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		<lastmod>2004-03-04T09:01:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2004/03/04/business/u-s-rice-industry-to-expand-sales-network-in-japan/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-04T09:03:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-04T09:03:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-04T09:03:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan addresses the Economic Club of New York.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-04T09:03:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-04T09:03:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-04T09:05:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-04T09:05:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rides tower over Asakusa Hanayashiki amusement park in Taito Ward, Tokyo. Its operator, now under business rehabilitation, is struggling to survive.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-05T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ground Self-Defense Force personnel arrive here Thursday to help disinfect poultry farms in the area after a bird flu outbreak.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-05T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2004/03/05/national/illegal-access-of-computers-last-year-hit-record-level/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-03-05T09:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-05T09:00:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-05T09:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-05T09:00:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taxi drivers demand improvements to their working conditions outside the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry in Tokyo on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-05T09:01:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-05T09:01:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-05T09:01:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-05T09:01:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-05T09:01:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2004/03/05/business/bank-mulls-repaying-public-funds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-03-05T09:02:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2004/03/05/national/nuclear-waste-shipment-arrives/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-03-05T09:03:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-05T09:03:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-05T09:03:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-05T09:03:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-05T09:04:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2004/03/05/national/careless-japan-post-issues-disputed-isle-stamp-sheet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-03-05T09:04:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-05T09:04:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The vehicle used by Japanese diplomats who were slain in Iraq in November arrives at Narita airport Thursday night.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2004/03/05/national/dentsu-wants-to-shoot-ads-in-space/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA["Mari-san," a guide on the "Residents of Hikari So" Webcast, talks with users via a broadband connection.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-05T09:05:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-05T09:05:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lower House lawmaker Kanju Sato is surrounded by reporters Thursday at the Diet after submitting his letter of resignation to the speaker of the chamber.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-06T09:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-06T09:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-06T09:01:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-06T09:01:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-06T09:01:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-06T09:02:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-06T09:03:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shigeo Nagashima]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tanba, Kyoto Pref. - A researcher examines a bird captured Saturday in a government effort to determine the infection route of bird flu in Japan.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2004/03/07/national/chinas-li-slams-yasukuni-visits/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Samawah, Iraq - A Japanese soldier stands guard as construction work continues Saturday at the Ground Self-Defense Force base in this southern Iraqi city.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2004/03/07/national/many-firms-cutting-down-on-travel-expenses/</loc>
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