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			<image:caption><![CDATA[New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs Nanaia Mahuta and Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne speak during a news conference in Wellington on Thursday. ]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masaya Ninomiya, an adviser at the Nippon Foundation Volunteer Support Center, speaks during an online training session for volunteers at the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President Joe Biden take part in a joint press conference at the White House in Washington on April 16.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-04-23T15:21:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan’s key consumer prices edged down in March for an eighth straight month of declines as pandemic-related business restrictions weighed on activity.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-04-23T16:24:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rakuten Bank is emerging as the first real digital contender to Japan’s traditional lenders.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Myanmar's junta chief, Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, attends a parade marking Armed Forces Day in the capital, Naypyidaw, on March 27.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-04-23T19:12:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Guizhou Big Data Exhibition Center in Guiyang, China.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/17/asia-pacific/india-solar-man/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T01:25:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Despite its progress, India's solar push has some limitations including high capital costs, scarcity of land and the need for sunny weather. ]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-04-24T01:26:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Investor interest in the growth potential of some of Toshiba's businesses, such as chipmaking and infrastructure systems, means the company is likely to face continued pressure to streamline its wide-ranging operations, experts say. ]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-04-24T01:27:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Renesas is the world's leading supplier of microcontrollers used in vehicle power control units. ]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-04-24T01:28:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga addresses a joint news conference with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House on Friday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/17/national/taiwan-japan-us-statement/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T01:29:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden speaks alongside Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga during a joint news conference at the White House on Friday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-04-24T01:31:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman receives a dose of the Johnson &amp; Johnson vaccine in Chicago earlier this month. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/17/world/crime-legal-world/indianapolis-shootings/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T01:39:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A body is transported from a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Friday after a mass shooting. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/17/world/science-health-world/us-nasa-spacex/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T01:40:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The SpaceX Starship prototype launching during a high-altitude flight test in Boca Chica, Texas, on March 3. NASA announced on Friday that it had awarded a contract to SpaceX for $2.9 billion to use Starship to take astronauts from lunar orbit to the surface of the moon. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/02/13/national/media-national/energy-hotels-repurposed-atm-spaces/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T01:43:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The winter of 2020-21 has been an unusually cold one, with temperatures around the country plunging to levels seen perhaps only once in a decade, and this has sent chills down the spines of utility firms.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/01/30/national/media-national/japanese-media-capitol-riot/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T01:43:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police confront supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump, including Jacob Chansley, also known as Jake Angeli, in the horn and fur costume, as they demonstrate on the second floor of the U.S. Capitol near the entrance to the Senate after breaching security defenses on Jan. 6.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/05/27/national/media-national/magazine-snares-rival-scoop-thief-red-handed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T01:55:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Each week, on the morning that weekly magazines go on sale, commuter trains and other transport in Japan's major metropolitan areas carry ads — referred to as shanai kōkoku (train ads) or tsuri kōkoku (hanging ads) — that spell out the magazine's latest headlines.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/17/national/media-national/kei-komuro-meghan-markle-royalty/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T01:59:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People watch news coverage of the engagement of Princess Mako and Kei Komuro in Tokyo in 2017. A survey last month saw 97% of respondents opposed to the marriage.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/17/national/media-national/working-aging-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T01:59:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Buddhist monk practices Zen meditation amid a natural setting. Don't expect the same amount of inner peace from most Japanese companies, however. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/03/27/national/media-national/theres-hanami-cherry-blossoms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The cherry blossoms at Tokyo's Ueno Park draw tens of thousands of visitors each year.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/12/31/national/media-national/2020-review-magazines/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Snow removal work is under way in Minamiuonuma in Niigata Prefecture on Dec. 18 after many vehicles are stranded on a highway overnight due to heavy snow on the Sea of Japan coast.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/10/14/national/japan-author-hayashi-essays-guinness/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:00:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Award-winning Japanese author Mariko Hayashi holds her certificate from the Guinness World Records in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Saturday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/10/10/national/media-national/u-s-election-coverage-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participate in the first pre-election debate in Cleveland, Ohio, on Sept. 29.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/09/26/national/media-national/businesses-bankruptcy-signs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sign of the times: Weekly magazine Spa serves up useful clues for spotting sinking companies.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/09/12/national/media-national/us-china-tech-apps/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:00:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[TikTok has become a flash point among rising U.S.-China tensions in recent months as U.S. politicians have raised concerns that parent company ByteDance Ltd. could be compelled to hand over American users’ data to Beijing or use the app to influence the 2 billion users globally who have downloaded it.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/09/05/national/media-national/tv-asahi-labor-unions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:01:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[TV Asahi Corp.'s headquarters in Tokyo]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/09/05/national/media-national/post-truth-news/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:01:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Commuters in Tokyo make their way to work amid the COVID-19 pandemic in July.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/06/20/national/media-national/news-roundup-covid19/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:01:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Home detention: Weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun recommends keeping cats inside at all times to safeguard their pets from the novel coronavirus.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/06/06/national/media-national/tabloid-treats/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:01:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[International Olympic Committee senior official John Coates (left) said the postponed Tokyo Games might not go ahead in July 2021, even with the development of a coronavirus vaccine, according to Australian media reports.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/05/30/national/media-national/hiromu-kurokawa-resignation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:01:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiromu Kurokawa, chief of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutor's Office, arrives at his home in Tokyo after offering to resign over a gambling scandal.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/05/09/national/media-national/golden-week-highlights/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:01:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman examines a bottle of sake at a Niigata Prefecture "antenna shop" in Osaka.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/04/11/national/media-national/counting-cost-postponing-tokyo-olympics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:02:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rings of uncertainty: Olympic rings sit at Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo on March 25, one day after the announcement of the games’ postponement due to the outbreak of the new coronavirus.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/03/28/national/media-national/face-masks-can-foster-false-sense-security/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:02:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Protection?: Visitors wearing face masks walk through Asakusa in Tokyo on March 20.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/03/national/japan-tabloid-apologizes-coverage-blasted-discriminatory-toward-south-koreans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:02:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[n-magazine-a-20190903.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Articles in Shukan Post have been criticized for discriminating against South Koreans.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/07/06/national/media-national/friction-growing-osaka-rising-foreign-population/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:02:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p16-schreiber-osaka-a-20190707.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Homeward bound: The city of Osaka tried to eradicate illegal minpaku (residences offering overnight lodgings) ahead of the Group of 20 summit in late June.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/27/national/tokyo-court-admits-asahi-reporter-defamed-denies-damages-comfort-women-articles/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:03:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/n-uemura-a-20190628.jpg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takashi Uemura, a former Asahi Shimbun reporter, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki district on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/01/23/national/social-issues/spa-magazine-publishes-apology-ranking-colleges-based-sexual-availability-female-students/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:03:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/n-spa-a-20190124.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-spa-a-20190124.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Weekly tabloid magazine Spa! issued an apology in its Jan. 29 edition, which went on sale Tuesday, after a recent article ranking universities by the perceived sexual availability of female students received heavy criticism.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/01/09/national/social-issues/colleges-named-tabloids-list-schools-easy-girls-condemn-article-misogynistic/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:03:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Dec. 25 issue of the weekly Spa! tabloid magazine listed colleges whose students it said were "easily available" for sex.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/01/07/national/social-issues/tabloid-mag-fire-publishing-list-japanese-colleges-girls-easily-available-sex-drinking-parties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:03:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/n-spa-a-20190108.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-spa-a-20190108.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A screenshot shows an online petition on the website change.org demanding the weekly magazine Spa! publicly apologize and take down an article ranking colleges according to the supposed willingness of female students to have sex.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/04/07/national/media-national/magazines-indulge-japans-healthy-obsession-staying-spry/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:03:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p16-bij-a-20180408.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p16-bij-a-20180408.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wealth of health info: There has been a recent surge of articles in Japan's weekly magazines about diet, health and avoiding illnesses. A recent survey showed that interest in these subjects spans all age groups.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/16/national/media-national/showas-not-giving-without-fight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:03:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/p16-schreiber-bij-a-20171217.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p16-schreiber-bij-a-20171217.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[End of an era: When Emperor Akihito abdicates on April 30, 2019, it will be the end of Heisei and a new period of reign will be named with the ascension of Crown Prince Naruhito, but nothing, it seems, will stop people looking back to the Showa Era (1926-89)]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/09/national/media-national/shut-in-by-the-past-yet-still-unable-to-face-the-future/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:03:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/p16-hoffman-bij-a-20171210.jpg</image:loc>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/08/05/national/media-national/speed-bump-wont-stop-kiyomiya-japanese-baseballs-teen-powerhouse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:04:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/p16-mm-a-20170806.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p16-mm-a-20170806.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Blubbering slugger: Kotaro Kiyomiya sheds tears after his team, Waseda Jitsugyo High School, was eliminated from the regional high school baseball playoffs on July 30 in Tokyo. Elimination means his team won't be heading to the finals, and Kiyomiya — a final-year student — may not get the chance to top the record for high school home runs he currently shares with another player.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/07/22/national/media-national/try-checking-love-hotel-good-nights-sleep/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:04:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/p16-schreiber-bij-a-20170723.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p16-schreiber-bij-a-20170723.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Keeping track of Z's: According to a survey by OECD, Japan ranks 17th out of 18 countries when it comes to the average number of hours people sleep.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/03/25/national/media-national/radiation-brings-fear-kids-let/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:04:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p18-bij-a-20170326-e1490429064781.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p18-bij-a-20170326.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kids say the cruellest things: A girl bullied at school with the taunt "You've got the radiation!" (right) sits at her home in Chiba Prefecture, where she moved after fleeing Fukushima Prefecture in the wake of the March 2011 nuclear disaster.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/03/18/national/media-national/japan-tabloid-guide-health-happiness/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:04:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p18-bij-a-20170319-e1489825293219.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p18-bij-a-20170319.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Get your stink on: Last week's Shukan Bunshun devoted three pages to the benefits of eating nattō (fermented soybeans).]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/09/04/national/media-national/in-reversal-asahi-runs-but-sensors-critical-ads/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:05:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/07/national/media-national/impending-japan-china-war-has-the-makings-of-a-clancy-classic/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:06:05+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/fd20131208bja.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[fd20131208bja.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[En garde: A Ground Self-Defense Force soldier helps to prepare surface-to-ship missile launchers at Camp Naha in the Okinawan prefectural capital last month. Japanese troops demonstrated their skills readying the missiles on Okinawa as part of a huge drill across the country that rattled China and ramped up tensions between Asia's two largest economies.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/23/national/media-national/black-firms-exploit-staff-black-state-taxes-them/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:06:23+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/fd20131124bja.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[fd20131124bja.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The dark side: What sort of future is in store for these company freshmen? One depressing possibility could be toiling for burakku kigyō (black businesses), described by author Ryu Nitta as companies where management has no desire to reward workers, and where labor laws are intentionally violated.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/16/national/media-national/paths-to-pay-dirt-are-many-and-varied/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:06:33+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/fd20131117bja.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[fd20131117bja.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tips for the top: Millionaire Tsubasa Yozawa (left)  offers these "keys to success" for budding fellow tycoons: "Pride is something you don't need" and "Believe you're a genius!"]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/07/29/world/crime-legal-world/los-angeles-joins-san-francisco-banning-large-capacity-gun-magazines/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:11:06+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/f-laguns-a-20150730.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[f-laguns-a-20150730.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Los Angeles Police Department detective Ken Yueng inspects an assault rifle during a gun buyback program organized by Mayor Eric Garcetti's Gang Reduction and Youth Development Office in Los Angeles, California, in December 2013. The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to ban the possession of large-capacity gun magazines on Tuesday, following San Francisco to become the second major city in California to take that step. The ordinance prohibits Los Angeles residents from possessing a handgun or rifle magazine that fits more than 10 rounds.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/03/13/national/media-national/why-japanese-prime-ministers-avoid-official-residency/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:13:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/np_file_73894.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_73894.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Many of Japan's recent prime ministers — including Yoshihide Suga — have chosen not to live in the official residence provided for them free of charge.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/03/06/national/media-national/relaxation-covid19/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:17:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/np_file_72273.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_72273.jpeg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/01/16/national/media-national/2021-assorted-new-year-stories/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:17:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/np_file_61989.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_61989.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[ Sales at Starbucks, like those at its top two competitors in Japan, have almost certainly been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/12/12/national/media-national/women-suicide-pandemic/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:18:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/np_file_55220.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_55220.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Among 485 cases of female suicide in August whose cause is known, the National Police Agency has found that 380 were rooted in depression and other health issues, 84 in domestic issues and 29 directly linked to poverty.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/11/21/national/media-national/japanese-media-us-election/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:18:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/np_file_50844.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_50844.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden have both claimed victory in the U.S. election.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/03/10/national/japan-online-piracy-law-manga-magazines/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:18:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/n-piracy-a-20200311.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-piracy-a-20200311.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of a government panel gather in July 2019 in Tokyo to discuss amending the Copyright Act.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/03/05/national/social-issues/big-issue-japan-magazine-homeless/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:18:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/n-bigissue-a-20200306.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-bigissue-a-20200306.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Teruo Irishima holds up a poster promoting the Queen edition of The Big Issue Japan magazine in Osaka on Jan. 28.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/26/national/media-national/mysterious-case-japans-vanishing-bookstores/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:19:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/p16-schreiber-bookstores-a-20191027.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p16-schreiber-bookstores-a-20191027.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Endangered species: Smaller bookstores have been successively closing due to lack of heirs to keep shops in operation, competition from Amazon and a host of other factors.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/03/28/business/culture-meets-convenience-japans-konbini-stores-bet-books-go-well-bento/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:19:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/n-convenience-a-20190329.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-convenience-a-20190329.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A FamilyMart store in Abiko, Chiba Prefecture, was recently combined with a bookstore.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/11/30/national/old-new-pregnancy-parenting-publications-strive-ease-pressure-young-parents-child-rearing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:20:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/n-magazines-a-20181201.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-magazines-a-20181201.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kazuyuki Sakai talks about the inaugural editions of the magazines Tamago Club and Hiyoko Club for which he served as chief editor.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/26/national/magazine-sales-japan-fall-short-book-sales-first-time-41-years/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:20:32+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/n-magazines-a-20161227.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-magazines-a-20161227.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Magazine sales for 2016 in Japan are expected to fall below that of book sales for the first time in 41 years.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/04/06/national/social-issues/osaka-prefecture-city-works-familymart-cover-adult-magazines/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:21:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/n-sakai-a-20160407.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-sakai-a-20160407.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Green book covers wrapped around sample books on a store shelf say the city of Sakai is promoting measures to eradicate violence against women and children.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/02/17/national/japanese-city-seeks-cover-adult-magazines-convenience-stores/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:21:10+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/n-sakai-z-20160218.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-sakai-z-20160218.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sakai city plans to ask stores to install shields on shelves that carry adult magazines to keep them out of sight of small children.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/12/29/national/media-national/sales-japanese-print-publications-fall-amid-digital-explosion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:21:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/17/national/politics-diplomacy/japans-womens-magazines-ramp-focus-politics-amid-widespread-concern-abes-security-reforms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:22:01+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/n-magazines-a-20150918.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[n-magazines-a-20150918.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Women's magazines cover the debate over the government-sponsored security bills.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/09/02/business/corporate-business/nikkei-to-invest-in-monocle-magazine-publisher/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:22:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/13/national/magazine-seeks-to-counter-bias-toward-poor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T02:22:33+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/p3-yuasa-a-20131114.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p3-yuasa-a-20131114.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Poor man's protest: Demonstrators march in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, in May to demand enactment of a law to rescue children from poverty. Wataru Okawara (right) and Shingo Kamide are interviewed in May in Hokkaido]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/02/01/national/media-national/sales-surge-for-mens-fashion-magazines/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Angela Merkel’s impending departure after some 16 years as German chancellor brings into play not simply the direction of Europe’s biggest economy, but the balance of power on the continent. ]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-04-24T09:44:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-04-24T09:46:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cargo containing Pfizer Inc.'s COVID-19 vaccine is loaded onto a truck at Narita Airport in Chiba Prefecture on April 5, after its arrival from Belgium.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/21/world/covax-program-eu/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T09:46:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man receives a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine in Skopje, North Macedonia, in March.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-04-24T09:47:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A coal-fired power plant in Harbin, in China's Heilongjiang province]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/21/national/tokyo-coronavirus-parks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T09:48:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People enjoy a picnic at a park in Tokyo on April 3.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/21/national/comfort-women-lawsuit-dismissed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T09:48:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_82784.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former "comfort woman" Lee Yong-soo speaks to reporters Wednesday after the Seoul Central District Court dismissed a damages lawsuit brought by a group of former comfort women against the Japanese government.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/21/world/africa-vaccine-rollout/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T09:49:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Medical officer Dr. Emmanuel Addipa-Adapoe, 42, receives the coronavirus vaccine in Accra, Ghana, on March 2. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/21/world/george-floyd-movement-whats-next/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T09:51:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People march in New York after the verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, found guilty of the death of George Floyd.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/21/business/tesla-gray-zone/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T09:53:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_82724.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The remains of a Tesla vehicle after it crashed in The Woodlands, Texas, on Saturday]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/21/world/crime-legal-world/george-floyd-derek-chauvin-guilty/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T09:58:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_82722.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Leon Lyons, 60, celebrates the guilty verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis on Tuesday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/21/world/crime-legal-world/george-floyd-case-celebration/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T09:59:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_82755.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People embrace in Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington on Tuesday after the verdict is announced in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/21/world/crime-legal-world/george-floyd-joe-biden-racial-justice/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T10:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_82744.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the guilty verdict against former policeman Derek Chauvin as Vice President Kamala Harris looks on, at the White House on Tuesday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/21/world/crime-legal-world/ohio-police-shooting/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T10:01:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_82900.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_82900.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hazel Bryant reacts after her niece, Makiyah Bryant, was fatally shot by a police officer in Columbus, Ohio on Tuesday. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/24/world/politics-diplomacy-world/biden-g7-china-uyghurs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T11:56:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83572.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83572.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden will attend a meeting of the G7 advanced economies in person in Britain in June, where he is expected to focus on what he sees as a strategic rivalry between democracies and autocratic states, particularly China.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/23/national/suga-state-of-emergency/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T13:08:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83551.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83551.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/23/asia-pacific/south-korea-specialty-syringe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T13:49:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83342.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83342.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A low dead space syringe factory in Gunsan, South Korea]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/22/national/state-of-emergency-tokyo-osaka-kyoto-hyogo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T13:49:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83191.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83191.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kyoto Prefecture will be placed under a forthcoming COVID-19 state of emergency along with Tokyo and the prefectures of Osaka and Hyogo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/24/world/politics-diplomacy-world/armenia-genocide-us-turkey-biden/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T14:13:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83577.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83577.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A glass-encased tower of skulls, and trees seen in a reflection at the the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia, an Orthodox church in Antelias, Lebanon, in March 2015. At the risk of infuriating Turkey, President Joe Biden is set to formally announce that the United States regards the killing of 1.5 million Armenians more than a century ago to be a genocide. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/24/national/okinawa-torch-relay-canceled/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T14:16:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83578.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83578.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Spectators reach for the torch carried by Junko Ito after her run during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay on its second day in the city of Fukushima on March 26. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/24/national/tokyo-olympics-cancellation-coronavirus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T14:43:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83579.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83579.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Seiko Hashimoto]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/24/business/honda-gasoline-only-cars/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T17:32:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83569.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toshihiro Mibe, president and chief executive officer of Honda Motor Co., speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/24/world/politics-diplomacy-world/putin-russia-power/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-24T21:10:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83590.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83590.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[President Vladimir Putin's annual address is broadcast on the outskirts of Moscow on Wednesday. Putin pulled back troops from Ukraine’s border and relented on medical treatment for his nemesis Alexei Navalny, after a performance blending fear and force to affirm his power. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/25/national/sakurajima-volcano-eruption/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-25T13:20:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83598.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ash rises from Sakurajima on Sunday morning.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/25/business/climate-green-investing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-25T16:04:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A wind farm in Graincourt-les-Havrincourt, France]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/25/national/third-coronavirus-emergency-japan-starts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-25T20:48:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83596.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83596.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People visit a shopping mall in Tokyo on Saturday, a day before a new coronavirus state of emergency covering Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures went into effect.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/26/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-elections-suga/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-26T02:26:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83711.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Haruko Miyaguchi (right), a former broadcaster backed by three opposition parties, bumps fists with a supporter after winning a seat in the Upper House in a by-election Sunday in Hiroshima. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/10/national/tokyo-economic-hit-variants-covid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-26T04:40:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_80742.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman films with her mobile phone on a street in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/26/business/corporate-business/jal-spring-subsidiary/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-26T11:44:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83757.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83757.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan Airlines Co. is planning to make a unit of Chinese low-cost carrier Spring Airlines Co. a subsidiary.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/26/asia-pacific/hong-kong-singapore-travel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-26T13:17:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83758.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83758.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Travelers wearing personal protective equipment at Hong Kong International Airport in January ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/26/business/digital-yuan-versus-payment-apps/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-26T13:32:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83760.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83760.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[China's digital yuan push is seen as providing consumers with a payment alternative to Alipay and WeChat Pay.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/26/business/corporate-business/toyota-electric-vehicles-jobs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-26T15:55:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83871.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83871.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Corp., speaks in an online ceremony for new employees on April 1. Toyota will increase its the proportion of software engineers among its hiring intake next spring.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/26/business/corporate-business/lexus-lc-realization/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-26T17:09:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_81791.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_81791.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda unveils the Lexus LC500 sports coupe at the North American International Auto Show in January 2016.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/26/business/economy-business/japan-emergency-economy-damage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-26T17:10:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83808-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83808.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A restaurant in Tokyo displays a sign on Sunday saying no alcohol will be served during the latest state of emergency.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/26/national/indian-variant-coronavirus-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-26T17:39:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83810.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83810.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The government said it had detected more than 20 cases of the Indian variant of COVID-19 in Japan as of Monday — a rise in the number of cases of a potentially worrisome new strain that some fear could prove more resistant to vaccinations.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/26/national/japan-dentists-vaccinations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-26T18:04:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83783.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83783.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A doctor administers a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at a nursing home in Kawasaki on April 12.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Commuters head to work from Tokyo Station on Monday morning, despite the government's call for more to work from home.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masatsugu Asakawa took office in January last year to serve the remaining term of his predecessor.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga risks joining a long list of short-serving prime ministers after his Liberal Democratic Party lost in all three special elections for parliamentary seats on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Bank of Japan left its main policy levers unchanged at its policy meeting on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fires burn on a forested hillside in Myanmar on Tuesday as shots are heard in the distance, as seen across the Salween river from Mae Sam Laep, a border outpost in northwestern Thailand. ]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84171.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Buildings in Beijing's central business district on April 15. China’s top spy agency has announced measures to fight infiltration by "hostile forces” in companies and other institutions.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84182.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A 2030 target would be a milestone on the way to achieving President Joe Biden's stated ambition of net zero carbon emissions in the grid by 2035. It could also potentially be passed without Republican support through a process called budget reconciliation.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Older people visit the Kochi City Office to get reservations for vaccinations.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84194.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masayoshi Son has run almost all the way through the funds allocated to buy back SoftBank Group Corp. shares, but he has plenty of cash to keep buying back stock.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/28/national/komuro-money-row-settlement/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-28T12:56:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kei Komuro (left) speaks at a news conference in Tokyo in September 2017 along with Princess Mako.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-04-28T15:18:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2021-04-28T18:05:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man receives a COVID-19 vaccine shot at a nursing care facility in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on April 12.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Populist: Russian opposition leader and Moscow mayoral candidate Alexei Navalny arrives in the capital on July 20 with his wife Yulia. On July 19 he was unexpectedly released from jail despite being sentenced to five years in prison just a day earlier.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84378.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The departures hall at Hong Kong International Airport. A new law in Hong Kong includes a provision that would allow the city’s immigration director to obtain information about any passenger or crew member boarding a flight.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to media following a Cabinet meeting in Ankara on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A worker paints over graffiti of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny in Saint Petersburg on Wednesday. The inscription reads: "The hero of the new times."]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jean-Marc Gilson speaks at an online news conference held in October to announce he would take over as chief executive officer of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. in April.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-04-30T13:28:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A volunteer is given a COVID-19 vaccine as part of a study at the Research Centers of America in Florida in September.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/30/business/economy-business/japan-job-availability/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-30T14:35:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In fiscal 2020 Japan's average job-to-applicant ratio posted the largest decline in 46 years, with the unemployment rate up for the first time in 11 years.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/30/national/myanmar-engagement-survey/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-30T14:41:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A wounded person is carried to hospital as people continue to protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, on March 14.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/30/business/industrial-output-japan-covid-19/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-30T17:10:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan's industrial output in fiscal 2020 fell to the lowest level since comparable data became available in fiscal 2013.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/30/business/japan-breweries-canned-beer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-30T17:38:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The neon lights have been turned off at this bar alley in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward amid the state of emergency on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/30/national/crime-legal/four-year-prison-term-sought-for-kawai/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-30T17:57:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A court illustration shows Katsuyuki Kawai attending a trial at the Tokyo District Court on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/29/national/unused-vaccines/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-30T18:09:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A medical worker fills a syringe with a dose of the coronavirus vaccine in February in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/30/national/medical-system-burden/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-30T18:48:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84640.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A nurses' union has raised concern that the world's biggest sporting event will sap medical resources needed by the public amid the COVID-19 pandemic.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/30/national/moderna-vaccine-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-04-30T20:23:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84607.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The first batch of Moderna Inc.'s COVID-19 vaccine to arrive in Japan is unloaded at Kansai Airport in Osaka Prefecture on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/22/world/social-issues-world/india-covid-19-health-medicine-human-rights/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T03:52:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A health care worker collects a swab sample from a woman during a rapid antigen testing campaign for the coronavirus in Ahmedabad, India, in December 2020.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/22/national/politics-diplomacy/china-human-rights-spying-yuan-keqin-hokkaido/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T03:55:04+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/22/national/rich-japanese-economy-covid-19-japan-masayoshi-son/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T03:57:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83288.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[For the first time, the wealth of each of Japan's 50 richest has exceeded $1 billion, putting SoftBank Group Corp. Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son atop the list.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/22/national/immigration-human-rights-asylum-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T03:58:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/22/business/corporate-business/tepco-yoshimitsu-kobayashi-chairman/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T04:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83261.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83261.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoshimitsu Kobayashi]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/22/business/corporate-business/line-data-protection/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T04:04:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_82801.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_82801.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Experts say Line Corp. should have been more cautious and transparent about its data protection and privacy policy because it is a mainstay piece of communication infrastructure that millions of people have downloaded to their smartphones.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/22/world/israel-air-war-syria-iran/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T04:06:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83186.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A streak of light is seen in the night sky in the vicinity of the Syrian capital Damascus during what Syrian authorities said was an Israeli air strike, in this handout released in February 2020.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/22/world/us-drug-intellectual-property-waiver/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T04:07:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83052.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman is inoculated with a Moderna Inc. COVID-19 vaccine by a health care worker at Irvington Housing Authority in the township of Irvington, New Jersey, on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/23/asia-pacific/indonesia-submarine-search/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T04:14:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83508.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83508.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Berda Asmara shows a photo of her sailor husband Mes Guntur Ari Prasetyo at their home in Surabaya on Friday, as the search continued for an Indonesian Navy submarine with 53 crew members aboard that went missing off the coast of Bali.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/23/national/japan-us-france-drill/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T04:16:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83400.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Marines take part in a landing exercise during a joint drill with the Ground Self-Defense Force on Feb. 1 at the Blue Beach training area in the town of Kin in Okinawa Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/23/business/corporate-business/nomura-archegos-wall-street/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T04:18:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83336.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83336.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nomura Holdings Inc.'s losses involving Archegos Capital Management have added to the pressure on Kentaro Okuda, who took over as chief executive officer a year ago.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/24/world/politics-diplomacy-world/us-biden-climate-change/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T04:23:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83592.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83592.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[President Joe Biden delivers remarks during the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Thursday. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/24/business/no-holiday-mood-japan-virus-emergency-set-hit-tourism-shopping-hard/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T04:24:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83584.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83584.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People visit a department store in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday. The government is requesting large commercial facilities, including department stores, to halt operationsa during the state of emergency set enter into effect Sunday.  ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/24/national/japan-dogs-behavior-survey-coronavirus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T04:29:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83576.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83576.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A recent study by dog information website Inunavi found that a total of 56% of owners say their pets' behavior has changed from before the pandemic.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/24/asia-pacific/indonesia-submarine-us/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T04:31:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83573.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83573.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An Indonesian Navy vessel leaves the port of Tanjung Wangi as the search continues for a missing submarine in Banyuwangi, Indonesia, on Saturday.  ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/24/national/myanmar-yuki-kitazumi-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T04:33:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83568.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83568.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yuki Kitazumi, 45, was arrested and taken from his home in Myanmar's largest city Yangon last Sunday and is being held in prison for allegedly spreading "fake news" after covering protests against the military that seized power in a February coup.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/24/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/china-xi-daughter-courts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T04:33:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83583-scaled.jpeg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Xi Jinping]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/24/world/johnson-vaccine-us-clots/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T04:34:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83567.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A medical worker prepares a vial of the Johnson &amp; Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in Union City, New Jersey, in March.  ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/24/national/media-national/olympics-freedom-of-speech/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T04:40:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_82436.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japanese aerobatics pilot Yoshihide Muroya carries the Olympic torch at Hibarigahara Festival Site in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, during the last leg of the first day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay last month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/25/asia-pacific/indonesia-submarine-kri-nanggala-402/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T04:49:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83704.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83704.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The KRI Nanggala-402 in February 2012]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/25/national/space-station-new-crew/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T04:53:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83642.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Astronaut Soichi Noguchi (right) greets Akihiko Hoshide, who arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday along with three other astronauts.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/25/national/science-health/japan-twitter-mite/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T04:55:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83086.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83086.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Clockwise from left: A fishing port in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture; a colony of Ameronothrus twitter mites; an original photo of the mites shared on Twitter by Takamasa Nemoto.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/25/national/japan-sdf-taiwan-conflict/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T05:01:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83640.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83640.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President Joe Biden speak at a news conference at the White House on April 16.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/25/asia-pacific/myanmar-asean-consensus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T05:02:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83599-scaled.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83599.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing (left) arrives at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta airport in Tangerang to attend an ASEAN summit on the Myanmar crisis.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/26/business/corporate-business/line-data-protection-government-warning/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T05:08:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83904.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83904.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Line Corp. has been ordered by the government to take measures to properly protect customers' information.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/26/business/corporate-business/toshiba-3d-review/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T05:09:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83747-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83747.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[3D Investment Partners, one of Toshiba's largest shareholders, is calling on the conglomerate to run a strategic review.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/26/business/chugoku-golf-rise/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T05:12:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_81782.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_81782.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Young people play golf at Hiroshimasaiki CC, in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/26/world/vaccine-travel-rules/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T05:15:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83738.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A health worker administers a dose of the Sinopharm Group Co. COVID-19 vaccine to a colleague at the Dow University Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, in February. ]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-01T05:17:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83759.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Qantas flight bound for Auckland on April 19. The airline says leisure passengers are taking up a larger share of the business-class cabin as they upgrade or redeem loyalty points. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/27/asia-pacific/india-women-housework-payments/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T05:21:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84175.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman reacts as color powder is thrown toward her during Holi celebrations in Chennai on March 29.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/27/business/japan-fund-myanmar-exposure/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T05:21:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84173.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Protesters make a three-finger salute during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/27/business/corporate-business/nomura-losses-archegos-capital-management/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T05:23:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_84157.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84157.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nomura Holdings Inc. booked ¥245.7 billion ($2.3 billion) in losses tied to the collapse of Archegos Capital Management in the three months ending March 31.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/27/national/british-carrier-visit-japan-ties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T05:24:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84114.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Navy F/A-18E and F/A-18F Super Hornets fly in formation above the British Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth during a military exercise in the Atlantic Ocean in August 2017.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/27/business/economy-business/500-yen-coins-delay/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T05:25:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_84146.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84146.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan will begin issuing newly redesigned ¥500 coins from around November.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/27/business/nidec-ceo-jun-seki/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T05:28:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83995.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jun Seki, president and chief operating officer of Nidec Corp., will be named chief executive officer of the company in June.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/27/world/science-health-world/vaccination-passports/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T05:31:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83977.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83977.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[In an image provided by the state, New York State's Excelsior Pass, which tracks vaccination records. A variety of digital and old-fashioned approaches are being used around the globe to confirm COVID-19 vaccination. But the world is still far from a universal standard of proof.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/27/national/japan-china-bluebook/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T05:32:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83970.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83970.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The 2021 edition of the Diplomatic Bluebook says the Japan-U.S. alliance continues to serve as the cornerstone of Japan's diplomatic and security policies.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/27/business/corporate-business/toyota-lyft-automated-driving/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T05:33:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84055.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A sign for Lyft's ride-hailing service is displayed at Los Angeles International Airport.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/27/business/china-meituan-antitrust/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T05:35:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84095.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A food delivery courier for Meituan in Shanghai]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/27/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/myanmar-asean-limits/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T05:36:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83990.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83990.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police confront activists during a protest to support the anti-coup movement and democracy in Myanmar, near the Association of Southeast Asian Nations secretariat building in Jakarta on Saturday. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/27/world/us-astrazeneca-vaccine-india/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T05:37:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83993.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83993.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman is vaccinated against COVID-19 in Mumbai on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/27/national/us-japan-travel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T05:37:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83989.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83989.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan will remain a destination to which U.S. citizens should "reconsider travel," the U.S. State Department said.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/27/national/hms-queen-elizabeth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T05:40:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83967.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83967.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Britain's HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier will lead a flotilla of Royal Navy ships through Asian waters on port visits to Japan and South Korea on its maiden deployment, the British Embassy in Tokyo said Monday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/28/business/new-tepco-chairman/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T05:43:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_84345.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84345.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoshimitsu Kobayashi headed the Japan Association of Corporate Executives for four years through 2019.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/28/business/corporate-business/sony-plans-buyback/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T05:44:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_84310.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84310.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sony Corp.'s operating profit in the March quarter was ¥66.5 billion, lower than analysts' forecasts.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/28/business/corporate-business/toyota-sales-record/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T05:45:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_84267.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84267.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles bound for shipment at a port in Yokohama in October. Toyota's global sales surged 44.2% in March from a year ago to a record 982,912 units.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/28/national/nuclear-plants-age-limit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T05:46:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_84230.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84230.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fukui Gov. Tatsuji Sugimoto speaks to reporters at the Fukui Prefectural Government building Wednesday after announcing the approval of the operation of nuclear plants beyond their 40-year limit.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/28/world/climate-targets-accounting/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T05:46:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_84291.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84291.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[World leaders are displayed on a screen at the White House climate change summit on April 22.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/28/national/transparent-masks-deaf/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T05:50:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_84206.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84206.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Unicharm Corp. launched see-through face masks created particularly to enable better communication with deaf people.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/28/world/methane-climate-change/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T05:51:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_84205.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84205.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A cattle feedlot in Tulia, Texas. Fossil fuels account for 35% of human-caused methane emissions, while agriculture contributes 40% and waste such as landfills accounts for 20%.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/28/business/corporate-business/imax-japan-expansion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T05:51:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_84196.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84196.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Richard Gelfond, chief executive officer of Imax Corp., says temporary closures of movie theaters under Japan's state of emergency will not have a material impact on the firm's overall positive momentum in the country.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/28/world/politics-diplomacy-world/biden-us-masks-coronavirus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T05:53:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_84191.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84191.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about updated guidance on masks for people who are fully vaccinated during an event in front of the White House in Washington on Tuesday. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/28/world/vaccine-hoarding-backfire/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T05:54:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_84185.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84185.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Coronavirus patients are treated with oxygen at a Sikh house of worship in Delhi on Sunday. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/01/national/japan-amend-constitution-coronavirus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T13:11:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_84750.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84750.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman walks in front of a notice of temporary closure at a department store in Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/01/asia-pacific/myanmar-ethnic-divisions-coup/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T13:52:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_84775.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84775.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A mother watches over her son, who was injured protesting against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, on March 30. For many members of the Bamar ethnic majority now fighting for democratic rule in Myanmar, the coup has led to a growing acceptance that democracy cannot flourish without respecting the minorities who have endured decades of military persecution. 

]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/01/world/politics-diplomacy-world/us-india-travel-coronavirus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T13:54:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_84776.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84776.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday imposed new travel restrictions on India in light of the COVID-19 epidemic, barring most non-U.S. citizens from entering the United States.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/01/world/top-dog-russia-fights/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T14:01:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84779.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Danik Vesnenok and Danila Utenkov fight during the "Top Dog" bare-knuckle boxing tournament in Moscow on April 16.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/01/business/vietnam-electric-vehicles-vinfast/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T14:06:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84780.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Laborers work in VinFast's factory in Hai Phong City, Vietnam, last month. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/04/18/national/history/mastering-art-partaking-tea-ceremony/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T16:05:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/tea-ceremony.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[tea-ceremony]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA["When tea is made with water drawn from the depths of Mind ... we really have what is called cha-no-yu." — Rikyu]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/29/business/covid-19-japan-summer-bonuses-japanese-economy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T22:02:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_84549.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84549.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Daiwa Securities said 40.45 million employees are expected to receive summer bonuses this year, down 1.1% from the previous year.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/29/business/right-to-disconnect-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T22:04:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_84498.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84498.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Research in several countries has shown the pandemic-induced shift to remote working has resulted in longer working hours for millions of people.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/29/national/japan-vaccine-passports/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T22:05:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_84346.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84346.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan's "vaccine passports" are expected to take the form of a QR code to be scanned at airports.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/29/national/social-issues/stateless-japanese-filipinos/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T22:07:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84385.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Japanese Filipino man (center) speaks about his experience with the younger generation in Manila in 2019.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/29/national/social-issues/japan-period-poverty/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-01T22:12:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83802.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ayumi Taniguchi (center), chairperson of #MinnanoSeiri, and two members of the advocacy group, calling for equal access to period products in Japan.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mikako Kotani, sports director of the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, said recently that Japan must send "the right message to the world" regarding gender equality.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On April 21, Valneva announced the launch of a Phase III clinical study, the last step before a marketing application, for its candidate vaccine against COVID-19.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Julie Arblaster, professor in the School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment at Monash University, is one of the most influential climate scientists in the world.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[1946]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84572.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[In Japan, a surgical procedure is currently the only option for women choosing to end a pregnancy. The introduction of a medication-led solution would offer a cheaper, safer alternative.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-03T08:59:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[More than 100 days into his term, U.S. President Joe Biden is showing that Asia will remain a key security priority for his administration despite a plethora of vexing challenges he faces at home.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Myanmar residents in Japan march in Tokyo's Ginza district on Sunday to call on the government to recognize Myanmar's National Unity Government.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Australia is reviewing whether to force a Chinese company to sell a lease to a strategically important port used by U.S. Marines, a move that could further stoke tensions with Beijing.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jerry Yang, co-founder and former CEO of Yahoo, and other prominent business leaders in the U.S. have launched a foundation to combat Asian American hate.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Flight attendants on an Air Seoul scenic flight over Japan hand over duty free items to passengers inside the cabin in February.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85293.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A doctor receives a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine in Taoyuan, Taiwan, in April. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/04/business/tech/cars-software/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-04T16:36:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85230.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85230.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Porsche Taycan 4S electric car at a car show in Shanghai last month.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/04/national/gender-equality-poll/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-04T16:48:46+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85191.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85191.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshihiro Nikai has a meeting with female party members in March at the party headquarters in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/03/business/south-korea-short-sellers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-04T16:55:18+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85137.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85137.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Until Monday, South Korea was the last key market with a prohibition on short selling, and it has allowed the practice again after the economy bounced back to its pre-pandemic peak last quarter.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/04/asia-pacific/modi-lockdown-resist/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-04T18:03:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85312.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85312.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A security guard watches through the entrance gate of the Nehru Zoological Park after it was closed for visitors due to COVID-19 in Hyderabad, India, on Tuesday. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/04/asia-pacific/myanmar-bomb/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-04T18:44:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85314-scaled.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85314.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People demonstrate against the military coup, in Kyaukme, Myanmar, on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/04/national/tokyo-medical-system-variants/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-04T19:08:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85300.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85300.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People visit a beach during the Golden Week holidays in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/04/world/herd-immunity-coronavirus-vaccinations-us/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-04T19:08:51+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85309.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85309.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[COVID-19 vaccinations are administered at American Airlines Arena in Miami on Thursday. Daily vaccination rates are slipping and there is growing consensus among scientists and public health experts that while herd immunity may never be possible, the virus will most likely become a manageable threat that will continue to circulate, causing hospitalizations and deaths but in much smaller numbers.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/04/national/child-population-decline/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-04T19:30:25+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85322.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85322.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The number of children age 14 or younger stood at 14.93 million as of April 1, some 190,000 fewer than a year before.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/04/world/us-wealth-tax-loophole/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-04T21:03:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85323.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85323.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People hold up a large puppet of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos during a May Day rally on International Workers' Day in New York on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/05/national/japan-us-efforts-taiwan-peace/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-05T13:26:33+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85349.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85349.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga affirmed the importance of "peace and stability" across the Taiwan Strait in their joint statement after their meeting in Washington last month.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/05/world/mexico-city-subway-warnings-unheeded/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-05T13:57:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85363.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85363.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A derailed subway train is held aloft by cranes as a soldier helps secure the area in Mexico City on Tuesday. ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/05/asia-pacific/india-covid-19-deaths-mount/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-05T15:51:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85373.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85373.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Voluntary health workers from the United Sikhs' ambulance service carry the body of a COVID-19 victim in New Delhi on Tuesday. ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/05/world/poorer-countries-vaccination-issues/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-05T16:41:40+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85376.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85376.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A mass cremation for victims of the coronavirus in New Delhi on April 27. ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/05/world/india-g7-covid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-05T17:38:12+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85383.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85383.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (right) and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken following a bilateral meeting on Monday. ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/05/world/seychelles-lockdown/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-05T17:55:03+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85339.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85339.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Seychelles, which has fully vaccinated more of its population against COVID-19 than any other country, has closed schools and canceled sporting activities for two weeks as infections surge.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/06/world/g7-china-concerns/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-06T12:38:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85450.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85450.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives for his meeting with U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson at 10 Downing Street in London on Tuesday during the Group of Seven foreign ministers meeting.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/06/national/japan-south-korea-ministers-meet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-06T12:39:11+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85405.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85405.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (right) and his South Korean counterpart Chung Eui-yong meet in London on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/06/world/china-rocket-reentry/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-06T12:51:23+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85461.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85461.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Long March-5B Y2 rocket, carrying the core module of China's Tianhe space station, takes off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province, China, on April 29.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/06/national/no-fly-zone-olympics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-06T13:13:33+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85477.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85477.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A no-fly zone will be set up above the National Stadium and other venues of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics from July 21 through Sept. 5. ]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/06/asia-pacific/crime-legal-asia-pacific/joshua-wong-prison-extension/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-06T15:13:10+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85524.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85524.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pro-democracy activist and Demosisto member Joshua Wong (center) speaks to a crowd of people as a vigil takes place in nearby Victoria Park in Hong Kong on June 4, 2020.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/05/business/corporate-business/gundam-plastic-recycling/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-06T18:19:35+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85381.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85381.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A plastic "Mobile Suit Gundam" model. ]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/06/world/vaccines-india-variant-work/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-06T19:30:07+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85458.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85458.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A COVID-19 patient breaths with the help of an oxygen mask inside the intensive care unit of the Teerthanker Mahaveer University hospital in Moradabad, India on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/20/business/economy-business/home-appliance-sales/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-06T21:46:14+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_82551.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_82551.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Domestic shipments of home appliances in fiscal 2020 hit their highest level in 24 years.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/23/national/japan-2030-emissions-target/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-07T06:32:12+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83519.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83519.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Protesters hold a rally Thursday in front of a coal-fired power plant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, while wearing masks portraying Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and two ministers.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/07/national/fraud-japan-post-nagasaki/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-07T08:46:42+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_80098.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_80098.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kazuyuki Negishi, a senior executive officer at Japan Post, speaks at a news conference on Tuesday in Tokyo regarding alleged fraud of ¥1 billion by a former post office manager.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/07/national/japan-poland-cooperation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-07T12:32:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85681.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85681.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (second from right) holds talks with his Polish counterpart Zbigniew Rau (left) in Warsaw on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/07/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/australia-morrison-rebound/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-07T13:29:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85703.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85703.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks during an address in Melbourne on Thursday. ]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/07/national/emergency-extension-worries/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-07T16:14:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85744.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85744.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Commuters walk in Nishitetsu Fukuoka Station in the city of Fukuoka on Friday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/07/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/china-new-zealand-ties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-07T16:19:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85733.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85733.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[New Zealand's Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta speaks during an interview in Wellington in December. ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/07/world/food-shortage-rice-surplus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-07T16:28:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85786-scaled.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85786.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A worker harvests rice at a paddy field in Kishoreganj, Bangladesh, on Thursday. ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/07/business/economy-business/boj-lower-rates/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-07T16:31:41+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85457.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85457.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Bank of Japan released the minutes of its March policy meeting on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/08/national/media-national/japanese-art-online-clicks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-08T09:58:14+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83799.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83799.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[This guy could sell you anything. Western media has been looking to Japan for ancient remedies to life's modern problems. ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/08/national/bach-olympics-visit-canceled/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-08T08:47:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85829.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85829.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Thomas Bach]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/07/national/bach-japan-visit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-08T08:47:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85806.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85806.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Seiko Hashimoto (left), head of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee, greets World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe in Tokyo on Friday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/08/national/who-tokyo-olympics-coronavirus-emergency/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-08T08:59:30+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85830.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85830.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man wearing a protective face mask walks past banners promoting the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games outside the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building in the capital in March last year.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/07/asia-pacific/china-vaccine-supplies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-08T09:02:53+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85672.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85672.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A medical worker holds a dose of the Sinovac vaccine at a district health facility in Jakarta in January. Countries from Uruguay to Senegal to Indonesia have had few places to turn to for COVID-19 vaccines apart from Beijing.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People protest against the holding of the Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on March 25, the day when the torch relay kicked off in Fukushima Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting at Beijing's Great Hall of the People in January 2019.  ]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taiwan Health Minister Chen Shih-chung holds a news conference about Taiwan's efforts to get into the World Health Organization, in Taipei in May 2020. ]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga responds to a reporter’s question during a news conference in Tokyo on Friday night.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-08T17:24:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85840.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The new coronavirus will no longer be circulating in Britain by August, the government's departing vaccine task force chief Clive Dix told the Daily Telegraph on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-09T01:03:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toshiba Corp. Chief Executive Officer Nobuaki Kurumatani was a senior executive at CVC Capital Partners before joining Toshiba in 2018 as the first outsider to lead the company in more than 50 years.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-09T04:02:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_72560.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The resumption of the Go To Travel campaign, which some experts believe caused the coronavirus to spread nationwide, would come only after preventive measures are taken, officials said.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_54376.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[As the pandemic continues to hammer international travel, analytics company Cirium says almost a third of the world’s passenger jets remain in storage.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-09T04:03:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_10475.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A passenger terminal at Narita Airport in Chiba Prefecture is deserted on Saturday due to cancellations of most international flights due to the COVID-19 outbreak.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/08/01/national/history/japan-times-1945-new-type-bombs-used-raid-hiroshima/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-09T04:29:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-09T04:31:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84818.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Health workers attend to patients inside a banquet hall temporarily converted into a COVID-19 ward in New Delhi on Saturday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/01/national/indian-variant-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-09T04:32:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84817.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A paramedic checks medical reports of a patient inside an ambulance before heading to a hospital caring for coronavirus patients as COVID-19 spreads in Ahmedabad, India, on Thursday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-09T04:33:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A smattering of passengers are seen on a bullet train platform at JR Osaka Station on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-09T04:33:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84810.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Passengers disembark from the Asuka II cruise ship after it made an emergency return to port in Yokohama on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-09T04:35:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84787.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Volkswagen assembly line after the factory resumed operations following a coronavirus-induced shutdown in Wolfsburg, Germany, in April last year]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-09T04:35:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_84784.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84784.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A cycling shop owner displays an electric bike at his shop in Rome. A closer look by environmentalists at the spending plans prepared by Italy raises questions about how green Rome's contribution will be to Europe's recovery plan. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/01/asia-pacific/aquilino-indopacific-command-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-09T04:36:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_84783.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84783.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[John Aquilino ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/01/world/science-health-world/pfizer-vaccine-study/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-09T04:37:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84777.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A single dose of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine may not generate a sufficient immune response to protect against dominant new variants, except in people who have already been infected with COVID-19, according to a U.K. study published on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-09T04:38:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_84773.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84773.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lloyd Austin]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-09T04:44:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84762.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mizuho Securities USA underpaid nonwhite employees based in part on performance reviews "replete with thinly disguised racial stereotyping,” according to a lawsuit filed by four former executives.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-09T04:45:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Princess Aiko, daughter of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, with her dog Yuri at the Akasaka residential complex in Tokyo last November]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-09T04:47:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84759.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Joe Biden, U.S. vice president at the time, looks through binoculars toward North Korea from Observation Post Ouellette during a tour of the Demilitarized Zone, the military border separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, in December 2013. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/01/national/moderna-vaccine-approval/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-09T04:48:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84756.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The government will approve the use of Moderna Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine as soon as May 21, a report said Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/01/national/media-national/hate-speech-in-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-09T05:00:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83949.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An anti-hate speech rally takes place in Kawasaki in 2016, showing a certain level of public interest in the topic. However, when the head of DHC began making anti-Korean comments, many news outlets decided it was better not to talk about them.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/01/national/media-national/solitude-isolation-coronavirus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-09T05:02:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83926.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Many animals are solitary, some travel in herds, but the people in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward are unique among this planet’s species in tolerating such crowds. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/01/national/japan-vaccines-pace-slow/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-09T06:41:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84746.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cargo boxes containing the first Japan-allocated batch of Moderna Inc.'s COVID-19 vaccine are unloaded from a Japan Airlines plane upon its arrival from Belgium, at Kansai Airport in Osaka on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/01/business/7-eleven-grudge-match/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-09T06:43:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_84741.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84741.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mitoshi Matsumoto poses between his 7-Eleven store (right0 and the company’s temporary shop in Osaka. Matsumoto, a franchisee, ran one of the two 7-Elevens until the chain revoked his contract in 2019 after he dared to shorten his operating hours.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/30/business/russia-twitter-content/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-09T06:48:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84733.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[In an April 28 meeting, Roskomnadzor said it and Twitter agreed to establish a direct line of communication between the watchdog and Twitter's moderation service.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/30/business/corporate-business/nestle-kkr-deal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-09T06:48:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84732.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nestle SA agreed to buy vitamin maker Bountiful Co. for $5.75 billion, as the pandemic boosts demand for pills for health-conscious consumers.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/30/business/corporate-business/airlines-ana-covid-19-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-09T06:52:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_84722.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84722.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[ANA Holdings Inc. has been losing money as it burns through cash to hold onto the jets and workers it will need when travel demand eventually rebounds.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/30/asia-pacific/myanmar-villagers-thailand/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-09T06:55:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rescue workers respond after dozens of people were killed in a crush at a religious bonfire in Mount Meron, northern Israel, on Friday. ]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Tencent Holdings Ltd. headquarters (center) in Shenzhen]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-09T07:02:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A prefilled syringe at AstraZeneca PLC's Biologics factory in Sodertalje, Sweden]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84968.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Billionaire Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang and other Asian American community leaders have quietly lined up what they aim to be the largest private investment in Asian American and Pacific Islander causes in U.S. history following a rise in anti-Asian bigotry.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Meteorological authorities said they are investigating the possibility of tornadoes after building roofs were torn off, glass windows shattered and cars thrown on their sides in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Colonial Pipeline Co. Pelham junction and tank farm in Pelham, Alabama]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-09T10:52:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nicola Sturgeon (left), Scotland's first minister and leader of the Scottish National Party, congratulates SNP candidate Kaukab Stewart after she was elected in the Scottish Parliamentary Election in Glasgow on Saturday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/09/asia-pacific/india-pandemic-poverty/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-09T14:01:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Passengers wait at a temperature checkpoint after arriving at Pune railway station in Pune, Maharashtra, India, on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-09T16:21:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85841.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Long March-5B rocket, carrying the core module of China's Tianhe space station, takes off from Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province, China, on April 29. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/09/national/politics-diplomacy/shinzo-abe-return-to-spotlight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-09T16:28:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85820.jpeg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine Tokyo last month.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-09T16:30:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85858.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A container holding Moderna Inc.'s coronavirus vaccine is off-loaded after arriving at Kansai Airport in Osaka Prefecture, on April 30.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-09T16:56:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85872.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85872.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Women take part in a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, in April. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/09/national/indo-pacific-chief-visit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-09T17:09:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85876.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Adm. John Aquilino, commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/09/business/bytedance-alibaba-competition/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-09T17:19:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_86008.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86008.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Zhang Yiming, chief executive officer and founder of Bytedance Ltd., poses for a photograph in Beijing in 2019.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/08/national/japan-coronavirus-emergency-weariness/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-09T17:52:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85857.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85857.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pedestrians walk in front of JR Nagoya Station in Aichi Prefecture on Saturday morning.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/10/asia-pacific/myanmar-poet-dies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-10T12:16:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_86110-scaled.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86110.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A soldier stands guard as security forces search for protesters in Yangon, Myanmar, on Friday. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/09/national/tokyo-fever-hotline-coronavirus-explosion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-10T12:47:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85933.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85933.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo might experience an explosive resurgence of COVID-19 cases as daily fever consultations rose to more than 2,000 for several days during the Golden Week holiday period.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/10/world/draculas-castle-coronavirus-vaccinations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-10T13:03:28+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_86141.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86141.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People wearing masks walk by a banner showing syringes as vampire fangs at a vaccination center at Bran Castle  — purported to be an inspiration for the vampire's towering home in Bram Stoker’s novel "Dracula"  — in Bran, Romania, on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/10/asia-pacific/thai-protesters-mothers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-10T14:51:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_86185.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86185.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sureerat Chiwarak, mother of arrested anti-government protest leader Parit "Penguin" Chiwarak, attends a demonstration in Bangkok in April demanding his release.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/10/national/japan-internet-traffic/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-10T15:40:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_86191.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86191.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An elementary school teacher holds an online class in the city of Osaka in April.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/10/business/japan-cryptocurrency-scandals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-10T15:57:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_86101.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86101.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cryptocurrency prices, including for bitcoin, have exploded at the same time as more institutional investors have poured money into virtual assets.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/10/asia-pacific/hong-kong-coronavirus-vaccines/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-10T16:12:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_86095.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86095.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A community vaccination center in Hong Kong]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/10/national/suga-support-drop/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-10T16:12:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86099.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks at a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/10/world/ethiopia-tigrayan-crackdown/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-10T16:13:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_86102.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86102.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Street trader Nigusu Mahari, an ethnic Tigrayan, says he was arrested as he strolled along a street speaking in his native language.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/10/national/crime-legal/aichi-governor-petition/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-10T17:14:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_84634.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84634.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Aichi Prefectural Police investigators confiscate boxes of signatures in a recall petition against the prefectural governor in February in Nagoya.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/10/national/crime-legal/aichi-petition-fraud/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-10T17:14:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_85317.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85317.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takeshi Yamada]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/10/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/south-korea-moon-north-korea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-10T17:37:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_86142.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86142.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrives for a news conference at the Presidential Blue House in Seoul on Monday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/10/national/olympic-chiefs-may-visit-japan-postponed-emergency-extension/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-10T18:03:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_86284.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86284.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A visit by International Olympic Committee head Thomas Bach to Japan that had been set for May 17-18 has been postponed due to the extension of the state of emergency, Tokyo 2020 Olympics organizers said on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/10/national/vaccine-rollout/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-10T18:03:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_86173.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86173.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine shot in Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Monday as many municipalities launched full-scale vaccinations for older people.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/11/asia-pacific/myanmar-university-students/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-11T07:23:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_86298.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86298.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Students flash the three-finger salute at a protest against Myanmar’s junta in Mandalay on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/10/national/politics-diplomacy/suga-tokyo-olympics-bach/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-11T10:17:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_86251.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86251.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga leaves after a parliamentary committee meeting in Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/10/national/japan-coronavirus-response-decentralization/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-11T13:11:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_86155-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86155.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Top leaders such as Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (center), Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike (left) and Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura insist the country is moving forward in unison as “one voice,” but the public might not see it that way.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/11/asia-pacific/taiwan-china-us-who/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-11T13:27:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_86352.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86352.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taiwan will fight to the end for an invitation to a World Health Organization (WHO) meeting this month, its Foreign Ministry has said, but China said there was no room for compromise over the island that Beijing claims as its own.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/11/world/pipeline-attack-ransomware/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-11T13:34:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The number of suicides in August increased by 15.4 percent to 1,854, with the number of women and children taking their own lives jumping from the same period last year.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-11T15:25:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A sign for the digital yuan, also referred to as e-CNY, at a shopping mall in Shanghai]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-11T15:42:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda speaks at a news conference after the bank's policy meeting in Tokyo on April 27.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-11T15:57:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Health workers doing contact tracing check the body temperature and blood oxygen level of a man in Mumbai in April. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/11/national/taiwan-who-meeting/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-11T15:59:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86394.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato says Japan will support Taiwan's participation in an upcoming World Health Organization meeting.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/11/business/corporate-business/toyota-chip-crisis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-11T16:08:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86306.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toyota Motor Corp. has weathered the pandemic relatively well thanks to its forward chip supply-chain planning.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/10/business/corporate-business/playstation-supply-issues/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-11T16:17:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86166.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sony Group Corp. has told analysts it is challenging to keep up with strong demand for its PlayStation 5 console.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/11/business/economy-business/japan-government-debt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-11T16:30:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86309.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japanese government debt hit a record high in fiscal 2020 due to spending on coronavirus measures.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/11/business/economy-business/household-spending-drop/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-11T17:38:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86359.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A restaurant employee locks the door as the store closes early during a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo in January. Japan's household spending plunged in fiscal 2020 as people refrained from eating out and taking trips.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/11/national/osaka-covid-19-home-deaths/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-12T11:04:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man enters a coronavirus testing center in Osaka on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/12/world/us-offshore-wind-project/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-12T11:06:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86509.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A wind farm off the shores of Block Island, Rhode Island]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/12/asia-pacific/india-covid-19-small-town/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-12T11:32:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_86525.jpeg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man stands next to the body of his wife, who died due to breathing difficulties, inside an emergency ward of a government-run hospital in Bijnor, India, on Tuesday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/12/national/100-year-old-recover-covid-19/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-12T12:21:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_86542.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86542.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ayako Ito speaks to reporters in the city of Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/17/national/media-national/reactions-gopro-sushi-train-video-reflect-gaps-etiquette-east-west/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-12T12:26:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p16-st-michel-sushi-video-a-20180318.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sushi chain Sushiro on Thursday banned customers from filming inside its restaurants altogether.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/11/national/politics-diplomacy/rahm-emanuel-japan-us-ambassador/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-12T13:02:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_86461.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86461.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden shakes hands with Rahm Emanuel, mayor of Chicago at the time, during an event in the city in August 2014. Biden will tap Emanuel, who also served as White House chief of staff for former President Barack Obama, as his ambassador to Japan, a report said Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/12/business/china-population-decline-economy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-12T13:02:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_86530.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86530.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An older man and woman are pushed in wheelchairs along a street in Beijing on Tuesday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/12/national/older-people-friends/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-12T13:31:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_86550.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86550.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A survey conducted by the Cabinet Office showed that over 30% of older people in Japan do not have close friends.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/12/national/tokyo-olympics-sports-doctors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-12T13:46:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_86520.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86520.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Staff members wearing masks and face shields sit in the National Stadium in Tokyo on Sunday during a track and field test event for this summer's Tokyo Olympics.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/12/business/corporate-business/mizuho-trading-glitch/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-12T14:31:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_86584-scaled.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86584.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Customers of Mizuho Securities Co.'s online stock trading service couldn't see their asset balances for several hours Wednesday due to a glitch.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/12/business/financial-markets/taiwan-stocks-covid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-12T16:39:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_86701.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86701.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man walks past a monitor showing a stock chart outside the Taiwan Stock Exchange in Taipei on Wednesday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/05/20/national/history/hokkaidos-ancient-place-modern-world/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-12T16:41:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p19-hoffman-hokkaido-a-20170521.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ainu man (circa 1880)]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/12/national/digital-agency-launch/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-12T16:51:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_86611.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86611.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A set of laws to establish a new government agency for digitalization is passed at the Upper House plenary session Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/12/world/science-health-world/covid-rates-children/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-12T16:52:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_86518.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86518.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A fourth grade class in Allentown, Pennsylvania in April. Researchers are concerned that variants may be affecting youths in new ways, including a rare inflammatory disease that has been linked to COVID-19 infection.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/12/business/corporate-business/nomura-profit-target/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-12T16:52:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_86621.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86621.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nomura Holdings Inc. raised its pretax income target for the financial year ending March 2023 by 14% as it moves on from the implosion of Archegos Capital Management.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/12/business/myanmar-office-block-businesses/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-12T17:28:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_86578.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86578.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Protesters march during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, on Tuesday. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/12/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/south-korea-vaccine-moon-biden/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-12T17:55:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_86622.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86622.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[South Korean President Moon Jae-in had hoped to use the Washington meeting next week as a chance to highlight South Korea's relatively successful response to the pandemic, a key legacy in his final year in office.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/12/national/vaccine-booking-system-outage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-12T17:56:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_86663.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86663.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A vaccination booking system for the city of Komae in Tokyo is suspended Wednesday due to a system glitch.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/12/business/hitachi-president-change/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-12T19:31:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_86750.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86750.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Keiji Kojima]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/12/business/economy-business/japan-economy-march/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-12T19:34:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_86752.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86752.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The government said car exports had grown remarkably during the reporting period.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/12/national/coronavirus-japan-vaccines-variants/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-12T23:13:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_86722.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86722.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Yokohama City University study showed that roughly 90% of those who received the vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc. were found to have antibodies against the various COVID-19 variants that have been detected in Japan.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/13/world/us-cybersecurity-response/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-13T11:29:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_86796.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86796.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the White House in Washington on Wednesday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/13/world/politics-diplomacy-world/israel-partnerships-tested/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-13T11:37:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_86790.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86790.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Smoke rises following Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/12/national/japan-vaccine-approval-system/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-13T12:33:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_86552.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86552.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[In Japan, drugs tested in clinical trials for their efficacy and safety typically enter the approval process by first being scrutinized by the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency and then a panel of experts set up under the health ministry.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/13/world/who-reform-urged/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-13T13:39:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86852.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[COVID-19 patients are treated in at the University Hospital of La Samaritana in Zipaquira, Colombia, in January. ]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yuki Kitazumi has shown no health problems, a Japanese Embassy official said.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The French obsession with the romantic epic of Napoleon’s rise and fall is undying, as countless magazine covers and talk shows have underscored in recent weeks.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[For several years, Apple and Microsoft had found reason to collaborate. Apple recently made it easier to use Xbox game controllers on Apple devices, while Microsoft made its products compatible with new Apple features such as the Apple Pencil and Magic Keyboard.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/17/world/science-health-world/brazil-scientist-covid-cures/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Helio Angotti Neto, chief of the Health Ministry's Science, Technology, Innovation and Strategic Inputs department, holds a news conference in Brasilia in June last year. ]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takayuki Sakai (left) and other runners participate in a torch relay ceremony at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a virtual news conference in London on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Construction work in New Delhi. While it has built up a healthy stock of currency reserves, India's huge population of 1.4 billion means it still has the lowest prosperity level of any investment grade country when measured by GDP per capita of $2,164.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says he and other WHO staff have been working long hours during the pandemic.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A building turned to rubble after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on Sunday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-18T08:58:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A worker disinfects a room after a COVID-19 patient departed at Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego in January. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/18/national/olympic-sports-doctors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-18T11:57:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A total of 395 people have applied for 200 slots for certified sports doctors to work during the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/18/asia-pacific/myanmar-coup-deaths/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-18T11:57:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People protest in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/18/world/arctic-climate-threat/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A wildfire burns outside the village of Basly, in Russia's Omsk Region, in August 2020.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-18T14:53:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Containers ready for shipment are stacked at the Yangshan Deepwater Port in Shanghai. China is pushing ahead with behind-the-scenes talks to join a major trade pact in the Asia-Pacific.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-18T14:58:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/18/asia-pacific/taiwan-coronavirus-vaccines/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-18T16:23:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People register for COVID-19 vaccinations at the Far Eastern Memorial Hospital in New Taipei City, Taiwan, on May 13.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-18T16:24:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A 6-year-old Palestinian girl is treated by a medic at a hospital after being pulled from the rubble of a building amid Israeli air strikes, in Gaza City on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/18/national/science-health/fujifilm-coronavirus-japan-variants/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-18T17:10:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_87773.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_87773.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nurses work at a hospital in Osaka that takes in COVID-19 patients. A unit of Fujifilm Holdings Corp. says it can develop detection kits for new variants of the virus that causes the disease in about a month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/18/national/politics-diplomacy/immigration-bill-withdrawn-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-18T17:36:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_87682.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Family members of Ratnayake Liyanage Wishma Sandamali, who died in March after being detained at the Nagoya Regional Immigration Services Bureau in Aichi Prefecture, attend a news conference with opposition lawmakers in the city on Monday after visiting the bureau.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/18/world/durban-climate-goals-poor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-18T19:05:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_87860.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Slum residents in Durban, South Africa, say new green initiatives have been slow to come their way and when they do, they get little say.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/19/business/carbon-offset-rating/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-19T08:53:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An alpine forest near Feistritz am Kammersberg, Austria]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/20/national/immigration-law-refugees/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-19T10:17:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_82245.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Moradi, an Iranian, was was granted refugee status after 13 years in Japan, having filed three applications and two lawsuits.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/19/asia-pacific/south-korea-female-soldiers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-19T11:51:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_87924.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mandatory military service has been the subject of wide discussion in South Korea since April, when ruling party lawmaker and 2022 presidential hopeful Park Yong-jin reacted to local election defeats by suggesting mandatory military service for women would promote gender equality.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/19/business/financial-markets/tse-trading-hour-extension/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-19T11:52:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_87926.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Tokyo Stock Exchange said it will consider extending its trading hours to attract more investors.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/19/business/corporate-business/mizuho-us-office-return/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-19T12:18:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_87928.jpeg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Traders work on the Mizuho Americas trading floor in New York in 2017.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/19/business/corporate-business/softbank-bond-sale/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-19T14:17:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_87972.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[SoftBank Group Corp. is planning its second yen-denominated bond offering of 2021, targeting mainly individual investors.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/19/national/medical-workers-vaccine-rate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-19T14:42:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_87932.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A doctor receives a COVID-19 vaccine shot in the city of Fukui in March.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/19/asia-pacific/biden-north-korea-policy-trump/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-19T15:01:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_88022.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[South Korean President Moon Jae-in waves from the steps of his plane as he leaves for the United States at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, on Wednesday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/19/asia-pacific/mumbai-covid-ready-delhi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-19T15:29:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Health care workers assemble at a naval hospital in Mumbai on May 3.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/19/business/taiwan-chipmakers-covid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-19T16:12:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_87927.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., which dominates advanced chip production, yesterday said its workers are operating in separate teams and face-to-face meetings have been curbed as COVID-19 cases rise in the country.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/19/national/quarantine-reporting-coronavirus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-19T18:10:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_88065.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The latest figures underline the government’s struggles in checking up on arrivals' health and adherence with quarantine protocols, which is key to avoid to stopping new coronavirus variants running rampant overseas from spreading in Japan.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police sent Saki Sudo to the public prosecutor’s office in Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecuture, on April 29.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pedestrians walk past a Uniqlo store, operated by Fast Retailing Co., in Shanghai in March. The U.S. customs agency blocked a shipment of Uniqlo shirts in January as the company failed to provide enough information to establish the items were not produced in part by forced labor in China’s Xinjiang region.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A screen shot from YouTube shows U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy performing a dance routine copied from a popular Japanese TV comedy.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/19/national/japan-australia-defense/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Myanmar nationals in Japan stage a rally to protest the military coup in front of United Nations University in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on May 1.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system fires to intercept rockets launched at Tel Aviv from the Gaza Strip on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pro-Palestinian supporters march during a protest over the Israel-Hamas crisis in Dearborn, Michigan, on Tuesday. ]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Deutsche Telekom AG is in talks about a potential offer for SoftBank Group Corp.’s 8.5% stake in T-Mobile U.S. Inc., according to sources.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toru Nozawa, chief executive officer of Nippon Paper Industries Co., speaks during an interview at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-20T11:36:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A health care worker checks the temperature of a girl entering a COVID-19 testing site in Taipei on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-20T14:06:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_88244.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Supporters bid farewell as a prison van transports Tong Ying-kit, who was charged under the national security law, in Hong Kong in August 2020.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-20T14:42:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_87923.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshihiro Nikai (second from right) and Tetsuro Fukuyama (second from left), his counterpart of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, meet in the Diet building Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-20T15:47:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_88181.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cars for export await shipment at Kawasaki port. Exports rose 38% in April from a year earlier, compared with a 30.9% increase expected by economists and following a 16.1% rise in March, official data showed on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-20T16:17:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Demonstrators protest the military coup in Myanmar during a rally in central Tokyo in February. ]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-20T16:50:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_88158.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan’s target of balancing its budget by fiscal 2025 is nearly impossible, a Finance Ministry panel member has said.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/20/national/okinawa-virus-emergency/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-20T16:55:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Okinawa Vice Gov. Kiichiro Jahana holds a news conference in Naha on Wednesday.
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		<lastmod>2021-05-20T18:20:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_88138.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Myanmar residents in Japan stage an anti-coup rally in Tokyo on May 2. It was revealed earlier this week that two Myanmar diplomats in Japan had been dismissed from their posts for aligning with the anti-junta movement.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-20T18:44:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nagoya's Chubu Centrair International Airport]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/20/business/economy-business/tokyo-traders-vaccine-driving-markets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-20T19:43:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_88338.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Some investors now believe accelerating vaccine rollout in Japan will push the stock market higher.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-21T10:54:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_88374.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/21/world/politics-diplomacy-world/eu-china-deal-sanctions-halt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-21T11:47:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_88384.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment, agreed by negotiators in December after seven years of talks, aimed to put EU companies on an equal footing in China and cement Beijing's status as a trusted trading partner.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/20/national/science-health/russia-covid-19-vaccines-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-21T12:15:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mikhail Galuzin]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/21/national/shinkansen-driver-toilet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-21T13:30:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Tokaido Shinkansen Line bullet train arrives at Tokyo Station on May 5.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-21T13:43:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A billboard promotes Vietnam's National Assembly vote ahead of upcoming elections in Hanoi on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/21/business/falling-prices-weak-yen-economy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-21T13:51:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_88404.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_88404.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan is drawing a sharp contrast with other major economies such as the United States, where worries about inflation have grown, as Japanese companies are reluctant to hike prices while demand is weak amid the pandemic.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/07/business/corporate-business/jal-business-year-losses/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-22T06:27:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan Airlines Co. President Yuji Akasaka speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-22T06:30:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jera President Satoshi Onoda]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/07/world/singapore-rio-green-buildings-architecture/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-22T06:34:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85676.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The canopy of Singapore's South Beach development, a rippling 280-meter wave of steel-and-aluminum, runs the length of the complex, funneling prevailing winds over outdoor patrons of restaurants and bars and saving on air conditioning.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/07/world/biden-vaccine-patent-waiver/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-22T06:36:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the White House in Washington on Wednesday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/08/asia-pacific/china-coronavirus-vaccine-who/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-22T06:44:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85853.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The World Health Organization (WHO) approved for emergency use a COVID-19 vaccine from China's state-owned drugmaker Sinopharm on Friday, bolstering Beijing's push for a bigger role in inoculating the world.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/08/business/university-jobs-japan-coronavirus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-22T06:44:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85848.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Job offers to students set to graduate from universities and graduate schools in Japan next March marked a significant improvement from a year earlier as concerns about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic subsided, according to a recent survey.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/08/world/politics-diplomacy-world/trump-washington-post-records/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-22T06:48:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85839.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Trump administration’s Justice Department got telephone records and attempted to get the email records of three Washington Post reporters who were looking into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, the newspaper reported on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/08/national/media-national/animal-abuse-social-media/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-22T06:49:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84767.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A horse competes during a "ban'ei" race last year at a track in Obihiro, Hokkaido.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/08/national/media-national/olympics-coverage-military-vocabulary/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-22T06:50:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84763.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Words associated with war often pop up in Japanese newsrooms, so it's no wonder the vocabulary makes its way into the headlines. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/08/national/japan-drugmakers-oppose-vaccine-waver/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-22T06:53:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85833.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association on Friday opposed U.S. support for a temporary waiver of coronavirus vaccine patent rights held by pharmaceutical companies, saying such a move could exacerbate global shortages of vital components for vaccines and stoke anxiety about product quality.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/08/national/japan-all-prefectures-mass-vaccinations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-22T06:55:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85854.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Osaka International Convention Center in the city of Osaka is set to be used as a state-run mass inoculation center for coronavirus vaccinations from May 24.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/09/national/tepco-nuclear-power-plant-security-breach/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-22T07:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86031.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The country's nuclear regulator last month effectively banned Tepco from restarting the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant until corrective actions are taken to improve security.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/09/national/politics-diplomacy/karl-marx-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-22T07:02:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85431.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bookstore chain Maruzen has set up a "Reviving Marx" corner at its main branch in Tokyo's Marunouchi district.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/09/business/corporate-business/japanese-firms-business-links-myanmar-junta/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-22T07:03:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85871.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Products from military-affiliated companies were removed from shelves at a supermarket in Yangon, Myanmar, in February.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/09/world/climate-funding-g7/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_85964.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Activists from Extinction Rebellion cycle on a roundabout in Amsterdam on Friday as part of a campaign to draw attention on the climate crisis. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/09/business/volkswagen-emissions-targets/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Long March-5B rocket, carrying the core module of China's Tianhe space station, takes off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province, China, on April 29.
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		<lastmod>2021-05-22T07:11:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a news conference in New Delhi in January. ]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-22T07:14:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-22T07:17:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan's two major airlines, ANA Holdings Inc. and Japan Airlines Co., are looking to the low-cost carrier market as they continue to burn through cash and cut costs to stay afloat.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-22T07:20:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fishing boats moored in St. Helier, Jersey]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-22T07:20:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Group Ltd.'s Hengchi electric vehicles at the Shanghai Auto Show in April ]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The full-page ad by magazine publisher Takarajimasha, which ran in three national newspapers Tuesday morning, was a rare rebuke of the country's pandemic response by a private company.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ground Self-Defense Force personnel conduct an amphibious drill with the U.S. Marines in February 2020 in Okinawa Prefecture. Japan, France and the United States began a large-scale joint military drill in Nagasaki Prefecture on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-22T07:47:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Alejandra Gerardo, 9, looks up at her mother as she gets the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during a clinical trial for children at Duke Health in Durham, North Carolina, in February.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/11/national/suga-singapore-forum/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-22T07:48:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is planning to attend a major security forum to be held in Singapore next month, government sources say.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/11/national/referendum-bill-constitutional-revision/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-22T07:51:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiroyuki Hosoda (center), chair of the Lower House's Commission on the Constitution, on Thursday]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-22T07:53:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Holding tanks are seen at Colonial Pipeline's Dorsey Junction Station in Woodbine, Maryland, on Monday. A small group of private-sector companies, with help from several U.S. agencies, disrupted ongoing cyberattacks against Colonial Pipeline and more than two dozen other victims.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/11/national/chemical-plant-explosion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-22T07:56:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Smoke rises after an explosion at Sakai Chemical Industry Co.'s Yumoto Factory in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/11/asia-pacific/china-census-population/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-22T07:57:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People walk along the Nanjing Pedestrian Road shopping area in Shanghai on Monday. China on Tuesday announced its slowest population growth since the 1950s, sharply reducing the size of the labor force as the nation ages, and worsening demographic pressures in the economy.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/11/business/corporate-business/panasonic-profit-forecast-ev/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-22T08:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86308.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Panasonic Corp. expects net profit growth in the current business year through next March thanks to robust demand for electric vehicle batteries.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/12/national/aging-nuclear-plant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-22T08:02:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The No. 3 reactor of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Mihama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/12/national/tech-flaws-quarantine-violation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-22T08:03:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An arriving passenger submits test certificates at Narita Airport in Chiba Prefecture on April 19.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/12/business/subscription-services-pandemic/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-22T08:06:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nagoya-based tableware sharing company Shunyality offers a subscription service for ceramic pieces.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-22T08:07:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The National Stadium in Tokyo during a test event on Tuesday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-22T08:08:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People walk past the mascot for the Taobao e-commerce platform at Alibaba Group's headquarters in Hangzhou, China. ]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-22T08:11:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A shopping street in the hot-spring resort of Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture is emptier than usual on April 24.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-22T08:12:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Crowds fill a marketplace in a Mumbai slum in April.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/12/asia-pacific/china-sinovac-effective/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-22T08:17:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman receives a dose of Sinovac Biotech Ltd.'s COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday in Quezon City, Philippines.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/13/business/economy-business/japans-economy-sentiment-logs-biggest-fall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-22T08:20:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The data showed the slump in business sentiment was more pronounced in companies related to consumer spending such as retailers and restaurants than in the corporate sector.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-22T08:21:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ariake Arena, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic venue for volleyball, in Tokyo's Koto Ward]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-22T08:22:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The international terminal at Tokyo's Haneda Airport. The government has decided to ban re-entry to Japan by foreign residents who have traveled to India, Nepal and Pakistan, amid an upsurge in COVID-19 cases in that region and concern over new variants of the coronavirus circulating there.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/13/national/covid-19-japan-vaccines/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-22T08:24:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shirosato Mayor Osamu Katono holds a news conference at the town hall on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-22T08:28:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chiba Gov. Toshihito Kumagai says he has no plan to allocate hospital beds for Olympic athletes infected with the coronavirus during a news conference on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/13/business/corporate-business/softbank-record-profit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-22T08:31:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86720.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[SoftBank Group Corp.'s net profit in the business year ended March was the highest level on record for a Japanese company.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/13/national/fukushima-cancer-case/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-22T08:32:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/13/world/vaccines-pandemic-misery/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-22T08:33:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Health care workers prepare to administer COVID-19 vaccine doses at a mass vaccination center in Barcelona on May 2.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/13/business/economy-business/travel-surplus-drop/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-22T08:34:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86841.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan's travel surplus in fiscal 2020 plunged 89.2% from the previous year, as the number of inbound visitors nosedived amid the coronavirus pandemic.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/13/asia-pacific/science-health-asia-pacific/chinese-vaccines-controversial-plan-covid-19/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-22T08:35:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People stand in a queue as they wait to get a dose of the Chinese-made Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine in Piliyandala, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/13/asia-pacific/india-oxygen-shortage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-22T08:35:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Medical oxygen is transferred from a tanker to a storage facility at Naidu Hospital in Pune, Maharashtra, India. ]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-22T08:37:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A member of the Uyghur community joins a demonstration in London in April to call on the British Parliament to vote to recognize the persecution of China's Muslim minority as genocide and crimes against humanity.
]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/14/business/honda-profit-fall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-22T08:39:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[For fiscal 2021, Honda aims to sell 5 million cars globally as demand is expected to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-22T08:41:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toshiba Tec Corp.'s French subsidiary says it had been hacked by DarkSide.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Patrons at a restaurant in New York on April 27. The U.S. Centers for Disease Prevention and Control now says it is safe for fully vaccinated people to take their masks off in most indoor settings.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taro Kono (top right), minister in charge of Japan's vaccine rollout, speaking Tokushima Prefecture governor Kamon Iizumi during an online meeting on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman gets a COVID-19 vaccine jab in Tokara, Kagoshima Prefecture, on April 27 as the inoculation campaign began for the village, which has not reported any COVID-19 cases.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An image provided by George Aquilla Hardy shows a photorealistic portrait that imagines what George Washington would look like if he were alive today. Since then Hardy — and others — have posted and reposted it thousands of times on just about every social media platform.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The interior of Raytheon's future Intelligence Surveillance Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance special mission aircraft, being developed using a Bombardier Global business jet]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An Alibaba sign outside the company's office in Beijing. Jack Ma’s flagship e-commerce firm swung to a 5.5 billion yuan ($852 million) net loss — its first since 2012 — after the company swallowed a $2.8 billion fine for monopolistic behavior imposed by Beijing.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A person receives an injection with the Sputnik V vaccine at a hospital in the village of Donskoye, in Russia's Stavropol region, in January.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A visitor wears a protective mask at the Smithsonian American Art Museum as it reopens to the public in Washington on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Protesters make a three-finger salute during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-22T09:02:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man holds a National League for Democracy (NLD) flag during a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, on March 27.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-22T09:04:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Watami Co. Chairman Miki Watanabe speaks during an online earnings briefing on Friday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-22T09:05:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pedestrians walk past a Uniqlo store, operated by Fast Retailing Co., in Shanghai, in March. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/15/national/pfizer-vaccines-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-22T09:06:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_87188.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan has signed a contract with U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. to receive additional doses of its coronavirus vaccine for 25 million people by September, health minister Norihisa Tamura said Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-22T10:17:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An anti-Olympics protester shows off a placard outside the headquarters of the Japanese Olympic Committee in Tokyo on Tuesday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/22/national/politics-diplomacy/ldp-lawmaker-lgbt-remark/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-22T11:39:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kazuo Yana]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/22/asia-pacific/china-us-military-contact/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-22T12:18:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lloyd Austin]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-22T13:25:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Taipei road on Friday]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-22T13:59:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_88589.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[SoftBank Group Corp. founder and CEO Masayoshi Son on Saturday expressed fresh doubt about Tokyo's delayed Summer Olympics going ahead during the COVID-19 pandemic.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Naha on Friday. A state of emergency will be in place from Sunday in Okinawa Prefecture. ]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines were formally approved for use in Japan on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-22T18:05:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An image taken on Mars by Chinese rover Zhurong]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Preparations are made at a venue for the Olympic Games in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A staff member and a participant take part in a coronavirus vaccination simulation by the Self-Defence Forces at an inoculation center in Tokyo on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A soldier disinfects a person departing a COVID-19 testing site in Taipei on Wednesday. ]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The growing influx of foreign visitors is likely to put a greater strain on Japan’s hospitals.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A drone hovers inside Taisei Co.'s office in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, on May 10.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/04/19/national/dual-citizenship-in-japan/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takaya Ishiguro (right), manager of human resources at Mercari Inc., Cheng Tsz Kiu (center), also with the firm's human resources division, and Vishal Banthia, a software engineer, attend an interview in September.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-28T19:19:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89801.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan is considering supplying a portion of its AstraZeneca vaccine stock to Taiwan to help the island tackle a surge in coronavirus infections.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/28/national/crime-legal/immigration-bureau-sued/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-28T19:19:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A former detainee and one of the four plaintiffs who sued the Osaka Regional Immigration Services Bureau speaks in an interview. ]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-28T19:20:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hong Kong's Legislative Council voted 40-2 to approve measures Thursday creating a review committee to vet candidates for elected office and ensure they’re "patriots.”]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/28/national/olympics-spectator-decision/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-28T20:11:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo 2020 head Seiko Hashimoto speaks during a Tokyo 2020 executive board meeting in Tokyo on Wednesday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-28T20:23:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/28/national/myanmar-residents-visa-extension/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-29T11:43:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Myanmar residents in Japan take part in a rally in front of the United Nations University in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on May 9 against the Feb. 1 military coup in Myanmar.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/28/national/crime-legal/teachers-sexual-acts-stricter-rules/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-29T11:54:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89739.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[In fiscal 2019, 273 teachers at public high schools, junior high schools and elementary schools were dismissed over sexual acts involving children, a 30% increase compared to five years ago.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/29/national/politics-diplomacy/ldp-shelves-lgbt-bill/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-29T13:16:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tsutomu Sato (left) and other lawmakers attend a meeting of the Liberal Democratic Party's General Council at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Friday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/29/national/university-tokyo-top-10-research/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-29T13:32:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_90013.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The University of Tokyo ranked eighth for high-quality natural science research in 2020.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/28/national/state-of-emergency-olympics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-29T14:00:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People line up in front of a mass-inoculation center in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Wednesday to be vaccinated against COVID-19.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/29/asia-pacific/vietnam-india-uk-variant-hybrid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-29T15:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Medical workers stand outside a quarantined building in Hanoi earlier this year. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/29/world/politics-diplomacy-world/biden-budget-congress-us/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-29T15:20:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks to service members at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Hampton, Virginia, on Friday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-29T15:48:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_90028.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Any delay to ending the last of the U.K.'s lockdown measures would be a blow for Prime Minister Boris Johnson at a critical time for his credibility as a leader.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-30T06:51:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_87344.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A private firefighter monitors a backfire during the Glass Fire in Calistoga, California, in October of last year.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-30T06:55:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_87284.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden removes his mask as he and first lady Jill Biden depart the White House on Saturday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/17/business/economy-business/world-economy-shortages/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-30T06:57:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cargo containers at the Kwai Tsing Container Terminals in Hong Kong ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/17/national/crime-legal/top-court-asbestos-ruling/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-30T06:58:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_87593.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Supporters of the plaintiffs in asbestos lawsuits hold signs after the Supreme Court handed down a ruling in their favor on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-30T07:02:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Family members of a Sri Lankan woman who died after being detained at the Nagoya Regional Immigration Services Bureau in Aichi Prefecture head to the facility on Monday to hear from officials about the circumstances of her death.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-30T07:03:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Students read books in a school library with plastic partitions at a school in Sendai.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/17/business/corporate-business/fukushima-school-swords/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-30T07:04:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86606.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nobuo Takahashi, founder of Takahashi Industry Co., shows off a wooden sword his company made.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/17/business/xinjiang-solar-human-rights/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-30T07:05:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_87448.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A worker harvests polysilicon rods from chemical vapor deposition chambers at the Daqo factory in Shihezi, Xinjiang, China.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/17/business/bankers-australia-return/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-30T07:07:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_87442.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A neighborhood near the beach in the Tamarama suburb of Sydney. The return of expat Australians is helping to fire up the property market.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/17/business/corporate-business/att-discovery-assets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-30T07:08:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_87478.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[AT&amp;T gained some of the biggest brands in entertainment through its acquisition of Time Warner Inc., which was completed in 2018.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/17/national/history/japans-pioneers-migrated-north-ezo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-30T07:10:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86603.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hokkaido's frozen Lake Kussharo was no doubt one of the beautiful sights that Japanese migrants would have encountered as they traveled north.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-30T07:15:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during the E3 gaming convention in Los Angeles in 2019.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/17/business/corporate-business/toshiba-strategic-review/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-30T07:17:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_87427.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toshiba Corp. plans to return an additional ¥150 billion to shareholders and establish a strategic review committee.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/18/asia-pacific/guam-vaccine-vacations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-30T07:21:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tourists on a beach in Guam in 2017. The island's "Air V&amp;V" program applies to all Americans, including adolescents, with valid residency in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and several other Asian countries.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A staff member helps a passenger at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on April 30.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/18/national/japan-pharmacists-covid-19-vaccines/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-30T07:23:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taro Kono, the minister in charge of COVID-19 vaccinations, speaks at a news conference at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga apologizes to plaintiffs at the Prime Minister's Office on Tuesday, after the Supreme Court ruled in their favor over health impacts caused by asbestos.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/18/world/greenland-glacier-melt/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A fishing boat sails past a large iceberg at the mouth of the Jakobshavns ice fjord near Ilulissat, Greenland.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Supporters of the Fridays for Future climate movement demonstrate outside the Chancellery in Berlin on May 12.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-30T07:29:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Oil well pump jacks operated by Chevron Corp. in San Ardo, California]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-30T07:31:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_87626.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan's economy contracted at an annualized rate of 5.1% in January-March, the first decline in three quarters.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Singapore’s ruling People’s Action Party has been in power now for nearly 56 years, and its leaders have periodically brought defamation suits against critics and opposition members.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[David Zaslav, president and CEO of Discovery, speaks during the Discovery portion of the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, California, in July 2019.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group will aim for net zero emissions in its finance portfolio by 2050.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-30T07:38:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan Airlines is planning a yen bond sale next month, according to sources familiar with the matter.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda speaks in an online forum Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A slogan is written on a street in protest of the Myanmar military's coup, in Yangon, Myanmar, in February.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Palestinian youth looks for salvageable items amid the rubble of the Kuhail building, which was destroyed in an early morning Israeli airstrike on Gaza City on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi addresses a news conference at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday. ]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Gurkha police officer stands guard outside the venue of the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore in May 2019.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Moderna vaccine will be used at state-run mass inoculation centers in Tokyo and Osaka.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/20/national/japan-companies-vaccine-leave/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An older woman gets vaccinated in Yokohama on May 17.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-30T08:29:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Makoto Fujii of the employment-matching agency HR Japan teaching business manners to Thai students in Bangkok on Nov. 28, 2018.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Malaysia's Minister of Human Resources M. Saravanan inspects a workers' dormitory, which glove-maker Brightway Holdings confirms is one of its facilities, in Selangor state, Malaysia, in December.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Security guards stand at the entrance to Trump Tower in New York]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People walk without protective masks in Times Square in New York on May 4.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-30T08:33:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A PayDepot Bitcoin ATM machine in Union City, New Jersey]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning pickup truck is unveiled at the company's world headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan, on Wednesday. ]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman receives a dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Siaya, Kenya, on Tuesday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-30T08:35:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pedestrians walk along Silom road in Bangkok, Thailand, on Thursday. Foreign travelers who have visited Thailand and six other countries will be subjected to a ban on entry to Japan from Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi answers a question during a virtual news conference in March.


]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-30T08:39:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People above 70 years old wait in an observation area after inoculation with a COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Singapore on Jan. 27.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura speaks to reporters in Osaka on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden signs the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act at the White House in Washington on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_88398.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The number of shoppers at convenience stores rose for the first time in 14 months in April, but average spending per customer fell for the first time in 19 months.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Palestinians celebrate in the streets following a ceasefire brokered by Egypt between Israel and the ruling Islamist movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip, on Friday in Gaza City.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Scientists have known for decades that coronaviruses can cause disease in dogs, but until now there has been no evidence that canine coronaviruses can infect people.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-30T08:46:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mobile phone fees showed the sharpest year-on-year drop in April, as major carriers cut data usage fees in response to mounting government pressure.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato speaks at a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A roughly 3.5 meter-long pet python that managed to break free from an apartment in Yokohama earlier this month was caught alive Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_88588.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The global chip shortage that has been hitting automakers particularly hard is unlikely to end anytime soon.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-30T08:54:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_88592.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Officials privately suspect U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his team were reluctant to close the border to travelers from India for political reasons.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-30T08:55:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Western governments have been cracking down on cotton sourced from Xinjiang, prompting Japanese apparel manufacturers like Mizuno to begin considering switching to different materials.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/22/world/coronavirus-vaccine-tourism-warnings/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-30T08:56:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_88552.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People wait in line to receive a COVID-19 vaccination at the American Museum of Natural History, in Manhattan, New York, on May 14.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-30T08:57:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_88533.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[IOC Vice President John Coates speaks on screen as Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto listens during a meeting on Wednesday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/22/national/social-issues/domestic-violence-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-30T08:57:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-30T08:58:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-30T09:02:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_87866.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings’ plan to discharge treated water from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has come under heavy criticism.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/22/national/media-national/covid-19-pandemic-food/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-30T09:03:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_87869.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan has been seeing booming demand for canned food items since COVID-19 emerged.
]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/23/national/science-health/japan-plasma-therapy-coronavirus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-30T09:11:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_88313.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A monoclonal antibody treatment administered to a coronavirus patient in Italy. As hospitals in Japan gear up for clinical trials of the therapy, some hospitals overseas have already moved on to other treatments after finding that it was ineffective. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/23/national/india-japan-virus-aid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-30T09:12:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_87997.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Oxygen concentrators can help people suffering with symptoms of COVID-19 infection.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/23/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/north-korea-us-policy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-30T09:14:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_88673.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean leader Moon Jae-in arrive at a news conference at the White House in Washington on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-05-30T09:15:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_88647.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A train manufactured by Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. in Maryland in April.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/23/business/bitcoin-oil-drillers-natural-gas/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-30T09:16:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_88623.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A natural gas flare on an oil well pad burns as the sun sets outside Watford City, North Dakota.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/23/asia-pacific/myanmar-teachers-suspended/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-30T09:18:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_88638.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Teachers take part in a civil disobedience demonstration against the military coup in Myanmar's Dooplaya district earlier this month. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/30/asia-pacific/myanmar-health-system-collapse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-30T13:20:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_90048.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_90048.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[COVID-19 patients receive treatment at a hospital in Cikha, Myanmar, on Friday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/29/business/coronavirus-wealth-gap-poverty/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-30T17:20:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_90016.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at Tidewater Community College in Norfolk, Virginia, on May 3 about his American Families Plan.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/30/national/commercial-facilities-tokyo-osaka-reopen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-30T18:26:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_90046.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Empty displays outside a temporarily closed Toho Cinemas movie theater in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on Friday]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/30/world/gaza-truce-egypts-regional-role/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-30T21:57:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_90178.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the Heliopolis Presidential Palace near central Cairo on Wednesday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/28/business/chip-subsidy-pushback/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-30T23:04:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89799.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks at a news conference in Washington on Tuesday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/30/national/japan-vaccination-flexibility/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-31T12:16:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_90110-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_90110.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A nurse receives a COVID-19 vaccine at the Tokyo Nursing Association's building in Shinjuku Ward on Sunday. Around 200 nurses received their first doses Sunday and most have agreed to volunteer at a vaccination facility set to open in early June at the former site of Tsukiji Market.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/31/world/coronavirus-origin-pandemics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-31T12:21:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_90204.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_90204.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Huanan seafood market in Wuhan, China]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/30/national/science-health/covid-vaccines-available-under-65-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-31T16:59:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_90175-scaled.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_90175.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[While those with underlying conditions will generally be given priority, "if we wait until everyone (with underlying conditions) has been vaccinated, we don't know when it will be completed," the health minister said.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/31/national/social-issues/coronavirus-homeless-help/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-31T17:14:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_88275-scaled.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_88275.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A 30-year-old man receives a meal at a soup kitchen event hosted by the nonprofit Minoshima Megumi no Ie in the city of Fukuoka on April 27.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/31/asia-pacific/taiwan-rain-drought/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-31T18:14:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_90306.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_90306.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tourists visit Sun Moon Lake in Taiwan's Nantou county on May 15. Some of the island’s lakes and reservoirs have nearly run dry, and water restrictions have forced many residents to modify how they shower, wash dishes and flush. ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/31/national/olympic-fans-may-asked-negative-virus-tests-vaccinations-yomiuri-reports/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-05-31T18:16:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_90231.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_90231.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan may require negative COVID-19 test results or vaccination records from fans attending the Tokyo Olympics, according to a report.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/31/national/olympic-doctors-nurses-shortfall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-01T07:16:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_90199.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_90199.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A protester holds a sign calling for the cancellation of the Summer Olympics, near the National Stadium in Tokyo on May 9.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/06/01/asia-pacific/china-policy-birthrate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-01T16:14:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_90440.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People picnic at a river-side park in Shanghai, China, on April 10. China's population is aging more quickly than most of the worlds developed economies due to decades of family planning aimed at halting population growth. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/06/01/business/economy-business/kathy-matsui-investment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-01T16:25:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/np_file_90400.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_90400.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kathy Matsui, a former Goldman Sachs vice chair who coined the term "womenomics," is launching a fund to invest in startups with environmental, social and governance values.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/06/01/business/economy-business/capital-expenditure-first-quarter/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-01T16:27:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_90426.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A cargo ship berths at the international cargo terminal at the port of Tokyo. Japanese companies cut spending on plants and equipment for the fourth consecutive quarter in January-March.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/31/business/economy-business/oecd-2021-outlook/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-01T17:04:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/np_file_90391.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_90391.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development headquarters in Paris]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/06/01/national/issued-visas/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-01T17:46:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_90429.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A monitor shows a visitor's body temperature at Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture last November. Japan's visa issuance in 2020 dropped around 87% from a year earlier amid the COVID-19 pandemic.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/21/national/raicho-hiratsuka-diary/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-02T03:44:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_82961.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_82961.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Raicho Hiratsuka's unreleased diary will be displayed at her memorial museum in Nagano Prefecture from this weekend, half a century after her death.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/06/01/national/emperor-akihito-vaccinated/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-02T09:59:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/np_file_90568.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_90568.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Emperor Emeritus Akihito waves to members of the public as Empress Emerita Michiko looks on during the New Year's appearance by the imperial family at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2020.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/06/02/business/boj-no-etf/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-02T12:39:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_90629.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Bank of Japan did not make any exchange-traded funds purchases for a whole month in May for the first time since December 2012.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/06/02/asia-pacific/china-friendly-image/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-02T13:02:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/np_file_90603.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_90603.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of the People's Liberation Army walk past a banner featuring a portrait of Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing last week. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/06/01/national/olympic-camps/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-02T13:42:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Officials in the city of Kamo, Niigata Prefecture, which was to host a training camp for Tokyo Olympic athletes, say they regret the lost opportunity to host the team, even more than the money spent.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-06-02T14:11:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A playground in Fujian, China. The government’s efforts to increase the nation's birthrate have been largely unsuccessful.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-06-02T15:04:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The famed Russo-Japanese War-era battleship Mikasa is currently preserved at Mikasa Park in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. In the 1920s, The Japan Times led what is believed to have been "one of Japan's first media campaigns," to have her restored.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People wait in an observation area after receiving a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a mass-inoculation site at Noevir Stadium Kobe on Tuesday. After some false starts, Japan's much-delayed vaccine rollout is quietly picking up steam, now administering between 400,000 and 500,000 doses a day. ]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Adm. John Aquilino, head of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, is welcomed by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga at the start of their meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_90626.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Optim Corp. obtained a patent for the world's first drone that can pinpoint harmful insects and precisely inject them with pesticide, helping to reduce the amount of chemicals used.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[New Keidanren chief Masakazu Tokura speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People line up to receive a COVID-19 vaccine shot at a mass inoculation center in Tokyo's Otemachi district on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-06-02T21:57:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Narita International Airport's departure lobby on April 16]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hard apple cider is displayed during a confence at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture in February.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-06-03T06:18:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84025.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan discarded an estimated 6 million tons of still-edible food in fiscal 2018, government data shows.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/06/02/national/olympics-volunteers-quit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-03T09:13:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_90799.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Thousands of volunteers for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics have dropped out, organizer said on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-06-03T09:14:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_90797.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An advertisement for Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games is displayed at Narita International Airport. A diplomatic source said on Wednesday that G7 members plan to voice support for Japan hosting the games.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-06-03T10:48:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_90818.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden departs after speaking at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington on Wednesday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/06/03/business/global-tax-ethical-investment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-03T11:41:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_90822.jpeg]]></image:title>
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		<lastmod>2021-06-03T11:43:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A national debt counter hangs inside a bus stop in Washington on April 23, 2020.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-06-03T12:35:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A tree is lifted with a crane before being placed on a truck at the Toudunying state-owned commercial forest estate in a village near the edge of the Gobi desert, on the outskirts of Wuwei, Gansu province, China.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/06/03/world/belarus-fading-hopes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-03T15:36:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_91018.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People attend a rally to reject the presidential election results and to protest against the inauguration of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, in Minsk in September 2020. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/06/03/national/omi-olympics-comments/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-03T17:08:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_90814.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shigeru Omi, top coronavirus adviser to the government, says hosting the Olympics during a pandemic is "not normal."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/06/03/national/covid-vaccines-companies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-03T17:35:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A nurse receives a vaccine dose on Sunday in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. ]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-06-03T17:44:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/06/03/national/nuclear-power-commitment/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_91014.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Many nuclear plants remain offline under stricter safety regulations implemented after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, which was triggered by a massive earthquake and tsunami.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-06-03T19:33:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_91106.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Afghan government soldiers patrol a street during an ongoing clash with the Taliban in Mihtarlam, the capital of Laghman province, on May 24.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-06-03T22:19:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_91109.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan's House of Representatives passed a bill to revise the law on child care leave to create a special plan allowing fathers to take a total of four weeks off within eight weeks of a child's birth. ]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-06-03T22:33:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden holds a joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 16. ]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-06-04T11:37:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2021-06-04T12:19:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_91145.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sitting on record levels of excess cash that ballooned during the COVID-19 pandemic, some Japanese lenders are turning to riskier investments. ]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-06-04T12:20:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Honor guards raise a Taiwanese flag at the National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-06-04T12:30:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_91147.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Tokyo Olympics may provide a "show window” for Tokyo’s real estate, whether spectators are allowed or not, an analyst said.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_91156.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Ameyoko shopping district in Tokyo on May 9. Household spending in April rose a record 13% on year. ]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dropping water levels in Lake Oroville, one of California’s largest reservoirs, has forced authorities to remove more than 100 houseboats, according to the Weather Channel.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The departure lobby of Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture on April 14]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rika Matsumoto, the daughter of Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara, is interviewed in Tokyo on Feb. 26.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Facebook on Friday banned former U.S. President Donald Trump from the platform for two years, saying he deserved the maximum punishment for violating its rules over a deadly attack by his supporters on the U.S. Capitol. ]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presides over the first meeting of Political Bureau of  8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang in this photo released on Saturday. ]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Sunday. While local governments can now fine businesses that don’t comply with reduction and closure requests during a state of emergency, infectious disease measures remain largely voluntary and inconsistent rules have hurt compliance. ]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kaisa Hietala, a Finnish energy industry professional and a new board member of Exxon Mobil, in Helsinki on May 31. ]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-06-05T18:55:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks during a news conference on May 28. ]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Madoka Yamada (left) gives out meals in bento boxes for free to a junior high school student at Mama Restaurant Hive House, a children's cafeteria in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-06-06T08:21:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_86501.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda drives the GR Yaris at a racetrack in Tochigi Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-06-06T08:21:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_88953.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Container ships are loaded at a terminal in Hamburg, Germany, in March. ]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-06-06T08:22:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_88974.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The China Huarong Asset Management Co. headquarters in Beijing]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/24/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-belarus-plane/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T08:23:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Katsunobu Kato]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-06-06T08:25:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A passenger checks in at Haneda Airport on Monday using the International Air Transport Association Travel Pass.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/24/national/ratnayake-liyanage-wishma-sandamali-nagoya-immigration-threat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T08:26:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_88909.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ratnayake Liyanage Wishma Sandamali]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-06-06T08:28:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_88920.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A staff member demonstrates the Breathonix breathalyzer test kit, which is able to detect COVID-19 within a minute, at a laboratory in Singapore in October 2020.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/24/asia-pacific/uyghur-imam-mosque-prison/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T08:29:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_88893.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police officers patrol the square in front of Id Kah mosque in Kashgar, in China's Xinjiang region, on May 3.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/24/asia-pacific/tibet-leader-interview/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T08:31:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_88861.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Penpa Tsering, president-elect of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), speaks during a video interview in Dharamshala, India, on Friday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/24/world/coronavirus-dogs-airports/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T08:32:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_88825.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A sniffer dog trained to detect COVID-19 works at an airport in Santiago, Chile, in December last year. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/24/asia-pacific/us-nuclear-weapons-china-ellsberg/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T08:34:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_88783.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_88783.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A soldier from an mine disposal unit stands in front of anti-landing barricades along the coast in Kinmen, Taiwan, in May 2009.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/25/business/tech/google-starline-mixed-reality-promises-perils/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T08:47:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_89250-e1621936401821.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89250.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Google's Starline uses pricey cameras, sensors and cutting-edge screens to generate an illusion of depth, allowing users seated in special booths in different locations to see each other "life-size and in three dimensions."]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/25/national/us-japan-travel-advisory/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T08:48:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89031.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The United States has warned its citizens not to travel to Olympic host Japan, citing the growing risk of COVID-19 infection, just two months before the games are set to begin.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/25/national/sdf-doctors-nurses-olympics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T08:49:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_89228.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89228.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of the Self-Defense Forces work at a large-scale vaccination center in Tokyo. The government is considering mobilizing SDF doctors and nurses at this summer's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/25/national/johnson-coronavirus-vaccine-japan-approval/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T08:52:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_88903.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_88903.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. health care conglomerate Johnson &amp; Johnson said Monday that it had filed for regulatory approval of its one-shot COVID-19 vaccine in Japan, and that it could begin supplying doses to the country in early 2022, once approval is given.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/25/national/india-10-day-quarantine/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T08:53:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89102.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A quarantine official conducts a COVID-19 test on a passenger after their arrival at Narita Airport.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/25/business/tech/us-chipmaker-funding/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T08:55:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_89045.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89045.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Monday that she expected states will compete for federal funding for chip facilities and that the Commerce department would have a transparent process for awarding funding.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/25/business/economy-business/boj-kuroda-recovery/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T08:56:29+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_89080.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89080.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda says he is starting to see the light at the end of the dark pandemic tunnel thanks to the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/25/national/politics-diplomacy/defense-budget-rise/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T08:57:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_89038-scaled.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89038.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Liberal Democratic Party is proposing that Japan "drastically" increase the country's defense budget in the face of the increased security threat posed by China in the East and South China seas.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/25/business/corporate-business/female-media-executives/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T08:57:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_89049-scaled.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89049.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fuji Television Network Inc. had the highest ratio of female employees among Japan's commercial broadcasters, but over 70% of commercial broadcasters have no women in executive positions, a survey has found.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/25/business/g7-global-minimum-tax/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T08:58:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_89044.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89044.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The U.S. Treasury Department building in Washington. The Treasury last week floated a global minimum rate of 15% or higher.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-06-06T08:59:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89057.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fishing boats sail through the waters between the North Korean territory of Changsan Cape (rear) and Baengnyeong Island, South Korea, on March 29. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/25/business/apple-epic-closing-arguments/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T08:59:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89043.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A courtroom sketch depicts lawyers from Apple and Epic speaking with Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on Monday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-06-06T09:03:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89503.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People in South Korea who have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine will be able to go about their daily lives without the need to wear face masks from July.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-06-06T09:04:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89502.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Streets in Tokyo have been quiet during the latest state of emergency in the capital.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-06-06T09:05:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89498.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Soldiers from the chemical unit prepare to spray disinfectant in the Taipei subway system on Wednesday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-06-06T09:07:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89329.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese influencers sell Japanese merchandise through a livestream at a studio operated by Inagora in Beijing.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-06-06T09:10:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89340.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A crab fishing boat that capsized off Hokkaido after colliding with a Russian ship on Wednesday]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89311.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gianna Floyd, daughter of George Floyd, along with other family members and lawyers, raise fists and say his name while facing reporters at the White House following their meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/26/asia-pacific/india-coronavirus-doctors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T09:13:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89301.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A doctor treats patients with COVID-19 at Holy Family Hospital in New Delhi on May 1.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/26/business/corporate-business/jellysmack-expansion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T09:13:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_89303.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89303.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A pedestrian takes a selfie photograph on a smartphone in view of the Houses of Parliament in London in November 2019.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/26/business/china-moguls-beating-hong-kong-tycoons/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T09:14:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_89302.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89302.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The past few years have seen a remarkable shift in fortunes between China’s tech-savvy moguls and their old-school Hong Kong counterparts — a trend that shows few signs of fading any time soon.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/26/world/belarus-opposition-media/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T09:14:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89294.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Warsaw-based Belarusian blogger Stsiapan Putsila speaks during an interview in Warsaw on Monday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/26/business/india-global-carmakers-virus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T09:15:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_89306-scaled.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89306.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An assembly line at the Renault Nissan Automotive India Pvt. manufacturing plant in Chennai, India]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/27/national/doctors-covid-19-tokyo-olympics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T09:19:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_89714.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89714.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Medical staff work at a hospital treating COVID-19 patients in Yokohama. A doctors union has said that holding the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer could lead to the development of a new "Olympic" strain of the coronavirus.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/27/national/science-health/japan-extend-covid-19-state-emergency/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T09:19:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_89758.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89758.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[COVID-19 infections are declining in some areas including Tokyo and Osaka but "on the whole the situation is highly unpredictable," Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/27/national/social-issues/japan-court-toilet-limit-transgender/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T09:21:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_89763-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89763.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Tokyo Rainbow Pride parade in April 2012 ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/27/national/japan-eu-back-tokyo-olympics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T09:22:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_89759.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89759.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen take part in an EU-Japan videoconference summit at the European Council headquarters in Brussels on Thursday. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/27/national/social-issues/pandemic-youth-mental-health/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T09:24:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_88958.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_88958.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A classroom at Mukogaoka High School, a public school in Tokyo’s Bunkyo Ward where classes are being held online, on May 7.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/27/business/overseas-students-jobs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T09:25:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_88872.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_88872.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A job fair for new graduates in Tokyo in March, 2016.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/27/business/corporate-business/softbank-executives-pay/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T09:26:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_89625.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89625.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[SoftBank Group Corp. top executives were paid the highest compensations in Japan last year.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/27/business/china-squeezed-factories/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T09:27:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_89567.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89567.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Lyric Robert factory operated by Guangdong Li Yuanheng Intelligent Automation Co. in Huizhou, Guangdong province, China]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/27/business/economy-business/boj-limit-etf-holdings/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T09:28:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_89571.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89571.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hitoshi Suzuki]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/27/business/corporate-business/nissan-investors-sue/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T09:28:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_89557.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89557.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Institutional investors overseas have filed a suit seeking damages from Nissan Motor Co.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/27/national/us-olympic-trust/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T09:29:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89538.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre holds a press briefing at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/27/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-myanmar-diplomats/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T09:30:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_89525.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89525.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A participant in a rally against Myanmar's military junta posts live images on social media in Tokyo last week.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/27/national/jomon-unesco-listing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T09:31:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89500.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Sannai Maruyama site in Aomori is one of 17 archaeological locations in Tohoku dating back to the ancient Jomon Period.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/28/business/corporate-business/toyota-global-sales-april/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T09:38:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_89889.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89889.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toyota Motor Corp.'s global sales in April doubled from a year earlier thanks to robust demand in China and the United States despite a global semiconductor shortage.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/29/national/measures-remain-after-state-of-emergency/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T10:02:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_90018.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_90018.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A train station in Tokyo on Friday. The government is considering keeping quasi-emergency measures in place for in the capital and other areas even if the state of emergency is lifted June 20 as planned. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/29/national/crime-legal/advocacy-groups-cannabis-law/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T10:04:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_90012.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_90012.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Japan Advocacy Network for Drug Policy claims a harsher Cannabis Control Law could deny both jobs and housing to those convicted of minor drug offenses, leading people into a "vicious cycle" of poverty and crime.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/29/asia-pacific/social-issues-asia-pacific/south-korea-sexism-ads/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T10:05:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_90004.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_90004.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A GS25 advertisement is seen on a screen in Seoul on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/29/national/paralympic-chief-tokyo-games-safety/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T10:07:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_89993.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89993.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Scheduled to start Aug. 24, the Paralympic games will involve 22 sports, including two new categories, badminton and taekwondo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/29/national/media-national/gen-hoshino-yui-aragaki-wedding/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T10:11:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89058.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yui Aragaki (left) and Gen Hoshino attend a ceremony in 2017 where "Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu" won an award. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/28/business/carmakers-supply-rethink/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T10:12:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89962.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[For most of its history, the industry has relied on a distinct approach to buying car parts, procuring components from suppliers right at the moment they’re needed. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/28/national/science-health/pfizer-over-12s-japan-approval/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T10:13:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_89872.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_89872.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A teenager is given the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Florida on May 18.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/30/world/putin-coal-russia-future/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-06T10:15:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_90177.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Russian government is spending more than $10 billion on railroad upgrades that it believes will help boost exports of coal at a time when other nations are phasing out use of the fossil fuel.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/30/national/lonely-workers-return/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_88834.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Some workers in Japan welcome secondment to company offices in far-flung corners of the nation, but for others it means separation from their partners, children and homes.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato says the government has confirmed the safety of all crew members of a Japanese fishing boat seized by Russia in waters off Hokkaido.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan's industrial output extended gains in April on strong demand for capital goods, especially in key overseas markets.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen meets U.S. Sens. Tammy Duckworth, Dan Sullivan and Chris Coons in Taipei on Sunday. ]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jun Azumi (right), Diet affairs chief of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, talks with his Liberal Democratic Party counterpart Hiroshi Moriyama last month in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[SoftBank's Opportunity Fund committed to invest in minority entrepreneurs who have rarely had access to seed capital.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan's exports rose in April thanks to strong demand for cars and auto parts from overseas.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-06-08T15:33:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Bank of Japan refrained from buying exchange-traded funds for an entire month of May.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-06-08T17:53:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fans watch a live screening of the Pyeongchang Olympics, held in South Korea in February 2018, at Inokashira Park in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/06/08/national/japan-olympics-gamble/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-08T18:22:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Roads around the National Stadium were closed off Tuesday in preparation for the Tokyo Summer Olympics, scheduled to open on July 23.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/06/08/business/japan-nft-potential/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-08T18:22:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Contemporary artist Tomokazu Matsuyama speaks during a preview event for his art exhibition in Tokyo last month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/06/08/business/renewable-energy-talent-shortage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-08T20:53:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A worker holds a guide rope during the propeller blade assembly for a wind turbine tower in Maunca, Portugal, in June 2018.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/06/08/world/internet-outage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-08T20:56:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_91983.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[High traffic websites including Amazon, Reddit, CNN, Paypal, Spotify and the New York Times were listed as experiencing problems Tuesday by outage tracking website Downdetector.com.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/06/08/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-myanmar-resolution/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-08T21:43:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Lower House adopts a resolution Tuesday condemning the Feb. 1 coup staged by the Myanmar military.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/03/20/business/economy-business/japan-rcep-gdp-trade/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-09T06:11:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In its first published estimate of the impact of the RCEP trade pact, the government predicted around 570,000 jobs would be created.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/03/28/national/japan-debt-burden/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-09T06:12:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pedestrians walk past stores in the Marunouchi business district of Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/11/28/national/fathers-participation-parenting-key-larger-families-government-survey/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-09T06:13:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_53935.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A family visits Hie Shrine in Chiyoda Ward in Tokyo on Nov. 15 for a festival celebrating children of 3, 5 and 7 years of age.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/02/national/clothing-co2-emissions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-09T06:17:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_84845.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A clothing factory in Vietnam. Of the 819,000 tons of garments supplied to the Japanese market in 2020, 799,000 tons, or about 98%, was imported from overseas.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/06/09/business/fastly-failure-outages/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-09T08:50:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_91998.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An error message on a website affected by the Fastly cloud hosting service outage]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/06/09/world/politics-diplomacy-world/us-defending-presidency/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-09T12:06:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/np_file_92030.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_92030.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak at the North Carolina Republican convention dinner in Greenville, North Carolina, on Saturday. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/06/09/business/south-korea-economy-recovery/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-09T13:47:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_92038.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A park in Seoul on June 1]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/06/09/world/russia-prison-labor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-09T15:20:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_92109.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian police officers guard the entrance to a penal colony in Pokrov, Russia, in April. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/06/09/world/g7-climate-push/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-09T16:01:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Students march during a rally calling for climate action in Melbourne on May 21. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/06/09/business/eu-tax-plan-rift/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-09T16:34:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The smaller EU partners at the center of a yearslong struggle over their favorable tax regimes welcomed the Group of Seven deal on June 5 for a minimum corporate rate of at least 15%, but some critics predict trouble implementing it.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/06/09/national/companies-vaccination-applications/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-09T16:42:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine at a large-scale inoculation site in the city of Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-06-09T16:49:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_92081.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[During the pandemic, Pasona Group Inc. moved its headquarters from Tokyo to Awaji Island in Hyogo Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/06/08/national/science-health/eisai-alzheimers-therapy-approved/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-09T17:48:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/np_file_91776-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_91776.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A music therapist plays a drum with Alzheimer's disease patients at the Copper Ridge Care Center in Sykesville, Maryland. ]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2021-06-09T18:01:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_91987.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An advertisement for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games at Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture last week]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/06/09/national/suga-coronavirus-september-october/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-09T18:10:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/np_file_92185-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_92185.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks during a committee session at the Upper House in Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/06/09/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-australia-taiwan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-09T18:39:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/np_file_92106.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_92106.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (right) and Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi, attend a video conference with Australian Foreign Minister and Minister for Women Marise Payne (left) on screen, and Australian Defense Minister Peter Dutton at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/06/09/national/quasi-emergency-lifting/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-09T19:03:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_92211.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An Olympic torch relay runner arrives at Aoiaso shrine in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto Prefecture, on May 5. Along with Gunma and Ishikawa prefectures, Kumamoto Prefecture will be taken out of a quasi-state of emergency after the coming weekend.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/06/09/business/corporate-business/nomura-us-europe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2021-06-09T21:15:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_92034.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nomura Holdings Inc. executives privately predict its plan to rein in risks will shrink the prime brokerage unit in Asia and curtail it much more dramatically in Europe and the U.S.]]></image:caption>
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