<?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/2006/03/26/national/full-solar-eclipse-bound-for-web/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-26T09:00:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/26/national/police-probe-deaths-of-seven-seniors-in-toyama/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-26T09:00:52+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/26/national/new-tokyo-tower-to-be-built-in-sumida/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-26T09:01:46+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/26/national/lawmakers-reveal-global-cultural-heritage-preservation-bill/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-26T09:02:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/26/national/japan-china-finance-chiefs-meet-for-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-26T09:02:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/26/national/alleged-u-s-leak-irks-defense-agency/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-26T09:04:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/26/national/foreign-ministry-kept-contracted-studies-secret/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-26T09:05:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/26/national/yurikamome-line-completes-extension/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-26T09:05:58+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060326b1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060326b1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (left) gestures while riding the Yurikamome Line after attending a ceremony marking the opening of the Ariake-Toyosu section on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/26/national/defense-agency-probes-leaks-about-china-intel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-26T09:06:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/27/business/which-management-strategies-raise-corporate-value/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-27T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/27/national/relative-contradicts-surgeons-explanation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-27T09:00:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/27/national/wrangling-over-okinawa-plan-continues/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-27T09:00:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/27/national/genkai-saga-grant-request-to-burn-mox/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-27T09:00:58+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060327a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060327a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People shout in front of the Saga Prefectural Government Office to protest the governor's approval of a pluthermal project that Kyushu Electric Power Co. will conduct at a nuclear reactor in Genkai.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/27/national/obituary-ayako-koshino/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-27T09:03:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/27/national/high-speed-ferry-service-foiled-by-whale-collisions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-27T09:04:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/27/national/nakada-projected-winner-in-race-for-yokohama-mayor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-27T09:05:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/28/business/overseas-production-ratio-hit-record-high-16-2-in-04/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-28T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/28/national/kanebos-book-cooking-execs-avoid-prison-time/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-28T09:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/28/business/household-assets-down-11-from-99/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-28T09:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/28/national/government-still-struggling-to-meet-realignment-deadline/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-28T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/28/business/deregulation-of-broadcasters-pushed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-28T09:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/28/national/okinawa-base-issue-not-cut-and-dried-with-locals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-28T09:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060328a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060328a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Demonstrators at a March 5 rally in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, protest the  planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station to the Camp Schwab area in the northern city of Nago.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/28/national/asahara-death-sentence-appeal-foiled/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-28T09:01:13+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060328a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060328a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shoko Asahara]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/28/business/beef-ban-has-japan-eating-out-of-australias-hands/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-28T09:02:17+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060328a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060328a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[College student Kazuki Ikeda, 21, eats a bowl of "gyudon" topped with Australian beef at a Sukiya restaurant in Tokyo. The fast-food chain has publicized its opposition to the use of U.S. beef in five newspaper advertisements.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/28/business/big-firms-confidence-off/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-28T09:02:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/28/business/ccc-aioi-insurance-set-to-tie-up/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-28T09:02:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/28/national/meat-subsidy-tariff-scams-net-fujichiku-chief-eight-year-term/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-28T09:02:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/28/business/nippon-steel-eyes-waste-for-fuel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-28T09:02:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/28/national/elementary-english-to-be-mandatory/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-28T09:03:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/28/national/tourist-drowns-while-snorkeling/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-28T09:03:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/28/national/panel-if-no-spending-cuts-are-taken-how-about-22-sales-tax-by-2015/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-28T09:03:44+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/28/national/sdf-establishes-joint-office-for-military-operations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-28T09:04:01+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060328a8a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060328a8a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gen. Hajime Massaki, the newly appointed chief of staff of the Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff Office, views an honor guard Monday at the Defense Agency in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/28/national/japan-asean-ink-agreement-on-integration-fund/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-28T09:04:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/28/national/needles-found-in-pajamas-probed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-28T09:04:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/28/national/retrial-denied-in-84-shiga-killing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-28T09:04:43+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060328a6a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060328a6a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A supporter of Hiromu Sakahara, 70, who is seeking a retrial after being convicted of the 1984 murder of a liquor store owner, holds a banner Monday morning that reads "petition rejected" in front of the Otsu District Court in Shiga Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/28/national/papers-suggest-konoe-sought-end-to-china-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-28T09:05:05+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060328f2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060328f2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Documents apparently written by the late Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe purport to show that he hoped to reach a peace agreement with China near war's end.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/28/national/nakada-re-elected-in-yokohama/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-28T09:05:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/28/national/79-69-trillion-yen-budget-with-budget-cap-passed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-28T09:06:10+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060328a5a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060328a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (right), Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki and Foreign Minister Taro Aso (left) are all smiles Monday as the Upper House votes in the fiscal 2006 budget.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/29/business/japan-u-s-begin-technical-talks-on-beef/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-29T09:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/29/national/cash-card-data-feared-stolen-overseas/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-29T09:00:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/29/business/ministry-to-reject-rice-futures-trading/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-29T09:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/29/national/doctor-who-failed-to-try-to-save-boys-life-cleared/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-29T09:00:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/29/national/what-next-in-asahara-trial-saga/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-29T09:00:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/29/business/sanyo-to-drop-over-half-of-advisers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-29T09:00:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/29/national/harvard-students-meet-lawmakers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-29T09:01:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/29/national/latest-round-of-military-talks-to-miss-the-deadline/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-29T09:01:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/29/national/double-killers-death-sentence-upheld/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-29T09:01:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/29/business/travel-agencies-revamp-package-tours-as-yen-for-luxury-revives/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-29T09:01:14+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060329a5a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060329a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The sales floor of JTB Corp.'s Royal Road Ginza in Chuo Ward, Tokyo, is designed to provide an atmosphere of luxury.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/29/national/anehas-wife-dies-in-apparent-suicide/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-29T09:01:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/29/national/okinawa-base-opponents-make-a-stand-at-henoko/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-29T09:01:38+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060329f1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060329f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Calm last October belies the local storm of protests brewing over plans to relocate a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter base to Camp Schwab, on the shores of Nago, Okinawa.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/29/national/news-rivals-hit-yasukuni-visits/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-29T09:01:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/29/business/accounting-firms-undoing-livedoor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-29T09:02:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/29/business/justification-needed-before-tax-hike-abe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-29T09:02:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/29/business/latent-profit-doubles-at-top-four-life-insurance-firms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-29T09:02:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/29/national/nhk-producer-gets-five-years-for-fraud/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-29T09:02:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/29/business/new-recruits-seek-trust-poll-shows/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-29T09:02:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/29/national/japan-ancestry-visa-seekers-must-show-no-criminal-past/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-29T09:02:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/29/national/asahi-boss-son-gets-new-drug-charge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-29T09:03:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/29/national/ntt-data-theft-worth-31-million-yen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-29T09:03:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/29/national/bill-in-works-to-officially-allow-military-use-of-space/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-29T09:04:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/29/national/tokai-unveils-replica-of-deadly-uranium-plant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-29T09:04:51+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060329b7a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060329b7a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A replica of a uranium solution settling tank that was the site of the nation's worst nuclear accident is unveiled in the village of Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/29/national/iraq-to-get-first-reconstruction-loans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-29T09:05:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/29/national/north-wants-hands-on-activists-in-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-29T09:05:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/29/national/nuclear-agency-oks-shikoku-electric-mox-plan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-29T09:05:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/29/national/firms-raided-in-floodgate-bid-rigging/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-29T09:05:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/30/national/textbooks-given-state-makeover/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-30T09:00:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/30/national/change-to-allow-foreign-political-funds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-30T09:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/30/business/u-s-agrees-to-beef-precautions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-30T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/30/national/fukuoka-court-dismisses-chinese-slave-labor-lawsuit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-30T09:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/30/national/koizumi-to-visit-africa-sweden/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-30T09:01:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/30/business/matsushita-sets-u-s-blu-ray-debut/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-30T09:01:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/30/national/vote-cuts-term-of-u-s-force-budget/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-30T09:01:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/30/business/rakuten-tbs-to-keep-tieup-negotiations-going/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-30T09:02:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/30/national/japan-wants-to-limit-realignment-tab-to-50-aso/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-30T09:02:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/30/business/itoyama-sheds-half-of-jal-shareholdings/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-30T09:02:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/30/business/retail-sales-rose-1-in-february/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-30T09:02:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/30/national/marines-find-hope-in-new-diplomatic-tool-english/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-30T09:02:52+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060330f1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060330f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Local residents practice English conversation with a volunteer instructor from the U.S. Marine Corps during a class at Camp Courtney in Uruma, Okinawa.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/30/business/tv-broadcasters-to-get-ok-for-holding-firms-to-add-stations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-30T09:02:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/30/national/japan-drops-plan-to-submit-new-unsc-reform-bid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-30T09:03:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/30/national/taiwan-ex-leader-lee-ill-delays-visit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-30T09:03:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/30/national/ruling-slams-unequal-bias-in-paternity-recognition/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-30T09:04:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/30/national/top-court-casualty-policy-must-cover-injured-fetus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-30T09:05:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/30/national/kin-okd-euthanasia-doctor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-30T09:05:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/31/national/murder-now-suspected-in-15-floor-fall-of-boy-9/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-31T09:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060331a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060331a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police conduct an investigation Thursday at a 15-story condo high-rise in Kawasaki where a 9-year-old boy fell to his death on March 20 in what was initially believed to have been an accident but may have been a murder.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/31/national/koike-hospitalized-with-pneumonia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-31T09:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/31/national/23800-rights-abuses-tallied-in-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-31T09:00:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/31/national/muraoka-acquitted-of-hiding-jda-check/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-31T09:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060331a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060331a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka arrives Thursday at the Tokyo District Court.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/31/business/british-motorists-unaware-of-hybrid-cars-survey/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-31T09:01:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/31/business/japan-u-s-strengthen-ties-to-fight-piracy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-31T09:01:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/31/business/gm-offers-isuzu-stake-to-mitsubishi-itochu/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-31T09:01:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/31/business/world-bank-ups-japan-outlook/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-31T09:01:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/31/business/moodys-bullish-on-gadget-makers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-31T09:02:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/31/business/rakuten-chief-vows-to-guard-rights-in-tbs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-31T09:02:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/31/national/chongqing-bombing-victims-sue/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-31T09:02:56+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060331a6a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060331a6a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A group of 40 Chinese who were wounded or lost family members to Japan's bombings of Chongqing, China, head to the Tokyo District Court on Thursday to file a damages suit.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/31/national/money-laundering-acquittal-appealed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-31T09:03:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/31/national/inquiry-requested-for-ocean-collision/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-31T09:03:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/31/national/another-aneha-building-found-to-be-defective-pushing-total-to-98/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-31T09:03:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/31/national/cpas-for-kanebo-plead-guilty/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-31T09:04:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/31/national/machine-makers-searched-in-tunnel-venting-bids/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-31T09:04:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/31/national/bill-to-fingerprint-photograph-arrivals-clears-lower-house/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-31T09:05:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/31/national/government-drafts-plans-for-reactor-to-succeed-monju/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-31T09:05:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/31/national/asahara-lawyers-protest-appeal-snub/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-31T09:05:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/31/national/court-rejects-suit-against-new-osaka-railway-project/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-03-31T09:05:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/01/business/income-tax-hike-ups-revenues-5-8/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-01T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/01/business/daiichi-sankyo-to-acquire-zepharma/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-01T09:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/01/business/gutierrez-stresses-safety-of-american-beef/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-01T09:00:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/01/business/tv-programs-go-mobile-as-one-seg-services-begin/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-01T09:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060401a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060401a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shoppers check out NTT DoCoMo mobile handsets equipped with TV tuners at a Bic Camera store in Tokyo's Yurakucho district Thursday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/01/business/six-privatized-companies-licensed-to-run-highways/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-01T09:00:55+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060401a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060401a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Transport Minister Kazuo Kitagawa speaks before presidents of highway companies Friday at the ministry as he grants a license to operate the nation's highways.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/01/business/toshiba-debuts-first-hd-dvd-player/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-01T09:01:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/01/business/fuel-spike-helped-push-february-cpi-up-0-5/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-01T09:01:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/01/national/designers-sellers-of-defective-buildings-face-law-with-teeth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-01T09:01:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/01/business/cost-of-living-just-got-more-expensive-as-fiscal-2006-begins/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-01T09:01:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/01/national/dpj-positions-to-change-with-new-guard/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-01T09:01:55+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060401a5a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060401a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hisayasu Nagata bows Friday in Tokyo after submitting his Diet resignation to the Lower House speaker.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/01/national/33-metro-teachers-hit-for-symbol-snub/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-01T09:03:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/01/national/images-in-assault-death-probes-aired/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-01T09:04:00+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060401b3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060401b3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Security camera footage released by police Friday shows a man at a Kawasaki high-rise Wednesday who allegedly attacked a woman at the building that day. The man was seen the previous week around the time a boy fell to his death under shady circumstances.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/02/national/seven-cities-forced-to-hire-banned-firms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-02T09:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060402a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060402a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Maintenance work for this Fukuoka waste plant was consigned to JFE Engineering Corp., a machinery maker now barred from public tenders in many municipalities for alleged bid-rigging.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/02/national/doctor-association-elects-new-leader/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-02T09:02:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/03/business/things-to-watch-as-boj-restores-interest-rates/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-03T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/03/national/oil-price-spikes-hit-deep-sea-tuna-fishing-industry/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-03T09:01:05+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060403f1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060403f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Deep-sea tuna fishing boats lay at anchor in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, where fishing firms are going under due to high oil prices.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/03/national/bullet-trains-to-permit-scooters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-03T09:01:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/03/national/tv-reporter-arrested-over-gang-rape/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-03T09:01:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/03/national/aso-troops-to-stay-put-in-iraq-until-stability-restored/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-03T09:02:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/03/national/prosecutors-set-up-quake-data-team/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-03T09:03:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/04/business/top-chains-go-toe-to-toe-in-discount-apparel-push/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-04T09:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060404a6a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060404a6a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Clerk arranges shirts at Ito-Yokado Co.'s Kiba store in Koto Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/04/business/kddi-tepco-to-merge-optic-nets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-04T09:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/04/business/japan-investment-in-china-jumps-to-record-6-5-billion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-04T09:01:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/04/national/fukuoka-tv-reporter-held-in-rape-owns-up-to-others/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-04T09:01:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/04/business/850000-new-grads-enter-workforce/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-04T09:01:46+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060404a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060404a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[New employees of Toyota Motor Corp. stand during a ceremony Monday in the company gymnasium.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/04/business/manufacturers-confidence-takes-surprising-drop/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-04T09:01:52+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/04/business/larger-vehicle-sales-down-minicars-strong/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-04T09:02:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/04/national/abductee-lands-full-time-city-job/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-04T09:02:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/04/national/iran-to-get-10-million-yen-in-quake-aid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-04T09:03:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/04/national/koban-bobbies-aid-lost-in-piccadilly/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-04T09:03:33+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060404f1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060404f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A police officer assists pedestrians in front of a police box in London's Piccadilly Circus.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/05/business/postal-savings-insurance-caps-face-gradual-hikes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-05T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/05/national/n-korea-iran-firms-on-wmd-watch-list/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-05T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/05/national/tokyo-kyoto-hiroshima-make-lonely-planets-top-200-cities-guide/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-05T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060405f3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060405f3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo, Kyoto and Hiroshima are among the 200 entries in the new ``Lonely Planet The Cities Book.'']]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/05/business/softbank-to-borrow-1-28-trillion-yen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-05T09:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060405a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060405a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masayoshi Son]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/05/business/half-the-members-of-beef-safety-panel-step-down/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-05T09:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/05/business/tanigaki-worried-about-rate-hike/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-05T09:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/05/business/e-cash-floated-as-causing-march-drop-in-coin-usage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-05T09:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/05/national/calves-run-roughshod-at-narita/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-05T09:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/05/national/law-changes-aim-to-get-dads-into-child-rearing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-05T09:01:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/05/national/six-party-delegates-to-visit-for-security-conference-next-week/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-05T09:03:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/06/business/aeon-unveils-steps-to-block-takeover-bids/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-06T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/06/business/privatization-of-jr-tokai-complete-after-20-years/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-06T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/06/national/consent-given-in-suspected-mercy-killing-kin-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-06T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/06/national/fingerprint-bill-unfair-activists-say/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-06T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/06/national/death-row-pollees-lament-plight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-06T09:00:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/06/business/smaller-is-better/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-06T09:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060406a5a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060406a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[East Japan Railway Co. unveils its next-generation bullet train, Fastech 360 Z, in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture, with its metal "ears" -- spoilers used for emergency braking -- deployed.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/06/business/nintendos-brain-game-due-in-u-s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-06T09:00:54+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060406a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060406a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nintendo Co.'s brain-teaser game, a hit in Japan among age groups not known for their proclivity toward video games, will hit U.S. stores later this month.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/06/national/alleged-leader-of-phone-fraud-ring-arrested/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-06T09:00:59+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/06/national/russia-admits-violating-territory/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-06T09:01:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/06/business/nec-emc-to-develop-data-storage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-06T09:01:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/06/business/oki-takes-over-thai-logistics-firm/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-06T09:01:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/06/national/seoul-plans-dna-tests-on-kin-of-yokota-linked-men/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-06T09:01:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/06/national/pilot-in-red-army-hijacking-chose-seoul-files/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-06T09:01:58+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060406f3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060406f3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japanese Red Army Faction members who hijacked a Japan Airlines jetliner arrive in Pyongyang on April 3, 1970. Below, Shinji Ishida, pilot of the hijacked airplane, smiles at well-wishers after returning the next day to Tokyo's Haneda airport.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/06/business/china-fines-bank-over-laundering/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-06T09:02:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/06/national/japan-u-s-turn-again-to-military-realignment-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-06T09:02:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/06/national/film-on-abductee-wins-two-more-awards-in-u-s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-06T09:02:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/06/national/koizumi-ties-nakasone-for-third-longest-term-as-leader/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-06T09:03:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/06/national/robot-suit-to-give-quadriplegic-a-lift/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-06T09:03:08+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060406f2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060406f2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Seiji Uchida (third from right) and Kyoga Ide (second from right) look on as a robotic suit developed by Tsukuba University engineering professor Yoshiyuki Sankai (fourth from right) is demonstrated at a news conference in Tokyo last month.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/07/business/yasuda-warehouse-gets-dbjs-first-low-rate-loan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-07T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/07/business/sony-eyes-cho-as-outside-director/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-07T09:00:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/07/business/cell-phones-for-crime-wary-kids-see-brisk-sales/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-07T09:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060407a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060407a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s Kids Keitai SA800i and KDDI Corp.'s Junior Keitai A5520SA both offer safety features.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/07/national/elite-bidding-to-be-abolished-ministry/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-07T09:00:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/07/business/japan-gulf-states-to-negotiate-fta/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-07T09:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/07/national/defense-lawyers-feel-discovery-limits-their-trial-options-time/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-07T09:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/07/national/foreign-students-goal-of-career-proves-elusive/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-07T09:00:45+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060407f1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060407f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Foreign students attend a seminar held by Tempstaff Universal Co. in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward in February.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/07/national/train-car-crash-kills-one-in-setagaya/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-07T09:00:55+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060407a7a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060407a7a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Tokyo Fire Department crew works Wednesday evening to remove a car that was struck by a Keio Line commuter train at a grade crossing in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/07/business/boom-bust-gauge-stayed-over-50-in-february/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-07T09:00:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/07/national/eggers-of-north-koreans-face-charge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-07T09:00:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/07/business/cpa-body-plans-registry-for-auditors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-07T09:01:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/07/national/npa-seeks-20-cuts-in-road-deaths/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-07T09:02:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/07/national/europes-reconciliation-model-hard-sell-in-land-of-anemic-civil-society/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-07T09:02:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/07/national/ozawa-looks-popular-ahead-of-dpj-vote/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-07T09:02:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/07/national/shanghai-all-you-can-eat-sip/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-07T09:03:24+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060407f3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060407f3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Chef at a branch of the Tairyo Group chain in Shanghai "teppan-yaki" grills everything on his hot plate, where this party of seven can eat all they want for two hours.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/07/national/masseur-held-in-starvation-treatment-death/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-07T09:03:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/07/national/diet-to-grill-air-carriers-leaders-over-safety-ills/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-07T09:04:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/07/national/pickpockets-mace-station-27-hurt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-07T09:04:05+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060407a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060407a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Members Of The Tokyo Fire Department's hazardous materials squad inspect the scene of an apparent mace attack Thursday morning at JR Nishi-Nippori Station in Arakawa Ward.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/08/business/foreign-reserves-rewrite-record-high/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-08T09:00:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/08/business/matsushita-nec-mull-venture-with-ti/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-08T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/08/business/tse-could-resume-regular-hours-by-month-end-nishimuro/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-08T09:00:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/08/business/april-wto-deal-difficult-japan-u-s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-08T09:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/08/national/review-sought-on-privacy-law-uses/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-08T09:00:52+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/08/business/panel-gives-options-for-fiscal-health/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-08T09:01:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/08/business/ustr-raps-access-to-mobile-fixed-line-telecoms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-08T09:01:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/08/national/nago-tokyo-reach-agreement-on-moving-futenma/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-08T09:01:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/08/business/yoshinoya-halves-loss-harbors-high-hopes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-08T09:01:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/08/national/prosecutors-file-appeal-in-candy-stick-death-case/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-08T09:01:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/08/national/yokotas-spouse-south-korean/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-08T09:01:46+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060408a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060408a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pyongyang says the woman in this undated photo is Megumi Yokota.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/08/business/frozen-food-makers-vie-to-minimize-cooking-requirements/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-08T09:01:54+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060408a8a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060408a8a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A shopper checks out the frozen food at a supermarket in Tokyo's Meguro Ward.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/08/national/japan-struggles-with-the-right-to-die-issue/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-08T09:02:08+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060408f1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060408f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hidetsugu Asanoi, head of Imizu City Hospital, speaks March 28 about the deaths of six patients.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/08/business/ubs-sumitomo-settle-99-copper-suit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-08T09:02:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/08/national/japanese-life-expectancy-at-82-years/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-08T09:03:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/08/national/new-jr-west-cars-not-any-stronger/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-08T09:03:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/08/national/gurus-son-sues-school-over-rejection/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-08T09:03:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/08/national/rights-bill-still-on-the-burner/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-08T09:03:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/09/national/governor-nixes-okinawa-base-relocation-plan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-09T09:00:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/09/national/ozawa-poised-to-bedevil-the-ldp/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-09T09:01:10+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060409a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060409a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ichiro Ozawa acknowledges the crowd as he is elected president of the Democratic Party of Japan in Tokyo on Friday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/09/national/negotiators-from-six-way-talks-could-meet-this-week/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-09T09:01:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/09/national/beijing-quiet-on-protest-anniversary/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-09T09:02:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/11/business/inpex-in-on-700-billion-yen-australia-lng-project/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-11T09:00:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/11/business/core-machinery-orders-rebound-after-january-dip/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-11T09:00:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/11/national/abe-ahead-for-top-job-but-fukuda-gains-ground/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-11T09:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/11/business/time-for-japan-to-shut-up-and-drill-energy-expert/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-11T09:00:38+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060411a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060411a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A drilling platform is constructed by China in the Tianwaitian gas field, which lies a few kilometers from Japan's median line in the East China Sea, in this 2005 photo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/11/business/japanese-seen-handling-most-british-car-production/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-11T09:00:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/11/national/koizumi-ready-to-take-role-in-base-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-11T09:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/11/national/killer-gets-13-years-for-1990-tokyo-stabbing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-11T09:01:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/11/national/missing-girl-found-dead-in-akita/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-11T09:01:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/11/business/boj-talks-unlikely-to-yield-interest-rate-hike/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-11T09:01:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/11/national/high-speed-ferry-collides-with-whale-like-object-104-hurt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-11T09:01:44+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060411a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060411a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of the Japan Coast Guard rescue passengers from the Toppy-4 ferry after it hit an unidentified object off Kagoshima Prefecture on Sunday night.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/11/national/koike-in-hospital-for-another-week/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-11T09:02:44+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/11/national/city-mergers-seen-tailing-off-as-the-initial-excitement-fades/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-11T09:03:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/11/national/youths-get-a-say-in-governance-with-mock-mayoral-vote/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-11T09:03:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/11/national/over-4-million-foreign-tourists-visited-last-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-11T09:04:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/12/business/boj-maintains-zero-interest-rate-money-stance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-12T09:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/12/business/mix-cultures-for-global-success-expert/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-12T09:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060412a6a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060412a6a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kenichi Nakamura, former president of Komatsu America Corp., speaks at a forum in New York last week.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/12/national/jal-skymark-presidents-give-unsworn-diet-testimony/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-12T09:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/12/business/japan-tells-china-to-change-unfair-trade-practices/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-12T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/12/national/science-health/poor-health-may-be-no-laughing-matter/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-12T09:00:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/12/business/jetstar-enters-kansai/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-12T09:01:05+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060412a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060412a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kansai International Airport Co. President Atsushi Murayama (right) and Kansai Economic Federation Chairman Yoshihisa Akiyama (second from right) join hands with Australian Consul General in Osaka Michael Clifton (left) and Jetstar General Manager Bruce Buchanan to mark the beginning of service by Jetstar Airways at Kansai International Airport.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/12/business/familymarts-net-rose-12-in-05/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-12T09:01:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/12/business/gm-selling-isuzu-stake-to-trading-companies-bank/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-12T09:01:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/12/national/bush-hints-at-accepting-futenma-plan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-12T09:01:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/12/business/meti-puts-competitive-small-manufacturers-in-limelight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-12T09:01:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/12/national/less-odoriferous-natto-gains-favor-in-taiwan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-12T09:02:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/12/national/106-defense-officials-got-amakudari-jobs-in-2005/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-12T09:02:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/12/national/efforts-on-six-party-talks-still-snagged/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-12T09:03:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/12/national/tokyo-u-13th-in-essay-citations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-12T09:03:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/13/business/long-term-interest-rate-hikes-are-serious-concern-fukui/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-13T09:00:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/13/national/envoys-fail-to-get-six-party-talks-back-on-track/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-13T09:00:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/13/national/mother-of-yokotas-husband-asks-pyongyang-to-let-him-come-home/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-13T09:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060413a5a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060413a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Choi Gye Wol, the mother of a South Korean man determined to be the husband of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, appears at a news conference in Seoul.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/13/business/kirin-tops-asahi-in-beer-shipments/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-13T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/13/national/japan-applies-for-asian-seat-on-u-n-human-rights-panel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-13T09:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/13/business/tax-chiefs-remark-slammed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-13T09:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/13/business/convenience-stores-outshined-stale-supermarkets-in-2005/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-13T09:00:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/13/national/japan-raps-iran-over-enrichment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-13T09:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/13/business/ntt-to-bring-aromas-to-the-movies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-13T09:00:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/13/national/two-groups-want-new-day-for-love/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-13T09:00:44+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060413f2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060413f2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Representatives of a U.S. citrus growers' association give away oranges to promote Orange Day in Tokyo's Yurakucho district last April 14.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/13/business/lending-climbs-1-5/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-13T09:00:52+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/13/business/current-account-hits-second-highest-surplus-on-record/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-13T09:00:59+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/13/national/victims-of-black-lung-sue-government/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-13T09:01:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/13/business/mmc-to-buy-into-china-auto-venture/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-13T09:01:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/13/business/student-athletes-looking-to-win-job-hunting-race/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-13T09:01:35+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060413a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060413a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A job seeker in his 20s (right) confers with an employment consultant at a seminar last month in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/13/business/nonresident-stock-buys-beat-1-trillion-yen-in-march/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-13T09:01:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/13/business/brazil-eyes-japan-digital-tv-format/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-13T09:01:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/13/business/tokyo-condo-supply-rose-in-march/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-13T09:01:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/13/national/jr-execs-cleared-in-fatal-accident/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-13T09:02:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/13/national/nhk-hit-by-fresh-embezzlement-case/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-13T09:02:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/13/national/u-s-navy-base-faces-labor-strike/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-13T09:03:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/13/national/mural-damage-covered-up-at-ancient-tomb/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-13T09:03:36+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060413a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060413a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Damage caused by a researcher to an ancient mural inside the Takamatsuzuka Tomb in Nara Prefecture is indicated by a circle in this undated photo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/13/national/education-bill-advances-after-patriotism-debate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-13T09:03:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/14/business/hankyu-hunting-hanshin-shares/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-14T09:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/14/business/job-hunting-students-favor-ana/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-14T09:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/14/business/credit-card-firms-kill-atm-fees/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-14T09:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/14/business/wage-gap-getting-wider/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-14T09:00:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/14/business/companies-court-women-with-children-as-workforce-shrinks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-14T09:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060414a8a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060414a8a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman brings her child to a job consultation at Fuji Staff Inc. temp agency in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward, which offers a child-care service.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/14/business/jt-to-appoint-kimura-new-chief/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-14T09:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/14/business/more-companies-opting-for-delisting/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-14T09:00:46+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/14/business/kddi-seeks-e-cash-tieup-with-btmu/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-14T09:01:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/14/national/statistics-show-worrying-increase-in-underweight-newborns/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-14T09:01:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/14/business/wholesale-prices-added-2-1-in-05-as-oil-rose/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-14T09:01:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/14/national/education-bill-advances-after-patriotism-defined/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-14T09:01:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/14/national/high-levels-of-lead-found-at-atomic-bomb-dome/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-14T09:01:32+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060414a6a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060414a6a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The atomic bomb dome in Hiroshima, seen Thursday, may be standing on lead-contaminated soil.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/14/business/confidence-index-logs-first-positive-reading-since-96/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-14T09:01:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/14/national/man-gets-back-5-million-yen-wife-trashed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-14T09:01:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/14/national/containership-sinks-in-freighter-collision/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-14T09:02:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/14/business/murata-to-acquire-sychip-of-u-s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-14T09:02:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/14/national/north-korea-rejects-results-of-kim-yokota-dna-tests/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-14T09:03:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/15/national/environment-chief-out-of-hospital/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-15T09:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/15/business/copyright-revision-helps-one-coin-dvds-become-hit-with-movie-collectors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-15T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060415a5a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060415a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A shop clerk shows off DVD titles priced at 500 yen at Kinokuniya's smaller bookstore in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/15/business/smbc-to-use-electronic-signatures/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-15T09:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/15/business/nikai-lauds-japan-brazil-tv-accord/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-15T09:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/15/business/skymark-again-hit-for-lax-repairs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-15T09:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/15/business/fsa-orders-suspension-at-aiful/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-15T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060415a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060415a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A sign shows Aiful Corp's branch on the fifth floor of this building outside JR Shinbashi Station in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/15/national/japan-marks-third-deadliest-winter/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-15T09:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/15/business/dell-to-supply-defense-agency-pcs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-15T09:01:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/15/national/a-bomb-legacy-fading-filmmaker/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-15T09:01:29+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060415f1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060415f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Filmmaker Steven Okazaki and his wife, Peggy Orenstein, pose at the U.S. Academy Awards in Hollywood in March.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/15/business/bankruptcies-declined-to-14-year-low-in-2005/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-15T09:01:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/15/national/court-backs-nestle-workers-refusal-to-accept-relocation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-15T09:01:52+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/15/business/son-to-head-up-vodafone-unit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-15T09:02:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/15/national/oshima-rejects-south-korean-request-to-cancel-survey-near-disputed-islets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-15T09:02:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/15/national/u-s-realignment-talks-drag-on/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-15T09:02:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/15/national/cops-want-to-quiz-chinese-envoy-for-info-on-visa-scam/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-15T09:02:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/15/national/cabinet-touts-2nd-longest-expansion-in-postwar-era/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-15T09:02:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/15/national/yokotas-spouse-detained-group/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-15T09:02:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/15/national/panel-oks-bill-to-reform-police-detention-system/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-15T09:02:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/15/national/aneha-to-be-arrested-over-quake-resistance-data-fabrication/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-15T09:02:54+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060415a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060415a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hidetsugu Aneha]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/15/national/hospitals-want-terminal-care-guidelines-survey/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-15T09:03:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/16/national/abductees-father-to-seek-meeting-with-family-of-daughters-husband/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-16T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060416a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060416a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sakie and Shigeru Yokota, and Teruaki Masumoto (right) -- all relatives of Japanese abductees -- speak to reporters Saturday in Chikuma, Nagano Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/16/national/role-for-family-urged-in-deciding-euthanasia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-16T09:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/16/national/enhanced-h5n1-response-planned/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-16T09:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/16/national/chiba-by-election/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-16T09:00:49+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060416a7a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060416a7a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[DEMOCRATIC PARTY of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa shakes hands with supporters in Noda, Chiba Prefecture, while Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi gives a speech in Nagareyama as New Komeito leader Takenori Kanzaki looks on.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/16/national/dumped-medical-products-to-draw-study/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-16T09:01:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/16/national/unmanned-tokyo-transit-line-remains-shut-down/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-16T09:01:36+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060416a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060416a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A train car on the Yurikamome Line that lost a wheel is loaded onto a trailer Saturday in Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/16/national/murakami-fund-ups-stake-in-matsuzakaya-to-7-52/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-16T09:02:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/16/national/koizumi-waxes-poetic-under-cherry-blossoms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-16T09:03:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/17/national/japan-china-to-seek-more-time-to-handle-leftover-arms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-17T09:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/17/national/china-bans-vessels-near-gas-field-report/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-17T09:00:34+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060417a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060417a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[This Chinese drilling platform is in the Pinghu gas field near the Japan-drawn median line.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/17/business/cpe-by-stealth-the-state-of-youth-jobs-in-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-17T09:00:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/17/national/economy-in-second-longest-postwar-expansion-yosano/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-17T09:00:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/17/national/mother-of-yokotas-husband-seeks-meeting-with-abductor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-17T09:01:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/17/national/yurikamome-line-to-resume-running-monday/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-17T09:01:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/17/national/impartiality-of-food-safety-watchdog-questioned/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-17T09:02:19+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060417a7a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060417a7a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Beef imported from Canada lines the shelves at a Tokyo outlet of the Hanamasa meat wholesale chain.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/17/national/princess-aiko-attends-school-fair/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-17T09:02:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/17/national/blast-fire-hit-chiba-refinery-no-one-injured/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-17T09:03:46+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060417a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060417a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Firetrucks pour water on a blaze that broke out early Sunday at this Cosmo Oil Co. refinery.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/18/national/japan-hopes-to-grow-coral-around-disputed-pacific-outcrop-4/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-18T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/18/business/meti-sends-division-chief-to-canon/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-18T09:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/18/business/skymark-gets-route-despite-safety-worries/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-18T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/18/national/obituary-reiko-chiba-tuttle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-18T09:00:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/18/business/industrial-production-drops-1-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-18T09:00:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/18/business/slow-wage-growth-hurts-confidence/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-18T09:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/18/business/meti-upgrades-economies-of-kanto-northern-regions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-18T09:01:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/18/business/idemitsu-kosan-to-up-prices-2-1-yen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-18T09:01:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/18/national/elderly-woman-killed-in-tosa-attack/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-18T09:01:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/18/national/portuguese-language-texts-aid-brazilian-kids/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-18T09:01:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/18/national/yokotas-husband-wrote-her-parents-in-2002/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-18T09:01:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/18/national/china-shipping-ban-may-breach-u-n-treaty-abe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-18T09:01:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/18/national/iwojima-training-site-moving/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-18T09:01:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/18/national/top-court-looks-to-reject-posthumous-in-vitro-paternity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-18T09:01:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/18/business/japan-indonesia-resume-talks-on-free-trade-agreement/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-18T09:01:59+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/18/business/new-moneyed-class-spends-big-at-luxury-retailers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-18T09:02:09+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060418a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060418a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Franck Muller Swiss watches and other high-quality goods are showcased on the sixth floor of Takashimaya Co.'s flagship store in Tokyo's Nihonbashi district.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/18/national/huser-president-facing-criminal-investigation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-18T09:02:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/18/national/ministry-seeks-better-local-level-tests-for-cancer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-18T09:02:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/18/national/war-dead-vet-living-in-ukraine/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-18T09:02:46+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/18/national/repeat-robber-who-killed-gets-life-prison-term/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-18T09:03:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/18/national/koike-back-after-outworking-men/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-18T09:04:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/19/national/nationwide-raid-on-aum-turns-up-appeal-for-calm/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-19T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/19/business/hankyu-angles-to-buy-murakamis-hanshin-stake/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-19T09:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060419a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060419a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoshiaki Murakami talks to reporters after a meeting with Hanshin Railway Co. last October.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/19/business/patent-office-hands-out-ip-awards/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-19T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/19/business/business-impact-of-oil-prices-rings-alarm-bells-at-meti/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-19T09:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/19/business/farm-lobby-reaffirms-wto-stance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-19T09:00:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/19/business/rising-long-term-rates-irk-government/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-19T09:00:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/19/national/ebara-raided-over-sewage-bid-rigging/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-19T09:02:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/19/business/get-rid-of-interest-rate-gray-zone-fsa-panel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-19T09:02:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/19/business/fukui-waxes-positive-about-economy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-19T09:02:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/19/national/shipping-ban-in-japan-zone-mistake-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-19T09:02:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/19/national/u-k-inspired-science-cafes-seen-provoking-general-interest/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-19T09:02:57+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060419f2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060419f2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chikara Miyachi, a researcher at the National Agency for the Advancement of Sports and Health, explains the movements of top athletes at a "science cafe" gathering at a coffee shop in Nada Ward, Kobe.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/19/national/police-question-huser-president/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-19T09:03:28+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060419a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060419a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A vehicle believed to be carrying Huser Ltd. President Susumu Ojima enters the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Department in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/19/national/realignment-talks-eyed-for-may-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-19T09:03:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/19/national/late-chernobyl-firemans-blood-tests-to-be-disclosed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-19T09:03:52+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060419f3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060419f3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Akio Awa]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/20/business/hanshins-brand-name-would-stay-hankyu/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-20T09:00:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/20/business/keep-pushing-fiscal-reforms-keidanren-tells-ldp-brass/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-20T09:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/20/business/schieffer-frets-asia-oceania-fta-idea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-20T09:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060420a5a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060420a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Thomas Schieffer]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/20/business/docomo-suspends-defective-phone/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-20T09:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/20/national/vandals-deface-horyuji-temple/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-20T09:00:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/20/national/taiwan-welcomes-stronger-japan-u-s-defense-relations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-20T09:00:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/20/business/sony-samsung-lcd-jv-expands/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-20T09:01:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/20/business/dont-be-hasty-to-up-interest-rates-imf/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-20T09:01:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/20/business/banks-halt-loan-ties-with-strong-arm-aiful/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-20T09:01:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/20/national/jcg-best-steer-clear-of-dokdo-seoul-warns/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-20T09:01:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/20/business/gandhara-fund-ups-livedoor-stake/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-20T09:02:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/20/business/tokio-marine-to-buy-asia-general-of-singapore/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-20T09:02:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/20/national/after-a-bad-winter-experts-try-to-come-up-with-a-snow-plan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-20T09:02:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/20/national/ministry-confirms-25th-mad-cow/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-20T09:02:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/21/business/reit-market-following-resurgence-in-land-prices/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-21T09:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060421a5a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060421a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[High-rise buildings dot the skyline in central Tokyo, where land prices are finally starting to increase.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/21/national/moms-jail-obara-for-life/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-21T09:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060421b2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060421b2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Slain Briton Lucie Blackman's mother, Jane Steare, wipes away tears as her husband, Roger, looks on during a news conference in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/21/business/mcdonalds-to-boost-24-hour-shops/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-21T09:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/21/business/wal-mart-ceo-sees-spark-in-seiyu/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-21T09:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/21/business/exports-imports-soared-in-05-but-oil-hit-surplus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-21T09:01:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/21/national/china-spy-plane-intrusions-hit-record/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-21T09:01:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/21/business/ustr-change-clouds-wto-talks-official/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-21T09:01:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/21/business/yahoo-japan-sets-another-profit-record/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-21T09:01:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/21/national/china-academy-woos-ken-takakura/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-21T09:02:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/21/national/vaccine-side-effects-said-states-fault/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-21T09:02:52+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/21/national/japanese-majors-seen-on-decline-in-north-korea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-21T09:03:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/21/national/tokyo-seoul-scurry-to-avert-islet-clash/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-21T09:03:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/21/national/boj-staff-seen-traveling-on-cheap-getting-reimbursed-in-full/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-21T09:03:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/21/national/reform-timeline-approved-by-lower-house/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-21T09:03:22+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060421a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060421a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ruling coalition lawmakers stand up to approve an administrative reform bill in]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/22/national/kimura-knew-about-faked-data-on-hotel-took-fee-cops/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-22T09:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/22/business/gates-pitches-his-software-to-npos/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-22T09:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/22/business/wellington-cautious-about-regional-fta/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-22T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/22/business/japan-firms-aim-to-aid-china-in-saving-energy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-22T09:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/22/business/ustr-suggests-doha-players-take-last-stab-at-deal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-22T09:00:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/22/business/service-index-off-1-5-in-february/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-22T09:01:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/22/national/nukaga-off-to-u-s-hoping-to-talk-costs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-22T09:01:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/22/business/import-ban-on-mexico-tomatoes-ends/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-22T09:01:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/22/business/local-tax-grant-review-unavoidable/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-22T09:01:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/22/business/yuan-hike-urged/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-22T09:01:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/22/business/seafood-costs-too-much-consumers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-22T09:02:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/22/national/dust-around-young-star-may-give-clue-to-birth-of-planets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-22T09:02:25+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060422a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060422a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Space dust surrounds a young star in the Painter's Easel constellation in this National Astronomical Observatory of Japan graphic.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/22/national/consumers-skeptical-about-u-s-beef-firms-say-lift-ban/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-22T09:02:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/22/national/10-year-military-realignment-plan-to-cost-japan-2-trillion-yen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-22T09:03:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/22/national/abe-awarded-defamation-damages/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-22T09:03:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/22/national/threat-shifts-photo-show-on-yokota/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-22T09:03:59+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/23/national/mori-pushes-education-law-revision/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-23T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/23/business/hankyu-opts-to-purchase-murakamis-hanshin-stake/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-23T09:00:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/23/national/15-year-old-boy-arrested-in-gifu-for-allegedly-killing-junior-high-girl/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-23T09:01:00+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060423a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060423a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A bouquet of flowers sits outside the vacant building where the body of 13-year-old Nao Shimizu was found.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/23/national/kimura-execs-to-be-arrested-this-week/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-23T09:01:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/23/business/boj-leader-downplays-credit-tightening-impact/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-23T09:01:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/23/national/ftc-to-probe-11-firms-over-shady-bids/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-23T09:02:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/23/national/nukaga-rumsfeld-to-meet-sunday/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-23T09:02:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/24/national/for-female-otaku-a-coffee-house-all-their-own/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-24T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060424f1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060424f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Waiters dressed as butlers serve tea and cake at the Swallowtail coffee shop in Toshima Ward, Tokyo, during a press preview in March.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/24/business/fiscal-policymakers-seek-japans-true-potential/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-24T09:01:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/24/national/man-admits-strangling-ailing-wife/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-24T09:01:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/24/national/dpj-candidate-wins-chiba-by-election/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-24T09:01:14+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060424a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060424a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kazumi Ota celebrates winning Sunday's by-election in Chiba Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/24/national/police-find-stick-used-to-beat-gifu-girl/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-24T09:01:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/24/national/japanese-s-korean-abductees-families-seek-u-s-help/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-24T09:03:11+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060424a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060424a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Relatives and supporters of Japanese and South Koreans abducted by North Korea hold a rally in Washington in front of the White House.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/24/national/boj-to-keep-accommodative-stance-tanigaki/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-24T09:03:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/25/business/dollar-tse-fall-draw-abe-remarks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-25T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/25/national/man-admits-killing-carving-frying-mom/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-25T09:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/25/national/survey-near-disputed-isles-tied-to-moves-by-s-korea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-25T09:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/25/business/tse-resumes-normal-trading-hours/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-25T09:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/25/business/swedens-ikea-back-in-japan-after-20-year-hiatus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-25T09:00:38+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060425a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060425a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ikea Japan President and CEO Tommy Kullberg explains the lineup at his new store in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/25/national/japan-to-pay-59-of-bill-for-u-s-move/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-25T09:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060425a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060425a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld shakes hands with Defense Agency Director General Fukushiro Nukaga in Washington on Sunday after an agreement was reached on sharing the cost of relocating 8,000 marines from Okinawa to Guam.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/25/national/mental-anguish-from-amagasaki-has-yet-to-heal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-25T09:01:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/25/national/tokyo-court-backs-reporter-on-refusing-to-name-source/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-25T09:02:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/25/national/gifu-boy-details-how-he-killed-girl/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-25T09:02:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/25/national/suspect-booked-for-boys-fatal-fall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-25T09:02:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/25/national/chernobyl-survivor-on-musical-mission/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-25T09:03:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/25/national/dpj-win-helps-ozawa-reflects-anti-ldp-mood/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-25T09:03:44+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060425a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060425a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Democratic Party of Japan executives Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama, President Ichiro Ozawa and Vice President Naoto Kan celebrate Sunday at party headquarters in Tokyo after their candidate's victory in the Chiba by-election.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/26/business/tanigaki-calls-for-orderly-moves-in-forex-markets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-26T09:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/26/business/mmc-cuts-last-daimlerchrysler-tie/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-26T09:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/26/business/wto-talks-may-be-held-in-june/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-26T09:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/26/national/boy-16-held-in-fatal-attack-on-wakayama-photo-shop-owner/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-26T09:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/26/national/jr-wests-postcrash-safety-steps-find-skeptics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-26T09:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060426f1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060426f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A JR West train last June enters the curve where a train derailed and crashed into the condominium building in the distance in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, two months earlier.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/26/business/job-picture-brightens-for-grads/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-26T09:00:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/26/business/funeral-entrepreneur-champions-affordable-rites/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-26T09:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060426a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060426a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[All Nations Society President John Kamm shows off an urn at his office in Tokyo's Ginza district.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/26/business/hanshin-board-approves-hankyu-acquisition-plan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-26T09:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/26/business/higher-costs-cut-into-kddi-profit-by-30/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-26T09:00:45+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060426a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060426a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[KDDI Corp. Chairman and President Tadashi Onodera announces the telecommunications company's business results in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/26/business/toray-bags-big-carbon-fiber-deal-for-boeing-787/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-26T09:00:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/26/business/nissan-logs-872-billion-yen-record-profit-on-global-sales/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-26T09:01:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/26/national/contentious-north-korean-ferry-at-niigata/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-26T09:01:53+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060426a7a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060426a7a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Protesters demand the return of abductees as the North Korean ferry Mangyongbong-92 ties up at a pier in Niigata port.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/26/national/kin-of-forced-laborers-not-eligible-for-back-pay-court/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-26T09:01:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/26/national/dad-urges-harshest-sentence-for-obara/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-26T09:02:20+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060426a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060426a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Timothy Blackman speaks during a news conference at a Tokyo hotel.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/26/national/ftc-raids-firms-over-bid-rigging-in-water-treatment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-26T09:02:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/26/national/more-seniors-opting-for-personalized-wills/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-26T09:03:05+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060426f2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060426f2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man looks at a "Let's Write Our Will" kit published by a nonprofit organization to help seniors protect their assets.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/26/national/china-declines-to-portray-japan-in-positive-light/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-26T09:03:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/26/national/two-students-drug-teachers-lunch/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-26T09:03:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/26/national/mourners-mark-anniversary-of-jr-west-crash/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-26T09:03:54+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060426a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060426a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Naho Asano, who was injured and whose mother was killed in last April's train crash in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, cries during a ceremony Tuesday on the first anniversary of the accident.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/27/business/fsa-to-punish-smbc-for-making-borrowers-buy-interest-swaps/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-27T09:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/27/business/marubeni-mulls-joining-buyout-of-westinghouse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-27T09:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/27/business/stores-to-hold-prices-on-ersatz-beer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-27T09:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/27/national/north-urged-to-hand-sin-over/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-27T09:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/27/business/sharp-sees-third-straight-year-of-record-profit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-27T09:00:44+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/27/business/all-regions-see-recovery-for-quarter/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-27T09:01:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/27/national/first-tumor-specialists-look-to-fill-gap-in-medical-coverage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-27T09:01:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/27/national/26-billion-bill-coming-japans-way-pentagon/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-27T09:01:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/27/business/honda-achieved-record-597-billion-yen-profit-in-05/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-27T09:01:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/27/business/imported-crude-oil-may-hit-100/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-27T09:01:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/27/national/teacher-held-for-sex-shop-infraction/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-27T09:01:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/27/business/companies-melding-tv-web-ads/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-27T09:01:31+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060427a7a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060427a7a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toyota Motor Corp.'s TV ad for the bB that aired in December gives few details about the new model.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/27/business/diet-steps-closer-to-ratifying-free-trade-pact-with-malaysia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-27T09:01:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/27/national/defense-spending-faces-cut-to-cover-u-s-realignment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-27T09:02:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/27/national/makers-of-soft-core-porn-have-big-dreams/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-27T09:02:15+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060427f1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060427f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Junpei Shinno, a 26-year-old screen technician, works in the projection room at Shinbashi Roman Theater, which specializes in soft-core pornographic movies, near JR Shinbashi Station in Minato Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/27/national/aneha-seven-associates-in-building-fraud-held/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-27T09:02:49+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060427a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060427a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Architect Hidetsugu Aneha is escorted by officers to the Tsukiji Police Station in Tokyo prior to his arrest over the building safety scandal.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/27/national/artificially-bred-storks-eggs-fall-off-nest-unlikely-to-hatch/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-27T09:03:07+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060427a7a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060427a7a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An oriental white stork's egg is found stuck between its nest and the nest post Wednesday in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/28/business/jaxa-asics-plan-iss-footwear-line/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-28T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060428a5a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060428a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A prototype runner developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Asics Corp. is displayed.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/28/business/jr-trio-saw-record-sales-pretax-profits-in-05-despite-crashes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-28T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/28/business/tvs-twist-electronics-earnings/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-28T09:00:25+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060428a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060428a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People pass by a monitor displaying Sony Corp.'s logo at the Sony Building Thursday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/28/business/foreign-investors-turning-around-failing-japanese-inns-links/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-28T09:00:53+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060428a8a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060428a8a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The shiroganeya inn, which dates back to 1624, in Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture, is shown in this undated photo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/28/national/long-lost-soldier-83-returns-to-ukraine/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-28T09:00:53+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060428a5a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060428a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ishinosuke Uwano]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/28/business/kinki-osaka-chief-to-helm-resona/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-28T09:01:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/28/business/earnings-solid-at-jfe-kobe-steel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-28T09:01:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/28/national/bush-may-see-kin-of-japanese-abductees/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-28T09:01:16+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060428a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060428a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sakie Yokota, whose daughter, Megumi, was abducted by Pyongyang, speaks to reporters Wednesday in Washington after meeting with Deputy National Security Adviser Jack Crouch.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/28/national/1-13-billion-yen-to-crime-victims-in-05/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-28T09:01:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/28/business/smbc-to-be-suspended-from-derivatives-selling/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-28T09:01:44+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/28/business/mmc-operating-profit-may-signal-end-to-dark-days/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-28T09:02:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/28/national/jr-west-ranks-sue-over-punishments/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-28T09:03:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/29/business/howa-bank-eyes-public-funds-to-boost-capital/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-29T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/29/business/brisk-demand-for-gadgets-helps-boost-industrial-output-1-6/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-29T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/29/national/ex-world-bank-head-nicklaus-spring-honorees/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-29T09:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/29/national/koizumi-issues-official-minamata-apology/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-29T09:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/29/business/jobless-rate-at-seven-year-low-of-4-3/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-29T09:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/29/business/anas-sales-and-operating-profit-soar-net-profit-falls/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-29T09:00:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/29/business/civil-servant-pension-cut-in-works/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-29T09:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/29/business/matsushita-toshiba-show-strong-annual-results/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-29T09:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/29/business/son-named-president-at-vodafone/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-29T09:01:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/29/national/aso-pitches-for-creation-of-nobel-prize-for-foreign-manga-artists/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-29T09:01:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/29/business/core-cpi-shows-first-growth-in-eight-years/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-29T09:01:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/29/business/boj-keeps-stance-unchanged-to-steady-recovery/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-29T09:02:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/29/national/tokyo-submits-bid-for-2016-olympics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-29T09:02:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/29/national/u-s-to-raise-abductions-at-g-8/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-29T09:03:37+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060429a5a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060429a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sakie Yokota, the mother of abductee Megumi Yokota, speaks before the House of  Representatives International Relations Committee in Washington on Thursday as her son, Takuya, holds up a photograph of his sister.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/29/national/okinawa-gov-inamine-tired-wont-seek-third-term/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-29T09:03:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/30/national/for-golden-week-this-year-go-to-a-spa-and-stay-close-to-home/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-30T09:02:06+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060430a8a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060430a8a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yumeguri Mangekyo, a new hot spa facility in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, features a Taisho Period-style interior.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/30/national/daughters-sue-to-help-guru-lodge-appeal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-30T09:02:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/30/national/top-ministers-to-finalize-realignment-monday/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-30T09:02:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/30/national/dentist-held-over-abduction-of-teen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-30T09:03:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/30/national/marking-50-years-of-minamata/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-30T09:03:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/30/national/thousands-attend-may-day-rallies-seek-financial-parity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-30T09:03:47+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060430a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060430a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A big crowd gathers Saturday for a May Day rally at Yoyogi Park in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/30/national/bush-promises-yokota-to-press-n-korea-to-return-abductees/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-04-30T09:03:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/01/national/nukaga-aso-head-for-u-s-to-finalize-troop-realignment-plan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-01T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/01/business/global-inflation-changing-economic-fundamentals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-01T09:00:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/01/national/12-sacked-for-taking-coffee-money/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-01T09:01:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/01/national/man-snatches-woman-from-lodge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-01T09:01:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/01/national/ethiopia-backs-japan-bid-for-seat-on-unsc/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-01T09:02:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/01/national/atami-jolted-by-afternoon-quake/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-01T09:02:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/01/national/prosecutors-eye-arrests-in-water-treatment-probe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-01T09:02:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/01/national/toeic-revisions-mean-big-change-in-english-study/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-01T09:02:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/01/national/liquor-tax-goes-up-on-ersatz-beer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-01T09:03:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/02/business/new-corporate-law-sets-stage-for-llcs-mas/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-02T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/02/business/legal-change-seen-giving-entrepreneurs-flexibility/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-02T09:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060502a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060502a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Employees at Studiofake, which was registered as a new limited liability company, lay their hands on CEO Keiji Okayasu at the firm's office last month.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/02/national/japan-u-s-finalize-troop-plan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-02T09:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/02/business/sp-puts-hankyu-on-its-watch-list/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-02T09:00:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/02/national/memorial-service-marks-minamata-tragedys-50th-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-02T09:00:53+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060502a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060502a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A mother and her children pray in front of a small Buddha for the victims of mercury poisoning in Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Monday, the 50th anniversary of the government's official recognition of the disease named after this coastal town.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/02/business/bridgestone-may-close-u-s-plant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-02T09:01:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/02/national/man-pleads-guilty-to-murdering-sisters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-02T09:01:09+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060502a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060502a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yukio Yamaji (left and inset), accused of murdering two sisters in Osaka last November, faces presiding Judge Masao Namiki in this courtroom sketch of the opening session Monday of his Osaka District Court trial.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/02/national/seouls-top-party-chief-briefly-visits-disputed-islets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-02T09:01:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/02/national/female-elderly-entrepreneurs-on-the-rise-as-society-grays/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-02T09:01:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/02/national/architect-photographer-burglarized/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-02T09:02:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/02/national/koizumi-calls-for-mutual-support-on-u-n-in-africa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-02T09:02:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/02/national/coca-cola-recalling-570000-bottles/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-02T09:02:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/02/national/correctional-stint-next-for-girl-poisoner/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-02T09:03:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/02/national/abe-encouraged-by-effort-of-abductees-kin/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-02T09:03:13+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060502a6a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060502a6a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sakie Yokota and her husband, Shigeru, talk to reporters Monday after meeting with Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/03/business/legal-provisions-targeting-paper-companies-a-worry-for-foreign-firms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-03T09:00:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/03/business/pg-shiseido-head-top-10-list-as-women-friendly/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-03T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/03/business/new-corporate-law-to-foster-additional-mas/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-03T09:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/03/national/inamine-flexible-on-u-s-realignment-deal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-03T09:00:25+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060503a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060503a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Keiichi Inamine (above); Yoichi Iha]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/03/business/aeon-to-take-over-diamond-city/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-03T09:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/03/national/key-points-of-japan-u-s-realignment-road-map/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-03T09:00:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/03/business/murakami-seeks-control-of-hanshin-boardroom/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-03T09:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/03/national/japan-post-defies-efforts-to-slim-down-swollen-ranks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-03T09:00:52+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/03/business/june-talks-on-doha-round-crucial-nakagawa-lamy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-03T09:01:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/03/business/monetary-base-hit-by-record-drop/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-03T09:01:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/03/national/quake-shakes-kanagawa-shizuoka/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-03T09:03:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/03/national/ministry-to-ask-m-d-s-for-drug-data/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-03T09:03:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/03/national/part-time-work-ok-to-achieve-dreams-students/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-03T09:03:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/04/national/golden-week-peak-starts-with-a-rush/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-04T09:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060504a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060504a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People scramble aboard a train on the JR Tokaido Shinkansen Line at Tokyo Station as the busiest period of the Golden Week holidays gets under way.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/04/national/japanese-least-willing-to-have-more-kids-five-nation-survey/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-04T09:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/04/national/longest-limestone-cave-much-longer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-04T09:01:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/04/national/japanese-man-slain-in-manila-financial-district/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-04T09:02:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/04/national/u-s-told-not-to-cut-cattle-checks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-04T09:03:15+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060504a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060504a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Farm Minister Shoichi Nakagawa and his U.S. counterpart, Mike Johanns, pose in Geneva before talks on Japan's beef ban.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/04/national/woman-held-after-kin-found-dead/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-04T09:03:44+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/04/national/small-plane-crashes-in-hyogo-killing-two-men/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-04T09:03:55+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060504a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060504a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A sheet covers the wreckage of a small plane that crashed and exploded on the Tajima Airport runway here Wednesday shortly after takeoff.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/05/national/tokyo-manila-up-currency-swap/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-05T09:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/05/national/irans-mottaki-seeks-confidence-steps/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-05T09:01:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/05/national/u-s-visitors-to-japan-hit-record/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-05T09:01:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/05/national/east-asians-to-study-regional-currency/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-05T09:01:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/05/national/program-develops-dutch-dropouts-vocational-social-skills/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-05T09:02:50+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060505f2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060505f2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Maggie Beyne dishes out desserts at a vocational training center in Amsterdam.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/05/national/osaka-looking-for-a-new-home/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-05T09:03:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/07/national/malaysian-suspect-held-over-thailand-slayings/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-07T09:01:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/07/business/murakami-rebuilds-tbs-stake-to-4/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-07T09:01:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/07/national/u-s-suggesting-japan-use-forex-law-against-iran/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-07T09:02:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/07/national/doi-to-help-deliver-space-lab/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-07T09:03:42+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060507a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060507a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takao Doi speaks to the media in Tokyo via satellite from Houston on Friday along with fellow astronaut Naoko Yamazaki.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/08/national/mahjong-banking-on-an-infusion-of-new-blood/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-08T09:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060508f1b.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060508f1b.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jenn Barr, one of the pro mahjong players appearing in Konami's "Mahjong Fight Club" game for arcades and the Sony PlayStation, shows off her style at a Tokyo game center.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/08/business/murakami-fund-to-state-why-it-wants-control-of-hanshin/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-08T09:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/08/national/seoul-court-sides-with-bungeishunju/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-08T09:01:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/08/national/sony-turns-a-tumultuous-60-years-old/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-08T09:02:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/08/national/home-invasion-leaves-two-dead-one-hurt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-08T09:03:09+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060508a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060508a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Murder suspect Hironobu Ito, his head covered, is escorted by police Sunday from a hospital in Iide, Yamagata Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/08/national/11-postal-rebels-to-campaign-for-ldp/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-08T09:03:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/09/business/aiful-halts-lending-as-fsa-punishment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-09T09:00:22+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060509a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060509a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A notice put up Monday at an Aiful Corp. branch in Minato Ward, Tokyo, explains that the lender has suspended operations at its outlets.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/09/national/estranged-boyfriend-27-admits-killing-kobe-girl-16/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-09T09:00:38+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060509a7a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060509a7a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A police officer stands guard in a convenience store parking lot in Kobe where a 16-year-old girl was fatally stabbed Monday morning.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/09/business/eu-to-enforce-chemical-safety-rules-next-spring/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-09T09:00:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/09/business/hanshin-board-fight-seen-heating-up/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-09T09:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/09/business/isetan-group-net-profit-leaps-48-3/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-09T09:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/09/national/grudge-cited-in-yamagata-rampage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-09T09:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/09/national/obituary-banri-namikawa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-09T09:01:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/09/national/bean-diet-draws-viewer-complaints/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-09T09:01:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/09/national/income-gaps-widen-among-workers-in-their-30s-and-40s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-09T09:02:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/09/national/nagoya-npo-head-held-over-captives-death/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-09T09:02:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/09/national/startup-carrier-for-kansai-airport-still-only-in-pie-in-the-sky-stage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-09T09:03:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/10/national/parents-held-in-abuse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-10T09:00:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/10/business/tanigaki-displeased-with-yens-rise/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-10T09:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/10/national/yokohama-niigata-eye-cohosting-of-g8-in-2008/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-10T09:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060510a9a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060510a9a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Niigata Mayor Akira Shinoda is flanked by Yokohama Mayor Hiroshi Nakata and Niigata Gov. Hirohiko Izumida during a news conference in Tokyo to announce their desire to cohost the 2008 Group of Eight summit.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/10/business/gm-to-quit-selling-opels-in-japan-focus-on-mainstays/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-10T09:00:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/10/business/auditor-to-face-fsa-sanctions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-10T09:00:42+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060510a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060510a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chuoaoyama PricewaterhouseCoopers, headquartered in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, is facing sanctions by the Financial Services Agency.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/10/business/disney-properties-profit-down-in-05-due-to-aichi-expo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-10T09:00:46+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/10/national/science-health/reappraising-the-role-of-damaged-dna/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-10T09:00:46+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/10/business/matchmakers-to-get-official-image-boost-in-bid-to-curb-falling-birthrate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-10T09:00:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/10/business/murakami-asks-tse-for-railway-info/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-10T09:01:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/10/national/cabby-loses-secondhand-smoke-suit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-10T09:01:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/10/business/ose-jasdaq-open-talks-on-backing-each-other-up/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-10T09:01:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/10/national/book-offers-an-ainu-take-on-the-world-in-english/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-10T09:01:20+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060510f1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060510f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Employees at the Ainu Museum in Shiraoi, Hokkaido, tend to salmon being smoked Saturday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/10/national/prosecutors-to-tape-interrogations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-10T09:02:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/10/national/police-raid-mob-office-real-estate-agent-in-building-probe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-10T09:02:20+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060510a7a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060510a7a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police enter the headquarters of the underworld syndicate Goto-gumi in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/10/national/thousands-of-flawed-1000-yen-bills-in-circulation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-10T09:02:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/10/national/car-runs-past-checkpoint-at-narita/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-10T09:02:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/10/national/hansens-facility-school-now-museum/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-10T09:03:01+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060510b5a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060510b5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Hanokisawa Branch School, located inside the compound of the Tohoku-Shinseien sanitarium for Hansen's disease patients in Tome, Miyagi Prefecture, is being renovated into a museum.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/10/national/rokkasho-safe-to-operate-high-court/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-10T09:03:47+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060510a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060510a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Citizens demanding revocation of central government approval for a uranium enrichment plant in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, head to the Sendai High Court.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/11/national/joyu-angling-for-own-cult-cut-of-half-of-aum-assets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-11T09:00:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/11/business/toyota-sets-new-record-profit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-11T09:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/11/business/murakami-fund-shifts-to-singapore/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-11T09:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/11/business/chuoaoyama-handed-suspension-order-heads-roll/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-11T09:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/11/business/coke-recall-jumps-to-2-37-million-bottles/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-11T09:00:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/11/national/kadena-assembly-wants-f-15s-gone/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-11T09:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/11/business/march-key-index-dives-not-fretted/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-11T09:00:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/11/business/four-life-insurers-to-raise-dividends/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-11T09:00:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/11/national/fearing-painful-needle-young-people-shun-giving-blood/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-11T09:01:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/11/business/jal-suffers-47-2-billion-yen-loss-for-2005/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-11T09:01:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/11/business/softbank-logs-1-trillion-yen-sales-due-to-broadband/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-11T09:01:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/11/national/fukuda-to-meet-with-u-s-officials/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-11T09:02:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/11/national/posts-service-remittance-fraud-soars/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-11T09:02:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/11/national/transsexuals-gain-freedoms-but-still-face-barriers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-11T09:02:39+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060511f1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060511f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kanako Otsuji, a lesbian and a member of the Osaka Prefectural Assembly, speaks in her office about sexual minorities.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/11/national/referendum-bill-set-back-by-surprise-dpj-snub/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-11T09:03:52+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/12/business/dont-gut-chuoaoyama-when-its-down-rivals-told/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-12T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/12/business/automakers-profits-up-on-overseas-sales/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-12T09:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/12/business/nec-reports-84-plunge-in-profit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-12T09:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/12/business/u-s-experts-to-detail-beef-findings/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-12T09:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/12/business/japan-tobacco-seeks-30-yen-price-hike/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-12T09:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/12/business/japan-climbed-to-17th-place-in-competitiveness-imd/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-12T09:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/12/business/merged-duos-photo-pullout-results-in-loss-of-54-billion-yen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-12T09:01:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/12/business/docomo-microsoft-eye-music-mart/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-12T09:01:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/12/national/swift-suspensions-eyed-for-unsafe-road-carriers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-12T09:01:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/12/national/mitarai-favors-political-donations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-12T09:01:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/12/national/conspiracy-bill-raises-questions-as-diet-showdown-nears/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-12T09:02:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/12/national/door-opened-for-abe-fukuda-to-seek-ldp-helm/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-12T09:02:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/12/national/diet-panel-to-mull-education-law-change/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-12T09:03:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/13/national/arakawa-gets-imperial-congratulations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-13T09:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060513a8a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060513a8a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Figure skater Shizuka Arakawa, the only Japanese athlete who won a medal at the Turin Olympics, chats with Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace on Friday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/13/business/u-s-push-to-lift-beef-ban-wont-work-abe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-13T09:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/13/business/itc-to-probe-toshiba-over-patent-allegations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-13T09:00:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/13/business/household-savings-up-2-1-in-05-averaging-17-million-yen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-13T09:01:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/13/national/circumstantial-evidence-adds-up-to-life-sentence/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-13T09:01:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/13/national/husseins-novel-coming/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-13T09:01:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/13/business/softbank-plans-online-university/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-13T09:01:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/13/national/ailing-waterfront-redevelopers-set-for-rehabilitation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-13T09:01:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/13/national/obituary-yoshiyuki-kamei/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-13T09:03:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/14/national/candidate-for-hanshin-board-withdraws/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-14T09:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/14/national/woman-says-three-bodies-in-hiratsuka-apartment-are-her-kids/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-14T09:00:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/14/business/softbank-apple-to-join-cell-phones-with-ipods/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-14T09:01:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/14/national/fisheries-agency-to-try-new-method-to-restore-ailing-coral-at-southern-isle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-14T09:01:44+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060514a9a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060514a9a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A coral (upper left) is seen in the water near the island of Okinotori in this file photo from November 2004.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/14/national/26th-case-of-mad-cow-confirmed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-14T09:03:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/14/national/two-slain-men-to-be-autopsied/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-14T09:03:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/15/national/consumption-tax-money-to-go-toward-social-needs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-15T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/15/national/1991-head-on-train-wreck-remembered-with-service/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-15T09:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060515a5a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060515a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Relatives of victims of a fatal train collision in 1991 and JR West officials hold a memorial service Sunday in Koka, Shiga Prefecture, on the 15th anniversary of the accident.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/15/national/hijackers-kid-to-leave-n-korea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-15T09:00:59+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/15/national/asian-nations-to-get-help-saving-energy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-15T09:03:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/16/business/april-wholesale-prices-up-2-5/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-16T09:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/16/national/akashi-asks-for-aussie-help-in-solving-sri-lanka-crisis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-16T09:00:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/16/national/japanese-expatriates-top-1-million/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-16T09:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/16/reference/kishagasa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-16T09:00:57+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ek20060516wha.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[ek20060516wha.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/16/national/crime-reporting-turns-murky-as-cops-clam-up/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-16T09:01:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/16/business/marubeni-eyes-abu-dhabi-trading-house-venture/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-16T09:01:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/16/business/honda-power-products-at-70-million/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-16T09:01:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/16/business/firms-changing-funding-needs-trump-old-bank-ties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-16T09:01:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/16/business/mhi-in-reactor-parts-deal-with-two-u-s-firms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-16T09:01:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/16/national/waribashi-from-china-to-end/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-16T09:01:33+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060516f1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060516f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Customers eat "udon" noodles using disposable chopsticks at a diner in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/16/national/nine-nabbed-over-waste-dumping/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-16T09:01:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/16/national/grants-eyed-to-mollify-base-host-cities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-16T09:02:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/16/national/old-books-find-new-life-with-young/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-16T09:02:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/16/national/thais-get-pledge-of-support-on-abductions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-16T09:03:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/16/national/ex-posts-minister-minowa-dies-in-hokkaido-aged-82/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-16T09:03:36+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060516b6a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060516b6a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Noboru Minowa, former posts and telecommunications minister, enters the Sapporo District Court in March 2004 to take part in a lawsuit he filed against the government regarding the dispatch of the Self-Defense Forces to Iraq.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/17/business/economic-expansion-fragile-but-the-second-longest-since-the-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-17T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/17/business/singapore-no-heaven-yosano-tells-murakami/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-17T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/17/business/isuzu-netted-record-profit-in-2005-on-strong-overseas-sales/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-17T09:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/17/business/toyota-will-recall-210000-suvs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-17T09:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/17/business/toyo-suisan-toray-to-drop-chuoaoyama/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-17T09:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/17/business/japan-u-s-to-talk-beef-wednesday/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-17T09:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/17/business/aiful-reports-13-fall-in-profit-for-05/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-17T09:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060517a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060517a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Aiful Corp. President Yoshitaka Fukuda apologizes at a news conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/17/national/computers-yet-to-make-quantum-leap/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-17T09:00:50+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060517f2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060517f2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Students work on an experimental prototype for a quantum-particle computer at Hokkaido University.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/17/national/reduce-nhk-channels-reorganize-ntt-panel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-17T09:00:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/17/business/70-of-small-firms-hurt-by-rising-oil-prices-meti-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-17T09:01:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/17/business/indian-drugmaker-dr-reddys-targeting-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-17T09:01:15+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060517a5a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060517a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[G.V. Prasad, chief executive officer of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd., India's second-largest pharmaceutical company, is interviewed recently in Hyderabad, India.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/17/national/radioactive-water-leaks-at-mihama/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-17T09:01:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/17/national/diet-begins-debate-on-education-law/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-17T09:01:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/17/business/beer-wannabes-share-up-before-tax/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-17T09:01:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/17/national/ftc-searches-contractors-tied-to-defense-bid-rigging/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-17T09:02:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/17/national/condemned-nurse-loses-appeal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-17T09:02:15+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060517a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060517a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Condemned killer Junko Yoshida stands Tuesday as her appeal of the death penalty is rejected by the Fukuoka High Court.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/17/national/arizona-death-is-confirmed-as-homicide/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-17T09:02:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/17/national/errant-giant-crab-collared-in-parking-lot/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-17T09:02:48+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060517b2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060517b2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An aquarium employee at Saikai Pearl Sea Center holds a horseshoe crab captured Tuesday in a supermarket parking lot in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/17/national/egypt-says-thanks-for-new-yen-loan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-17T09:02:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/17/national/yokota-meets-kin-of-abductee-said-to-be-daughters-husband/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-17T09:03:53+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060517a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060517a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shigeru Yokota, whose daughter was abducted to North Korea, is greeted Tuesday in Seoul by Choi Gye Wol, whose son, Kim Young Nam, is also believed to have been kidnapped by the North and may have been his daughter's husband.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/18/business/honda-to-build-three-new-plants/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-18T09:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/18/business/cell-firms-push-portable-numbers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-18T09:00:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/18/business/u-s-refuses-to-buy-back-beef/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-18T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/18/business/bilateral-beef-talks-resume/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-18T09:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060518a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060518a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chuck Lambert, U.S. deputy undersecretary of agriculture for marketing and regulatory programs, and Michitaka Nakatomi, deputy director general of the Foreign Ministry's Economic Affairs Bureau, greet one another ahead of their talks in Tokyo on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/18/business/march-industrial-output-up-0-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-18T09:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/18/national/opposition-lawmakers-lash-out-at-conspiracy-bill/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-18T09:00:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/18/national/racism-rapporteur-repeats-criticism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-18T09:01:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/18/national/baby-who-received-multiple-organ-transplants-in-u-s-dies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-18T09:01:08+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060518b4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060518b4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ayaka Kandatsu, 1, is shown in this photo taken in January at a Miami hospital a month after she received a multiple organ transplant. She died of sepsis at the hospital Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/18/business/philip-morris-bat-seek-ok-to-increase-prices/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-18T09:01:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/18/national/man-must-hang-for-four-04-slayings/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-18T09:01:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/18/business/bankruptcies-surged-14-9-in-april/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-18T09:01:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/18/national/jailed-duo-served-for-smuggling/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-18T09:02:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/18/national/chongryun-mindan-hold-historic-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-18T09:02:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/18/national/diet-passes-bill-to-take-foreigners-prints-pics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-18T09:02:59+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/18/national/japan-holds-onto-sixth-place-in-mathematics-theses/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-18T09:03:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/18/national/three-held-over-allegedly-rigged-ken-o-road-bids/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-18T09:03:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/19/business/japan-china-remain-deadlocked-over-how-to-resolve-gas-row/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-19T09:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/19/business/u-s-beef-talks-to-enter-third-day/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-19T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/19/business/softbank-vodafone-set-up-firm/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-19T09:00:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/19/national/lecturer-held-in-ghb-drug-possession/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-19T09:00:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/19/business/daikin-moves-on-malaysia-manufacturer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-19T09:00:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/19/business/publishers-find-silver-lining-in-coloring-books-for-the-elderly/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-19T09:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/19/business/sales-slump-fuels-record-sanyo-group-loss/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-19T09:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/19/national/hijackers-daughter-seeks-travel-ok/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-19T09:01:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/19/business/cho-warns-domestic-automakers-about-fallout-from-success-in-u-s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-19T09:01:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/19/national/fukui-library-pulls-books-on-gender-issues-on-complaint/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-19T09:01:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/19/national/incidents-reports-drop-nearly-20/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-19T09:01:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/19/national/obituary-takahiro-tamura/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-19T09:02:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/19/national/annan-warns-npt-is-in-danger-of-crumbling/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-19T09:02:56+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060519a8a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060519a8a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan holds up a pocket watch he received from University of Tokyo President Hiroshi Komiyama, during a university ceremony Thursday in Tokyo to confer an honorary degree on him.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/19/national/japan-fishes-for-skilled-foreign-workers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-19T09:03:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/19/national/insurance-payout-nixed-as-court-claims-foul-play/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-19T09:03:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/19/national/lower-house-oks-bills-to-cut-growth-in-medical-spending/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-19T09:03:31+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060519a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060519a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A majority of Lower House members stand Thursday to endorse a medical reform bill during a plenary session of the chamber.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/20/national/2100-law-grads-hit-new-exam-this-weekend-4/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-20T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060520a8a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060520a8a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Aspiring legal professionals await the start of the new national bar exam Friday at a testing venue in Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/20/business/japan-will-raise-oil-reserves-to-95-days-amid-instabilities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-20T09:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/20/national/young-killers-at-heart-of-capital-punishment-fight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-20T09:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/20/national/tokyo-north-moving-long-range-missile-to-pad-but-launch-not-in-offing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-20T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/20/business/new-car-nav-units-show-high-def-tv/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-20T09:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060520a7a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060520a7a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Car navigation systems are on display at an auto parts and accessory shop in Kita Ward, Osaka.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/20/business/tv-asahi-posts-28-rise-in-net-profit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-20T09:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/20/business/forum-to-help-china-conserve-energy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-20T09:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/20/business/beef-safety-audit-passes-muster/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-20T09:00:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/20/business/millea-holdings-to-swap-stock-to-get-nisshin-fire/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-20T09:00:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/20/business/economy-defies-dip-in-consumption-and-pulls-off-0-5-rise/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-20T09:01:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/20/business/toyota-plans-new-north-america-plant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-20T09:01:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/20/business/steady-as-she-goes-at-boj-on-interest-rates/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-20T09:01:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/20/national/suzuki-joins-visa-free-shikotan-trip/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-20T09:01:50+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060520a7a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060520a7a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A member of a group taking part in the first visa-free exchange program to Russian-held Shikotan island, which is also claimed by Japan, prepares to depart from Nemuro port for a four-day trip Friday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/20/national/2005-saw-fewer-crimes-targeting-elementary-school-kids/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-20T09:01:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/20/national/corporate-social-responsibility-seen-gaining-favor-in-japan-experts-say/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-20T09:02:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/20/national/skaters-1-5-million-yen-bike-swiped/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-20T09:03:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/20/national/opus-dei-revels-in-chance-to-explain-itself/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-20T09:03:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/21/national/dancers-to-forgo-swastika-in-germany/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-21T09:00:46+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060521a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060521a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An Awaodori dancer in a team outfit bearing the Buddhist swastika performs April 30 in Tokushima.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/21/national/coalition-to-move-ahead-on-defense-ministry-bill/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-21T09:00:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/21/national/court-appointed-inspector-to-keep-eye-on-hanshin/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-21T09:01:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/21/national/robots-will-have-to-comply-with-safety-guidelines/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-21T09:02:13+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060521a7a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060521a7a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The RI-MAN, a nursing robot equipped with precision pressure sensors, lifts a human dummy during a demonstration in March.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/21/national/end-likely-came-quickly-for-akita-boy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-21T09:02:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/21/national/three-die-in-apparent-group-suicide/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-21T09:02:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/22/national/kawasaki-oil-tank-explodes-no-injuries/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-22T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060522a5a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060522a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Firefighters work to put out a fire at an oil tank that exploded Sunday afternoon in Kawasaki.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/22/national/japan-to-help-rebuild-iraq-after-sdf-pullout-koizumi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-22T09:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/22/national/whaling-nations-appear-set-to-take-control-of-iwc/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-22T09:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/22/national/store-robbed-twice-in-three-days/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-22T09:01:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/22/national/ldp-may-try-to-take-away-tax-deduction-for-neets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-22T09:03:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/22/national/s-korea-says-islets-not-part-of-eez-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-22T09:03:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/23/business/government-ruling-parties-talk-tax-reform/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-23T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/23/national/ban-on-alien-species-bites-into-towns-mosquitofish/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-23T09:00:04+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060523f2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060523f2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The city of Tokushima has been told it cannot allow its 4,000 mosquitofish to roam its waterways.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/23/business/insurer-to-sell-typhoon-derivatives/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-23T09:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/23/business/profits-up-for-megabanks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-23T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060523a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060523a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mizuho Financial Group Inc. President Terunobu Maeda (above) and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. President Nobuo Kuroyanagi announce handsome profits for the 2005 business year in separate news conferences on Monday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/23/national/pool-fever-outbreak-a-big-worry/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-23T09:00:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/23/business/mufg-securities-perella-tie-up/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-23T09:00:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/23/business/daihatsu-drops-otaka-as-auditor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-23T09:00:44+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/23/national/bloodied-tool-bag-linked-to-hit-and-run-of-saga-boy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-23T09:00:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/23/business/nipponkoa-expands-overseas-ties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-23T09:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/23/business/banks-target-womens-purse-strings-amid-growing-interest-in-investment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-23T09:00:54+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060523a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060523a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of an all-female project team at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. discuss ways to reach women customers at their office in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, in April.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/23/business/cho-toyota-may-start-producing-prius-in-u-s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-23T09:01:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/23/national/mayor-resigns-after-groping-woman/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-23T09:02:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/23/national/391000-dwellings-damaged-by-kobe-quake/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-23T09:02:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/23/national/academic-society-on-games-establishes-japan-chapter/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-23T09:02:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/23/national/ozone-hole-seen-disappearing-by-2050/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-23T09:03:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/23/national/importers-rare-tortoises-a-labor-of-love/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-23T09:03:54+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060523f1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060523f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masakazu Utsunomiya shows off one of the Burmese starred tortoises he keeps in his apartment in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/24/business/sompo-facing-partial-suspension/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-24T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/24/business/banks-ok-for-now-but-long-term-strategy-needed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-24T09:00:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/24/business/vietnam-requests-yen-loan-boost/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-24T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/24/business/yamato-to-cut-prices-for-document-delivery/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-24T09:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/24/business/oecd-upgrades-gdp-growth-estimates-for-2006-2007/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-24T09:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/24/business/shinsei-bank-profit-hits-record-76-billion-yen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-24T09:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/24/business/toyota-starts-camry-production-in-guangzhou/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-24T09:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060524a6a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060524a6a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Toyota Camry rolls out of a factory run by Guangzhou Toyota Motor Co., a joint venture set up by Toyota Motor Corp. and Guangzhou Automobile Group Co.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/24/business/leopalace21-chief-to-quit-over-loans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-24T09:00:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/24/business/one-time-gains-lift-major-banks-but-long-term-strategies-still-needed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-24T09:01:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/24/business/accj-names-kidder-exec-director/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-24T09:01:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/24/national/mugen-exec-gets-three-years-for-tax-dodge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-24T09:01:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/24/national/amnesty-slams-japan-on-death-penalty-refugees/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-24T09:01:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/24/national/engineering-officials-held-over-bid-rigging/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-24T09:02:52+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060524a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060524a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fair Trade Commission investigators and Osaka prosecutors enter on Tuesday the headquarters of Kurita Water Industries Ltd. in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, to search for evidence of bid-rigging.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/24/national/man-found-guilty-in-63-murder-case-seeks-retrial/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-24T09:02:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/24/national/steam-leak-halts-reactor-in-fukushima/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-24T09:03:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/24/national/danish-director-films-most-soothing-robot/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-24T09:03:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/24/national/obituary-chuichi-yone/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-24T09:03:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/24/national/three-firms-hit-for-tax-evasion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-24T09:03:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/24/national/kabuki-connects-kids-with-cultural-roots/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-24T09:03:56+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060524f2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060524f2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mio Yamano, 6, receives a shamisen lesson from To-on Nakajima Katsusuke, 66, at Matsuo Juku Kodomo Kabuki, a school in Tennoji Ward, Osaka.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/25/business/u-s-farm-chief-hopes-beef-imports-will-resume-in-june/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-25T09:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/25/business/chuoaoyama-faces-uncertain-future-as-clients-defect-to-rivals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-25T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060525a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060525a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Akio Okuyama (center), chairman of the board of ChuoAoyama PricewaterhouseCoopers, faces reporters in Tokyo on May 10 about the business suspension order the government issued to the auditing firm.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/25/national/hokkaido-professor-sounds-alarm-on-siberia-forest/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-25T09:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060525f2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060525f2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Forest fires in Siberia (indicated by arrow) can be seen in a U.S. satellite photo. Hokkaido is at lower left.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/25/national/education-bill-wont-promote-militarism-koizumi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-25T09:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/25/business/crecia-to-increase-wholesale-prices/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-25T09:00:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/25/national/sewage-plant-builders-had-bid-rigging-manuals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-25T09:00:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/25/business/sompo-japan-president-to-resign-amid-scandals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-25T09:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/25/business/honda-unveils-thought-guided-robot/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-25T09:01:09+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060525a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060525a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Honda Research Institute Japan Co. President Tomohiko Kawanabe flashes a V sign as he demonstrates a new robot technology in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/25/business/ana-to-resume-narita-ohare-service-in-the-fall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-25T09:01:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/25/business/japan-post-net-profit-at-1-9-trillion-yen-up-56/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-25T09:01:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/25/national/new-law-bans-big-complexes-in-suburbs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-25T09:01:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/25/national/horse-racing-industry-from-hard-work-comes-the-high-life/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-25T09:02:12+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060525f1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060525f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Trainers exercise their racehorses last month at Northern Farm Hayakita.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/25/national/consulting-firm-chief-quizzed-in-quake-scandal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-25T09:02:46+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060525a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060525a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takeshi Uchikawa]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/25/national/abe-looks-to-enter-ldp-race-after-g8/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-25T09:03:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/25/national/frozen-fraudulent-deposits-worth-3-5-billion-yen-fsa-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-25T09:03:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/26/business/honda-debuts-bio-fabric-for-cars/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-26T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/26/national/man-admits-moving-boy-he-injured/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-26T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/26/national/upper-house-panel-oks-reform-bill/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-26T09:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/26/business/customers-push-megabanks-to-share-the-wealth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-26T09:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060526a6a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060526a6a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Officials at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. go over their notes Monday in Tokyo as they announce the firm's earning results for the business year to March 31.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/26/business/fsa-orders-sompo-suspension/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-26T09:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/26/business/bonuses-to-be-second-highest-ever/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-26T09:00:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/26/business/surge-in-oil-prices-reduces-trade-surplus-31-8/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-26T09:00:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/26/business/daiei-allowed-to-reappoint-management/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-26T09:00:34+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060526a5a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060526a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Daiei Inc. President Yasuyuki Higuchi announces the struggling supermarket chain's earnings results for 2005.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/26/business/toyota-set-to-be-top-capital-spender/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-26T09:00:59+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/26/national/iran-plays-china-card-with-japan-on-oil-deal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-26T09:01:23+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060526a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060526a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mehdi Bazaargan, managing director of Iran's Petroleum Engineering &amp; Development Co., speaks during a recent interview with Kyodo News in Tehran.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/26/national/canon-exits-film-cameras-amid-digital-dominance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-26T09:02:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/26/national/south-korean-again-brave-on-railway/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-26T09:02:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/27/national/huser-sues-14-cities-over-screenings/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-27T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/27/business/nisshin-steel-eyes-india-mill-venture/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-27T09:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/27/business/fsa-hits-saikyo-failure-to-report-embezzlement/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-27T09:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/27/business/cpi-extends-rise-on-0-5-gain-in-april/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-27T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/27/business/in-2011-the-reception-problem-will-be-your-old-tv/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-27T09:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/27/business/wto-chief-lamy-to-visit-in-july/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-27T09:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/27/national/relaunch-of-mihama-reactor-okd/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-27T09:00:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/27/business/aig-insurer-pair-in-japan-to-merge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-27T09:00:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/27/business/land-mines-not-funds-rift-delaying-azadegan-nikai/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-27T09:00:46+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/27/national/livedoor-ex-cfo-admits-guilt-as-trial-starts-turns-on-horie/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-27T09:00:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/27/business/external-assets-hit-181-trillion-yen-at-end-of-2005/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-27T09:01:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/27/business/internships-popular-with-companies-universities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-27T09:01:22+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060527a6a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060527a6a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Emi Koiso (second from right) takes part in an internship program at German chemical firm BASF's head office in Germany in 2003 before joining its Japanese subsidiary.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/27/national/osaka-asbestos-victims-slap-state-with-suit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-27T09:01:36+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060527a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060527a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A group enters the Osaka District Court to file a damages suit Friday in the name of eight people over the state's failure to protect the eight from asbestos contamination.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/27/national/law-enacted-to-slim-bureaucracy-avoids-amakudari-dpj-charges/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-27T09:01:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/27/national/panel-mulls-teacher-license-renewals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-27T09:02:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/27/national/wolfowitz-here-for-long-weekend/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-27T09:02:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/27/national/abes-suggestive-speech-eggs-biggest-fan-on/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-27T09:02:44+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/27/national/taxpayers-pay-diet-partying-tab/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-27T09:03:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/27/national/ruling-coalition-dpj-submit-own-bills-for-referendum/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-27T09:03:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/27/national/registered-foreigners-top-2-million/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-27T09:03:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/27/national/a-bombing-aftermath-photos-donated/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-27T09:03:50+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060527f1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060527f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[New structures erected near what became known as the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima are shown in this photo taken by the late U.S. scientist Paul Henshaw between 1946 and 1947.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/28/national/plan-on-futenma-base-move-remains-vague/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-28T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/28/national/japan-china-hold-high-level-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-28T09:01:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/28/national/cigarette-price-hikes-approved/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-28T09:01:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/28/national/police-probe-fire-that-killed-three-kids/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-28T09:02:21+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060528a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060528a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police check the entrance of a condominium in Izumi, Osaka Prefecture, on Saturday where two boys and their infant sister were killed by a fire the day before.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/28/national/kin-of-japanese-s-korean-abductees-vow-cooperation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-28T09:02:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/28/national/shopper-finds-needle-in-eggplant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-28T09:03:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/29/business/japanese-capitalism-proved-naysayers-wrong-scholar-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-29T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060529d1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060529d1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Steven K. Vogel]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/29/business/getting-to-the-bottom-of-foreign-currency-reserves/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-29T09:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/29/national/local-governments-may-have-to-assist-u-s-forces/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-29T09:01:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/29/national/everests-oldest-conqueror-returns-home/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-29T09:02:32+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060529a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060529a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takao Arayama arrives at Narita airport Sunday after scaling Mount Everest on May 17.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/29/national/spider-man-heist-flusters-hankyu-store-in-osaka/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-29T09:03:00+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060529a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060529a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A salesclerk at the Hankyu department store in Osaka looks at an empty showcase Sunday after someone made off with hundreds of expensive watches.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/29/national/sri-lanka-donors-may-dig-deeper/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-29T09:03:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/30/business/seafood-dealer-obtains-eco-label/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-30T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/30/business/hankyu-to-make-tender-offer-for-hanshin/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-30T09:00:03+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060530a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060530a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hanshin Electric Railway Co. President Kyoji Nishikawa (right) and Hankyu Holdings Inc. President Kazuo Sumi attend a joint news conference Monday at Hankyu Corp.'s headquarters in Kita Ward, Osaka.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/30/national/baby-left-in-car-dies-parents-were-playing-pachinko/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-30T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/30/business/all-major-life-insurers-had-better-financial-health-in-05/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-30T09:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/30/business/firms-plan-jakarta-interactive-shows/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-30T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/30/business/world-bank-chief-wolfowitz-urges-african-trade-investment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-30T09:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/30/national/mindan-branch-raps-reconciliation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-30T09:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/30/national/france-awards-nakagawa-for-role-in-wto-farm-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-30T09:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/30/business/nissan-launches-restyled-presage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-30T09:00:44+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/30/business/revamped-narita-terminal-set-to-open/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-30T09:00:45+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060530a7a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060530a7a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dignitaries Mark the reopening of the South Wing of Narita airport's Terminal 1 inceremony Monday, ahead of Friday's official opening.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/30/business/boj-dumps-cash-in-market-to-slow-short-term-rate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-30T09:00:52+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/30/business/nec-close-to-tieup-with-ti-matsushita/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-30T09:00:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/30/business/sesc-tells-fsa-to-nail-painthouse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-30T09:00:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/30/business/japan-antes-up-for-world-bank-research/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-30T09:01:28+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060530a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060530a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki and World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz attend the opening ceremony of the bank's conference on development Monday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/30/national/japan-south-korea-kin-join-on-abduction-issue/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-30T09:01:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/30/national/defense-trio-admit-guilt-in-project-bid-rigging/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-30T09:01:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/30/national/two-painters-in-battle-over-plagiarism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-30T09:01:59+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/30/national/base-realignment-cost-estimate-pared/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-30T09:02:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/30/national/mcdonalds-gets-labor-union/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-30T09:03:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/30/national/obituary-mari-yonehara/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-30T09:03:24+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060530b3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060530b3a.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/30/national/towns-kids-working-to-save-seabirds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-30T09:03:34+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060530f1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060530f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Endangered Murrelets are seen in April in the Pacific coast town of Kadogawa, Miyazaki Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/31/business/rinnai-fails-to-declare-400-million-yen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-31T09:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/31/business/vodafone-logs-69-4-profit-fall-on-high-sales-customer-retention-costs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-31T09:00:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/31/business/boj-again-floods-market-with-funds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-31T09:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/31/national/antinuclear-activist-kawai-wife-found-dead-in-house-fire/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-31T09:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/31/national/asahara-loses-round-execution-one-step-closer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-31T09:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/31/business/abe-led-panel-stresses-need-for-second-chances/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-31T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/31/national/japanese-ability-eyed-as-visa-requirement/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-31T09:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/31/business/murakami-fund-mum-as-hankyu-opens-hanshin-bid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-31T09:00:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/31/business/unemployment-marks-third-straight-month-at-4-1/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-31T09:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/31/business/chuoaoyama-loses-70-listed-clients/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-31T09:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/31/business/industrial-output-hits-record-high/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-31T09:00:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/31/national/parking-enforcement-now-in-private-hands/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-31T09:01:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/31/national/magazine-appeals-ruling-on-sources/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-31T09:01:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/31/national/patrollers-see-green-deliverers-red-under-new-law/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-31T09:01:14+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060531f1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060531f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A private patrolman photographs an illegally parked vehicle in a May 15 training session in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, ahead of Thursday's debut of new parking rules.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/31/national/cabinet-oks-u-s-realignment-plan-but-is-vague-on-specifics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-31T09:01:18+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060531a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060531a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Defense Agency chief Fukushiro Nukaga speaks to reporters after a Cabinet meeting Tuesday morning.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/31/business/nissan-suzuki-eye-mutual-car-supply/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-31T09:01:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/31/national/environment-white-paper-places-focus-on-minamata/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-31T09:02:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/31/national/eight-held-over-phishing-ring/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-05-31T09:02:28+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060531a5a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060531a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[This bogus Yahoo Japan auction site was created by a "phishing" cybercrime ring busted Monday by the Kyoto Prefectural Police.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/01/business/new-u-s-treasury-chief-welcomed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-01T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/01/national/bomb-strikes-aussie-japan-convoy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-01T09:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/01/business/nippon-sheet-glass-profit-up-2-3/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-01T09:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/01/national/kim-young-nams-kin-head-home/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-01T09:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/01/business/ana-may-hand-hotels-over-to-intercontinental/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-01T09:00:53+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060601a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060601a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[ANA Hotel Tokyo is shown Wednesday in Tokyo's upscale Akasaka district. The airline is thinking of selling a controlling stake in its hotel operations to InterContinental Hotels Group PLC of Britain.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/01/business/sanyo-ex-bosses-wont-be-getting-retirement-bonus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-01T09:01:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/01/national/diet-enacts-law-to-revive-urban-centers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-01T09:01:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/01/national/overwork-health-claims-rise-to-330/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-01T09:01:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/01/business/overtime-hours-rise/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-01T09:01:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/01/national/couple-slain-in-apparent-murder-suicide-by-son/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-01T09:01:30+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060601a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060601a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police enter a cordoned-off area here where a couple was fatally stabbed Wednesday morning allegedly by their 22-year-old son, who then used the knife to commit suicide.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/01/national/in-digital-era-conventional-camera-still-has-fans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-01T09:01:33+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060601f1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060601f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photographers take part in the Nikon Juku photo course run by Nikon Photo Products Inc.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/01/business/wagyu-label-only-for-domestic-beef/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-01T09:01:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/01/business/mhi-wins-iceland-power-plant-order/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-01T09:02:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/01/business/hankyus-bid-for-hanshin-puts-markets-eyes-on-murakami/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-01T09:02:38+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060601a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060601a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ikuo Yasuda]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/01/business/matsushita-hitachi-plan-to-triple-lcd-panel-output-capacity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-01T09:02:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/02/business/recovery-raises-tax-revenues-to-49-trillion-yen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-02T09:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/02/national/police-open-hot-line-to-expose-scam-tactics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-02T09:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/02/business/no-rush-to-end-zero-interest-rates-boj-exec/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-02T09:00:44+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/02/national/ethiopia-envoy-pushes-investment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-02T09:01:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/02/national/workers-shed-coats-ties-for-06-cool-biz-season/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-02T09:01:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/02/business/hanshin-to-name-new-owner-of-tigers-club/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-02T09:01:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/02/national/90650-people-disappeared-in-2005/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-02T09:01:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/02/business/mos-turns-green-stops-putting-burgers-in-plastic-bags/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-02T09:01:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/02/business/ihi-marubeni-cement-vietnam-deal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-02T09:02:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/02/business/btmu-buys-180-million-bank-of-china-equity-stake/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-02T09:02:07+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060602a5a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060602a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Security officials walk in front of the Bank of China's head office here Thursday, the day it went public on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/02/business/shinginko-has-20-9-billion-yen-loss/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-02T09:02:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/03/business/tanigaki-hints-at-g8-finance-agenda/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-03T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/03/business/narita-south-wing-open/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-03T09:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060603a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060603a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Passengers line up to board an All Nippon Airways flight to Shanghai in the renovated South Wing of Narita International Airport's Terminal 1 on opening day, Friday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/03/national/ldp-panel-split-on-imperial-succession/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-03T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/03/national/ldp-wants-to-allow-military-projects-in-space-programs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-03T09:00:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/03/business/sompo-japan-chief-resigns-6-5-million-yen-error-revealed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-03T09:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060603a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060603a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masatoshi Sato (left), new president of Sompo Japan Insurance Inc., announces the resignation of his predecessor, Hiroshi Hirano, at a Friday news briefing in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/03/national/20-of-japans-population-over-65/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-03T09:00:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/03/business/hankyus-tender-stays-on-course/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-03T09:01:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/03/business/murakami-probed-over-nbs-share-deals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-03T09:01:29+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060603a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060603a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoshiaki Murakami]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/03/business/monetary-base-off-by-record-15/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-03T09:01:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/03/business/nissan-and-suzuki-seal-mutual-car-supply-deal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-03T09:02:40+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060603a5a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060603a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nissan Motor Co. Chief Operating Officer Toshiyuki Shiga (left) and Suzuki Motor Corp. President Hiroshi Tsuda face reporters Friday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/04/national/visiting-iraqis-show-off-their-karate-skills-to-sdf/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-04T09:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060604a5a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060604a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of the Iraqi Karate Federation demonstrate their techniques for members of the Self-Defense Forces at the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/04/business/murakami-fund-reportedly-ready-to-sell-hanshin-shares-to-hankyu/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-04T09:01:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/04/national/city-marks-deadly-unzen-eruption/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-04T09:01:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/05/national/gentler-ecological-lifestyle-products-catching-on-in-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-05T09:01:05+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060605a7a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060605a7a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yuuki Aoya, 24, tries out a hammock at a Tokyo event Friday under the theme of LOHAS, which stands for "Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability."]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/06/national/man-held-for-having-ninja-swords/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-06T09:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/06/national/s-korea-toughens-on-islets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-06T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/06/national/japan-signs-action-plan-with-central-asian-states/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-06T09:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060606a5a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060606a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Foreign Minister Taro Aso (third from right) and counterparts and an envoy from four Central Asian countries join hands Monday at a one-day conference on security, the environment and energy cooperation in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/06/business/firms-log-15-5-trillion-yen-profits/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-06T09:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/06/business/murakami-fund-to-sell-hanshin-stake-to-hankyu/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-06T09:01:08+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060606a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060606a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Passersby at Hankyu Umeda Station watch a live broadcast Monday of a news conference in Tokyo held by financier Yoshiaki Murakami.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/06/national/glitch-delays-main-bullet-train-line/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-06T09:01:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/06/business/japan-firms-lag-in-cybercrime-fight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-06T09:01:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/07/national/several-envoys-support-raising-abductions-at-g8/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-07T09:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/07/business/sales-of-imported-vehicles-fall-4-8/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-07T09:00:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/07/national/aneha-faces-more-claims-of-misdeeds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-07T09:01:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/07/business/sony-has-high-hopes-for-its-first-digital-slr/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-07T09:01:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/07/business/u-s-pressures-japan-to-resume-preparation-for-triangular-mergers-by-07/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-07T09:01:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/07/business/japan-said-not-ready-for-iran-oil-halt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-07T09:01:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/07/business/mufg-to-pay-back-funds-owed-to-government-friday/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-07T09:02:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/07/business/energy-paper-stresses-need-for-resource-diplomacy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-07T09:02:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/07/business/baby-boomers-asked-to-cure-farming-exodus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-07T09:02:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/07/business/mitsui-shochiku-plan-content-service/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-07T09:02:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/08/national/loan-shark-ordered-to-pay-damages/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-08T09:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/08/national/elevator-firm-raided-over-deadly-lift-malfunction/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-08T09:00:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/08/business/japan-has-long-way-to-go-to-catch-up-on-ethanol/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-08T09:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060608a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060608a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Workers harvest sugar cane, which can be used to make ethanol, at a plantation in Ie, Okinawa.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/08/national/fire-door-fall-seriously-hurts-boy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-08T09:01:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/08/business/sales-of-prius-pass-500000-mark/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-08T09:01:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/08/business/toshiba-sets-westinghouse-schedule/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-08T09:01:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/08/business/prince-hotels-falls-further-into-red/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-08T09:02:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/08/business/key-index-tops-50-for-first-time-in-three-months/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-08T09:02:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/08/business/kddi-tops-in-subscriber-growth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-08T09:02:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/09/business/taiwan-oks-cuts-in-size-of-big-eye-tuna-fishing-fleet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-09T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/09/national/woman-dies-after-being-left-tied-up/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-09T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/09/national/kim-young-nam-alive-in-north-kcna/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-09T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060609a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060609a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Choi Gye Wol weeps with her daughter, Kim Young Ja, at a news conference in Seoul Thursday. Choi is the mother of Kim Young Nam, who is believed to have been abducted from South Korea to the North in 1978.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/09/business/new-budget-plan-eyes-surplus-by-2011/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-09T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/09/business/key-money-supply-rose-1-4-in-may/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-09T09:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/09/national/massaging-intruder-faces-new-charge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-09T09:01:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/09/business/glass-firm-okd-to-buy-pilkington/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-09T09:01:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/09/business/japan-russia-closing-in-on-joint-oil-field-project/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-09T09:01:46+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/09/business/fsa-new-zealand-to-share-intel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-09T09:02:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/09/business/skylark-to-carry-out-largest-mbo-in-japan-history/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-09T09:02:44+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/09/business/mizuho-corporate-to-cut-prime-rate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-09T09:02:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/09/business/boj-member-suda-wants-public-to-know-finance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-09T09:02:51+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060609a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060609a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Miyako Suda, the only woman on the Bank of Japan's nine-member Policy Board, speaks during a recent interview at BOJ headquarters in Tokyo's Chuo Ward.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/10/business/hankyu-defends-bid-for-hanshin/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-10T09:00:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/10/business/nonpermanent-workers-training-shortfalls-hit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-10T09:01:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/10/national/teachers-get-warning-over-anthem/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-10T09:01:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/10/national/obituary-kaoru-okano/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-10T09:01:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/10/business/mufj-debt-from-fund-injection-cleared/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-10T09:01:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/10/business/law-to-make-stores-cut-back-on-bags/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-10T09:01:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/10/business/oecds-tanaka-tabbed-as-iea-chief/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-10T09:01:58+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060610a8a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060610a8a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nobuo Tanaka]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/10/business/ministry-wants-ntt-to-cut-rivals-fiber-optic-access-fees/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-10T09:02:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/10/business/dream-technologies-revival-tied-to-murakami/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-10T09:02:05+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060610a5a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060610a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoshiaki Murakami, former leader of a high-profile investment fund, prepares to leave after a news conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange just hours before his arrest Monday on allegations of insider trading.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/10/business/reit-value-swells-63-to-surpass-4-trillion-yen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-10T09:02:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/10/business/42-public-works-projects-axed-in-05/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-10T09:02:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/10/business/metis-long-term-plan-aims-for-2-2-annual-growth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-10T09:02:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/10/business/core-machinery-orders-jumped-10-8-in-april/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-10T09:02:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/11/national/activists-hold-tokyo-rally-to-protect-article-9/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-11T09:00:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/12/national/filmmaker-retraces-footsteps-of-palestinian-thinker/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-12T09:01:41+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060612a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060612a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Film Director Makoto Sato shakes hands with Mariam Said, widow of controversial Palestinian-American intellectual Edward Said, at the Tokyo launch of Sato's new documentary "Out of Place" in April.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/13/business/current-account-surplus-declined-20-in-april/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-13T09:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/13/business/may-happoshu-shipments-up-1-8/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-13T09:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/13/business/economy-grew-3-1-in-january-march/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-13T09:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/13/business/vodafone-to-expand-world-roaming/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-13T09:00:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/13/business/sompo-insurance-sales-ban-kicks-in/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-13T09:00:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/13/business/official-nixes-latest-wto-proposal-on-farm-tariffs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-13T09:01:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/13/business/wholesale-prices-see-biggest-rise-in-2-12-decades/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-13T09:01:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/13/business/17-trillion-yen-needed-to-put-budget-in-black/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-13T09:01:54+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060613a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060613a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Internal Affairs Minister Heizo Takenaka (left), economic and fiscal policy minister Kaoru Yosano (center) and Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe attend a working-level meeting on fiscal matters Monday at the Prime Minister's Official Residence in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/13/business/consumer-confidence-fell-in-may/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-13T09:02:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/14/business/hankyu-hanshin-look-to-maximize-integration-effects/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-14T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/14/business/u-s-meatpacking-execs-lobby-for-blanket-testing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-14T09:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/14/national/arakawa-tram-rear-ends-stopped-trolley-26-hurt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-14T09:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060614a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060614a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police inspect a trolley car accident Tuesday morning in Kita Ward, Tokyo, that left 25 passengers and an official of the Arakawa Tram Line injured.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/14/national/science-health/where-are-these-life-saving-drugs-in-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-14T09:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/14/business/government-still-upbeat-on-economy-points-to-improvement-in-price-trends/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-14T09:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/14/business/tokyo-seoul-end-eez-negotiations-in-a-stalemate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-14T09:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/14/business/u-s-rate-fears-pound-nikkei/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-14T09:01:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/14/national/jal-hijackers-daughter-in-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-14T09:01:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/14/national/tokyo-court-grants-asylum-to-afghan-journalist/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-14T09:01:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/14/business/death-of-deflation-may-soon-be-declared-yosano-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-14T09:01:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/14/business/continental-seeks-to-be-regional-cities-link-to-pacific-resorts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-14T09:02:00+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060614a7a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060614a7a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mark Erwin, president of Continental Airlines Inc.'s Asia-Pacific division, speaks in an interview in Tokyo last week.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/14/business/u-s-accounting-firm-to-try-again/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-14T09:02:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/15/national/younger-women-embracing-kampo-traditional-medicine-with-a-passion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-15T09:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060615f2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060615f2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An adviser holds consultations on "kampo" Chinese herbal medicine with a customer at Nihondo Co. in Minato Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/15/national/fccj-told-to-cancel-trip-to-islets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-15T09:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/15/national/mayor-oks-nuclear-ship-deployment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-15T09:00:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/15/business/ldp-panel-mulls-consumption-tax-geared-for-welfare/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-15T09:00:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/15/national/diet-enacts-strengthened-construction-safety-laws/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-15T09:01:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/15/national/panel-asks-for-student-teacher-screening-rules/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-15T09:01:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/15/business/ldp-finance-chief-tells-boj-to-think-twice-about-hiking-rates-in-summer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-15T09:01:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/15/national/no-autopsies-for-hansens-fetuses/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-15T09:01:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/15/business/invoice-to-buy-dynacity-stake-bonds-from-livedoor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-15T09:02:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/15/business/u-s-south-korean-fta-termed-wakeup-call/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-15T09:02:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/16/business/regional-wef-meeting-opens/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-16T09:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060616a5a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060616a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kunio Nakamura (second from left), president of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. and cochair of the World Economic Forum on East Asia, speaks to reporters Thursday before the start of the conference.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/16/business/suntory-to-buy-fosters-china-unit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-16T09:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/16/national/fukushima-double-killer-condemned/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-16T09:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/16/business/interest-rate-hike-not-in-the-cards-yet-boj-assures/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-16T09:00:46+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/16/business/service-industry-activity-up-1-3/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-16T09:00:59+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/16/business/consumers-still-cold-to-u-s-beef/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-16T09:01:07+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060616a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060616a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Food service industry officials and consumers take part in a public hearing Wednesday in Tokyo on U.S. beef imports.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/16/business/household-assets-reach-record-1-5-quadrillion-yen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-16T09:01:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/16/national/british-publishers-soar-in-face-of-manga-boom/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-16T09:01:34+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060616a7a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060616a7a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA["MANGA" COMICS are shown at a recent manga seminar at the Japanese Embassy in London.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/16/national/equal-employment-law-toughened/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-16T09:01:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/16/business/seibu-holdings-aims-to-sell-11-loss-making-hokkaido-resorts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-16T09:02:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/17/national/diet-passes-north-sanctions-bill/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-17T09:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/17/national/japan-recognizes-montenegro-aso/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-17T09:01:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/17/national/u-k-feared-royal-ire-over-finger-food/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-17T09:01:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/17/business/use-sales-tax-hike-on-social-security-needs-tanigaki/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-17T09:02:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/17/business/indoor-play-centers-pricey-but-safe-havens-for-kids/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-17T09:02:49+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060617a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060617a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiroshi Tsutsui, manager of the Yokohama outlet of indoor play center chain KID-O-KID, displays a costume for kids.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/18/national/government-looking-for-entrants-in-mail-service/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-18T09:00:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/18/national/mizuho-bank-to-give-200-of-its-branches-the-individual-touch/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-18T09:00:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/18/national/separated-conjoined-twin-to-tie-knot/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-18T09:01:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/19/national/myanmar-activists-to-file-for-refugee-status/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-19T09:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/19/business/keidanren-to-use-same-play-book-under-mitarai/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-19T09:01:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/19/national/four-people-caught-in-schindler-lift/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-19T09:01:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/20/national/pair-plead-guilty-to-gang-raping-girl-in-fukuoka/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-20T09:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/20/reference/5-yen-and-50-yen-coins/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-20T09:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ek20060620wha.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[ek20060620wha.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/20/national/plan-to-curb-false-acacias-stings-apiarists/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-20T09:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060620f3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060620f3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bees collect pollen from false acacia flowers in Fuchu, Tokyo, in May in this photo provided by Takeshi Yajima.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/20/national/plastic-recyclers-cant-compete-with-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-20T09:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060620f1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060620f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Japantech Co. employee views huge piles of used plastic bottles in a stockyard at the company's main factory.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/20/national/youths-give-united-93-preview-before-theater-run/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-20T09:00:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/20/national/50-years-on-minamata-stigma-lingers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-20T09:01:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/20/business/underground-co-2-storage-planned/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-20T09:02:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/20/business/cool-biz-turns-the-traditional-shirt-of-okinawa-into-a-hot-sales-item/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-20T09:02:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/20/business/trust-banks-should-handle-assets-new-boj-member-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2006-06-20T09:02:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
</urlset>
<!-- XML Sitemap generated by Yoast SEO -->