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			<image:caption><![CDATA[No promises: Sony Corp. CEO and President Howard Stringer is greeted by crowds of Jackson fans in October at the Japan premiere of "Michael Jackson's This is it" in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tibet trouble: Protesters hold up Tibetan flags in front of Ueno Royal Museum in Taito Ward, Tokyo, on Saturday, in anger at a Tibetan Buddhist exhibition on show.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Privy primer: A book published Monday by archaeologist Tadashi Kurosaki says flush toilets existed in ancient times and reveal much about how people lived.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Burning credit: About 3,000 blank cards seized by police from Chinese and Japanese alleged credit card forgers are displayed Monday at Osaka Prefectural Police headquarters along with a personal computer used by the suspects.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takemasa Moriya]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Eisaku Sato]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Saeed Jalili]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Search and seizure: This haul of illegal stimulants was confiscated in a Kochi Prefecture fishing port in February.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A maid man: A male dressed as a maid serves female customers at the Hibari-tei cafe in the Akihabara district in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2009-12-24T09:02:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Space sleigh: Sporting Santa Claus caps, Soichi Noguchi (second from right) and his colleagues aboard the International Space Station communicate with Earth through satellite TV on Wednesday morning Japan time.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On the fast track: Central Japan Railway Co. President Masayuki Matsumoto (left) submits a final report on the construction plan for a magnetic levitation train system to transport minister Seiji Maehara at the ministry Thursday. KYODO]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2009-12-25T09:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2009-12-25T09:00:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Russians are coming: Dr. Mutsuhiro Tamura, an orthopedist at Saiseikai Yokohama-shi Tobu Hospital in Yokohama, sees a 53-year-old patient from Sakhalin in October, while translator Noriko Yamada looks on.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An explosion at this chemical plant in Osaka's Yodogawa Ward Thursday killed four workers and blew a hole in the roof.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Treasure trove: The latest installment of the popular comic "One Piece" hit store shelves earlier this month.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Step right up: Seafood from Hokkaido is sold at a Matsuzakaya department store in Tokyo's Ueno district Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Standing by: The Japan Pavilion for next year's Shanghai Exposition is seen Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[For the record: Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama gives a press conference at the prime minister's office on Friday evening.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Veggie might: Tomokazu Nomura, manager of Vegetable Sommelier Store Ef:, plugs away at his Tokyo store on Nov. 30.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/12/29/business/crude-oil-imports-slide-for-14th-straight-month/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Helping hand: Hideo Yamada, 73, sits on his bed at the Furusato Akiraso assisted-living residence.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Keep it moving: A tank truck is driven through Kawasaki's industrial waterfront area in March.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dog-gone good: Veteran sniffer dog Daniel (right) and his successor, 2-year-old female German shepherd Amala, pause with their trainers during the Lab's retirement ceremony Thursday at Yokohama Customs.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Matter of bourse: An electronic board on a street in Tokyo shows share prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange last summer.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Break-in: A hole was made in the latticed outer fence at Hiyoshi Taisha Shrine in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, during a burglary apparently targeting the shrine's offertory box before dawn Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Thai rep: New Thai Ambassador to Japan Virasakdi Futrakul is interviewed recently in Bangkok before leaving for Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cleared for takeoff: Takuo Toda prepares Sunday in Tokyo to release a paper airplane in an attempt to break his record of 27.9 seconds.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/12/29/national/exhausted-finance-chief-fujii-hospitalized-for-tests-rest/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Helping the needy: Hiroki Watanabe talks about his movie, "The Whirlpool," featuring street children in Bangladesh in an interview in Yokohama.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rights advocate: Kanae Doi, director of the Tokyo bureau of Human Rights Watch, talks about her work at her office in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on Dec. 14.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Imperial flavor: Tenno reds have received rave reviews.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rare breed: This Tsushima leopard cat was found Monday in the town of Izuhara on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gotaro Yoshimura]]></image:caption>
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