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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Foe to friend: Scientists say a genetic switch allowed dogs to adapt to a starch-rich diet and evolve from meat-munching wolves.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Denis McDonough]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Coloring in the details: A DNA test to identify the hair and eye colors of long-dead people was first used on the remains of Gen. Wladyslaw Sikorski, Poland's leader in exile during World War II.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-01-28T14:38:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[tuna]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Itsunori Onodera]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Making life easier: Hironobu Murai, director of Rsystem Co., demonstrates the firm's Tel Tell Concierge video-call translation service at its Tokyo office Jan. 16.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Raises in works: Lawson Inc. will raise the annual pay of its workers in their late 20s to 40s by 3 percent from April to boost consumption.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Getting the big picture: Google Maps product manager Ryan Falor uses an Android device to control the Trekker, a backpack with a camera system on top, to traverse the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Google Maps opened a virtual path to the wonders of the Grand Canyon on Jan. 31 by adding panoramic images gathered by hikers using such devices.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-08T12:08:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-08T12:18:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Full circle: Vehicles negotiate a new roundabout in Iida, Nagano Prefecture, recently. The connecting streets do not have traffic lights.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Preparing for the worst: Chubu Electric Power Co. officials take part in a disaster exercise Friday at the Hamaoka nuclear plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/02/08/business/corporate-business/japanese-firm-eyes-seawater-thermal-energy-plant-in-marshall-islands/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-09T00:24:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Eel-ality check: This year's catch of Japanese eel fry is one of the worst in decades. The species has been designated as at risk of extinction.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yusuke Katayama]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/05/28/national/american-happy-to-learn-owner-of-recovered-ball-survived-311-tsunami/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T12:57:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nn20120528a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20120528a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bouncing back: A soccer ball swept away by last year's tsunami has been identified as belonging to March 11 survivor Kazuki Yamakawa of Miyagi Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/05/27/national/vessel-drills-deep-in-311-quake-area/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T12:57:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/05/27/national/harley-davidson-museum-to-display-tsunami-hit-hog-found-off-british-columbia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T12:57:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/05/19/national/emperor-thanks-u-k-for-311-aid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T12:57:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20120519a7a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Heartfelt thanks: Emperor Akihito delivers a speech Thursday at the Japanese Embassy in London, thanking Britain for its help during the March 2011 quake-tsunami catastrophe.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/05/12/national/elderly-accounted-for-90-of-indirect-311-death-toll-government-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T12:57:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/05/01/national/noda-meets-u-s-rescuers-in-311-response-offers-thanks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T12:57:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nn20120501a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20120501a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sharing the loss: Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda greets the parents of Taylor Anderson on Sunday in Washington.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/05/04/national/buddha-of-311-fame-now-home/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T12:57:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20120504f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[At home: Kiyomizu Temple's Dainichi Nyorai statue is seen in Kyoto.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/04/28/national/manila-envoy-cites-caregiver-snags-311-dispatch/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T12:57:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nn20120428f2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20120428f2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Looking to the future: Philippine Ambassador Manuel Lopez gives a lecture at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/04/26/national/creating-true-nuclear-watchdog-exacts-toll-in-time-trust/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T12:57:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nn20120426f1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20120426f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cozying up: The building housing all the key government bodies overseeing the nuclear power industry stands in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki district.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/04/26/national/debris-violins-pull-at-heartstrings/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T12:57:47+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nn20120426f2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20120426f2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[First of many: Ivry Gitlis plays a violin made of tsunami debris at a memorial service in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 11.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/04/15/national/mori-plants-cherry-trees-to-thank-taiwan-for-311-donations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T12:57:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/04/25/national/its-what-oi-reactor-tests-dont-cover-that-worries/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T12:57:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nn20120425f1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20120425f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Overall view: Buildings housing reactors 3 and 4 at the Oi nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture are seen in this March photo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/04/01/national/five-cities-in-niigata-to-accept-311-debris/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T12:57:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/03/30/national/liquefaction-driving-away-chiba-residents/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T12:57:50+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nn20120330f1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20120330f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shaky ground: A worker in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, inspects a residence last April for damage caused by liquefaction from the 3/11 temblor.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/03/24/national/over-60-of-early-quake-warnings-since-311-false-alarms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T12:57:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/03/16/national/just-32-of-firms-have-backup-disaster-sites-311-not-shifted-views-on-risk-poll/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T12:57:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/03/11/national/filipinos-find-career-switch-pays-off/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T12:57:52+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nn20120311f2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20120311f2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Care worthy: Charito Ito (left) works at home with fellow Filipino Cristina Konno in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 22 to finish the final report for their caregiver course.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/03/10/national/pupils-excelled-on-311-but-life-since-a-struggle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T12:57:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nn20120310f2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20120310f2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tsunami-scape: Piles of debris mask the abandoned buildings of Kamaishi East Junior High School (right) and Unosumai Elementary School in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Feb. 21.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/03/08/national/will-311-prove-social-media-watershed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T12:57:53+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nn20120308f2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20120308f2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Connected: A person in Tokyo checks Twitter posts recently. The March 11 calamities proved social media are a powerful way to communicate during major emergencies.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/02/28/national/fukushima-evacuee-kids-return-to-schools/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T12:57:54+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nn20120228a6a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20120228a6a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Comfortable fit: Students at Ishigami No. 1 Elementary School in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, check their shoe cabinet as they enter the school for the first time in nearly a year on Monday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/02/27/national/tsunami-alert-softened-days-before-311/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T12:57:54+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nn20120227a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20120227a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Closer view: Reactors 1 through 4 are viewed from a helicopter Sunday about 3 km away from the Fukushima No. 1 power plant. The no-fly zone over the plant was reduced to a radius of 3 km at midnight Friday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/02/23/national/transcripts-sketch-out-nrcs-311-confusion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T12:57:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/24/national/u-n-group-wants-to-learn-from-311-response/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T12:57:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/17/national/first-glimpses-inside-the-fukushima-no-1-compound-since-311/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T12:57:58+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nn20111117f1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20111117f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[All that remains: The Fukushima No. 1 plant's unit 3 reactor building, which was heavily damaged in a powerful hydrogen explosion March 14, is seen from a bus during the first media tour inside the plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/12/national/japan-mourns-deaths-of-311-victims-on-6-month-anniversary/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T12:57:59+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/24/national/trio-contest-post-of-mayor-killed-on-311/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T12:58:00+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nn20110824a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20110824a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Working the crowd: A candidate in the mayoral election in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, drives through a devastated area to seek support as campaigning kicks off Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/18/national/tomari-reactor-commercial-output-okd-first-since-311/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T12:58:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nn20110818a5a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20110818a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Harumi Takahashi]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/11/national/parents-of-kids-killed-on-311-sue-school/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T12:58:01+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nn20110811a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20110811a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tearful: A mother whose child was killed when a kindergarten bus was swept away by the March 11 tsunami breaks down during a news conference in Sendai on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/07/18/national/japan-u-s-plan-tomodachi-fund/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T12:58:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/06/02/national/post-311-women-seek-matrimonial-bonds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T12:58:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nn20110602f2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20110602f2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Eyes on the prize: A woman looks at wedding rings at the Shinjuku Takashimaya department store in April.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/30/national/psychiatrists-aid-traumatized-foreigners/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T12:58:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nn20110430f1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20110430f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[For foreigners: Fumitaka Noda, professor of psychiatry at Taisho University in Tokyo, is interviewed Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/24/national/ozawa-minions-look-to-quit-dpj-chapter-posts-in-snub-at-kan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T12:58:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/30/national/311-renders-tax-cut-advocates-poll-momentum-a-distant-dream/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T12:58:04+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nn20110430cca.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20110430cca.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Losing momentum: Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura and Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura look back on the by-election in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/21/national/90-of-disaster-casualties-drowned/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T12:58:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/02/14/national/facing-up-to-a-great-valentines-day-gift/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T13:55:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20130214f2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The look of love:  Tokyo office worker Mariya Kawae shows a chocolate molded from her face during a workshop on Feb. 9 in which the participants were scanned and the data sent to a 3-D printer.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2003/05/25/national/media-national/time-to-examine-different-approaches-toward-education/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T14:06:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2003/06/15/national/media-national/the-albatross-of-nuclear-power-in-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T14:20:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2003/06/22/national/media-national/japan-juggles-issue-of-health-vs-economy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T14:21:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2003/06/08/national/media-national/the-police-should-be-mapping-out-a-future/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T14:22:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2003/06/01/national/media-national/travel-or-reality-show-a-bit-of-both-and-neither/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T14:22:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2003/06/29/national/media-national/the-party-is-over-for-super-free-sex-gang/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T14:59:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2003/07/27/national/media-national/with-missing-persons-its-not-where-but-why/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T15:07:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2003/07/20/national/media-national/lifes-a-drag-for-all-those-guilty-parents/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T15:10:53+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2003/07/06/national/media-national/the-rich-visit-the-poor-to-teach-us-a-lesson/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T15:14:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2003/07/13/national/media-national/misogynistic-politicians-get-away-with-the-gaffes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T15:23:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2003/08/17/national/media-national/adding-color-to-pre-and-postwar-mentalities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T15:50:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2003/08/31/national/media-national/reform-is-required-to-untangle-pension-system/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T16:02:39+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2003/09/28/national/media-national/dancing-in-the-dark-but-whos-calling-the-tune/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T16:12:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2003/09/21/national/media-national/an-endless-supply-of-meat-for-loan-sharks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T16:15:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2003/09/14/national/media-national/that-obscure-object-of-trivial-pursuits/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T16:19:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2003/10/12/national/media-national/young-japanese-silently-reject-salaryman-lifestyle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T16:35:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2003/10/19/national/media-national/maverick-broadcaster-kume-shook-em-up/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T16:35:13+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2003/10/05/national/media-national/role-of-victims-in-court-needs-careful-monitoring/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-14T16:37:54+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/02/16/national/u-s-firm-joins-power-project-on-kunashiri/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-16T01:05:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Controversial crop: Golden rice (right) is normal rice that has been genetically modified to provide vitamin A to counter blindness and other diseases in children in the developing world.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[¥1 trillion guarantee: A liquefied natural gas tanker operated by Energy Advance Co., a unit of Tokyo Gas, lies moored at the company's plant in Sodegaura, Chiba Prefecture, last March.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mother knows best: A woman breast-feeds her baby during a Jan. 13 demonstration at the Plaza Lincoln shopping center in San Jose, Costa Rica, to protest the shopping center's move a week earlier to force a woman to stop nursing her daughter. A U.S. pediatrics experts says it is hard to distinguish between a well-cared for bottle-fed infant and one who is breast-fed.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Danger dish: A fugu shows why it's called a blowfish or puffer fish in English.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Seeking a way forward: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds talks Thursday in Tokyo with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (left), who is visiting Japan on the occasion of the Conference on Cooperation among East Asian Countries for Palestinian Development, or Ceapad.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The sky's the limit: Eivind Roald, executive vice president of sales and marketing at Scandinavian Airlines System, is interviewed Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-16T02:47:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Blaster-master: A Toshiba Corp. prototype remote-controlled decontamination robot blasts dry ice to show how it would peel off radioactive materials, and then later vacuum them up, at the firm's Yokohama complex Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[New lease: Medical social worker Kaori Osawa holds a session for cancer patients at Tokyo Kyosai Hospital in Meguro Ward.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-16T22:47:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[CHINA-DIPLOMACY-JAPAN-DISPUTE]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Power of paint: A model with a body painting of disputed islands known as the Diaoyus in China and the Senkakus in Japan protests in Nanjing, China, last September.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-17T00:00:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-17T00:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Aung San Suu Kyi  reuters/kyodo]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bad timing: Ryuji Sonoda, head coach of Japanese women's judo national team, bows before a press conference in Tokyo. Sonoda resigned over accusations he physically abused female judoka at a training camp before the London Olympics.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Virtuoso: Kanon Matsuda performs Friday at the Gnessin Moscow Special School of Music, Russia's top music school, after she won the best student award.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-17T00:01:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-17T00:01:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-17T00:10:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-17T00:10:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/02/17/national/social-issues/opponents-to-dual-surnames-in-japan-outnumber-supporters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-18T00:13:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-18T00:31:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-18T00:35:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-18T00:36:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-18T00:40:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Train wreck: A tour bus lies across the JR Kyudai Line in Kokonoe, Oita Prefecture, on Sunday after careering onto the track.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/02/18/national/cobra-gold-2013-holds-evacuation-drill-in-thailand-for-japanese/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-18T00:41:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cobra Gold class: Japanese participants in a multinational evacuation drill in Pattaya, Thailand, prepare to board a U.S. Marine helicopter Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/02/18/world/politics-diplomacy-world/asian-pivot-turns-african/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-18T00:42:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-18T00:43:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/02/18/national/making-a-living-using-foreign-language-skills/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-18T00:45:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Eye of the storm: Finance Minister Taro Aso (center) chats with Bank of Korea Gov. Kim Choong Soo as BOJ Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa (left) looks on Saturday at the G-20 meeting in Moscow.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ramiro Gomez]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hazardous to your job?: The Mayo Clinic, whose 32,000 workers make it the largest private employer in Minnesota, is shown in Rochester on Jan. 30. The federal Family Medical Leave Act has helped about 100 million workers take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave annually to handle health issues without losing their jobs. But even those covered by the law have been penalized for taking advantage of it, or even fired.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Karl Rove]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hereditary right: A gun-rights supporter hugs his son during a rally at the Capitol in Hartford, Connecticut, on Jan. 19.  The rally, dubbed, "Guns Across America," was one of many held at state capitol buildings nationwide to raise concerns about possible new legislation that could affect gun owners' rights in the wake of the Dec. 14 school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Death's head: Jerry Givens was Virginia's chief executioner for 17 years. "From the 62 lives I took, I learned a lot," he says. His changing views about the death penalty mirrors the state's and nation's.]]></image:caption>
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