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			<image:caption><![CDATA[To the point: Possessing a double-edged knife with a blade 5.5 cm or longer would be banned under a revised weapons control law.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gramps: Kenichi Konno, an emigrant to Brazil starring in "The Grandpa from Brazil," chats with a boy he has looked after during a visit to Japan in this undated photo provided by documentary director Nanako Kurihara (below).]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-10-22T09:01:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-10-22T09:01:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Deadly route: Fig. 1 indicates where Gentaro Suzuki was struck by a car in central Osaka; Fig. 2 shows the point in Fukushima Ward where his body was finally thrown to the ground after being dragged for 3 km.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-10-22T09:01:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-10-22T09:02:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-10-23T09:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-10-23T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Golden oldie: Musicians perform "uzagaku" traditional Okinawan court music in Urasoe, Okinawa, in May.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/23/national/aso-singh-pledge-cooperation-regional-security-epa-eludes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-23T09:00:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/23/national/consumers-splurging-on-high-end-new-year-osechi-boxes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-23T09:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/23/national/china-peace-treatys-30th-year-marked-by-underscoring-ties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-23T09:00:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/23/business/september-supermarket-sales-fall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-23T09:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/23/business/hiroshima-bank-other-companies-ante-up-to-purchase-mazda-shares/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-23T09:00:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Improving its standing: Hiroshima Prefecture-headquartered Mazda Motor Corp.'s shares held by ailing Ford Motor Co. will be purchased by Hiroshima Bank and other Japanese companies. Ford owns a third of Mazda.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/23/national/bullet-trains-get-new-roll-protection/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-23T09:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Quake threat and cure: A land ministry photo shows a Joetsu shinkansen that derailed in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, in October 2004 during a magnitude 6.8 earthquake. Below, a photo from JR East shows a new L- shaped alloy plate designed to prevent bullet trains from overturning if they derail.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/23/business/toyota-to-mark-first-sales-drop-in-decade/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-23T09:00:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/23/national/retired-osaka-icon-kuidaore-taro-looks-to-drum-up-some-ad-work/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-23T09:00:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[New shtick: Michiko Kakinoki, owner of famed Osaka eatery mannequin Kuidaore Taro, holds up a sign in the local dialect reading "Please remember me" as she tells reporters Monday the doll will now be used for promotional purposes.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/23/national/msdf-pleads-not-guilty-in-collision/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-23T09:00:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/23/national/58-taiwan-strait-crisis-saw-nukes-in-okinawa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-23T09:00:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/23/national/fired-it-chief-in-alleged-tax-dodge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-23T09:01:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/23/national/ldp-panel-oks-bill-for-one-time-holiday/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-23T09:01:21+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/23/national/new-health-insurance-system-draws-protest/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-23T09:01:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fed up: Protesters hold a sit-in outside the Diet on Wednesday to seek abolition of the new heath insurance system.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/23/business/japan-pay-gap-pared-but-not-poverty/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-23T09:01:33+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/23/business/asos-team-digging-for-buried-funds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-23T09:02:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Diet matters: Prime Minister Taro Aso (left) and Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa talk in the Diet on Oct. 14.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/23/business/credit-crunch-to-take-250-billion-bite-out-of-megabanks-combined-profits/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-23T09:02:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/23/business/new-zealands-frucor-eyed-by-drink-makers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-23T09:03:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/24/national/major-cities-call-for-dramatic-emission-cuts-by-all-nations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-24T09:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/24/national/53-secret-japan-u-s-deal-waived-gi-prosecutions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-24T09:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/24/business/automakers-to-lower-production-in-britain/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-24T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/24/national/aso-simmers-down-defends-glitzy-nightlife/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-24T09:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/24/national/confessed-lottery-killer-used-money-for-debts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-24T09:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shattered dreams: The body of Hisako Yoshida, who was killed after she won ¥200 million in the lottery, was found in this house photographed Thursday in Rikuzentakada, Iwate Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/24/national/nagoya-train-starts-day-by-derailing-no-injuries/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-24T09:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Unscheduled stop: Railway workers in Nagoya examine a derailed train car Thursday morning on the Aonami Line near Nagoya Station.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/24/national/boy-was-among-4000-annual-choking-deaths/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-24T09:00:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/24/national/former-drug-abuser-helps-turkish-addicts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-24T09:00:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kicking the habit: Daisuke Aoyama shares a light moment with former drug addicts Halil Selanik (right) and Dougkan Ozgen in Istanbul in August.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/24/national/ana-flight-delayed-90-minutes-to-let-copilot-clear-alcohol-threshold/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-24T09:01:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/24/national/jomon-women-may-also-have-suffered-from-sweet-tooth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-24T09:01:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/24/national/ship-trawler-collide-three-fishermen-killed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-24T09:01:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Collision aftermath: The bow section of the fishing boat Kohei Maru (indicated by arrow) floats overturned after the vessel was involved in a collision Thursday morning with the freighter Shuri. The photo was taken at 6:30 a.m. after the accident.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/24/national/secrecy-hampers-sdf-death-probe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-24T09:01:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Proving grounds: A Maritime Self-Defense Force sailor was killed last month after a grueling training session at the 1st Service School in Etajima, Hiroshima Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/24/national/opposition-now-to-drag-feet-on-msdf-bill/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-24T09:01:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/24/national/tainted-cup-noodles-sicken-fujisawa-woman/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-24T09:01:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[What next?: A municipal official at Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, briefs the media Thursday about the discovery of a chemical in Cup Noodles that sickened a woman Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/24/national/aso-orders-record-mortgage-tax-breaks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-24T09:01:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/24/business/sony-slashes-sales-and-profit-forecasts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-24T09:01:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/24/national/79-year-old-woman-cites-akihabara-in-stabbing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-24T09:01:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/24/business/retail-gasoline-prices-fall-further/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-24T09:02:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/24/business/dpj-approves-yamaguchi-for-boj/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-24T09:03:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/24/business/renesas-mulls-tieup-with-taiwan-firm/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-24T09:03:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/24/business/mizuho-financial-may-nix-buyback/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-24T09:03:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/25/national/pilot-alcohol-levels-stalled-more-flights-ana/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-25T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/25/national/teachers-want-nova-boss-charged/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-25T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/25/national/actress-hasegawa-marries-guitarist/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-25T09:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/25/business/consumption-tax-hike-scenario-to-be-part-of-yearend-reform-bill/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wrap up: Prime Minister Taro Aso speaks at a press conference Saturday at a Beijing hotel after attending the two-day Asia-Europe Meeting.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/27/national/banks-may-get-up-to-10-trillion/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/27/national/gsdf-officer-dies-during-visit-to-iwojima/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/27/national/millions-of-yen-in-shredded-money-turns-up-at-garbage-recycling-center-in-gifu-prefecture/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/29/national/nobelists-ozawa-keene-to-get-order-of-culture/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2008-10-29T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/29/national/diversity-key-to-corporate-growth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-29T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Diversity: Izumi Kobayashi, president of Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., is shown on a big screen during a panel discussion at a symposium on diversity initiatives in Tokyo on Oct. 21.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/29/national/aso-reportedly-wont-call-election-this-year/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Not yet: Prime Minister Taro Aso walks through the Diet on Tuesday as word spread that no snap election will be held this year.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/29/national/itoham-halts-production-at-chiba-plant-over-contaminated-water/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Arson aftermath: Osaka municipal building safety officials inspect the Shishashitsu Cats Namba video parlor in Naniwa Ward on Tuesday for safety code violations.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/10/29/national/msdf-officer-found-guilty-of-misusing-aegis-data/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-10-29T09:00:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Calling it quits: Expoland President Tadakazu Shimizu faces reporters Wednesday while the amusement park in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, remains boarded up.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toshio Tamogami]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/02/business/motor-week-hits-tokyo-yokohama/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-02T09:01:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Which came first?: A regular egg is shown next to a giant egg (above), while a smaller egg that was found inside the giant egg is shown on a plate.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/02/national/doshisha-student-held-in-pot-bust/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-02T09:01:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/02/national/761-to-be-awarded-with-various-medals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-02T09:01:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/02/business/stimulus-pay-faces-cap-yosano/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-02T09:01:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/02/national/jccu-issues-bitter-chocolate-recall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-02T09:02:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/03/business/halloween-in-japan-a-commercial-break-from-global-nightmare/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-03T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/03/national/tibetans-will-decide-strategy-with-democracy-dalai-lama/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-03T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dalai Lama]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/03/national/panasonic-to-make-sanyo-a-subsidiary/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-03T09:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/03/national/surrogate-baby-arrives-following-months-in-limbo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-03T09:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/03/national/singer-frank-nagai-passes-away/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hitsville: Frank Nagai, who passed away Oct. 27, gives an interview in 1981.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/03/national/jenkins-attends-festival-in-tokyo-to-promote-rice-grown-on-sado/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-03T09:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Promotion: Charles Jenkins, the husband of repatriated North Korea abductee Hitomi Soga, hands out free rice at a festival in Kokubunji, west Tokyo, on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/03/national/tanko-bushi-inspiration-honored/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-03T09:00:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Centennial: Fireworks burst in the night sky over Tagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture, during a festival Saturday commemorating these two 100-year-old chimneys.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/03/national/most-major-transportation-firms-relying-on-low-end-sobriety-tests/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-03T09:00:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/03/national/more-than-4000-people-including-75-foreigners-to-be-decorated/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-03T09:01:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/03/national/japan-to-seek-accord-with-brazil-ending-double-pension-payments/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-03T09:01:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/03/national/taiwan-slams-asdf-chief-lauds-his-dismissal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-03T09:02:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/03/national/japan-china-south-korea-to-cooperate-in-fighting-new-flu-strains/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-03T09:02:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/03/national/credit-guarantee-payments-top-480-billion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-03T09:02:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/04/national/auditing-at-shady-firm-haunts-dpj-minister/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-04T09:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/04/national/ozawa-takes-to-net-to-woo-young/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-04T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/04/national/marines-ban-service-members-from-okinawa-public-locations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-04T09:00:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/04/national/dalai-lama-admits-his-approach-to-tibet-greater-autonomy-has-failed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-04T09:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/04/national/guest-slain-in-manila-hotel-room/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-04T09:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/04/national/emperor-gives-order-of-culture-to-nobelists-keene-maestro/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-04T09:00:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/04/national/axed-asdf-chief-hawk-till-the-end-no-apology/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-04T09:00:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/04/national/july-september-growth-a-no-show-think-tanks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-04T09:01:22+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/04/national/wwf-targets-salmon-poaching-off-russia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-04T09:01:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20081104a7a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cultured man: Japanese literature scholar Donald Keene receives the Order of Culture, the nation's top cultural award, from Emperor Akihito, with Prime Minister Taro Aso in attendance, during a Culture Day ceremony Monday at the Imperial Palace.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/04/national/lay-judge-plan-fraught-with-guilty-verdict-dangers-bar-groups-say/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-04T09:02:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/05/business/bridgestone-profit-for-year-off-40/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-05T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/05/business/envoys-to-make-g20-rounds-before-summit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-05T09:00:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/05/business/toto-to-exhibit-toilets-in-europe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-05T09:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/05/national/nagoya-familys-temple-reassembled-on-s-c-campus-for-classes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-05T09:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Good as new: David Shaner ritually cleanses his hands in front of the Place of Peace Buddhist Temple on the Furman University campus in Greenville, S.C., on Oct. 2. The temple was relocated from Nagoya.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/05/national/applications-building-up-for-mount-fuji-license-plates/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-05T09:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mountain of pride: Etsuo Suzuki, one of many who applied to get a new "Mount Fuji" license plate, attaches one to the front of his car Tuesday in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/05/national/fans-shocked-at-fall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-05T09:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Before the fall: Music producer Tetsuya Komuro in July 1998 meets then Chinese President Jiang Zemin in Hong Kong at the first anniversary ceremony of the colony's handover to China.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/05/business/tokyo-star-mulls-suit-against-btmu/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-05T09:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/05/business/september-tax-revenues-dip-5-8/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-05T09:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/05/national/alliance-unfazed-by-tamogami-u-s-general/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-05T09:01:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/05/national/car-found-in-fatal-dragging-of-osaka-man/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-05T09:01:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/05/business/bill-outlawing-daily-dispatch-of-temps-okd/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-05T09:01:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/05/national/citizenship-for-kids-still-tall-order/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-05T09:01:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/05/national/escapee-gives-glimpse-of-north-prison-camps/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-05T09:01:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Survivor's tale: Shin Dong Hyuk, an escapee from a North Korean prison camp, gives an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 28.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/06/business/obama-victory-to-boost-japan-experts-predict/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-06T09:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/06/national/repeat-of-clinton-era-friction-concerns-unlikely/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-06T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/06/national/more-minamata-cases-uncovered/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-06T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mercury-poisoning cases rising: Panelists at a symposium in Tokyo discuss how to address the Minamata mercury-poisoning issue Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/06/business/great-depression-different/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-06T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/06/national/mock-vote-lets-youths-speak-out/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-06T09:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Democracy in action: A Japanese college student casts a ballot in a mock election for non-U.S. citizens Wednesday at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/06/national/another-case-emerges-of-pregnant-woman-rejected-by-tokyo-hospitals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-06T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Follow the money: Takemasa Moriya, once one of the Defense Ministry's top civilian officials, is taken into the Tokyo District Court on Wednesday for his bribery trial.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Seeking support: The Dalai Lama speaks to Yukio Edano (center) of the Democratic Party of Japan and other DPJ members at a Tokyo hotel Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/07/national/japan-asked-to-join-new-arctic-shipping-regime/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2008-11-07T09:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/07/business/itochu-chairman-wins-zaikai-award/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ticket, please: Climbers crowd a trail on Mount Fuji on July 19. Local governments, burdened by the problems associated with an increasing number of visitors, are considering imposing an "entry fee" to the mountain.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Write away: Calligraphy master Seiho Kawakatsu pens the names of popular kabuki actors on plates at Myodenji Temple in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto, Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tall order: Japan Tourism Agency Commissioner Yoshiaki Hompo is interviewed recently in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Class act: Erin Keown Ganju, who will take over as CEO of Room to Read next year, poses with students in Kien Giang Province, Vietnam, in 2002.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Brick by brick: Afghan Senior Minister Hedayat Amin Arsala speaks Monday at the Afghan Embassy in Tokyo about his country's reconstruction.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mixed media: Photos of people of half-Japanese ancestry are featured in an exhibition at the Bodhi Gallery in east London last month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/12/business/current-account-surplus-declined-37-in-half/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Oral defense: Fired Air Self-Defense Force chief Toshio Tamogami takes reporters' questions Tuesday in the Diet after testifying over his controversial essay.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Space mom: Astronaut Naoko Yamazaki holds a news conference Tuesday at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in Tokyo after she was chosen as a crew member for a 2010 space shuttle mission.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Period piece: French and Japanese in period uniforms attend a memorial ceremony commemorating the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I at the Kobe Municipal Foreign Cemetery.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-11-12T09:01:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-11-12T09:01:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Not lion around: Nanami the sea lion leaps for a fish held out by a visitor Wednesday at Tobe Zoological Park in Ehime Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/13/national/hyogo-governor-apologizes-for-tokyo-quake-comment/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shaky ground: Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido faces reporters Tuesday in Kobe to explain his remark about the "chance" a major earthquake in Tokyo would provide.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/13/business/pre-g20-meet-to-mull-crisis-help-for-won/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-13T09:01:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-11-13T09:01:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/13/business/aiful-suffers-67-drop-in-net-profit/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/13/national/pet-shop-boss-tied-to-rare-lizard-sale/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Here's to better approval ratings: Prime Minister Taro Aso raises his glass in a toast with college students during a party at a Tokyo pub Sunday night.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Still smoldering: Smoke escapes from buildings set on fire by a series of explosions that took place Wednesday in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prepped and ready: Obstetrician Akiko Uchida attends to a pregnant woman expected to undergo a Caesarean section at Sapporo Municipal Hospital last month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/15/business/real-estate-faces-another-major-downturn/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ready for the junkyard: Workers remove a vehicle wrecked in a collision with an express train in Fujimi, Saitama Prefecture, Friday morning.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-11-15T09:01:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/15/national/pension-snafu-shut-trio-out-till-death/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-15T09:01:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/15/national/japanese-woman-slain-in-brazil/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-15T09:02:01+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/15/national/mass-retailers-start-to-go-green-charge-for-plastic-bags/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-15T09:02:09+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/15/national/renowned-math-wiz-ito-93-dies/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20081115a9a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kiyoshi Ito]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/15/national/flame-of-love-thrives-even-with-in-law-in-tow/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nearest and dearest: Masayasu and Victoria Kobayakawa hold their son, Masato, and daughter, Maria, at an Ito Yokado department store in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, in October.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/15/national/prefecture-merging-panel-sets-goal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-15T09:02:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/16/business/local-land-bodies-lose-33-billion-in-selloffs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-16T09:00:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/16/national/arson-just-married-mans-cold-feet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-16T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/16/business/food-sickens-19-at-hilton-narita/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-16T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/16/national/noh-flutist-treasure-fujita-92-dies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-16T09:00:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/16/business/china-agrees-to-join-in-boosting-seoul-currency-swaps/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-16T09:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/16/business/london-symposium-pitches-fdi-in-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-16T09:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/16/national/aso-priority-budget-not-poll/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-16T09:00:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Trying times: Prime Minister Taro Aso speaks to reporters Friday in Washington ahead of the Group of 20 emergency economic summit.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/16/business/sharp-toyota-panasonic-cut-output/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-16T09:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/16/business/world-bank-japan-to-create-3-billion-fund/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-16T09:00:52+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/16/national/victimized-to-get-access-to-pretrial-reports/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-16T09:01:03+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/16/business/more-student-pot-busts-reported/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-16T09:01:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/16/business/iceland-president-doubts-bank-can-redeem-samurai-bond-issue/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-16T09:01:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20081116a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cold water: Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson is interviewed Thursday at his office in the outskirts of Reykjavik.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/16/national/china-eel-mislabeled-as-domestic-nets-eight-seafood-execs-arrests/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-16T09:01:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Eely feeling: Reporters gather Saturday outside the Kobe Police Station, where a task force was formed to probe the false labeling of grilled eel.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/16/national/23-hours-adrift-windsurfer-rescued/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-16T09:01:50+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/17/national/getting-serious-about-saving-the-silk-industry/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-17T09:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/17/national/hit-and-run-in-osaka-prefecture-claims-life-of-16-year-old-boy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-17T09:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Deadly route: Tatsuya Higashigawa of Tondabayashi, Osaka Prefecture, was struck by a vehicle early Sunday at point 1 and his body was later found at point 2, about 5 km away.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/17/national/cash-handout-finding-few-fans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-17T09:00:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20081117a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[In the hot seat: Prime Minister Taro Aso fields questions from reporters last week at the prime minister's office.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/17/national/dollar-should-stay-top-reserve-unit-aso/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-17T09:01:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20081117n1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20081117n1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Last go-around: U.S. President George W. Bush sits together with Prime Minister Taro Aso during a news conference after the financial summit in Washington on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/17/national/aso-stresses-japans-role-in-fighting-global-crisis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-17T09:01:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/17/national/edible-postcards-for-new-years-promote-squid-fishermen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-17T09:02:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20081117a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20081117a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Season's greetings: An employee of a fishery cooperative of Susami, Wakayama Prefecture, shows off dried squid that can be used as New Year's postcards.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/18/national/incumbent-fukuda-easily-wins-tochigi-gubernatorial-election/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-18T09:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/18/national/beaujolais-nouveau-out-soon-but-getting-old-hat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-18T09:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/18/national/romania-japan-studies-head-hailed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-18T09:00:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20081118f2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Common bonds: Former Japanese Ambassador to Romania Kanji Tsushima talks with Angela Hondru, head of the Japanese Studies Department at Hyperion University in Bucharest, during a recent event at the Japan Foundation in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/18/business/kirin-eyes-aussie-coke-takeover/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-18T09:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/18/national/new-radar-technology-predicts-direction-of-strong-winds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-18T09:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/18/national/toxic-mochi-detected-in-fukuoka/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-18T09:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/18/national/waseda-reports-four-more-pot-related-arrests/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-18T09:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20081118b1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Reefer madness: Tomoki Waragai, executive director of Waseda University (right), and other executives bow Monday at a news conference in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/18/national/trio-mug-student-grab-10000/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-18T09:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/18/business/sumitomo-to-buy-bolivian-mine/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-18T09:00:50+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/18/business/carbon-trading-initiative-set-to-go/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-18T09:00:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/18/national/legal-team-probes-asdf-essay-officers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-18T09:00:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/18/national/security-tight-as-whaling-ship-departs-for-hunt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-18T09:01:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/18/national/officials-fret-over-marijuana-use-at-universities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-18T09:01:05+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/18/business/japan-slides-into-recession/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-18T09:01:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kaoru Yosano]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/18/national/dpj-to-boycott-debate-in-diet-on-key-legislation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-18T09:01:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20081118a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[At a standstill: Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa and Prime Minister Taro Aso hold talks Monday at the Prime Minister's Official Residence.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/18/national/son-kills-mom-after-reunion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-18T09:02:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/18/national/merchants-plan-for-chinatown-in-ikebukuro-faces-resistance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-18T09:02:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20081118a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese flavor: A number of Chinese shops and restaurants are located around JR Ikebukuro Station in Toshima Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/19/national/imports-of-south-korea-produce-set-to-increase/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-19T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/19/national/prison-guard-reprimanded-for-abuses/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-19T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20081119a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The big house: A guard mans the gate at the Yokohama Prison, where a former guard locked up an inmate in a garbage dump in 2005.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/19/national/tezuka-keeper-of-manga-flame/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-19T09:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20081119f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Osamu Tezuka]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/19/national/stigma-of-japanese-american-war-internees-in-u-s-lingers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-19T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20081119f2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Uprooted: Masao Kawate (standing, at right) poses with fellow teachers of Tri-State High School at the Tule Lake camp internment in California on May 13, 1945, in this photo provided by his son, Haruo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/19/business/panasonics-takeover-of-sanyo-all-about-green-technology/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-19T09:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20081119a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20081119a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Put it there: Panasonic President Fumio Ohtsubo (left) and Sanyo Electric President Seiichiro Sano shake hands at a news conference in Osaka on Nov. 7 to announce Panasonic's plan to turn Sanyo into a subsidiary.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/19/business/ose-decides-to-make-jasdaq-a-subsidiary/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-19T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/19/business/department-store-sales-fall-6-8/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-19T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/19/national/carrier-invites-media-during-drill/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-19T09:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/19/national/aso-likely-to-extend-legislative-session/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-19T09:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/19/national/just-common-sense-to-stand-sing-anthem/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-19T09:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/19/national/ex-health-official-wife-murdered/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-19T09:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/19/business/profits-nosedive-at-major-banking-groups/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-19T09:00:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20081119a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20081119a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bad tidings: Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. President Nobuo Kuroyanagi announces his group's dismal first-half earnings in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/19/national/more-michelin-stars-for-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-19T09:01:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Star quality: Michelin Guide Director Jean-Luc Naret holds up a copy of the 2009 edition of the company's Tokyo restaurant guide at a news conference Tuesday in Tokyo. The guide is due to be released Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ready to roll: The first Honda Civic manufactured in Indiana rolls off the assembly line Monday at the carmaker's new plant in Greensburg.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tadashi Tomomura]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/21/national/salaryman-turned-activist-keeps-island-nation-tuvalu-in-the-picture/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/21/national/filipino-girl-petitions-to-stay-keep-studying/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Einar Gudfinnsson]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Confiscated: Surgical instruments and accessories are shown at a police station after they were seized from a shop in Naniwa Ward, Osaka, where two men allegedly conducted body piercings without medical licenses.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/21/national/aso-to-be-ldp-funeral-director-for-delaying-poll/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In the spotlight: Prime Minister Taro Aso deals with the media at the Prime Minister's Official Residence on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-11-21T09:01:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Raid: Police investigators head to Cassey Co.'s plant in Nagasaki Prefecture on Friday to collect evidence of food mislabeling.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/22/national/nominee-for-ftc-undone-by-falsehood/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2008-11-23T09:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-11-23T09:00:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/23/business/sony-in-u-k-hit-for-yule-price-hike/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-23T09:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/23/national/arroyo-flights-emergency-stopover-ends/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-23T09:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-11-23T09:00:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-11-23T09:01:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lima beams: Peruvian President Alan Garcia and Prime Minister Taro Aso gesture Friday at the government palace in Lima. Aso arrived in Peru to attend the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/23/business/goldman-wants-250-per-share-of-sanyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-23T09:01:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-11-23T09:01:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-11-23T09:01:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-11-23T09:02:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Offerings: Flowers left by mourners sit Saturday outside the Saitama home of ex-vice welfare minister Takehiko Yamaguchi and his wife, Michiko. Both were found slain Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/23/national/ex-waiters-sue-manhattan-sushi-joint-masa-over-tips/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-23T09:02:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-11-24T09:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Triumvirate: Prime Minister Taro Aso chats with U.S. President George W. Bush and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/24/national/two-japanese-shot-in-philippines/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-24T09:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/24/business/g20s-shared-crisis-obamas-first-entree/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-24T09:00:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/24/national/interrogations-should-be-taped-victim-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-24T09:00:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hung jury: A protest against the lay judge system, which will be introduced next May, is held on Saturday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/24/national/rules-may-be-eased-for-requesting-tariffs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-24T09:01:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-11-24T09:01:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Suspect: Takeshi Koizumi, suspected of involvement in the murder of a former top bureaucrat and his wife, is taken from Kojimachi Police Station in Tokyo early Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/24/national/suspect-telephoned-his-father-before-going-to-cops/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-24T09:01:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/24/business/gulf-states-should-step-up-u-s-consumption-cant-carry-world/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-24T09:01:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Paola Subacchi (right) and Vanessa Rossi, researchers from the Royal Institute of International Affairs, discuss the prospects for Gulf economies during a symposium held Nov. 12 at Keidanren Kaikan in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/24/national/more-stimulus-may-be-in-offing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-24T09:01:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/25/national/miyajima-visitors-set-new-record/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-25T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/25/national/george-washington-not-only-one-with-wood-choppers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-25T09:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Don't forget to floss: A ditch in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, turned up a well-preserved set of wooden teeth seen here in an undated file photo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/25/national/11000-turn-out-to-help-clean-up-chiba-prefecture/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-25T09:01:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tongs team: Volunteers pick up litter Monday morning in Chuo Ward, Chiba, during a campaign to clean up Chiba Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/25/national/suspect-says-he-was-plotting-more-attacks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-25T09:01:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/25/national/tax-fugitive-arrested-in-manila/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-25T09:01:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/25/national/man-allegedly-scatters-squirming-larvae-in-train-to-shock-passengers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-25T09:01:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/25/national/188-japan-martyrs-beatified/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-25T09:02:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Honor: An estimated 30,000 people attend a beatification ceremony Monday in Nagasaki for 188 Christians martyred in the 17th century.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/26/business/ministers-hail-citigroup-rescue/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-26T09:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/26/national/life-sought-for-man-who-threw-boy-from-condo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-26T09:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/26/business/nissan-to-skip-detroit-chicago-auto-shows/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-26T09:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/26/national/female-u-s-judoka-kanokogi-receives-award-from-emperor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-26T09:00:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Efforts recognized: Rena "Rusty" Kanokogi, an American judoka known as the mother of women's judo, receives the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette, in New York on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/26/national/fewer-travelers-putting-japan-on-itinerary/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-26T09:00:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Snapshot: Visitors get their picture taken in front of Sensoji Temple, a popular tourist spot in Taito Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/26/business/toray-in-2010-china-water-filter-jv/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-26T09:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/26/national/sex-slave-victims-press-for-apology/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-26T09:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/26/national/city-of-ota-beats-government-to-stimulus-punch/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-26T09:00:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[City favor: A resident of Ota, Gunma Prefecture, receives 5,000 yen in cash Tuesday at City Hall as part of local financial assistance for people aged between 75 and 79.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/26/business/panasonic-weighs-below-market-price-for-sanyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-26T09:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takeover: Pedestrians walk past a Sanyo Electric Co. sign in central Tokyo in February 2007.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/26/national/aso-extra-budget-is-for-next-diet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-26T09:00:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/26/national/court-lenient-on-mom-who-killed-two-sons/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-26T09:00:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/26/national/import-food-do-inspections-allay-fears/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-26T09:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Food woes: Pesticides have been detected in packages of frozen food imported from China.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/26/national/film-seeks-to-revive-interest-in-ancient-kyushu/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-26T09:00:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/26/national/panel-starts-talks-on-midterm-co2-target/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-26T09:01:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/26/national/arrested-official-fingers-nishimatsu-bosses/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-26T09:01:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/26/national/was-wrong-bureaucracy-targeted/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-26T09:01:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/26/national/tomy-camera-pumps-out-prints/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-26T09:01:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/26/national/knife-victims-dna-linked-to-suspect/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-26T09:01:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/26/national/japan-sea-jellyfish-menace-eases/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-26T09:02:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Unintended haul: Dozens of Nomura's jellyfish are caught in a fishing net off Fukui Prefecture in October 2007.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/27/business/goldman-scraps-sanyo-talks-after-low-bid-from-panasonic/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-27T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/27/national/traffic-volume-seen-dropping-2-6-by-2030/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-27T09:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/27/national/polar-bears-confused-after-zoo-botches-gender-tests/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-27T09:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gender trouble: Pirika the polar bear wipes its face at Sapporo Maruyama Zoo in Sapporo in August 2007.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/27/business/output-boost-planned-at-oldest-nuke-plant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-27T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/27/national/msdf-role-in-piracy-fight-eyed-iffy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-27T09:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/27/national/japan-lags-u-s-in-using-net-to-mobilize-voters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-27T09:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/27/national/nationality-law-tweak-lacks-dna-test-critics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-27T09:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/27/national/mikasa-foods-bankrupt-enters-liquidation-mode/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-27T09:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/27/business/norinchukin-to-up-capital-by-1-trillion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-27T09:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/27/national/cops-dont-buy-confessed-double-killers-pet-revenge-story/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-27T09:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/27/business/toshiba-may-delay-construction-of-chip-plants-as-market-slows/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-27T09:00:42+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/27/business/contractor-oriental-shiraishi-folds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-27T09:00:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/27/business/european-lobby-urges-eu-japan-integration/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-27T09:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Richard Collasse]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/27/national/diet-session-likely-to-run-until-christmas/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-27T09:00:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-11-27T09:01:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-11-27T09:01:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-11-27T09:01:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-11-27T09:01:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Batteries included: An artificial heart component like this one has been implanted in Motoko Minami of Nara Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-11-27T09:01:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Code violation: The latest government survey shows most businesses like this video parlor in Shinbashi, Tokyo, violate fire protection laws and building codes.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/27/national/mexico-sees-larger-role-for-emerging-economies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-27T09:02:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sounding the alarm: Mycle Schneider, a French nuclear policy consultant, talks about Japan's atomic energy issues in Tokyo on Nov. 19.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-11-28T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-11-28T09:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-11-28T09:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-11-28T09:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-11-28T09:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Any light at the end?: Former tunnel workers speak to reporters in Sapporo after filing a lawsuit Thursday with the Sapporo District Court.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/28/national/chongryon-linked-official-arrested/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Showdown: Protesters face off with police near the federation of Chongryon chambers of commerce and industry in Taito Ward, Tokyo, on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/28/national/sdfs-rise-in-90s-behind-tamogamis-challenge/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/28/national/npa-to-train-afghan-police-officers/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Flying high: The Kitaca IC train pass has been a big hit in the Sapporo area.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/28/national/airing-of-test-scores-opposed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-28T09:01:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-11-28T09:02:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Surrounded: Hiroyuki Hosoda, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is mobbed by reporters Thursday after meeting with Prime Minister Taro Aso at the Prime Minister's Official Residence.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/29/national/sdf-wont-buy-any-advanced-cluster-bombs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-29T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-11-29T09:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/29/national/nine-japanese-able-to-flee-besieged-hotels/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-29T09:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/29/national/jal-ana-arrange-thailand-flights/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-29T09:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/29/national/actor-cleared-of-fraud-blackmail/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-29T09:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/29/national/murder-suspect-no-regrets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-29T09:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-11-29T09:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/29/national/sdf-mission-comes-to-successful-end/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-29T09:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/29/national/legal-ploy-fails-home-searched-in-slaying-probe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-29T09:01:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Search is on: Police search the home of a 60-year-old man Friday in connection with the murder of a 15-year-old girl in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/29/business/tax-commission-pressures-aso-to-clarify-timing-of-sales-tax-hike/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/29/national/art-student-wins-contest-to-provide-illustrations/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2008-11-29T09:01:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/29/national/order-issued-to-pull-asdf-from-kuwait-end-airlift-mission/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-11-29T09:01:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Best of both worlds: Takashi Yasuda and Kim Hye Gyong pose with their son, Shoei, at a cafe in Nishi Kasai, Tokyo, in October.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/29/national/expelled-russian-wrestler-retracts-claims-of-sumo-bribes-match-fixing/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tearful: Fired Russian sumo wrestler Wakanoho cries during a news conference Friday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/29/national/almost-everybody-including-some-foreigners-eligible-for-cash-handout/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Final battle: Indian police officers take up new positions outside the besieged Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Welcome home: A Japanese man brought back from Thailand on a relief flight arranged by Thai Airways International responds to reporters' questions at Narita airport Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/01/business/u-s-could-ignite-growth-in-six-months/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Zero Hero: Fans flock to take pictures of a 0 Series bullet train Sunday before it left JR Okayama Station on its final run.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hedging his bets: Wealthy investor Kunihisa Sagami is interviewed in Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Oct. 14.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Making a new friend: A child touches Robovie-II, which is designed to provide shoppers with directions, at Universal Citywalk Osaka in Konohana Ward, Osaka, on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[I see it my way: Former Air Self-Defense Force chief of staff Toshio Tamogami speaks Monday at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fast and curvy: Nissan Motor Co. Chief Operating Officer Toshiyuki Shiga shows off the fully redesigned Fairlady Z in Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fallen rock star: Loudness drummer Munetaka Higuchi (second from left) died of liver cancer Sunday in Osaka.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Legend lives: The late "manga" comic artist Osamu Tezuka with reissued versions of some of his revered works.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Looking for answers: Prime Minister Taro Aso talks with a clerk during a visit to the Loft store in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/03/business/ldp-seeks-spending-cut-freeze/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-03T09:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/03/business/boj-takes-steps-to-thaw-credit-crunch/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/03/national/clothes-dryers-flat-tvs-added-to-recycling-law/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-03T09:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/03/national/plan-aims-for-50-rate-in-food-self-sufficiency/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-03T09:01:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/03/national/toy-gun-maker-held-over-lethal-models/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Not for kids: Police say this Cassiopeia-brand toy revolver made by Tanaka Works is a lethal weapon.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/03/business/temps-in-manufacturing-feel-full-brunt-of-slump/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-03T09:01:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Worked up: Young temp workers, holding up signs with the message "We want to work like humans," call for better working conditions at a labor union rally in Tokyo on Oct. 5.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/03/business/gdp-for-07-revised-up-to-real-1-9/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-03T09:02:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/03/national/tamogami-keeps-70-million-bonus/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2008-12-03T09:02:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/03/national/carbon-tax-idea-finds-little-traction/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Read our lips: Japan Automobile Federation President Setsuo Tanaka (third from left) and other federation officials chant slogans urging the government not to levy more taxes on motorists at a rally outside the Diet in November.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/03/national/train-drags-severely-hurts-blind-storyteller/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20081203a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[No clearance: Station workers examine the platform at Mikuni Station in Osaka on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/03/national/shunned-premature-baby-died/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-03T09:03:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-12-03T09:05:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/04/national/impeachment-trial-opens-for-e-stalker-judge/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoshiharu Shimoyama]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/04/national/north-nuke-verification-must-be-in-writing-saiki/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-04T09:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/04/business/travel-agents-shrug-off-thai-turmoil/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/04/business/major-steelmakers-mull-temporary-shutdown-of-furnaces/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hemant Krishan Singh]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/04/national/emperor-afflicted-by-irregular-pulse/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2008-12-04T09:01:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-12-04T09:02:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/04/business/subsidies-offered-for-giving-part-timers-full-time-jobs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-04T09:02:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/04/national/two-dead-in-saitama-house-blaze/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-04T09:02:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Family tragedy: Fire officials inspect the charred remains of a house in Shiki, Saitama Prefecture, destroyed in a predawn fire Wednesday. Two bodies, believed to be those of a mother and daughter, were found.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/04/business/aso-to-break-with-koizumi-reforms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-04T09:02:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-12-04T09:03:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/04/national/passive-smoking-has-restaurant-diners-breathing-fire-survey/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-04T09:05:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/05/business/canon-to-slash-oita-workforce-by-1100/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-05T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/05/business/merger-of-oil-firms-to-form-global-no-8/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-05T09:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/05/business/firms-profits-plummet-22/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-05T09:00:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/05/national/coroner-miura-death-was-suicide/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-05T09:01:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/05/national/new-tourism-agency-ambushed-by-high-yen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-05T09:01:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20081205n1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Just in case: A guard patrols the entrance to the Air Self-Defense Force's Hyakuri Air Base in Omitama, Ibaraki Prefecture, in October. Work is under way to convert part of the base for civilian use as Ibaraki Airport.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/05/national/sea-shepherd-hannah-set-off-to-find-hassle-whaling-fleet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-05T09:01:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/05/national/npa-wants-license-suspension-extended-up-to-10-years-for-duis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-05T09:01:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/05/national/disaster-readiness-talks-with-seoul-beijing-slated/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-05T09:02:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/05/national/politicians-failing-to-engage-youth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-05T09:02:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20081205f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wave of popularity: Prime Minister Taro Aso waves to the crowd during a speech in Akihabara, Tokyo, on Oct. 26.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/05/national/pension-funding-expansion-faces-delay/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-05T09:02:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/05/national/peek-into-textbook-screening-eyed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-05T09:03:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/05/national/first-thai-air-flight-makes-it-to-narita/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-05T09:04:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20081205a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Home at last: Risa Uehigashi (right), a 31-year-old yoga instructor from Tokyo, arrives Thursday at Narita airport from Bangkok after hitching the first Thai Airways flight out since Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport reopened Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/05/national/dpjs-kan-inspects-internet-cafe-to-get-lowdown-on-job-instability/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-05T09:04:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20081205a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wakeup call: Naoto Kan, second in command at the Democratic Party of Japan, inspects an Internet cafe Thursday in Warabi, Saitama Prefecture, to learn why single nonregular workers use such premises as their homes.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/05/national/diet-prepares-to-pass-kids-health-insurance-bill/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-05T09:05:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/05/national/news23-axed-in-tbs-prime-time-shift/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-05T09:05:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/05/national/suspect-gets-double-slaying-warrant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-05T09:05:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/05/national/woman-79-gets-four-years-for-knife-attack/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-05T09:05:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/06/business/ministers-lament-hondas-f1-pullout/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-06T09:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/06/business/suntory-nixes-soft-drink-price-hike/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-06T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/06/business/states-pension-outlay-hike-to-start-in-april-aso-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-06T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/06/national/osaka-governor-only-has-eyes-for-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-06T09:00:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/06/business/chuo-mitsui-to-raise-41-billion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-06T09:00:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/06/national/aso-cabinet-said-on-edge-of-cliff/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-06T09:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/06/national/toyama-rinks-skaters-glide-on-plastic-not-ice/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-06T09:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20081206a9a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20081206a9a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fan-plastic: Visitors skate on Eco Rink, which is made of plastic instead of ice, under illuminations in the shape of a Christmas tree Friday in central Toyama.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/06/business/forex-reserves-top-1-trillion-first-rise-in-four-months/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-06T09:01:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/06/national/educational-package-tour-of-u-s-jury-system-falls-flat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-06T09:01:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/06/national/tamogami-essay-fits-outrageous-conspiracy-theory-mold/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-06T09:01:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20081206f2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20081206f2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Anticonspiracy theorist: Pictured in his office in 2006, Shunichi Karasawa warns of the proliferation of "outrageous" theories like those espoused by former Air Self-Defense Force chief Toshio Tamogami.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/06/business/2-trillion-jobs-package-in-pipeline/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-06T09:02:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20081206a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sending a message: Workers march in front of the Diet building Thursday to call for a drastic revision in the personnel dispatch law to protect temporary workers.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/06/national/armitage-calls-for-active-role/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-06T09:02:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20081206a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20081206a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Old guard: Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage makes a speech at a private conference in Tokyo in July 2006.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/06/national/overtime-pay-hike-to-50-passed-by-diet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-06T09:02:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/06/national/emperor-able-to-partially-resume-official-duties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-06T09:02:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/06/national/college-hospitals-to-get-infant-icus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-06T09:03:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/06/national/s-koreans-seek-a-bomb-redress/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-06T09:03:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20081206a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20081206a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Further fallout: South Korean atomic bomb survivors speak at a news conference Friday in Hiroshima after filing a lawsuit demanding compensation from the government.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/06/national/one-mans-theory-anothers-laugh/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-06T09:04:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20081206f1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20081206f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiroshi Yamamoto]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/06/national/revised-law-removes-barrier-to-nationality/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-06T09:04:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/06/national/prosecutors-to-get-nisshin-scam-case/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-06T09:05:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/06/national/missing-smaps-lead-to-plane-delay/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-06T09:05:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/07/national/ties-with-u-s-shaky-record-high-28-say/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-07T09:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20081207a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20081207a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Two of a kind: U.S. President George W. Bush greets Prime Minister Taro Aso as he arrives at the White House in Washington last month to join the Group of 20 for summit on the global economic crisis.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/07/business/mitsubishi-aeon-near-alliance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-07T09:00:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/07/business/nanzan-hit-by-derivatives-losses/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-07T09:01:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/07/national/lso-string-quartet-brightens-up-care-facility-with-free-concert/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-07T09:02:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Live from London: Children and their families listen to a string quartet from the London Symphony Orchestra perform a free concert at a Tokyo care home Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/07/national/three-held-over-hida-beef-scam/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-07T09:02:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20081207a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Falsely labeled?: Akiichi Yoshida (covered with jacket), former president of meat wholesaler Maruaki, is escorted to a police station in Yoro, Gifu Prefecture, early Saturday to answer for a scandal involving false labeling of beef products.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/07/national/film-on-taiji-dolphin-slaughters-to-compete-at-sundance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-07T09:05:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/07/national/man-arrested-in-slaying-of-chiba-girl/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-07T09:05:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/08/national/more-employees-retiring-early/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-08T09:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/08/national/daikon-ceremony-gets-under-way-at-kyoto-temple/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-08T09:01:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20081208a5a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20081208a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Stir it up: Meals using "daikon' Japanese radishes are prepared Sunday during an annual Buddhist ceremony at Daihoonji Temple in Kyoto.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/08/national/aso-losing-grip-on-power-as-ldp-faces-crisis-over-budget-problems/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-08T09:01:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20081208a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20081208a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Looking for answers: Prime Minister Taro Aso listens to questions from lawmakers during a Diet session Nov. 18.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/08/national/u-s-human-rights-activist-calls-for-end-of-north-korean-gulag/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-08T09:01:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/08/national/quake-shakes-miyagi-prefecture/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-08T09:02:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/08/national/support-rate-for-cabinet-falls-to-25-5/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-08T09:02:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/08/national/saiki-heads-for-latest-six-party-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-08T09:02:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/08/national/suspect-in-girls-death-transferred/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-08T09:03:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20081208a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20081208a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Facing interrogation: Ryo Katsuki, who allegedly dumped the body of a 5-year-old girl, is moved from the police station in Togane, Chiba Prefecture, on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/08/national/sasagawa-cites-obuchis-motherhood/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-08T09:04:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/09/national/chinese-intrude-at-senkakus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-09T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/09/national/crown-princess-celebrates-her-45th-birthday/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-09T09:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/09/reference/shinkansen-about-more-than-speed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-09T09:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/09/national/show-reflects-how-japan-is-letting-its-culture-shape-its-cars/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-09T09:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20081209f1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20081209f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[No small thing: Visitors to the "Japan Car" exhibition at the Science Museum in London read about small Japanese cars.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/09/national/on-mend-emperor-resumes-duties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-09T09:00:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/09/national/essay-judges-defend-tamogami/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-09T09:01:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/09/business/bankruptcies-climbed-5-27-in-november/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-09T09:01:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/09/business/economy-watcher-index-resets-low/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-09T09:01:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/09/national/suspended-sentence-for-keio-pot/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-09T09:01:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/09/business/fusionopolis-rd-hub-drawing-japanese-to-singapore/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-09T09:02:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/09/business/companies-developing-systems-to-rehire-their-former-employees/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-09T09:02:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20081209a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20081209a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Powwow: Miho Fujii (left) consults colleagues at Teijin Pharma Ltd., a drug company that is part of the Teijin group, in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, in October.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/09/business/bank-injection-bill-to-clear-diet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-09T09:02:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/09/national/japanese-laureates-deliver-speeches-at-nobel-lectures-08/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-09T09:02:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20081209a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20081209a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Talking heads: Toshihide Maskawa (below) and Makoto Kobayashi and deliver lectures at Stockholm University on Monday ahead of the Nobel Prize award ceremony Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/09/national/no-payout-for-getting-shut-out/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-09T09:03:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20081209a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20081209a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nails that stick up: Grim-faced plaintiffs hold a news conference Monday after the Kyoto District Court dismissed their demand for compensation from the government for intentionally shutting them out of a public meeting.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/09/national/pakistan-nuke-chief-visited-japan-friend/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-09T09:04:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20081209a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20081209a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Abdul Qadeer Khan]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/09/national/pet-bottle-lifesavers-catch-on-with-coast-guard/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-09T09:05:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Full House: Lawmakers remain seated Friday after the Lower House overrode the opposition-controlled Upper House and enacted a controversial bill to maintain the Maritime Self-Defense Force's refueling mission in the Indian Ocean.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Count us in: Day laborers chant slogans and raise their fists outside the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Overseas traveler: Based on the markings on its wings, researchers confirmed that this chestnut tiger butterfly migrated 1,600 km from Japan to China.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Anything available?: Staff at a Hello Work job center in Shibuya, Tokyo, show Prime Minister Taro Aso how to search for job offers by computer Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[CEO Santa: Dressed in a Santa Claus costume, Sega Toys President and CEO Isao Kokubun hands out presents at Matsuzakaya department store in Tokyo's Ueno district Saturday during a Christmas event that involved other toy company executives.]]></image:caption>
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