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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Big scoop: Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. employees watch the start of construction of a plant to produce plutonium-uranium mixed oxide, or MOX, fuel, in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Quantifying nature: World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick and Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto field questions at a news conference at the COP10 conference in Nagoya on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chain gang: A human chain is formed Thursday at the COP10 meeting venue in Nagoya to underscore the importance of protecting biodiversity.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[For the cause: Wuer Kaixi (right), a Chinese democracy activist, will attend a meeting of Nobel Peace Prize laureates in Hiroshima next month on behalf of imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo (left).]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Long dialogue: COP10 conference participants appear fatigued from their extended talks Friday in Nagoya.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/30/national/dolphin-hunters-activists-set-to-hold-parley-in-taiji/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[For the "Flipper": Former dolphin trainer Ric O'Barry is shown speaking on June 15.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Using his noodle: Jusuke Shiga, a Chubu miller group board member and president of Kintobi Shiga Co., is eager to promote overseas the flat noodles called "kishimen."]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2010-10-30T09:05:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2010-10-30T09:05:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2010-10-30T09:07:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2010-10-31T09:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/31/national/first-shipment-of-beaujolais-nouveau-arrives/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-10-31T09:01:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Precious cargo: Bottles of this year's Beaujolais Nouveau are lined up at Kansai International Airport on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/31/national/cop10-signs-off-on-protocol/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-10-31T09:02:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nailed it: Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto raises the hammer to end the COP10 conference in Nagoya on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2010-10-31T09:02:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Networking nature: Global Youth Biodiversity Organization members David Borgal, 16, from Canada, Marie Tanao, 22, from Japan, Christian Schwarzer, 23, from Germany, and Bethany Winstone, 19, from Canada speak to The Japan Times on Thursday during COP10.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/31/national/deal-called-biggest-since-97-kyoto-pact/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-10-31T09:02:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/31/national/police-terror-files-leaked-on-net/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-10-31T09:02:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/31/national/whale-meat-imported-from-iceland/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-10-31T09:03:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/31/national/apec-opens-meeting-on-telecoms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-10-31T09:06:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/01/national/defense-ministry-moves-to-enter-global-weapons-trade/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-01T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/01/national/japan-vietnam-tie-up-on-reactors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-01T09:00:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/01/national/haneda-resumes-overseas-service/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-01T09:02:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[One for the road: A traditional Japanese lion dancer attempts to bite a passenger to wish her a safe flight at Cathay Pacific's boarding gate at Haneda airport on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/01/national/prosecutors-get-boyfriend-slayer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-01T09:05:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/01/national/data-leak-may-include-police-files/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-01T09:06:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/02/national/medvedevs-kunashiri-trip-spurs-protest/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-02T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/02/national/nobelist-urges-youth-to-go-abroad-study/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-02T09:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nobel cause: Akira Suzuki, winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry and a professor emeritus at Hokkaido University, faces reporters Monday at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/02/national/recipe-found-for-cross-cultural-love/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-02T09:01:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The right ingredients: Cristiano Pozzi and Akiko Kobayashi pose with their 20-month old son, Oscar Aguri, in the living room of their house in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/02/reference/toilets-japan-power-behind-throne/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-02T09:01:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Flushed with success: Various toilets from the past and other sanitary ware are displayed at Toto Ltd.'s museum in Fukuoka Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/02/national/ex-islanders-irked-in-equal-measure-by-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-02T09:01:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Home no longer: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit Monday to Kunashiri Island, shown here in May 2007, angered many Japanese who used to live there.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/02/national/iwojima-mementos-bring-closure/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-02T09:03:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wartime memento: A framed drawing by Chie Takekawa of an air raid drill during the war was shown at a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/02/national/undercover-north-magazine-now-in-english/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-02T09:03:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/02/national/medvedevs-visit-just-show-of-muscle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-02T09:04:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/02/national/diet-panels-view-senkaku-run-in-video-fault-trawler/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-02T09:05:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Select screening: Democratic Party of Japan members Masaharu Nakagawa (left) and Hiroshi Nakai (center) of the Lower House Budget Committee and Takeshi Maeda of the Upper House Budget Committee face reporters' questions Monday after viewing footage of collisions involving a Chinese trawler and two Japan Coast Guard cutters near the Senkaku Islands.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/02/national/kan-hopes-to-hold-talks-with-hu-on-apec-sidelines/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-02T09:06:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/02/national/lay-judges-let-killer-of-two-avoid-gallows/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-02T09:06:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/02/national/bilateral-talks-date-back-to-1956/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-02T09:06:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/03/national/rows-pull-diplomatic-shortcomings-to-fore/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-03T09:00:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/03/national/civil-servants-face-1-5-pay-cut/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-03T09:01:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/03/national/taiji-activists-showdown-staged/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-03T09:01:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Keeping active: Ric O'Barry, whose efforts to save dolphins are documented in the Oscar-winning film "The Cove," holds up signs Tuesday saying "Stop" and "Keep out except persons concerned" outside the community center in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/03/national/iraqi-ambassador-touts-investment-opportunities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-03T09:02:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lukman Faily]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/03/national/medvedev-may-meet-with-kan-this-month/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-03T09:02:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/03/national/visiting-unicef-exec-vulnerable-kids-need-better-protective-effort/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-03T09:02:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Child protector: Susan Bissell, chief of child protection at the U.N. Children's Fund, is interviewed Friday at the UNICEF office in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/03/national/processed-food-expiration-dates-to-get-revamp/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-03T09:03:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/03/national/china-snubs-clinton-tension-easing-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-03T09:03:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/03/national/lady-of-shanghai-expo-sets-mark-despite-tensions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-03T09:03:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Expo explorer: Tomiyo Yamada (standing at center), the Japanese housewife dubbed "The Lady of Shanghai Expo," shares smiles with Chinese visitors Saturday as the six-month event neared its end.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/03/national/tokyo-tops-british-newspapers-list-of-favorite-overseas-cities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-03T09:04:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2010-11-08T09:02:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/08/national/japanese-ambassador-returns-to-moscow/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-08T09:03:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2010-11-09T09:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Status symbols: A farmer in Nagano Prefecture, the biggest producer of "matsutake" mushrooms, shows off his harvest in Ueda on Oct. 19.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/09/national/mental-care-for-disaster-victims-studied/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-09T09:01:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/09/national/police-on-alert-for-multiple-apec-threats/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-09T09:03:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2010-11-09T09:03:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/09/national/yamato-producer-falls-off-boat-dies/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/09/national/serious-rethink-urged-on-handling-russia-isle-row/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-09T09:04:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Free and fair?: Myanmar citizens living in Japan stage a rally Sunday outside the Myanmar Embassy in Tokyo to protest their country's elections.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/09/national/senkaku-video-leak-probed-as-a-crime/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-09T09:04:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2010-11-09T09:05:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/09/national/miniskirts-hit-mount-fuji-as-yama-girls-take-on-trekking/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mountain minis: Minako Yoshikoshi, an employee at Goldwin Inc.'s North Face Harajuku store in Tokyo, arranges trekking wear popular with women in their 20s and 30s, on Nov. 2.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/09/national/tour-bus-burns-up-all-44-aboard-safe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-09T09:06:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Everybody wins: Shoppers hunt for victory bargains Monday at the Sogo department store in Chiba after the Chiba Lotte Marines won the Japan Series the previous day.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/10/national/chinese-want-talks-to-settle-isles-row/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-10T09:01:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/10/national/in-policy-shift-komeito-to-oppose-extra-budget/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-10T09:01:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Off the field: Italian soccer legend Roberto Baggio is seen prior to the Luciano Soprani fall/winter fashion collection in Milan, Italy, in February 2009.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Preservationist: Isamu Sakamoto, an expert on restoring old documents, poses in front of a painting used in an ancient Indonesian performance art at a museum in Tokyo on July 1.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Looks innocent: The Japanese ship Izumi, hijacked off Kenya last month, is reportedly being used by Somali pirates as a mother ship to raid other ships.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/10/national/100-japanese-visit-disputed-takeshima-isles-a-year/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2010-11-10T09:04:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/10/national/china-calls-on-japan-to-snub-nobel-event/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-10T09:04:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2010-11-10T09:04:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Handover: The royal records of the Joseon Dynasty (1392- 1910) are among historic Korean artifacts Japan will return to South Korea.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2010-11-10T09:05:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Internal probe: Japan Coast Guard officials Tuesday remove boxes and bags from the coast guard station on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, amid their investigation into the leaked video images of collisions involving a Chinese trawler and two patrol craft last month off the Senkaku Islands.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/10/national/hotels-find-profit-in-catering-to-families/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Engaging kids: Children watch fresh vegetable pizzas being prepared by a Resonare Kobuchizawa employee during a joint tour involving Resonare Kobuchizawa and Work Life Balance Co. Below: Toys are provided at Resonare.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/10/national/local-government-jobs-down-7-5/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-10T09:07:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/11/national/sengoku-pressures-coast-guard-chief-to-resign-over-leaked-video-of-collisions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-11T09:00:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2010-11-11T09:02:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/11/national/protesters-rally-to-voice-pacific-fta-farm-fears/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fists of fury: Farmers at a rally Wednesday in Hibiya Park in central Tokyo show their opposition to the government starting talks on joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade pact.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/11/national/u-s-commerce-chief-praises-tpp-interest/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-11T09:03:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/11/national/aquino-to-seek-compromise-on-war-sex-slaves/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-11T09:03:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2010-11-11T09:04:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2010-11-11T09:05:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Day of reckoning: A courtroom illustration shows defendant Hiroyuki Ikeda listening to prosecutors demand the death penalty Wednesday at the Yokohama District Court.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/11/national/supplementary-budget-to-clear-chamber-monday/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2010-11-11T09:06:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[ID please: Security officers guard the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum venue in Yokohama on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/11/national/taiwan-seizes-chance-to-make-regional-statement/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-11T09:06:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taiwan trade: Cho Shih-chao, director general of the Bureau of Foreign Trade in the Taiwanese Ministry of Economic Affairs, poses at a hotel near the APEC meeting venue in Yokohama on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/12/national/okinawa-governor-race-gets-under-way/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-12T09:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Clash of veterans: Former Ginowan Mayor Yoichi Iha (above) and incumbent Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima kick off their campaigns in Naha on Thursday for Okinawa's gubernatorial poll.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2010-11-12T09:01:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2010-11-12T09:02:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Target lock: U.S. Air Force personnel brief visitors about fighter jets Thursday at the Air Self-Defense Force base in Chitose, Hokkaido.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/12/national/office-building-floor-turned-into-pot-plantation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-12T09:02:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Office greenery: Police confiscate a forest of marijuana plants from a commercial building in Itabashi Ward, Tokyo, Thursday after arresting two men who allegedly were the growers.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/12/national/ohata-locke-agree-to-diversify-rare-earth-supply/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-12T09:03:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/12/national/myanmar-held-reporter-welcomed-by-political-prisoners/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-12T09:04:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/12/national/new-heart-in-n-y-gave-teen-new-lease-on-life/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-12T09:04:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[New lease: Mei Sano is hugged by her mother, Tomoko, after an interview at Nihon Kogyo Daigaku Komaba High School in Tokyo on Oct. 21. Sano underwent a heart transplant operation last year in New York.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/12/national/brain-death-in-kids-complicates-transplant-issue/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-12T09:04:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Happy time: Akemi Nakamura holds her 2-year-old daughter, Yuri, in Tokyo in December 2005, four days before the girl lost consciousness.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/12/national/tsukiji-to-bar-gawkers-at-end-of-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-12T09:05:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/12/national/transplants-set-to-increase/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-12T09:05:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Extending life: Doctors prepare to transplant a man's lungs into another patient at Okayama University Hospital in Okayama on Aug. 10. It was the first operation of its type to be performed since the transplant law was revised to allow organs from brain-dead people to be donated via family consent.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/12/national/robot-hosts-display-of-high-tech-prowess/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-12T09:06:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Karaoke pal: Humanoid robot HRP-4C Miim, which can sing and dance, is introduced to journalists Wednesday at the International Media Center at the APEC conference venue in Yokohama.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/13/national/rapists-robbers-have-40-recidivism-rate-per-decade-justice-ministry-report/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-13T09:02:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/13/national/leaked-video-raises-secrecy-law-questions/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Walking the plank: Investigators board the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Uranami on Friday in Kobe.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/13/national/aichi-barber-finally-cuts-his-way-to-the-top/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cut above: Toshihiko Katagiri holds his trophy for winning the "classical cut and fashion" category at the national hairdressing championship, at Basic Hair Katagiri in Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture, in October. Below is his winning cut.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/13/national/tpp-could-expedite-farm-reforms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-13T09:03:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rural rage: Farmers march through Tokyo's Kasumigaseki district Wednesday to protest the government interest in joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade pact.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/13/national/cold-feet-over-afghanistan-detail/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-13T09:03:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/13/national/jal-to-terminate-crew-contracts-to-meet-cost-cutting-goal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-13T09:03:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/13/national/imperial-hotel-maintains-its-pride-120-years-on/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-13T09:03:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A picture of the first Imperial Hotel, which opened as a state guesthouse at the site in 1890.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/13/national/coast-guardsman-downloaded-kept-collision-clips-aboard-cutter/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-13T09:05:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/13/national/ambassador-pitches-ireland/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-13T09:06:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[John Neary]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/14/national/jcg-navigator-apologizes-for-leaking-video/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-14T09:01:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/14/national/foreign-media-search-for-signs-of-future-stance-on-tpp/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-14T09:01:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taking time: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Naoto Kan meet Saturday on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Yokohama.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/14/national/morinaga-plant-of-infamy-closing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-14T09:01:43+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/14/national/apec-leaders-in-free-trade-push/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-14T09:02:15+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/14/national/sharp-to-sell-cell-phones-in-india/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-14T09:02:18+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/14/national/islamic-community-lays-down-roots/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-14T09:02:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Keeping the faith: Muslims worship in the prayer hall of the Tokyo Camii &amp; Turkish Cultural Center in Shibuya Ward. Tokyo Camii is Japan's second-oldest mosque, having been originally built in 1938.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/14/national/kan-thanks-obama-for-u-s-siding-with-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-14T09:04:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20101114a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bronze star: APEC leaders' wives (from left) Laureen Harper of Canada, Margarita Zavala of Mexico, Cecilia Morel of Chile, Nobuko Kan, Noorainee binti Abdul Rahman of Malaysia, Ho Ching of Singapore, Bronagh Key of New Zealand and Lien Fang Yu of Taiwan pose in front of the ancient Daibutsu (Great Buddha) Saturday in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/14/national/emperor-meets-with-brunei-sultan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-14T09:04:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/14/national/record-low-58-of-grads-to-be-find-job-offers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-14T09:04:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The hunt begins: College students participate in a job fair last week in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/14/national/kan-holds-talks-on-disputes-with-hu-medvedev/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-14T09:05:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On a different page: Members of the leftist student group Zengakuren denounce the ongoing APEC meeting in Yokohama during a protest Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/14/national/hundreds-decry-unprincipled-liberalization/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-14T09:06:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[No disguising the message: A man wearing a Barack Obama rubber mask holds up a mask of Prime Minister Naoto Kan at an anti-APEC rally in Yokohama on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/14/national/tpp-signals-commitment-to-asia-obama/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-14T09:06:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On point: U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the APEC CEO Summit on Saturday ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum meeting later in the day.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/15/national/obama-revisits-kamakuras-great-buddha/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-15T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Barack Obama walks Sunday with Takao Sato, the 15th chief monk of the Kotokuin Temple in Kamakura.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/15/national/nobel-laureates-call-for-pact-to-abolish-nuclear-arms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-15T09:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/15/national/kan-hu-talks-spurred-by-u-s-clout-shift-in-anti-japan-protests/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-15T09:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/15/national/apec-representatives-vow-to-pursue-free-trade-area-based-on-regional-framework/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-15T09:01:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Naoto Kan announces the "Yokohama Vision" on the final day of the APEC summit as U.S. Barack Obama watches on.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/15/national/ldp-eyes-no-confidence-motions-over-video-leak/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-15T09:03:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/15/national/kan-wins-points-for-damage-control-but-still-lacking-long-term-strategies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-15T09:05:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/15/national/japans-prosperity-hinges-on-close-asia-pacific-ties-kan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-15T09:06:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/16/national/man-held-in-bali-for-hashish/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-16T09:01:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/16/national/ldp-slams-ruling-bloc-over-leak/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-16T09:01:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/16/national/ldp-komeito-backed-candidate-fukuoka-mayor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-16T09:01:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/16/national/coast-guardsman-may-be-off-hook/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-16T09:01:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/16/national/wal-mart-upbeat-on-japans-tpp-prospects/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-16T09:02:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20101116f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Price points: Wal-Mart Asia CEO Scott Price speaks during an interview in Yokohama on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/16/national/kan-lee-agree-on-return-of-looted-archives/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-16T09:03:07+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/16/national/japanese-filipino-youth-call-for-official-recognition/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-16T09:03:12+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/16/national/asdf-axes-airman-who-padded-pay/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-16T09:03:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/16/national/man-in-shrine-theft-punished-by-god/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-16T09:03:57+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/16/national/kan-given-low-score-for-weekend/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-16T09:05:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20101116a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Put her there: Prime Minister Naoto Kan and U.S. President Barack Obama meet Sunday at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit, which wrapped up the same day.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/16/national/zaos-eerie-snow-monsters-at-risk/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-16T09:07:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/17/national/defense-officials-to-avoid-politics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-17T09:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/17/national/kan-is-keen-to-visit-russia-over-isle-row/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-17T09:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/17/national/british-vet-reconciler-honored/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-17T09:00:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/17/national/peace-group-revives-kazakh-antinuclear-song/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-17T09:01:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/17/national/kan-eyes-more-money-for-farmers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-17T09:01:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/17/national/media-bent-on-derailing-ruling-dpj-van-wolferen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-17T09:01:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/17/national/video-leak-the-right-thing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-17T09:01:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20101117a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Stern bow: The 43-year-old coast guard navigator who leaked video clips of the Sept. 7 collisions between a Chinese trawler and two patrol craft apologizes Tuesday at the Kobe Coast Guard Office.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/17/national/first-death-penalty-handed-down-by-lay-judges/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-17T09:02:00+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/17/national/hayabusa-dust-from-asteroid-jaxa-confirms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-17T09:02:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20101117a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Otherworldly: Junichiro Kawaguchi (center) and other scientists announce Tuesday that particles brought back by the Hayabusa spacecraft were from the asteroid Itokawa.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/17/national/funds-for-stimulus-get-lower-house-ok/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-17T09:02:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/17/national/453-gram-limit-on-u-s-bound-mail/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-17T09:03:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/17/national/utilities-may-get-emissions-break/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-17T09:03:36+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/17/national/japan-likely-to-attend-nobel-event/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-17T09:05:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/17/national/myanmar-engagement-to-continue/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-17T09:05:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/17/national/rights-group-backs-filipino-sex-slaves-redress-bid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-17T09:07:06+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/18/national/dance-textiles-earn-unesco-heritage-status/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-18T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20101118a9a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Island sound and movement: Kumi Odori, a traditional combination of music and dance originating in Okinawa, was designated Tuesday by UNESCO as an "intangible cultural heritage."]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/18/national/kyoto-doubts-prompt-japan-to-hedge-carbon-trading-bet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-18T09:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/18/national/thai-forces-linked-to-journalists-death/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2010-11-18T09:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/18/national/japan-u-s-to-launch-talks-to-bolster-defense/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-18T09:01:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/18/national/lay-judges-weigh-call-to-hang-guilt-denial/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-18T09:01:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/18/national/beijing-debuts-high-tech-ship-in-east-china-sea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-18T09:05:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/18/national/kawasaki-busy-cleaning-up-its-act/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-18T09:06:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bright lights, big industry: People aboard a "yakatabune" pleasure boat view the lit-up Keihin Coastal Industrial Zone earlier this month.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/18/national/essays-recount-deadly-tokai-nuke-debacle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-18T09:06:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Minoru Yanagida]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jack Seward served as an intelligence officer]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Naoto Kan]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mami Hagiwara]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chalmers Johnson]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On the way out: Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida bows after a news conference in Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Short-timer: Embattled Justice Minister Minoru Yanagida announces his resignation Monday at the ministry.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/23/national/woman-to-face-malaysia-drug-trial/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-23T09:04:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2010-11-23T09:04:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2010-11-23T09:04:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2010-11-24T09:00:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/24/national/students-stage-rally-to-protest-time-consuming-job-search-farce/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-24T09:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hire us, don't tire us: College students hoping to start careers in April 2012 stage a protest Tuesday — Labor Thanksgiving Day — in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, to denounce companies that place unreasonable demands on job-hunters.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2010-11-24T09:00:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dark clouds ahead: Huge plumes of smoke rise Tuesday from South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island, near the disputed border with North Korea, which waged an artillery barrage that caused casualties and prompted the South to return fire.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/24/national/agencies-businesses-seek-info/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-24T09:01:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2010-11-24T09:01:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20101124f1b.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[On board: Kuniko Oyakawa, one of the first two Japanese to identify themselves as crew members of Sea Shepherd vessels next month, poses at Brussels Airport Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/24/national/four-bodies-in-car-suicide-suspected/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-24T09:01:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/24/national/al-qaida-affiliate-hit-tanker-dot/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-24T09:01:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/24/national/kumamoto-lets-donors-hunt-castle-treasure/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-24T09:02:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20101124f3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hunting up cash: The city of Kumamoto plans to hold a "treasure-hunting game" to raise funds for the ongoing project to restore Kumamoto Castle.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/24/national/watson-ready-to-confront-the-hunt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-24T09:02:53+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/24/national/a-bomb-compensation-case-settled/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-24T09:06:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/25/national/australia-southern-bluefin-in-danger/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-25T09:00:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/25/national/selective-immigration-for-highly-skilled-urged/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-25T09:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/25/national/cabinet-support-rate-hits-new-low-of-23-6/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-25T09:00:44+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/25/national/higashi-honganji-temple-turns-to-first-new-bell-in-400-years/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-25T09:01:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ring in the new: Monks at Higashi-Honganji Temple in Kyoto strike a new 4.5-ton bell for the first time Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/25/national/abuse-of-seniors-increased-4-9-to-hit-record-level-15615-cases-in-2009/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-25T09:01:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/25/national/ultimate-rickshaw-wedding-trip/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-25T09:02:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In it for the long haul: Rickshaw puller Shohei Yamada celebrates after finishing an around-the-country journey Monday in Ise, Mie Prefecture, with his fiance, Miho Nakagawa.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/25/national/trio-must-be-firm-with-north/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-25T09:02:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Front page: South Korean newspapers report the North Korean shelling of Yeonpyeong Island on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/25/national/high-school-students-compete-at-growing-rice/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-25T09:02:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taste testers: High school students in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, try out different varieties of rice Sunday in the first national competition among rice-growing high school students.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/25/national/japan-france-in-tie-atop-michelin/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-25T09:02:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Star power: Jean-Luc Naret, director of the Michelin Guide, is interviewed in Chicago on Nov. 16.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/25/national/row-seen-denting-chinese-tourism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-25T09:02:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/25/national/rare-cranes-get-residency-cards/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-25T09:03:45+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/25/national/sdf-dispatch-may-up-senkaku-ante/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-25T09:04:29+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/25/national/kan-confers-with-lee-on-north-threat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-25T09:04:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/25/national/nagoya-recall-petition-fails/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-25T09:05:04+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/25/national/chinese-welcome-anime-director/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-25T09:06:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/25/national/man-admits-killing-professor-claims-disorder/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-25T09:06:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ryuta Yamamoto]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/26/national/rights-still-lacking-over-gender-identity-disorder/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-26T09:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/26/national/cnn-got-leaked-video-first-chucked-it/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-26T09:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/26/national/kohaku-uta-gassen-lineup-set/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-26T09:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/26/national/japans-fashion-impact-charted/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-26T09:02:35+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/26/national/womens-wrestling-seeks-to-regain-its-mojo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-26T09:03:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Grappling for success: Emi Sakura is interviewed at Ice Ribbon's gym in Saitama Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/26/national/death-sought-for-murder-of-three/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-26T09:03:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/26/national/controller-vector-put-ana-jetliner-on-course-to-hit-mountain-within-30-seconds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-26T09:04:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/26/national/vice-minister-may-get-justice-nod/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-26T09:04:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toshio Ogawa]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/26/national/opposition-kan-lacks-crisis-management-ability/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-26T09:05:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/26/national/kyoto-temple-shows-buddhist-treasures-in-3-d/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-26T09:05:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Digital solution: Byodoin Temple in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, started using iPads Monday to let visitors examine detailed three-dimensional images of its collection of rare Buddhist sculptures.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/26/national/voters-view-failed-nagoya-recall-petition/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-26T09:05:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Autograph hunters: Nagoya residents examine signatures Thursday collected to initiate a recall of the municipal assembly.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/26/national/whaling-fleet-yet-to-depart/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-26T09:06:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/27/national/failed-nagoya-referendum-prompts-mayor-to-resign/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-27T09:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[I'll be back: Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura appears at the municipal assembly Friday morning.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/27/national/health-ministry-panel-approves-the-production-sale-of-morning-after-drugs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-27T09:01:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/27/national/nagoya-business-chief-angling-for-cruise-lines/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-27T09:01:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[New customer: The Cruise ship Legend of the Seas, owned by Miami-based Royal Caribbean International, visits Nagoya in May.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/27/national/ishikawa-nuke-plant-stages-terrorism-drill/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-27T09:02:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Practice makes perfect: Ishikawa and Aichi police elements conduct an antiterrorism drill at Hokuriku Electric Power Co.'s nuclear plant in Shika, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/27/national/saitama-geeks-freak-after-otaku-matchmaking-party-deluged-by-applicants/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-27T09:03:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/27/national/secret-pact-with-u-s-on-textile-curbs-revealed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-27T09:03:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/27/national/critter-cake-aimed-at-health-nuts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-27T09:03:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Crawling with health: The "midorimushi kasutela" sponge cake contains millions of microscopic euglena in each slice.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/27/national/cabinet-cant-stray-during-drills-kan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-27T09:04:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/27/national/japan-will-oppose-kyoto-extension-at-cop16/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-27T09:04:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/27/national/bethune-has-other-fish-to-fry-besides-whalers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-27T09:04:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/27/national/brawl-wounds-sideline-kabuki-star/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-27T09:05:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/27/national/ozawa-fund-body-inherited-windfall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-27T09:05:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/27/national/dont-let-parcel-plot-spoil-gift-giving-plans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-27T09:06:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/27/national/n-korea-uranium-claim-condemned/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-27T09:06:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/27/national/stimulus-budget-wins-diet-passage/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/28/national/metro-official-to-run-for-yubari-mayor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-28T09:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/28/national/nakaima-iha-make-last-pitches-in-okinawa-gubernatorial-race/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-28T09:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/28/national/kansai-business-lobby-to-tap-mori/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-28T09:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/28/national/ibaraki-filmmakers-welcome/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-11-28T09:00:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On location: A film crew shoots a scene using the old Ibaraki Prefectural Government building in Mito as a backdrop.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Against separation: Mutrif Siddiq, Sudanese state minister of humanitarian affairs, is interviewed in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[School's out: Lawmakers leave the Lower House on Friday afternoon as the Diet session draws to a close.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoshito Sengoku]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Off the cuff: Prime Minister Naoto Kan talks to Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku in the Lower House on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shozaburo Jimi]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fish tale: A kind of catfish known as "tokaihamagigi" that lives only in tropical or subtropical seas is seen in a photo supplied by Fumio Oe, an expert on paleontology based in Aichi Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Space artifacts: Visitors view a capsule and other items from the Hayabusa asteroid probe at the Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Where'd everybody go?: The Tohoku Shinkansen Line platform at Tokyo Station is shown in this file photo. About 200 passengers were left stranded Saturday when a similar bullet train left the station without opening its doors.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Recap: Social Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima speaks to reporters after meeting with Prime Minister Naoto Kan at his official residence in Tokyo on Monday morning.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Entering orbit: The space probe Akatsuki approaches Venus in a computer rendering provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Muneo Suzuki]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hikaru Utada]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kabuki star Ichikawa Ebizo, injured during a midnight brawl in a Tokyo bar late last month, apologized Tuesday for disappointing his fans and promised to keep away from alcohol.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Illuminating: The Christmas "Tree of Hope" is lighted Tuesday in Tokyo's Marunouchi district during a fundraising event hosted by Refugees International Japan.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/12/08/national/aichi-firm-trains-local-chinese-as-tour-guides-for-compatriots/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former glory: Workers toil at a dried bonito factory on Uotsurishima, the largest of the five Senkaku islets, around the 1910s.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Better times: One of the twin polar bear cubs that died Tuesday at Himeji Zoo in Hyogo Prefecture is taken care of by their mother, Yuki, on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masahiro Shirahama]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Huddle over Ozawa: Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Katsuya Okada (right) and Azuma Koshiishi, DPJ Upper House caucus chairman, face reporters before a party executive meeting Monday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Snow man: Yoshimitsu Sakai, the general manager of the Mount Reisui ski resort in Yubari, Hokkaido, checks the condition of artificial snow Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taking in the sights: Australian Kimberley Marston visits Matsuyama Castle in Ehime Prefecture last month during a tour organized by the Tourism Agency to evaluate the infrastructure for foreign visitors.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hot as hell: Tourists dig in to "jigokumushi" seafood and vegetables cooked with steam from the hot springs in Beppu, Oita Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Silent reminders: Remains of Japanese soldiers killed during the 1945 Battle of Iwojima are dug up from a mass grave on the island Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[New lives: Myanmar resettlers from Thailand meet U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres and Shinjuku Mayor Hiroko Nakayama at the Shinjuku Ward Office in November. (At the request of the organizers, the images of the resettlers have been pixilated to protect their privacy.)]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/12/16/national/team-finds-extinct-local-salmon-species-in-lake-saiko/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[No coelacanth: Kyoto University professor Tetsuji Nakabo displays a "kunimasu," or black kokanee, salmon at his office in Kyoto on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/12/16/national/ozawa-wields-baton-at-nyc-festival/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cultural ambassador: Seiji Ozawa conducts the Saito Kinen Orchestra's performance of Johannes Brahms' Symphony No. 1. at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday, part of the New York venue's first Japan festival.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Water gate: Supporters of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit over the Isahaya Bay dike in Nagasaki Prefecture celebrate Dec. 6 outside the Fukuoka High Court.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2010-12-16T09:02:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2010-12-16T09:02:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2010-12-16T09:05:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lucky few: Tin Win (center), who was granted refugee status in 1999, addresses other members of the Federation of Workers' Union of the Burmese Citizens in Japan at a meeting earlier this month in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Temporary home: Karen people walk through the Mera refugee camp in Thailand during a visit in February by a Japanese government delegation.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2010-12-17T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2010-12-17T09:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiroshi Obayashi]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/12/17/national/rights-of-abusive-parents-to-be-curbed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-12-17T09:01:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2010-12-17T09:01:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2010-12-17T09:05:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/12/17/national/cities-try-new-tacks-to-woo-school-trips/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-12-17T09:05:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/12/17/national/landmark-squatter-osaka-takoyaki-stall-vacates/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-12-17T09:06:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Squatter squelched: Employees prepare to remove the Otako (Big Octopus) "takoyaki" octopus dumplings stall early Thursday in the Dotonbori district in downtown Osaka after the city threatened to take legal eviction steps.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/12/17/national/cabinet-oks-corporate-tax-cut-carbon-levy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-12-17T09:06:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/12/17/national/guidelines-reflect-prodding-to-rethink-arms-export-ban/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-12-17T09:06:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/12/17/national/severe-cold-sweeps-across-much-of-nation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-12-17T09:06:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Snow big deal: People brave the season's first snow outside JR Hakata Station in the city of Fukuoka on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/12/17/national/new-ghibli-film-due-for-release-next-summer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-12-17T09:07:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Back to the '60s: High school student Umi Komatsuzaki, the heroine in Studio Ghibli Inc.'s forthcoming animated film "Kokurikozaka Kara" ("From Kokuriko Hill"), is shown in a sketch provided by the studio.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/12/18/national/more-muscular-china-made-change-necessary/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-12-18T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/12/18/national/fears-growing-over-land-grabs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-12-18T09:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Location, location: Multigrain AG farmland in Brazil, in which Mitsui &amp; Co. has invested, stretches to the horizon. Below: A for-sale sign stands on Hokkaido forest property.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/12/18/national/50000-for-islamic-calligraphy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-12-18T09:01:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20101218a9a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[In demand: This work of Islamic calligraphy by Japanese artist Koichi Honda sold for $50,000 in a Sotheby's auction in Doha on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/12/18/national/gsdf-coastal-unit-to-monitor-islands/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-12-18T09:02:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/12/18/national/manila-deports-pardoned-pot-runner/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-12-18T09:02:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/12/18/national/visas-for-medical-stays-set-to-double/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-12-18T09:03:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/12/18/national/man-with-knife-wounds-five-aboard-two-buses/</loc>
		<lastmod>2010-12-18T09:04:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Looking for clues: Investigators inspect a bus in which a man stabbed a high school girl and several other people outside JR Toride Station in Ibaraki Prefecture on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tough enough: What are believed to be the world's hardest artificial diamonds, created by Ehime University researchers, are seen before and after they are cut.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Happy ending: Ayano Shiozawa holds her 6-month-old daughter, Mari, while talking to reporters Saturday at Osaka City General Hospital, where the child underwent an unusual operation for a congenital heart problem.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Just flu in: Wild cranes gather on the Izumi plain in Kagoshima Prefecture on Tuesday. The highly infectious H5N1 strain of avian flu was found in a dead wild crane there the same day.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Warm and fuzzy: Movie director and scriptwriter Makoto Nakamura holds the Cheburashka character from a Russian film series he reworked during an interview last week.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Paper trail: These are some of the 291 files of declassified diplomatic documents released by the Foreign Ministry on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Two R's: Money from The Japan Times Readers' Fund goes to pay for free reading and writing lessons for Afghan women.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Seeking justice: Tokyo-based lawyer Shoji Takamizawa talks about efforts to reopen the trial for the 1949 Mitaka Incident at a public rally in Mitaka, western Tokyo, on Oct. 23.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Animating Buddhism: Ryohoji's chief priest, Shoko Nakazato, poses beside the temple's "anime" sign board in Tokyo's suburb of Hachioji on Dec. 11.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Building ties: Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akihiro Ohata and visiting Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yildiz field questions at a Friday news conference in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Curtain falls: Employees of the Seibu Yurakucho department store in Tokyo bid farewell to customers as the shutters close Saturday evening, ending the store's 26 years in business.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Atsuko Kimura]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ichiro Ozawa]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Signs of life: Vocational college students in Tokyo get fired up Feb. 10 ahead of their job search, while potential buyers look at Prius hybrids at a Toyota Motor Corp. showroom in Tokyo on July 6.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Power brokers: For Prime Minister Naoto Kan, 2011 will be full of diplomatic challenges with China, led by President Hu Jintao, and Russia, led by President Dmitry Medvedev. Experts say the key to overcoming these obstacles is a firm alliance with the United States, led by President Barack Obama.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Minoru Yanagida]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Akihiro Ohata]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gamer tourism: People visit the Shibu spa resort in Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, on Dec. 23 during an event to promote the hit "Monster Hunter Portable 3" game.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tall order: Koji Imagawa, who sells Tokyo Sky Tree souvenirs, holds a plastic coin bank modeled on the tower outside his store near the new landmark in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, on Dec. 26. Right: Women pose the same day in front of a mirror at the foot of Sky Tree that enables visitors to take photos of themselves with the soaring tower in the background.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Seeking to settle: Akio Chikazawa (second from left), one of the plaintiffs suing the government and AstraZeneca K.K., the Japanese subsidiary of British drugmaker AstraZeneca, over side effects caused by the lung cancer drug Iressa, speaks Tuesday outside the health ministry.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Blackballed: Former Keio University Dean Yuichiro Anzai speaks Tuesday at a news conference at NHK headquarters in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Twist of fate: Holocaust survivor Samuil Manski holds a certificate of the Japanese government's gratitude for years of spreading the story of Chiune Sugihara, a wartime Japanese diplomat in Lithuania who granted lifesaving visas to Jews, at his home in Massachusetts.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Culinary export: A worker prepares "takoyaki" (octopus dumplings) at the Japanese eatery Otafuku in Lower Manhattan's East Village in December.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Top dog: Masayuki Matsumoto, vice chairman of Central Japan Railway Co., holds a news conference on Saturday in Nagoya after being named NHK's new president.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Coup complete: Chicken farmer Yoshimasa Nishihira thanks supporters at his campaign office as he prepared to declare victory in Sunday's mayoral election in Akune, Kagoshima Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Look but don't touch: Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara views the disputed island of Kunashiri off Hokkaido aboard a Japan Coast Guard plane in December.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tomohiro Ishikawa]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Picking sides: Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura hands a flier to a local voter that endorses the Feb. 6 referendum on whether to dissolve the city assembly.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Good packing: A father and son play in the snow Monday in Nagoya Castle park in Kita Ward.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Never forget: Keiko Miyamoto holds up an English translation of "Memories of Sadako" at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park recently.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On target: Orix Corp. CEO Yoshihiko Miyauchi is interviewed in Tokyo on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Firstborn: John Greven plays the first guitar he built for himself at his home in Portland, Ore., in November.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/01/19/national/renovated-american-club-reopens/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Open for business: U.S. Ambassador John Roos (from left to right), Tokyo American Club President Lance Lee, Mitsubishi Jisho Residence Co. President Takao Yagihashi and Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects Senior Principal Fred Clark hold mallets prior to breaking the lid of a sake barrel during the "kagami wari" ceremony at the Tokyo American Club in Azabudai, Minato Ward, on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ichiro Ozawa]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Generous person: Boxes of school bags with a letter saying "Presents from Naoto Date in Nagasaki" were found at the entrance of a welfare center in the city Jan. 9.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Season over: A ship belonging to Kanai Gyogyo, one of four fishery firms ordered to halt operations relating to Alaska pollack, sits tied to a pier Tuesday in Kushiro, Hokkaido.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Striking a pose: Kabuki actor Keishi Arashi performs a "mie," or static pose, during the Zenshinza troupe's tour in Los Angeles last fall.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kaoru Yosano]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/01/19/national/child-welfare-centers-to-get-more-staff/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wordsmiths: Mariko Asabuki and Kenta Nishimura, winners of the Akutagawa Prize for promising writers of serious fiction, attend a news conference Monday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Farmhands: Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych pose for photographers prior to their talks in the Prime Minister's Official Residence on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Suited up: Dismissed Japan Airlines captains and cabin attendants hand out leaflets Wednesday outside the Tokyo District Court after filing suit against the former flagship carrier now under corporate rehabilitation.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Here's looking at you: A geoglyph of a human head, recently discovered by researchers from Yamagata University, is seen on the Nazca Plateau in Peru.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toru Hashimoto]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bearer of ill tidings: Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Hiroshi Kawauchi (left) conveys a message from Ichiro Ozawa to Ryuichi Doi, chairman of the Lower House Deliberative Council on Political Ethics, Thursday in the Diet.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Drawn out: Scenes from L Dart's 60-page comic book, provisionally titled "Killin-Gi"]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Meat market: Vendors pitch whale meat during the Hanshin no Kujira Matsuri food fair Thursday at the Hanshin department store in Kita Ward, Osaka.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pop passion: Shoppers crowd Hanryu Hyakatten (Korean Department Store) looking for anything they can get their hands on regarding South Korean pop artists and actors in Tokyo's Okubo district on Dec. 18.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/01/21/national/confession-on-interrogation-tape-coached/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On commerce: Trade minister Banri Kaieda is interviewed in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/01/21/national/debate-starts-on-restricting-foreign-purchases-of-land/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/01/21/national/aichi-kicks-off-gubernatorial-race-campaign/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/01/22/national/ambivalence-as-akihabara-pedestrian-zone-reopens/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sense of normalcy: People cross an intersection in Tokyo's Akihabara district in July. The area's pedestrian-only zone will be reinstated Sunday for the first time since a man in a truck went on a murderous rampage in June 2008.]]></image:caption>
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