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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On the firing line: Young temp workers gather to protest their plight in Meiji Park in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, in October. Among the many banners is one that reads: "Eliminate poverty and disparity."]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A lot on his mind: Prime Minister Taro Aso listens to questions during a Lower House Budget Committee session in October.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Against the grain: Yoshimi Watanabe, a Lower House member from the Liberal Democratic Party, is interviewed Wednesday after voting for an opposition-proposed resolution to dissolve the Lower House for a general election.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-12-26T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-12-26T09:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Satoshi Aoki]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Foreign exchange: Ati weaves a sega-rattan "ajiro" carpet in Kapuas, Indonesia.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Claim dashed: Sachiko Taira, one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit seeking extra welfare payments for the elderly and fatherless families, faces reporters Thursday in Hiroshima.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ai Iijima]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sticker shock: Drivers aged 75 or older face a 4,000 fine under the current road traffic law if they fail to display this sticker on their car.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Multinational: Riki and Tomoko Melwani and their daughters, Kiran and Sarina, pose at their home in Ota Ward, Tokyo, in November.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nobutada Saji]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-12-27T09:01:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-12-27T09:01:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/27/business/power-bills-could-see-drop-in-may/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/27/business/nissin-uses-tieup-to-target-russian-market/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-27T09:02:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-12-27T09:04:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-12-27T09:04:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[How it went down: Two men wearing black ski masks, with one holding what appears to be a gun and the other trying to break a cash box at a self-service pump, are captured by a security camera early Friday at a gas station in Saitama.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2008-12-27T09:04:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On record: Masako Sakata holds up a copy of her book about her late husband, photojournalist Greg Davis, and the story behind the shooting of her first documentary film, "Agent Orange — A Personal Requiem," at her Tokyo home this month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/28/national/tokyos-population-may-top-13-million-in-09/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-28T09:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-12-28T09:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-12-28T09:01:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-12-28T09:01:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-12-28T09:03:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-12-28T09:04:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-12-28T09:04:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Curiosity: A student raises his hand during a morning session at Little Angels International School in the western Tokyo suburb of Musashino.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/28/national/tree-halts-yamagata-shinkansen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-28T09:04:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-12-28T09:04:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-12-29T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-12-29T09:00:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/29/business/finance-goods-must-reconcile-to-restore-economic-partnership/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-29T09:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-12-29T09:05:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20081229a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Weathering the storm: A passenger asks an employee at JR Tokyo Station about bullet-train schedules on Sunday after northern shinkansen services were disrupted by bad weather.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/30/business/for-hotelier-budget-prices-at-resorts-are-an-easy-sell/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-30T09:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Room to expand: Naoki Yamanaka, president of Shiki Resorts Co., poses in his office in Yokohama.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/30/business/more-lawson-shops-to-sell-veggies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-30T09:01:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/30/business/premium-burger-sales-sizzle-in-recession/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-30T09:01:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Battle of the burgers: Lotteria, McDonald's and MOS Burger promote their latest products — the Zeppin Bacon Cheeseburger, Double Quarter Pounder and Tobikiri Hamburger Sandwich — in Minato Ward, Tokyo, on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/30/national/kono-prays-in-hawaii-for-war-dead/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-30T09:01:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Not forgotten: Head bowed in prayer, Lower House Speaker Yohei Kono pays his respects Sunday on Oahu to the nine Japanese who lost their lives when the high school fishing training ship Ehime Maru was struck and sunk by a U.S. submarine in 2001.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/30/national/bullet-trains-hit-by-glitch-in-main-system/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-30T09:02:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/30/national/marching-penguins-captivate-visitors-at-hokkaido-zoo/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Free as a bird: Penguins released from their pen march past visitors to Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/30/national/grandpa-stabs-8-year-old-who-didnt-share-bed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-30T09:02:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2008-12-30T09:03:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/30/national/homeless-rate-in-big-cities-up-15-on-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-30T09:04:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/30/national/stores-hope-lucky-bags-attract-amid-the-slump/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-30T09:04:17+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/30/national/big-ransom-paid-to-free-student-in-iran/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-30T09:04:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Free: Satoshi Nakamura is shown in this video footage shot in Tehran after he was released by his kidnappers in June.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/30/national/three-utilities-to-ship-in-mox-fuel-in-2009/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-30T09:05:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/31/business/olympic-team-loses-nomura-as-a-sponsor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-31T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/31/business/ibm-japan-names-new-president/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-31T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/31/business/mitsukoshi-stymied-by-londoners/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-31T09:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Foothold: The Mitsukoshi department store in London stands on Regent Street.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/31/national/jumper-halts-tokaido-shinkansen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-31T09:01:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/31/business/yoshinoya-books-group-net-loss/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-31T09:01:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/31/national/blood-types-do-they-shape-a-personality-or-mere-stereotypes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-31T09:02:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Blood simple: Best-selling books that describe people's character by blood type are displayed at a Tobu book store in Adachi Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/31/business/tbs-deals-rakuten-66-billion-loss/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/31/business/foot-to-the-floor-toyota-now-suddenly-has-to-downshift/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-31T09:02:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/31/national/exchange-rate-woes-putting-foreign-students-in-a-bind/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-31T09:02:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/31/national/nishimatsu-in-shady-deal-for-nuke-site-land/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-31T09:03:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/31/national/osaka-cabby-slain-in-apparent-robbery/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-31T09:03:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[CSI Osaka: Crime scene investigators search a taxi covered with a large tarp Tuesday after its driver was found slain in a factory parking lot in the city of Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/31/national/scandal-plagued-sdf-faces-tests-in-new-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-31T09:03:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On duty: Prime Minister Taro Aso hands a certificate of gratitude to an Air Self-Defense Force officer last Wednesday at Komaki Air Base in Aichi Prefecture following the return of the final ASDF team from the mission in Iraq. The SDF may be asked to send troops to Afghanistan by the next U.S. administration.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/31/national/search-called-off-for-pair-swept-away-in-gifu-avalanche/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-31T09:05:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/12/31/national/s-korean-tourists-wither-with-won/</loc>
		<lastmod>2008-12-31T09:05:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20081231f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Still above water: South Korean tourists take a river cruise in Yanagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture, in November. The plunge of the South Korean won is dissuading South Korean tourists from visiting Japan.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/01/national/winning-lottery-numbers-picked/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-01T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/01/national/870-to-run-in-lower-house-election/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-01T09:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/01/national/deaths-in-08-estimated-as-highest-on-record/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-01T09:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/01/national/volunteers-offer-jobless-temps-free-food-advice/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-01T09:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A helping hand: Volunteers prepare sandwiches Wednesday at Tokyo's Hibiya Park for temp workers who have lost their jobs. The event runs through Monday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/01/national/barrier-free-tours-gain-popularity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-01T09:00:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Off-road venture: Elderly and disabled people in Landeez wheelchairs equipped with special tires take a tour of the Tottori sand dunes in Tottori Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/01/national/recession-to-stay-until-latter-half-of-09-experts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-01T09:00:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/01/national/robbers-drop-2-million-on-street/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-01T09:01:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/01/national/debate-on-multiple-nationalities-to-heat-up/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-01T09:01:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Big decision ahead: Students of an international school in Tokyo gather for an event. Some will have to choose their nationality in some 10 years if the current Nationality Law prevails.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/01/national/door-openings-delay-shinkansen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-01T09:01:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/01/national/aso-set-to-lead-ldps-last-stand/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-01T09:01:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Musical chairs: Prime Minister Taro Aso walks past his two predecessors, Yasuo Fukuda (center) and Shinzo Abe, during a ceremony to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Emperor's accession in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, on Dec. 19.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/01/national/ozawa-bids-to-win-over-young-on-asos-otaku-turf/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-01T09:01:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/01/national/bikes-back-in-fashion-as-eco-friendly-alternative/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-01T09:01:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Work and play: Keizo Namiki, a 35-year-old software engineer, commutes to work by bicycle on Dec. 6 in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. The 13-km journey takes him about 45 minutes.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/03/national/deportee-scams-biometric-screener-re-enters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-03T09:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/03/national/new-u-s-administration-old-asian-rivalries-to-dominate-diplomacy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-03T09:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/03/national/small-parties-play-up-big-role-in-national-politics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-03T09:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Count us in: Small party executives Mizuho Fukushima of the Social Democratic Party, Japanese Communist Party chief Kazuo Shii (below) and Hisaoki Kamei of Kokumin Shinto air their views.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/03/national/93000-aomori-homes-waterless/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-03T09:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Waterspout: People draw water Friday from a tank truck at an elementary school in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/03/national/homeless-man-held-in-card-thefts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-03T09:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/03/national/hibiya-park-tent-village-for-laid-off-workers-draws-300/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-03T09:01:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/03/national/benefits-in-offing-for-those-allowed-multiple-citizenship/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-03T09:01:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[My place: Sunny Yasuda stands in front of the restaurant he manages in Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/03/national/emperor-greets-crowd-airs-worry/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-03T09:01:24+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/04/national/cars-no-longer-coveted-by-young/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-04T09:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dog eat dog: Sales manager Motoharu Ishii (left) talks with Chigusa Saito (right) and her husband, Shigeru, while petting their 3-year-old border collie Peach at a Honda dealership in Kawasaki on Nov. 24.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/04/national/man-held-in-attacks-on-homeless/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-04T09:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/04/national/amano-named-as-nominee-to-head-up-iaea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-04T09:00:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yukiya Amano]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/04/national/multinationalism-remains-far-from-acceptance-in-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-04T09:00:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/04/national/for-babies-nationality-depends-on-birthplace-parents/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-04T09:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/04/national/new-years-travel-peaks-as-u-turn-swamps-narita/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-04T09:00:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Travel tsunami: Arriving passengers flood Narita International Airport on Saturday in Chiba Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/04/business/big-stores-see-dip-in-bargain-sales/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-04T09:01:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/04/national/palestinians-get-10-million-in-aid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-04T09:01:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/05/national/disgraced-dpj-member-dies-in-apparent-suicide/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-05T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Deceased: Hisayasu Nagata, a former Lower House member who died in an apparent suicide Saturday, is shown in an undated file photo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/05/national/a-convenience-in-peace-becomes-matter-of-conflict-in-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-05T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nowhere to go: Kyoko Norma Nozaki at an internment camp for Japanese- Americans in Tule Lake, Calif., around 1945.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/05/national/aso-no-election-until-budget-passes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-05T09:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090105a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Writing in style: Prime Minister Taro Aso shows his talent for calligraphy Sunday at his first news conference of the year. The four main characters say "security and energetic force."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/05/national/trying-to-brush-away-any-doubts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-05T09:00:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/05/national/keidanren-eyes-job-creation-plan-with-big-boost-in-green-technology/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-05T09:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Looking ahead: Fujio Mitarai, chairman of Nippon Keidanren and Canon Inc., gives an interview recently.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/05/national/emperor-has-long-shown-humanitarian-side/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-05T09:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ringing in the year: Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko wave to well-wishers Friday at the Imperial Palace.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/05/national/china-rebuffs-protests-over-gas-field-activity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-05T09:01:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/05/national/park-homeless-promised-shelter/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-05T09:01:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/05/national/statute-of-limitations-could-be-lengthened-again/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-05T09:01:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/06/national/taxi-driver-badly-injured-in-latest-attack-on-cabbies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-06T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Crime scene: Police investigate a knife attack on a taxi driver early Monday in Matsubara, Osaka Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/06/national/car-sharing-catching-on-as-alternative-to-ownership/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-06T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/06/business/even-regular-workers-not-safe-hitachi-chief/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-06T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/06/national/bayer-filed-patent-for-ips-in-2007/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-06T09:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/06/business/boj-may-downgrade-forecast/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-06T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/06/national/diet-reopens-relief-package-main-focus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-06T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/06/business/9-6-million-bid-buys-a-bluefin/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-06T09:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090106a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Worth its weight in yen: This bluefin tuna sold for 9.63 million, the highest price in eight years, at the first auction of 2009 at the Tsukiji market in Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/06/national/rengo-to-seek-both-pay-hikes-job-stability/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-06T09:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/06/national/ldp-tries-to-forget-troubles-put-on-brave-face-to-celebrate-start-of-new-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-06T09:00:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/06/national/alpine-pair-found-dead-in-nagano/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-06T09:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/06/national/hibiya-park-tent-city-for-jobless-closes-down/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-06T09:01:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090106a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Breaking camp: Volunteers carry futon out of Hibiya Park in Tokyo on Monday, the final day of the tent village where they had been offering free food and shelter to laid-off temp workers.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/06/business/glasses-retailer-has-price-cutting-edge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-06T09:01:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090106a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Making a spectacle: "Price-breaker" Teruhiro Ueno, founder of glasses retailer Zoff, shows off glasses at the firm's head office in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, last month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/06/national/japanese-dies-of-burns-from-thai-club-fire/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-06T09:01:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/06/national/watanabe-set-to-quit-ldp-as-aso-rejects-policies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-06T09:01:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoshimi Watanabe]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/06/business/department-store-sales-plummet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-06T09:01:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/06/business/november-tax-revenues-off-7-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-06T09:02:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/07/business/westinghouse-gets-two-u-s-reactors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-07T09:00:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/07/national/four-axed-temps-file-isuzu-suit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-07T09:00:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Speaking out: Four former Isuzu workers speak about their lawsuit against the automaker at a news conference in Tochigi on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/07/business/tokyo-luxury-inns-brace-for-slide/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-07T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090107a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[New on the block: Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts will open a hotel, depicted in this rendering, in Tokyo on March 2.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/07/business/toyota-bests-gm-output-a-second-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-07T09:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/07/national/5000-homes-still-without-water/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-07T09:00:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/07/business/work-sharing-could-protect-jobs-mitarai/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-07T09:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/07/national/sentences-for-sumo-killing-stand/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-07T09:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/07/national/furukawa-airs-hopes-for-iss-mission-in-11/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-07T09:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Psyched: Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa holds a news conference in Tokyo on Monday about his six-month mission set to begin in spring 2011.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/07/national/hosoda-politicians-need-12000-handout-too/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-07T09:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/07/business/saizeriya-to-post-5-8-billion-loss/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-07T09:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/07/national/ldp-figure-hits-hibiya-jobless-as-slackers-retracts-gaffe/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tetsushi Sakamoto]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Highly motivated: Students attend class at a public elementary school in Tokyo in November.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2009-01-07T09:01:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-01-07T09:01:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[First officer: Madoka Tachikawa, a copilot with Japan Airlines, takes the controls in a Boeing 767 simulator.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2009-01-07T09:02:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/08/national/trains-retired-from-japan-finding-new-life-pampering-jakartas-commuters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-08T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-01-08T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/08/business/new-oil-giant-to-pursue-resources/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mitsunori Takahagi]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/08/business/sharp-to-open-solar-battery-plant-ahead-of-time/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-08T09:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/08/national/upper-house-passes-unemployment-resolution/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-08T09:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/08/business/aso-demands-bold-green-business-program-to-boost-economy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-08T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-01-08T09:00:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/08/national/translators-to-receive-training-to-aid-victims/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-08T09:00:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/08/business/gasoline-prices-hit-4-12-year-low/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-08T09:00:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Emperor and Empress visit the Great Wall in October 1992]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Eager learners: Preschoolers in Nepal attend a literacy course at a "terakoya" school.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2009-01-08T09:01:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Deadly blaze: Rescue team members carry a victim from a fire that killed four people Wednesday in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/08/business/jal-nippon-yusen-mull-cargo-tieup/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-08T09:01:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/08/national/campbell-picked-for-key-asia-post/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-08T09:01:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/08/national/ministry-to-provide-loans-to-jobless-ranks-facing-eviction-from-tokyo-shelters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-08T09:01:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/08/national/osaka-school-mobile-ban-resonates/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-08T09:01:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Banned: A mobile phone shows an unofficial school Web site where people can post messages.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/08/business/aeon-says-fiscal-08-may-end-in-a-loss/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-08T09:01:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/09/national/tempura-tech-turns-indonesia-coal-into-energy-source/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-09T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Innovative: Takuo Shigehisa, who invented "tempura technology" to upgrade low-grade Indonesian brown coal, proudly shows a demonstration plant being built in Satui, a village in Indonesia's South Kalimantan Province.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/09/national/disabled-man-treads-water-for-15-hours-before-rescue/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-09T09:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lucky: Yoshiyuki Nashiro is rescued Tuesday by coast guard personnel near Shimoji Island in Okinawa Prefecture in a photo provided by the Miyakojima Coast Guard Station.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/09/business/toyota-cut-output-and-now-takes-aim-at-pay/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-09T09:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/09/business/45-of-tenders-draw-single-bidder/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-09T09:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/09/national/hibakusha-to-be-checked-in-s-korea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-09T09:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/09/business/mobile-phone-interconnection-fees-may-be-cut/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-09T09:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/09/national/rivals-split-bid-tsukiji-bluefin-down-middle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-09T09:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Even-steven: Ricky Cheng Wai-tao (left), manager of a Hong Kong sushi chain, celebrates with rival bidder Yosuke Imada (center) Monday at Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo after they agreed to jointly buy a tuna for 9.63 million, the highest price in eight years, in the first auction of the year.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/09/national/somali-kidnappers-release-japan-doctor-dutch-nurse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-09T09:00:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/09/national/foreign-visitors-to-japan-saw-first-fall-in-five-years-in-2008/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-09T09:00:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/09/national/tourists-to-myanmar-dip/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-09T09:00:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/09/national/brazil-court-upholds-murder-verdict/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-09T09:01:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/09/national/false-labeling-of-bamboo-shoots-prompts-raids/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-09T09:01:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/09/national/npa-asks-taxi-firms-to-bolster-security/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-09T09:01:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/09/national/u-s-pushes-new-entry-system-one-last-time/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-09T09:01:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090109a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Good example: Jesse Takamiyama, Azumazeki stablemaster and ex-sumo wrestler, enters his information in the Electronic System for Travel Authorization Web site Thursday at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, as U.S. Ambassador Thomas Schieffer (left) looks on.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/09/national/panel-to-start-reviewing-defense-policy-ahead-of-guideline-revision/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-09T09:01:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/09/national/collagen-skin-deep-in-myth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-09T09:01:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Skin is in: A poster at a Tokyo ramen joint advertises that its noodle dishes are packed with twice the normal amount of collagen.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/09/national/aso-partially-bans-watari-perk-for-ex-bureaucrats/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-09T09:01:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/09/national/monju-restart-faces-yet-another-delay/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-09T09:01:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/10/national/npo-told-to-stop-feeding-homeless/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dig in: Jean Le Beau of the NPO Sanyukai gives food to the homeless in Sanya, Tokyo, in 2008.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/10/business/forex-reserves-again-top-1-trillion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-10T09:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/10/national/sdf-weapons-rules-may-be-eased-to-fight-piracy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-10T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/10/national/17-day-old-2-6-kg-girl-survives-liver-transplant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-10T09:00:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/10/national/bikers-add-new-twist-to-taxi-robbery-spree/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-10T09:00:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/10/business/nissan-plans-to-chop-1200-more-jobs-in-u-k/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-10T09:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/10/business/fast-retailing-ups-09-outlook-on-uniqlo-sales/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-10T09:00:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/10/business/key-economic-gauge-falls-2-8-points/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-10T09:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/10/national/textbooks-wont-say-army-forced-mass-suicides/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-10T09:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/10/national/support-office-eyed-for-foreign-permanent-residents/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-10T09:00:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/10/national/joint-gas-deal-to-speed-up-but-china-to-continue-exploiting-disputed-areas/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-10T09:01:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/10/national/irishman-lets-chips-fall-finds-love/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Point for the camera: Frankie and Saika Lafferty pose at home in Saitama Prefecture with their 2-year-old son, Sean, in November.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/10/business/panasonic-chops-tv-plant-outlays/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-10T09:01:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/10/national/25-of-japans-firms-either-axed-jobs-or-plan-to-survey/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-10T09:01:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/10/national/ajisen-blazing-trail-for-ramen-lovers-in-hong-kong/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-10T09:01:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Noodle time: Tse Choi Yan (left) slurps up some ramen with other customers on Oct. 14 in Hong Kong.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/10/national/4-12-years-for-chili-powder-death/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-10T09:01:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/10/national/docs-kin-off-to-paris-for-reunion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-10T09:01:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rendezvous: Freed hostage Keiko Akahane's mother, Chieko, and older brother, Chihiro, leave Chubu International Airport in Aichi Prefecture for Paris Friday to meet up with her.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/10/national/civilian-officials-to-participate-in-afghan-reconstruction-efforts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-10T09:01:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/10/national/tokyo-police-parade-warn-of-civil-strife/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-01-10T09:01:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dangerous ground: A construction site in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, where a land mine exploded is shown Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Crusader: Professor emeritus Tsuyoshi Amemiya is interviewed by The Japan Times in December on the campus of Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo, where he used to teach.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Connection: David Mikkelsen (left), Christopher Mikkelsen and Mansour, an Afghan refugee, pose for a photo session in Copenhagen in November.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tribute: A Chuo University student brings flowers Thursday to mourn the fatal stabbing the previous day of professor Hajime Takakubo on the Bunkyo Ward campus in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Face time: Chuo University students show their ID cards to security guards as they enter a gate to the school's Bunkyo Ward campus Friday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Quality control: Workers at Toyota Motor Corp.'s Tahara plant in Aichi Prefecture inspect cars on the Lexus production line on June 28, 2007.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kanau Deguchi]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Confident: Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa shouts slogans Sunday at the party's convention in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: Prime Minister Taro Aso answers questions from the Lower House Budget Committee on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tourists back in season: Early morning tuna auctions at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market reopen to visitors Monday after a monthlong ban.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Easy go: A woman drops a cell phone into a recycling box Tuesday at a convenience store in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Just in case: City officials in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, check radiation levels Wednesday during a drill designed to train for a possible U.S. submarine radiation leak.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Panelists speak before some 100 people gathered at]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Reaching out: Brazil Net, a free Web site launched by an Osaka nonprofit organization, is designed to help Brazilians working in Japan.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Change of heart: Hidenao Nakagawa, a veteran lawmaker from the Liberal Democratic Party, talks to reporters Thursday after dropping his opposition to a tax reform bill.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Upstart: Hiroyuki Nishimura, 2channel founder, speaks with The Japan Times in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Facing the issues: Simon Fraser, head of Europe and Globalization at Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office, is interviewed last week at U.N. University in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On the move: Prime Minister Taro Aso and economic policy minister Kaoru Yosano get ready to leave Monday's Upper House plenary session.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Read my lips: Toshio Tamogami, ousted ASDF chief, is interviewed by The Japan Times in Minato Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Crime scene: Police investigate the location in a Niigata park Tuesday where the body of a Pakistani auto dealer was discovered in a car trunk the previous night.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/28/national/charities-fund-japanese-studies-teaching-posts-in-u-k/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Teruyuki Minoura]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Anchors aweigh: Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada (right) orders the Self-Defense Forces chiefs at the Defense Ministry on Wednesday to get ready to send warships off Somalia.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[False alarm: A Taiwanese passenger arriving from Hong Kong on Jan. 22 was suspected of having a new type of bird flu and rushed to Narita International Airport's clinic.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Disgraced: Oguruma, the stablemaster of Wakakirin, wipes away tears at a news conference in Tokyo Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Protagonists: Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa (left), Orix Corp. President Yoshihiko Miyauchi (center) and Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kunio Hatoyama are the main players in the sale of the Kampo no Yado chain of hotels, including this one in Nichinan, Miyazaki Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Coming soon: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton attends a news conference Thursday at the State Department in Washington.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ring of reporters: Russian sumo wrestler Roho (second from left) speaks to the media in Tokyo last September.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Crime doctor: U.S. criminologist Kimberly Kempf-Leonard sits down for an interview in Tokyo on Feb. 3.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Outspoken: Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa speaks to reporters last December.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Keep us posted: Prime Minister Taro Aso answers a reporter's question about postal reform Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rejected: Noriko Calderon and her Filipino parents, Arlan and Sarah, face the media Friday in Tokyo after their plea for resident status in Japan was rejected by the Justice Ministry.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo-bound: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the Asia Society in New York on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Flower power: "Geometry Garden," an artwork made by Suwada Orchid Nursery, is displayed at the Japan Grand Prix International Orchid Festival 2009 at Tokyo Dome in Bunkyo Ward on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Abdul Qadeer Khan]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Medicinal: Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa speaks after the G7 meeting in Rome on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yukio Noguchi]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shifting priorities: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gives a speech at Tokyo's Haneda airport Monday after arriving on her first official overseas trip.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/18/business/no-way-out-left-for-aso-experts-say/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mutual support: Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa and Prime Minister Taro Aso arrive for a Diet budget committee meeting on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/19/national/slush-funds-still-greasing-system/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Closed-door deals: Slush funds allegedly played a key role for Kajima Corp. (headquarters at top right) in winning a deal to build Canon plants in Oita (below), while prosecutors raid the Tokyo headquarters of Nishimatsu Construction in a separate case over a slush fund linked to its overseas operations.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/19/business/auto-unions-seek-4000-raise/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Master class: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses students at the University of Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/19/business/kawasaki-touts-eco-technology/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[All charged up: High-capacity lithium-ion battery cells made by Tokyo-based battery-producer Eliiy Power Co. are on display Tuesday during the two-day technology fair in Kawasaki.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hangover: Shoichi Nakagawa's now-infamous news conference Saturday in Rome made headlines around the world.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Multitasking: Kaoru Yosano, who after the exit of Shoichi Nakagawa has become finance minister and financial services minister, in addition to being economic and fiscal policy minister, faces reporters Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Happy family: Emi Takei-Loubaresse poses with her daughter, Mio, and husband, Jerome Loubaresse, at Senzoku pond in Ota Ward, Tokyo, in January.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cult status: It didn't take long for game makers to go after former Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa with "Exhausted Minister Dozing at a News Conference."]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Special sendoff: The interior of Mitsuoka Motor Co.'s Limousine Type 2-04, a handmade hearse dubbed the Okuriguruma, is shown Tuesday in Minato Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Close ties: Fujio Mitarai, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), addresses Liberal Democratic Party members in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A brief and shining moment: Prime Minister Taro Aso meets with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Partnership of equals: Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama is interviewed Monday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2009-02-26T09:02:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Making demands: Representatives of U.S. colleges and universities, led by (from left, seated) Bob Soni of International Student Network and Yoko Sakae, president of the Sakae Institute of Study Abroad, meet education minister Ryu Shionoya (far right) to demand better support for Japanese students studying abroad.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2009-02-27T09:00:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-02-27T09:02:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-02-27T09:02:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/27/national/concern-grows-as-n-korea-prepares-satellite-launch/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-02-27T09:02:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shown the door: Arlan Calderon and his wife, Sarah, speak at a news conference Friday in Tokyo after the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau ordered them to decide by March 9 whether to leave Japan with or without their 13-year-old Japan-born daughter.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Helm change: Sony Corp. Chief Executive Officer Howard Stringer faces reporters Friday in Tokyo as the departing president, Ryoji Chubachi, looks on.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hooverville, Japan: Homeless people line up for a place to sleep at Hibiya Park in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on Dec. 31. Aid groups set up temporary shelters for temp workers and others out of work.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Re-engineering: Nissan Motor Co. Associate Chief Designer Etsuhiro Watanabe stands by the Interior Design Research vehicle BUI-2 on Friday at Nissan Technical Center in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/01/national/frogs-at-risk-after-ranavirus-found-in-pond/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[New reality: A temporary worker receives food Saturday at a makeshift employment center in Osaka set up to help people who have lost or are about to lose their jobs.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/01/national/relatives-of-murder-victims-establish-group-to-abolish-statute-of-limitations/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/01/national/human-rights-watch-coming-to-tokyo/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090301a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Eye on rights: Kanae Doi, Tokyo director of Human Rights Watch, is interviewed at her office last week.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lech Walesa]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dark horse: Mieko Yoshimura (left), who had the support of the Democratic Party of Japan, is given flowers by her daughter, Manami, in celebration of her victory in the Yamagata gubernatorial race on Jan. 25.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-03T09:02:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[That was then: Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa speaks to reporters as his chief secretary, Takanori Okubo (upper right), looks on in this file photo taken last June in Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Game plan: Prime Minister Taro Aso speaks with Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano before a Lower House session Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Aftermath: Damage from a fire Thursday is seen in an underground pump cabin that cools the No. 1 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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