-actions-syria/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T04:37:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/b-trumpthreat-a-20191009.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-trumpthreat-a-20191009.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[This photo combo created last year shows U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. President Trump said Monday that he will "obliterate" Turkey's economy if Ankara does anything that in his "great and unmatched wisdom" he considers to be "off limits" in Syria.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/08/business/economy-business/chinas-golden-week-consumer-spending-offers-weakening-economy-rare-respite/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T04:43:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/08/world/politics-diplomacy-world/brexit-ball-court-now-u-k-s-johnson-tells-eu/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T04:44:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-boris-a-20191009.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks to mental health professionals during his visit to Watford General Hospital, in Watford, England, Monday. Britain and the European Union appeared to be poles apart Monday on a potential Brexit deal, with the Dutch government urging the British government to offer "more realism and clarity," and  Johnson insisting the bloc has to soften its stance.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/08/world/science-health-world/paralyzed-frenchman-hails-feat-walking-robot-exoskeleton/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T07:10:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[French Dr. Alim Louis Benabid (right) and patient Thibault attend a press conference to present the brain-controlled exoskeleton that allowed the patient to walk again, at the biomedical research center Clinatec in Grenoble on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/07/business/u-s-japan-trade-deal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T07:23:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-trade-a-20191008.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands in New York on Sept. 25 after reaching a bilateral trade agreement.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/07/national/north-korean-fishing-vessel-collides-japanese-fisheries-agency-patrol-boat-report-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T07:29:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-collision-b-20191008.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Fisheries Agency patrol vessel is seen at the site where it collided with a North Korean fishing boat on Monday off the coast of the Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/08/business/southwest-pilot-union-sues-boeing-rush-sell-unsafe-737-max/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T08:36:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-southwest-a-20191009.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Workers stand near a Boeing 737 MAX 8 jetliner being built for American Airlines prior to a test flight in Renton, Washington, in May. The union representing Southwest Airlines pilots is suing Boeing and calling the grounded 737 Max unsafe. The Southwest Airlines Pilots Association said Monday  that Boeing rushed the plane into service and misled pilots by saying it was little different than previous versions of the 737. The union says those claims turned out to be false.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/08/world/crime-legal-world/paris-knife-attacker-usb-drive-info-police-hq-colleagues-media/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T08:38:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/f-pariskill-a-20191009.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-pariskill-a-20191009.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Paris prosecutor Jean-François Ricard gives a press conference at the Paris courthouse Saturday. French prosecutors opened an investigation Friday that treats the fatal knife attack that a civilian employee carried out at Paris police headquarters as a potential act of terrorism. The longtime police employee stabbed four colleagues to death Thursday before he was shot and killed.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/07/national/crime-legal/18-year-sentence-stepfather-child-abuse-yua-funato-death/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T11:00:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/n-abuse-a-20191008.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-abuse-a-20191008.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yudai Funato]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/08/asia-pacific/china-companies-economic-blacklist-uighurs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T11:10:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-uighur-a-20191009.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An ethnic Uighur demonstrator wears a mask as she attends a protest against China in front of the Chinese Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 1.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/07/national/medical-academy-guidelines-four-clinics-give-reproductive-assistance-lgbt-couples-survey/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T12:36:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/n-lgbt-a-20191008.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-lgbt-a-20191008.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A lesbian couple walk with their child in the city of Saitama in January. They found a sperm donor via the internet.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/08/business/financial-markets/cash-loses-cachet-king-trading-strategy-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T14:23:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/n-cash-a-20191009.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-cash-a-20191009.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cash has lost its luster for investors in Japanese stocks.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/08/national/japan-airlines-faces-second-government-reprimand-drinking-pilots/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T15:14:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-jal-a-20191009.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan Airlines aircraft are parked at Haneda Airport in Tokyo in May.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/08/national/politics-diplomacy/free-preschool-education-raises-concerns-run-nurseries/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T15:46:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/n-school-a-20191009.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-school-a-20191009.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Oct. 1 start of a government program making preschool education free of charge has raised concerns about a possible increase in children waiting to be accepted into nurseries.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/08/national/japan-trial-tour-russian-held-islands/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T15:52:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-russiatour-a-20191009.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Locations on the itinerary for a trial sightseeing tour to Etorofu and Kunashiri include this volcano.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/08/business/u-s-blacklisting-threatens-derail-1-billion-chinese-tech-ipo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T16:16:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-chblacklist-a-20191009.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Xu Li, chief executive officer of SenseTime Group Ltd., is identified by the company's facial recognition system at SenseTime's showroom in Beijing in June 2018.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/08/national/chicken-ramen-mascot-hiyoko-chan-manhole-covers-instant-noodles/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T16:36:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-manhole-a-20191009.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A manhole cover featuring Hiyoko-chan, the mascot of Chicken Ramen brand instant noodles, is seen in front of the Cupnoodles Museum Osaka Ikeda, in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/08/business/economy-business/japans-household-spending-rises-ninth-month-august-wages-fall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T17:03:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/b-housespend-a-20191009.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-housespend-a-20191009.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shoppers at a store in Tokyo on Sept. 25 browse beneath banners warning of the imminent rise in the consumption tax.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/08/national/trump-wishes-abe-happy-birthday-day-putins-birth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T17:13:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-trumpabe-a-20191009.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands following a news conference on Aug. 25 at the Group of Seven summit in Biarritz, France, announcing that the U.S. and Japan had agreed in principle on a new trade agreement.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/19/national/three-die-100-injured-repairs-typhoon-chiba/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T17:30:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/n-chiba-b-20190920.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-chiba-b-20190920.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Self Defense Forces officer helps distribute water in Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture, on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/08/business/economy-business/japans-august-current-account-surplus-rises-18/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T17:30:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/08/business/facebook-said-focus-u-s-justice-department-state-attorneys-general-meeting/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T17:30:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/b-facebook-a-20191009.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-facebook-a-20191009.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg walks past members of the news media as he enters the office of U.S. Sen.r Josh Hawley while meeting with lawmakers to discuss future internet regulation on Capitol Hill in Washington in September.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/15/national/typhoon-damage-safety-tepco/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T17:30:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-blackouts-a-20190916.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A downed power pylon is seen in a forest in Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture, on Sept. 9 after being toppled by Typhoon Faxai .]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/14/national/typhoon-hit-chiba-seeking-volunteers-help-repairs-amid-power-outage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T17:31:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-volunteers-a-20190915.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People line up to register as volunteers in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, on Saturday to help residents hit by a typhoon earlier in the week.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/13/national/typhoon-200000-no-power-chiba/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T17:31:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-blackouts-a-20190914.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Utility poles and electric cables that suffered damage following the passage of Typhoon Faxai earlier this week, are seen in Minamiboso, Chiba Prefecture, on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/08/national/extremely-large-typhoon-draws-bead-japan-hit-main-islands-weekend/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T17:32:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-hagibis-b-20191008.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A screen shot taken Tuesday from the Meteorological Agency website shows that Typhoon Hagibis, this year's 19th, could hit a wide swath of Japan during the upcoming three-day weekend.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/08/business/corporate-business/kids-apparel-chain-akachan-honpo-opens-first-overseas-store-taiwan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T17:34:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/08/national/emperor-empress-tea-party-royals-overseas/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T17:51:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-teaparty-a-20191009.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrive at a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the enforcement of Japan's offender rehabilitation system in Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/08/asia-pacific/flying-taxis-singapore-test-cleaner-quieter-sky-ride/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T17:56:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-singtaxi-a-20191008.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A model of the Volante Vision flying taxi concept sits on display at the Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd. stand on day two of the Farnborough International Airshow (FIA) 2018 in Farnborough, U.K., on July 17, 2018.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/08/national/japan-loans-rare-marimo-moss-balls-taiwan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T17:57:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-marimo-a-20191009.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Taipei Zoo has received four naturally formed marimo moss balls on loan from the city of Kushiro, Hokkaido.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/08/national/japans-rising-sun-flag-bone-contention-south-korea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T18:14:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Rising Sun ensign flies from a mast on the Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Suzutsuki as it arrives at China's Qingdao port on April 21 to take part in a fleet review.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/08/business/corporate-business/softbanks-damage-uber-wework-exceed-5-billion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T23:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The SoftBank Group Corp. logo is displayed during the SoftBank World 2019 event in Tokyo in July.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/08/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-protest-north-korea-boat-collision/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T23:27:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a Diet session on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/08/national/three-workers-burned-maglev-train-central-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-09T02:12:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A prototype of a Central Japan Railway Co. maglev train is unveiled to the media at the railway operator's experimental laboratory in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/09/business/mexico-vows-labor-rights-higher-wages-get-u-s-democrats-back-trade-deal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-09T05:52:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (center) poses with House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (third, left) and members of the Congressional Delegation Dan Kildee (left), Bill Pascrell (second, left), Jimmy Panetta (second, right) and Jimmy Gomez during a meeting on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), at the National Palace in Mexico City Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/09/business/financial-markets/china-swipes-trumps-stay-tuned-tactic-talking-trade-sending-index-tumbling/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-09T05:55:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-staytuned-a-20191010.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Specialist Anthony Rinaldi works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday. Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street as tensions rose between Washington and Beijing just ahead of the latest round of trade talks.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/09/world/crime-legal-world/tell-truth-change-ex-president-carters-advice-stonewalling-trump/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-09T05:56:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, are in attendance at the game between the Atlanta Hawks and the New York Knicks at Atlanta's State Farm Arena in February.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/09/world/crime-legal-world/russian-operative-said-made-america-great-trumps-win-gop-led-senate-report/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-09T07:17:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting in Moscow Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/06/national/three-years-disaster-quake-hit-kumamoto-castle-partially-reopens-public/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-09T11:07:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tourists take a selfie in front of Kumamoto Castle, which partially reopened to the public on Saturday after some repair work was completed following massive earthquakes in the spring of 2016.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-09T11:15:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-09T14:20:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Zantac heartburn pills are seen in this picture illustration taken Oct. 1.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-09T14:28:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-09T14:30:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Makoto Uchida]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-09T14:40:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A protester waves the Iraqi flag during a demonstration against state corruption, failing public services and unemployment in Baghdad on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-09T15:13:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Turkish army soldiers drive toward the border with Syria near Akcakale in Sanliurfa province on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-09T17:38:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Some 250 senior police officers gather at the Metropolitan Police Department on Monday as part of preparations for the emperor's enthronement ceremony on Oct. 22.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-09T17:41:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An attendee passes a Sony Corp. PlayStation billboard at the Gamescom gaming industry event in Cologne, Germany, in August.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-09T18:04:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-09T18:16:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian-held islands off Hokkaido known in Japan as the Northern Territories]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/09/business/japanese-manufacturers-use-decades-experience-dominate-key-chemical-market-cutting-edge-chips/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-09T18:28:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[As semiconductor applications widened to an ever-more diverse range of electronic devices, so did the market for photoresists, and Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co.'s material business sales have almost doubled over the past 17 years.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-09T18:39:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sanae Takaichi bows during her visit to Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo in April 2017 during her first stint as internal affairs minister.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-09T19:18:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Air Self-Defense Force members conduct a drill using Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile interceptors in Tokyo on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/09/world/kurds-mobilize-syria-turkey-poised-imminent-attack/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-09T23:06:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/09/national/gift-scandal-forces-kansai-electric-chairman-makoto-yagi-post/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-09T23:11:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kansai Electric Power Co. Chairman Makoto Yagi attends a news conference in Osaka on Oct. 2.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/09/business/corporate-business/nissan-power-struggle-compromise/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-09T23:11:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yasushi Kimura (left), chairman of Nissan Motor Co., speaks beside Masakazu Toyoda, chairman of the nomination committee for Nissan, during a news conference at the company's headquarters in Yokohama on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/10/business/u-s-labor-leader-says-usmca-faces-defeat-without-worker-safeguards/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-10T03:20:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[AFL-CIO union president Richard Trumka addresses the United Auto Workers union 37th Constitutional Convention in Detroit in June.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/10/world/crime-legal-world/u-s-arrests-counterterrorism-analyst-leaks-journalists/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-10T05:42:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Attorney General for the Eastern District of Virginia G. Zachary Terwilliger (right), accompanied by Assistant United States Attorney Danya Atiyeh, takes a question from a reporter after announcing the arrest of Henry Kyle Frese, a Defense Intelligence Agency official charged with leaking classified information to two journalists, including one he was dating, during a news conference outside the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia, Wednesday,.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-10T06:55:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A reconstruction of the skull of the large meat-eating dinosaur Siamraptor suwati based on fossils unearthed in Thailand is seen in this image released Wednesday. Elements were scaled to fit in with the fossil holotype, the posterior part of the mandible.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/10/business/cracks-found-pickle-fork-wing-fuselage-junction-5-older-boeing-737s-prompting-groundings/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-10T06:57:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Workers stand near a Boeing 737 Max 8 jetliner being built for American Airlines prior to a test flight in Renton, Washington, in May. American Airlines is pushing back the expected return of its Boeing 737 Max jets into next year and says the grounding of the planes cut its third-quarter pretax income by $140 million. The airline said Wednesday it expects to slowly bring the plane back into its schedule starting Jan. 16.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-10T07:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The father of Harry Dunn, Tim Dunn, leaves the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London, where the family members met British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, Wednesday . Harry Dunn, 19, was killed in a road accident Aug. 27, thought to involve an American diplomat's wife who left the country under diplomatic Immunity after reportedly becoming a suspect in the fatal crash.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-10T08:42:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Leader of Canada's Conservatives Andrew Scheer campaigns for the upcoming election near the U.S. border with Canada in Hemmingford, Quebec, Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/02/19/business/japanese-win-engineerings-nobel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-10T10:24:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-10T11:06:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20130623a4a]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Electrifying: Scientist Akira Yoshino receives the Global Energy Prize at a ceremony in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Friday. The 65-year-old Asahi Kasei Corp. fellow was honored for his development of lithium-ion battery technology widely used in mobile phones and electric vehicles.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-10T13:58:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Several teachers at an elementary school in Kobe are being bullied by their older colleagues, it was learned Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-10T14:22:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police officers from the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service inspect a rehabilitation center run by a religious group for ex-prisoners and drug users, where some were tortured and held for years according to the police, in Arouca, near Port-of-Spain Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-10T14:27:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-moon-a-20191008.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[South Korean President Moon Jae-in is unlikely to attend Emperor Naruhito's enthronement ceremony later this month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/10/world/crime-legal-world/two-dead-one-arrested-shooting-near-yom-kippur-observing-synagogue-germany/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-10T14:43:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In this screenshot taken from a video by ATV-Studio Halle, a man walks with a gun on the streets of Halle an der Saale, eastern Germany, on Wednesday. At least two people were shot dead on a street in Halle, police said, with witnesses saying a synagogue was among the gunmen's targets as Jews marked the holy day of Yom Kippur.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-10T14:46:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Syrians flee shelling by Turkish forces in Ras al Ayn, northeast Syria, Wednesday. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Wednesday the start of a Turkish military operation against Kurdish fighters in northeastern Syria.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/10/business/japans-ftc-restaurant-search-websites-tactics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-10T16:01:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/10/national/politics-diplomacy/anti-nhk-byelection-campaign-saitama/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-10T16:32:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kiyoshi Ueda (left) and Takashi Tachibana]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/10/business/south-korea-japan-talks-trade-dispute/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-10T16:45:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The headquarters of the World Trade Organization in Geneva]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The rover that will explore the moon in 2021 is displayed in London on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mayor of Copenhagen Frank Jensen hugs Anne Hidalgo, mayor of Paris, during the C40 World Mayors Summit news conference at Copenhagen City Hall Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-11T19:05:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man chooses goods underneath banners notifying about the rise in the national sales tax at a store in Tokyo Sept. 25.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-11T19:19:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-11T19:26:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An employee refuels a Toyota Motor Corp. first-generation Mirai fuel cell vehicle during a demonstration at a hydrogen station in Kawasaki in March 2018.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/11/business/us-china-trade-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-11T19:31:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to media at the White House on Thursday. According to the president, the first day of high-level trade negotiations between the U.S. and China went very well.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/11/business/deutsche-bank-tells-new-york-court-not-hold-trumps-tax-returns/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-11T19:37:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-11T19:41:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chemist Akira Yoshino, a winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry for the development of lithium-ion batteries, and his wife, Kumiko, speak to the media in Tokyo on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/11/national/kepco-promoted-execs-despite-letters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-11T21:27:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Protesters rally against Kansai Electric Power Co. near the Osaka City Hall on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-11T21:27:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A North Korean fishing vessel is hosed down with water cannons by a Fisheries Agency patrol ship before the two vessels collided around 350 km northwest of the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/11/business/tech/toyota-unveils-next-generation-mirai-fuel-cell-sedan-tokyo-motor-show/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-11T22:17:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoshikazu Tanaka, chief engineer for the Mirai fuel-cell vehicle, stands with a prototype of the next Mirai model on Thursday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-11T22:58:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A 7-Eleven convenience store in the city of Hachioji, Tokyo. The number of outlets under the chain, operated by Seven-Eleven Japan Co., dropped by 24 in September from the previous month to 20,993, marking the first fall in five years.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Clotilde Delbos, interim CEO of Renault SA (left), and Jean-Dominique Senard, chairman of Renault, pose ahead of a news conference at the automaker's headquarters in the Boulogne Billancourt district of Paris on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/11/business/corporate-business/ministop-began-testing-shorter-hours-since-september/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-11T23:16:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-11T23:51:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Aaron Tan, from Singapore, receives help from a Hamamatsu Station staff member next to a travel warning sign regarding Typhoon Hagibis on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-12T00:18:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-12T01:14:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People shop at a supermarket in Tokyo. The government says it will act swiftly if the economy slows down after a consumption tax hike that came into effect on Oct. 1.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/11/national/toyosu-problems-year-after-tsukiji/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-12T01:21:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fish merchants compete at a tuna auction at the Toyosu wholesale market in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Friday. The auction was held on the first anniversary of the famed market's relocation from the Tsukiji district in Chuo Ward.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/11/national/narita-might-wave-off-landings-saturday-prevent-mass-strandings-airport/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-12T03:58:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Travelers are stranded at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture on Sept. 10 after public transportation linking it to the Tokyo metropolitan area was disrupted in the wake of Typhoon Faxai.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/12/national/japan-defense-ministry-opens-new-twitter-account-disaster-info/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-12T10:21:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-12T11:10:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-12T12:32:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Typhoon Hagibis approaches the Japanese archipelago on Thursday in this satellite photo. The Meteorological Agency is warning that the large and powerful storm will bring torrential rain and dangerous winds to central Japan over the weekend.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/12/national/japanese-startups-develop-innovative-ways-supply-clean-water-amid-disasters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-12T14:37:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Oral Peace products are distributed at an evacuation shelter after the Kumamoto Earthquake in April 2016.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/12/national/media-national/social-media-conversation-id-checks-japan-reflects-shifting-awareness/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-12T22:42:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p16-stmichel-ID-check-a-20191013.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Eyes of the law: It's not unusual for police officers in Japan to ask foreign residents for identification, but attitudes appear to be changing slowly.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/12/national/media-national/consumers-look-ways-blunt-impact-consumption-tax-hike/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-12T22:55:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Final countdown: A man puts socks on display at a shop in Osaka on Sept. 30, the eve of the country's scheduled consumption tax hike from 8 percent to 10 percent.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/12/national/first-hotel-near-world-heritage-horyuji-temple-hopes-lure-foreign-guests/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-12T18:06:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A guest room at Waqoo Horyuji hotel located on the path that leads to Horyuji, a World Heritage-listed Buddhist temple in the Nara Prefecture town of Ikaruga.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/12/business/tech/chinas-huawei-claims-experiences-1-million-cyberattacks-per-day/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-12T19:06:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Guests visit Huawei Technologies Co.'s Songshan Lake New Campus in Dongguan, China, on May 31.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/12/business/japans-tax-hike-related-reward-points-total-%c2%a56-billion-first-week/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-12T22:04:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A banner explaining the reduced tax rate system is displayed at an Aeon shopping mall in Chiba on Oct. 1.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A resident gets into his vehicle near a fire burning near Busbys Flat in Australia's New South Wales state on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/12/national/tokyo-skytree-stand-typhoon-winds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-13T17:42:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo SkyTree stands under construction in the Japanese capital in August 2010.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/13/national/politics-diplomacy/south-korean-pm-attend-emperors-enthronement-ceremony-highest-level-visit-japan-since-export-curbs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-13T22:15:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon (right) and Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov attend a joint news conference after their meeting at the government complex in Seoul on Sept. 26.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/13/national/north-korea-demands-japan-pay-compensation-sinking-fishing-boat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-14T02:01:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fisheries Agency crew members (bottom right) work to rescue North Korean fishermen whose boat collided with a Japanese patrol vessel off the northwestern coast off Ishikawa Prefecture's Noto Peninsula on Oct. 7.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/14/world/politics-diplomacy-world/deep-souths-democratic-governor-faces-november-run-off/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-14T08:40:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and his wife, Donna, hold hands in prayer during his election night watch party in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/14/business/boeing-ceo-removed-chairman-seen-nearing-last-chance-737-max/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-14T08:45:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Boeing Chairman, President and CEO Dennis Muilenburg speaks at the New York Economic club luncheon in New York City Oct. 2.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/14/world/tons-fused-scaffolding-still-threat-notre-dames-roof/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-14T16:14:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man walks along the side of the River Seine near Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/14/world/politics-diplomacy-world/khamenei-tells-irans-revolutionary-guards-develop-advanced-modern-weapons/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-14T16:22:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In this picture released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (right) meets Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan as Iranian President Hassan Rouhani looks on Sunday in Tehran. A portrait of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini hangs on the wall.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Misia, the honorary ambassador of The Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development, met with The Japan Times in Tokyo on July 17.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This undated handout picture, supplied by the royal palace in Bangkok, shows puppies related to the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej's pet dog.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toramaru Shibano speaks on Tuesday in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, after becoming the first teenage go player to secure one of the seven major Japanese titles.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/16/business/economy-business/bank-korea-warns-weaker-growth-cutting-rates/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-16T18:04:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-17T17:53:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-17T18:30:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Protesters hold placards reading "No Abe!" during a demonstration against Japan's removal of South Korea from a list of trusted trading partners, in Seoul in August.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-17T18:56:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Nissan Motor Co. executive says that if a "no-deal" results in 10 percent duties on vehicles exported from the U.K. to the EU, it will create an enormous problem for the firm's European operations.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-17T19:31:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Seiichi Eto (right), minister in charge of Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs, visits Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Thursday morning.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-17T19:32:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A rehearsal for a parade planned to celebrate the enthronement of Emperor Naruhito is held on Oct. 6 in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Elijah Cummings addresses a National Press Club luncheon in Washington on August 7.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-17T21:04:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-17T21:05:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The 93-year-old Bruno D. arrives for his trial in Hamburg court, Germany, on Thursday, accused of being an SS guard and involved in killings between August 1944 and April 1945, helping to murder thousands of prisoners, many of them Jewish, in the Stutthof Nazi concentration camp near Gdansk, Poland.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-18T01:52:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-18T07:17:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sen. Lindsey Graham, joined by Sens. Chris Van Hollen, Marsha Blackburn, Richard Blumenthal and Jeanne Shaheen, announces a bipartisan agreement on Turkey sanctions during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks to reporters Thursday at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building in Shinjuku Ward.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Cabinet Office estimates that a bilateral trade agreement between Japan and the United States will boost Japan's gross domestic product by around 0.8 percent.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Emperor Naruhito will proclaim his enthronement Tuesday at a ceremony at the Imperial Palace.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A group of lawmakers visit Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are the first imperial couple with university degrees, to speak several languages and to have years of experience of living abroad.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mayor of the De Wolden municipality Roger de Groot speaks to the press at the police station in AssenThursday after the arrest of the 67-year-old father of the family kept for nearly a decade in a farmhouse and who was found on Tuesday in a house in Ruinerwold. The man is suspected of depriving people of their liberty, harming the health of others and money laundering. The police said they were investigating whether a "certain belief in faith" was behind the case.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-18T19:53:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-18T19:54:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Federal police officers are seen after an armed gang robbed a securities company at the Viracopos airport freight terminal, in Campinas near Sao Paulo Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Separatist demonstrators gather at Paso de Gracia avenue during a protest after a verdict in a trial over a banned independence referendum in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attend a news conference at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/18/world/social-issues-world/mexico-flies-300-indian-migrants-new-delhi-unprecedented-mass-deportation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-18T19:57:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-18T19:58:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Plastic waste piled outside an illegal recycling factory in Jenjarom, Kuala Langat, Malaysia, is seen last October.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-18T20:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-18T20:01:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Traffic moves past ads for Netflix Inc.'s new television series "Sacred Games" in Mumbai on July 11, 2018.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-18T20:01:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-18T20:20:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-18T22:09:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/18/national/landslides-2020-tokyo-olympic-cycling-road-kanagawa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-19T08:28:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Damage from a landslide is shown on National Highway 41 in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Thursday. The section was scheduled for use in cycling races for the 2020 Olympics.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/18/business/economy-business/japan-cabinet-tough-rules-foreigners-stocks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-19T11:30:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Market participants have complained that Japan's planned rules for foreign holdings of stocks linked to national security could serve as an impediment to investment.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/19/national/derailed-typhoon-tokyo-kanazawa-direct-bullet-train-services-resume-oct-25/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-19T11:49:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/19/business/economy-business/top-imf-official-denies-japan-case-study-modern-monetary-theory/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-19T12:08:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Finance Minister Taro Aso listens to a question during a news conference in Washington on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wheels of steel: A Toyota Motor Corp. JPN Taxi is taken for a drive following its launch in Tokyo in October 2017.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Screen shots taken from video footage released by the Fisheries Agency on Friday show a North Korean fishing vessel being sprayed by a water cannon, colliding with a Japanese ship and then sinking.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Extinction Rebellion protesters stage a "die-in" at the entrance to Yoyogi Park on Saturday to call on the government to create a legally binding policy to reduce carbon emissions to zero by 2025.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-19T19:32:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A row of ginkgo trees at Hokkaido University. Chinese authorities last month detained a Japanese professor from the university, sources have said, with the man, who is in his 40s, apparently being suspected of spying.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and then-Japanese Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya inspect an honor guard ahead of their meeting at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 7.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-20T10:38:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-20T12:14:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kansai International Airport, seen earlier this year, was temporarily shut down on Saturday due to the sighting of a possible drone.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-20T14:59:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda replies to a question during an interview in Washington on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Liberal leader and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau campaigns for the upcoming election in the Hamilton Fire Department in Hamilton, Ontario, on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga holds a news conference Friday in Tokyo where he announced Japan is considering the dispatch of Self-Defense Force ships to the Gulf of Oman.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-21T16:24:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-21T16:27:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Front pages of major Australian newspapers present the "Your right to know" campaign in Canberra on Monday. Australia's biggest dailies ran front pages Monday made up to appear heavily redacted to protest recent legislation that restricts press freedoms, a rare show of unity by the usually tribal media industry.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Extinction Rebellion members lie on the floor, covered in fake crude oil, to protest an exhibition sponsored by BP at The National Portrait Gallery in London Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-21T16:46:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-21T16:52:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sen. Lindsey Graham announces a bipartisan agreement on Turkey sanctions during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-21T16:53:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney takes questions during a news briefing at the White House in Washington Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-21T17:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man at the East Nippon Expressway Co. booth during the CEATEC trade show in Chiba last week wears a mixed-reality headset to view the internal structure of bridges and roads.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-21T17:45:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A U.S. $100 banknote and a Chinese 100 yuan banknote are seen in this photo illustration.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-21T18:31:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-21T18:42:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of the media tour inside the multinuclide removal facility, or advanced liquid processing system (ALPS), used for treating contaminated water accumulated, during a media tour of Tokyo Electric Power Co's crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, Oct. 2.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-21T18:51:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man sits near a banner showing illustrations of Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his deputy Ma'ruf Amin in Jakarta on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-21T19:46:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A meeting involving all pupils takes place at a junior high school in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Oct. 11. The date marked the 8th anniversary of one of its students committing suicide due to bullying.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-21T20:53:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Students arrive at Osato Elementary School in Miyagi Prefecture on Monday as classes resume for the first time in 10 days after Typhoon Hagibis.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-21T20:53:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cars await transport at the port of Yokohama.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-21T22:07:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-21T22:37:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A sketch by Elizabeth Cook shows Julian Assange facing District Judge Vanessa Baraitser at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-22T01:43:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A fire ant discovered at the Port of Tokyo in June]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-22T08:54:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Displaced Kurds stuck at the border after a Turkish offensive in northeastern Syria, wait to try cross to the Iraqi side, at the Semalka crossing, next Derik city, Syria, Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/19/national/media-national/uncontrollabe-rage-largely-sober-phenomenon/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-22T12:38:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rage hard: Surveying 1,586 individuals at random, the Asahi Shimbun found that 29 percent admitted they had openly directed anger at strangers.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/22/national/empress-masako/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-22T13:56:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Empress Masako leaves the Imperial Palace after attending a ceremony marking her husband Emperor Naruhito's ascension on May 1.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/22/national/emperor-enthronement-ushering-era-harmony-old-new/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-22T13:57:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Emperor Naruhito returns to his Akasaka Estate residence in Tokyo on May 1 after attending ceremonies marking his accession to the throne at the Imperial Palace.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-22T14:22:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Boeing logo is pictured at the Boeing Renton Factory in Renton, Washington, in March. Shares of Boeing tumbled again Monday over its handling of the 737 Max crisis after U.S. aviation regulators criticized it for withholding key documents for months. Both UBS and Credit Suisse downgraded the company following Friday's statement by the Federal Aviation Administration that called Boeing's handling of the documents "disappointing."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/22/national/live-emperor-naruhitos-enthronement-ceremony/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-22T14:26:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[enthronement-livestream.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako prior to the enthronement ceremony at the Imperial Palace.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/22/national/massive-throne-used-imperial-rite-displayed-tokyo-kyoto/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-22T14:31:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-throne-a-20191023.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[This canopied throne used in the ritual to proclaim the enthronement of Emperor Naruhito will go on public display in December and January.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/22/business/corporate-business/softbank-seen-seeking-take-control-wework-bailout-deal-including-5-billion-debt-financing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-22T15:11:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A SoftBank Corp. placard is prepared during a ceremony to mark the company's debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo last December.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/21/national/rugby-tv-ratings-41-6-japan-south-africa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-22T15:15:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan supporters cheer at a public screening in the city of Koga, Fukuoka Prefecture, during the Rugby World Cup quarterfinal against South Africa on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The interior of Panasonic Corp.'s futuristic SPACe_L car can be changed to different modes, including "Living Room," "Business," "Relax" and "Entertainment." It will be displayed in the Future Expo area.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[JAXA and Toyota Motor Corp. have developed a lunar rover that utilizes fuel cell technology.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-23T17:29:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-23T17:45:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-23T17:46:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-23T19:21:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. William Burke goes over a PET brain scan at Banner Alzheimers Institute in Phoenix, Arizona, last year. The drug company Biogen Inc. says it will seek federal approval for a medicine to treat early Alzheimer's disease, a landmark step toward finding a treatment that can alter the course of the most common form of dementia. The announcement Tuesday is a surprise because the company earlier this year stopped two studies of the drug, called aducanumab, after partial results suggested it was not working.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-23T21:29:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-23T21:30:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mika Nishiyama and lead lawyer Kenichi Ido hold a news conference in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Wednesday after prosecutors decided not to argue against her acquittal.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-23T23:15:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-24T07:09:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-24T08:48:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-24T12:09:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Emperor Naruhito proclaims his ascension to the chrysanthemum throne at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-24T12:29:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-24T14:15:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-24T14:19:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-24T14:29:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-24T15:01:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-24T15:14:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-display-a-20191024.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan Display Inc. said Wednesday it will receive further financial support from Apple to shore up its finances.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Google once offered free cloud storage but now charges users as their online memories pile up.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man skis on man-made snow in Austria this week. Carbon emissions from fossil fuels hit a record last year, but estimates vary of how much it would cost to meet the Paris target of keeping the global temperature rise to within 2 degrees.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-25T20:16:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Zantac heartburn pills are seen in this picture illustration taken Oct. 1.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-25T20:17:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An Air New Zealand Airbus A320-200 takes off from Kingsford Smith International Airport in Sydney last year.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/25/world/social-issues-world/16-lgbt-uganda-activists-charged-gay-sex-face-life-prison/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-25T20:22:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-25T20:22:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike greets John Coates, the visiting chairman of the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission, ahead of their meeting Friday at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government office.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/25/world/crime-legal-world/trump-republican-allies-push-ahead-anti-impeachment-resolution/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-25T20:23:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Senate Judiciary Chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham arrives to attend the memorial services for Rep. Elijah Cummings in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol in Washington Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/24/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-meets-south-korean-prime-minister/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-25T20:28:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[South Korea's Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon shakes hands with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe prior to their meeting at Abe's official residence in Tokyo on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/24/national/politics-diplomacy/china-says-vice-president-wang-qishan-abe-discussed-taiwan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-25T20:29:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan meets with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the State Guesthouse in Tokyo on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/24/world/crime-legal-world/39-victims-found-dead-truck-near-london-chinese/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-25T20:29:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police officers drive away a truck in which 39 dead bodies were discovered sparking a murder investigation at Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, east of London, on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/25/business/corporate-business/40-year-losing-streak-canadian-fuel-cell-makers-shares-soaring/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-25T23:37:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A fuel cell-powered Toyota Mirai is displayed at the Tokyo Motor Show on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/25/national/eastern-japan-heavy-rains/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-26T11:03:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-rain-a-20191026.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A street is flooded and vehicles are partially submerged due to torrential rain on Friday in Narita, Chiba Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/25/national/politics-diplomacy/trade-minister-isshu-sugawara-resigns/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-26T13:03:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Departing trade minister Isshu Sugawara faces reporters on Friday morning at the Diet after a Cabinet meeting.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/26/asia-pacific/crime-legal-asia-pacific/nepal-gang-rape-victim-compensation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-26T13:26:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/26/asia-pacific/australia-increases-visas-willing-live-outside-major-cities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-26T13:27:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sydney's Barangaroo district]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/26/asia-pacific/solomons-calls-chinese-companys-lease-entire-island-unlawful/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-26T13:38:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-solomons-a-20191027.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese President Xi Jinping stands near former Presidents Hu Jintao, Jiang Zemin and Premier Li Keqiang on Beijing's Tiananmen Gate during a military parade marking the 70th founding anniversary of People's Republic of China, on Oct. 1.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/25/business/financial-markets/bank-of-japan-clo-market/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-26T13:42:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/b-banks-a-20191026.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-banks-a-20191026.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A building used by Norinchukin Bank is seen in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, in 2015. Japanese banks now own about 15 percent of outstanding collateralized loan obligations globally, the BOJ has said.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/26/national/chairman-u-s-joint-chiefs-eyeing-mid-november-visit-japan-south-korea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-26T13:49:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/n-usmilitary-a-20191027.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-usmilitary-a-20191027.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mark Milley]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/26/business/corporate-business/softbank-eyeing-burgers-digital-pharmacy-second-vision-fund/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-26T15:16:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-softbank-a-20191027.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[SoftBank Group Corp. is eyeing investments in a burger startup and a pharmaceutical delivery firm.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/26/national/farm-damage-typhoon-hagibis-tops-%c2%a5100-billion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-26T15:17:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fallen apples are scattered on a road in the city of Nagano on Oct. 15 after the Chikuma River overflowed due to Typhoon Hagibis.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/26/asia-pacific/social-issues-asia-pacific/thousands-gather-taipei-streets-east-asias-largest-pride-march/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-26T19:55:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Participants pose for a selfie while taking part in the annual gay pride parade in Taipei on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/23/national/rugby-world-cup-mobile-beer-hawkers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-26T20:34:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman sells beer during a Rugby World Cup match between England and Tonga on Sept. 22 in Sapporo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/26/national/japanese-60s-working-part-time-65-survey/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-26T22:48:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A 73-year-old man works as a sales clerk at a shop in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/26/national/foreign-population-japan-breaks-record-2-82-million/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-26T22:49:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-residents-a-20191026.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan has logged a new record for foreign residents, according to government data released Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/26/national/politics-diplomacy/shinjiro-koizumi-tops-cabinet-asset-list-%c2%a5290-million-belongs-new-wife/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-26T22:49:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi arrives for Emperor Naruhito's enthronement ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/26/national/media-national/staff-shortages-imperiling-japans-teaching-industry/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-26T23:05:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p17-brasor-teachers-a-20191027.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[School daze: Job pressures are causing stress-related illnesses that are forcing full-time teachers to take sick leave.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/27/national/japan-tighten-gasoline-sale-rules-kyoto-arson-attack/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-27T14:11:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-gasoline-a-20191027.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A security guard stands in front of a Kyoto Animation Co. studio in Kyoto on Sept. 18, two months after it was hit by an arson attack.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/27/world/politics-diplomacy-world/two-pro-remain-uk-political-parties-try-trigger-dec-9-election/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-27T15:13:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ian Blackford, the Scottish Nationalist Party's leader in Westminster, speaks in the House of Commons during a Brexit debate on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/27/national/politics-diplomacy/ldp-eyes-project-team-north-korea-missile-defense/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-27T16:25:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Air Self-Defense Force's Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile defense system is shown to the media during a drill in Tokyo's Ariake area on Oct. 9.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/27/business/prolonged-brexit-uncertainty-frustrating-japanese-companies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-27T16:26:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An anti-Brexit protester waves an EU flag outside the Houses of Parliament in London on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/27/national/tokyos-shibuya-abuzz-costumes-weekend-halloween-amid-heavy-police-presence/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-27T18:59:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/n-halloween-a-20191028.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-halloween-a-20191028.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Revelers, some in Halloween costumes, are blocked by police at the famed scramble crossing in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Saturday night.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/27/asia-pacific/north-korean-nuclear-negotiations-deadline-kim-jong-un-donald-trump/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-27T18:59:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-nkwarn-a-20191028.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump stands with Kim Yong Chol, former North Korean military intelligence chief and one of leader Kim Jong Un's closest aides, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington in June last year.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/27/business/narita-haneda-airports-tokyo-capacity-boost-2020-olympics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-27T20:03:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-airports-a-20191028.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[In the long term, Japan plans to raise the annual number of flights at Haneda and Narita to 1 million from the current 750,000, putting it closer to some of the world's biggest airports such as those in London and New York.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/27/national/japan-discuss-new-flood-prevention-steps-wake-disasters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-27T20:58:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-flooding-a-20191027.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nagano city's Chikuma River is seen here after it overflowed due to Typhoon Hagibis earlier this month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/27/national/politics-diplomacy/senior-u-s-official-south-korea-japan-gsomia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-27T20:58:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/n-gsomia-a-20191028.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-gsomia-a-20191028.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[David Stilwell]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/27/business/tech/electronics-japan-self-driving-ev-technology-cars/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-27T20:58:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-motorshow-a-20191028.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People sit in a Panasonic Corp. Autonomous Living Space Cabin concept vehicle on display at the Tokyo Motor Show in Tokyo on Oct. 23.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/27/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-south-korea-repairing-bilateral-ties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-27T20:58:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga attends a banquet for newly enthroned Emperor Naruhito at a hotel in Tokyo on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-28T03:42:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This April image made from video posted on a militant website , purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, being interviewed by his group's Al-Furqan media outlet. The IS erupted from the chaos of Syria and Iraq's conflicts and swiftly did what no Islamic militant group had done before, conquering a giant stretch of territory and declaring itself a "caliphate."]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-28T04:43:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-28T06:03:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/28/world/social-issues-world/grass-vip-rural-vietnamese-make-treacherous-journey-europe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-28T07:36:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Residents light candles to pray for 39 people found dead in the back of a truck near London, in front of Hanoi Cathedral in Hanoi Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-28T08:41:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-28T08:44:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Anti-government protesters gather in Tahrir Square during a demonstration in Baghdad Sunday,. Protests have resumed in Iraq after a wave of anti-government protests earlier this month were violently put down.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-28T08:46:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Performers from the Grounded Aerial Dance Theater unfurl the Microsoft logo against a building as part of the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system launch in New York in 2007. The Pentagon said Friday it is awarding a $10 billion cloud computing contract to Microsoft, following a highly scrutinized bidding process that Amazon had been favored to win. The 10-year contract for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure program, better known as JEDI, ultimately will see all military branches sharing information in a system boosted by artificial intelligence.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-28T11:35:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-28T13:58:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A photo taken on Jan. 17 shows smoke from a volcanic eruption at Mount Shindake on Kuchinoerabu Island in Kagoshima Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-28T14:04:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese President Xi Jinping waves from a vehicle as he reviews the troops at a military parade marking the 70th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China on Oct. 1.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-28T14:12:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/28/national/environmental-tech-tokyo-olympics-reusable-resource/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-28T15:58:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Olympic torch is made from aluminium waste and the athletes' uniforms from recycled plastic.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-28T16:33:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masaaki Shirakawa]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-28T16:38:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japanese researchers have created an app that will predict the level of swaying from earthquakes for people inside skyscrapers.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-28T16:39:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Spanish retiree Joanna Perez Osuna uses her mobile phone to play Pokemon Go on a daily basis in her hometown of Badalona in northern Spain.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-28T16:44:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fujita Kanko Inc.'s new serviced apartment building in West Java province in Indonesia will cater to Japanese business travelers and expatriates.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/28/business/economy-business/china-slowdown-october-indicators/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-28T16:51:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Workers erect scaffolding at a construction site in Beijing on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-28T16:54:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-28T17:14:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman works in a WeWork shared-office space in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/28/national/mccain-2017-collision-yokosuka/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-28T17:42:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain departs Fleet Activities Yokosuka in Kanagawa Prefecture to conduct comprehensive at-sea testing on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-28T17:43:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ground Self-Defense Force members display a Rising Sun flag, regarded by many in South Korea as a symbol of Japan's past militarism, at an event at Camp Asaka in Saitama Prefecture last year.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/28/national/statue-korean-comfort-women-virginia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-28T17:58:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gil Won-ok (second from left) offers flowers at a statue symbolizing "comfort women" in Annandale, Virginia, on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/27/national/80-percent-public-support-empress-allowed-sit-imperial-throne-kyodo-poll/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-28T18:20:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prince Hisahito, 13, son of Crown Prince Akishino, enters the Imperial Palace by car in Tokyo on Sept. 9. He is the only male heir to the throne from the next generation, raising concerns over the sustainability of the current male-only imperial line.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/28/business/financial-markets/negative-yields-to-punish-insurer-profits-boj/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-28T19:09:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pedestrians walk past the Bank of Japan in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-28T19:18:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Volunteers clean up mud on Monday in a house in the town of Marumori, Miyagi Prefecture, that was damaged by Typhoon Hagibis earlier this month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/28/national/politics-diplomacy/ex-saitama-gov-ueda-wins-prefectures-upper-house-election/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-28T19:32:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Saitama Gov. Kiyoshi Ueda speaks before voters on Sunday in Asaka, Saitama, Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/28/world/politics-diplomacy-world/argentinas-peronists-sweep-back-into-power/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-28T19:54:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[President-elect Alberto Fernandez celebrates his election victory in Buenos Aires on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-28T20:32:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit train, funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency, runs on the line's first day of commercial operations in the Indonesian capital on April 1.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/28/national/tokyoites-split-holding-2020-marathon-sapporo-survey-shows/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-28T20:42:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Runners compete in a marathon in Sapporo in August 2018.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/28/world/politics-diplomacy-world/eu-agrees-delay-brexit-jan-31/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-28T21:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Union flags and an umbrella tied to railings are seen in front of Parliament in London on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/28/national/typhoon-deaths-vehicles-evacuation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-28T23:16:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vehicles are submerged in water Saturday in the city of Sakura, Chiba Prefecture, following torrential rain the previous day.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Worldly wise: Sadako Ogata, president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, is interviewed recently at her office in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Facebook on Monday announced a feature that will use a person's age and gender to offer health care information, including suggested checkups.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon meet in Tokyo on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Residents of Ikata, Ehime Prefecture, undergo radiation checks after arriving in Usuki, Oita Prefecture, during a disaster drill Wednesday at Ikata nuclear power plant.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Director Miki Dezaki speaks in June during a news conference regarding his controversial film "Shusenjo: The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue."]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-30T17:00:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Inmate firefighters walk past a burnt home during the Getty Fire in Brentwood, California, on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-30T17:08:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture is seen in December.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-30T17:14:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shoppers look at goods in Tokyo on Oct. 1. Although Japan's retail sales rose the highest in more than five years, some experts worry that the October tax hike might drag down spending in the coming months.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-30T17:28:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-30T17:30:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-30T17:40:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-30T17:43:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-30T17:48:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tepco created a new unit, Tepco Renewable Power Inc., this month to focus on renewable energy.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-30T18:21:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-30T18:33:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Upper House lawmaker Keiko Itokazu says that with Japan already having horse racing, pachinko and boat racing, casinos will only aggravate the issue of gambling addiction.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/30/national/social-issues/casinos-resorts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-30T18:33:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[LDP veteran Takeshi Iwaya says Japan needs integrated resorts, including casinos, calling them essential to the nation's goal of establishing itself as a "tourism-oriented" country.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-30T18:53:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wilbur Ross]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-30T19:32:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-30T19:32:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A drone view shows volunteers removing crude oil spilled at the Pocas beach, municipality of Conde, Bahia state, Brazil, Sunday. Large blobs of oil staining more than 130 beaches in northeastern Brazil began appearing in early September and have now turned up along a 2,000-km stretch of the Atlantic coastline. The source of the patches remains a mystery despite President Jair Bolsonaro's assertions they came from outside the country and were possibly the work of criminals.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-30T19:36:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[British Prime Minister Boris Johnson talks during the debate on the Early Parliamentary General Election Bill in the House of Commons in London Tuesday. After months of stalemate in Parliament, Britain appeared on course Tuesday for an early general election that could break the country's political deadlock over Brexit.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/30/business/u-s-china-come-understanding-trade-relationship-direction-jared-kushner/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-30T19:39:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[White House senior adviser Jared Kushner is seen on a screen as he attends the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/29/business/corporate-business/sony-considering-building-%c2%a5100-billion-chip-plant-smartphone-image-sensors/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sony is considering building another image sensor plant in Nagasaki Prefecture due to increasing demand.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/29/national/smartphones-blamed-67-3-japanese-say-reading-fewer-books-government-survey/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-30T19:41:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Some 67.3 percent of Japanese say they have been reading fewer books recently, according to a Cultural Affairs Agency survey.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-30T19:43:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-facebook-a-20191031.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on "An Examination of Facebook and Its Impact on the Financial Services and Housing Sectors" in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington Oct. 23. Facebook came under fresh criticism on Tuesday for its hands-off approach to political speech, as a group of employees and U.S. lawmakers called on the social network to apply fact-checking for politicians spreading misinformation.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/30/national/japanese-tour-russian-islands-off-hokkaido/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-30T19:58:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A group of Japanese tourists arrive on the island of Kunashiri on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/30/national/casinos-intro/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-30T20:22:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-intro-a-20191031.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Advocates say integrated resorts, including casinos, will boost Japan's economy and tourism while critics worry that gambling addiction will become a growing problem.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/30/national/international-olympic-committee-meeting-kicks-off-amid-tensions-tokyo-unexpectedly-relocated-events/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-30T21:44:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks to reporters Wednesday at the metropolitan government office, where a three-day meeting with the International Olympic Committee began. Discussions are expected to focus on venues for marathon and race-walk events.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/30/business/corporate-business/direct-sendai-bangkok-flights-resume-5-year-hiatus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-30T22:28:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Travelers arrive at Sendai Airport on Wednesday as regular direct flights linking the city and Bangkok resumed after a hiatus of five and a half years.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/30/national/politics-diplomacy/campaign-team-justice-ministers-wife-allegedly-broke-election-law/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-30T23:03:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Katsuyuki Kawai]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-31T06:09:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-genocide-a-20191101.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People visit the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan Wednesday. Armenians rejoiced over the historic vote in the U.S. House of Representatives that recognized as "genocide" mass killings of ethnic Armenians in the Ottoman Empire a century ago.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-31T06:10:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Catherine Croft, a State Department adviser on Ukraine, leaves after testifying at a closed-door meeting as part of the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-31T08:34:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Workers assemble Honda Motor Co. North America-bound Fit vehicles on the production line of the company's factory in Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, in 2016.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/30/national/south-korea-japan-wartime-labor-ruling-year-on/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-31T08:48:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[South Koreans demonstrate against the administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in August in Busan near a statue symbolizing Koreans who worked for Japanese companies during colonial rule.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/31/business/bolsonaro-threatens-brazils-globo-tv-villainous-report-linking-councilwomans-assassination/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-31T09:01:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A demonstrator carries a placard with a message written in Portuguese: "Bolsonaro, who had Marielle and Anderson killed?" referring to the slaying of councilwoman Marielle Franco and her driver, during a protest by labor unions in Brasilia Wednesday. TV Globo reported the doorman of Bolsonaro's gated house community in Rio de Janeiro cited his name in an investigation into the 2018 murder of the politician. Bolsonaro denies reports tying him to the councilwoman's killers.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2000/07/24/national/once-reduced-to-ashes-shuri-regains-its-stature/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-31T11:13:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-31T12:38:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is reportedly considering holding talks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang next month in Thailand on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/31/national/japan-pac3-interceptors-tokyo-olympics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-31T14:03:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Air Self-Defense Force's Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile interceptor is shown to the press during a drill in Tokyo on Oct. 9.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/31/national/us-pays-tribute-sadako-ogata/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-31T14:26:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-ogata-a-20191101.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sadako Ogata speaks during an interview in Tokyo in December 2015.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/31/business/corporate-business/apple-sales-to-top-estimates/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-31T16:16:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[During an event held for Apple's latest iPhone 11 series on Sept. 20, employees applaud as they greet customers entering the newly redesigned Apple Inc. store on Fifth Avenue in New York.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/31/national/japan-targets-organized-crime-300-fold-hike-top-fine-poaching-glass-eels/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-31T17:38:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/n-eel-a-20191101.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-eel-a-20191101.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Fisheries Agency plans to raise the maximum fine for illegal fishing of baby Japanese eel.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/31/business/bank-of-japan-signals-rate-cut/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-31T17:42:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/31/business/financial-markets/fed-cuts-interest-rates-weather-u-s-china-trade-war-signals-hold/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-31T17:56:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/b-fed-a-20191101.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-fed-a-20191101.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A board above the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the closing number for the S&amp;P 500 index Wednesday. Stocks rose broadly after the Federal Reserve lowered interest rates for the third time this year. The gains Wednesday were enough to push the S&amp;P 500 to its second record high this week.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/31/national/crime-legal/kumamoto-nightclub-files-criminal-complaint-uruguay-rugby-players/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-31T17:57:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-uruguay-a-20191031.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Security camera footage at a Kumamoto nightclub shows a male staff member being tackled by an Uruguay rugby player on Oct. 16.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/31/world/politics-diplomacy-world/blow-johnson-cabinet-member-nicky-morgan-quits-ahead-u-k-election-battle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-31T18:11:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/f-brexit-a-20191101.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-brexit-a-20191101.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Britain's Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Nicky Morgan is seen outside Downing Street in London Oct. 24.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/31/business/japan-inc-paying-dividends-ever-nomura-holdings/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-31T18:14:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/b-dividends-a-20191101.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[b-dividends-a-20191101.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[edestrians walk past a signboard of Nomura Securities outside its branch in Tokyo in 2016.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/31/world/crime-legal-world/mexico-shows-footage-el-chapo-sons-capture-defends-release-avoid-cartel-bloodbath/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-31T18:43:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/f-chapo-a-20191101.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-chapo-a-20191101.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ovidio Guzman, son of drug cartel kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, is briefly captured by Mexican military police in a residential compound near the center of Culiacan in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico Oct. 17 in this still image taken from a helmet camera footage obtained Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/31/world/science-health-world/scientists-race-stop-worlds-fastest-spreading-tropical-disease/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-31T18:50:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-dengue-a-20191101.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Pakistani patient with dengue fever, a mosquito-borne disease, rests in a hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday. A top Pakistani health official said authorities are battling one of the worst-ever dengue fever outbreaks across the country, including the capital, Islamabad, as hospitals continued to receive scores of patients, putting strain on the poor emergency services.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/30/world/syrian-army-clashes-turkish-forces-northeast-border-area-state-tv/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-31T18:50:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/31/business/corporate-business/facebook-user-growth-us-canada/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-31T19:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[b-facebook-a-20191101.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An illuminated Facebook Inc. logo can be seen on the company's gaming booth at the Gamescom industry event in Cologne, Germany, in August.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/31/national/japan-post-stamp-selling-scandal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-31T19:16:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-stamp-a-20191101.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Post office executives in Tokyo are accused of embezzling ¥540 million by selling used stamps.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/31/business/corporate-business/fiat-chrysler-psa-group-boards-sign-off-plan-49-billion-merger/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-31T19:20:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/31/national/dwindling-catches-soaring-prices-hokkaido-squid-town/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-31T19:24:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-squid-a-20191101.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Buyers bid for squid at the Hakodate regional wholesale market in Hokkaido on Oct. 18.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/31/national/politics-diplomacy/justice-minister-katsuyuki-kawai-quit-wifes-alleged-election-law-breach/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-31T21:00:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-kawai-c-20191101.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Katsuyuki Kawai speaks to reporters at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo after handing in a letter of resignation as justice minister.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/31/national/delay-private-english-tests-entrance-exams/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-31T21:01:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-english-a-20191101.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Education minister Koichi Hagiuda speaks at a House of Representatives education committee meeting in Tokyo on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/31/asia-pacific/north-korea-projectiles-sea-of-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-31T21:35:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/f-nkmissile-a-20191101.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-nkmissile-a-20191101.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People watch file footage of a North Korean missile launch on a TV screen at a railway station in Seoul on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/01/world/crime-legal-world/trump-presidency-treacherous-new-ground-house-vote-puts-senate-trial-frame/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-01T06:19:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/f-trumprobe-a-20191102.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-trumprobe-a-20191102.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/01/world/u-s-forces-seen-patrol-syria-near-turkish-border/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-01T06:20:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-uspatrol-a-20191102.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Syrian boy on his bicycle looks at a convoy of U.S. armored vehicles patrolling fields near the northeastern Syria town of Qahtaniyah at the border with Turkey Thursday. U.S. forces accompanied by Kurdish fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) patrolled part of Syria's border with Turkey, in the first such move since Washington withdrew troops from the area earlier in October, an AFP correspondent reported.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/31/national/japan-pearl-biz-20m-oyster-die-off/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-01T12:29:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/n-oysters-a-20191101.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-oysters-a-20191101.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A line of dead Akoya pearl oysters (top) is shown next to a line of live, healthy ones.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-11-01T14:52:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The newly built house of Bui Chung, who worked in Britain, is seen next to an older house at Do Thanh commune, in Nghe An province, Vietnam, Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-11-01T15:23:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A screen plays a trailer for "Kim Ji-young, Born 1982" at a theater in Seoul on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/01/asia-pacific/thai-king-boot-camp-unity-courses/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-01T15:45:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Volunteer Spirit members, including those who went for the 904 training course, line up ahead of performing community service at a Buddhist temple in Bangkok on Oct. 14.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-11-01T16:23:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toshihiko Hanai displays artwork containing an image of a statue of a girl symbolizing "comfort women" in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-11-01T16:23:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/01/business/corporate-business/panasonic-april-september-profit-drops/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-01T16:49:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The prolonged trade war between China and the United States is a factor in Panasonic Corp.'s sluggish sales in China according to the company, which released its financial results for the fiscal first half of this year on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police officials try to subdue massive crowds at a crossing near Shibuya Station on Thursday night amid the chaos of the annual Halloween celebrations.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-11-01T17:26:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/01/national/nagoya-tv-tower-floating-feelng/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-01T18:00:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[One of the four pedestals of Nagoya Television Tower is seen cut off from its concrete foundation on Oct. 23.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/01/national/typhoon-hagibis-evacuating-fukushima-nursing-homes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-01T18:05:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Staff at La Soeur Date, a nursing care home in Date, Fukushima Prefecture, clean up on Oct. 14 after Typhoon Hagibis caused a nearby river to overflow and flood the facility.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/01/business/corporate-business/sharp-april-september-profit-falls-third/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-01T18:12:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sharp Corp.'s group net profit in the April-September period fell 33.1 percent from a year earlier to ¥27.4 billion, the company's financial results released Friday show. The firm attributed the adverse results to weak TV sales in overseas markets.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/01/world/social-issues-world/russian-trolls-stoking-conflict-chile-u-s-warns/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A demonstrator waves a Chilean flag during a protest against the government in Santiago Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A resident works to remove an oil spill on Barra de Jacuipe beach in Camacari, Bahia state, Brazil, Oct. 22.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-11-01T18:28:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/01/national/social-issues/japan-shrine-celebrate-hokkaido-ainu/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-01T18:34:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[At her apartment in Sapporo, Ainu tattooist Mai Hachiya wears a traditional robe and lipstick, applied in a style meant to recreate the indigenous group's traditional tattoos.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/01/business/tech/twitter-says-tech-tools-removed-1-2-abusive-tweets-first-half/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-01T18:38:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This photo shows a search for political ads that were on Facebook displayed on a computer screen Thursday in New York. Twitter's ban on political advertising is ratcheting up the pressure on Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg to follow suit. Zuckerberg doubled down on Facebook's approach in a call with analysts Wednesday as he reiterated Facebook's stance that "political speech is important."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/31/world/india-china-clash-kashmir-loses-special-status-divided/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-01T18:39:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/31/national/ueno-zoos-famous-monorail-halts-service-60-years/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-01T18:39:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Passengers chosen by lottery to ride on the monorail's last run at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo wave on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/31/national/hot-air-balloons-decorate-sky-international-fiesta-opens-saga/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-01T18:40:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hot air balloons fly over the city of Saga, as the Saga International Balloon Fiesta kicks off on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/01/business/asahi-ceo-defends-spending-22-billion-building-beer-empire/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-01T18:52:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Akiyoshi Koji, chief executive officer of Asahi Group Holdings Ltd., speaks during an interview in Tokyo Oct. 24. Three months after shelling out $11 billion for Anheuser-Busch InBev's Australian operations, Asahi Group plans to keep growing via more deals. Japan's largest brewer wants to establish more hubs globally beyond Europe and Australia, Koji said.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/01/business/economy-business/japans-september-jobless-rate-worsens/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-01T19:24:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Commuters walk in front of Tokyo Station. Japan's jobless rate for September rose by 0.2 points from a month earlier to 2.4 percent, according to government data released Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/01/business/manipulation-search-results-may-violate-antitrust-law-japan-ftc/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-01T19:26:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The building that houses Japan's Fair Trade Commission in Tokyo]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/01/business/corporate-business/contract-100-mitsubishi-jets-u-s-airline-canceled/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-01T19:28:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp.'s SpaceJet is displayed at the International Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, near Paris, on June 18.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/01/national/politics-diplomacy/south-korea-speaker-comfort-women-apology-call/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-01T19:45:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Upper House head Akiko Santo (left) sent a letter to her South Korean counterpart, Moon Hee-sang, asking him to retract comments on the issue of "comfort women."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/01/business/hokkaido-kutchan-japans-first-lodging-tax/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-01T20:49:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Foreign tourists are seen in Niseko, a popular ski resort in Hokkaido. The town of Kutchan, part of the Niseko tourism zone, has introduced the nation's first fixed-rate lodging tax.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Okinawa Prefectural Police investigate the remnants of Shuri Castle in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Friday, a day after it was destroyed by a fire.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo Fire Department officials offer fire prevention guidance to a monk at Zojoji temple in Tokyo's Minato Ward in April following a fire that badly damaged part of the roof of  Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris the same month.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks at a regular news conference after a four-way meeting with representatives from the IOC, the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee and the central and Tokyo metropolitan governments, at her office on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Workers maneuver a drill pipe slip toward the drill shaft at Cuadrilla Resources Ltd.'s shale gas exploration site in Singleton, England.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/02/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-asean-summits-thailand/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-11-02T12:59:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi uses her gavel as the House votes 232-196 to pass a resolution on impeachment procedure to move forward into the next phase of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/02/world/science-health-world/spain-cop25-climate-talks/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chileans hold a "Mourning March" in Santiago on Friday to protest the deaths of 23 people after more than 10 days of civil unrest that forced the government to abandon hosting two major economic and climate summits.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-11-02T13:14:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nissan Motor's headquarters in Yokohama]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan Display Inc. decided in September to extend the suspension of the Hakusan plant in Ishikawa Prefecture amid sluggish demand for panels used in smartphones.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The U.S. government has launched a national security review of TikTok owner Beijing ByteDance Technology Co.'s $1 billion acquisition of U.S. social media app Musical.ly, sources have said.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Green with envy: Jealousy is shared by both sexes, but President suggests that women tend to focus on relationships.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Crowd control: Costume-clad people gather for Halloween celebrations in Tokyo's Shibuya entertainment district on Oct. 31, 2018.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The operator of Narita International Airport is planning to extend runway B, shown in this photo taken in April last year.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/02/business/economy-business/japan-companies-brexit/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A U.K. flag waves against the backdrop of the clock facade of the Elizabeth Tower, which holds the bell known as Big Ben, in London on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/02/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-recovery-typhoon-tax-hike/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-11-02T23:03:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hideki Makihara (second from left), the state minister for trade, takes part in a group photo shoot during a gathering of negotiators for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership on Friday in Bangkok.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-11-03T01:19:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman looks at flood-damaged homes in the city of Nagano on Oct. 15 after Typhoon Hagibis hit the area days earlier.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Iraqi demonstrators sit atop the Turkish Restaurant Building, during anti-government protests in Baghdad on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-11-03T15:35:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Park Chol-hee, whose brother was killed in a crane collapse in 2017 at a Samsung shipyard, poses in Seoul on Oct. 18.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/03/business/corporate-business/toyota-wiper-data-rain-forecasts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-03T15:40:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A visitor looks at a Toyota Motor Corp. Lexus LS 500h at the company's showroom in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, in June. Toyota and weather information provider Weathernews Inc. have started tests to improve the accuracy of rain forecasts by using real-time data from windshield wipers on networked cars.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/02/national/volcano-erupts-island-kagoshima-prefecture/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-03T16:26:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/02/national/japanese-tourists-return-visit-russian-held-islands-off-hokkaido/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-03T16:52:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japanese tourists who went to the Northern Territories disembark at Nemuro port in east Hokkaido on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/03/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/trump-south-korea-pay-troops-alliance-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-03T18:09:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to address U.S. military personnel at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on June 30.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-11-03T19:05:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Veteran photographer Takeyoshi Tanuma, 90, delivers a speech Sunday at the Imperial Palace as he and five other people, including Nobel chemistry laureate Akira Yoshino (second from right), 71, are granted the Order of Culture.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-11-03T19:24:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A photo on the Defense Ministry's website shows one of two Boeing 777-300ERs jets used to transport the prime minister. On Sunday a minor fired broke out in the kitchen of the plane carrying Prime Minister Shinzo Abe while it was en route to Bangkok. No one was injured.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-11-04T03:39:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A firefighter controls a hotspot of the Maria Fire, in Santa Paula, Ventura County, California, Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-11-04T07:17:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An event is held Sunday to thank volunteers cleaning the beaches after an oil spill on Maracaipe beach in Ipojuca, Pernambuco state, Brazil.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/04/business/tech/flamboyant-founder-china-smartphone-maker-smartisan-barred-planes-trains-spending-sprees/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-04T07:22:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/03/national/politics-diplomacy/denny-tamaki-okinawa-us-missiles/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-04T07:50:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Denny Tamaki]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/03/national/politics-diplomacy/trump-us-japan-cost-sharing-military/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-04T07:53:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan sails alongside the Maritime Self-Defense Force guided-missile destroyer Myoko in the Philippine Sea on Aug. 15.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/03/national/politics-diplomacy/shinzo-abe-japan-asean-summits/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-04T07:57:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife, Akie, wave Sunday at Haneda airport before departing for Bangkok to attend ASEAN-related meetings. At one, he will discuss the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership trade agreement.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/04/business/norways-ugland-says-pirates-abducted-nine-crew-members-vessel-off-benin/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-04T09:15:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-11-04T12:58:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Medical volunteers help wash spray paint from a woman's eye as people attend a singing rally in Tsim Sha Tsui district in Hong Kong on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/04/business/corporate-business/saudi-aramco-ipo-worth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-04T13:05:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[f-aramcovalue-a-20191105.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Banks are struggling to pinpoint a precise valuation for Saudi Aramco, with some banks offering a huge range — as much as $1 trillion in the case of Bank of America — between their low and high estimates.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/04/asia-pacific/australia-china-bilateral-relationship/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-04T13:10:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-11-04T13:52:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-koreatalk-a-20191102.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[More than 110 politicians from Japan and South Korea meet at the Diet building in Tokyo Friday to discuss ways to mend the strained bilateral relationship.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/03/24/national/politics-diplomacy/ldp-lawmaker-disabilities-champion-admits-affair/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hirotada Ototake]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/04/national/rules-tightened-wealthy-residents-overseas-assets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-04T15:36:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The entrance to the National Tax Agency in Tokyo is seen in this file photo. The government plans to tighten rules on the disclosure of oversea assets held by wealthier residents living in Japan.]]></image:caption>
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