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		<lastmod>2007-07-06T09:03:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yasuo Tanaka]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Democratic Party of Japan chief Ichiro Ozawa gets into his car after appearing on a Sunday morning talk show in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The U.S. jungle warfare training area in northern Okinawa is seen in this aerial photograph taken in 1996.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20070710a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tamizuke Watanuki]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Workers begin removing 190,000 tires Monday left in a compound in Omura, Nagasaki Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Embattled farm minister Norihiko Akagi speaks with reporters Tuesday at Narita International Airport before departing on a trip to Europe.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2007-07-11T09:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2007-07-11T09:01:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2007-07-11T09:02:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mizuho Fukushima]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nijo Castle is shown in this aerial photo taken in Kyoto in February 2006. A new study has found that the castle may be too weak to withstand a major earthquake.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/07/11/national/explosion-in-docked-ship-injures-14/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-07-11T09:03:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2007-07-11T09:03:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2007-07-11T09:04:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2007-07-11T09:05:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/07/11/national/yunus-wants-japans-social-business/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-07-11T09:05:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/07/12/national/ex-paloma-worker-linked-to-heater-flaw/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-07-12T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2007-07-12T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A sign reading "All Kanagawa taxis became nonsmoking on July 11" is posted Wednesday at a taxi stand outside JR Yokohama Station.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/07/12/national/komeito-to-stay-firmly-in-coalition-camp/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-07-12T09:00:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Akihiro Ota]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/07/12/national/dinosaur-leg-fossil-found-in-fukui/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-07-12T09:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mike Mills shoots a scene in Tokyo for his documentary]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kazuo Shii]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kombucha tea drinks are becoming popular with health-conscious consumers in the U.S.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Okinawa Prefectural Assembly unanimously adopts a second statement demanding the central government retract a directive to history textbook publishers to play down explanations of the Japanese military]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2007-07-13T09:01:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is greeted by supporters in Tokyo on Thursday as he kicks off the Liberal Democratic Party]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/07/13/national/novice-candidates-have-issues/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People cheer outside JR Shinbashi Station in Tokyo as they listen to a Liberal Democratic Party campaign speech]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Alissa Descotes-Toyosaki, a Japanese-French writer and interpreter who lives in Paris, rides her camel in southern Algeria]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan Times President Yukiko Ogasawara and Japan Times Marketing Manager Anthony Potts award Jack Kelly the grand prize for the paper's reader survey at The Japan Times headquarters Thursday in Tokyo's Minato Ward.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Senior executives of Oji Paper Co. apologize Friday at the company]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/07/14/national/no-smoking-patrol-hits-main-street-in-osaka/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ex-police officers tell pedestrians Friday that Midosuji boulevard, Osaka's main strip, is a nonsmoking area.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/07/14/national/crown-prince-helps-excavate-mongolia-fossils/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/07/14/national/japan-u-s-press-north-to-start-denuclearization-steps/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mayumi Narita, reportedly the first Japanese customer to buy the book, shows off her copies at a Maruzen bookstore in Tokyo on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kitakyushu Police carry out an investigation Saturday, inspecting Nakai Hoikuen nursery school and its minivan, in which 2-year-old Haruto Hamasaki was left for over three hours Friday, causing him to die of apparent heatstroke.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gestures Saturday as he pleads with voters to trust his Liberal Democratic Party during a speech in Tokyo]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Children frolic at a beach in Konan, Kochi Prefecture]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A partition separates voters in Sunday's House of Councilors election (foreground) and evacuees from the July 16 earthquake who are taking shelter at the Hisumi Community Center in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe faces reporters Sunday night at Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo after confirmation of the LDP defeat in the Upper House poll]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Once foes and now friends, World War II veterans (from left) Eugene Brick, Shigeyoshi Hamazono, Fred Mitchell and Takehiko Ena take each other's hands Saturday at the Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Plaintiffs and their supporters celebrate Monday in front of the Kumamoto District Court after winning a lawsuit ordering the government to recognize them as victims of radiation from the atomic bombs.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/07/31/national/hemophiliac-kawada-wins-diet-seat/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ryuhei Kawada, an independent candidate, greets his supporters in Tokyo after winning an Upper House seat in Sunday's election.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/07/31/national/election-results-leave-cabinet-ruing-scandals/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/07/31/national/cancer-kills-vietnam-war-peace-activist-oda-75/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Makoto Oda]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/07/31/national/diet-seat-eludes-absentee-fujimori/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, from the home in Chile where he is under house arrest, admits defeat in Sunday's Upper House election.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/07/31/national/seismic-acceleration-2-5-times-reactors-specs/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo Electric Power Co. Vice President Ichiro Takekuro addresses hundreds of employees Monday at the company's nuclear power station in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/07/31/national/traditional-ldp-supporters-deserted-in-droves/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-07-31T09:03:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2007-08-01T09:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2007-08-01T09:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ichiro Ozawa]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Agriculture Minister Norihiko Akagi is surrounded by reporters Wednesday after he tendered his resignation to Shinzo Abe at the Prime Minister]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kochi Gov. Daijiro Hashimoto speaks to reporters at the Kochi Prefectural Government]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/08/14/business/chinese-consumers-ignore-high-cost-to-buy-up-japanese-rice/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2007-08-14T09:01:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2007-08-14T09:01:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yone Minagawa]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/08/16/national/kin-of-war-dead-protest-yasukuni-visits/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People who lost relatives in the war and oppose politicians' visits to Yasukuni Shrine march Wednesday near the controversial shrine in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, to promote peace in Asia and protection of the Constitution's Article 9.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Students taking the National Center Test for University Admissions check their documents at the University of Tokyo's Hongo Campus in January. Many private universities are having trouble securing enough students as the college-age population continues to fall.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2007-08-17T09:02:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/08/17/business/safety-standard-for-batteries-planned/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-08-17T09:02:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2007-08-18T09:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/08/18/national/more-chinese-view-japan-favorably-survey/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-08-18T09:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2007-08-18T09:00:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2007-08-18T09:00:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2007-08-18T09:01:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/08/18/business/mhi-lands-polish-chem-plant-deal/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2007-08-18T09:01:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/08/18/national/state-puts-kibosh-on-koike-deputy-pick/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-08-18T09:01:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Defense Minister Yuriko Koike speaks to reporters Friday at the Defense Ministry.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/08/19/national/mom-appeals-sentence-for-killing-son/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-08-19T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2007-08-19T09:00:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2007-08-19T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/08/19/national/apec-to-shoot-for-25-boost-in-energy-efficiency/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-08-19T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/08/19/national/iaea-no-significant-damage-at-nuke-plant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-08-19T09:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/08/19/national/horse-flu-shuts-down-tokyo-track/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-08-19T09:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[WINS Korakuen, a Japan Racing Association off-track betting center in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, stands deserted Saturday morning after races were canceled due to horse flu.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/08/19/national/east-japan-cools-down-but-not-west/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-08-19T09:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/08/19/national/carbon-offsets-to-get-government-push/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-08-19T09:00:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2007-08-19T09:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2007-08-19T09:00:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2007-08-19T09:01:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/08/19/national/kato-to-set-longevity-record-in-u-s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2007-08-19T09:01:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Shimane nuclear power station, operated by Chugoku Electric Power Co., is located on the Sea of Japan coast in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/08/20/national/charges-eyed-against-pearl-sales-firm/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2007-08-21T09:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2007-08-21T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hidehisa Otsuji]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2007-08-21T09:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Michio Urakawa]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[New Liberal Democratic Party executives Taro Aso (left), Toshihiro Nikai (second from right) and Nobuteru Ishihara (right) join hands with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Actress Yu Aoi (left) and model Anne pose with Shiseido Co.'s popular Tsubaki shampoo in this official handout photo made for last spring.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masahiko Komura]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Newly elected Upper House member Ryuhei Kawada is interviewed recently by The Japan Times.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yutaka Kobayashi]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kaoru Yosano]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[By building an artificial reef at this beach in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, local governments hope to lure surfers eager to ride the new waves and splash their cash about.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoko Kamikawa, state minister in charge of population and gender-equality issues, gives an interview Friday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Company posters urge employees to quit smoking and lose weight.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/09/07/business/foreign-cars-feel-bite-of-japanese-imports/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/09/07/business/ramen-shop-boss-inherits-sheds-recipe-for-disaster/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/09/07/national/robin-hood-role-eyed-in-1-trillion-tax-transfer/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoshio Kobayashi]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rescue workers wade through the swollen Tama River searching shacks for homeless people after Typhoon No. 9 blew through Tokyo early Friday, causing extensive floods.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Internal affairs minister Hiroya Masuda speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/09/09/national/u-s-almost-cut-japan-from-05-climate-plan/</loc>
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