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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Matters of life and death:  Teruhiko Mashiko, a member of the Democratic Party of Japan and chairman of a nonpartisan group discussing death with dignity, talks about legislation to protect the rights of terminally ill patients, as the group's director,  Toshiko Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party, looks on during a gathering July 31 in Chiyoda Ward,  Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Candle power: Children make candles from beeswax Saturday at a workshop run by the New Zealand Embassy during the Children's International Festa 2012 in Shibuya Ward,  Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2012-08-26T09:01:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[For the departed:  Workers at Narita International Airport offer a moment of silence Saturday after unloading the coffin of journalist Mika  Yamamoto, 45, who was killed while reporting on the civil war in Syria.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/26/national/tsunami-hit-towns-mayor-faces-probe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-08-26T09:02:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Extended ordeal: Jin Sato, the mayor of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, faces a police investigation into whether he bears any responsibility for the deaths of 41 town officials who were in the crisis management building when it was engulfed by tsunami on March 11, 2011. He was among the 10 officials who survived by clinging to antennas on the roof. All that remains of the building is its frame, seen on Aug. 9.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2012-08-26T09:03:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2012-08-27T09:00:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fence mender: Japan's special peace envoy Yasushi Akashi addresses a press conference in Colombo on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/27/national/spiritual-gains-trump-material-poll/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-08-27T09:01:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/27/national/hayashi-to-run-in-ldp-leader-race/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-08-27T09:01:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/27/national/osaka-man-held-over-mass-murder-threat-on-city-website/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-08-27T09:01:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/27/national/noda-considers-axing-koshiishi-to-clear-election-path/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-08-27T09:01:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Koshiishi Azuma]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/27/national/ldp-looks-to-hold-presidential-election-on-sept-26/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-08-27T09:01:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2012-08-27T09:03:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/28/national/japan-coast-guard-releases-footage-of-senkaku-clash-with-chinese-activists/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-08-28T09:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/28/national/dpj-fix-for-vote-value-gap-wins-panel-nod/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-08-28T09:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/28/national/osaka-ishin-no-kai-to-vow-lower-house-cuts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-08-28T09:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/28/national/injured-asdf-radioman-to-sue-state/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-08-28T09:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/28/national/non-fukushima-children-to-be-checked-for-thyroid-abnormalities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-08-28T09:00:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/28/national/rectifying-vote-value-gap-still-beyond-reach/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-08-28T09:00:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/28/national/refugees-sew-dolls-for-npo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-08-28T09:01:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Happy couple: A pair of "Pimouchi" mascot dolls, sewn by women affected by last year's disasters in the Tohoku region, are seen in this recent photo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/28/national/typhoon-bolaven-slugs-okinawa-leaving-blackouts-but-no-fatalities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-08-28T09:01:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/28/national/landing-craft-eyed-for-gsdf/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-08-28T09:01:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/28/national/car-plunges-10-meters-from-imperial-hotel-parking-garage-three-injured/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-08-28T09:01:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Head-in parking: A car stands on its front end Sunday night after plunging off the parking garage at the Imperial Hotel in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/28/national/car-of-japanese-ambassador-attacked-in-beijing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-08-28T09:01:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/28/national/ibis-loan-from-china-up-in-air-amid-isle-row/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-08-28T09:01:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/28/national/yokota-daughter-entrusted-to-kim-jong-uns-sister/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-08-28T09:02:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Watchful eye: The woman in this photo taken in December is believed to be Kim Yeo Jong, the younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/29/national/nuke-crisis-tested-oldest-sake-brewer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-08-29T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Time-honored: Genuemon Sudo, president of Japan's oldest sake maker, Sudohonke Inc., stands in front of a well near his brewery in Kasama, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Aug. 2.  The well was dug hundreds of years ago.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/29/national/philippine-festival-in-yokohama/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-08-29T09:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A traditional Philippine dance is performed at the Philippine festival held in Yoyogi Park in Tokyo in 2007.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/29/national/antisuicide-measures-compiled/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-08-29T09:00:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/29/national/noda-sends-note-to-beijing-in-bid-to-defuse-tension/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-08-29T09:01:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Uichiro Niwa]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/29/national/aomori-halts-cod-shipments-after-cesium-level-spikes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-08-29T09:01:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/29/national/dpj-bills-clear-lower-house-to-stall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-08-29T09:01:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Divided house: A Lower House plenary session is held  Tuesday afternoon despite a boycott by Liberal Democratic Party members over two sets of key legislation supported by the ruling Democratic Party of Japan.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/29/national/hatoyama-turns-down-iran-invite/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2012-08-29T09:01:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/29/national/64-of-college-graduates-employed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-08-29T09:01:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/29/national/akb48-member-maeda-bows-out/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-08-29T09:01:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wall of fame: Atsuko Maeda holds a photo of herself taken from the wall of the AKB48  Theater in  Tokyo after her last performance as a member of the popular all-girl pop group AKB48 on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/29/national/japanese-defense-ministry-agrees-osprey-crash-in-morocco-was-caused-by-human-error/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-08-29T09:01:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/29/national/63-of-chinese-favor-boycott-of-japan-products/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taste-testers: Kumiko Ota and Xavier Chapelou of the Sake Sommelier Association sample a selection of blends at Harrods department store in London on Aug. 20.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Going, going: A river otter eats a fish in the Shinjo River in Susaki, Kochi Prefecture, in June 1979. The Environment Ministry has declared the mammal species extinct.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Green thumb: Kenji Nakahara, who spent his entire working life at  Toyota Motor Corp., tends vegetables he is growing on a farm in  Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, in July.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2012-08-30T09:01:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2012-08-30T09:02:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japanese graves: Jo Hui Sung, director of the Institute of History at the Academy of Social Sciences of North Korea, displays photos of what are apparently Japanese graves during an interview  Wednesday in Pyongyang.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2012-08-30T09:02:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2012-08-30T09:03:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2012-08-31T09:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2012-08-31T09:00:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Without a glitch: A man enters an IC-card ticket gate at a JR East station in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on Aug.14.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/31/national/south-korea-rejects-japans-icj-proposal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-08-31T09:01:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2012-09-02T09:01:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Just want to dance: K-Pop group KARA has reportedly tried to distance themselves from the territorial dispute, pleasing their Japanese fans but angering some South Koreans.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/09/06/business/device-re-creates-racetrack-driving/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-06T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2012-09-09T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Boy wonder: "God of manga" Osamu Tezuka holds a doll of his most famous creation, Tetsuwan Atomu (known to English-speaking fans as Astro Boy). The photograph was taken in Tezuka's studio in May 1963 — less than five months after "Tetsuwan Atomu" was launched to immediate mass acclaim as Japan's first full-fledged television anime series.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/09/09/national/media-national/yamadera-the-man-with-1000-voices/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-09T09:00:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dub star: Voice actor Koichi Yamadera lends his voice to a human anatomy model in "Hokago Middonaitazu (After School Midnighters)."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/09/09/national/media-national/joy-among-the-clouds-and-shadows/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-09T09:01:54+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
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		<lastmod>2012-09-11T09:02:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Keeping tabs: A Tokyo Metropolitan Government survey team checks the Senkaku islet of Minamikojima on Sept. 3 as a Japan Coast Guard patrol ship lurks in the background.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/09/16/national/media-national/getting-food-on-tables-is-increasingly-difficult/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-16T09:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fd20120916bja.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fat of the Land: Nikkei Business (Aug. 27) examined how Japan will secure its future food supply.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/09/16/national/media-national/the-government-could-still-save-lives/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-16T09:02:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dire warnings: Arnie Gundersen (right) during a recent symposium in Tokyo. Gundersen predicts the Fukushima disaster will lead to 1 million cancer deaths.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/09/18/reference/vicious-nuclear-fuel-cycle-proving-difficult-to-break/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-18T09:01:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/09/23/national/media-national/no-trusting-those-who-descend-from-heaven/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-23T09:01:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/09/25/reference/cesium-contamination-in-food-appears-to-be-on-wane/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-25T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vote of support: Octopus caught off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture are displayed in a supermarket in the Ueno district in  Tokyo on Aug. 2. The sign hanging from the shelf voices support for Fukushima produce and includes a test result indicating the seafood on display has no detectable radioactive cesium.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/09/29/business/computer-charger-desk-developed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-29T09:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2012-09-30T09:01:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2012-10-03T09:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Getting the message out: Nippon Ishin no Kai chief and Osaka Mayor  Toru Hashimoto talks to the media Sept. 23 as the party's secretary general, Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui, looks on.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/10/03/national/tanaka-casts-doubt-on-contradictory-energy-strategy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-03T09:00:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Makiko Tanaka]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/10/03/national/four-people-come-down-with-joint-deforming-malady/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-03T09:01:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/10/05/national/futuristic-bot-cabaret-wows-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-05T09:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cabaret: Decked out with lights and carrying a bevy of showgirls, the Robot Restaurant's model of a B-52 bomber in  Tokyo's Kabukicho district is seen as the latest form of adult entertainment.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/10/05/national/bilateral-cultural-event-with-south-korea-draws-40000/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-05T09:00:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20121005a8a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The beat goes on: High school students from Fukushima Prefecture play traditional Japanese drums during a cultural exchange event in Seoul on  Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/10/07/national/vietnam-voices-concern-over-japans-senkaku-takeshima-disputes-with-china-and-s-korea-at-asean-maritime-forum/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-07T09:00:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2012-10-07T09:01:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2012-10-09T09:03:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Life in the hermit kingdom:  Yasushi Chimura and his wife, Fukie, kidnapped by North Korean agents in 1978, talk to reporters in the city of Obama, Fukui Prefecture, on Oct. 4.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/10/11/national/man-freed-after-admitting-he-threatened-prince/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-11T09:00:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/10/11/national/hashimoto-would-take-in-tokyo-constitutional-malcontents/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-11T09:01:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20121011a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[True story: Last year's quake-tsunami disaster is recounted Wednesday to (from right) International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde,  World Bank President Jim  Yong Kim and Finance Minister Koriki Jojima by  Takao Kawamura, director of Sendai's Arahama Elementary School.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/10/12/business/noda-threatens-action-to-stem-yens-surge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-12T09:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/10/14/national/media-national/women-in-their-40s-have-it-better-than-men/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-14T09:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/10/14/national/science-health/why-stem-cell-science-thrives-in-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-14T09:00:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fe20121014rha.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Minor miracles: Mice born this year in a laboratory headed by Mitinori Saitou at the Graduate School of Medicine in Kyoto University, where ova were generated from stem cells derived from normal cells of a mouse and then fertilized.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/10/14/national/big-lenders-set-to-help-in-softbanks-u-s-acquisition/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-14T09:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2012-10-16T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20121016i1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tapping a new energy source: Workers extract shale oil from deep underground at the Ayukawa field in the city of Yurihonjo, Akita Prefecture, on Oct. 3.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/10/17/national/most-people-want-fall-golden-week/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-17T09:01:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/10/20/national/cave-yields-stone-age-artifacts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-20T09:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/10/21/national/manga-artists-back-tohoku-with-signature-heroes-project/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-21T09:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/10/24/national/prosecutors-seek-to-nullify-supervision-of-wrongfully-arrested-teen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-24T09:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/10/27/national/axed-managers-sexual-harassment-lawsuit-against-prada-japan-fails/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-27T09:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/10/27/national/pair-dead-dozens-injured-in-hokkaido-bridge-collision/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-27T09:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/10/28/national/japanese-prime-minister-noda-could-call-election-before-remedying-vote-value-disparities-among-constituencies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-28T09:00:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/10/28/national/media-national/you-cant-choose-your-invisible-neighbors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-28T09:00:52+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/10/30/reference/behind-the-no-nuclear-option/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-30T09:02:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20121030i1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vox populi: People stage a rally calling for the abolition of nuclear power in July at Tokyo's Hibiya Park.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/01/national/hiroshima-fetes-peace-activist/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Legacy: Wilfred Schmoe, son of peace activist Floyd Schmoe, stands Wednesday in front of one of the houses in Hiroshima his father built for survivors of the 1945 atomic bombing.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The main event: Participants undergo security checks for the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group on Oct. 12 at Tokyo International Forum in the Yurakucho district.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Slice and dice: Tadashi Enami, a craftsman of Sakai forged blades, hammers a hot steel sheet taken from a kiln at his factory in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on Sept. 2.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Outreach: Masachika Nanba, pastor of the Shibetsu Church of the United Church of Christ in Japan, talks about the church's free publication, Let Us Run, in Hokkaido on Oct. 4.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Global explorer: Hanae Watanabe, a Waseda University student, shows her favorite books on maps and graphics during a symposium in June in Yokohama.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Radiation accountability: Plaintiffs hold a banner Thursday outside the Fukushima prosecutor's office demanding a criminal investigation into Tokyo Electric Power Co. and the government.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Battle cry: Lawmakers from the opposition and ruling camps let out a traditional banzai cry as Lower House Speaker Takahiro Yokomichi announces the chamber's dissolution Friday, setting the Dec. 16 general election in motion.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Poll position: Ex-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (right), head of the Liberal Democratic Party, and LDP Secretary General Shigeru Ishiba attend Friday's Lower House plenary session, which saw the chamber dissolved.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/17/national/medical-interpreters-in-growing-need/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-17T09:00:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2012-11-17T09:01:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/17/national/economists-jury-still-out-on-whether-japans-economy-would-be-better-if-ldp-was-back-in-control/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-17T09:01:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pivot point: U.S. President Barack Obama attends a news conference at the White House on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hanging it up: Ex-Prime Minsters Yasuo Fukuda (right) and Yoshiro Mori share a moment Friday at the Diet. The two don't plan to run in the Dec. 16 poll and instead will retire.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2012-11-17T09:02:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2012-11-17T09:02:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2012-11-18T09:00:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2012-11-18T09:01:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2012-11-18T09:01:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Time traveler: A 200-series bullet train in operation since the Joetsu Shinkansen Line opened in 1982 leaves JR Omiya Station in Saitama to mark the line's 30th anniversary Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/18/national/cesium-in-trout-110-times-over-limit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-18T09:01:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2012-11-18T09:02:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2012-11-18T09:02:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[It's a wrap: Shinsuke Sugiyama, head of the Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, briefs reporters Friday in Ulan Bator after senior-level talks with North Korea concluded.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/19/national/asean-to-drop-reference-to-japans-senkaku-takeshima-territorial-clashes-in-chairmans-statement/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cambodia bound: Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda boards a plane for Phnom Penh on Sunday at Haneda airport in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/19/national/nearly-half-of-japans-doctors-in-poor-health-or-worried-about-physical-mental-state-survey/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-19T09:01:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/19/national/visa-overstayers-rally-in-tokyo-for-residency-permits/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Staying power: Foreign residents who have overstayed their visas call on the government to grant them special residency permits at a rally Sunday in Tokyo's Ginza district.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/19/national/chinese-ships-enter-senkakus-zone/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-19T09:02:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2012-11-19T09:02:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2012-11-19T09:02:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2012-11-20T09:01:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2012-11-20T09:01:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ichiro Ozawa]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mobile stump: Junichi Hidaka, president of Yokohama-based Kuruma Kojo, which rents and sells election campaign vehicles, stands by one of his vans Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/20/national/numerous-areas-hit-by-cold-snap/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-20T09:02:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Everybody wins: More than 3,000 young children play "shogi" Japanese chess at the Tokyo Big Sight convention hall on Sunday, setting a world record for games of shogi played simultaneously in one location.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/20/national/sales-of-matsue-peonies-blossoming-in-russian-far-east/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-20T09:02:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[From Matsue with love: Peonies from Shimane Prefecture are marketed at an event in Vladivostok, Russia,  in September.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/20/national/asean-plus-three-to-seek-expansion-of-economic-ties-amid-territorial-disputes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-20T09:02:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/20/national/two-u-s-servicemen-face-prosecution-in-separate-trespassing-cases/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-20T09:02:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/20/national/hoshide-back-on-earth-after-record-spacewalks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-20T09:03:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Terra firma: Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide smiles Monday upon his return to Earth after a four-month mission to the International Space Station. The Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Hoshide as well as an American and a Russian parachuted safely onto a plain in Kazakhstan at 7:56 a.m. local time.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/21/national/next-north-korea-talks-coming-soon/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-21T09:01:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2012-11-22T09:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[No deal: Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura, who also heads the small regional Genzei Nippon (Tax Reduction Japan) party, is surrounded by reporters Wednesday as he leaves a session of the Nagoya Municipal Assembly.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/22/national/ldp-vows-pact-with-boj-for-2-inflation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-22T09:01:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2012-11-22T09:01:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Naoki Inose]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/22/national/ex-nova-language-school-founder-sahashis-two-year-prison-term-finalized/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-22T09:01:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2012-11-22T09:01:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2012-11-22T09:01:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2012-11-22T09:01:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Out of commission: The "Elephant Cage," a massive U.S. military antenna array scheduled to be dismantled next year in Misawa, Aomori Prefecture, is seen Nov. 8.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/22/national/noda-returns-donations-from-troubled-firms-korean-resident/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-22T09:01:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/22/national/hatoyama-wont-seek-re-election/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-22T09:01:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Moving on: Reporters swarm ex-Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama at his Tokyo home early Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/22/national/diplomatic-coup-before-election-eluded-noda/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-22T09:02:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Standing firm: Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda delivers a speech at a meeting in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/22/national/chinese-karoshi-trainees-family-wins-damages/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-22T09:02:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The long run: Marathon commentator Tetsuhiko Kin speaks in Tokyo on Oct. 15.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/23/national/abe-eyes-huge-extra-budget-splurge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-23T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2012-11-23T09:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takashi Kawamura]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/23/national/kepco-plans-two-reactor-restarts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-23T09:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/23/national/faulty-fallout-forecasts-firm-industry-linked/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-23T09:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/23/national/michelin-to-launch-new-guidebook-for-hiroshima/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-23T09:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2012-11-23T09:01:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/23/national/officials-to-discuss-how-to-prevent-crimes-by-u-s-military-personnel/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/23/national/sea-shepherd-seeks-to-intercept-whalers-closer-to-japan/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vigilant: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Maj. Gen.  Yohanan Danino, head of Israel's police force, during a visit  Thursday to police headquarters in Jerusalem.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Natural wonder:  Tourists visit the Hualapai Indian Reservation at the western end of the Grand Canyon in Arizona.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Big girl: Princess Aiko, who turned 11 Saturday, poses with her pet dog at Togu Palace, the residence of Crown Prince Akihito and Crown Princess Masako in Tokyo, on Nov. 18.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fleeting glimpse: Mitt Romney shakes hands with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office before lunch Thursday at the White House.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Modern monarch: Queen Elizabeth II wears 3-D glasses to watch the recording of her Christmas message from Buckingham Palace on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prized trophy:  The polar bear trade is dividing nations.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Full circle: Former President George Bush and his wife, Barbara, arrive for the premiere of an HBO documentary about his life in Kennebunkport, Maine, in June.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[For the children: Opposition activists protest a bill banning U.S. adoptions of Russian children in St. Petersburg on  Wednesday. The ban is seen by some as retaliation for perceived interference by  Washington in Moscow's affairs.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Star slayer: Jean Harris (left) arrives with her lawyers at the Westchester County Courthouse to hear the verdict in her murder trial in February 1981 in White Plains, New York.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Clash of cultures: A contemporary depiction shows the execution of 38 Dakota Indians in Mankato, Minnesota, on Dec. 26, 1862. Between 400 and 600 settlers, and perhaps 100 Indians, died in the bitter Dakota War.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Seeking new markets: Festive lights illuminate buildings in Hong Kong's central district a few days before Christmas. With Europe's debt crisis slowing China's economic growth, Arab nations are looking more enticing than ever to Chinese exporters.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-01-01T09:00:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-01-01T09:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-01-01T09:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-01-01T09:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Whose your Badie?: An Egyptian riot soldier stands under a banner of Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie near barbed wire at the presidential palace in Cairo on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-01-01T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-01-01T09:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-01-01T09:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Akira Amari]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-01-02T09:00:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko greet attendeees of a special New Year's Day ceremony.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-01-02T09:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-01-03T09:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Atom antis: Protesters hold lit candles and placards as they take part in a rally in front of the Diet building to demonstrate against the use of nuclear power on July 29.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-01-03T09:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Drug casualties: Indian children, most of whom have lost a parent to drug abuse, attend school in Maqboolpura, nicknamed "the place of widows" due to a drug epidemic.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/01/03/world/syria-conflict-takes-toll-on-the-young/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-03T09:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lost innocence: Art drawn by children often reflects the violence they witnessed in Syria.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/01/03/national/politics-diplomacy/ozawa-urges-japans-opposition-camp-to-cooperate-to-keep-the-ldp-from-pouncing-in-the-summer-upper-house-election/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Critical supply line: A ship lies at anchor at a liquefied natural gas plant in Kenai, Alaska, that has been exporting the fuel to Japan for more than 30 years.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hands-on Shinto: Diplomats and their families in happi coats carry a portable shrine at Kanda Myojin Shrine during an Oct. 27 seminar for foreign envoys stationed in Japan.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[To-do list: Ichita Yamamoto (left), the state minister overseeing Okinawa affairs, receives a set of local development proposals Saturday from Okinawa Vice Gov. Yoshiyuki Uehara.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cold comforts: Toshiko Yoshida and her husband, Minoru, listen to the radio Thursday at their home in Noboribetsu, Hokkaido, after the area suffered blackouts caused by snowstorms.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rice job!: Chef Setsuo Morimoto demonstrates his "onigiri" (rice ball) technique at a seminar on Niigata's culinary culture Saturday at the Japan Cultural Institute in Paris.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yukiko Kada]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The real Dr. Doolittle: Seiji Taniguchi feeds a goat at Sankyu Bokujo (Thank You Farm) for abandoned animals in Sanda, Hyogo Prefecture, last month.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Naoki Inose]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dogged persistence: Kiseki (Miracle), rescued from starvation, sits leashed to a stake Oct. 17 in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Elard Escala]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/27/national/npo-gives-exploited-asian-kids-fresh-start/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Teaching independence: Designer Yuko Sato teaches Cambodian children how to sew in August as part of a program arranged by NPO Kokkyo naki Kodomotachi (Children without Borders).]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Resurrected: Noriko Sakai announces her return to the entertainment industry during a news conference in Koto Ward, Tokyo, on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Spring is in the air: Two of NTT DoCoMo's new products — the Sony Xperia Z smartphone and Xperia Tablet Z — are unveiled in Tokyo on Tuesday. The smartphone will go on sale on Feb. 9 and the tablet in mid-March.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-01-23T02:35:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Local reaction: Reporters outside JGC Corp.'s headquarters in Yokohama ask an employee to comment Tuesday morning about the deadly Algerian hostage crisis.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-01-23T15:59:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cutting edge: Gaylong, a Bhutanese farm official, cuts up "soba" noodles in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, in August.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-01-23T15:59:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Record holder: Hanako, the nation's oldest Asian elephant, eats birthday cake at a ceremony to celebrate her 66th birthday at Inokashira Park Zoo in Musashino, western Tokyo, Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-01-23T15:59:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Get out the vote: A rotating board shows campaign posters for Israeli Prime Minister and Likud party chief Benjamin Netanyahu and Labor Party leader Shelly  Yachimovich in  Tel Aviv on Friday. General elections were held  Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-01-23T23:21:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chopper rescue: A climber who became stranded on Mount Nishihotaka in Gifu Prefecture and had to be airlifted by a police rescue team arrives in Takayama, also in Gifu, on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/08/national/media-national/oops-pregnant-celebs-dancing-down-the-aisle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-23T23:25:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yummy mummy: Kumi Koda (center) preempted the use of the words "dekichatta kekkon" in coverage of her engagement/pregancy by making it clear that she has been "gifted with a new life," rather than it being a mistake.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/04/29/national/media-national/death-sentences-prove-difficult-for-lay-judges/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-23T23:27:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-01-23T23:28:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[National purpose: AKB48 was everywhere this year, from fire safety posters (above) to postage stamps; while in the wake of the tsunami and subsequent meltdown at the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant, Tepco became a source of fear and loathing.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/02/19/national/media-national/feeding-tube-politics-an-awkward-subject/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-23T23:29:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-01-23T23:30:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Back to the bubble: From left, Mirei Kiritani as Shoko Mano, Yu Yokoyama as Kiyofumi Takano, Masahiro Matsuoka as Teppei Kogure and guest star Dave Spector in a flashback scene from TV Asahi's "13-sai no Hello Work."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/10/07/national/media-national/animal-welfare-law-left-neutered/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-23T23:30:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Death row: An abandoned dog stares out of a cage at an "animal protection center" in Okayama Prefecture. The center's gas chamber can be seen in the background. Each year in Japan 200,000 animals are "disposed" of in such facilities.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/01/16/national/media-national/japans-tribe-of-lonely-people-continues-to-grow/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-23T23:30:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-01-23T23:30:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Women's work: Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, speaks during the IMF's annual meeting in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Food for thought: The high cost of feeding tubes and other medical treatments is eating away at the Japanese health-care system.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/15/national/media-national/rigged-online-food-reviews-should-come-as-no-surprise/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[One for the road: The casualties of obligatory company drinking events are not an uncommon sight on the streets of major cities in Japan. But should konpa (parties) be banned?]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cleaning up: Workers at a school sports field in Hirono, outside the Fukushima nuclear exclusion zone, prepare bags of radiation-contaminated earth for shipment to a dumping ground.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/02/20/national/media-national/the-sticky-subject-of-japans-rice-protection/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-23T23:39:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Starting gun: Kepco's nuclear power plant in Oi, Fukui Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/18/national/media-national/new-universities-are-big-business-needed-or-not/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-23T23:39:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hard lesson: Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Makiko Tanaka found herself on the bad side of developers and local governments recently when she refused to approve the opening of three new schools. She later reversed her decision.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-01-23T23:40:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[No place like home: Ayumi Paula Sato rides the bus to work in Brazil in the documentary "Lonely Swallows."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/02/national/media-national/koreedas-daring-tv-drama-stands-alone/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T01:06:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-01-24T01:07:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Idol threat: The girls from K-pop group Kara are showing J-pop stars how it's done in the TV Tokyo drama "Urakara."]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-01-24T01:07:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/01/30/national/media-national/cultural-insensitivity-no-laughing-matter/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bad joke: A photo of a YouTube video showing the episode of the BBC quiz show "QI" in which comedians joked about Tsutomu Yamaguchi, who survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/05/national/media-national/strong-work-ethic-is-no-path-to-better-standard-of-living/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T01:09:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/09/09/national/media-national/it-will-take-more-than-a-pop-group-to-save-fukushimas-reputation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T01:09:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Idol hands make right: Tatsuya Yamaguchi (left) and Shigeru Joshima (center) of the pop group Tokio present Fukushima Prefectural Gov. Yuhei Sato (right) with a donation to aid the disaster-stricken prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/04/15/national/media-national/an-idol-graduating-should-not-be-front-page-news/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T01:09:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Now what?: Atsuko Maeda bids farewell to AKB48 team members and fans.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/03/11/national/media-national/public-wary-of-official-optimism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T01:11:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/05/27/national/media-national/anniversary-of-okinawas-reversion-highlights-opposing-press-views/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T01:11:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fd20120527pba.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime target:  The U.S. forces Futenma air base in Okinawa.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/02/05/national/media-national/todai-calls-for-change-but-will-others-follow/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T01:11:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fd20120205pba.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[School breaks: Students head into exams at the University of Tokyo campus. The university recently announced that it will change the start of the academic year from spring to fall in order to align with other countries.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/09/23/national/media-national/scrutiny-of-tohoku-reconstruction-funds-needed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T01:12:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/fd20120923pba.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[fd20120923pba.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wasteland: The tsunami-devastated city of Minamisanriku, Japan, on March 15, 2011 (top) and the same spot a year later (above). While the streets are now free of rubble, rebuilding has barely begun leaving many wondering where the ¥19 trillion earmarked by the governemnt for reconstruction is being spent.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/07/22/national/media-national/strength-in-numbers-for-protesters-but-just-how-many-are-there/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T01:12:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fd20120722pba.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Count us in: As more and more people turn out for antinuclear rallies, inconsistencies in the estimated number of protesters have become a concern. At this event in Tokyo on July 16 the figure ranged from 75,000 to 170,000.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/09/16/national/media-national/japans-depressing-increase-in-psychoactive-drug-use/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T01:13:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fd20120916pba.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pill poppers: As an overwhelming proportion of psychiatrists prescribe pills over therapy, sales of drugs such as Zoloft have gone up by 30 percent in Japan over the past four years.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/10/14/national/media-national/korean-film-on-school-bullying-rings-true-in-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T01:17:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fd20121014pba.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Class difference: "Pluto," by writer-director Shin Su Won, is set in the high-presure world of an elite Korean high school, where competition to enter university is fierce.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-01-24T01:17:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/fd20120603pba.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[fd20120603pba.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Out of hand: Insensitive comments about same-sex marriage by Takeshi Kitano, seen here at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival in France, have been picked up by the international media while being largely ignored in Japan.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/29/national/media-national/disaster-adds-tension-to-year-in-the-life-tv/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T01:18:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-01-24T01:18:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fd20120610pba.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Farewell: Comedian Junichi Komoto apologizes for allowing his mother to collect welfare payments despite the fact that he was making a decent salary himself.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-01-24T02:53:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20130124f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Changing of the guard: U.S. President Barack Obama and Chuck Hagel pass each other Jan. 7 during a White House news conference held to announce the former senator was being nominated as secretary of defense.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-01-24T02:53:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Please proceed to the gate: Passengers walk through the departure lobby in Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture in 2011.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/01/23/world/republicans-offer-novel-debt-plan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T02:53:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-01-24T02:53:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-01-24T02:53:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-01-24T02:53:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/05/13/national/media-national/road-death-stats-hide-the-truth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T03:15:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fd20120513pba.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wall of death:  The loss of life in the bus crash on the Kanetsu Expressway at the start of the Golden Week holiday would have been much less had it not been for the soundproofing barrier that split the bus in half lengthwise.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/03/18/national/media-national/quake-insurance-is-but-a-token-offering/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T03:15:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/06/17/national/media-national/watami-under-scrutiny-after-karshi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T03:15:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/03/25/national/media-national/medias-gender-roles-push-lgbt-groups-into-corners/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T03:15:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fd20120325pba.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Proud to be LGBT: Participants take part in the 15th Rainbow March in Sapporo, Hokkaido on Sept. 18, 2011. Though LGBT people are represented on Japanese TV, their gender roles are usually of a clearly stereotypical nature.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/01/24/national/rail-linkup-to-ease-metro-commute/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T03:37:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/01/24/business/economy-business/japan-tweaks-up-key-economic-assessment-for-first-time-in-eight-months/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T03:38:03+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/01/24/national/jgc-sources-top-adviser-among-dead-missing-in-algeria-hostage-crisis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T03:38:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-01-24T03:38:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/01/23/national/assembly-nixes-niigata-nuclear-referendum/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T03:38:05+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/01/23/world/pentagon-probe-clears-allen-of-misconduct/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T03:38:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[wn20130124a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Exonerated: Gen. John Allen speaks to reporters at the  White House in  Washington last April.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/01/23/world/science-health-world/u-s-chimps-may-be-retired-from-research/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T03:38:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/01/23/national/reactors-30-year-age-limit-stands-for-now-nra/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T03:38:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/01/23/national/science-health/oral-drug-better-for-cancer-patients/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T03:38:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/01/23/national/young-filipinos-with-japan-benefactor-pay-it-forward/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T04:39:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20130124f2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sharing the fun: Children of the Manobo tribe in Mindanao in the Philippines listen Jan. 5 to a story read by a young student on a scholarship provided by a Japanese sponsor through the Mindanao Children's Library Foundation.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/01/06/national/media-national/japans-farming-could-be-going-to-seed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T05:06:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fd20130106pba.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Preserving traditions: Chef Masayuki Okuda (above) holds a tonojima cucumber in "Yomigaeri no Reshipi (Reviving Recipes)," a documentary directed by Satoshi Watanabe that explores heirloom seeds and farming in Japan.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/29/national/media-national/kan-government-struggles-to-raise-reconstruction-funds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T13:53:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/22/national/media-national/nuclear-policy-was-once-sold-by-japans-media/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T14:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/06/05/national/media-national/bodikon-girls-remarkable-selfmade-comeback/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T14:27:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/06/12/national/media-national/those-opposing-kan-offer-no-clear-reason-he-must-go/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T14:44:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/01/24/national/taiwan-boat-carrying-activists-sails-for-senkakus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T14:57:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/07/10/national/media-national/japans-attention-to-detail-is-all-in-the-delivery/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T15:14:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fd20110710pba.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Express yourself: Yamato Transport seems to play up the sex appeal of its deliverymen, who are constantly in the public eye.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/07/24/national/media-national/today-is-d-day-for-analog-television/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T15:17:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fd20110724pba.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Down to earth: J-pop girl group NMB48, joined by the "Chidejika" mascot, at an event advertising the switchover to terrestrial digital television. According to the Shukan Post, 360 billion in taxpayer money has gone into promoting the changeover.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/07/31/national/media-national/nadeshiko-japan-show-that-a-relaxed-approach-gets-the-best-results/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T15:17:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fd20110731pba.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Golden girls: Nadeshiko Japan, with head coach Norio Sasaki (center) and captain Homare Sawa (center right), show off their Women's World Cup trophies.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/07/17/national/media-national/when-sanma-goes-so-may-the-laughs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T15:28:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fd20110717pba.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Comic mojo: Sanma Akashiya (right) celebrates fellow comedian Kanpei Hazama's  completion of a round-the-world marathon earlier this year.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/14/national/media-national/media-coverage-often-the-last-push-to-suicide/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T16:38:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/07/national/media-national/fabricated-public-opinion-is-the-norm/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T16:54:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fd20110807pba.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Making it up: Gov. Yasushi Furukawa was at the center of a scandal after being implicated in a perceived manipulation of public opinion on nuclear energy.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/11/national/media-national/high-profile-case-highlights-the-delicate-issue-of-foster-care-in-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T17:18:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Unprepared: Shizuka Suzuike is escorted from her home by police officers on suspicion of causing injuries that led to the death her 3-year-old foster child.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/04/national/media-national/actresss-inheritance-saga-plays-out-like-melodrama/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T17:21:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fd20110904pba.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tabloid tales: Hisako Manda, seen here at book launch in 2004, has become the focus of the weeklies since her long-time live-in partner, businessman Chikara Sasaki, died last month. Because he and Manda were not married, the actress can't expect to receive any inheritance.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/18/national/media-national/political-elite-cant-stand-outsiders/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-24T17:21:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Phased out: Yoshiro Hachiro, former minister for Economy, Trade and Industry.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/10/12/national/exploring-rediscovering-fine-arts/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA["Puppet Show, Bird" (left), a tempera painting by Yoshihiro Ushijima, who studied in Vienna from 1974 to 1982 under Austrian painter Rudolf Hausner, is on display at Shihoudou Gallery. Right: Sagamiya presents "Life course in vernal days" by Yuji Murakami, who is exploring contemporary nihonga (Japanese painting).]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/10/12/national/a-pair-in-dire-need-of-a-reality-check/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Noriko Hama]]></image:caption>
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