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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bon voyage: Seen off by members of the Imperial family, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko prepare to depart for Europe at Haneda airport in Tokyo on May 21, 2007.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Meet the press: Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama (center) faces reporters Friday in Tokyo with his other Group of Eight counterparts after the conclusion of their two-day conference.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A quick aperitif: Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga (third from left) and his Group of Eight counterparts and Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto (right) break a sake keg on Osaka.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Exotic export: An official from a watermelon market in Hokuei, Tottori Prefecture, holds a watermelon Friday that will be exported to the United Arab Emirates.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Reporting to the top: Takeshi Sasaki (left), professor at Gakushuin University and head of an expert council on consumer policy, and Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda hold a report the council drafted Friday at the Prime Minister's Official Residence.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/06/14/national/ishihara-lauds-new-functional-tokyo-subway-line/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-06-14T09:02:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nerves of steel: Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara tries out the new Fukutoshin subway line Friday before its public debut this weekend.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-06-14T09:02:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/06/14/national/public-approval-ratings-for-fukuda-ldp-turn-up/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-06-14T09:02:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-06-14T09:03:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/06/14/national/shared-goals-it-connect-polish-japanese-couple/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-06-14T09:03:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Drawn together: Polish-native Jacek Strakowski and Mai Usami pose at Okunitama Jinja Shrine in Fuchu, Tokyo, on May 10.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-06-15T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[So others may live: Naif Al-Suwailem, a 23-year-old student from Saudi Arabia, donates blood inside a Japanese Red Cross vehicle during a blood drive at the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Tokyo on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-06-15T09:00:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/06/15/national/oil-food-inflation-being-triggered-mostly-by-fundamentals-paulson/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/06/15/national/millennium-goals-in-danger-oxfam-warns/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2008-06-15T09:03:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In memory: Jerry Yellin (left) and Jim Belilove (right) look at a plaque bearing the names of U.S. airmen who died during a 1945 air raid on Shizuoka, after unveiling the plaque in the city on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-06-16T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tech talk: Science and technology ministers from the Group of Eight developed countries gather in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, for a one-day meeting on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-06-16T09:02:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Read all about it: Evacuees catch up on the latest news about the earthquake at an evacuation center in Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-06-17T09:00:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Then and now: Bossa nova singer Lisa Ono smiles in a handout portrait and poses at age 6 with her mother and baby sister at her parents' apartment in Sao Paulo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Needle in a haystack: Ground Self-Defense Force personnel search through mud and trees Monday in an area in Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, where a local resident is believed to have disappeared during Saturday's magnitude 7.2 earthquake.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[End of an ordeal: Satoshi Nakamura speaks at a news conference Monday in Tehran while his father, Kiyotaka, looks on.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-06-17T09:00:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-06-17T09:01:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/06/17/business/household-assets-fell-in-07/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-06-17T09:01:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Looking back: Hisatoshi Tajima, an associate professor of Latin American history at Josai International University, is interviewed in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, this month.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yeas and nays: The vote on the controversial bill to maintain road-related taxes in May proved the high point of the opposition's offensive against Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda during the latest Diet session, which ends Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Energy-efficient convoy: Electric cars leave Minato Ward, Tokyo, for the town of Toyako, Hokkaido, on Friday as part of a citizen's campaign calling attention to environmental protection. The vehicles are scheduled to arrive at Toyako, the venue of the Group of Eight summit in July, on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Still searching: Ground Self-Defense Force members comb through the debris of the Komanoyu hot springs inn in Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, on Friday for two people still missing since the June 14 earthquake.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan Coast Guard serviceman rescue five crew members of a freighter]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rajendra Pachauri]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Evacuees from the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck Miyagi and Iwate prefectures]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-06-23T09:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-06-23T09:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-06-23T09:01:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-06-23T09:01:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoshihiko Nakagaki]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/06/23/national/woman-killed-in-landslide/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dirty work: Rescue workers carry mud out of a house in Taragi, Kumamoto Prefecture, that was hit by a landslide Sunday morning.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/06/23/national/ex-nova-chief-faces-criminal-investigation/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2008-06-24T09:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-06-24T09:00:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Guns long silent: Relatives of people who died during the Battle of Okinawa 63 years ago offer prayers to the dead Monday at a memorial park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-06-24T09:01:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-06-24T09:01:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/06/24/national/unseen-photos-of-john-lennon-yoko-ono-auctioned-in-london/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-06-24T09:01:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[All you need is cash: Previously unpublicized photos of John Lennon and Yoko Ono taken during their early married life in Paris, Amsterdam and London in 1969 were auctioned last week at Bonhams in London.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-06-24T09:02:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Recognized at last: Plaintiffs and their supporters rejoice Monday outside the Nagasaki District Court over their victory in a lawsuit in which 20 of 27 plaintiffs were recognized as having illnesses caused by radiation from the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-06-25T09:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-06-25T09:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-06-25T09:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jero]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lisa Takahashi]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-06-25T09:01:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Heads and Tale: Designs for 1,000 yen and 500 yen commemorative coins for Kyoto Prefecture featuring "The Tale of Genji" are unveiled Tuesday by the Finance Ministry. The upper images are the fronts of the two coins.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-06-25T09:02:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/06/25/national/only-60-of-smokers-aware-they-are-addicts-pfizer-poll/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-06-25T09:02:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-06-25T09:02:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Isehan Honten Co.'s Komachi Beni (above), crafted in Edo Period manner, is proving popular. Below is an "itabeni," a portable case for beni, created by lacquer artist Kimiyoshi Hirasawa.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-06-25T09:03:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/06/25/national/kobe-woman-arrested-as-suspect-in-attacks-at-osaka-train-station/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-06-25T09:03:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Harmony: Violinist Rieko Suzuki and Chinese pianist and composer Gao Ping perform together during a concert at Yokohama Museum of Art on April 19.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vigil: Relatives of missing crew members of the Suwa Maru No. 58 and others watch fishing boats return to port in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sunday after suspending their search.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yuki Takagi]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Meet the press: U.S. President George W. Bush is flanked by several aides as he speaks with Japanese reporters at the White House on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bode eel: Police investigators remove boxes Thursday from Shinko Gyorui Ltd. in Kobe as evidence for an alleged false-labeling case involving eels imported from China.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Water warriors: Formula One racing driver Takuma Sato and campaigners from End Water Poverty hold a rally Wednesday outside the Japanese Embassy in London to call for better sanitation and clean water for everyone in the world.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Flipped in: Kenichi Horie waves aboard his wave-powered boat, the Suntory Mermaid II, as the vessel arrives Friday at the Kii Channel between Wakayama Prefecture's Kii Peninsula and Shikoku — near the final destination in his Hawaii-Hyogo Prefecture voyage.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Top flight: The Koken Long Range Monoplane, known as the Kokenki, soars over the Kanto plain in May 1938 during a flight. Mineo Yamamoto was one of its designers.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cinematic relief: Girara, a monstrous beast from outer space, wreaks havoc on Sapporo in a scene distributed from the movie "Girara no Gyakushu" ("Girara Strikes Back"), which debuts Saturday ahead of the G-8 summit in Hokkaido.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ten times better: A banner is hung to advertise the "dubbing 10" system Friday at Bic Camera's Yurakucho store in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Trendsetters: Chiba Gov. Akiko Domoto and Paul Rogers, prospective principal of Makuhari International School, meet the press Friday at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/05/national/taiwan-research-ship-nears-senkakus-snubs-jcg/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2008-07-05T09:01:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Running on empty: There are no customers at this Tokyo gas station as drivers begin to hold off filling up their cars due to skyrocketing gas prices.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/06/national/time-for-japan-to-take-technological-lead-in-combating-global-warming/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Clean home: A biped walking robot ASIMO welcomes the media to a futuristic ecofriendly house, called Zero Emission House, built by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry near the International Media Center at the venue of the G-8 Hokkaido Toyako summit. Some 50 Japanese firms and research institutes provided their latest environmental technologies to the project, including a solar-power generation system, a small outdoor wind-power generator and an energy-saving liquid-crystal display TV set.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Multilingual: Protesters march Monday through Sobetsu, Hokkaido, with a banner saying "Junk the G8 summit" in English, Korean and Chinese.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Awaiting protection: The Konjikido (Golden-Colored Hall) of Chusonji Temple in Iwate Prefecture, one of the candidate sites Japan has been promoting for designation as a World Heritage site, was passed over by UNESCO on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Angling for support: Fishermen from Fukuoka Prefecture and their supporters stage a sit-in outside the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry on Monday, holding a banner that says "Return the rich ocean to us."]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Better late than never: Relatives of Chinese forced laborers killed in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki weep in front of a memorial unveiled Monday at Nagasaki Peace Park.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Final carbon footprint: Yukihiro Masuda of Tri-Wall K.K. shows the firm's "ecoffin" made of special corrugated cardboard during the Funeral Business Fair last month at the Pacifico Yokohama convention center.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Room with a view: Hilton Niseko Village, which opened July 1, stands at the foot of Mount Yotei in Hokkaido's Niseko resort area.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Full belly: Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda speaks to reporters after the Group of Eight luncheon Tuesday at the Windsor Hotel Toya overlooking Lake Toya in Hokkaido.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kuidaore Taro]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sleep inducing: Violinist Iwao Furusawa performs during the "Dreams: good sleep concert" held June 12 in Tokyo's Yurakucho district. Audience members, who purchased "good sleep seats" tickets, get comfortable with the pillows and blankets that came with the seats.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/09/national/takeshima-claim-in-textbooks-put-on-hold/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/09/national/g8-offers-halving-of-emissions-by-2050/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Leaving legacies: (From left) German Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. President George W. Bush, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper stage a tree planting ceremony Tuesday in Toyako, Hokkaido. Below: Clad in traditional Ainu garb, Fukuda's wife, Kiyoko, smiles with Tadashi Kato, chief of the Ainu Association of Hokkaido, Canadian first lady Laureen Harper, British first lady Sarah Brown, and Margarida Sousa Uva, wife of EU Commission Chairman Jose Manuel Barroso, at the G-8 International Media Center in Rusutsu.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Breath of fresh power: Windmills along the coast of Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, can generate 25,500 kw with all 17 units in operation.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Alternative sweets: A soy sauce for ice cream made by Yamato Soy Sauce and Miso Co. is somewhat sweet and has a thick texture. Below, Demain Co.'s habanero chocolate cake with a red pepper on top offers a combination of sweetness and hot spice.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-07-10T09:01:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-07-10T09:01:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Atomic option: The Fukushima No. 1 nuclear reactor, operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co., is seen in September 2002.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/10/business/home-appliance-recycling-rates-poised-for-increase/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[No emissions deal: Leaders of the Group of Eight and eight emerging economies, including China, India and Brazil, gather at the Toyako summit Wednesday morning.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Slurps up: New Yorkers try out ramen at Ippudo NY, a Japanese noodle restaurant, on May 28.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Crash aftermath: The wreckage of a helicopter that crashed last weekend in the Tsugaru Strait off Oma, Aomori Prefecture, is salvaged Thursday morning.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[At ease: A ceremony is held Thursday in Sapporo to relieve thousands of police officers mobilized from various parts of Japan of their special security duty in Hokkaido, where the Group of Eight summit ended the previous day in the town of Toyako.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sumitake Matsuuti]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/12/national/university-of-tokyo-medical-researchers-bypassed-ethics-panel/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Refreshments?: A man serves soft drinks to disaster drill participants last month at Shinkoiwa Park in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward, one of the prefecture's several designated evacuation sites.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Charles Jenkins]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Future shock: This image handed out Thursday by Westminster City Council shows what Oxford Circus in London will look like when it undergoes a Tokyo-style makeover with a new "scramble crossing" to ease crowd congestion.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gadget lovers: People who lined up for days in front of Softbank's flagship store in Omotesando, Tokyo, finally enter the store at 7 a.m. Friday to buy Apple's iPhone 3G, which debuted in 22 countries the same day.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yasuo Fukuda]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In search of justice: Shoji Sakurai and Takao Sugiyama (second and third from left in the second row), who were convicted of murder and spent almost three decades behind bars, head with their supporters to the Tokyo High Court on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/15/business/food-price-surge-takes-toll-on-school-lunches/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/15/national/claim-to-seoul-held-islets-strains-ties/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Heavy going: Education board officials from throughout the country attend a meeting in Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Crime scene: The Fujin Raijin II roller coaster at Expoland in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, is inspected by authorities in May 2007 after it derailed, killing one passenger and injuring 19.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Better than water: Bottles of energy drinks await runners in the Nagoya International Women's Marathon on March 9.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ever vigilant: A South Korean police officer stands guard Monday on disputed islets in the Sea of Japan known as Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Meet the general: Lt. Gen. Edward Rice, commander of U.S. Forces Japan, gives a group interview in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/16/national/chinese-novelist-yang-wins-akutagawa-prize/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Best book: Chinese writer Yang Yi is all smiles in Tokyo on Tuesday following news that her novel "Tokiga nijimu asa" won the coveted Akutagawa Prize.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[`Carubaito': Salesmen show an advertisement on the passenger door of a Corolla Fielder at a Toyota showroom in Yokohama on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/16/national/filipinos-visit-lawmakers-in-quest-for-citizenship/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nationality bid: Accompanied by supporters, elderly Filipinos born to Japanese fathers meet with Diet members in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-07-16T09:02:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Remembering: People observe a moment of silence Wednesday during a memorial ceremony marking a year since a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Caught short: A wholesaler waits for business Wednesday at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market, the day after a nationwide strike by fishermen cut the coastal catch.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vital grain: Packages of rice from Niigata Prefecture are on display at a supermarket in Beijing last July.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On hold: Customers eager to purchase iPhones line up in Tokyo last Friday, the day Apple Inc.'s Internet-enabled mobile phone went on sale.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sic 'em: The Aphalara itadori has been found to attack Japanese knotweed and will be used to help Britain slow one of its variants.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Keeping watch: A police officer stands guard outside a condominium in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, on Saturday morning following the fatal stabbing of one of its residents.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This suds for you: Natsu Mori (left) and Sakurako Yoshino of Kirin Brewery Co. pose before two cocktails that they developed at its head office in Tokyo in May.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[To the great beyond: Small capsules like these will carry the cremated ashes of people for "burial" in space.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Blow hard: Officials inspect a festival site in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on Sunday after strong wind knocked down several tents.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/28/national/islet-row-impacts-over-100-exchange-programs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-28T09:00:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/28/national/solidarity-levy-eyed-to-pay-for-foreign-aid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-28T09:00:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/28/national/typhoon-heading-to-sakashima-chain/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-28T09:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/28/national/air-conditioner-prices-to-rise-in-fall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-28T09:01:05+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/28/national/2009-budget-cap-to-be-48-trillion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-28T09:01:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/28/business/failure-to-address-climate-change-like-spitting-in-the-wind/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-28T09:03:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-07-29T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[White water: Rescuers search Monday for people who were washed away in the swollen Toga River in Nada Ward, Kobe.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/29/national/woman-slashes-six-at-train-station/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-29T09:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-07-29T09:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Getting Sirius: A "star sommelier" points out stars at the Yamagata University astronomical observatory on May 10.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/29/national/date-club-arson-murder-suspect-held/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-29T09:00:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
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		<lastmod>2008-07-29T09:00:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Killers' ear: Hiroyuki Shinoda, chief of Tsukuru Publishing Co., talks about his associations with death-row inmates at his company's office in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, on July 17.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/29/national/bullet-trains-to-get-defibrillators/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-29T09:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
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		<lastmod>2008-07-29T09:00:46+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
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		<lastmod>2008-07-29T09:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/29/business/mitsubishi-electric-profit-surges/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-29T09:00:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/29/business/wto-proposal-plagues-farmers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-29T09:01:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/29/business/outflow-of-capital-to-mideast-oil-producers-to-rise-by-17-trillion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-29T09:01:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/29/national/u-s-flattop-calls-at-sasebo-port/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-29T09:01:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In the navy: The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Reagan arrives Monday at Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/29/business/expecting-huge-net-loss-tepco-may-hike-prices-this-january/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-29T09:01:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/29/national/carrier-fire-tentatively-tied-to-improperly-placed-oil/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-29T09:01:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/29/business/toyota-cuts-this-years-worldwide-sales-forecast/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-29T09:01:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fewer buyers: Visitors to a Toyota Motor Corp. showroom in Tokyo eyeball a Prius hybrid last week. Toyota on Monday revised its 2008 global sales target downward to 9.5 million units.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/29/business/japan-kuwait-to-speed-up-talks-on-tax-treaty/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-29T09:01:46+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/29/business/japan-poised-to-back-wto-compromise/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-29T09:02:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/30/national/social-plan-to-support-doctors-the-elderly/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-30T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/30/business/travel-agents-report-sluggish-sales-of-beijing-olympics-package-tours/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-30T09:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Any takers?: A travel agency in Minato Ward, Tokyo, displays brochures for Beijing Olympics package tours.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/30/national/hans-visit-to-islets-prompts-rebuke/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-30T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20080730a9a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Symbolic gesture: On a visit to disputed islets in the Sea of Japan on Tuesday, South Korean Prime Minister Hang Seung Soo (right) touches a stone monument placed there to assert his country's control of Takeshima, also known as Dokdo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/30/national/quake-death-last-week-confirmed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-30T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/30/national/several-new-ambassadors-named/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-30T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/30/national/gas-pipe-blaze-halts-steel-mill/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-30T09:00:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hot spots: Fire and smoke are seen in several locations Tuesday at a Nippon Steel Corp. complex in Kitakyushu.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/30/national/senba-kitcho-bosses-facing-a-fine/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-30T09:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/30/national/sdf-receives-six-more-months-for-golan-mission/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-30T09:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/30/national/steps-eyed-to-triple-foreign-students-here/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-30T09:00:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/30/national/osaka-mulls-public-junior-high-classes-at-night/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-30T09:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/30/business/household-spending-drops-1-8/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-30T09:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/30/national/asdfs-iraq-mission-to-end-by-december/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-30T09:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/30/national/clinic-links-30-deaths-at-narita-to-thrombosis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-30T09:01:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fly right: A store clerk at Narita airport shows goods Tuesday to help prevent economy class syndrome.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/30/national/nova-head-avoids-fresh-indictment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-30T09:01:01+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/30/national/missile-drill-held-in-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-30T09:01:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/30/national/soldier-may-face-u-s-rape-charge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-30T09:01:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/30/national/hanging-urged-for-accused-killer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-30T09:01:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/30/national/2020-goal-set-for-co2-capture-storage-tech/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-30T09:01:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/30/national/ex-captive-bogota-prevailing-over-farc/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-30T09:01:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hostage no more: Fernando Araujo Perdomo gives an interview recently in Tokyo about being held captive by Colombian leftist guerrillas for six years.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/30/business/fishermen-to-get-fuel-subsidies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-30T09:01:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/30/business/panel-against-using-registered-temp-staff-in-day-labor-jobs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-30T09:01:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/30/business/matsushita-sees-profit-double-on-solid-demand/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-30T09:02:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/30/business/jasdaq-logs-4-25-billion-net-loss/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-30T09:02:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/30/national/science-health/climate-change-in-costa-rica/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-30T09:02:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The author deep in the Monteverde cloud forest of Costa Rica, which gets a whopping 3,000 mm of rain a year.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/30/business/sony-profit-fell-47-4-in-quarter-forecast-pared/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-30T09:02:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/30/business/gas-prices-may-set-another-record/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-30T09:02:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/30/business/jobless-rate-hits-21-month-high-of-4-1/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-30T09:03:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/31/national/group-plans-largest-cleanup-rally/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-31T09:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/31/national/egyptian-preaches-japans-success/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-31T09:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20080731f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[High on Japan: Former Egyptian Ambassador Hisham Badr shows off his new book, "Sphinx and Japanese Sword," along with former Defense Minister Yuriko Koike, a Cairo University graduate mentioned in the book, during a reception at the Egyptian Embassy last week.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/31/national/energy-boosting-eel-drink-latest-attempt-to-beat-the-heat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-31T09:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Surging eel: Bottles of Unagi Nobori made by Japan Tobacco Inc. are displayed in Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/31/national/vietnam-airlines-jet-catches-fire-at-narita/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-31T09:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20080731a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Better late than never: Firefighters inspect an engine on a Vietnam Airlines 777 that caught fire Wednesday at Narita International Airport.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/31/national/steel-plant-restarts-despite-fire/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-31T09:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/31/business/matsushita-plans-new-battery-plant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-31T09:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/31/national/co-poisoning-knocks-out-12-at-osaka-bakery/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-31T09:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20080731a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Knockout gas: Firefighters inspect a bakery Wednesday in Higashi-Sumiyoshi Ward, Osaka, where trapped carbon monoxide gas sickened 12 people, two seriously.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/31/business/sony-may-take-over-music-jv-from-bertelsmann/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-31T09:00:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/31/business/shareholders-put-pressure-on-skylark-president-to-step-down/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-31T09:00:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/31/national/reshuffle-talk-growing-stronger/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-31T09:01:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lips sealed: Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Bunmei Ibuki heads to a Tokyo hotel for a meeting Wednesday morning with New Komeito executives.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/31/national/more-than-10000-foreign-students-got-jobs-in-07/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-31T09:01:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/31/national/team-in-africa-to-study-sudan-sdf-operation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-31T09:01:06+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/31/business/industrial-output-off-2-as-cars-slump-recession-fretted/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-07-31T09:01:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/31/business/farmers-welcome-collapse-of-wto-talks/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Extremely regrettable: Farm minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi, flanked by reporters, leaves the World Trade Organization headquarters in Geneva after crucial trade talks collapsed Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Acclimatizing: Boris Reif (second from left), a German intern, talks with his colleagues recently at a Yamatake Corp. research center in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Higher and higher: A Nagoya gas station puts up a sign showing 188 yen as the new price for a liter of regular gasoline Friday as wholesale gas prices rose the same day.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sheila Smith]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In demand: Economic and fiscal policy minister Kaoru Yosano answers questions from reporters after meeting Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on Monday morning.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Man with a mission: Yoshito Hori, founder of Globis Group, shows off one of his company's classrooms in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, in December.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Secret papers: This document, titled "Secret Information on Enemy Nations," was recently discovered at the Nishina Memorial Foundation and includes a translation of U.S. President Harry Truman's statement on the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Christophe Boubal]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lights out: A police officer directs traffic in heavy rain Monday evening in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, after a power failure knocked out traffic lights.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Unbreakable bond: Yoshiyuki Kono, once suspected of carrying out a sarin attack in 1994 in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, talks to his comatose wife, Sumiko, on March 4.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Emissions fight: New Environment Minister Tetsuo Saito is interviewed Monday at the ministry.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sadakazu Tanigaki]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toshimitsu Motegi]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Conscientious objector: Joan Hinton, an American physicist involved in developing the atomic bomb, visits Hiroshima on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Helping hands: The first group of Indonesian nurses and caregivers coming to Japan to work under a new bilateral economic partnership agreement arrives Thursday at Central Japan International Airport in Aichi Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Need to know: Shareholders enter a building in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, to attend Aderans Holdings Co.'s extraordinary shareholders' meeting Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/08/10/national/cash-set-for-a-bomb-victims-abroad/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/08/11/national/taiwans-ma-in-damage-control-over-japan-ties/</loc>
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