<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="//wp.japantimes.co.jp/main-sitemap.xsl"?>
<urlset xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/sitemap.xsd" xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/27/business/boj-not-mulling-foreign-bonds-shiokawa-reckons/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-27T09:06:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/27/national/runner-sings-japans-praises/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-27T09:06:51+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20011127b9a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20011127b9a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Douglas Wakiihuri (left), a former world champion marathoner, takes part in a recording session with a friend at a studio in Nairobi.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/27/business/fitch-downgrades-japans-long-term-currency-ratings/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-27T09:07:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/27/national/minister-seeks-proposals-on-revamping-education-law/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-27T09:07:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/27/business/kokusai-btm-brokerages-to-merge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-27T09:07:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/27/national/chongryun-pair-questioned-over-chogin-funds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-27T09:07:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/27/national/home-of-top-dpj-official-burgled/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-27T09:08:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/27/business/isuzu-motors-to-jettison-3300-more-jobs-by-04/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-27T09:08:44+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/27/national/navy-sends-ehime-maru-to-its-final-resting-place/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-27T09:09:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/27/business/second-budget-takes-page-from-nakasones-book/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-27T09:10:03+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nb20011127a9a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20011127a9a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi rises from his seat next to Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa immediately before an extraordinary Cabinet meeting at Koizumi's offcicial residence.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/27/national/government-loses-malpractice-suit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-27T09:10:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/27/national/late-kankeiren-chiefs-estate-priced-at-1-billion-yen-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-27T09:12:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/27/business/hazama-loses-1-83-billion-yen-in-first-half-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-27T09:12:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/27/business/major-banks-brace-for-loan-writeoffs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-27T09:12:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/27/national/afghans-denied-refugee-status/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-27T09:12:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/27/national/reporter-arrested-over-train-groping/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-27T09:12:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/28/business/auto-output-fell-0-8-in-october/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-28T09:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/28/national/ibaraki-governor-favors-hosting-fusion-project-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-28T09:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/28/national/khi-selected-to-build-new-sdf-planes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-28T09:00:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/28/national/tokyo-company-launches-student-run-software-companies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-28T09:00:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/28/national/ex-teacher-pleads-guilty-over-death-of-teenage-girl/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-28T09:00:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/28/national/nonlife-insurers-feel-the-pain/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-28T09:00:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/28/business/sp-places-ntt-on-creditwatch/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-28T09:01:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/28/business/yanagisawa-welcomes-pretty-big-loan-disposal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-28T09:01:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/28/national/chongryun-faces-search-over-embezzlement-case/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-28T09:01:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/28/national/bags-tracking-device-nails-thieves/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-28T09:01:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/28/business/nintendo-chief-to-invest-own-yen-in-game-startups/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-28T09:01:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/28/national/reactor-leak-traced-to-rupture-in-weld/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-28T09:01:46+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/28/national/post-offices-get-ok-to-issue-private-documents/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-28T09:01:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/28/national/aum-says-it-wants-to-pay-compensation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-28T09:01:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/28/business/fta-with-singapore-wont-be-signed-this-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-28T09:02:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/28/national/spine-removing-tool-offers-solution-in-mad-cow-battle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-28T09:02:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/28/business/u-s-set-to-rebound-not-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-28T09:03:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/28/national/sdf-ruled-out-for-mine-removal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-28T09:03:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/28/national/ariake-nori-discoloration-spreading/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-28T09:04:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/28/national/seoul-inspired-markets-publish-shopping-guide/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-28T09:04:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/28/business/tv-asahi-enjoys-1-6-profit-boost/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-28T09:04:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/28/national/u-n-seeks-ongoing-assistance-from-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-28T09:06:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/28/national/cruise-ship-freighter-collide-all-safe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-28T09:07:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/28/national/four-of-nine-rejected-afghans-to-be-deported/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-28T09:07:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/28/national/imperial-couple-off-to-mie-despite-looming-royal-birth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-28T09:07:44+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/28/national/japanese-travel-to-singapore-plunged-51-in-october/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-28T09:08:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/28/business/jtb-to-push-cheaper-package-tours/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-28T09:09:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/28/business/consolidated-tax-may-debut-after-all/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-28T09:09:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/28/national/firefighter-gets-13-years-for-arson/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-28T09:10:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/28/national/ibaraki-governor-favors-hosting-fusion-project/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-28T09:10:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/28/national/tokyo-company-launches-student-run-software-companies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-28T09:11:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/28/national/nonlife-insurers-feel-the-pain-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-28T09:11:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/28/business/sp-places-ntt-on-creditwatch-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-28T09:11:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/28/national/bags-tracking-device-nails-thieves/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-28T09:11:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/national/photographer-to-publish-60s-era-trade-center-shots/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/business/travel-event-seeks-to-ease-anxiety/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nb20011129a6a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20011129a6a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Isao Matsuhashi, chairman of the Japan Association of Travel Agents, speaks at the JATA 2001 International Congress on Tourism.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/national/ecomoney-refurbishes-society/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20011129c5a1.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20011129c5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An unidentified resident (left) of Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, receives local community currency from Yosuko Takamatsu, head of Mefu no Ouchi.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/business/nissho-iwai-to-spin-off-administrators/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/national/chongryun-executive-arrested-over-fraud/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/national/deportation-of-afghans-to-commence-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:00:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/business/daiei-founder-surrenders-scepter/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:00:52+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/business/retail-sales-plummet-4-9-worst-fall-since-january-1999/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:01:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/national/court-rejects-bid-to-evict-aum-resident/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:01:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/national/fishermen-debate-compensation-offer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:01:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/national/restaurant-worker-found-slain-in-bed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:01:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/national/work-study-for-tokyo-schools-eyed-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:01:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/business/shiokawa-backpedals-on-delaying-tax-system/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:01:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/national/kobe-kids-art-honors-n-y-victims/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:02:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/national/abused-women-32-times-more-prone-to-suicide/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:02:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/national/bangkok-to-host-tide-of-japanese-retirees/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:02:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/business/electronics-firms-reach-agreement-to-join-forces/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:02:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/national/four-war-displaced-women-to-sue-state/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:03:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/national/emperor-empress-visit-shrine-in-mie-prefecture/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:03:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/national/parents-sue-firm-over-sons-death/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:03:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/business/speculation-favors-strong-dollar-weak-yen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:04:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/national/judge-who-bought-sex-from-teens-fired-by-diet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:04:21+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20011129a5a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20011129a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo Hight Court Judge Yasuhiro Murai enters the Diet's Judges Impeachment Court.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/business/sp-puts-10-banks-under-review/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:04:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/business/vodafone-taps-morrow-for-japan-telecom/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:05:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/business/takeda-chemical-lab-to-bear-fruits-of-dna-research/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:05:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/business/sp-ranks-japan-with-italy-in-cellar-of-g7-credit-league/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:05:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/national/deadly-drunk-drivers-face-stiffer-penalties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:06:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/national/diplomats-who-skimmed-face-ax/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:07:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/national/three-nabbed-in-security-van-theft/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:07:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/business/nonaka-opposes-scrapping-ban-on-cabinet-stock-trading/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:08:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/business/life-insurers-profits-plunge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:08:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/business/20-of-telephone-calls-go-mobile/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:09:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/national/japanese-come-out-on-bottom-americans-on-top-in-sex-survey/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:09:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/national/ecomoney-refurbishes-society/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:11:03+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20011129c5a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20011129c5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An unidentified resident (left) of Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, receives local community currency from Yosuko Takamatsu, head of Mefu no Ouchi.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/business/nissho-iwai-to-spin-off-administrators/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:11:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/national/deportation-of-afghans-to-commence/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:11:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/business/daiei-founder-surrenders-scepter-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:11:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/business/retail-sales-plummet-4-9-worst-fall-since-january-1999-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:11:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/29/national/work-study-for-tokyo-schools-eyed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-29T09:12:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/30/national/celadon-unearthed-in-fukuoka-tomb/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-30T09:00:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/30/national/cram-school-chief-arrested-for-allegedly-beating-teacher/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-30T09:00:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/30/national/state-seeks-10-year-sentence-in-matsuo-embezzlement-trial/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-30T09:01:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/30/national/plan-to-scrap-highway-project-has-local-interests-up-in-arms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-30T09:01:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/30/national/cow-fetches-30-million-yen-despite-scare/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-30T09:02:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/30/national/domestic-violence-law-brings-41-court-orders/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-30T09:03:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/30/national/hike-in-workers-share-of-medical-bills-delayed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-30T09:03:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/30/business/capital-spending-may-drop-in-01-despite-planned-rise/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-30T09:03:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/30/national/tokyo-seoul-to-cooperate-on-reducing-accidents-at-sea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-30T09:04:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/30/business/jas-marks-down-its-profit-estimate-for-01/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-30T09:04:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/30/national/first-effort-in-war-on-terror-sees-airlift-of-winter-woolies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-30T09:05:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/30/national/justice-ministry-reveals-deportees-bank-deposits/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-30T09:05:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/30/business/boj-opts-to-leave-easy-monetary-policy-in-place/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-30T09:05:59+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/30/national/chongryun-hq-searched-after-embezzlement-arrests/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-30T09:06:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/30/national/elderly-folks-bond-in-makeshift-cafes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-30T09:06:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/30/business/ikeshima-coal-mine-closes-down-after-42-years/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-30T09:06:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/30/national/imperial-family-to-skip-hanshin-quake-memorial-event/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-30T09:06:44+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/30/business/state-boj-to-launch-economic-task-force/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-30T09:07:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/30/national/atomic-agency-considers-ban-on-flying-over-nuclear-facilities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-30T09:07:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/30/business/industrial-output-hit-13-year-low-in-october-report/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-30T09:07:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/30/national/ohta-angered-by-calls-for-kansai-airport-delay/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-30T09:08:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/30/national/35-year-old-dam-plan-fails-again/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-30T09:08:59+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/30/national/yakiniku-promotion-aims-to-lure-back-diners/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-30T09:09:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/30/business/japanese-carriers-log-sharp-fall-in-passengers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-30T09:09:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/30/national/panel-oks-logistic-support-for-afghan-strikes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-30T09:09:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/30/national/state-seeks-10-year-sentence-in-matsuo-embezzlement-trial-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-30T09:11:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/11/30/national/plan-to-scrap-highway-project-has-local-interests-up-in-arms-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-11-30T09:11:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/01/national/45-public-firms-rack-up-306-trillion-yen-in-liabilities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-01T09:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/01/national/asia-pacific-nations-back-plan-to-fight-corruption/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-01T09:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/01/national/motivators-instill-staff-with-a-new-enthusiasm/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-01T09:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/01/business/japan-and-mexico-seek-fta-to-solve-trade-issues/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-01T09:00:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/01/business/ford-toyota-reportedly-talk-tieup/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-01T09:00:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/01/business/dentsus-tse-debut-makes-a-big-splash/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-01T09:01:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/01/national/afghan-aid-plan-includes-offering-schools-teachers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-01T09:01:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/01/business/ministry-seeks-early-passage-of-consolidated-tax/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-01T09:01:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/01/national/internet-exchanges-planned-for-japan-china-anniversary/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-01T09:01:46+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/01/national/university-panel-approves-importing-use-of-stem-cells/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-01T09:01:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/01/national/diet-oks-deployment-of-sdf/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-01T09:01:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/01/national/net-poses-major-changes-for-news-media/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-01T09:01:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/01/business/enrons-fall-would-stifle-liberalization-hiranuma/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-01T09:02:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/01/business/tokyo-consumer-prices-continue-to-fall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-01T09:02:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/01/business/boj-keeping-more-than-14-trillion-yen-in-current-accounts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-01T09:02:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/01/business/household-spending-posts-1-6-increase/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-01T09:02:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/01/national/328-at-foreign-ministry-penalized-for-fund-misuse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-01T09:02:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/01/national/man-held-over-hyogo-boys-abduction/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-01T09:02:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/01/national/man-faces-long-stretch-for-nine-year-kidnapping/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-01T09:03:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/01/business/fujitsu-to-halt-u-s-output-of-flash-chips/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-01T09:03:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/01/business/investors-fume-as-enron-linked-funds-bleed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-01T09:03:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/01/national/minister-says-safe-cambodia-is-ideal-holiday-spot/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-01T09:03:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/01/national/jobless-rate-hits-5-4/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-01T09:04:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/01/national/okinawa-landowner-wins-u-s-base-contract-suit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-01T09:04:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/02/business/japan-russia-to-step-up-economic-ties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-02T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/02/business/ads-appear-on-exteriors-of-trains/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-02T09:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/02/national/birth-of-princess-a-delight-for-the-nation-koizumi-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-02T09:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/02/national/congratulations-on-birth-of-princess-pour-in-from-overseas/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-02T09:00:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/02/national/third-mad-cow-case-diagnosed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-02T09:01:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/02/national/310-fall-ill-after-eating-mochi-at-school-event/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-02T09:01:46+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/02/national/harry-potter-flies-into-theaters-across-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-02T09:01:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/02/national/royal-baby-expected-to-bring-14-trillion-yen-boost-to-economy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-02T09:01:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/02/national/crown-prince-stayed-near-for-birth-like-a-modern-husband/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-02T09:02:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/02/national/long-wait-over-for-royal-couple/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-02T09:02:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/02/national/series-of-rites-awaits-imperial-baby/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-02T09:02:52+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/02/national/crown-princess-masako-gives-birth-to-a-girl/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-02T09:04:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/03/national/nation-rejoices-over-birth-of-princess/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-03T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/03/business/management-buyouts-find-favor-as-restructuring-tool/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-03T09:01:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/03/national/all-three-mad-cows-probably-fed-same-formula-investigators/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-03T09:01:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/03/national/politicos-back-female-ascension-see-hurdles/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-03T09:01:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/04/national/altering-cells-seen-paving-way-for-liver-gene-therapy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-04T09:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/04/national/tv-station-settles-with-leader-of-biker-gang/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-04T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/04/business/dreaming-of-starting-your-own-business/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-04T09:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/04/national/postal-officials-admit-role-in-election-scam/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-04T09:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/04/national/teen-murderer-of-four-to-hang/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-04T09:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/04/business/moodys-mulls-downgrade-for-japan-finance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-04T09:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/04/national/lawmakers-cautiously-back-female-ascension/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-04T09:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/04/business/cabinet-stock-plan-may-be-dropped/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-04T09:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/04/business/dull-firms-blamed-for-slump/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-04T09:00:46+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nb20011204b1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20011204b1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Business Consultant Tadashi Saegusa talks about turning around ailing companies.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/04/business/drug-firms-taisho-tanabe-wont-merge-after-all/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-04T09:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/04/national/money-sought-for-mobile-doctor-service-in-rural-vietnam/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-04T09:00:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/04/business/device-to-aid-recycling-of-plastics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-04T09:01:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/04/national/italian-cleared-of-cannabis-charge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-04T09:01:52+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/04/business/compact-fluorine-generator-unveiled/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-04T09:01:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/04/business/october-tax-revenues-fall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-04T09:01:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/04/national/mexico-sets-its-sights-on-tourists-from-overseas/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-04T09:01:56+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20011204c2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20011204c2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Leticia Navarro]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/04/business/state-consortium-to-link-on-rocket-development/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-04T09:02:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/04/business/new-vehicle-sales-drop-for-third-month-in-row/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-04T09:02:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/04/national/japan-platform-ready-to-launch-relief-operations-in-afghanistan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-04T09:02:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/04/national/hotel-busts-man-for-child-sex-abroad/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-04T09:02:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/04/national/satellite-due-to-re-enter-atmosphere/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-04T09:02:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/04/business/tokyu-posts-47-5-drop-in-profits/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-04T09:03:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/04/national/proposed-sdf-gun-rules-constitutional-defense-chief/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-04T09:03:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/04/national/msdf-transport-refuels-u-s-ships/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-04T09:03:46+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/04/business/bouncy-market-searches-for-clues/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-04T09:03:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/04/national/firms-slow-to-calculate-gas-emissions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-04T09:03:59+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/04/national/enrons-failure-threatens-power-plant-plans-in-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-04T09:04:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/04/national/city-in-gifu-votes-to-tax-nagoya-waste/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-04T09:04:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/04/national/online-history-archive-opens-with-ldp-spin/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-04T09:04:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/04/national/89-illegal-chinese-to-be-deported/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-04T09:04:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/04/national/man-arrested-over-child-sex-abroad/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-04T09:05:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/05/business/moodys-downgrades-japans-domestic-bonds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-05T09:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/05/business/oji-paper-unit-to-take-over-production-of-liners-corrugated-medium/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-05T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/05/national/state-postpones-plan-to-release-shares-in-three-jr-firms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-05T09:00:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/05/national/surnames-bill-put-on-back-burner/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-05T09:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/05/national/years-of-pain-seen-before-any-growth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-05T09:00:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/05/national/harry-potter-attracts-record-numbers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-05T09:00:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/05/business/sanyo-kodak-to-jointly-produce-organic-electroluminescent-panels/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-05T09:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/05/national/more-mad-cow-cases-coming-agriculture-minister-warns/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-05T09:00:44+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/05/national/nago-likely-to-offer-reef-as-site-for-new-airport/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-05T09:01:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/05/national/nations-teenagers-strong-in-math-but-weak-in-intellectual-curiosity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-05T09:01:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/05/business/foreign-direct-investment-slides-18-7/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-05T09:01:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/05/national/satellite-comes-down-in-atlantic/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-05T09:01:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/05/business/happoshu-hike-opposed-by-koizumi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-05T09:01:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/05/national/cjd-plaintiffs-seek-60-million-yen-each/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-05T09:02:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/05/national/hotel-tax-aired-at-tokyo-assembly/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-05T09:02:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/05/national/koizumi-asks-for-restraint-in-mideast/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-05T09:02:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/05/business/stock-rally-may-be-corporate-red-herring/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-05T09:02:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/05/national/eight-japanese-words-added-to-collins/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-05T09:02:44+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/05/national/lower-house-approves-royal-congratulations-messages/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-05T09:02:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/05/business/steel-firms-look-to-cut-costs-with-tieup/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-05T09:03:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/05/business/nissho-iwai-samsung-plan-joint-expansion-in-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-05T09:03:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/05/national/government-to-allow-11-refugees/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-05T09:03:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/05/national/four-condo-execs-held-over-illegal-accounting/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-05T09:03:24+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20011205a5a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20011205a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Junichi Ohira]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/05/national/police-reprimanded-over-sex-club-visit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-05T09:03:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/05/national/sudan-urges-resumption-of-economic-cooperation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-05T09:03:49+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20011205b3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20011205b3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Eltigani S. Fidail]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/05/business/cal-chief-weighs-realities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-05T09:03:54+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nb20011205b1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20011205b1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Christine Tsung]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/05/business/oecd-proposes-allowing-boj-to-buy-foreign-assets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-05T09:04:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/05/national/dismantling-of-nations-first-nuclear-plant-begins/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-05T09:04:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/06/national/ex-itoman-chief-to-pay-2-billion-yen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-06T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/06/national/police-arrest-credit-union-chairmen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-06T09:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/06/national/forests-eyed-for-bulk-of-greenhouse-cuts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-06T09:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/06/national/3142-hyogo-kids-suffering-seven-years-after-earthquake/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-06T09:00:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/06/national/ministry-mulls-changes-to-travel-advisory-system/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-06T09:00:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/06/national/science-health/female-langurs-get-empowered/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-06T09:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/06/business/not-all-auto-industry-restructuring-drives-get-same-mileage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-06T09:01:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/06/business/capital-spending-by-manufacturers-suffers-2-7-drop/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-06T09:01:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/06/business/cabinet-approves-budget-plan-modified-to-please-coalition/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-06T09:01:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/06/national/group-to-rally-ngos-next-week-over-afghan-aid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-06T09:01:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/06/business/margin-buys-bust-downtrend/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-06T09:01:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/06/business/koizumi-says-he-stands-by-pledge-to-shift-road-funds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-06T09:02:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/06/national/sachiyo-nomura-arrested-in-tax-probe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-06T09:02:10+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20011206a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20011206a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sachiyo Nomura]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/06/business/aso-envisions-massive-bond-spending/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-06T09:02:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/06/business/singapore-carrier-to-up-tokyo-flights/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-06T09:02:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/06/national/women-call-on-crown-princess-to-do-it-her-way/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-06T09:02:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/06/national/students-fail-in-apparent-suicide-bid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-06T09:02:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/06/national/woman-gets-14-years-for-strangling-girl/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-06T09:02:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/06/business/firms-predict-18-8-profit-drop/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-06T09:03:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/06/national/kamei-camp-requests-halt-to-executions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-06T09:03:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/06/business/mycal-will-not-pay-winter-bonus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-06T09:03:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/06/business/hondas-new-plant-in-u-s-brings-output-to-1-21-million/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-06T09:03:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/06/national/bookstores-cashing-in-on-royal-birth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-06T09:03:31+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20011206b2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20011206b2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shoppers browse in a special section devoted to books on the royal family at the Sanseido bookstore in Tokyo's Kanda district earlier this week.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/06/business/dollar-positive-factors-may-push-yen-down/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-06T09:03:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/06/business/revised-code-limits-liability-of-executives/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-06T09:03:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/06/business/okuda-asks-for-sense-of-urgency/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-06T09:03:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/06/national/mad-cow-probe-turns-to-fish-in-cattle-feed-mix/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-06T09:03:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/06/national/kindergarten-struck-by-dysentery/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-06T09:05:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/06/national/firm-city-to-pay-for-broken-leg/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-06T09:05:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/06/national/terrorism-took-record-toll-on-overseas-travel-in-october/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-06T09:05:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/07/business/teijin-pulls-out-of-power-selling-study-thanks-to-enron/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-07T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/07/business/lack-of-urgency-widens-stock-market-schism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-07T09:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/07/national/aoki-goes-under-with-522-billion-yen-in-liabilities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-07T09:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/07/business/expect-more-firms-to-follow-aoki-as-banks-clean-loan-mess/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-07T09:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/07/national/elderly-yamagata-man-held-over-deaths-of-in-laws/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-07T09:00:46+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/07/national/localities-should-have-bet-racing-would-lose-popularity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-07T09:01:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/07/business/two-pipe-makers-agree-to-set-up-joint-company/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-07T09:01:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/07/national/high-pressure-burst-nuclear-pipe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-07T09:01:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/07/business/deregulation-panel-seeks-to-relax-medical-advertising-curbs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-07T09:01:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/07/national/japan-to-go-to-work-on-its-image-as-a-looter-of-cultural-treasures/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-07T09:01:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/07/national/treaty-on-deadly-chemicals-to-go-before-diet-soon/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-07T09:01:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/07/national/former-foot-cult-deputy-gets-five-years-for-fraud/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-07T09:01:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/07/business/surplus-expected-to-plunge-39-5/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-07T09:01:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/07/national/bush-adviser-discusses-energy-policy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-07T09:01:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/07/national/peacekeeping-bill-clears-final-panel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-07T09:01:59+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/07/business/boj-is-urged-to-consider-buying-foreign-bonds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-07T09:02:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/07/national/experts-seek-fund-to-help-overseas-a-bomb-survivors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-07T09:02:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/07/business/no-quick-fix-seen-in-china-farm-trade-dispute/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-07T09:02:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/07/business/japan-set-to-ratify-94-treaty-on-soviet-energy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-07T09:03:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/07/national/attack-response-legislation-on-the-way/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-07T09:03:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/07/business/economy-still-lagging-under-50/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-07T09:03:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/08/business/new-bill-boosts-rccs-bad-loan-powers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-08T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/08/national/draft-of-justice-ministry-human-rights-plan-focuses-on-vulnerable-groups/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-08T09:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/08/business/diet-passes-bill-to-help-middle-aged-elderly-find-work/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-08T09:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/08/business/japans-last-coal-mine-tells-union-of-closure-plan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-08T09:00:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/08/national/japan-may-loan-sdf-to-remove-mines/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-08T09:00:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/08/business/railway-files-for-court-protection/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-08T09:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/08/business/10000-matsushita-workers-apply-for-retirement-scheme/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-08T09:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/08/business/growth-forecast-at-minus-0-3/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-08T09:01:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/08/business/china-starts-dumping-probe-of-firms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-08T09:01:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/08/national/u-s-code-said-cracked-in-41/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-08T09:01:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/08/national/filming-reveals-gold-leaf-use-at-kitora-tomb/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-08T09:01:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/08/national/newborn-princess-given-name-aiko/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-08T09:01:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/08/national/municipalities-backing-out-of-money-losing-racing-sports/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-08T09:01:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/08/national/scrapie-infected-sheep-feared-used-in-cow-feed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-08T09:02:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/08/business/international-transition-team-works-out-details-of-global-aids-fund/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-08T09:03:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/08/business/foreigners-net-buyers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-08T09:03:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/08/business/reduction-in-states-jt-stocks-sought/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-08T09:03:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/08/national/ruins-of-structures-shed-new-light-on-second-century-culture/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-08T09:03:52+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/08/national/chinese-activist-expresses-delight-at-refugee-status/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-08T09:04:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/08/national/latest-numbers-spell-recession/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-08T09:04:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/08/national/women-in-business-eye-support-base/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-08T09:05:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/09/national/end-to-fishing-rights-sought-to-push-dam-project-through/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-09T09:00:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/09/national/doctors-drop-plan-to-use-pig-cells-for-liver/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-09T09:00:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/09/national/jazz-singer-only-trying-to-make-today-better-than-yesterday/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-09T09:00:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/09/national/new-nobel-laureate-noyori-says-chemistry-is-beautiful/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-09T09:01:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/09/national/kazakstan-envoy-hands-over-details-of-postwar-detainees/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-09T09:01:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/09/national/researchers-testing-substance-that-fights-cholera/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-09T09:01:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/09/national/koizumi-eu-chiefs-hold-talks-on-improving-ties-afghanistan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-09T09:02:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/09/national/koizumi-mulls-new-defense-legislation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-09T09:03:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/09/national/princesses-leave-hospital-for-palace/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-09T09:03:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/09/national/bush-praises-japan-for-war-on-terrorism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-09T09:03:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/09/business/jichiro-execs-knew-of-tax-evasion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-09T09:03:44+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/09/national/oysters-blamed-for-west-japan-dysentery-cases/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-09T09:04:46+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/11/business/matsushita-to-close-three-factories/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-11T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/11/national/mongolia-monument-honors-prisoners/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-11T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/11/business/machinery-orders-drop-10-1/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-11T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/11/national/obituaries-chieko-hara-edoya-nekohachi-iii/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-11T09:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/11/business/ufj-to-sell-united-california-to-bnp-paribas/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-11T09:00:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/11/business/credit-cards-used-less-in-october/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-11T09:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/11/national/nagoya-university-ecole-nationale-to-jointly-offer-mba/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-11T09:01:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/11/business/cable-wireless-eyes-psinet-unit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-11T09:01:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/11/business/nikkei-set-to-test-11500/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-11T09:01:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/11/national/sunk-ship-produces-illegal-entrants/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-11T09:01:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/11/business/meti-to-urge-steelmakers-to-cut-production/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-11T09:01:52+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/11/national/teikyo-accused-of-hiding-180-million-yen-in-income/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-11T09:02:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/11/national/bell-tolls-on-last-sake-class/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-11T09:02:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/11/national/stem-cells-used-to-heal-monkey-spines/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-11T09:02:52+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/11/business/targets-of-extra-budget-decided-upon/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-11T09:02:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/11/business/starwood-to-manage-seagaia-resort/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-11T09:02:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/11/business/swiss-drug-giant-roche-to-get-control-of-chugai/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-11T09:03:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/11/business/kansai-businessmen-push-to-continue-second-runway/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-11T09:03:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/11/national/extremism-fills-intellectual-void/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-11T09:03:54+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20011211b5a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20011211b5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiromi Shimada]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/11/national/big-drop-expected-in-overseas-travel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-11T09:04:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/11/national/state-moves-to-redesign-riverbanks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-11T09:04:44+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/11/national/ministry-denies-role-in-pro-mbm-report/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-11T09:04:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/11/national/accusation-filed-against-jichiro/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-11T09:04:59+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/12/business/chemical-firms-agree-to-pay-23-million-in-u-s-lawsuit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-12T09:00:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/12/national/japan-china-fail-to-mend-trade-rift-in-last-ditch-effort/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-12T09:00:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/12/business/marubeni-microsoft-to-launch-shared-hosting-business/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-12T09:00:44+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/12/national/british-sisters-reach-settlement-over-jal-crash-payout/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-12T09:00:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/12/business/japan-mexico-to-hold-fta-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-12T09:01:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/12/national/u-s-architects-award-medal-to-ando/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-12T09:01:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/12/national/a-nobel-moment-for-chemist/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-12T09:01:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/12/national/satellite-to-help-japanese-in-danger-zones/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-12T09:01:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/12/national/u-s-airman-in-rape-trial-says-sex-was-consensual/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-12T09:01:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/12/national/aid-in-works-for-hibakusha-living-abroad/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-12T09:01:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/12/business/gist-of-deregulation-steps/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-12T09:01:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/12/business/sumitomo-metal-to-bolster-nippon-kobe-steel-alliance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-12T09:01:44+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/12/national/agency-to-translate-fema-terrorism-response-manual/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-12T09:02:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/12/business/operating-in-japan-priciest/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-12T09:02:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/12/national/state-making-slow-progress-on-environment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-12T09:02:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/12/national/ministry-pushes-ahead-with-dam/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-12T09:02:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/12/business/enron-japan-files-for-bankruptcy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-12T09:02:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/12/business/state-likely-to-cut-stake-in-japan-tobacco/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-12T09:02:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/12/business/tax-breaks-for-elderly-to-be-repealed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-12T09:02:59+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/12/business/boj-maverick-urges-purchasing-of-foreign-bonds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-12T09:03:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/12/national/jr-east-to-open-english-language-web-site/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-12T09:03:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/12/business/economy-watcher-index-up/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-12T09:03:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/12/business/ntt-sce-agree-on-fast-link-for-playstation2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-12T09:03:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/12/business/deregulation-measures-target-health-and-labor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-12T09:03:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/12/national/sake-purists-are-feeling-the-pinch-as-recession-reins-in-the-big-spenders/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-12T09:03:50+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20011212c2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20011212c2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Workers monitor a bottling line for Koshino Kanbai, a famous sake maker, at a factory in Niigata.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/12/national/first-npos-selected-for-special-tax-treatment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-12T09:03:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/12/national/marrow-bank-struggles-to-meet-demand/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-12T09:04:03+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20011212b9a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20011212b9a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A nurse draws from Katsumi Furusawa of Chuo Ward, Tokyo, as part of the registration procedure for bone marrow donors in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/12/business/some-see-weak-yen-as-last-ditch-policy-ploy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-12T09:04:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/12/national/out-of-court-settlement-reached-in-daiwa-case/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-12T09:04:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/12/national/the-emperor-meets-with-vajpayee/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-12T09:04:52+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/12/national/afghan-ngos-explain-obstacles-to-reconstruction/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-12T09:05:18+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20011212a7a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20011212a7a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Azizurrahman Rafiee addresses a conference in Toyo about rebuilding Afghanistan.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/12/national/safety-a-priority-for-marrow-foundation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-12T09:05:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/13/national/snow-brand-to-dispute-link-to-death/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-13T09:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/13/business/u-s-concern-growing-over-japans-economy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-13T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/13/business/beer-and-happoshu-shipments-slip/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-13T09:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/13/national/nagoya-told-to-rescind-cultists-housing-rejection/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-13T09:00:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/13/business/experts-offer-solutions-for-japans-malaise/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-13T09:00:50+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nb20011213b6a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20011213b6a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Arthur J. Alexander (left) speaks at a recent symposium. Other panelists are (from left): Nariman Behravesh, Kimberly Ann Elliott, Marvin H. Kosters and Robert Z. Aliber.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/13/national/treasurer-gets-12-years-for-fraud/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-13T09:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/13/national/over-60000-fires-reported-in-the-last-year-up-6-7/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-13T09:00:59+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/13/national/ex-jichiro-executives-indicted-over-tax-evasion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-13T09:01:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/13/national/state-bars-three-countries-from-donating-organs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-13T09:01:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/13/business/tankan-reveals-sentiment-falling-but-not-as-steeply/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-13T09:01:38+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nb20011213a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20011213a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/13/business/hitachi-corning-in-cable-venture/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-13T09:01:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/13/national/40-sue-koizumi-over-yasukuni-visit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-13T09:01:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/13/business/ldp-panel-nixes-tax-hike-plans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-13T09:02:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/13/business/bond-issues-a-given-but-who-will-buy-them/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-13T09:02:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/13/national/college-targeted-for-visa-violations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-13T09:02:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/13/business/mazda-to-assemble-familias-in-china-next-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-13T09:02:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/13/business/yoshinoya-to-open-in-philippines/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-13T09:02:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/13/business/panel-threatens-ntt-with-splitup/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-13T09:03:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/13/national/readers-reach-out-with-fund/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-13T09:03:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/13/business/chinese-farm-group-imposes-own-export-curbs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-13T09:03:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/13/business/daiwa-bank-holdings-established/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-13T09:03:20+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nb20011213a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20011213a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yasuhisa Katsuta, president of Daiwa Bank Holdings Inc., is flanked by directors Masao Nomura (left) and Yasuhiro Takatani at a hotel in Osaka.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/13/business/arabian-oil-kuwait-nearing-deal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-13T09:03:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/13/national/sake-brewers-seeking-to-please-palates-overseas/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-13T09:03:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/13/business/seiko-unit-to-produce-in-thailand/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-13T09:03:52+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/13/business/big-steelmakers-make-it-official/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-13T09:04:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/13/national/fishery-meeting-reels-in-160-people/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-13T09:04:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/13/national/kaneko-warms-to-isahaya-bay-deal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-13T09:04:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/13/national/afghan-aid-groups-persevere-despite-danger/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-13T09:05:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/13/national/asylum-seekers-fates-hang-in-balance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-13T09:05:14+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20011213b5a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20011213b5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mahammad Dahwd (center), along with fellow Afghan asylum-seeker Abdul Samad Afmadi (left) and one of their lawyers, Koichi Kodama, explains at a Diet building in Tokyo the dangers he says he faces should he return to Afghanistan.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/13/national/ministry-opens-counterterrorism-office/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-13T09:05:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/13/national/four-afghans-denied-refugee-status-take-case-to-court/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-13T09:05:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/13/national/msdf-docks-in-karachi-with-supplies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-13T09:05:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/14/national/landowners-in-okinawa-appeal-u-s-lease-ruling/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-14T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/14/national/device-to-scan-body-shape-promises-better-fitting-goods/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-14T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/14/national/afghan-conference-adopts-appeal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-14T09:00:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/14/business/japan-to-get-xbox-console-feb-22/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-14T09:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/14/national/lift-age-for-retirement-medical-services-proposal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-14T09:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/14/national/japan-prize-awarded-to-web-inventor-biologists/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-14T09:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/14/business/sharp-considers-ditching-its-one-and-all-salary-system/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-14T09:01:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/14/national/child-abuse-deaths-post-30-rise/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-14T09:01:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/14/business/kagome-to-buy-control-in-heinz-unit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-14T09:01:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/14/national/court-awards-redress-to-four-without-acquittal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-14T09:01:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/14/national/foreign-ministry-officials-to-give-to-charity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-14T09:01:44+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/14/national/clinic-offers-sleep-apnea-diagnosis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-14T09:02:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/14/business/bad-loans-not-only-drag/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-14T09:02:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/14/business/japan-plans-new-chinese-import-curbs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-14T09:02:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/14/business/showa-denko-to-ax-1000-workers-slash-salaries-33/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-14T09:03:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/14/business/current-account-surplus-up-14/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-14T09:03:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/14/national/30-roadwork-firms-searched-over-suspected-bid-rigging/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-14T09:03:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/14/business/mmc-contracts-ibm-to-manage-its-it-system/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-14T09:03:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/14/national/obituary-kichiro-tazawa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-14T09:04:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/14/national/death-penalty-upheld-for-former-cultist/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-14T09:05:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/15/national/spirited-away-shares-culture-award/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-15T09:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/15/business/most-japan-firms-in-china-suffering-due-to-fake-goods-survey/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-15T09:00:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/15/business/kirin-to-buy-stake-in-san-miguel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-15T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/15/business/banks-to-get-cash-if-crisis-hits-yanagisawa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-15T09:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/15/national/tax-reforms-to-result-in-30-billion-yen-revenue-loss/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-15T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/15/business/government-tax-panel-calls-for-overhaul-of-system/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-15T09:00:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/15/national/financial-entities-overhaul-may-be-shelved-fukuda-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-15T09:00:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/15/national/japan-to-cohost-global-conference-on-child-sexual-exploitation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-15T09:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/15/national/ishihara-criticizes-bright-lights-at-air-base/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-15T09:00:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/15/business/investment-pact-near-for-tokyo-seoul/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-15T09:01:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/15/national/afghanistan-promised-education-support/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-15T09:01:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/15/business/tax-reform-debate-had-nowhere-else-to-go/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-15T09:01:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/15/national/police-officer-in-tokyo-is-arrested-for-allegedly-paying-teenager-for-sex/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-15T09:01:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/15/business/extra-budget-includes-green-funding/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-15T09:01:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/15/national/consumers-chasing-peace-of-mind-dentsu/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-15T09:01:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/15/national/koban-comes-to-cambodia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-15T09:01:59+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/15/national/dating-service-operator-held-for-abetting-sex-with-minors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-15T09:02:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/15/national/stored-unchecked-beef-set-to-be-incinerated/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-15T09:02:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/15/business/tax-revenue-expected-to-hit-15-year-low/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-15T09:02:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/15/national/embassy-asked-to-mediate-cjd-case/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-15T09:02:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/15/national/koizumi-is-hoping-to-stay-abreast-of-u-s-abm-pullout/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-15T09:02:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/15/business/november-bankruptcies-surge-10-to-new-high/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-15T09:02:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/15/business/euro-launch-seen-helping-japanese/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-15T09:02:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/15/business/u-s-not-after-weak-yen-hubbard/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-15T09:03:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/15/national/traps-planned-to-corral-pesky-tokyo-crows/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-15T09:04:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/15/national/cult-leader-sengoku-jesus-dies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-15T09:05:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/15/national/diploma-spells-dignity-for-hansens-patient-81/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-15T09:05:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/16/national/survey-begins-on-mount-unzen-lava-flow/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-16T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/16/national/43-of-teachers-failed-to-report-child-abuse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-16T09:01:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/16/national/nepalese-man-awaiting-murder-ruling-sees-wife-for-first-time-in-eight-years/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-16T09:01:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/16/national/250-billion-yen-shifted-from-tax-for-roads/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-16T09:01:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/16/national/pharmacists-ban-smoking-in-their-stores/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-16T09:01:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/16/national/65-worried-or-uncertain-about-their-lives-survey/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-16T09:01:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/16/business/children-file-snow-brand-complaint/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-16T09:01:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/16/business/nomura-research-unit-to-join-tse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-16T09:01:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/16/national/kyoto-university-physicians-devise-chair-robics-regime/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-16T09:02:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/16/national/experts-mull-japan-china-relationship-at-conference/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-16T09:02:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/17/national/human-security-panel-kicks-off-two-day-meeting/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-17T09:00:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/17/national/special-loan-program-in-asia-may-be-extended/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-17T09:00:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/17/national/churches-provide-christmas-services/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-17T09:00:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/17/national/robbers-break-into-tokyo-home-steal-100-million-yen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-17T09:01:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/17/national/ex-publisher-drug-smuggler-kadokawa-gets-medical-jail/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-17T09:01:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/17/business/think-tanks-negative-on-02-economy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-17T09:02:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/17/national/shiodome-development-to-spruce-up-center-of-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-17T09:02:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/17/business/discount-chains-thrive-amid-ginzas-chic-boutiques/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-17T09:02:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/17/national/ethics-panel-approves-using-fertilized-eggs-for-stem-cells/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-17T09:02:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/17/national/japan-to-step-up-effort-to-steer-soviet-brains-away-from-rogues/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-17T09:03:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/17/national/japan-to-support-intellectual-property-rights-at-last/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-17T09:04:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/17/national/shakuhachi-performer-shimabara-dies-at-100/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-17T09:04:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/17/national/museum-weaves-tale-of-tokyos-role-in-history-of-dyed-goods/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-17T09:04:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/17/national/trio-tops-nearly-100-mountains-in-campaign-against-land-mines/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-17T09:05:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/18/national/only-half-of-high-school-grads-find-jobs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-18T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/18/national/train-kills-four-in-car-at-bike-crossing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-18T09:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/18/national/mom-daughter-die-in-murder-suicide/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-18T09:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/18/business/nomura-research-makes-firm-tse-debut/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-18T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/18/national/fairer-pension-for-women-sought/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-18T09:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/18/national/dud-mine-closes-chirihama-beach/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-18T09:00:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/18/business/rampaging-egos-make-perfect-targets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-18T09:00:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/18/business/boj-vows-action-if-bank-crisis-hits/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-18T09:01:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/18/national/farm-ministry-launches-cow-tagging-campaign/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-18T09:01:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/18/national/boar-hunter-accidentally-shot-twice/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-18T09:01:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/18/national/security-panel-sees-paradigm-shift/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-18T09:01:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/18/business/build-toward-kyoto-goals-panel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-18T09:01:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/18/national/ex-chogin-executives-held-over-illicit-loans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-18T09:01:50+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20011218a5a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20011218a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiding behind a coat, Kim Yong Ho leaves his home in Nakamura Ward in Nagoya for questioning by police.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/18/business/jetro-poll-finds-firms-eager-to-invest-in-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-18T09:01:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/18/business/firms-codevelop-powerful-fuel-cell/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-18T09:01:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/18/business/cabinet-office-retains-negative-economic-view/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-18T09:02:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/18/business/u-s-pickup-set-to-revive-tokyo-market/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-18T09:02:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/18/national/kagawa-clamps-down-on-illegal-dumping/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-18T09:02:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/18/national/more-females-left-jobs-than-were-hired-in-01-first-half/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-18T09:02:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/18/national/obituary-hiroshi-minami/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-18T09:02:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/18/business/sales-at-tokyo-stores-rise-1-5/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-18T09:02:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/18/national/child-exploitation-confab-opens/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-18T09:02:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/18/national/scholars-note-99-find-of-rare-sutra-copy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-18T09:02:58+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20011218c1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20011218c1a.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/18/business/yasuda-nissan-taisei-fire-insurers-call-off-merger/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-18T09:03:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/18/business/nikko-asset-chief-takes-fall-for-mmf-plunge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-18T09:03:59+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/18/national/bu-alumni-to-establish-scholarship/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-18T09:04:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/18/national/feb-23-designated-mount-fuji-day/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-18T09:05:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/19/business/japanese-firms-lament-chinas-pesky-quarantine-rules/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-19T09:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/19/business/2001-pay-raises-smallest-on-record/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-19T09:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/19/business/sour-bonds-to-cost-hsbc-680-million/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-19T09:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/19/national/suicide-suspected-in-auto-inferno/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-19T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/19/business/tokyo-beijing-enter-last-ditch-round-of-trade-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-19T09:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/19/national/wife-killer-is-given-death-sentence/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-19T09:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/19/national/senior-chongryun-official-indicted-over-embezzlement/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-19T09:00:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/19/business/no-trading-for-ministers-fukuda-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-19T09:01:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/19/national/hunt-off-for-missing-japanese-pyongyang/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-19T09:01:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/19/national/pediatrics-strained-to-breaking-point/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-19T09:01:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/19/national/fires-rose-over-60000-mark-in-2000/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-19T09:01:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/19/business/son-to-get-into-the-phone-business/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-19T09:01:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/19/national/visa-sweep-nets-over-20-in-shinjuku/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-19T09:02:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/19/national/supreme-court-gets-second-female-justice/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-19T09:02:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/19/national/imf-talks-down-yen-upgrades-forecast-for-japans-economy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-19T09:02:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/19/national/foreign-retailers-relying-on-adaptability-to-survive/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-19T09:02:45+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20011219c1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20011219c1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shoppers browse through an array of goods piled up in a Costco Wholesale Japan Ltd. retail warehouse in Makuhari, Chiba Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/19/national/governments-to-pay-over-bullying/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-19T09:02:55+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20011219a5a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20011219a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sonoko Osawa carries a photo of her son, Hidetake, as she and her husband, Hideaki, enter the Fukuoka District Court.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/19/business/toshiba-to-pull-out-of-drams/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-19T09:03:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/19/national/wholesalers-still-clinging-on/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-19T09:03:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/19/business/yoshinoya-celebrates-1000th-store/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-19T09:03:46+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/19/national/black-lung-plaintiffs-awarded-1-6-billion-yen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-19T09:04:42+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20011219a7a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20011219a7a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Plaintiffs in a black lung disease lawsuit and their supporters applaud outside the Fukuoka District Court after learning the court ruled in their favor.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/19/national/red-cross-seeks-bigger-effort-from-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-19T09:05:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/19/national/captured-housing-exec-grilled-over-embezzlement/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-19T09:05:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/19/national/death-sought-for-alleged-child-killer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-19T09:05:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/20/business/powell-urges-hastening-of-reform-push/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-20T09:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/20/national/two-chiba-policemen-held-for-alleged-unlicensed-driving/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-20T09:00:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/20/national/war-memorial-panel-holds-first-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-20T09:00:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/20/business/wary-foreign-investors-shunning-indonesia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-20T09:00:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/20/national/science-health/extra-terrestrial-squid-seen-in-the-abyss/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-20T09:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/20/business/ogi-ishihara-ok-haneda-runway/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-20T09:00:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/20/national/british-reporter-held-in-hit-and-run/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-20T09:01:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/20/business/mitsui-to-boost-foundation-funds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-20T09:01:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/20/national/professor-suspended-for-harassment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-20T09:01:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/20/business/does-a-sell-japan-scenario-loom-again/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-20T09:01:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/20/national/atomic-bomb-survivors-seek-official-recognition/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-20T09:01:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/20/business/japanese-enron-units-go-under/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-20T09:02:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/20/national/state-budget-for-2002-unveiled/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-20T09:02:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/20/national/service-held-for-independence-hero/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-20T09:02:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/20/national/kin-of-missing-slam-pyongyang-move/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-20T09:02:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/20/business/boj-to-further-ease-its-monetary-policy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-20T09:02:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/20/business/china-puts-forth-new-proposal-regarding-trade-rift/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-20T09:02:52+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/20/business/zero-growth-in-gdp-forecast-for-fiscal-02/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-20T09:03:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/20/business/japans-food-self-sufficiency-remains-unchanged-at-40/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-20T09:03:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/20/national/oecd-clinches-deal-for-world-steel-cut/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-20T09:03:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/20/business/sanyo-to-introduce-work-share-system/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-20T09:03:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/20/national/high-court-reverses-ruling-that-freed-afghan-refugees/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-20T09:03:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/20/business/kotobukiya-files-for-court-protection/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-20T09:03:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/20/national/immigration-woes-threaten-fates-of-college-chinese-students/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-20T09:03:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/20/business/fujisawa-dutch-firm-enter-tieup/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-20T09:03:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/20/national/armenia-chief-condemns-terrorism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-20T09:04:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/20/national/osaka-based-drugstore-penalized-for-undeclared-income/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-20T09:04:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/20/national/former-judges-wife-sentenced/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-20T09:04:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/20/national/up-to-three-years-sought-for-former-ltcb-execs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-20T09:04:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/20/national/accident-victims-want-damages-reassessed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-20T09:05:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/21/national/police-toughen-measures-against-drunken-driving/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-21T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/21/national/fastest-roller-coaster-a-study-in-g-force/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-21T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/21/business/japan-to-provide-armenia-with-grant-package/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-21T09:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/21/national/teen-killer-moved-to-reformatory/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-21T09:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/21/national/child-exploitation-congress-closes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-21T09:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/21/business/hitachi-to-sell-off-monorail-service/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-21T09:00:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/21/business/japan-china-plan-last-ditch-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-21T09:00:59+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/21/national/false-imprisonment-suit-rejected/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-21T09:01:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/21/business/thailands-fta-idea-has-bureaucrats-troubled/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-21T09:02:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/21/business/boj-lowers-economic-view-again/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-21T09:02:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/21/national/ehime-maru-items-returned-to-families/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-21T09:02:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/21/business/koizumi-should-have-tried-to-cap-deflation-instead/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-21T09:02:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/21/national/how-do-you-say-glay-in-chinese/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-21T09:03:44+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/21/business/domestic-car-sales-expected-to-fall-for-second-year-in-row/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-21T09:03:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/22/national/suspected-embezzlers-wife-keeping-the-cash/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-22T09:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/22/business/nikko-cordial-buys-bonds-to-help-unit-repay-investors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-22T09:00:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/22/national/youth-sentenced-for-killing-woman/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-22T09:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/22/business/ldps-aizawa-presses-the-boj-to-target-inflation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-22T09:00:52+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/22/national/children-of-suicide-victims-seek-help-in-alleviating-social-discrimination/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-22T09:01:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/22/business/nkk-and-kawasaki-steel-to-team-up-as-jfe-group/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-22T09:01:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/22/business/automakers-happy-farmers-angry/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-22T09:01:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/22/national/ogata-likely-to-be-named-joint-chair-of-afghan-conference/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-22T09:01:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/22/national/ex-officers-in-drug-coverup-case-indicted/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-22T09:02:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/22/business/ufj-financial-group-pulls-a-switch-on-choice-for-new-sanwa-chief/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-22T09:02:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/22/business/state-seen-stalling-on-international-labor-standards/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-22T09:02:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/22/national/delegates-hit-japan-for-inaction/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-22T09:02:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/22/business/panel-proposes-nhk-online-limits/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-22T09:02:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/22/national/japan-agrees-to-repeal-curbs-in-spat-with-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-22T09:02:44+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/22/business/pundits-see-japan-china-spat-as-just-the-beginning/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-22T09:02:46+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/22/national/youth-activists-issue-challenge-to-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-22T09:02:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/22/business/cheap-burger-policy-under-review/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-22T09:03:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/22/national/penal-code-violations-leap-to-record-high-2-5-million/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-22T09:03:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/22/business/governments-wait-to-see-how-far-yen-will-fall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-22T09:03:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/22/business/toyota-and-ford-talks-on-alliance-going-nowhere/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-22T09:04:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/22/national/leader-of-gang-ruled-culpable-while-in-prison/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-22T09:05:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/22/national/bloc-agrees-to-reform-civil-servant-pay-system/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-22T09:05:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/22/national/child-sex-abuse-victim-asks-society-to-care/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-22T09:05:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/23/national/classmates-opened-interpreters-eyes-to-east-europe-states/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-23T09:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/23/national/coast-guard-sinks-suspect-ship-in-east-china-sea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-23T09:00:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/23/national/theater-accident-leaves-one-dead-four-hurt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-23T09:01:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/23/national/government-admits-rejecting-report-that-warned-of-bse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-23T09:01:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/23/national/centers-pigs-to-provide-transplant-organs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-23T09:02:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/23/national/teikyo-university-chief-to-quit-post-in-admissions-scandal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-23T09:02:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/23/national/fertility-panel-rejects-use-of-eggs-sperm-from-third-parties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-23T09:02:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/23/national/volunteer-group-cheers-up-palestinian-refugees-with-cakes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-23T09:03:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/23/national/foreigners-may-join-panel-on-protection-of-human-rights/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-23T09:03:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/23/national/engineer-in-hospital-exposed-to-massive-dose-of-radiation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-23T09:03:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/23/national/womens-rights-activist-kato-dies-at-104/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-23T09:04:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/23/national/new-year-travel-by-train-likely-to-peak-dec-29-30/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-23T09:05:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/24/national/arafat-asks-japan-to-talk-down-israel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-24T09:00:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/24/national/coast-guard-ships-retrieve-bodies-of-two-suspected-spies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-24T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/24/national/locals-fear-u-k-hooligans-will-rain-on-world-cup-parade/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-24T09:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/24/national/foreign-ministry-to-require-diplomats-use-receipts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-24T09:01:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/24/national/emperor-celebrates-68th-birthday-at-palace/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-24T09:01:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/24/national/koizumi-justifies-shots-fired-at-mystery-ship/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-24T09:02:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/24/national/marathoners-get-good-look-at-nearly-recovered-kobe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-24T09:02:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/24/national/sun-shines-on-usj-theme-park-as-rest-of-city-basks-in-gloom/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-24T09:03:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/24/national/tax-evasion-case-reveals-connivery-behind-kepcos-nuclear-plant-quest/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-24T09:04:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/24/national/mobile-libraries-closing-as-funds-readers-fade/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-24T09:04:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/24/national/new-afghan-leader-to-attend-reconstruction-conference/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-24T09:04:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/25/national/shelters-for-domestic-violence-victims-facing-difficulties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-25T09:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/25/national/game-designer-makes-watch-list/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-25T09:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/25/national/koizumi-orders-review-of-spy-ship-response/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-25T09:00:46+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20011225a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20011225a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan Coast Guard officials point out the damage inflicted on the patrol boat Amami by a suspected spy ship.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/25/national/knife-wielding-teen-held-in-hostage-incident/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-25T09:01:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/25/national/pollution-case-could-set-new-precedent/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-25T09:01:35+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20011225b3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20011225b3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Plaintiffs meet with Environment Ministry officials on Dec. 18 to demand that the government set up a system to fund medical treatment for Tokyo residents suffering from pollution-induced respiratory illnesses.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/25/national/koizumi-tops-list-as-biggest-domestic-news-story-of-2001/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-25T09:01:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/25/national/ngo-to-assist-afghan-refugees-from-iran-base/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-25T09:02:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/25/business/political-parties-split-over-fiscal-2002-budget/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-25T09:02:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/25/business/end-to-full-deposit-guarantee-sparks-fear-of-regional-banks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-25T09:03:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/25/national/mystery-ship-used-rockets-in-attack/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-25T09:03:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/25/business/budget-reflects-change-in-course/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-25T09:03:56+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nb20011225a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20011225a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa faces the media in Tokyo after the approval of an 81.23 trillion yen budget for fiscal 2002.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/25/national/obituary-hiroshi-kuroki/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-25T09:04:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/26/national/octopus-tax-evasion-probe-entangles-kanbe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-26T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/26/business/asahi-bank-to-be-wholly-owned-unit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-26T09:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/26/national/yen-negative-remarks-send-dollar-soaring-past-130/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-26T09:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/26/business/matsushita-group-firms-to-become-wholly-owned/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-26T09:00:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/26/national/koizumi-wants-ship-in-shootout-salvaged/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-26T09:00:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/26/business/ihi-raises-forecast-after-land-sales/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-26T09:00:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/26/business/sales-at-supermarkets-fall-4-5/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-26T09:01:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/26/national/ministers-reach-accord-on-hansens-settlement/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-26T09:01:09+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20011226a6a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20011226a6a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ai Asai, an 81-year-old former Hansen's disease patient, receives her graduation certificate -- 67 years after she was forced to leave junior high school.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/26/business/four-mtfg-securities-houses-to-merge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-26T09:01:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/26/business/boj-briefly-entertained-plan-to-buy-foreign-bonds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-26T09:01:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/26/national/reforms-shake-higher-educations-foundations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-26T09:01:20+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20011226c2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20011226c2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Professor Shunri Oda (right) conducts a class on advanced electron devices at Tokyo Institute of Technology, where some students are enrolled in the university's International Graduate Course.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/26/national/three-arrested-in-bank-robbery/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-26T09:01:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/26/business/green-tax-on-carmakers-proposed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-26T09:01:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/26/business/nine-state-lenders-draw-fsa-inspections/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-26T09:01:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/26/business/cars-emitting-less-pollution-in-japan-eu-south-korea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-26T09:01:46+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/26/national/more-environmental-staff-on-way-for-2002/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-26T09:02:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/26/national/cabinet-oks-civil-servant-merit-system/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-26T09:02:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/26/business/budget-plan-shows-government-will-slash-spending-6-trillion-yen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-26T09:02:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/26/national/national-wealth-falls-again/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-26T09:02:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/26/business/nidec-plans-parts-venture-in-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-26T09:02:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/26/national/supermarket-raid-nets-10-million-yen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-26T09:02:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/26/national/land-buy-aims-to-halt-airport-plans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-26T09:02:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/26/business/fishery-talks-with-south-korea-fizzle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-26T09:03:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/26/national/book-of-records-found-to-date-back-to-17th-century/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-26T09:03:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/26/business/regional-banks-post-combined-pretax-loss/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-26T09:03:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/26/business/fsa-orders-fukushima-bank-to-boost-capital/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-26T09:03:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/26/national/two-time-killer-given-death-sentence/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-26T09:03:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/26/business/several-brokerages-lack-secondary-check-on-orders/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-26T09:03:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/26/national/vice-farm-minister-to-step-down/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-26T09:04:39+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20011226a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20011226a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hideaki Kumazawa]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/26/national/probe-into-reactor-leak-branches-out/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-26T09:04:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/26/national/dead-mans-case-goes-to-prosecutors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-26T09:05:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/27/national/death-sentence-sought-for-senior-aum-figure/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-27T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20011227a5a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20011227a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tomomitsu Niimi]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/27/business/argentina-debt-default-to-hit-japanese-investors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-27T09:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/27/national/building-materials-publishers-under-fire/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-27T09:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20011227b8a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20011227b8a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A recent issue of the monthly Sekisan Shiryo and price data for sheet glass from the early 1990s are shown in this photo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/27/business/jal-jas-set-share-swap-ratio/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-27T09:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/27/business/rush-imports-up-but-leeks-shiitake-down/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-27T09:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/27/business/tokyo-tax-on-big-banks-rings-up-102-9-billion-yen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-27T09:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/27/business/hitachi-nri-tie-on-in-house-portals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-27T09:00:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/27/national/fish-feed-body-to-tighten-quality-control-against-mbm/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-27T09:00:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/27/national/waddle-tells-japanese-magazine-navy-made-him-a-scapegoat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-27T09:01:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/27/national/fire-breaks-out-at-narita-airport/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-27T09:01:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/27/national/japan-south-korea-to-bury-the-hatchet-for-year-of-world-cup-soccer-finals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-27T09:01:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/27/business/kawasaki-heavy-to-spin-off-shipbuilding/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-27T09:01:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/27/national/sachiyo-nomura-indicted-over-tax-evasion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-27T09:01:52+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/27/national/sankei-to-shut-down-osaka-shimbun/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-27T09:01:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/27/business/kirin-takeda-to-forge-seasoning-joint-venture/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-27T09:02:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/27/national/government-must-pay-korean-hibakusha/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-27T09:02:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/27/national/bar-association-allegedly-failed-to-report-taxes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-27T09:02:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/27/business/sanyo-to-dispatch-workers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-27T09:02:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/27/business/fukuda-backs-postal-revamp-date/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-27T09:02:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/27/business/rengo-to-pursue-job-security-over-pay-rises/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-27T09:02:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/27/national/top-schools-eye-uneasy-alliance-with-private-sector/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-27T09:02:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/27/national/photo-archive-reopens-in-hokkaido/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-27T09:02:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/27/business/dollar-could-find-itself-in-yens-situation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-27T09:03:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/27/business/takenaka-to-visit-u-s-britain/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-27T09:03:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/27/national/government-to-accept-hansens-proposal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-27T09:03:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/27/business/nippon-steel-french-firm-holding-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-27T09:03:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/27/business/keidanren-chief-expresses-concern-over-yens-weakness/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-27T09:03:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/27/national/sake-makers-brew-abroad-to-make-up-slack-in-sales/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-27T09:03:56+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20011227b6a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20011227b6a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An employee of Gekkeikan Sake Co. shows off bottles of sake it produces overseas.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/27/national/thinker-nishida-featured-in-german-2002-calendar/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-27T09:05:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/28/national/state-oks-deal-with-hansens-patients/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-28T09:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/28/national/pair-of-multiple-killers-are-executed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-28T09:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/28/national/takuma-enters-guilty-plea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-28T09:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20011228a1b.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20011228a1b.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[More than 1,000 people line up at the Osaka District Court to get gallery seat tickets to the first trial hearing of Mamoru Takuma.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/28/national/panel-releases-guidelines-for-law-schools/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-28T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/28/business/wto-panel-decides-to-hear-global-steel-dispute-in-february/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-28T09:00:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/28/national/man-gets-life-sentence-for-fatally-stabbing-aomori-cop/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-28T09:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/28/business/kuraray-to-spin-off-real-estate-unit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-28T09:00:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/28/national/sapporo-snow-fest-to-feature-korean-gate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-28T09:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/28/national/government-decides-to-build-airport-off-okinawa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-28T09:00:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/28/national/peruvian-hops-fence-out-of-airport/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-28T09:01:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/28/business/mitsui-mutual-to-get-100-billion-yen-cash-injection/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-28T09:01:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/28/business/kirin-to-use-fuel-cell-power-system/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-28T09:01:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/28/business/electric-companies-to-forge-alliance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-28T09:01:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/28/business/mitsubishi-electric-in-u-s-unit-move/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-28T09:01:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/28/business/industrial-output-declines-1-8/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-28T09:01:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/28/business/unemployment-rate-hits-5-5/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-28T09:01:59+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/28/national/most-searched-net-news-was-sept-11-terror-attack/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-28T09:02:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/28/national/antismoking-steps-seen-failing-to-deter-youths/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-28T09:02:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/28/business/yen-faces-months-of-downward-pressure/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-28T09:02:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/28/national/sachiyo-nomura-released-on-bail/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-28T09:02:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/28/business/long-margin-positions-tumble-below-1-trillion-yen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-28T09:02:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/28/national/momoo-tomobe-gets-eight-years-for-fraud-scheme/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-28T09:02:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/28/business/tokyo-hopes-to-curry-favor-with-oil-rich-countries/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-28T09:02:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/28/business/auto-output-continues-downhill-ride/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-28T09:02:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/28/business/takenaka-tolerant-of-yens-weakness/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-28T09:02:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/28/national/foreign-inmates-could-serve-sentences-at-home/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-28T09:03:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/28/national/japan-increasingly-embraces-dancing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-28T09:03:05+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20011228b7a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20011228b7a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A crowd dances at a monthly salsa night in Minami Aoyama in Minato Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/28/business/boj-boosts-balance-to-14-9-trillion-yen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-28T09:03:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/28/national/nation-urged-to-take-measures-to-deal-with-mad-cow-disease/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-28T09:03:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/28/national/death-sought-for-jewel-shop-torcher/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-28T09:03:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/28/national/tokyo-rejects-pyongyangs-brutal-piracy-accusations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-28T09:03:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/28/national/ministry-to-compensate-for-entrance-exam-errors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-28T09:04:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/28/national/obscene-teachers-hit-record-number/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-28T09:05:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/29/national/koizumi-rules-out-plans-to-call-election-anytime-soon/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-29T09:00:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/29/national/japanese-opt-for-domestic-travel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-29T09:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/29/national/tv-comedian-indicted-over-drug-use/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-29T09:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/29/national/tanaka-clarifies-her-comments-on-taiwan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-29T09:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/29/national/dpj-too-busy-waging-war-on-itself-to-threaten-ldp/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-29T09:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20011229b9a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20011229b9a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yukio Hatoyama (left), leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, and party Secretary General Naoto Kan marks a colleague's victory in the July 29 Upper House elections at a hall in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/29/national/china-south-korea-notified-during-chase-of-rogue-vessel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-29T09:00:52+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/29/business/sony-in-talks-with-fujitsu-over-nifty/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-29T09:00:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/29/national/okinawa-establishes-peace-prize/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-29T09:01:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/29/national/smoking-linked-to-lower-back-pain-among-men/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-29T09:01:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/29/business/mitsui-mulls-low-pollution-project/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-29T09:01:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/29/business/household-spending-up-3-6/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-29T09:01:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/29/national/mayor-gets-suspended-term-for-accepting-1-million-yen-bribe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-29T09:01:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/29/national/tokyo-seoul-strike-deal-in-fishing-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-29T09:01:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/29/national/police-plan-system-to-monitor-suspects-e-mail/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-29T09:01:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/29/business/jobless-rate-climbed-to-5-5-in-november/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-29T09:01:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/29/national/takebe-hit-for-querying-need-to-find-source-of-mad-cow/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-29T09:01:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/29/national/osaka-to-surpass-tokyo-in-crime/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-29T09:02:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/29/business/mizuho-to-write-off-latent-losses-on-derivatives-trading/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-29T09:02:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/29/national/anti-koizumi-ldp-faction-urges-return-to-old-ways/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-29T09:02:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/29/business/japan-south-korea-and-china-eye-launch-of-it-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-29T09:02:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/29/business/key-cpi-falls-by-record-1-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-29T09:02:44+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/29/business/nikkeis-yearend-close-lowest-since-1983/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-29T09:03:40+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nb20011229a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20011229a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Tokyo Stock Exchange brings a turbulent 2001 to a close in traditional fashion.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/29/business/ishikawa-files-for-insolvency-proceedings/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-29T09:03:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/29/business/japan-not-head-over-heals-for-cuba/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-29T09:04:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/29/national/japan-submits-antiterrorism-report/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-29T09:04:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/29/national/koizumi-plays-public-relations-game-like-a-pro/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-29T09:04:43+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20011229b6a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20011229b6a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A poster of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi decorates the Liberal Democratic Party's building in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/29/national/man-survives-encounter-with-train/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-29T09:04:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/29/national/russians-seize-three-fishing-boats/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-29T09:05:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/30/national/doctor-may-have-abused-organ-transplant-system/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-30T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/30/national/retiring-politicians-war-memories-spur-his-fight-for-peace/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-30T09:00:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/30/national/crew-of-unidentified-ship-drowned-autopsies-suggest/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-30T09:01:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/30/national/deportation-order-suspended-for-war-orphans-chinese-kin/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-30T09:02:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/30/national/hospital-hid-error-after-girl-died/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-30T09:02:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/30/national/yokohama-man-finds-3-million-yen-in-his-letterbox/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-30T09:02:46+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/30/national/japan-u-k-to-link-up-in-mad-cow-study/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-30T09:03:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/30/national/okinawa-base-time-limit-difficult-tanaka-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-30T09:04:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/31/national/japan-times-readership-survey-results/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-31T09:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/31/national/ldp-eyes-way-around-electoral-reform/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-31T09:00:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/31/national/conductor-asahina-dies-at-93/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-31T09:01:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/31/business/euro-to-hit-airports-here-ahead-of-eu/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-31T09:01:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/31/national/decomposed-body-of-russian-found-in-car-trunk/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-31T09:02:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/31/national/sunken-mystery-ships-sister-vessel-docks-in-north-korea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-31T09:02:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/31/national/thank-you-to-readers-fund-contributors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-31T09:02:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/31/business/the-euros-tangible-new-legacy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-31T09:02:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/31/national/police-believe-man-accused-of-murder-made-up-earlier-crime/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-31T09:02:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/31/national/top-10-news-stories-of-2001/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-31T09:02:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/31/business/hunting-down-terrorist-funding-requires-new-teamwork/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-31T09:03:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/31/national/banks-plan-23-trillion-yen-risk-asset-cut/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-31T09:03:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/31/national/university-probed-over-donations-made-to-secure-backdoor-admissions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2001-12-31T09:04:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/01/national/inamine-hopes-to-refocus-spotlight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-01T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/01/national/excerpts-of-baker-interview/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-01T09:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/01/business/no-changes-seen-for-january-economic-report/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-01T09:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/01/national/western-eyes-blind-to-spirituality-in-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-01T09:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/01/business/dont-let-star-staff-dazzle-your-judgment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-01T09:01:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/01/business/innovative-banking-upstarts-struggle-to-establish-foothold/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-01T09:01:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/01/national/nations-birthrate-in-2001-expected-to-hit-record-low-survey/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-01T09:01:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/01/business/banks-book-1-31-trillion-yen-combined-midterm-loss/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-01T09:01:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/01/business/nikkeiren-pushes-job-sharing-to-stabilize-unemployment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-01T09:02:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/01/national/emperor-confident-better-times-are-ahead/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-01T09:02:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/01/national/pyongyang-leaders-son-often-sneaked-into-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-01T09:03:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/01/national/girl-critical-after-beach-accident/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-01T09:03:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/01/national/hatoyama-to-visit-india-this-month/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-01T09:03:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/01/national/municipalities-leaning-toward-mergers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-01T09:04:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/01/national/koizumi-kim-tv-gambit-starts-big-exchange-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-01T09:05:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/01/national/royal-couples-poems-touch-on-afghanistan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-01T09:05:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/01/national/japan-hopes-people-exchanges-will-improve-ties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-01T09:05:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/01/national/trawler-capsizes-off-nagasaki-island/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-01T09:06:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/01/national/moth-larva-found-in-frozen-spinach/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-01T09:06:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/03/national/defense-policy-emerges-from-2001-with-new-face/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-03T09:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/03/national/chinese-teas-overcome-coffee-boom-as-japan-turns-new-leaf-in-asia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-03T09:00:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/03/business/hong-kongs-ills-raise-serious-doubts-about-fixed-dollar-peg/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-03T09:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/03/business/newly-noticed-whiskey-makers-forced-to-diversify-products/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-03T09:00:44+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nb20020103a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20020103a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takahiro Yoshida displays a bottle of Japanese whiskey at his Minatoya liquor outlet in Minato Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/03/national/tokyo-handed-rights-to-explore-mexico-oil-fields/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-03T09:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/03/business/accelerating-deflation-slack-investment-to-keep-economy-weak-in-2002/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-03T09:01:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/03/business/tax-panel-chief-leans-toward-broader-base-not-rate-cuts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-03T09:02:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/03/national/emperor-offers-annual-greetings/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-03T09:02:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/03/national/religious-groups-grope-to-keep-attract-flock/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-03T09:04:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/03/national/ozawa-wins-praise-at-vienna-concert/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-03T09:05:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/03/national/south-korean-boat-sinks-crew-rescued/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-03T09:05:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/03/national/six-hurt-in-yokohama-scramble-for-discount-grab-bags/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-03T09:05:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/04/national/nagasaki-now-in-for-school-trips/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-04T09:01:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/04/business/imported-appliances-selling-well-as-buyers-search-for-simplicity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-04T09:02:35+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nb20020104a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20020104a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gaikoku Kaden in Tokyo's Kichijoji area, caters to those with foreign tastes.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/04/business/town-ties-fate-to-remnants-of-an-industry/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-04T09:03:32+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nb20020104a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20020104a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Miners in Kushiro, Hokkaido heading home after a day's shift.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/04/business/tokyo-stocks-expected-to-recover-by-yearend/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-04T09:03:46+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/04/national/blizzard-disrupts-traffic-across-central-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-04T09:03:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/04/national/holidaymakers-begin-crawl-back-home/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-04T09:04:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/04/national/nago-mayoral-race-heats-up/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-04T09:05:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/04/national/robbers-seize-600000-yen-from-barbecue-restaurant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-04T09:06:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/04/national/teen-killed-in-train-minicar-collision/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-04T09:06:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/04/national/dads-take-child-care-leave-at-own-risk/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-04T09:07:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/05/national/tse-has-positive-start/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-05T09:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/05/business/telecom-body-predicts-3-annual-growth-through-2006/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-05T09:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/05/national/health-law-designed-to-cut-lifestyle-illnesses/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-05T09:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/05/national/more-to-laser-surgery-than-meets-the-eye/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-05T09:01:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/05/national/20-treated-at-hospitals-for-choking-on-mochi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-05T09:01:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/05/business/yoshimoto-hopes-to-give-chinese-tv-comic-relief/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-05T09:01:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/05/business/canon-honda-bosses-named-by-businessweek-in-top-25/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-05T09:01:46+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/05/national/politicians-assets-average-46-million-yen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-05T09:01:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/05/business/chuo-mitsui-logs-bad-loans-criteria/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-05T09:02:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/05/national/japans-love-of-comics-due-to-low-literacy-rate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-05T09:02:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/05/business/mazda-lets-buyers-fine-tune-roadster/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-05T09:02:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/05/business/new-blue-chip-index-planned/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-05T09:02:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/05/national/theater-eyes-alliance-with-globe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-05T09:03:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/05/national/jet-program-doing-its-job-but-in-need-of-reform-expert/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-05T09:03:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/05/national/54-people-killed-in-holiday-traffic-accidents/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-05T09:04:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/05/national/british-lord-was-spy-for-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-05T09:05:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/05/national/snow-storm-eases-in-tokai-region-but-traffic-still-snarled/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-05T09:05:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/05/national/foreign-workers-in-japan-rise-for-ninth-straight-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-05T09:05:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/05/national/new-society-to-study-posttraumatic-stress/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-05T09:06:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/06/business/chubu-bank-seeks-an-ally-after-probe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-06T09:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/06/national/new-eye-grown-from-frog-embryo-cells/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-06T09:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/06/business/koizumi-hints-at-more-public-funds-for-banks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-06T09:00:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/06/national/meteorological-agency-plans-to-offer-improved-forecasts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-06T09:01:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/06/business/state-bonds-to-be-sold-via-internet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-06T09:02:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/06/national/falun-gong-follower-deported-from-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-06T09:02:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/06/national/architect-blames-japan-cityscapes-on-obsession-with-wealth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-06T09:02:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/06/national/hashimoto-linked-to-shady-donations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-06T09:03:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/06/national/two-killed-in-kyushu-plane-crash/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-06T09:05:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/06/national/20-vessels-sail-out-to-fish-in-waters-off-disputed-isles/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-06T09:06:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/06/national/secret-british-papers-critical-of-71-imperial-visit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-06T09:06:44+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/06/national/high-level-turkish-team-to-join-afghanistan-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-06T09:07:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/07/national/mad-cow-solution-remains-elusive/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-07T09:02:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/07/national/teen-first-to-get-new-harsher-driving-penalty/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-07T09:02:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/07/national/new-years-show-wows-crowds-with-fire-drills-acrobatics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-07T09:03:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/07/national/new-national-nursing-care-system-gives-the-poor-short-shrift-survey/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-07T09:03:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/07/business/travelers-returning-to-tokyo-continue-to-swamp-planes-trains/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-07T09:03:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/07/national/princess-takamatsu-backs-idea-of-reigning-empress/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-07T09:05:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/07/national/consumption-tax-hike-ruled-out/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-07T09:05:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/07/national/pyongyang-plans-tourism-web-site/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-07T09:05:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/08/business/localities-favor-postal-privatization/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-08T09:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/08/business/japan-seen-on-the-road-to-default/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-08T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/08/business/2001-auto-sales-dip-0-9-on-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-08T09:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/08/national/protest-uses-cows-to-air-beef-with-state/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-08T09:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/08/business/argentina-crisis-not-yet-a-danger/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-08T09:00:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/08/national/fixed-international-marriages-often-disappoint/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-08T09:01:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/08/business/toyota-to-start-selling-homes-in-u-s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-08T09:01:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/08/national/judges-wife-doesnt-appeal-sentence/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-08T09:01:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/08/national/four-held-in-smuggling-of-chinese/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-08T09:01:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/08/national/foreign-brides-fill-the-gap-in-rural-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-08T09:02:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/08/national/defense-asks-takuma-to-describe-his-thinking/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-08T09:02:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/08/business/mycal-to-launch-80-discount-sales/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-08T09:02:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/08/business/japan-china-to-begin-talks-on-setting-up-trade-panel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-08T09:02:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/08/business/japans-business-leaders-see-growth-elusive-in-fiscal-2002/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-08T09:03:06+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nb20020108a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20020108a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yotaro Kobayashi, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, speaks at the Hotel New Otani in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo. Takashi Imai, chairman of the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations; Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Federation of Employers' Associations; and Nobuo Yamaguchi, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, look on.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/08/business/two-potential-replacements-named-as-buzzards-circle-hayami/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-08T09:03:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/08/business/sense-of-crisis-means-steps-are-in-the-offing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-08T09:03:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/08/national/new-years-temple-shrine-visits-dip/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-08T09:03:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/08/national/museum-executive-leaps-to-death/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-08T09:03:59+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/08/national/drugs-seized-from-ship-off-fukuoka/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-08T09:04:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/08/national/lawyer-suspected-of-upskirting-teenager/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-08T09:04:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/08/national/colombian-rebels-seek-27-million-for-exec/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-08T09:04:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/08/national/fund-drive-seeks-to-restore-graves-in-uzbekistan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-08T09:05:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/08/national/north-korean-ship-searched-after-refusing-to-be-boarded/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-08T09:06:52+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/09/national/fishermens-protest-blocks-restart-of-isahaya-bay-reclamation-project/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-09T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/09/national/ministry-to-help-protein-researchers-succeed-in-global-race-for-patents/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-09T09:00:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/09/business/foreigners-stay-net-sellers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-09T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/09/business/moodys-assigns-baa2-rating-to-nyk/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-09T09:01:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/09/national/heavy-snow-to-hit-sea-of-japan-coast/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-09T09:01:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/09/business/daiei-to-sell-transport-unit-to-u-s-investment-firm/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-09T09:01:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/09/business/large-supplementary-budget-urged/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-09T09:01:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/09/business/aso-calls-for-time-frame-for-consumption-tax-hike/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-09T09:01:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/09/business/sanyo-ties-up-with-chinas-haier/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-09T09:02:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/09/national/hometown-receives-77-sugihara-interview-tape/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-09T09:02:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/09/business/abolishing-deposit-cover-will-be-safe-yanagisawa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-09T09:02:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/09/business/quality-beef-prices-tick-up-in-first-auction/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-09T09:02:48+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nb20020109a6a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20020109a6a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The year's first beef auction is held at Tokyo's central wholesale meat market in Minato Ward, where a beef prices marked a modest recovery.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/09/national/foreign-visitors-expected-to-rise-8-7/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-09T09:02:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/09/national/need-for-emergency-powers-reiterated/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-09T09:03:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/09/business/uniqlo-earnings-outlook-is-revised-downward/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-09T09:03:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/09/business/positive-tse-start-masks-long-term-gloom/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-09T09:03:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/09/national/chinese-man-wanted-for-bogus-bills/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-09T09:03:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/09/business/failed-listed-firms-leave-record-debt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-09T09:03:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/09/national/state-appeals-ruling-on-a-bomb-survivor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-09T09:04:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/09/national/koizumi-celebrates-60th-birthday/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-09T09:04:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/09/national/probe-into-fatal-surgery-sought/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-09T09:06:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/09/national/foreign-ministry-relocates-to-accommodate-renovations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-09T09:06:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/10/national/orientation-held-for-chinese-students/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-10T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/10/national/u-s-students-find-satisfaction-in-language-immersion-classes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-10T09:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/10/business/tokyo-beijing-seoul-to-hold-unprecedented-economic-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-10T09:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/10/business/takenaka-holds-to-april-1-deadline/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-10T09:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/10/business/officials-remarks-send-dollar-to-brief-39-month-high-of-133-yen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-10T09:00:56+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nb20020110a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20020110a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Currency dealers watch the yen drop back toward 133 to the dollar in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/10/national/entrepreneur-nabbed-over-sale-of-rare-birds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-10T09:01:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/10/business/merrill-lynch-to-ax-20-branches/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-10T09:01:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/10/national/astronaut-extols-virtues-of-aerobics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-10T09:01:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/10/national/six-japan-volcanoes-erupted-last-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-10T09:01:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/10/national/shiga-town-may-allow-minorities-to-vote/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-10T09:02:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/10/business/tse-rebound-may-prelude-longer-struggle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-10T09:02:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/10/business/sanwa-three-other-banks-look-at-bailing-out-struggling-daiei/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-10T09:02:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/10/national/prank-caller-might-face-damages/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-10T09:02:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/10/business/residential-land-prices-decline-again/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-10T09:03:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/10/business/coalition-wants-extra-budget-by-end-of-month/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-10T09:03:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/10/national/fake-bills-in-asakusa-lead-to-arrest/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-10T09:03:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/10/business/key-economic-gauge-remains-below-boom-or-bust-line/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-10T09:03:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/10/business/mycal-launches-clearance-sales-at-saty-vivre-stores/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-10T09:03:34+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nb20020110a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20020110a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bargain-hunters flood a Vivre Fuse department store to snap up clothes and other products.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/10/business/fujitsu-work-share-system-to-affect-5000-employees/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-10T09:03:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/10/national/german-firm-intends-to-settle-cjd-suits/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-10T09:04:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/10/national/afghan-aid-could-cost-up-to-20-billion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-10T09:04:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/10/national/new-reckless-driving-charge-filed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-10T09:05:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/10/national/hokkaido-skating-marathon-slated/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-10T09:05:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/10/national/exhibited-bronze-mirror-may-have-belonged-to-himiko/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-10T09:05:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/10/national/lower-house-members-ex-aide-involved-in-construction-scandal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-10T09:06:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/10/national/teacher-quits-after-pestering-student/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-10T09:06:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/10/national/isahaya-bay-project-restarts-amid-protests/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-10T09:06:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/10/national/coal-miners-make-descent-for-last-time/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-10T09:06:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/11/business/matsushita-electric-industrial-to-streamline-group-firms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-11T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/11/national/farm-ministers-retirement-pay-hit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-11T09:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/11/national/kato-aide-suspected-of-concealing-hundreds-of-millions-in-income/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-11T09:01:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/11/national/okayama-city-sets-sights-on-nations-first-electronic-ballot/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-11T09:01:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/11/business/auto-workers-eye-1000-yen-raise/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-11T09:01:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/11/national/smugglers-of-cfc-given-suspended-sentences/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-11T09:01:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/11/business/shiokawa-anxious-over-yens-sharp-decline/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-11T09:02:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/11/business/stock-surge-euphoria-may-yield-to-hangover/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-11T09:02:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/11/business/meti-tells-daiei-to-take-new-steps-to-avert-crisis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-11T09:02:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/11/national/prepared-foods-seen-growing-in-popularity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-11T09:02:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/11/business/kansai-electric-to-slash-jobs-investment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-11T09:02:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/11/business/takenaka-sees-recovery-in-fall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-11T09:02:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/11/national/ex-tax-chief-arrested-for-evasion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-11T09:02:59+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/11/national/fujimori-gives-lecture-at-university-in-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-11T09:03:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/11/business/foreign-investors-do-u-turn/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-11T09:03:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/11/national/meti-to-submit-bill-to-regulate-spam/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-11T09:03:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/11/national/cigarettes-sweets-from-north-korea-found-after-sinking/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-11T09:03:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/11/national/imperial-couple-attend-lecture/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-11T09:03:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/11/national/npos-make-mark-by-preserving-the-past/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-11T09:04:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/11/national/superstition-aside-owls-are-good-luck-to-mexican-potters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-11T09:04:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/11/national/memorial-service-held-for-victims-of-ehime-maru-tragedy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-11T09:05:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/11/national/obituary-naokazu-takeuchi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-11T09:05:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/12/business/toyota-unions-give-up-unified-pay-hike-demand/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-12T09:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/12/national/japans-economy-to-slip-as-world-recovers-u-n/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-12T09:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/12/national/thaksin-expresses-support-of-koizumis-cooperation-proposal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-12T09:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/12/business/j-phone-to-launch-3g-service-in-june/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-12T09:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/12/national/filmmaker-records-life-and-death-in-manilas-garbage-dumps/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-12T09:01:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/12/business/hiranuma-seeks-pacific-economic-bloc-in-10-years/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-12T09:01:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/12/business/tse-moves-into-the-education-game/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-12T09:01:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/12/business/deposits-at-credit-unions-may-get-protection-fsa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-12T09:01:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/12/business/shiokawa-eyes-easing-burden-of-direct-taxes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-12T09:02:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/12/national/afghan-files-lawsuit-over-rejection-of-refugee-status/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-12T09:02:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/12/national/kandahar-director-laments-afghan-bombing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-12T09:02:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/12/national/aum-victim-can-keep-welfare-compensation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-12T09:03:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/12/national/bank-loans-decline-for-fifth-year-in-row/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-12T09:03:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/12/business/ailing-daiei-looks-to-unload-baseball-team-dome/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-12T09:03:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/12/national/tokyo-police-chief-emphasizes-world-cup-security-at-drill/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-12T09:03:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/12/business/japan-china-panel-to-discuss-farm-import-levels/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-12T09:03:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/12/business/chip-makers-drop-dumping-claim-on-south-koreans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-12T09:03:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/12/national/japanese-envoys-novel-out-in-russia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-12T09:03:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/12/national/kato-says-no-evidence-links-him-to-tax-scandal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-12T09:04:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/12/national/japan-u-s-pact-to-expedite-cooperation-in-crime-probes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-12T09:04:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/12/national/badminton-coach-held-over-holdups-at-sex-parlors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-12T09:04:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/12/national/renter-guarantor-service-attracts-foreigners-aged/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-12T09:06:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/13/business/takenaka-suggests-inflation-targeting-to-fight-deflation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-13T09:00:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/13/national/u-n-report-raises-environmental-concerns/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-13T09:01:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/13/national/rigging-bids-allegedly-earned-kato-secretary-millions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-13T09:01:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/13/business/credit-union-set-to-fight-fsa-insolvency-ruling/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-13T09:02:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/13/business/takenaka-hints-at-adopting-inflation-targeting-system/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-13T09:03:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/13/national/kato-apologizes-to-supporters-for-scandal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-13T09:03:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/13/business/toyota-names-racial-advisory-board-for-its-america-unit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-13T09:03:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/13/national/bureaucrat-breaking-mold-to-give-public-more-of-a-voice/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-13T09:04:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/13/national/bush-sets-japan-visit-for-feb-17-19/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-13T09:05:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/13/national/kansai-who-amp-what/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-13T09:06:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/13/national/koizumis-trade-plan-hailed-by-megawati/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-13T09:06:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/13/national/armitage-says-mystery-ship-was-spying-for-pyongyang/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-13T09:06:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/13/national/drugs-on-china-ship-linked-to-north-korea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-13T09:06:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/14/national/free-trade-accord-inked/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-14T09:01:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/14/national/fuchu-trots-out-story-of-horse-racing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-14T09:01:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/14/business/contractor-held-in-nichimen-hustle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-14T09:01:44+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/14/business/nakatanis-dads-firm-probed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-14T09:01:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/14/national/defense-agency-to-push-for-changes-to-sdf-law/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-14T09:02:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/14/business/shokusan-jutaku-seeks-protection-from-creditors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-14T09:02:46+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/14/national/china-starts-showing-signs-of-turning-green/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-14T09:03:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/14/national/komeito-hits-ldp-plan-for-electoral-reforms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-14T09:03:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/14/national/kawasaki-to-get-east-west-line-but-at-what-cost/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-14T09:05:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/14/national/city-in-chiba-tries-to-dig-out-from-illegal-dumping/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-14T09:06:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/14/national/out-amp-about/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-14T09:07:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/15/business/daiei-gets-green-light-to-use-revitalization-law/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-15T09:00:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/15/business/sanyo-seeks-samsung-link-in-tech-sector/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-15T09:01:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/15/business/unpainted-planes-cost-effective-jal-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-15T09:01:19+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nb20020115a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20020115a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The unpainted body of a cargo plane is seen in this file photo provided by Japan Airlines.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/15/business/japans-new-asean-policy-comes-as-china-rises/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-15T09:01:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/15/national/1513-humanly-perceptible-quakes-shook-up-japan-in-2001/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-15T09:01:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/15/national/bill-targets-fast-urban-development/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-15T09:02:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/15/national/health-firm-chief-shot-dead-on-road/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-15T09:02:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/15/national/omron-adds-cat-to-robot-pet-population/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-15T09:02:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/15/national/koizumi-lets-down-mane-in-lion-city/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-15T09:03:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/15/national/high-school-germinates-edelweiss/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-15T09:03:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/15/national/night-anglers-drown-off-chiba-rock/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-15T09:03:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/15/national/feast-offered-to-restore-faith-in-beef/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-15T09:04:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/15/national/town-touts-plan-to-trap-whales-for-its-farm/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-15T09:04:46+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/15/national/body-found-after-blaze-guts-futon-shop/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-15T09:05:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/15/national/284482-706000-the-lucky-numbers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-15T09:05:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/15/national/body-of-professor-found-after-avalanche-in-iwate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-15T09:06:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/15/national/chiba-seasons-palatable-dried-shark/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-15T09:06:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/15/national/obituary-shozo-tominaga/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-15T09:07:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/15/national/two-die-in-six-vehicle-pileup-in-mie/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-15T09:07:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/16/business/imf-chief-urges-farm-subsidies-cut/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-16T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/16/national/japan-eases-warning-on-travel-to-sri-lanka/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-16T09:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/16/national/japanese-to-lead-bolshoi-symphony/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-16T09:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/16/national/kyushu-south-korea-ferry-war-afoot/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-16T09:00:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/16/national/mayor-arrested-over-works-bid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-16T09:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/16/national/launch-of-h-iia-faces-likely-delay/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-16T09:00:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/16/business/ustr-deputy-to-start-work-on-dialogue-framework/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-16T09:01:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/01/16/business/dentsu-obtaining-rights-to-air-disney-films/</loc>
		<lastmod>2002-01-16T09:01:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
</urlset>
<!-- XML Sitemap generated by Yoast SEO -->