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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/05/national/jcci-chief-wants-5-trillion-yen-more-in-tax-cuts/</loc>
		<lastmod>1998-03-05T09:01:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/05/national/camera-enters-kitora-burial-mound-to-glimpse-elusive-art/</loc>
		<lastmod>1998-03-05T09:01:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/05/national/sesc-inspector-finance-exec-arrested-over-nomura-bribes/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/05/national/commerzbank-says-more-action-needed-from-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>1998-03-05T09:02:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/05/national/ldp-to-draft-package-for-economy-next-week/</loc>
		<lastmod>1998-03-05T09:03:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/05/national/spend-oda-strategically-forum-urges/</loc>
		<lastmod>1998-03-05T09:03:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/06/national/medical-student-aid-to-southeast-asian-countries-approved/</loc>
		<lastmod>1998-03-06T09:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/06/national/hashimoto-matsunaga-to-urge-increased-bank-lending/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/06/national/twa-plans-to-enter-new-pact-at-own-speed/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/06/national/new-boj-plan-to-cut-pay-of-governor-executives/</loc>
		<lastmod>1998-03-06T09:01:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/06/national/oda-to-myanmar-to-resume-soon/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/06/national/japan-russia-investment-talks-end-on-positive-note/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/06/national/bureaucrats-applying-brakes-threaten-freedom-of-info-act/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/06/national/ldp-reverses-itself-on-disclosure-of-lawmakers-assets/</loc>
		<lastmod>1998-03-06T09:02:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/06/national/arrested-finance-officials-face-new-charges/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/06/national/budget-debate-protests-keep-diet-on-hold/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/06/national/pko-force-commanders-may-get-ok-to-order-defensive-fire/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/09/national/kitora-chamber-reveals-ancient-planisphere/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/09/national/13-year-old-boy-fatally-stabs-classmate-at-saitama-school/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/09/national/nago-mayor-backs-ota-on-heliport/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/09/national/bill-to-make-wards-municipalities/</loc>
		<lastmod>1998-03-09T09:01:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/09/national/nikko-faces-charges-over-arai-profits/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/09/national/10-trillion-yen-stimulus-eyed/</loc>
		<lastmod>1998-03-09T09:01:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/09/national/bolts-removed-from-electricity-tower/</loc>
		<lastmod>1998-03-09T09:02:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/09/national/nuclear-waste-returns-amid-aomori-concerns/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/09/national/special-envoy-to-be-sent-on-seoul-visit/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/09/national/finance-ministry-graft-probe-to-widen/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/09/national/hosokawa-backs-merger-under-dpj/</loc>
		<lastmod>1998-03-09T09:03:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/09/national/boy-scout-leader-urges-knife-safety/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/09/national/burial-mound-found-nearly-intact/</loc>
		<lastmod>1998-03-09T09:03:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/09/national/boj-exec-entertained-by-top-banks/</loc>
		<lastmod>1998-03-09T09:03:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/09/national/chief-of-bookbinding-firm-kills-self/</loc>
		<lastmod>1998-03-09T09:04:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/12/national/banks-wining-dining-of-boj-officials-said-not-uncommon/</loc>
		<lastmod>1998-03-12T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/12/national/inaba-urges-recovery-rather-than-fiscal-reform/</loc>
		<lastmod>1998-03-12T09:00:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/12/national/ministry-banks-move-to-exchange-information-openly/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/12/national/clinton-may-visit-japan-and-china-carter-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>1998-03-12T09:01:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/12/national/police-crackdown-targets-illegal-foreign-workers/</loc>
		<lastmod>1998-03-12T09:01:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/12/national/merged-dpj-faces-challenge-of-aligning-parties-policies/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/12/national/hashimoto-to-meet-kim-in-london/</loc>
		<lastmod>1998-03-12T09:03:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/12/national/matsushita-offers-to-quit-for-boj-bribery-scandal/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/12/national/the-asahara-trial-killing-of-sakamotos-baffles-aum-lawyer/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/12/national/three-opposition-parties-agree-to-merge-with-dpj/</loc>
		<lastmod>1998-03-12T09:04:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/12/national/agency-lists-best-beaches-for-bathing-in-japan/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/12/national/bilateral-common-agenda-seeks-global-links/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/13/national/three-banks-receiving-public-funds-will-trim-2900-staff/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/13/national/u-n-official-praises-japan-on-pko-role/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/13/national/mitsui-marine-fire-decides-against-sanyo-takeover/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/13/national/tunisian-envoy-woos-japanese-investors/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/13/national/food-aid-to-north-korea-can-help-peace-effort-carter-says/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/13/national/cabinet-approves-bill-to-widen-sdf-defensive-fire/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/13/national/japan-pledges-effort-to-submit-bilateral-defense-bills-to-diet/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/1998/03/13/national/economy-shrinks-0-7-as-recession-approaches/</loc>
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