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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Legal win: Supporters of parents who sued the government over the suicide of their sailor son hold victory banners Monday outside the Fukuoka High Court.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sidetracked: Passengers wait for delayed bullet trains Monday morning at JR Tokyo Station as services were disrupted by heavy rain in Shizuoka and Kanagawa prefectures.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[From generation to generation: A trainee (left) learns a polishing technique for cutlery from a veteran craftsman at a training facility in Tsubame, Niigata Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Winning entry: Australian "cosplay" winners Gabriella Lowgren (right) and Katherine Lee pose in their costumes at the Animania Festival in Sydney on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Work stoppage: The building behind Seoul City Hall shows where dismantling work was conducted Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Showtime: Katsumi Ihara (center), executive deputy president in charge of consumer products group at Sony Corp., Takao Yoshikawa (right), Sony's senior general manager in charge of the flat TV business division, and Nobuki Kurita, executive deputy president of Sony Marketing Corp., pose for the media at a press briefing Thursday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sound effects: Masahiro Sato, president of Sagae Natto in Sagae, Yamagata Prefecture, carries products made while Mozart's symphonies are playing, in the company's "natto" fermentation room in June.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[And then there were four: Upper House members (from left) Shinpei Matsushita, Hiroyuki Arai, Hideo Watanambe and Yasuhiro Oe pose Friday in Tokyo as they declare themselves the new party Kaikaku Club, which is now in numeric limbo after Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Yumiko Himei got cold feet and opted to stay in the DPJ fold.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A bit of weeding: Japanese volunteers work on restoring the Garden of Peace at Hammersmith Park in western London.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-09-02T09:03:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Stepping down: Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda bows as he wraps up a news conference at his official residence Monday night announcing his resignation.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-09-03T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Peace offering: U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi offers flowers Tuesday at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park to the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In demand: Handyman Katsuyoshi Ukon, 67, poses in front of his office in Tokyo with an advertisement for his firm's services, which include fixing faucets, shopping and accompanying the elderly on their travels.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ink still wet: Japanese newspapers on sale at a kiosk in Osaka report Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's resignation in their Tuesday morning issues.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-09-03T09:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-09-03T09:00:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-09-03T09:00:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/03/business/japan-macau-sign-customs-deal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-09-03T09:00:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-09-03T09:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-09-03T09:00:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Brothers in arms: Lee (left) and Lindsay Vine spar in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in February.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Low note: A woman passes a stock price board early Tuesday in the Marunouchi district of Tokyo. The Nikkei stock average rose in the morning, but ended sharply lower due to Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's announcement the previous day of his intention to resign.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fun at hand: Sony Computer Entertainment Japan President Shawn Layden shows off a new PlayStation Portable model at a news conference in Minato Ward, Tokyo, on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Who's next?: Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (right) and Taro Aso, the Liberal Democratic Party secretary general, meet with LDP executives in Tokyo Tuesday morning.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-09-04T09:01:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Under scrutiny: Russian sumo brothers Hakurozan (left) and Roho face reporters Wednesday in Tokyo after the wrestlers tested positive for marijuana in a random drug test.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/04/business/lean-the-word-as-panel-weighs-09-budget/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-09-04T09:01:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/04/national/japan-probing-north-korea-reactor-rumor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-09-04T09:01:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/04/national/pakistan-agents-paid-us-to-kill-ito-suspect/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-09-04T09:01:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/04/national/fukuda-gives-ldp-apology-for-quick-exit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-09-04T09:01:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/04/national/police-take-dead-doll-for-autopsy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-09-04T09:02:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/04/national/one-night-stand-set-for-hot-90s-go-go-club/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-09-04T09:02:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bubble economy babe: Kumiko Araki, a frequenter of the 1990s dance club Juliana Tokyo, shows off a "bodi-kon" outfit like those popular at the time, in an interview at the Avex Group in Minato Ward, Tokyo, on Aug. 29.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/04/national/nagasaki-groups-target-u-s-india-nuke-pact/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-09-04T09:02:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/04/national/murder-trail-takes-gifu-cops-to-bangkok/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-09-04T09:02:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/04/national/suspected-disability-certificate-scam-leads-to-sapporo-clinic-raid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-09-04T09:03:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Loud and clear: Hokkaido police raid the Sapporo clinic of Yoshiaki Maeda on Wednesday. The doctor is suspected of providing false diagnoses so that his patients could illegally obtain physical disability certificates.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/04/national/hong-kongs-lau-bags-top-prize-at-manga-awards-for-feel-100/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-09-04T09:04:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/05/national/have-bar-code-will-travel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-09-05T09:00:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Quick scan: Boarding gates at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture have started accepting boarding passes with two-dimensional bar codes.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/05/business/fuji-tv-gets-ok-to-be-holding-firm/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-09-05T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/05/business/nissan-plans-to-sell-diesel-suv-in-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-09-05T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/05/national/rapidly-aging-japan-faces-yet-another-shortage-crematoriums/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-09-05T09:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/05/national/msdf-denies-it-was-negligent-in-atago-collision/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-09-05T09:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Call to order: Five Maritime Self-Defense Force servicemen bow Thursday at the start of a maritime court session looking into the collision between the destroyer Atago and a fishing boat off Chiba Prefecture in February that caused the deaths of two fishermen.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/05/national/food-safety-violation-cases-surge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-09-05T09:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/05/national/yamaoka-urges-dpj-to-stay-focused/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kenji Yamaoka]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/05/business/kansai-airport-still-struggling-after-14-years/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-09-05T09:00:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bird's-eye view: Kansai International Airport in July 2007.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/05/business/13-firms-join-nhk-unit-in-overseas-broadcasts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-09-05T09:00:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-09-05T09:00:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/05/national/oita-officials-admit-teacher-test-fudging-bribes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-09-05T09:00:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[School's out: A courtroom sketch shows four ex-Oita Prefecture education officials and teachers standing trial for bribery Thursday at the Oita District Court.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/05/business/tecmo-spurns-square-enix-offer-starts-koei-merger-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-09-05T09:00:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/05/business/mitsubishi-gets-boeing-on-board-in-development-of-japanese-jet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-09-05T09:01:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/05/business/sales-of-imported-vehicles-take-35-5-plunge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-09-05T09:01:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/05/national/overheating-scare-spurs-sony-to-recall-440000-vaio-laptops/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-09-05T09:01:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-09-05T09:01:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/05/national/saiki-to-meet-six-party-delegates-hill-kim/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-09-05T09:01:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/05/national/pakistan-denies-involvement-in-aid-worker-itos-murder/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-09-05T09:02:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/05/national/letter-trove-details-occupation-life/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-09-05T09:02:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20080905f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Postwar correspondent: Elizabeth Ryan (far left), who lived in Occupied Japan from 1947 to 1948, poses with two nuns and a friend in this undated photo taken in Japan. More than 1,000 pages of letters written by Ryan were recently discovered and transcribed by Ken Alley, who runs a secondhand bookstore in York, Neb.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/05/national/life-keeps-right-on-moving/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20080905f2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Eyewitness account: The first page of the Feb. 18, 1947, letter written by Elizabeth Ryan.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/05/national/yosano-ishihara-eye-run-for-ldps-helm/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kaoru Yosano]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/05/national/singapore-to-hold-japanese-pop-culture-festival/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-09-05T09:04:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/05/national/prosecutor-held-over-drunken-burger-beef/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-09-05T09:04:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Destined to meet: Tyler and Haruna Harder pose at their home in Tokyo in May 2007.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Inferno: Firefighters train a hose Friday morning on a waste processing plant in Saitama where thinner fumes ignited. Two workers were injured by the blast.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Learning the ropes: Vietnamese trainees learn about operating an automated shield framework to support coal mine shaft ceilings at Kushiro Coal Mine in Kushiro, Hokkaido, on July 14.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Moving ahead: Takeru Yamamoto, who lost his wife in an April 2005 train crash in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, speaks Friday at his home in nearby Nishinomiya after police told him they plan to turn their case against the railroad over to prosecutors early next week.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Commuter ease: Yasuyo Fukui, president of Navit Co., holds a sign at her office in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, indicating which train cars are closest to the exits or transfer points for stations on the Ginza subway line.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/09/business/bankruptcies-up-4-2-in-august-debt-at-08-high/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2008-09-09T09:01:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fall in: U.S. soldiers line up holding an American flag in this undated photo taken in Japan by Elizabeth Ryan, who stayed in Kobe from February 1947 to July 1948.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Follow the flag: The Aegis destroyer Choukai leads other vessels during a fleet review in Sagami Bay in Kanagawa Prefecture on Oct. 25, 2006.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takahiro Hamada]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Still on the job: Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Cabinet ministers meet Tuesday morning to discuss the pension problem.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dependent: Children play in a street in this photo taken by Elizabeth Ryan sometime between February 1947 and July 1948 during the Occupation.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-09-11T09:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Postwar cheer: This page from the Far East Stars and Stripes Weekly, dated July 13, 1947, was discovered together with letters written by Elizabeth Ryan, who worked for the Occupation forces in Kobe from 1947 to 1948. The article discusses the famous female-only musical troupe from Takarazuka's renowned theater in Hyogo Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/12/business/coach-builds-brand-of-affordable-luxury-goods/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Out of this world: Virgin Galactic's spacecraft is shown in a company illustration, while commercial director Stephen Attenborough holds a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/12/business/machinery-orders-fell-3-9-in-july/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-09-12T09:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Order in the court: This photo by Elizabeth Ryan shows what is believed to be a military court of the Allied Occupation forces in Kobe. Ryan was a court reporter while she was in Japan from 1947 to 1948.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ryoji Miyauchi]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/13/business/biggest-tohoku-mall-opens-in-sendai/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/13/national/ldp-fives-first-public-debate-subdued-affair/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/13/national/centenarians-expected-to-rise-to-record-36276/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/13/national/george-washington-arrives-sept-25/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bug squashed: An Osaka prefectural board of education staffer displays an eavesdropping device Friday disguised as an extension plug at the board's office in Chuo Ward, Osaka.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jumping on brand bandwagon: Rolf Eriksen (right), CEO of Swedish casual fashion brand H&amp;M Hennes &amp; Mauritz AB, attends the opening ceremony for the company's first Japanese store in Tokyo's Ginza district Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ishiro Ozawa]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[United front: Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa (second from right) and Kokumin Shinto (People's New Party) leader Tamisuke Watanuki (third from left) attend a meeting Tuesday to sign a policy agreement.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-09-17T09:00:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Scandal spreads: Agriculture minister Seiichi Ota speaks about the tainted rice problem at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/17/national/mayors-slam-u-s-india-nuke-deal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-09-17T09:00:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-09-17T09:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rajat M. Nag]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-09-17T09:00:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-09-17T09:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/17/national/typhoon-heads-toward-okinawa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-09-17T09:04:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-09-18T09:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tamayo Marukawa]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-09-18T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-09-18T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-09-18T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sky's the limit: The Japanese unit of American International Group Inc., headquartered in Tokyo, says it will have no problems paying benefits.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/18/business/aig-bailout-was-right-decision-shirakawa-says/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hidden treasure: Matashichi Oishi, a former crewman of the trawler Fukuryu Maru No. 5, visits a section of Tokyo's Tsukiji market in July where "A-bomb tuna" is said to have been buried. Below, an A-bomb monument is kept at the Daigo Fukuryu Maru Exhibition Hall on Yumenoshima Island in Koto Ward.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Campaign truce: U.S. presidential candidates Sen. Barack Obama (center) and Sen. John McCain walk together after participating in a memorial service last week in New York for victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Settlement reached: Plaintiffs who developed lung disease from working on tunnel construction projects hold a news conference in Tokyo after reaching a settlement with construction firms Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/18/national/rice-seller-nakagawa-hangs-himself/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/19/business/boj-joins-dollar-swap-deal/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ready to step in: Economic and fiscal policy minister Kaoru Yosano (left) meets with leaders of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives at a Tokyo hotel Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Another Aso: Toshio Okubo, president of Daito Co., which sells sweets that portray politicians, wears a Taro Aso mask in front of his shop Monday in Tokyo's Akihabara district.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takeo Kawamura]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pile of trouble: Bags of rice are stacked at a Mikasa Foods plant in Chikuzen, Fukuoka Prefecture. The food maker is facing police raids over the tainted rice it sold to other businesses.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/26/business/first-trade-deficit-logged-in-26-years/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Warren Buffett]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Exclusive club: Junichiro Koizumi leaves a Tokyo hotel Friday after meeting with fellow former Prime Ministers Yoshiro Mori and Shinzo Abe.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Looking ahead: Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Hiroyuki Hosoda faces reporters Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Assume the position: Marudai Food Co. executives, including board member Masaaki Sugiyama (center), director of research and development, apologize Friday evening in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, after toxic melamine was detected in four Marudai products made from tainted milk from China.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/28/national/phosgene-case-to-go-to-prosecutors/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2008-09-28T09:01:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nariaki Nakayama]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[From father to son: Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi bows to his son Shinjiro during a meeting in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[First impressions: Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice after their meeting at the United Nations in New York on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/29/national/two-computer-execs-suspected-of-tax-scam/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA["Admiral Yamamoto's death warrant": These two decrypted Imperial Japanese Navy messages from World War II were found recently in the U.S. National Archives.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-09-29T09:01:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Top spokesman: Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura is interviewed Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Not quite there yet: Passengers from a bullet train stuck between JR Tabata and Nishi Nippori stations get out and walk Sunday morning.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Car culture: Fumihiko Ike (third from right) and other Honda executives introduce the City at a news conference in Bangkok in September. At right, a Bangkok street is jammed with traffic during evening rush hour.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fighting talk: Prime Minister Taro Aso delivers a policy speech at the opening of the extraordinary Diet session Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Final stage fashion: A model holds up a number matched to the type of adult diaper being worn while a screen in back explains its design at a fashion show Thursday in Tokyo organized by the Aging Lifestyle Research Center.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/30/national/waseda-dinged-for-windmill-failure/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/30/national/ministry-to-tighten-rice-distribution-rules/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-09-30T09:03:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/30/national/tainted-food-found-in-nursing-homes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-09-30T09:03:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cute but dangerous: Marudai Food Co.'s Kurimu Panda pastries containing toxic melamine have turned up at nursing homes in Kyoto.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/30/national/obuchi-ready-to-fight-demographic-woes/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yuko Obuchi]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/30/national/n-korea-viewed-from-the-inside/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/01/national/nagano-firm-upholding-locust-eating-tradition/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shoichi Uchiyama]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ryu Shionoya]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hirofumi Nakasone]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Konosuke Matsushita]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/02/national/web-society-opts-to-stay-anonymous/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Clash of cultures: In this Web site image, Kae Takahashi shows her picture, bottom left, on her U.S.-based MySpace page where her photos and personal details can be viewed by anyone. But she reveals little about herself on similar Japanese Web sites.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/02/business/panasonic-president-rallies-staff/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Initial reaction: Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa talks to reporters Saturday morning after the U.S. passed a $700 billion financial bailout.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Better luck next time: Creditors line up for a meeting held by failed Gateway21 Co. on Sunday. Hundreds were turned away because the facility Gateway21 prepared was too small.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Catch of the day: Tsuneo Uechi, chief of the Yonaguni fisheries cooperative, shows off a white marlin in Yonaguni, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 8.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-10-09T09:00:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-10-09T09:01:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/09/business/keep-interest-rates-low-imf-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-09T09:01:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ready to roll: Americans Corey Pedersen (left) and Mike Kim prepare to board a bullet train bound for Hakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, at Tokyo Station on Tuesday on their way to unofficially breaking the world record for greatest distance traveled by train in 24 hours.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[End of the line: MannanLife Co.'s Konnyaku Batake jelly products are set to disappear from store shelves as the company halted production and shipments after a number of people chocked to death on the jelly.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-10-09T09:01:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Comparing notes: Prime Minister Taro Aso looks at a document next to Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa in the Lower House Budget Committee on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-10-09T09:03:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-10-09T09:03:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-10-10T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-10-10T09:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-10-10T09:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/10/national/physics-laureate-maskawa-back-in-class-albeit-tardy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-10T09:00:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Back to the drawing board: Nobel physics laureate Toshihide Maskawa gives a lecture on subatomic particles Thursday at Kyoto Sangyo University in Kyoto.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/10/national/glue-maker-asai-faces-charges-for-rice-scam/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2008-10-10T09:00:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-10-10T09:00:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Urban renewal: Shoppers leave a store in the Little Tokyo area of downtown Los Angeles in August. The neighborhood's leaders are making a bid to lure hip young Japanese-Americans back to the neighborhood.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[If it please the court: A mock juvenile court session is staged Tuesday at the Tokyo Family Court for the public and media. The minor and his parents sit in the front row while the judge questions them. The demonstration was acted out by court employees and a real-life judge and investigator.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/10/national/held-despite-acquittal-now-barred-from-re-entry-woman-slams-legal-system/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-10T09:01:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/10/business/foreigners-airport-stakes-may-rise/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-10T09:01:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hammer down: A reporter tries out Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s "Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Spec III" at Tokyo Game Show 2008 in Chiba Prefecture on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/10/business/asia-not-immune-kuroda-warns/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-10T09:02:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[LAPD blues: Los Angeles police officers escort Kazuyoshi Miura upon arrival Friday morning at L.A. airport from Saipan.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Addressing the issue: Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura speaks Friday at a Lower House committee meeting debating the special antiterrorism bill.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sticky situation: Police carry out boxes of documents from the headquarters of glue maker Asai during their search Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/11/national/akihabara-massacre-charges-filed-before-katos-detention-expires/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/11/national/u-s-copter-unit-preps-for-afghan-missions/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Duty calls: A U.S. military helicopter sits at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/11/national/north-korea-sanctions-extended-again/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/11/business/japan-eyes-imf-help-for-emerging-economies/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/11/business/boj-injects-record-4-5-trillion/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2008-10-12T09:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/12/national/warming-may-kill-coral-amphibians/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-12T09:00:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Coral collapse: A diver examines the once colorful coral reefs off Taketomi Island in Okinawa Prefecture that have died and since turned white. More than 7,000 species of coral are feared at risk of perishing because of rising ocean temperatures caused by climate change.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/12/national/osaka-to-sell-off-risky-foreign-dormitory/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-12T09:01:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/12/%news_category%/japan-mulls-revival-of-public-fund-injections-for-banks-just-in-case/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-12T09:03:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-10-13T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-10-13T09:00:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Upset: Shigeo Iizuka, head of a group of relatives of abduction victims, speaks to reporters in Osaka on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/13/national/mother-of-slain-woman-describes-miuras-suicide-as-regrettable/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-13T09:00:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/13/national/tokyo-seoul-to-push-currency-safety-net/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/13/national/u-s-delisting-puts-japanese-diplomacy-to-the-test/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-13T09:00:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/13/national/aso-set-to-hold-talks-with-hu-on-oct-23/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-13T09:01:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/13/national/worlds-tiniest-walking-robot/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Julie Hosokawa and her daughter Miko are all smiles before boarding a flight for Japan and eventually settling in Gifu. Hosokawa's Japanese husband left them after three months of marriage.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shane Clarke]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Teamwork: Ryuzo Yokouchi, president of North Pacific Bank (right), celebrates a merger with Vice Chairman Jiro Yoshino, former president of Sapporo Bank, in Sapporo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[`Unusual' training: Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada is surrounded by reporters Tuesday at the Diet.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hirohide Yamaguchi]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-10-16T09:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Loving mom: Giant panda Meimei, who died Wednesday, hugs one of her cubs, Rauhin, in December 2000 in Wakayama Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Word to the wise: A notice is posted at a Ito-Yokado store in Hachioji, Tokyo, on Tuesday informing shoppers that pesticide was found in a package of frozen green beans sold there.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-10-16T09:00:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/16/national/new-round-of-health-care-deductions-riles-seniors/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Future in doubt: An elderly man consults a social security official about his pension in Taito Ward, Tokyo, on Wednesday, when medical insurance premiums for about 6.69 million people aged 75 and over were automatically deducted from their benefits.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-10-16T09:01:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/16/business/augusts-3-5-output-fall-finalized/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Flair fair: Yawaraka Atomu, from Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy, was displayed at the Japan Animation Content Meeting in October 2007. At right is the Hinotori Chair based on Tezuka's Hinotori (Phoenix) character on display at this year's event.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/17/national/documentary-gives-voice-to-japan-wwii-vets/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The big picture: Stig Schell is a producer of "Beyond Kokoda," a documentary featuring accounts by both Japanese and Australian veterans of fierce fighting in World War II.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On the way out: Lower House member Yukichi Maeda wipes away tears Thursday at a news conference in the Aichi Prefectural Government office in Nagoya.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/17/national/japans-political-snags-seen-thwarting-asia-role/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2008-10-17T09:00:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-10-17T09:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/17/national/temps-product-of-a-broken-labor-system/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-17T09:00:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Power to the people: Holding signs that read "We want to work like humans," young people call for better conditions during a rally at Meiji Park in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, on Oct. 5.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/17/national/itai-testifies-his-sumo-bout-with-kitanoumi-was-fixed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-17T09:01:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20081017a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Back in the ring: Former Japan Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi heads to the Tokyo District Court on Thursday to testify on allegations of match-fixing.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/17/national/kabuki-actor-koshiro-performs-for-1000th-time-in-kanjincho/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20081017a7a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Milestone: Kabuki actor Matsumoto Koshiro receives a bouquet Wednesday at Todaiji Temple in Nara after his 1,000th performance as the 12th century warrior-monk Musashibo Benkei in "Kanjincho."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/17/national/atm-fraud-net-lets-one-slip-through/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/17/national/job-crunch-seen-upping-suicides/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[We object: Mark Geragos (left) and Bruce Berline, lawyers for Kazuyoshi Miura, who committed suicide last weekend in a Los Angeles jail, face reporters Thursday in L.A.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Paying respects: Prime Minister Taro Aso visits the tomb of his grandfather, former Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida, in Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Piece of history: Tadahiro Tsukazaki of Kobe shows his late father's postal savings passbook from Manchukuo after customs authorities, who had kept it in storage for 63 years, turned it over to him Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[STD: The bacteria treponema pallidum, which causes syphilis, is seen through an electron microscope.]]></image:caption>
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