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		<lastmod>2011-08-04T09:01:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Meeting a need: Tomoji Usuzawa sorts out articles for Buddhist altars in his makeshift store in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on July 27.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2011-08-04T09:02:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Disappointed: Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Yoshitaka Shindo is interviewed Wednesday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2011-08-04T09:02:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hoofing it: A cow is brought to a rally staged by farmers Wednesday in front of the headquarters of Tokyo Electric Power Co. to call for compensation for their losses due to radiation from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Skeptical: Takenori Chiba (right), of Fukushima Prefecture, hands shredded potatoes to staff at the Citizens' Radioactivity Measuring Station in the city of Fukushima on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2011-08-04T09:04:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-08-04T09:04:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/04/national/law-on-nuclear-disaster-compensation-is-enacted/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-04T09:05:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[First step: Industry minister Banri Kaieda bows in appreciation after a bill to facilitate compensation to victims of the nuclear accident at the Fukushima No.1 power plant cleared the Upper House on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/04/national/panel-calls-for-more-rice-fields/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-04T09:05:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/05/national/tepco-makes-little-headway-in-decontaminating-water/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-05T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Purification preparation: Workers get ready to install the new Sarry system that absorbs cesium from water at the Fukushima No. 1 plant on Saturday. The Sarry system will serve as a backup to the current water-cleaning system.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/05/national/state-rolls-out-rice-disposal-rules/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-05T09:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[With the grain: A rice farmer in Kikugawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, checks his crop Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/05/national/yokohama-eyes-wider-use-of-nationalistic-history-text/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-05T09:01:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Textbook case: Members of a citizens' group hold a news conference in Yokohama on July 25 after handing a petition to the city opposing the use of "nationalistic" history textbooks.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/05/national/fukushima-teens-get-austria-home-stays/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-05T09:01:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA["Willkommen": High school students from Fukushima Prefecture attend a welcome ceremony Wednesday in Vienna, where they are going to spend the summer with host families.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/05/national/dpj-bends-on-child-allowances/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-05T09:02:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/05/national/italian-reporter-caught-in-media-glare/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-05T09:02:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA["Amicizia": Italian journalist Pio d'Emilia and Prime Minister Naoto Kan get together on a street near the Diet in November 2004, when Kan was an opposition lawmaker.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/05/national/strategic-cooperation-with-asean-still-goal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-05T09:03:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/05/national/u-n-agencies-issue-appeal-for-africa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-05T09:04:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/05/national/police-firms-tie-on-cyberspy-fight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-05T09:05:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/05/national/h-k-tourists-slowly-returning-but-yen-remains-hurdle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-05T09:05:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/05/national/nuclear-policy-trio-face-ax/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-05T09:06:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/06/national/tepco-redress-from-tourism-to-tea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-06T09:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/06/national/hiroshimas-thoughts-turn-to-fukushima/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-06T09:01:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lest we forget: Korean residents pray Friday in front of the monument commemorating Korean victims of the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bombing of Hiroshima, at Peace Memorial Park.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/06/national/u-s-base-has-nuke-disaster-waste/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-06T09:01:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/06/national/public-hoarding-old-rice-over-fallout-fears/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-06T09:01:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Grain strain: An employee checks dwindling rice stocks Thursday at a supermarket in Chuo Ward, Tokyo, next to a sign that says the last shipment of 2010 Koshihikari arrived Monday from Niigata Prefecture and this year's crop will reach shelves around late September.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/06/national/temp-staffer-wins-maternity-leave-via-union/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-06T09:03:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Not so temporary: Michelle Rosa Egidio holds her newborn daughter while talking to Hojo Hirooka, secretary general of a labor union in Tsu, Mie Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/06/national/ozawa-ex-aide-tapes-inquisitor-talks-up-don/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-06T09:03:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Through my eyes: Tomohiro Ishikawa, a Lower House lawmaker who left the Democratic Party of Japan after allegedly falsifying political funds reports, is interviewed Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/06/national/largest-labor-organization-questions-nuclear-energy-policy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-06T09:04:08+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/06/national/serbian-student-wins-ad-industry-poster-contest/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-06T09:05:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Star power: Student Andjela Grabez of the University of Arts in Belgrade holds her 2011 IAA-Dentsu Global Student Poster Competition award for "Sun power, use it smarter," at the U.N. headquarters in New York as (from right) Dentsu Inc. executive Toshihiro Tsujii, U.N. official Kiyo Akasaka and (second from left) Sanford J. Kornberg of International Association of Advertisers World look on.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/06/national/next-nuclear-watchdog-needs-teeth-hosono/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-06T09:06:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/06/national/panel-to-probe-nisas-alleged-opinion-manipulation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-06T09:06:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/07/national/media-national/man-convicted-of-murder-may-soon-be-proved-innocent/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-07T09:00:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/07/national/fukushima-nuke-crisis-invoked-at-hiroshima-event/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-07T09:01:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Paper lanterns float down the Motoyasugawa River in front of the A-Bomb Dome.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/07/national/hibakusha-turn-against-nuke-power/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-07T09:03:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Not forgotten: Visitors pray Saturday morning at the cenotaph for A-bomb victims at Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/07/national/revenue-halved-in-fifth-of-fukushima-hospitals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-07T09:04:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/07/national/citi-cards-suffers-massive-info-leak/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-07T09:04:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/07/national/monument-to-japanese-settlers-in-china-defaced-yanked/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-07T09:04:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/07/national/plants-3-km-zone-evacuees-may-get-home-visit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-07T09:05:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/07/national/okinawa-gets-record-typhoon-rain/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-07T09:06:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/07/national/intervention-estimated-at-4-5-trillion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-07T09:06:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/08/national/textbook-row-fires-up-chinas-media/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-08T09:00:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/08/national/u-s-to-send-first-envoy-to-nagasaki-a-bomb-rites/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-08T09:01:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/08/national/cleanup-plan-in-works-for-fukushima/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-08T09:04:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/09/national/nuke-plant-hires-not-overexposed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-09T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/09/reference/backup-batteries-for-home-on-radar/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-09T09:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Juice on hand: NEC Corp. started marketing this battery-based power storage system for home use on July 18 amid public concerns that power outages might occur this summer because of the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant and other reactor closures.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/09/national/unit-3-mox-likely-melted-through/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-09T09:01:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/09/national/kan-cagey-over-u-n-nuke-safety-trip/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-09T09:02:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/09/national/stop-claiming-food-is-safe-ministry-told/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-09T09:02:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/09/national/osaka-tries-to-find-out-who-dressed-statues/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-09T09:03:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Art on art: A sculpture featuring two ballerinas dancing on a pedestal is seen along Midosuji street in downtown Osaka. The sculpture is one of several works that suddenly appeared clothed in red at the end of July in what was apparently a harmless prank.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/09/national/kan-reaffirms-readiness-to-quit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-09T09:04:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/09/national/emperor-empress-visit-evacuees/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-09T09:04:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/09/national/newspaper-show-looks-to-get-kids-hooked-on-dailies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-09T09:04:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Read all about it: Newspapers for schoolchildren from across the country are arranged at the Japan Newspaper Museum in Yokohama ahead of the kickoff of an exhibition Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/09/national/yahoo-map-shows-real-time-radiation-levels/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-09T09:04:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/09/national/raccoons-turn-citys-streets-mean/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-09T09:05:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Call me Rocky: A raccoon is caged July 27 in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Act now: Rep. Chris Smith (center), standing with relatives of American children abducted to Japan, urges swift action by Washington on the issue last September on Capitol Hill.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2011-08-10T09:02:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Something fishy: Members of environmental group Greenpeace face reporters Tuesday at a news conference in Tokyo after detecting radioactive materials exceeding regulation levels in fish caught off Fukushima Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/10/national/law-for-leaking-special-secrets-urged/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-10T09:04:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-08-10T09:05:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-08-10T09:05:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pro and con: Softbank Corp. President Masayoshi Son (left) and Globis Corp. CEO Yoshito Hori hold an open debate on Japan's energy policy in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2011-08-10T09:06:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-08-10T09:06:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-08-10T09:06:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-08-11T09:00:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-08-11T09:01:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hibakusha diaries: Shin Hyong Gun, South Korean consul general in Hiroshima, points to exhibits featuring the diaries of foreign atomic bomb survivors at the city's peace museum on July 15.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2011-08-11T09:04:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-08-11T09:05:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-08-11T09:05:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-08-12T09:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-08-12T09:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Monuments: Two women pray at their family grave in tsunami-hit Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on Thursday, five months after the March 11 catastrophe.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/12/national/china-tourist-visas-to-be-eased-further/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-12T09:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-08-12T09:01:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-08-12T09:01:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-08-12T09:02:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/12/national/nuke-regulation-inadequate-admits-sacked-nisa-chief/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-12T09:04:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nobuaki Terasaka]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/12/national/clash-over-restarting-tomari-nuclear-reactor-averted/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-12T09:05:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/13/national/85-jal-crash-in-gunma-remembered/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-13T09:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[a breath: Children blow soap bubbles Friday in remembrance of the victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash at Osutaka Ridge in Gunma Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/13/national/noda-other-cabinet-members-to-skip-yasukuni-visit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-13T09:01:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-08-13T09:01:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Informal Thais: Supporters of the Pheu Thai Party, holding portraits of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, cheer outside Parliament in Bangkok on Aug. 5.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2011-08-13T09:02:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-08-13T09:02:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/13/national/disaster-zone-doctor-probed-as-fake/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-13T09:03:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/13/national/mie-crop-eating-deer-venisons-of-the-forest/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fare game: A book containing 18 venison-based recipes was produced in Mie Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/13/national/environment-ministry-gets-nuke-role/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/13/national/nagata-cho-abuzz-as-kan-exit-nears/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/14/national/locals-radiation-exposure-said-low/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-14T09:00:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/14/national/science-health/delving-into-white-matter/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Deep in thought: One of the superintelligent stars of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes."]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoshihiko Noda]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/15/national/irradiated-soil-should-be-stored-temporarily-in-fukushima-gemba/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-15T09:01:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/15/national/aoyamas-tokyo-koen-wins-special-grand-prize-at-locarno-festival/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Director Shinji Aoyama speaks at a press conference at the 64th Locarno International Film Festival, where his film "Tokyo Koen" was recognized with the Golden Leopard Special Jury Prize.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2011-08-16T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-08-16T09:01:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-08-16T09:01:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/16/national/on-day-of-past-defeat-kan-urges-recovery/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[For the fallen: People pray for the war dead Monday at Tokyo's Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery, where the remains of unknown soldiers and civilians who died overseas during the war are buried.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/16/national/cabinet-oks-new-nuke-watchdog/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-16T09:03:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/16/national/ngo-offers-wisdom-from-chernobyl/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-16T09:04:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chernobyl lessons: Anton Vdovichenko of a Russian nongovernment group lectures at an antinuclear event in Nagasaki on Aug. 8.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/16/national/venture-to-push-anime-in-la/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Thaksin Shinawatra]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[His side of the story: Kevin Maher, a former senior U.S. diplomat who was sacked for allegedly disparaging Okinawans, faces reporters Wednesday in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tibetan connection: Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (right) speaks with a Tibetan child attending class at the Children's Palace in Lhasa on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Naoto Kan]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tatsuhiko Kodama]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Facing the future: A Harvard University student shows Japanese high school students photographs merging people's faces on Monday as part of eight days of seminars and workshops designed and conducted by Harvard students.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lost in interpretation: Candidates participate in role-playing sessions at Aichi University's Kuramachi Campus in Nagoya earlier this month.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In flux: An evacuee from Naraha, near the crippled nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture, watches Prime Minister Naoto Kan's resignation speech on TV Friday at a temporary dwelling.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vying to replace Kan as Democratic Party of Japan president are (from left) Masuo Mabuchi, Michihiko Kano, Yoshihiko Noda, Banri Kaieda and Seiji Maehara.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The race is on: Candidates for the Democratic Party of Japan's leadership race (from left) Seiji Maehara, Sumio Mabuchi, Banri Kaieda, Yoshihiko Noda and Michhiko Kano show their unity Saturday at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/28/national/maehara-admits-he-unknowingly-got-more-donations-from-foreigners/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2011-08-29T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-08-29T09:03:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-08-29T09:05:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/29/national/foreign-embassies-give-kids-taste-of-many-cultures-at-tokyo-event/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Having fun: Children mimic their instructor at a yoga workshop offered by the Indian Embassy at Children's International Festa 2011 on Sunday at Yebisu Garden Place in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Award winner: Koji Yakusho portrays novelist Yasushi Inoue as he carries his mother, played by Kiki Kirin, in the film "Waga Haha no Ki."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/30/national/noda-victorious-in-race-for-prime-minister/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-30T09:00:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Noda way: Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda bows after being elected Democratic Party of Japan president Monday at a Tokyo hotel. He is expected to be installed Tuesday as prime minister by the DPJ-controlled Lower House.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/30/national/tax-advocate-seen-as-homely-but-stable-leader/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-30T09:01:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Read all about it: Women pick up copies of an extra edition printed by the Sankei Shimbun in Osaka on Monday after Yoshihiko Noda secured his ascent to prime minister earlier in the day.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/30/reference/k-pop-striking-chord-with-the-young/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-30T09:02:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taking Asia by storm: Members of Girls' Generation perform at the K-Pop All-Star concert in Niigata on Aug. 20.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/30/national/tax-advocate-must-seek-unity-opposition-support/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-30T09:03:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/30/national/new-leader-pledges-to-cooperate-with-rivals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-30T09:05:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/30/national/first-fukushima-rice-batch-shipped-after-passing-tests/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-30T09:05:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Good to go: Farmer Shunichi Sakuma loads his early rice crop for shipment Monday in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, becoming the first local grower to win authorization as the nuclear crisis stokes concerns about the safety of the food chain.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/31/national/tepco-area-power-saving-order-to-end-early-on-sept-9/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-31T09:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/31/national/public-looks-to-noda-to-provide-stability/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-31T09:00:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The same program: A shopper at an electronics store in Tokyo watches Yoshihiko Noda being voted in as the new prime minister at the Diet on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/31/national/panel-confirms-fix-was-in-at-nuclear-public-meetings/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-31T09:01:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/31/national/nuclear-reform-will-be-uphill-slog/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-31T09:02:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Not good: Gray smoke rises March 21 from unit 3 of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/31/national/noda-takes-over-starts-key-selections/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-31T09:04:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/31/national/days-of-ozawas-influence-seen-dwindling/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-31T09:05:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[One man, one vote: Ichiro Ozawa casts a ballot for the new prime minister during the Lower House plenary session on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/31/national/noda-a-grappler-wears-many-hats/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-31T09:05:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[We are family: Candidates (from left) Yoshihiko Noda, Yukio Hatoyama, Naoto Kan and Takahiro Yokomichi kick off the September 2002 Democratic Party of Japan presidential race in Tokyo that Hatoyama went on to win.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/31/national/retrial-clears-ncb-trio-of-fraud/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-08-31T09:06:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Scorched earth: Signs show vegetables on a farm that is used for radiation research on Bikini Island, part of the Marshall Islands.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/01/national/court-drops-kimigayo-damages-suit/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Poetic likeness: Prime Minister-elect Yoshihiko Noda, who compares himself to a "dojo" loach, speaks to the media Tuesday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/02/national/517000-turn-out-for-disaster-drills/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Duck and cover: Participants line up on a train platform during a disaster drill Thursday at JR Shinagawa Station in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/02/national/wyoming-center-tells-story-of-japanese-american-internees/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cut free: Norman Mineta (left), an ex-internee who later served as U.S. transportation secretary, looks on as fellow internees cut a "ribbon" of barbed wire at the Aug. 20 opening ceremony for the Heart Mountain Interpretive Learning Center in Wyoming.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Can-go zone: Relocated kindergartners and students from schools in the town of Tomioka, located in the 20-km no-go zone around the Fukushima No. 1 plant, attend a joint opening ceremony Thursday for their new schools in Miharu, some 50 km to the west.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fresh start?: Kim Chol Ho, vice director of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's Asian Affairs Department, faces the Japanese media Wednesday in Pyongyang.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sunao Takami]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Stressing stress tests: New industry minister Yoshio Hachiro is interviewed in Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Transformer: Takeshi Maeda, the new land, infrastructure, transport and tourism minister, is interviewed Thursday at his ministry.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yukio Edano]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Naotoshi Nakajima]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Winner: Takuya Tasso celebrates after being re-elected governor of Iwate Prefecture on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Outlining his goals: Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda delivers his first policy speech at the Diet on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[At rest: Yukiteru Naka, a former GE employee, pays his respects to late GE manager Edward Cook at his grave in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 9.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sayaka Sugawara]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Familiar face: New industry minster Yukio Edano holds a news conference Monday after his appointment to the post by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Flight to freedom: A small boat that carried nine people claiming to be North Korean defectors is seen in front of a Japan Coast Guard cutter in this photo taken from a helicopter off Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On the front line: Nobuyoshi Ito tends to his rice fields in Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, last week. Despite being advised to evacuate due to high radiation levels, Ito decided to become a human guinea pig to determine the effects of exposure.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On the prowl: The wrestler known as Tiger Mask shows radiation detectors in the city of Fukushima on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taking some heat: Kenji Yamaoka, head of the Consumer Affairs Agency and the National Public Safety Commission, is interviewed Tuesday in Sanno Park Tower in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Safety first: Fukui Gov. Issei Nishikawa (right) meets with new trade minister Yukio Edano at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yukio Edano]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Azuma Koshiishi]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[New perspective: "Japan, Restarting," a compilation of the postdisaster experiences of 22 Hong Kongers living in Japan, was released in Hong Kong on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/17/national/new-spy-satellite-may-go-up-sunday/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-09-17T09:01:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Clean machine: The production line for the Ene-Farm fuel cell power generator runs at full bore at a Panasonic plant in Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/18/national/media-national/is-permanent-connectedness-really-something-we-all-need/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-09-18T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/18/national/photographer-dies-on-mount-everest/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Home: Minoru Saito waves as he sails into Yokohama on Saturday, after completing his eighth around-the-world trip.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/18/national/vips-flight-plans-not-state-secrets-ministry/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-09-18T09:01:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Back together: Fifth- and sixth-graders at Takata Elementary School perform a traditional dance to the "Soran Bushi" fishing song during a sports day event at the school in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Saturday. Until late June, the schoolyard was covered with debris left by the March 11 tsunami. A large group of local residents came to the school to cheer the children on.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/18/national/sdf-may-aid-south-sudan-peacekeeping/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-09-18T09:01:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-09-18T09:02:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Eye-washing: A crane lifts a panel into place Thursday at the remnants of the No. 1 reactor building at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant. Tepco is putting a giant cover over the building ? one of two ripped apart by violent hydrogen explosions early in the crisis? to contain its radioactive emissions. The enclosure is expected to be completed by the end of October.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/19/national/chinese-protest-in-shenyang-on-war-anniversary/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2011-09-19T09:02:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-09-19T09:03:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/19/national/body-found-off-otaru-idd-as-railroad-president/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-09-19T09:03:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Naotoshi Nakajima]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/20/national/masses-turn-out-to-protest-nuclear-power/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-09-20T09:00:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kenzaburo Oe]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/20/national/song-by-iwate-musical-duo-inspires-locals-to-live-on-in-wake-of-disasters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-09-20T09:01:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kurt Campbell]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/20/national/hiraoka-urges-active-debate-on-executions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-09-20T09:01:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Laying out plans: Justice Minister Hideo Hiraoka speaks to reporters at his office in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/20/national/government-websites-hit-by-cyberattacks-traced-to-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-09-20T09:01:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bought a lemon: A couple walk by Shibuya Ward's C.C. Lemon Hall in Tokyo on Wednesday. The renowned concert hall, better known as Shibuko, was renamed by beverage maker Suntory Holdings Ltd. under a lucrative naming-rights agreement.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/20/national/concerns-halt-fukushima-fireworks-use/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-09-20T09:01:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/20/national/riyadh-inks-memo-on-waterworks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-09-20T09:01:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/20/national/japan-trying-to-repair-ties-with-u-s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-09-20T09:01:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Busy agenda: Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and U.S. President Barack Obama will meet this week in New York for the first time and discuss bilateral relations.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/20/national/typhoon-roke-threatens-more-mudslides-in-west/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-09-20T09:01:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/20/national/noda-to-stress-need-for-nuclear-plants-at-u-n/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-09-20T09:01:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/20/national/swimmers-finish-taiwan-japan-relay/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-09-20T09:02:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Big wet thank-you: Six Japanese men (first row) reach Su-ao bay in Taiwan on Monday after completing a relay swim from Okinawa from Saturday to express their gratitude for Taiwanese donations to Japan after the March 11 disaster.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/21/business/residential-land-prices-affected-by-quake-down-20th-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-09-21T09:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/21/national/no-defense-info-leaked-in-internet-attack-mhi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-09-21T09:00:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/21/national/cabinet-approves-10-cap-on-budget-requests-for-12/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-09-21T09:00:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/21/national/nagoya-orders-80000-out-as-typhoon-nears/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-09-21T09:00:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Children and their parents eat dinner at an evacuation center in Kita Ward, Nagoya.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/21/national/u-s-has-abandoned-u-n-reform-bolton/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-09-21T09:00:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[John Bolton]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/21/national/iwate-fisheries-continue-struggle-to-recover/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[No-go zone: The ruined fish market at the port of Taro in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, is seen Sept. 1. More than six months after the March disasters, no rebuilding work has taken place.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2011-09-21T09:01:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-09-21T09:01:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-09-21T09:01:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/21/national/provisional-school-starts-classes-for-740-students-in-disaster-hit-otsuchi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-09-21T09:01:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[First day: Children attend their temporary school, which will teach 740 elementary and junior high school students, in disaster-hit Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on the first day of classes Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/21/national/tepco-mulling-cuts-in-pensions-workforce/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-09-21T09:02:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Apology: Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Toshio Nishizawa bows during a government panel meeting Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/21/national/woman-nabbed-for-counterfeiting-bills/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-09-21T09:02:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/21/national/woman-meets-aussie-who-returned-fathers-wwii-diary/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-09-21T09:02:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Time travel: Yurie Nobuhiro (second from right) holds the diary and a picture of her father, Shigeaki Fukushina, a sailor killed in the war, at the Japanese Consulate General in Sydney on Tuesday. Australian Lindy Glover (second from left ) sent her the diary in January.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/21/national/fukushima-evacuees-weigh-risks-of-return/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-09-21T09:03:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Evacuation's end: Only about two dozen evacuees remained at an elementary school shelter in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sept. 11, compared with some 300 at the peak of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 plant. The shelter is currently scheduled to be closed.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/22/national/sns-users-to-play-role-in-tohoku-makeover/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-09-22T09:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/22/national/singapore-pair-corners-halal-ramen-market/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-09-22T09:00:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Market maven: Roger Tan, who helps run a pair of "halal Japanese" restaurants in Singapore, takes a seat in one of them in July.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/22/national/nuke-plant-workers-due-free-cancer-exam/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-09-22T09:00:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/22/national/tohoku-students-share-tales-of-disasters-on-global-stage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-09-22T09:01:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mitsutomo Ikeda]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[I got it: Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda responds to a question during the Lower House Budget Committee meeting Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[From Earth: This contraption, cobbled together with pipes and cylinders of varying sizes, is actually a geothermal plant that generates power for the adjacent Kuju Kanko Hotel and hot-springs resort in the mountains of Oita Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ichiro Ozawa]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[All ears: Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda listens during Tuesday's session of the Lower House Budget Committee.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Closed for repairs: Damaged by the March 11 quake, the interior of Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall in Kawasaki is seen in May.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Waterway: Smaller hydropower plants, like this one in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, could help reduce municipalities' reliance on electricity from fossil fuel and nuclear power plants far away. Below: The turbine is seen inside the Toyonaka plant.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Aerial combatant: Tony Ennis of BAE Systems, seen here at a defense fair in London on Sept. 14, is trying to get Japan to buy the Eurofighter Typhoon over U.S. planes.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Upstart goes big: The California plant of electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc. is shown on Thursday in Fremont.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masayoshi Sako]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A step ahead: Yuko Hirohara, wife of a Japanese company worker in Bangkok, prepares Wednesday to fly out of Suvarnabhumi International Airport with her son to temporarily evacuate the flood-hit Thai capital.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[to the chase: Workers of the new Lumine shopping complex in the Yurakucho district of Tokyo mark the opening of the store Friday morning.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cesium light?: Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office Yasuhiro Sonoda drinks a glass of decontaminated water taken from the Fukushima No. 1 plant during a news conference Monday at Tepco headquarters in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-01T09:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-01T09:00:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jun Azumi]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/01/national/nuke-experts-for-embassy-in-ukraine/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-01T09:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-01T09:00:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bone to pick: Liberal Democratic Party President Sadakazu Tanigaki quizzes the government during Monday's Diet plenary session as Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda behind him looks on.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chance of a lifetime: Men and women mingle at a "gokon" get-together in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in September. The event was held to help unwed fishermen meet prospective partners.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/01/business/edano-comes-out-for-free-trade/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-01T09:02:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-01T09:02:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-01T09:03:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Queen's collection: Costumes used in the Danish film "The Wild Swans" and decoupage are on display Wednesday at an exhibition at Hillside Plaza in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/01/national/lng-powered-ship-standards-eyed/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-01T09:04:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/02/business/summer-bonuses-decrease-0-8/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-02T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-02T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-02T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[What comes around: People eat at a conveyor-belt sushi restaurant in Hong Kong in August.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/02/business/record-7-5-trillion-sold-in-forex-intervention-estimate/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/02/business/floods-halve-honda-n-america-output/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-02T09:01:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-02T09:01:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/02/national/winter-power-cuts-for-kansai-kyushu/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dimming the lights: Western Japan faces a winter power shortage, affected by the shutdown of Kyushu Electric Power Co. and Kansai Electric Power Co. nuclear plants, including the Oi facility in Fukui Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/02/national/cesium-in-pollen-not-viewed-as-health-risk/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Welcome to our world: A recently hatched emperor penguin is seen at Wakayama Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, last Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/02/business/u-s-investor-demands-access-to-olympus-board-minutes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-02T09:01:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Michael C. Woodford]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Timetable disruption: Cleanup crews work to clear the wreckage of a train and the truck it hit at a crossing Tuesday on the Chichibu Railway line in Nagatoro, Saitama Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-02T09:03:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-03T09:00:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/03/national/atomic-power-demand-rises-despite-fukushima/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-03T09:00:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Water's way: A river in Amami, Kagoshima Prefecture, overflows onto a road as local officials look on after heavy rain hit the area Wednesday morning.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/03/national/u-n-chief-welcomes-sdf-dispatch/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-03T09:01:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-03T09:01:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/03/business/nerves-of-steel-aa-battery-robots-finish-triathlon/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-03T09:01:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Charged up: The "marathon" version of Panasonic Corp.'s AA battery-powered Evolta-kun robot runs during a recent triathlon held on Hawaii Island.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/03/national/top-court-nixes-drunk-drivers-appeal/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/03/business/toyota-to-export-u-s-built-minivan-to-south-korea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-03T09:01:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/03/national/iwate-tsunami-debris-tokyo-bound-for-disposal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-03T09:02:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/03/national/timing-may-be-everything-in-tpp/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20111103f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A tale of two viewpoints: Farmers stage a rally in Tokyo on Oct. 26 against Japan's participation in the U.S.-backed Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/03/national/more-lawmakers-hit-by-cyber-attacks/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/03/national/xenon-means-recent-fission-in-reactor-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-03T09:03:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/04/national/28-girls-picked-for-first-akb-overseas-sister-group/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Idol moment: AKB48 member Minami Takahashi (center) poses for a photo with finalists for JKT48, the first overseas sister group of the all-girl pop group, during a visit to Jakarta on Oct. 4.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/04/national/science-far-from-conclusive-on-low-level-radiation-risks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-04T09:00:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Watchful eye: A dosimeter shows radiation of 0.16 microsievert per hour at a debris collection site in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on Wednesday. The debris from the quake and tsunami is being dumped at a disposal site off Tokyo's Odaiba waterfront district.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/04/national/disposal-of-quake-debris-begins/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-04T09:01:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Put to the test: Workers check the radiation levels of tsunami debris from Iwate Prefecture that arrived in Tokyo on Thursday morning. Officials said the results were well below the legal limit of 0.01 microsievert per hour.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/04/national/ministry-staff-to-cover-soccer-fans-in-north/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-04T09:01:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-04T09:01:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/04/national/s-sudan-misson-will-boost-ties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-04T09:02:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Building ties: South Sudan Vice President Riek Machar is interviewed recently in Juba.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/04/national/trio-apparently-long-dead-found-in-sendai-home/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-04T09:02:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-04T09:02:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-04T09:02:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Turning tragedy into triumph: Heizo Takenaka (third from left), a former minister of economic and fiscal policy, speaks during the G1 Global Conference 2011 on Thursday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/04/national/supercomputer-demolishes-its-own-speed-record/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-04T09:02:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-04T09:03:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yukio Edano]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/05/national/tpp-debate-boils-down-to-clash-between-business-farm-sectors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-05T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bringing their anger to market: Cattle farmers express opposition to Japan joining talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade initiative during a rally in Tokyo on Sept. 15.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/05/business/flood-spurs-nine-state-toyota-output-curb/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-05T09:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/05/national/less-prison-time-more-rehab-eyed-for-first-timers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-05T09:00:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-05T09:00:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/05/national/translation-service-for-docomo-cells/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-05T09:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Thinking clean energy: Municipal officials from Motosu, Gifu Prefecture, discuss their plan to set up a micro-hydro generator to illuminate the city's famous cherry tree during the "hanami" blossom-viewing season.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/05/national/tohoku-electric-holds-nuke-drill/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-05T09:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/05/business/canon-tests-waters-in-film-industry-with-launch-of-its-first-movie-camera/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-05T09:01:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[It's a wrap: Canon Inc. Chairman Fujio Mitarai holds the firm's new movie camera in Los Angeles on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/05/business/kirin-takes-control-of-brazils-schincariol/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-05T09:01:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/05/national/almost-2000-men-set-shaving-record/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-05T09:01:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Smooth guys: Dozens of men shave with electric razors at an event held at a stadium in Suita, Osaka, on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/05/national/postdisaster-radiation-exposure-survey-pushed-by-u-s-think-tank/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-05T09:01:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/05/national/noda-will-call-snap-poll-if-diet-oks-sales-tax-hike/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-05T09:01:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-05T09:01:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/05/national/utility-logs-627-billion-first-half-loss-over-crisis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-05T09:01:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/05/business/foreign-carmakers-attending-tokyo-motor-show-double/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-05T09:01:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/05/national/six-found-dead-in-gutted-car/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Charred wreckage: Six people were found dead Thursday night in this burned-out car in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/05/business/900-billion-okd-as-initial-tepco-compensation-fund/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-05T09:02:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In writing: Industry minister Yukio Edano (right) hands a letter approving Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s business plan to Kazuhiko Shimokobe, a lawyer who heads the key decision-making board of the Nuclear Damage Liability Facilitation Fund, at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/05/national/princess-contracts-pneumonia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-05T09:03:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Family portrait: Princess Mako, Prince Akishino, Prince Hisahito, Princess Kiko and Princess Kako pose at the Imperial family's shared house in Tokyo's Motoakasaka district Thursday. Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko are the parents of the other three.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/05/national/march-11-exhibition-opens-at-embassy-in-washington/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-05T09:04:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A day like no other: Visitors view photos of the disaster-hit Tohoku region at the Japanese Embassy in Washington on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/05/national/eurozone-debt-deal-concerns-noda/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-05T09:04:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/06/national/dalai-lama-visits-tohoku-meets-disaster-survivors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-06T09:00:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Spiritual comfort: The Dalai Lama embraces a child Saturday in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/06/national/u-s-japan-india-eye-security-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-06T09:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-06T09:00:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-06T09:01:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-06T09:01:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/06/national/listed-firms-pretax-profit-to-decline-in-second-half/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-06T09:01:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/06/national/diet-luminary-nishioka-dies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-06T09:01:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takeo Nishioka]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/06/national/lawmakers-call-off-visit-to-n-korea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-06T09:01:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/06/national/noda-gates-agree-to-boost-global-health-aid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-06T09:02:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/06/national/g-20-plan-includes-pledge-to-up-sales-tax/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-06T09:04:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/06/national/panetta-again-hails-futenma-report/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/07/business/pacific-trade-pact-could-help-consumers-expert/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-07T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-07T09:01:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/07/national/statue-of-film-director-shindo-set-up-in-moscow/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-07T09:01:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Film great: A bronze bust of Japanese film director Kaneto Shindo is unveiled Saturday in Moscow.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/07/national/ichikawa-adds-new-hurdle-to-relocating-futenma-base/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-07T09:02:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/07/national/miyagi-completes-work-on-temporary-housing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-07T09:02:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Room with a view: Elementary school fourth-grader Serina Hamada takes in the view from the balcony of a three-story temporary housing facility Sunday in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/07/business/poll-finds-predictable-split-on-tpp-dialogue/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-07T09:02:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-08T09:01:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/08/national/jobless-claims-quadruple-in-disaster-zone/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-08T09:01:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/08/business/spurred-by-demand-subaru-maker-follows-rivals-into-southeast-asia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-08T09:01:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-08T09:01:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-08T09:01:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-08T09:01:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/08/business/automobile-industry-calls-for-major-tax-breaks/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/08/business/fujitsu-to-sell-supercomputers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-08T09:01:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Voters listen to a stump speech in Osaka the same day.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Standing down: Miso soup is served Friday at J. Village in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, the base camp for workers trying to contain the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 plant.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/12/national/russia-asks-japan-to-treat-badly-burned-sakhalin-boy/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-12T09:01:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/12/business/thai-floods-to-impact-yearend-electronic-gadget-sales/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-12T09:01:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-12T09:01:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-12T09:01:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hidetoshi Kiyotake (left) and Tsuneo Watanabe]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Zooming in: A man takes a close look at Olympus Corp.'s latest digital cameras at an electronics store in Tokyo on Oct. 20.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/12/national/dissent-within-dpj-ranks-looks-set-to-fester/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/12/national/noda-between-rock-hard-place/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Face time: Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's expressions animate a meeting Thursday evening at his official residence.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Avid collector: Hideya Oomori shows off some of the old car catalogs that he has collected over a span of more than 60 years, at his home in Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/13/national/media-national/creating-a-future-for-japans-aging-society/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-13T09:00:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/13/national/science-health/calamity-awaits-those-unready-for-climate-change-refugees/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Skeletal wreckage: Damaged reactor buildings stand twisted and silent Saturday at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-14T09:02:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Antinuclear protesters, which event organizers say numbered more than 15,000, make themselves heard on the streets of Fukuoka.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/14/national/300-demonstrators-march-against-apec-free-trade-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-14T09:02:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/14/national/noda-calls-for-early-resumption-of-gas-treaty-talks-with-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-14T09:03:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/14/national/summary-of-nodas-talks-with-obama-hu-medvedev/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-14T09:04:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/15/business/industrial-output-declines-3-3/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-15T09:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-15T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/15/business/mufg-eyes-capital-boost-at-struggling-securities-arm/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-15T09:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-15T09:00:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Back online: Workers assemble a car at a Mitsubishi Motors Corp. plant in Laem Chabang, Thailand, after the factory resumed production Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/15/national/noda-urges-beijing-to-resume-gas-project/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/15/business/quarters-gdp-hits-6-annual-rate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-15T09:01:18+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/15/national/unfinished-monju-lab-shouldnt-go-to-waste-auditors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-15T09:01:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[At what cost?: The M onju prototype fast-breeder reactor on the Sea of Japan coast in Tsuruga, F ukui Prefecture, sits idle in June.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/15/national/obama-lauds-noda-on-tpp-stance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-15T09:01:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Waving palms: Leaders partake in a photo session Sunday after the A sia-Pacific E conomic Cooperation summit in Honolulu.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/15/national/shape-of-osaka-takes-center-stage-in-election/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-15T09:02:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On the campaign trail: F ormer Osaka G ov. Toru Hashimoto (left) and Osaka M ayor Kunio Hiramatsu press the flesh Sunday in Osaka.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/15/national/apec-leaders-talk-up-trade-fret-over-debt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-15T09:02:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[First look: Reporters get their first glimpse Saturday of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, including the badly damaged reactor 4 building, which contains a large spent fuel pool. Below: Tepco employees and journalists tour the complex in the town of Okuma from a bus as workers pass by in a van.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-16T09:00:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Use with caution: The label on Cha no Shizuku soap says only pesticide-free tea leaves are used as an ingredient.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Exposure within: A man demonstrates in late May the use of a whole body counter to gauge internal exposure to radiation at the National Institute of Radiological Science in Chiba Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-16T09:02:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[New wheels: Toyota Motor Corp.'s Aqua hybrid, which will be unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show in December, is shown in a handout photograph.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Helping hand: A woman receives passports with temporary working visas for Thai workers at the Japanese Embassy in Bangkok on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2011-11-16T09:03:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/16/national/second-tainted-bottle-found-in-setagaya/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[No-go area: A road near a supermarket in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, is sealed off Tuesday before being decontaminated after a bottle believed to contain radium was found nearby.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/16/national/himejis-b-grade-gourmet-contest-a-huge-draw/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[First slurp: Hiruzen "yakisoba" fried noodles won the "B-grade gourmet" top prize Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/16/national/expats-raise-turkey-quake-funds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2011-11-16T09:03:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Worthy cause: A Japanese woman serves curry and rice for locals and Japanese expatriates Monday in Istanbul to raise funds for people affected by recent earthquakes in Turkey.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/16/national/bandwagon-to-be-bumpy-ride/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Damage control: Canada's financial chief, Jim Flaherty, is greeted by Finance Minister Jun Azumi before their talks Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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