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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sailing orders: Japan Coast Guard Commandant Teiji Iwasaki (left) hands Superintendent Third Grade Yukihiro Takeuchi a document Monday in Tokyo assigning eight officers to the antipiracy mission off Somalia.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[More bad news: Noriko Calderon and her mother, Sarah, hold a news conference Monday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pitchman: A construction worker shows off the statue of Colonel Sanders pulled from the Dotonbori River in central Osaka on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[High on life: A student who passed the University of Tokyo entrance exam is lifted off his feet Tuesday at the school's Hongo campus in Bunkyo Ward.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toshihiro Nikai]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-11T09:02:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-11T09:02:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/11/national/osaka-monopoly-lands-on-local-landmarks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-11T09:02:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-11T09:02:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/11/business/seijo-ishii-supermarkets-up-for-sale/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-12T09:00:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Allergy alert: A variety of products designed to combat hay fever are displayed at a drugstore in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, in January.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Poignant embrace: Koichiro Iizuka, the son of abductee Yaeko Taguchi, meets former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui on Wednesday in Busan, South Korea, as Taguchi's brother, Shigeo Iizuka, looks on.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/12/national/high-tech-gadget-makers-focus-on-elderly-as-new-revenue-source/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-12T09:01:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/12/national/single-mother-households-badly-hit-by-slump/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-12T09:01:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-12T09:01:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Human touch: Toyota Motor Kyushu Inc. employees paint a steam locomotive at a museum in Miyawaka, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Tuesday as part of the firm's corporate social responsibility activities.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-12T09:01:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/12/national/dutch-pow-certified-as-a-bomb-victim/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-12T09:01:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-12T09:02:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/12/national/girl-7-survives-multiple-organ-auto-transplant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-12T09:02:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/12/national/annual-language-test-to-turn-twice-yearly/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-12T09:02:25+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-12T09:02:34+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-12T09:02:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Resurrected: A construction worker supports a statue of Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Colonel Sanders on Wednesday after reassembling it with parts discovered in Osaka's Dotonbori River the previous day.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/12/national/jr-east-chief-loses-pay-over-water/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-12T09:02:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-12T09:03:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-13T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-13T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090313a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gotta pay to save: A customer checks out an electronic toll collection system device Thursday at a car products store in Koto Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/13/business/tokyo-office-vacancies-reach-5-6/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-13T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-13T09:00:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090313a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Milestone: A model shows a Nintendo DS Lite during a news conference in Tokyo in 2006.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/13/national/five-vie-to-run-for-chiba-governor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-13T09:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/13/business/boj-purchases-bank-held-shares/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-13T09:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/13/national/builders-had-staff-work-for-ozawa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-13T09:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090313a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ichiro Ozawa]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/13/national/dont-lose-momentum-abductees-kin-tell-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-13T09:01:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/13/national/tokyo-seoul-urge-north-to-cancel-rocket-launch/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-13T09:01:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/13/national/911-ban-on-public-still-in-force-at-lower-house/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-13T09:01:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Plenty of good seats still available: The public gallery is almost empty during the Jan. 13 plenary session of the House of Representatives.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/13/national/reluctant-groom-gets-five-years-for-buying-time-with-arson/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-13T09:01:40+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/13/national/canada-actor-in-pot-in-cookies-bust/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-13T09:01:41+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-13T09:01:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/13/business/oki-electric-names-new-president/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-13T09:01:54+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/13/national/rural-hokkaido-scandal-trios-home/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-13T09:02:17+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/13/business/nipponkoa-and-sompo-to-merge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-13T09:02:26+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/13/business/nomura-to-issue-preferred-shares/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-13T09:02:41+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/13/business/fujitsu-to-cut-new-hires-by-25/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-13T09:02:53+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/13/national/teachers-of-extreme-sex-ed-win-metro-redress/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-13T09:02:58+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/13/business/minor-gdp-upgrade-fails-to-lift-gloom/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-13T09:03:09+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/14/national/aso-slams-north-launch-plan-but-wary-of-sanctions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-14T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/14/national/jal-ana-to-steer-clear-of-drop-sites/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-14T09:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/14/national/dpj-seeks-new-rules-on-donations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-14T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/14/national/new-plan-spares-30-of-tokyo-post-office/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-14T09:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/14/national/steam-for-somalia-msdf-told/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-14T09:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/14/national/sony-replaces-toyota-as-no-1-student-poll/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-14T09:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/14/national/a-bomb-victims-legal-status-stands/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-14T09:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/14/business/latest-insurance-merger-may-not-be-industrys-last/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-14T09:00:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/14/national/pope-willing-to-meet-aso-vatican/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-14T09:01:03+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/14/national/10-year-overstayer-is-granted-new-visa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-14T09:01:06+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/14/national/imperial-couple-to-skip-pearl-harbor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-14T09:01:08+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/14/national/pending-launch-raises-tension-level-in-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-14T09:01:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/14/business/new-prius-priced-300000-below-current-model/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-14T09:01:24+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/14/national/calderon-couple-to-exit-in-april-daughter-to-stay/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-14T09:01:51+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/14/business/kansai-urban-biwako-banks-to-merge-in-10/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-14T09:02:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/14/business/graduates-face-tougher-job-market/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-14T09:02:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/14/national/ministry-mulls-global-carbon-tax-other-proposals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-14T09:02:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/14/national/oyster-shells-slash-toilets-use-of-water/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-14T09:02:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090314b3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Conservation-minded: A water-saving toilet that makes use of oyster shells is being marketed for use in dry parts of Australia, China and the United States.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/14/business/high-food-hygiene-costs-choking-export-growth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-14T09:02:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20090314a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090314a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Perks of the job: Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Shigeru Ishiba samples crab from his electoral district of Tottori Prefecture during a tasting session at the Japanese Restaurant International Symposium in Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/14/national/new-narita-tokyo-copter-service-targets-rich-famous/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-14T09:03:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090314f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Narita super-express: Actor Tom Cruise stands in front of a helicopter on the roof of the Ark Mori Building in the Akasaka district in Minato Ward, Tokyo, on March 8. Cruise was the first passenger of Mori Building Co.'s copter transport service, which connects Narita airport and central Tokyo in just 20 minutes.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/14/national/experts-doubt-msdfs-antipiracy-mettle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-14T09:03:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090314a8a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[In command: Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada speaks with reporters Friday at the Diet.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/15/national/no-plans-to-quit-ishikawa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-15T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/15/national/stabbed-man-found-in-burning-car/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-15T09:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/15/national/japan-to-get-2-gdp-stimulus-yosano-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-15T09:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/15/national/antipiracy-task-force-heads-for-somalia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-15T09:01:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090315a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Into harm's way: Maritime Self-Defense Force Capt. Hiroshi Goto, commander of the antipiracy task force heading for Somalia, speaks to reporters Saturday before departure.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/15/national/otter-ku-chan-to-get-own-stamp/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-15T09:01:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090315a7a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[You otter be in pictures: "Ku-chan," a popular sea otter that frequents the mouth of the Kushiro River, will appear on stamps issued by Japan Post Service Co.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/15/national/blue-train-era-comes-to-an-end/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-15T09:01:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090315a6a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[End of an era: The last "blue train" sleeper express linking Kyushu and Tokyo arrives at Tokyo Station on Saturday morning as thousands of fans wait to catch a glimpse of the nostalgic train.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/15/national/crown-prince-to-turkey-for-water-confab/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-15T09:01:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090315a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Water won't wait: Prince Naruhito gets into a car at his official residence in Tokyo's Motoakasaka district Saturday to leave for Turkey, as Princess Masako and daughter Aiko look on.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/15/national/xis-visit-pushed-back-to-fall-or-later/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-15T09:02:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/15/national/mission-backed-by-60-but-29-shun-sdf-poll/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-15T09:02:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Good hunting: Prime Minister Taro Aso (center) and Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada (right) salute during the departure ceremony for two Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers that departed for an antipiracy mission off Somalia on Saturday from Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/16/national/pair-of-internet-reporters-dont-let-age-slow-them-down/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-16T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090316a7a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Young at heart: Tsurue Kurokawa (left), who is 92, and Shino Mori, 105, cover the local scene for an Internet broadcaster in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/16/national/chocolates-with-japan-taste-a-big-hit-in-u-k/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-16T09:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sweet tooth: William Curley tastes one of his creations alongside his wife, Suzue, at their patisserie in Richmond, southwest London.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/16/national/farm-ministry-allegedly-hid-secret-full-time-union-officials/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-16T09:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/16/national/aso-again-says-no-election-soon/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-16T09:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/16/national/japan-to-fund-green-projects/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-16T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/16/business/survival-instincts-need-rethink-before-killer-disease-spreads/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-16T09:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/16/national/family-court-moves-fast-to-get-treatment-for-boy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-16T09:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/16/national/big-government-push-for-solar-panels-planned/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-16T09:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/16/national/chief-vatican-envoy-visits-nagasaki/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-16T09:00:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/16/national/sumitomo-family-villa-burns-down/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-16T09:00:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/16/national/radioactive-material-missing-from-work-site/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-16T09:00:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/16/national/war-items-returned-to-daughter/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-16T09:00:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090316a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Relics: A letter, envelope and photo that belonged to Japanese soldier Matsuji Takekawa are among the items returned Saturday to Takekawa's family.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/17/national/1000-jobless-homeless-at-center/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-17T09:00:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/17/national/experimental-rocket-developed-in-hokkaido-gets-a-flight-test/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-17T09:00:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/17/national/calderon-girl-gets-year-stay/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-17T09:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/17/national/suit-filed-to-view-72-secret-pact-papers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-17T09:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/17/national/gallows-urged-in-double-slaying/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-17T09:00:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/17/national/ntv-chief-resigns-over-false-news-story/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-17T09:00:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20090317a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090317a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shintaro Kubo]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/17/national/eu-urges-japan-u-s-to-cut-emissions-24/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-17T09:00:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/17/national/under-fta-mexico-seeks-to-be-major-source-of-food-for-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-17T09:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/17/business/economy-rated-as-still-worsening-rapidly/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-17T09:00:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/17/national/fire-guts-osaka-tokyo-night-bus-all-78-exit-safely/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-17T09:00:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20090317a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090317a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Heat on too high: Firefighters examine a night express bus that caught fire early Monday in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/17/national/michelin-japan-guide-makes-french-debut/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-17T09:01:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20090317a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090317a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Way of the stars: A Michelin guide to Japan hit bookstores in France on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/17/business/business-conditions-plunge-meti/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-17T09:02:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/18/business/aso-taps-experts-to-help-form-economic-policy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-18T09:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/18/national/double-killer-sentenced-to-gallows/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-18T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/18/national/koizumis-clout-wanes-ldp-out-of-favor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-18T09:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20090318f2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090318f2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Strange bedfellows: Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (right) attends a Diet session last month sitting next to his predecessor, Yoshiro Mori, as Prime Minister Taro Aso walks behind them.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/18/national/indonesian-caregivers-working-to-adapt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-18T09:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20090318f1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090318f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Helping hands: Indonesian caregiver Danta, 28, assists a resident of Shin Tsurumi Home, a nursing care facility in Yokohama, last month.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/18/national/lung-disease-relief-fund-weighed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-18T09:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/18/national/unlike-in-china-south-korea-high-schoolers-here-less-willing-to-study-abroad/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-18T09:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/18/national/saga-ignored-beef-export-warning/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-18T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20090318a6a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090318a6a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taking a bow: Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa bows Monday as he apologizes to agriculture minister Shigeru Ishiba over unchecked beef taken to the United Arab Emirates last November.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/18/national/most-waseda-students-can-get-drugs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-18T09:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/18/national/prosecutors-handed-case-against-prince-hotels-for-barring-teachers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-18T09:00:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20090318a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090318a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yukihiro Watanabe]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/18/national/seller-held-over-brand-misuse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-18T09:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20090318a7a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090318a7a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fancy stash: Confiscated products remade from luxury brand products are shown Tuesday at Machida Police Station in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/18/national/charges-against-okubo-to-shape-ozawas-fate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-18T09:00:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/18/national/asos-planned-march-visit-to-china-put-off/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-18T09:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/18/national/plan-to-intercept-north-rocket-eyed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-18T09:00:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/18/national/fallen-soldiers-hinomaru-returns-home-to-kin/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-18T09:01:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/18/national/embassy-warns-of-roppongi-drink-lacing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-18T09:01:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/18/business/jp-morgan-strategist-joins-ministry-forex-unit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-18T09:01:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/18/business/plan-unveiled-to-create-400000-jobs-in-it-sector/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-18T09:01:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/18/business/toshiba-plans-pay-hike-freeze-for-six-months-as-earnings-fall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-18T09:02:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/18/business/uny-lowers-its-net-profit-estimate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-18T09:02:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/18/business/recurring-spending-at-record/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-18T09:02:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/18/business/kddi-miscalculates-e-mail-bills/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-18T09:02:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/19/national/helicopter-carrier-commissioned/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-19T09:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20090319a5a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090319a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Flattop: Commissioned Wednesday, the helicopter-carrying warship Hyuga is one of the largest vessels ever built for the Maritime Self-Defense Force.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/19/national/high-court-overturns-nuke-reactor-shutdown/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-19T09:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/19/business/top-auto-electronics-producers-nix-raises/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-19T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/19/national/tokyo-area-restaurants-join-africa-water-drive/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-19T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/19/national/bahai-in-japan-slam-iran-for-holding-members-accused-of-spying-for-israel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-19T09:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/19/national/single-mom-households-top-1-million/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-19T09:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/19/national/mcdonalds-settles-with-manager/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-19T09:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/19/national/dont-need-stimulus-pay-donate-it/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-19T09:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/19/national/court-orders-redress-for-a-bomb-victims/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-19T09:00:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/19/national/retrial-plea-filed-for-asahara-fails/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-19T09:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/19/national/net-strangers-to-hang-for-slaying/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-19T09:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090319a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gallows-bound: Convicted murderers Tsukasa Kanda (left) and Yoshitomo Hori were sentenced to death Wednesday by the Nagoya District Court.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/19/business/boj-moves-to-hike-purchases-of-jgbs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-19T09:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/19/national/new-komeito-rules-out-chance-of-forming-dpj-led-coalition/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-19T09:01:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/19/national/ftc-urges-recall-of-snore-silencers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-19T09:01:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20090319f3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090319f3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gimmick: The Ibiki Kurippu (left) marketed by Pip-Fujimoto Co. and Pip-Tokyo Co., and the Hana Kokyu Sapota in the Dr. Silicone line produced by Keytron Co., claimed by the companies to cure snoring, have no scientific basis, according to the Fair Trade Commission.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/19/national/china-tourism-feature-in-huge-anime-convention/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-19T09:01:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20090319a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090319a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Live action: Visitors admire life-size mannequins of popular "anime" animation characters Lupin the 3rd and Child Detective Conan during the Tokyo International Animation Fair 2009 at Tokyo Big Sight on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/19/business/toshiba-exec-sasaki-to-take-over-in-june/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-19T09:01:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20090319a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090319a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Norio Sasaki]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/19/business/aeon-announces-new-price-cuts-as-price-war-escalates/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-19T09:03:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/19/business/panel-oks-job-loss-bill-for-temps/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-19T09:03:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/20/national/quake-hit-town-split-over-reactor-restart/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-20T09:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20090320n1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090320n1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Stating their case: Protesters hold signs saying "fuan" (uneasy) during a demonstration against Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in Niigata Prefecture earlier this month.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/20/national/medical-translation-course-starts-in-may/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-20T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/20/national/first-ct-scan-made-of-eggs-inside-coelacanth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-20T09:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20090320a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090320a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Inside job: The world's first CT scan of eggs inside a coelacanth were taken Wednesday by researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/20/business/temp-relief-bill-heads-to-upper-house/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-20T09:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-20T09:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/20/national/hand-wringing-over-fund-scandal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-20T09:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/20/national/patriot-batteries-may-shift-north/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-20T09:00:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-20T09:00:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-20T09:00:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Learning tool: Students at Kochi Chuo High School and Principal Katsuji Kusui show off their cell phones Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Piece of the pie: A special discount campaign aimed at cashing in on stimulus payments is pitched on the Web site of Nippon Travel Agency on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/20/national/tips-on-harmful-web-sites-rose-60-in-2008/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[For good fortune: A visitor prays in front of an Enmei Jizo statue in the city of Wakayama where 40 million was found Feb. 20.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Brisk business: A sign at auto parts shop Super Autobacs Hachioji in western Tokyo on Tuesday informs shoppers that all Electric Toll Collection devices are sold out.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-20T09:03:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-20T09:03:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-21T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-21T09:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-21T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-21T09:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fatal blaze: The charred rubble of the Tamayura elderly care home in Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture, is seen early Friday after an overnight fire. Seven residents were found dead at the scene.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/21/national/hokkaido-ice-fishing-siblings-fall-in-die-grandkids-safe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-21T09:00:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-21T09:01:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Thinking of others: Makoto Yuasa, a social activist who headed up the New Year's tent village set up at Tokyo's Hibiya Park, is interviewed in Higashimurayama, western Tokyo, on March 6.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/22/national/north-to-shut-flight-routes-for-launch/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-22T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-22T09:00:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-22T09:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-22T09:01:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Party time: Cherry blossoms are shown opening on "someiyoshino" trees in Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/22/national/expressway-toll-cuts-prove-popular/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-22T09:01:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-22T09:01:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/22/business/30-trillion-in-measures-needed-experts-tell-aso/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-22T09:02:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/22/business/sharp-cuts-in-recruitment-seen-in-2010/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-22T09:03:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Helping hand: Lawyers and union members give jobless people assistance in front of Osaka City Hall on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/23/national/after-selling-co2-rights-ukraine-to-buy-green-tech-solely-from-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-23T09:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/23/national/dpj-lawmakers-dont-want-ozawa-to-quit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-23T09:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/23/national/man-runs-52-marathons-in-52-days/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-23T09:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Akinori Kusuda]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/23/national/yosano-says-aggressive-public-spending-needed/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Looking for answers: Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano appears before the Lower House budget committee Feb. 24.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Smoke and ash: Smoldering ruins are all that's left of the residence of former Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida, the grandfather of Prime Minister Taro Aso, in Oiso, Kanagawa Prefecture, following a fire Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takanori Okubo]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/24/business/recession-undercuts-land-prices/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-24T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Local participation: Members of the "100-man committee" made up of residents of Chizu, Tottori Prefecture, hold a public hearing in December.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/24/business/convenience-store-sales-rise-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-24T09:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-24T09:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-24T09:00:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/24/national/30-hired-for-lawson-fast-track-are-foreigners/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-24T09:00:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/24/national/downdraft-may-have-hit-ill-fated-jet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-24T09:01:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Deadly path: A burn scar on the runway at Narita International Airport shows the path a FedEx cargo jet took when it crashed Monday morning.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/24/national/all-sides-agree-on-work-sharing/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/24/national/china-slave-laborers-file-appeal/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-24T09:01:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sounding off: Plaintiffs in a damages suit against the government over noise from the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture march Monday in Iwakuni with supporters holding a banner saying "We don't want any more noise from military aircraft."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/24/business/shipments-of-paper-dip-20-worst-since-88/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-24T09:01:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/24/business/time-ripe-to-hand-firms-to-successors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-24T09:02:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/24/business/business-confidence-slumps-to-record-low/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-24T09:03:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/25/national/lack-of-progress-in-search-for-hawkers-killer-frustrates-family/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-25T09:00:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Most wanted: Bill Hawker, father of slain Briton Lindsay Ann Hawker, stands by a cardboard poster of murder suspect Tatsuya Ichihashi during a news conference Tuesday at the British Embassy in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Holding pattern: Stranded travelers lie on benches early Tuesday in a passenger terminal at Narita International Airport after a FedEx cargo plane crash the previous day disrupted flights.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/25/national/33-of-married-women-abused-by-husbands/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[They care: Indonesian nurses take a competency test in Jakarta last Friday to work in Japan as nurses under an economic partnership agreement.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-25T09:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Emotional: Ichiro Ozawa appears to brush away a tear during a news conference Tuesday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-25T09:01:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-25T09:01:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toru Hashimoto]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/25/business/sfcg-ordered-to-end-rehab-seek-bankruptcy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-25T09:01:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-25T09:02:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-25T09:02:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/26/national/life-term-upheld-for-akita-mom-who-killed-daughter-neighbor-boy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-26T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Suzuka Hatakeyama]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-26T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-26T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-26T09:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-26T09:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-26T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[No sign of life: A dairy farmer in Nasukarasuyama, Tochigi Prefecture, looks at a now-empty cowshed after he stopped raising milk cows amid surging feed prices.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/26/national/shizuoka-governor-to-step-down/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The right stuff: ANA pilot and astronaut candidate Takuya Onishi gives the thumbs up Wednesday following his final flight from Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, to Haneda airport in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-26T09:00:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cause for celebration: Plaintiffs and supporters in a hibakusha-recognition suit cheer next to a banner reading "Total victory" outside the Hiroshima District Court Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/26/national/antismoking-meet-focuses-on-mentally-impaired-and-inpatients/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-26T09:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/26/national/immigration-reforms-spell-big-brother-jfba-warns/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-26T09:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/26/national/indictment-of-okubo-arouses-suspicions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-26T09:00:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/26/national/ukraine-to-sell-emissions-rights/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-26T09:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/26/business/robot-nurses-seen-in-five-years/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-26T09:00:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/26/national/aso-urged-to-call-election-after-budget/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-26T09:00:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/26/business/boj-deputy-against-zero-rate-now/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-26T09:01:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/26/business/toyota-aims-to-keep-hybrid-pole-position/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-26T09:01:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Test-drive: A new Toyota Motor Corp. Prius is taken for a spin at Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture this month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/26/business/mufg-morgan-in-securities-tieup/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-26T09:01:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/26/national/director-claims-new-film-helped-oe-beat-lawsuit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-26T09:01:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/26/national/japanese-whiskey-talk-of-town/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-26T09:01:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prize-winning: The Yoichi distillery in Hokkaido makes Nikka Whisky's 20-year vintage malt whiskey, which was named the world's best single-malt by Whisky Magazine last year.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/26/business/yokohama-to-host-apec-summit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-26T09:01:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/26/business/sapporo-will-carry-out-worlds-first-trial-of-biohydrogen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-26T09:01:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/26/business/naeba-prince-to-trim-operations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-26T09:02:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Downhill: The Naeba Prince Hotel in Niigata Prefecture, shown in this February 2005 photo, will end year-round operations to cut costs as visitors decline.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/26/business/park24-aims-at-car-sharing-service/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-26T09:02:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/26/business/most-units-in-tallest-condo-sold/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-26T09:02:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090326a6a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Location, location, location: Work on Japan's tallest condominium building was finished Tuesday in Chuo Ward, Osaka, with nearly all of the units already sold.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/27/national/bill-offers-aid-to-ailing-international-schools/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-27T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/27/national/wakata-treats-students-to-chat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-27T09:00:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Long-distance call: Floating in zero gravity on the International Space Station, astronaut Koichi Wakata talks to students at Kyushu University on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/27/national/road-toll-cuts-take-effect-saturday/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-27T09:00:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In the fast lane: The toll to use the Tokyo Bay Aqualine bridge-tunnel was cut to ¥1,000 last Friday. Below, a customer finds out about ETC devices at an auto parts store in Koto Ward, Tokyo, earlier this month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/27/national/drivers-to-be-tested-on-cognitive-ability-starting-at-age-75/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-27T09:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/27/national/osaka-world-trade-center-bankrupt-again/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-27T09:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Second time unlucky: The company that operates the World Trade Center building in Suminoe Ward, Osaka, has gone bankrupt for the second time since 2004.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/27/national/as-slump-bites-deeper-shoppers-warm-to-no-name-foreign-gadgets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-27T09:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Priced to move: A store clerk checks the information on a made-in-China Haier washing machine at a Seiyu outlet in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/27/business/toyota-reluctant-savior-of-faltering-u-s-carmakers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-27T09:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-27T09:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-27T09:00:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/27/national/aso-rating-up-at-ozawas-expense/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-27T09:00:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/27/national/172-teachers-lose-suit-over-kimigayo/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-27T09:01:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/27/business/shin-etsu-chemical-and-powertech-to-aid-elpida/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-27T09:02:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/27/business/joint-oel-effort-felled-by-recession/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-27T09:02:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-28T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Comeback: The cover of the album "This is The One" by Hikaru Utada is shown in this file photo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/28/business/hokkaido-banks-to-get-10-billion-from-dbj/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-28T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/28/national/tohoku-on-alert-for-north-korean-rocket-debris/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-28T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[All systems go: Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada faces reporters Friday in the Diet after the Cabinet gave the go-ahead to shoot down any part of a North Korean rocket that might fall toward Japanese territory.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/28/national/nakasone-to-join-u-n-afghan-conference/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-28T09:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-28T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-28T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-28T09:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/28/national/public-funds-may-go-to-caregivers/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2009-03-28T09:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/28/national/sdf-gets-intercept-order/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-28T09:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090328a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Counting down: Aegis destroyers Kongo (left) and Chokai, both equipped with antiballistic missile defense systems, are about to leave the Nagasaki Prefecture port of Sasebo on Friday morning and head for the Sea of Japan.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/28/business/options-outlined-for-carbon-cuts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-28T09:00:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/28/national/hokuriku-electric-to-restart-reactor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-28T09:00:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/28/national/ruling-bloc-rams-09-budget-through-diet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-28T09:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20090328a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090328a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hanging on: Prime Minister Taro Aso (right) talks with Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano on Friday in the Upper House.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/28/business/nintendo-wii-sales-top-50-million/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-28T09:00:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/28/national/bribed-bid-rigging-governor-is-sent-up/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-28T09:00:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20090328a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090328a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[In case I forget: Former Miyazaki Gov. Tadahiro Ando is shown jotting down a memo in this illustration while being pronounced guilty of taking bribes by the Miyazaki District Court on Friday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/28/national/two-summarily-charged-in-drowning/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-28T09:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/28/national/complaints-of-slanderous-net-postings-on-the-rise/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-28T09:00:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/28/business/arabian-oil-wins-north-sea-stake/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-28T09:01:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/28/national/comics-marathon-attack-a-flag-for-obese-runners/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-28T09:01:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20090328f3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090328f3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kunihiro Matsumura]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/28/business/cpi-unchanged-for-second-month/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-28T09:01:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/28/business/employment-law-amended-to-aid-temps/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-28T09:02:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/28/business/isaka-said-next-seven-eleven-chief/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-28T09:03:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/28/business/toshiba-to-buy-sharp-panels/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-28T09:03:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/28/business/capcom-chief-makes-mark-in-wine/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-28T09:03:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20090328a8a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090328a8a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Not a game: Capcom Co. founder and Chairman Kenzo Tsujimoto holds a bottle of the first wine produced at his winery in Napa, Calif., in February.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/29/national/japanese-third-in-pride-survey/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-29T09:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/29/national/eight-ibises-alive-but-living-on-two-islands/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-29T09:00:31+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20090329a6a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090329a6a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Thriving: A female ibis is found in Niigata on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/29/national/toshiba-panasonic-to-end-lcd-pact/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-29T09:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/29/national/enka-star-jero-hopes-to-make-trademark-ballads-popular-in-u-s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-29T09:00:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/29/national/aso-mulling-tax-break-for-wealthy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-29T09:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090329a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taro Aso]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/29/national/ginza-jewel-heist-suspect-arrested/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-29T09:00:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/29/national/drivers-hit-the-road-as-discount-tolls-debut/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-29T09:00:50+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090329a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Suita Interchange on the Meishin Expressway is jammed with traffic Saturday as a cheaper system of expressway tolls took effect.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/29/national/man-gets-death-in-thailand-slaying/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-29T09:00:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/29/national/brazilian-schooling-down-40/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-29T09:01:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/30/national/ukraine-to-use-japans-payments-for-energy-efficiency/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-30T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/30/national/jobless-brazilians-seek-legal-advice/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-30T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/30/national/ldp-backed-morita-wins-key-election/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-30T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20090330a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090330a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Banzai!: Kensaku Morita declares victory at his Chiba office Sunday night after his electoral win became almost certain.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/30/national/patriot-batteries-head-north/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-30T09:00:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/30/national/prince-katsura-out-of-the-hospital/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-30T09:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/31/national/freight-train-hits-bus-on-crossing-in-aomori-six-passengers-hurt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-31T09:00:04+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20090331a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090331a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Unnatural contact: A locomotive rests against a bus at a crossing in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, on Monday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/31/national/robuchon-monaco-eatery-japanese-rooted/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-31T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/31/national/taiwan-plans-office-in-hokkaido/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-31T09:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/31/national/elevator-death-case-proceeds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-31T09:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/31/national/voters-incensed-about-hospital-closing-kick-out-choshi-mayor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-31T09:00:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20090331a7a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090331a7a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bounced: Choshi Mayor Toshiaki Okano leaves his office after losing a recall vote Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/31/national/toenail-obsessed-nurse-sentenced/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-31T09:00:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/31/national/school-snubs-girl-with-leukemia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-31T09:01:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/31/national/new-rule-throws-up-barrier-for-elderly-traveling-medicine-sellers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-31T09:01:03+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20090331f2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090331f2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Drug test: Traveling medicine sellers attend a training session in the city of Toyama in December to prepare for a qualifying examination for registered door-to-door peddlers of household medicine kits.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/31/national/verdict-eludes-yokohama-incident-retrial/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-31T09:01:13+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20090331a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090331a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[No consolation: A supporter for a man and woman seeking to overturn the conviction of their father in the 1945 Yokohama Incident holds up a sign Monday outside the court saying the retrial was dismissed.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/31/national/brown-to-back-aso-at-unsc-if-north-launches-rocket/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-31T09:01:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/31/business/ana-seeks-unpaid-voluntary-leaves/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-31T09:01:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/31/business/regulators-boosting-capability-to-detect-go-after-insider-trading/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-31T09:01:51+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20090331a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090331a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Watchdogs: Inspectors in the Market Surveillance Division of the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission are always on the lookout for suspect dealings.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/31/business/february-saw-output-slide-by-9-4/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-31T09:02:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/31/business/cutting-gift-tax-needs-closer-look-kawamura/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-31T09:02:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/31/business/seiyu-posts-25-8-billion-net-loss/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-03-31T09:03:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/01/business/idled-nonregulars-to-top-190000/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-01T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/01/national/shiga-to-hire-non-japanese-as-part-time-interpreters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-01T09:00:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/01/national/curry-poisoning-ruling-set-for-april-21/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-01T09:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/01/national/yearend-ban-planned-for-amakudari-watari/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-01T09:00:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/01/business/hatoyama-presses-japan-post-for-plan-to-put-kampo-inns-in-black/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-01T09:00:49+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20090401a8a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090401a8a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Conditional approval: Internal affairs minister Kunio Hatoyama (left) hands Japan Post Holdings Co. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa a document approving Japan Post's overall business program for fiscal 2009 during a meeting at the ministry Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/01/national/hashimotos-photo-fee-irks-retiring-osaka-staff/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-01T09:00:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20090401n1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090401n1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toru Hashimoto]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/01/national/jr-bans-smoking-at-tokyo-area-stations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-01T09:01:02+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20090401f2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090401f2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Last gasp: A JR East poster at Tamachi Station in Tokyo announces a ban on smoking on station platforms in the metropolitan area effective April 1.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/01/national/yui-leaves-asdf-to-start-his-astronaut-training/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-01T09:01:14+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20090401a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090401a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sky's the limit: Lt. Col. Kimiya Yui, a fighter pilot retiring from the Air Self-Defense Force to become an astronaut, receives a farewell ceremony at the Defense Ministry on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/01/national/diet-passes-resolution-demanding-n-korea-halt-launch/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-01T09:01:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/01/national/overreliance-on-ad-revenue-dooms-esquire-japan-after-22-year-run/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-01T09:01:18+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20090401f3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090401f3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Collector's items: Back issues of Esquire Japan Edition, including its April 1987 debut, are displayed.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/01/business/aso-orders-new-stimulus-extra-budget/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-01T09:01:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/01/national/new-tokyo-shopping-area-rules-pose-curbs-on-street-performers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-01T09:01:28+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20090401a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090401a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Drumming up interest: Banging drums and gongs, "chindonya" street performers trumpet an event in the Jujo Ginza shopping arcade in Tokyo in 2007.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/01/business/imperial-hotel-halekulani-sign-up-for-synergy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-01T09:01:30+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20090401a6a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090401a6a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taking care of business: Peter Shaindlin, chief operating officer of Halekulani Corp., is interviewed in Tokyo on March 24.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/01/business/rakuten-seeks-tbs-buyback/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-01T09:01:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/01/business/mind-over-matter-brain-waves-control-asimo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-01T09:02:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mind-meld: A Honda employee uses headgear to demonstrate technology that links human thoughts to robots at the automaker's headquarters in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/01/business/geithner-prodding-japan-to-do-its-part-at-g20-meet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-01T09:02:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-01T09:02:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-01T09:02:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-02T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Make our day: Policewomen man a "koban" police box Wednesday in Minato Ward, Tokyo, as the force began deploying female officers on a full-time basis.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-02T09:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Home is where the heart is: Junko Kunugi, new head of UNICEF's Tokyo office, gives a recent interview.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/02/national/20-politicians-worried-by-lay-judge-system-form-nonpartisan-group-to-delay-it/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-02T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-02T09:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-02T09:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cheap as dirt: An employee of home appliance shop Bic Camera in Tokyo's Yurakucho district displays a notebook computer Tuesday priced at 1 yen in a sales campaign with wireless service operator EMobile Ltd.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/02/national/disney-parks-draw-record-numbers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-02T09:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-02T09:00:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-02T09:00:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-02T09:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Here's Nemo: A Shizuoka aquarium is selling clown fish it has raised to help curb irresponsible fishing of the species spawned by the success of the animated film "Finding Nemo."]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-02T09:01:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-02T09:01:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-02T09:01:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Secondhand sign: A "smoking area" sign is removed from a platform at JR Tokyo Station early Wednesday as the railway completely banned smoking on platforms at about 200 train stations in and around Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/02/national/axed-brazilians-peruvians-to-be-paid-to-leave-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-02T09:01:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-02T09:01:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/02/national/global-ship-location-system-begins/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-02T09:01:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-02T09:03:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Time to shine: Takashi Suzuki, a new hire at Columbus Co., a Tokyo-based shoe products maker, shines a senior worker's shoe at the firm's welcoming ceremony Wednesday. Every April 1, hundreds of thousands of young recruits start their careers nationwide.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/03/national/north-to-be-hit-with-yearlong-sanctions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-03T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Public relations: Nippon Keidanren Chairman Fujio Mitarai presents an award to Tomoko Serizawa at Keidanren Kaikan in Tokyo Thursday. Serizawa won a competition to come up with a slogan to promote the proposal to devolve authority to local governments.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/03/national/killers-letters-apt-social-study-40-years-on/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sole survivors: Shoes that Norio Nagayama prepared in case he was ever pardoned are kept at a supporter's home, together with mementos like his jailhouse dictionaries.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/03/national/female-golfer-drowns-in-hokkaido-after-stepping-into-narrow-fairway-sinkhole/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-03T09:00:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/03/national/young-people-see-future-in-farming/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-03T09:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Well-grounded: Masachika Ogihara, who works the land in Nagano Prefecture, is starting up a magazine to spread the word about young farmers.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/03/national/kanasashi-cancels-job-offers-day-before-welcome-ceremony/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-03T09:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-03T09:01:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-03T09:01:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/03/national/speed-limits-face-first-revision-since-89/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-03T09:01:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/03/business/daikin-to-recall-expats/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-03T09:03:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-04T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fated attraction: Once childhood acquaintances in Canada who would play while their mothers chatted, Dan and Asuka Bertuzzi reunited decades later in Japan.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/04/national/agency-begins-sending-out-public-pension-plan-info/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-04T09:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Take notice: A truck is readied to deliver public pension notices Friday in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/04/business/mmc-ready-to-ramp-up-output-of-i-miev/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-04T09:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/04/national/ministry-hedges-around-statute-of-limitations-issue/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-04T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/04/national/95-of-mayday-signals-false-alarms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-04T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-04T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/04/national/just-how-poor-really-is-japans-farm-industry/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-04T09:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/04/business/g20-backs-japans-spending-plan/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Face the press: Prime Minister Taro Aso speaks to reporters after the Group of 20 financial summit meeting in London.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-04T09:00:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Golden Week globe trotter?: A man reads an overseas travel pamphlet outside travel agency JTB Corp.'s Mita outlet in Minato Ward, Tokyo, on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/04/national/police-to-investigate-golf-course-drowning/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-04T09:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hidden danger: Police investigate a sinkhole on a fairway at Le Petaw golf course in Hokkaido on Friday after a woman suddenly disappeared into it and drowned during play.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/04/national/builders-settle-damages-suit-over-bid-rigging/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-04T09:00:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-04T09:01:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-04T09:01:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-04T09:01:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/04/national/indian-school-opens-in-yokohama/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-04T09:01:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/04/national/ministry-extends-etc-subsidies-by-400000-units/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-04T09:01:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/04/business/new-prius-said-most-fuel-efficient/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-04T09:03:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/05/business/growth-strategy-focuses-on-social-infrastructure/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-05T09:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-05T09:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/05/national/ministry-unsure-u-s-early-warning-satellite-will-be-able-to-detect-north-rocket-launch/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-05T09:00:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/05/national/msdf-shoos-away-suspected-pirates/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-05T09:00:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sailing orders: The Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers Sazanami (right) and Samidare depart from Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, last month for a mission off Somalia to protect Japan-related vessels.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/05/national/two-false-alarms-leave-japan-egg-faced/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-05T09:00:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/05/national/don-quijote-ldp-funds-said-illicit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-05T09:01:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/05/national/no-need-to-keep-vigil-of-sky-for-falling-objects-kawamura/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-05T09:01:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/05/business/megabank-trio-face-2008-losses/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-05T09:02:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/06/national/unsc-to-hold-emergency-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-06T09:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/06/national/djiboutis-dileita-pledges-antipiracy-support/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-06T09:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/06/national/u-s-seoul-to-back-japan-at-unsc/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masatoshi Koshiba]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Standing down: A Patriot Advanced Capability-3 antimissile unit is taken offline Sunday at the Defense Ministry in Ichigaya, Tokyo, after the government decided not to try to intercept a North Korean rocket that passed over Japan.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ratings boost: People at a home electronics retailer in Tokyo's Akihabara district follow news reports about North Korea's rocket launch Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Closer energy ties: Prime Minister Taro Aso greets Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez before their talks Monday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-07T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-07T09:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-07T09:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-07T09:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Smash, grab: Thieves used a truck early Monday to smash their way into the Ebisu Jewelry Shop in Kobe before making off with some 10 million worth of goods.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/07/national/defense-ministry-official-leaps-to-his-death-from-ichigaya-hq/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-07T09:00:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-07T09:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-07T09:00:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-07T09:00:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-07T09:01:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Aftermath: A firefighter investigates in the wake of an early Monday house fire in Osaka.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/07/national/visitors-to-myanmar-dip-on-crackdown-typhoon/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-07T09:01:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/07/national/japan-loses-no-2-spot-to-spain-in-solar-photovoltaic-capacity-study/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-07T09:01:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/07/national/aso-orders-10-trillion-in-stimulus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-07T09:01:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/07/business/kirin-to-form-jv-with-u-k-s-diageo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-07T09:02:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/07/business/wagonr-ranked-no-1-in-08-sales/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-07T09:02:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/07/business/imported-car-sales-dive-26/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-07T09:02:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/07/business/first-sakhalin-lng-shipment-arrives/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-07T09:03:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Liquid asset: A tanker carrying liquefied natural gas from Russia's Sakhalin-2 project arrives at a receiving terminal operated by Tokyo Gas Co. and Tokyo Electric Power Co., in Sodegaura, Chiba Prefecture, on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/08/national/norths-launch-spurs-lower-house-censure/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-08T09:00:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Retaliatory response: Lower House members on Tuesday pass a resolution condemning North Korea for firing what the motion terms "a missile" over Japan.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/08/national/inmate-served-warrant-for-slaying-of-kyoto-teen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-08T09:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[New charge: A police van exits a Kyoto prison Tuesday afternoon carrying murder suspect Katsumi Naka.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/08/national/chavez-hails-u-s-antinuke-stance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-08T09:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[High praise: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez holds a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-08T09:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-08T09:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Haruka Minowa]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-08T09:00:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Happy trails: Becky Sampson and Bertie get a sendoff from guards of the Household Cavalry regiment in London on April 1.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/08/national/microscope-as-art-medium/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-08T09:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A haystack in a needle: Magnified 25 times by a scanning electron microscope, the spaghettilike fibers of a cotton string clump in the eye of a needle.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-08T09:01:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/08/national/project-demise-would-nix-f-22-option-for-asdf/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-08T09:01:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/08/national/kampo-value-doubled-in-ministry-appraisal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-08T09:01:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/08/business/foreign-finance-institutions-cut-local-staffs-16/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-08T09:01:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-08T09:02:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/08/business/public-funds-for-firms-approved/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-08T09:02:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/08/business/forex-reserves-rise-for-fifth-month/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-08T09:02:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-08T09:03:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/09/national/car-thief-19-admits-taking-nine-in-a-week/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-09T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/09/national/tepco-niigata-reactor-said-safe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-09T09:00:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-09T09:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/09/national/aiiku-hospital-too-feeling-pinch/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-09T09:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Proud parents: A couple and their baby leave Tokyo's Aiiku Hospital on April 2.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/09/national/newfound-miyazawa-poem-to-be-published/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-09T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rough draft?: This unpublished draft of a poem written by Kenji Miyazawa was recently found in Iwate Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/09/national/china-looks-to-veto-u-n-sanctions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-09T09:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/09/national/hatakeyama-surprises-lawyers-appeals-life-term/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-09T09:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-04-09T09:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taiwan-bound?: Red-crowned cranes, a species designated as a special national treasure, are seen in Kushiro, Hokkaido, last December.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/09/business/yahoo-to-take-51-stake-in-gyao/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/09/national/calderon-resumes-classes-as-parents-prep-for-deportation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-09T09:00:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Allowed to stay: Filipino Noriko Calderon heads for school Wednesday morning.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/09/national/boss-held-for-insider-trading/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-09T09:00:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/09/business/sharp-expects-losses-to-rise-to-130-billion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-09T09:01:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090409a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[More bad news: Sharp Corp. President Mikio Katayama faces the media Wednesday in Tokyo to announce the electronics maker's third downgrade to its fiscal 2008 earnings projections.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/09/national/comedian-minowas-tb-prompts-hundreds-of-inquiries/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-09T09:01:14+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/09/national/imperial-marriage-created-bond-with-people/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-09T09:01:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/09/business/current-account-surplus-sinks-for-12th-month/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-09T09:02:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/09/business/japan-post-insurance-told-to-ease-up/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-09T09:02:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/09/business/dpj-pushes-21-trillion-two-year-stimulus-plan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-09T09:02:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ichiro Ozawa]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/10/national/aso-reveals-new-plan-to-create-2-million-jobs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-10T09:00:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/10/national/tough-love-schools-give-juveniles-guidance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-10T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/10/national/dpj-would-ban-corporate-funds-in-political-arena/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-10T09:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/10/business/keidanren-wants-japan-eu-fta/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-10T09:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Street legal: A prototype of a bicycle with seats in the front and back for children is displayed in this image provided by the Japan Bicycle Promotion Institute.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Golden year: Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko give a news conference Wednesday at the Imperial Place in Tokyo to mark their 50th anniversary.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bank on it: Takashi Tsukamoto, president of Mizuho Financial Group, is interviewed Wednesday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Golden moment: Emperor Akihito addresses a ceremony Friday at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo to fete his 50th anniversary with Empress Michiko.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Business as usual: Customers are served in a Tokyo branch of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. last Sept. 24.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Welcome: Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa greets visiting U.S. Sen. John McCain at DPJ headquarters Friday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/11/business/daiei-to-close-20-stores-by-2012/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-04-11T09:02:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Small but costly: American drywood termites are showing up in greater numbers in Japan.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Formally enrolled: University of Tokyo freshmen attend their entrance ceremony Monday at the Nippon Budokan stadium in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Selling the stimulus: Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano speaks to reporters after the government unveiled its stimulus package Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[No words: Noriko Calderon wipes away tears as her mother, Sarah, tries to console her at Narita International Airport ahead of her parents' departure for the Philippines on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Off the hook: Yoichiro Ban, president of Vertu, shows off some of his company's luxury mobile phones at the company's store in Tokyo's Ginza district on April 2.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Read the riot act: Hitachi Ltd. President Takashi Kawamura (center) is reprimanded Monday by a Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry official in Tokyo for allowing technical data on its equipment to be faked at two nuclear power plants.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[New on the block: Models show off Sony Corp.'s new Walkman X digital music players at a news conference Tuesday at the Sony Building showroom in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shared goal: Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (left) and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden agree Wednesday in Washington that Japan and the United States should join forces on eliminating nuclear weapons.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Broad reach: Surgeon Yoshiharu Sekino (third from right) holds his arm aloft as he leaves Kampong Lambe on Indonesia's Sulawesi Island Monday for Okinawa on a 100-day sea journey to trace the roots of ancestors of the Japanese.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Thought-provoking: A collage by Nobuyuki Oura featuring a photo of the late Emperor Hirohito has been banned by the Okinawa Prefectural Art Museum.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Digging deeper: Experts and journalists discuss the widening gaps between prosperous and poor regions both in Japan and Europe in the EU-Japan Journalists' Conference in Niigata on April 4.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Love at second sight: Vanessa and Michio Kiyomiya pose for a photo in a shopping center in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, last month.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A look that stands: The 76-year-old Takashimaya department store in Tokyo's Nihonbashi district is set to be designated an Important Cultural Property this summer.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Counterparts: The Jomon Sugi cedar (left) on Yaku Island and the Tane Mahuta, a kauri tree in New Zealand, have been dubbed "sister trees."]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gaining ground: Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii is interviewed at JCP headquarters in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Magical ministry tour: A Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry official welcomes job seekers to a ministry-organized bus tour in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[No longer off-limits: Tourists are now able to visit Hashima Island, better known as Gunkanjima, or Warship Island, as a 35-year-old landing ban was lifted Wednesday. Decaying structures on the island include apartments once inhabited by miners and their families.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rank and file: Lower House Representative Yoshinobu Shimamura (center) and other lawmakers are led by a Shinto priest to the main altar of Yasukuni Shrine in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tsuyoshi Kusanagi]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Away on business: The Chiba mayor's desk is unmanned Wednesday after the incumbent, Keiichi Tsuruoka, was taken in for police questioning over an alleged ¥1 million bribe and later arrested.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Turf war: People walk by a new Uniqlo outlet that opened Friday on the west side of JR Shinjuku Station in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Atsushi Seike]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/25/business/fund-of-900-billion-to-bolster-tech-firms/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/25/business/300-lauded-for-unique-knowhow/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masayoshi Kitamura]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In custody: Yasuhiro Kobayashi and Mina Matsumoto are suspected of burying the body of Matsumoto's 9-year- old daughter, Seika, in a Nara Prefecture cemetery.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Welcome to Japan: A family arriving from Mexico is checked out with a thermographic device at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In remembrance: A woman offers a moment of silence inside a JR Fukuchiyama Line train as it passes the site of the deadly 2005 derailment that killed 107 people in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Safety first: A sign put up Tuesday at an Ito Yokado store in Adachi Ward, Tokyo, says it only ships pork that has passed safety inspections.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[First line of defense: Quarantine officials in protective gear rush onto a plane to check passengers before they disembark at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Spread the word: Immigrants magazine editor in chief Susumu Ishihara holds up a copy of the first edition in Minato Ward, Tokyo, on April 7. Ishihara is also president of the Japan Immigrant Information Agency.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Honorary citizen: Kushiro Mayor Hiroya Ebina shows off a special resident card awarded to popular sea otter Ku-chan in Kushiro on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Working for Russia?: A Cambodian ship waits in Hanasaki port in Nemuro, Hokkaido, on March 16.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Food galore: People walk by food booths from various parts of the world at the 11-day food fair that kicked off Thursday at the Intex Osaka exhibition hall in Suminoe Ward, Osaka.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/01/national/swine-flu-e-mails-spread-pc-virus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-01T09:01:11+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/01/national/old-u-a-e-fisherman-won-over-by-cultured-pearls/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pearl production: Daiji Imura, a pearl dealer-turned-pearl producer, shows two women pearls plucked from oysters on a raft in the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates on Feb. 17.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/01/business/domestic-auto-output-exports-register-first-yearly-fall-since-01/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/01/national/record-worst-2000-graduates-see-job-offers-canceled/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Phase 5 fever: An inspector checks travelers' temperatures with a thermographic camera as they arrive at Kansai International Airport on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cat-alyst: An Okayama Electric Tramway Co. official cuts a ribbon Thursday with kindergartner Katsuki Nakashima in front of a new tram decorated with illustrations of Tama, the cat "stationmaster" of Kishi Station in Wakayama Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/01/business/boj-lowers-forecasts-for-gdp-and-cpi/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/01/national/american-hiker-believed-missing-on-volcanic-isle-off-yakushima/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-01T09:02:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-05-01T09:02:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-05-02T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-05-02T09:00:03+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/02/business/marubeni-inks-brazil-produce-deal/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2009-05-02T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Illuminating: Photographers snap a thermal camera system that monitors body temperatures during a news conference at Yokohama Arena, where the World Table Tennis Championships are being held Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/02/national/mexican-ambassador-praises-aid-asks-public-to-stay-calm/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-02T09:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Center of attention: A spokesman for Yokohama Municipal Citizen's Hospital is surrounded by reporters Friday after a high school boy from Yokohama returned from Canada and tested positive in a preliminary A-type flu test.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/02/business/march-jobless-rate-hit-four-year-high/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-02T09:00:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-05-02T09:00:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/02/business/temp-job-losses-since-october-set-to-rise-8/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-02T09:00:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/02/national/tips-to-prepare-for-influenza-outbreak/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-02T09:00:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/02/business/companies-suspending-operations-in-mexico/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-02T09:01:01+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sweet on each other: Kyle Sexton and his wife, Shimizu Hikage, stand behind the counter at their shop, Kyle's Good Finds, in Nakano Ward, Tokyo, on March 18.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/02/national/american-missing-on-volcanic-island-is-award-winning-poet-assistant-professor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-02T09:01:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/02/national/no-disembarkation-cards-for-isles/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-02T09:01:22+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/02/business/smfg-to-buy-nikko-cordial/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-02T09:01:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/02/business/parts-makers-to-get-help-from-state/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-02T09:01:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/02/national/in-grip-of-fever-fear-schools-ready-to-shut/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-02T09:02:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/02/national/baby-at-yokota-base-latest-flu-scare-focus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-02T09:02:44+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/03/national/golden-week-travel-exodus-peaks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-03T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/03/national/roadside-fight-kills-one-in-nagoya/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-03T09:00:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/03/national/hamada-gates-agree-to-strengthen-alliance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-03T09:00:59+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/03/business/panasonic-pumps-up-plasma-panel-capacity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-03T09:01:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/03/national/tokyo-holds-second-flu-test-on-u-s-baby/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-03T09:01:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Just in case: Travelers wearing masks check in at a counter at Kansai International Airport on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/03/national/80-billion-in-loans-okd-for-iraq/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-03T09:01:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/03/national/masks-gargles-enjoying-surge-in-popularity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-03T09:01:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/03/business/chryslers-failure-stirs-concern-over-parts-makers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-03T09:02:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/03/national/graphic-designer-awazu-dies-at-80/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-03T09:02:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/03/national/taiwan-remarks-retracted/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-03T09:02:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/04/national/both-sides-on-constitutional-change-hold-rallies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-04T09:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/04/national/no-relief-from-jams-for-golden-week-travelers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-04T09:00:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Aftermath: A disabled car is readied to be towed away Sunday afternoon on the Meishin Expressway in Kyoto Prefecture after a five-vehicle collision.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/04/national/womans-body-found-after-sons-stabbed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-04T09:01:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/04/national/edwin-mcclellan-noted-scholar-of-japanese-literature-dies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-04T09:01:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/04/national/rc-succession-singer-imawano-dead-at-age-58/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-04T09:01:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kiyoshiro Imawano]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/04/national/experts-say-japan-can-handle-flu/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-04T09:02:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/04/national/10-trillion-set-for-asia-liquidity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-04T09:02:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/04/national/american-baby-tests-negative-for-swine-flu/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-04T09:02:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/05/national/aichi-home-yields-knife-used-to-kill/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-05T09:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/05/national/job-consultant-targets-barriers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-05T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Page turner: Kaori Kitsuda, who heads personnel agency Frajouterie Co., holds up a copy of "manga" comic Hello Work at the Age of 40 during a recent interview at the firm's office in Tokyo's Akasaka district.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/05/national/election-around-time-of-metro-poll-possible-aso/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-05T09:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/05/national/warrior-games-lead-charge-into-history/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-05T09:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Well-covered: A replica of samurai armor is on display at the Jidaiya bookstore in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/05/national/tokyo-irks-taipei-says-taiwan-status-up-in-air/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-05T09:01:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/05/national/google-crosses-line-with-controversial-old-tokyo-maps/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-05T09:01:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Super imposition: A computer screen image taken from Google Earth software shows a feudal map of a village in central Japan hundreds of years ago. The village is labeled "eta," an old, now derogatory word for Japan's underclass of untouchables.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/05/national/number-of-children-continues-to-fall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-05T09:02:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/05/national/chef-who-worked-g8-summit-sues-former-employer-for-unpaid-overtime/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-05T09:02:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/05/national/narita-arrival-tests-negative-for-h1n1-virus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-05T09:02:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Flu check: Quarantine officials board an American Airlines jet Monday at Narita airport to check passengers, finding one who tested positive for type-A influenza virus. Further checks showed, however, that the passenger was not infected with the new H1N1 strain.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/06/national/sake-maker-to-use-imported-rice-for-ethanol/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-06T09:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/06/national/hospitals-in-tokyo-refusing-flu-patients/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-06T09:00:42+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/06/national/three-girls-tested-for-swine-flu/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-06T09:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Checkup: Passengers pack the quarantine section at Narita International Airport on Tuesday as people started coming back from overseas trips for Golden Week.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/06/national/abductee-kin-hope-obama-takes-hard-line-on-north/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-06T09:01:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Looking for help: Shigeo Iizuka, representing relatives of people kidnapped by North Korea, faces the media last Thursday in Washington.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/06/national/techies-flock-to-new-robot-center/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-06T09:01:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ducking and diving: Hideki Idaka, manager of newly opened Vstone Robot Center in Tokyo's Akihabara district, uses a remote control to make Alcnon?, a 1.3-meter-tall robot, throw a punch Monday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/06/national/calls-to-revise-organ-law-grow-as-lawmakers-debate-various-plans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-06T09:01:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/06/national/npo-marks-30-years-of-refugee-aid/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Getting her message across: Jane Best, president of Refugees International Japan, gives an interview at her office in Minato Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/06/national/mixed-signals-on-changing-the-law/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-06T09:02:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/06/national/taipei-nixes-protest-voyage-to-senkakus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-06T09:02:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/07/national/japanese-tourists-to-britain-on-fast-decline/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-07T09:00:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/07/national/hiroshima-nagasaki-mayors-back-obamas-nuclear-free-commitment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-07T09:00:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/07/national/japanese-virologist-sheds-light-on-new-flus-characteristics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-07T09:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/07/national/working-women-reach-for-sweets-to-combat-fatigue/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-07T09:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/07/national/over-80-of-lawmakers-support-revising-organ-transplant-law/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-07T09:00:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/07/national/10-ex-best-denki-employees-indicted-for-postal-discount-abuse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-07T09:02:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/07/national/nagoya-man-latest-in-series-of-new-flu-scares/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-07T09:02:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/07/national/health-ministry-prepares-for-possible-flu-alert-upgrade/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-07T09:02:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura and Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/08/national/ugandan-priest-wins-niwano-prize/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-08T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/08/business/nintendo-reports-8-5-gain-in-profit-for-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-08T09:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/08/national/aichi-to-declare-bird-flu-epidemic-over-on-sunday-governor-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-08T09:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Body heat: NEC Corp. employees walk past a thermographic camera Thursday at its headquarters in Minato Ward, Tokyo, as companies nationwide prepare for a potential outbreak of the new H1N1 influenza strain.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/08/business/sbi-dow-jones-plan-japan-wsj/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-08T09:00:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/08/business/hitachi-hikes-loss-forecast-by-88-billion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-08T09:01:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/08/national/u-s-urged-to-increase-japan-nuclear-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-08T09:01:08+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/08/national/niigata-reactor-headed-for-restart/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-08T09:01:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/08/business/dentsu-to-post-first-net-loss-since-01/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-08T09:01:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/08/national/woman-admits-id-scam-to-gain-entry/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-08T09:01:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-05-08T09:01:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/08/national/businesspeople-invited-to-join-commemorative-mission-to-u-s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-08T09:01:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Inspiration: Participants in a 51-member business and economic mission to the U.S. pose for a photo during a visit to inventor Thomas Edison's company in September 1909.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/08/national/random-sumo-drug-tests-all-negative-for-narcotics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-08T09:01:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/08/national/government-day-care-falling-short/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-08T09:02:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taking it to the streets: Scores of people push baby strollers through the streets of Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, on April 5 in a march organized by nonprofit Fathering Japan to demand better day care facilities for preschoolers.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/08/national/holiday-over-firms-ready-flu-scenarios/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-08T09:02:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/08/business/major-financial-firms-to-report-4-trillion-in-losses-for-08/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-08T09:02:08+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/08/national/web-site-cheers-up-weary-visitors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-08T09:02:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/08/national/beijing-hits-aso-for-threat-rhetoric/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-08T09:02:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Under attack: Prime Minister Taro Aso attends a Diet session Thursday. Chinese media have accused him of trying to portray Beijing as a nuclear threat to gain domestic support.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/09/business/toyota-expects-850-billion-loss/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-09T09:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/09/national/satellite-to-detect-missiles-under-study/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-09T09:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/09/national/schindler-chief-denies-guilt-in-elevator-death/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-09T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Alfred N. Schindler]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/09/business/bond-redemptions-shrank-government-debt-for-first-time-in-2008/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-09T09:00:44+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/09/business/panasonic-sumitomo-eye-oel-deal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-09T09:00:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/09/national/new-flu-sickens-japanese-boy-in-u-s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-09T09:01:13+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/09/national/lay-judge-plan-draws-mail-threats/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-09T09:01:15+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/09/business/nippon-life-to-purchase-aig-tokyo-building/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-09T09:01:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-05-09T09:01:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-05-09T09:01:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shiver me timbers: The Mexican Navy training ship Cuauhtemoc will call at four Japanese ports later this month to celebrate four centuries of friendly ties.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2009-05-09T09:01:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vindication: Hiroshi Sato, lawyer for Toshikazu Sugaya, faces the press Friday at the Tokyo District Court.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/09/national/indian-consultant-orchestrates-sichuan-earthquake-relief-effort/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Proactive: Soma Somasundaram, chairman of Professionals for Children (PfC), is surrounded by schoolchildren during a visit to China's Sichuan Province earlier this year.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/09/national/three-held-in-baby-nationality-scam/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-09T09:01:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/09/national/unaccredited-schools-for-foreign-kids-may-get-subsidies-under-bill/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Manjiro memorial: A museum in memory of John Manjiro, the first Japanese to live in America, is seen Wednesday, a day before it opened to the public in Fairhaven, Mass.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/09/national/working-women-reach-for-sweets-as-pick-me-up-increasing-fatigue-survey/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dinar's club: Rise International Inc. founder Daisuke Taniguchi displays Iraqi dinar bills at his office in Minato Ward, Tokyo, on April 22. A closeup of the bills appears below.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/09/business/toshiba-posts-record-red-ink/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-09T09:02:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/09/national/lawmakers-urged-to-act-now-to-revise-organ-transplant-law/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-09T09:02:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/10/national/nations-first-h1n1-cases-land-in-narita/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-10T09:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090510a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[On alert: Health minister Yoichi Masuzoe announces the nation's first confirmed cases of swine flu early Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/10/national/restart-raising-questions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-10T09:00:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Second try: Workers prepare to restart the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture following two years of earthquake repairs. It is the world's biggest nuclear power plant in terms of output.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2009-05-10T09:01:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-05-10T09:01:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vigilant: Quarantine inspectors walk through Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture on Saturday after it was announced that the nation's first three confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza entered via the airport the previous day.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/10/national/osaka-school-calls-assembly-over-flu-cases/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Final farewell: Fans of late rock singer Kiyoshiro Imawano (inset) gather at Aoyama Sogisho funeral hall Saturday to mourn his death May 2.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/10/national/japan-not-yet-ready-to-resolve-isle-row-putin/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-10T09:02:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-05-11T09:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/11/national/kawasaki-woman-cleared-of-swine-flu/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-11T09:00:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/11/national/agency-plans-new-center-for-nations-pop-art/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/11/national/japan-gets-fourth-flu-case/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-11T09:02:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Briefing: A medical official talks to reporters Sunday outside a Chiba hospital where a swine flu patient is being treated.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/11/national/two-p-3c-patrol-planes-to-join-hunt-for-pirates/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-11T09:02:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/12/business/can-public-aid-save-chip-makers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2009-05-12T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On a roll: John Mendel, chairman of American Honda Motor Co., introduces the 2010 Insight hybrid in Detroit in January.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[All rise: This courtroom, now located at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto Prefecture, was used between 1928 and 1943 and featured a jury box.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Much to ponder: Katsuya Okada (left), deputy president of the DPJ and a likely candidate to seek the party's presidency, attends a plenary session of the Lower House on Tuesday with his likely prime opponent, Yukio Hatoyama.]]></image:caption>
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