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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In with the new: Microsoft Co. Japan CEO Yasuyuki Higuchi (fifth from left) and executives of various PC makers celebrate the debut of Windows 8, Microsoft's latest operating system, in Tokyo's Akihabara district Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ecotourists: Delegates from the Solomon Islands, Nicaragua and Bolivia, in Tokyo for the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, visit Panasonic's showroom Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[High finance: Ikko Nakatsuka, the newly appointed state minister for financial issues, is interviewed by a group of reporters Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Special edition: A Japan Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner sports fuselage illustrations by elementary school students Saturday at Haneda airport in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Charge it: A Chubu Electric Power Co. official shows how to use a rapid battery charger for electric vehicles Thursday at a Circle K convenience store in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Looking ahead: Sharp Corp. will manufacture Igzo liquid crystal display panels at this plant in Tenri, Nara Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiroyuki Ishige]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The new bug:  Toyota Motor Corp.'s Smart Insect single-occupant electric vehicle is displayed at the CEATEC-Japan exhibition  at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba Prefecture on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20121012a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Guiding hand: IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde attends a news conference Thursday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/10/19/business/keidanren-chief-optimistic-about-japan-eu-free-trade-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T15:56:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiromasa Yonekura]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On the rise: The JP Tower in the Marunouchi district in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, will be home to a new shopping center.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-22T15:57:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20121017a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People power: Lithuanians cast their votes in general elections and a nonbinding referendum in Vilnius on Sunday. In the referendum, citizens of the Baltic state overwhelmingly rejected a plan to construct a Hitachi nuclear power plant.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Christine Lagarde]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Poverty fighter: Dame Pauline Green, president of the International Cooperative Alliance, poses for a photo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hirohisa Fujii]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dominant position: Nippon Steel &amp; Sumitomo Metal Corp. Chairman and CEO Shoji Muneoka (right) and President Hiroshi Tomono unveil their company's plaque in Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-22T15:58:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/10/16/business/ana-resumes-myanmar-flights-after-12-year-hiatus/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Plenty of leg room: An All Nippon Airway Co. Boeing 737-700ER leaves Monday from Narita International Airport bound for Yangon as the carrier resumed direct flights to Myanmar for the first time in 12 years. The jet has only 38 seats, all business class.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The right light: S.T. Dupont CEO Alain Crevet holds a lighter designed by Eiichiro Oda, the author of the popular manga "One Piece," at the firm's  Tokyo office in Minato  Ward on Sept. 28.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[No poaching: Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and Russian President Vladimir Putin view a Sept. 8 signing in Vladivostok of a ban on crab poaching.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-22T15:59:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/10/11/business/global-debt-woes-said-increasing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T15:59:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yen men: Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa (second from left) and other BOJ executives attend a Monday meeting of branch managers at the bank's headquarters in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Common cause: Sony Corp. President Kazuo Hirai (left) shakes hands with Olympus Corp. President Hiroyuki Sasa after their news conference in Tokyo on Monday. Olympus and Sony announced that they have entered into business and capital alliance agreements through a third-party allotment to Sony of Olympus' common shares.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Screening process: A customer browses through Sony LCD TVs at an electronics shop in Tokyo on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Parting advice: David Warren, former British Ambassador to Japan, is interviewed in London on Nov. 20.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/03/business/rivalry-heats-up-as-ipad-mini-arrives/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Apple mania: Customers line up Friday at the Apple store in Ginza, Tokyo, for the new iPad mini tablet computer.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/21/business/in-talks-with-obama-noda-again-plays-up-tpp/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sideline huddle: U.S. President Barack Obama looks at Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton before the start of a bilateral meeting Tuesday with Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on the sidelines of international summits in Phnom Penh.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/28/business/kobe-beef-set-to-be-exported-to-u-s/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bridge builders: Keidanren Chairman Hiromasa Yonekura chats with Aflac Japan head Charles Lake as the annual U.S.-Japan Business Conference got under way Thursday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/24/business/for-energy-security-japan-urged-to-diversify-sources/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20121124d2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Robert Dujarric (left) from Temple University's Japan Campus, discusses Japan's energy diplomacy during an Oct. 30 seminar in Tokyo as his co-panelist Nobuo Tanaka from the Institute of Energy Economics listens.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/16/business/rakuten-to-sell-e-readers-in-stores/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:03:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:03:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/14/business/no-tpp-decision-in-offing-edano/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:03:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/21/business/shareholders-ok-bourses-merger/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:04:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20121121a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Joining hands: The plan to merge Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc. and Osaka Securities Exchange Co. was approved by shareholders Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/03/business/steady-growth-in-brazil-brings-in-more-foreign-direct-investment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:04:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Brazilian Ambassador Marcos Bezerra Abbott Galvao speaks at a seminar at Keidanren Kaikan in Tokyo on Oct. 24.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/13/business/boj-easing-to-continue-until-cpi-climbs-1/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:04:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/21/business/japans-investment-in-china-down-32/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:04:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/16/business/kansai-airport-logs-11-2-billion-loss/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:04:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/21/business/mazda-aims-to-sell-240000-atenzas/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/15/business/radiation-shield-seat-to-hit-market/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:04:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/21/business/japan-joins-15-nations-in-talks-on-fta/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:04:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/03/business/world-could-learn-from-israels-fiscal-discipline/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:04:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Joseph Bachar]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/01/business/mizuho-panasonic-fujitsu-lauded-for-green-strides/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:04:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/27/business/sojitz-unit-dutch-resin-maker-tie-up/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:04:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/22/business/hankyu-fully-opens-renovated-osaka-department-store/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:05:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20121122a6a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Good as new: Shoppers enter Hankyu's flagship in Umeda, Osaka, on Wednesday. All the retail space is now open in the emporium, which began to undergo refurbishment in 2005.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/22/business/russia-far-east-joint-ventures-in-offing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:05:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Looking Far East: Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov and Foreign Minister Koichiro Genba make joint statements Tuesday at the Iikura guesthouse in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/21/business/business-labor-heads-agree-on-jobs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:05:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/28/business/former-airport-to-be-huge-solar-plant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:05:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/17/business/economic-evaluation-off-for-fourth-month/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:05:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/21/business/coke-machines-cut-daytime-juice/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20121121a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Energy-saver: A Coca-Cola (Japan) Co. "peak shift" vending machine that doesn't need electricity for daytime refrigeration is in operation Monday in Minato Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/28/business/kyushu-electric-seeks-8-5-home-rate-hike/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20121128a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Power play: Michiaki Uriu (right), president of Kyushu Electric Power Co., hands an application for an electricity rate hike to Ichiro Takahara, head of the Natural Resources and Energy Agency, in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/17/business/noda-to-tell-obama-japan-positive-about-tpp/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:05:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/19/business/elusive-wealth-of-nations-in-a-global-economy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:05:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/13/business/honda-thai-unit-gets-bigger-bikes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:05:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/27/business/japan-canada-fta-talks-get-under-way/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:06:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20121127a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[No lip-reading: Grover Norquist, founder of Americans for Tax Reform, participates in a debate at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington on Nov. 29, 2011.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/08/business/japans-business-leaders-hope-for-deeper-ties-with-u-s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:06:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/02/business/banks-told-to-keep-aiding-the-ailing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:06:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/13/business/nakaso-returned-as-key-boj-exec/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:06:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/07/business/toyota-weathering-china-risks-by-spreading-eggs-to-other-baskets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:06:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20121107a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The big picture: Toyota Motor Corp. Executive Vice President Satoshi Ozawa is surrounded by reporters Monday in Tokyo after he announced the company's financial results for the first half of the business year, which ended in September.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/08/business/beef-import-controls-to-be-relaxed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:06:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/29/business/southeast-asia-draws-renewed-look-as-investment-destination/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:06:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/23/business/japan-post-bank-may-get-ok-to-be-housing-lender/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:06:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/14/business/japan-russia-set-to-hold-trade-meeting/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:06:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/27/business/shirakawa-defends-boj-steps-hits-back-at-abe/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20121127a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Stay the course: Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa gives a lecture in Nagoya on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/17/business/chrysler-stages-rare-model-debut/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:07:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/05/business/excess-supply-not-lack-of-demand-weighing-on-the-global-economy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:07:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/15/business/corporate-presence-in-india-still-low-but-the-rush-is-on/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:07:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/20/business/ana-keeps-small-jets-on-china-routes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:07:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/27/business/hitachi-sets-up-branch-in-yangon/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:07:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/15/business/lower-economic-assessment-coming/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:07:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/21/business/recruit-plans-virtual-shopping-mall-site/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:07:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/26/business/tokyo-seoul-lower-temperature-to-heal-economy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:07:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/10/business/senkakus-backlash-slashes-carmakers-earnings-outlook/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:07:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/23/business/dpj-mum-on-tpp-talks-before-polls/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:08:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/10/business/suzuki-failed-to-declare-1-2-billion-must-pay-200-million-in-back-taxes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:08:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/29/business/vacuum-cleaner-ad-is-deceptive-sharp-warned/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:08:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/01/business/eight-of-10-japanese-utilities-with-reactors-incur-net-april-september-loss/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:08:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/10/business/government-debt-up-sets-new-high/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:08:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/14/business/narita-to-cut-landing-fees-to-compete-with-other-asian-airports/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:08:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/14/business/hitachi-units-plan-13-merger/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:08:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/06/business/yamato-eyes-three-city-same-day-link-by-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:08:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/02/business/mizuho-transfer-laid-to-phishing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:08:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/14/business/subaru-maker-bearish-on-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:08:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/07/business/sumitomo-signs-power-sales-pact/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:08:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/29/business/htb-cruises-nagasaki-shanghai-liner-runs-halted-amid-isle-dispute/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:09:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20121129a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Strong undercurrents: The disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea are seen in September.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/23/business/jr-tokai-takes-wraps-off-new-maglev/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:09:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20121123a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ready to levitate: The new L0 series maglev train is transferred to a test facility yard Thursday in Tsuru,Yamanashi Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/13/business/october-good-for-beer-shipments/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:09:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/01/business/windows-8-may-prove-a-hard-sell/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20121101a7a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[To the rescue?: Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 8 operating system is displayed outside an electronics store in Tokyo on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/17/business/noda-plans-to-enact-fresh-stimulus-package-before-general-election/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/29/business/fujitsu-starts-cloud-tracking-of-dogs-health/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Canine computing: Yoko Mitsuyama of Fujitsu Ltd. holds her pet Ace wearing a device that monitors a dog's health.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/28/business/university-grad-hiring-up-for-second-year-to-63/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/01/business/only-8-7-of-firms-eyeing-pullout-from-china-poll/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:09:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/06/business/material-doubt-wording-in-english-report-revised/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/23/business/abe-economic-policy-raises-serious-questions/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[BOJ put on notice: Liberal Democratic Party leader Shinzo Abe arrives at an news conference Wednesday to announce the party's platform for next month's Lower House election.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:10:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:10:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/07/business/economy-may-be-in-contraction-phase-report/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:11:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/13/business/gdp-drop-puts-japan-in-a-mild-recession/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:11:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:11:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/17/business/jama-chief-hopes-poll-yields-remedy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:12:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:12:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20121130a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Milestone: Peach Aviation CEO Shinichi Inoue poses Thursday with the budget airline's 1 millionth passenger at Kansai International Airport.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:12:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:12:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20121103d1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[John Hamre (right), president and CEO of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, discusses Japan's nuclear energy policy during a seminar at Keidanren Kaikan in Tokyo on Oct. 25, as CSIS colleague Michael Green listens. satoko kawasaki]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/24/business/u-s-ties-depend-on-tokyos-initiative-leadership/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20121124d1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kent Calder, director of the Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies at Johns Hopkins University, speaks at a Nov. 14  seminar in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/20/business/november-trade-deficit-third-worst-on-record/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:13:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/08/business/adb-lowers-projection-over-china-tensions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:14:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:14:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/06/business/smbc-eyes-bank-of-east-asia-stake/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:14:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/07/business/sharps-boomtown-seeks-salve-for-bust/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:14:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/26/business/remodeled-crown-sedan-launched/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20121226a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Polished jewel: Toyota Motor Corp.'s fully remodeled Crown luxury sedan is displayed at a dealership in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/28/business/lawson-eyes-thailand-as-base-for-asian-operations/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20121228a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Moving and shaking: Lawson Inc. President Takeshi Niinami gesticulates during a recent interview in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/08/business/solar-plant-glut-seen-headed-for-hokkaido/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:15:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/28/business/marubeni-joins-in-bangladesh-power/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:15:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/07/business/thousands-of-indonesian-workers-rally-at-japanese-embassy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:15:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/28/business/secom-tests-eye-in-sky-crime-drone/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Big brother in Japan: A drone prototype is seen videotaping a man acting as an intruder near a building Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/18/business/meidensha-ties-with-myanmar-firm/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:15:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/15/business/seibus-relisting-likely-to-be-delayed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:15:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/01/business/mhi-hitachi-tieup-sign-of-the-times/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:15:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Forging ahead: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries President Hideaki Omiya (left) and Hitachi President Hiroaki Nakanishi face reporters Thursday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/27/business/keidanren-to-cooperate-with-abe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:15:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/22/business/once-almighty-ldp-tax-commission-back-in-the-saddle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:15:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20121222a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The old gang: Liberal Democratic Party President Shinzo Abe (center) attends a meeting of the party's tax panel Friday along with Takeshi Noda (left), the panel's chairman, and LDP policy chief Akira Amari.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/27/business/boj-policymakers-note-yen-strength/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:15:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/19/business/google-writers-ok-book-digitization/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:15:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:15:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Anis Uzzaman]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:16:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/29/business/industry-titans-join-panel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:16:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Expert input: The four men named to a key economic panel to be reinstated under the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, are (clockwise from top right) Yoshimitsu Kobayashi, Susumu Takahashi, Motoshige Ito and Norio Sasaki]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:16:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/04/business/konica-minolta-acquires-german-light-gauge-maker/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:16:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:16:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/07/business/japan-bags-second-fossil-award-for-co-goal-omission/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:16:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:16:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/24/business/rip-van-winkle-returns-to-government-with-trade-war-on-his-mind/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:17:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:17:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/22/business/cd-output-logs-first-rise-in-14-years/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:17:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/15/business/boj-to-take-close-look-next-week-at-further-easing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:17:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/15/business/tankan-hits-lowest-level-since-march-10/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:17:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/12/business/daiwa-house-to-sell-toilet-system-for-the-bedridden/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Assisted living: A system that provides toilet assistance to bedridden people will be sold by Daiwa House Industry Co. starting next month.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Halal-certified: Malaysian Muslim tourists eat "yakiniku" grilled food using halal meat at the Sumiyakiya Nishiazabu restaurant in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Dec. 7.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/17/business/deflation-only-natural-when-politicians-refuse-to-fix-oversupplied-japan/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20121206a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A new car: Nissan Motor Chief Operating Officer Toshiyuki Shiga debuts the Sylphy sedan Wednesday at the firm's head office in Yokohama.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/03/business/the-best-kept-secret-in-japanese-politics-is-that-policies-dont-matter/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:18:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20121203vea.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Agreeing to disagree: Nippon Ishin no Kai leader Shintaro Ishihara holds a sign at a debate with 10 other party chiefs at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Friday, including (left to right) Liberal Democratic Party President Shinzo Abe, Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda and Nippon Mirai no To head Yukiko Kada.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/03/business/suzukis-india-sales-get-9-7-boost-from-ertiga-hatchback/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20121204a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Appeal: An employee of Kyushu Electric Power Co. hands out leaflets asking people to save energy in Fukuoka on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/29/business/nikkei-ends-turbulent-year-at-21-month-high/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Final takedown: Wrestler Saori Yoshida, who won three consecutive Olympic gold medals in the Women's Freestyle 55 kg weight category, rings the bell Friday to mark the end of 2012 trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:18:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/19/business/abe-tells-keidanren-of-budget-goals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:19:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20121219a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Back in play: Shinzo Abe, the next prime minister, is greeted by Fumiaki Watari, chairman of Keidanren's advisory board, upon his arrival for talks with the nation's top business leaders Tuesday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Seeking new ideas: Former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (left) visits the venue for the Indonesia-Japan cooperation in innovation convention in Bandung, Indonesia, on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/11/business/monthly-current-account-surplus-falls/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:19:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:19:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:19:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:19:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:19:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:19:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Latest and greatest: A model shows off Sharp Corp.'s 60-inch ICC Purios TV Thursday in Minato Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Up and running: Central Motor Co.'s new plant in Ohira, Miyagi Prefecture, starts operations Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Some flounder: This 342-kg bluefin tuna caught off southwest Hokkaido fetched a record 32.49 million yen Wednesday at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market auction.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jumps right out: A Sony Corp. 3-D HDTV screen is seen through a pair of 3-D glasses at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Let's make a deal: Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara is greeted by Florida Gov. Rick Scott in Tallahassee on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Secret weapon: Sony's new hand-held game console, code-named the Next Generation Portable, is displayed after the PlayStation Meeting 2011 event in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Strong signal: Masaaki Osumi (second from left), Toshiba Corp.'s corporate senior vice president, holds up a contract Thursday setting up a joint venture with Egyptian manufacturer El Araby Group in Cairo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pastures new: Newly appointed economic and fiscal policy minister Kaoru Yosano speaks to reporters Friday in front of his home in Minato Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Leaving no mark: A reporter tries to scratch a sample of Asahi Glass Co.'s Dragontrail glass with a key during a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bank of Japan Gov. Masaru Hayami]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Aftershock: A man walks by the entrance of a Toyota Motor Corp. showroom in Tokyo on Wednesday. The showroom is closed until Sunday due to the Tohoku disaster.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/10/business/dai-ichi-life-set-to-raise-107-billion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:59:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/30/business/radiation-scare-hits-steel-sales/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:59:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/07/business/mizuho-securities-plans-asia-push/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:59:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/11/business/aeon-may-bid-for-incubator-bank/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:59:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/12/business/snack-maker-calbee-makes-debut-on-tse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:59:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Proud moment: Calbee Inc. President Shuji Ito (right) rings the bell at the Tokyo Stock Exchange as his company's stock debuted on the first section Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/23/business/1-trillion-insurance-cost-seen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:59:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/09/business/prius-station-wagon-models-set-to-debut-will-vie-with-honda/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:59:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/23/business/mizuho-resumes-atm-payroll-transfer-services/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:59:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/04/business/mitsui-fudosan-plans-china-condos/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:59:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/03/business/hitachi-u-k-near-deal-for-train-fleet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T16:59:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/25/business/demand-lifts-pump-price-atop-150/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/19/business/mizuho-glitch-nixes-salary-payments/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:00:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/02/business/incj-may-back-ana-budget-carrier/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/21/business/old-style-survival-skills-put-local-shop-owners-in-disaster-limelight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/16/business/state-may-buy-stocks-to-buoy-prices-yosano/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:00:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/24/business/mizuho-clears-transaction-backlog/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:00:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/15/business/january-output-shaved-to-just-1-3/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/04/business/capital-spending-logs-3-8-quarterly-gain/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:00:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/03/business/parent-to-absorb-panasonic-units/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:00:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/04/business/mazda-starts-car-assembly-in-thailand-malaysia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:00:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/11/business/hitachi-seeks-billing-knowhow-in-dk-water-tieup/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/05/business/mazda-mulls-suspending-production-at-u-s-jv-with-ford/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:00:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/18/business/yonekura-calls-for-boj-intervention/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:01:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/01/business/maehara-goes-to-bat-for-farm-liberalization/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:01:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/09/business/keio-professor-nominated-for-boj/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:01:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/01/business/last-747-set-for-sayonara-flight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:01:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/29/business/status-of-disaster-hit-automakers-in-u-s-and-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:01:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/01/business/january-housing-starts-rise-2-7/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:01:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/15/business/jr-tokai-maglev-train-park-opens-in-nagoya/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:01:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Modern technology: People gather to look at and photograph a maglev train at the new SCMaglev and Railway Park, which opened in Nagoya on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/12/business/vindication-for-toyota-man-who-built-up-u-s-sales/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:01:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20110312a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Breathing easier: Toyota Motor Corp. adviser Toshiaki Taguchi is interviewed at Toyota's Tokyo office in February.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/19/business/25-of-national-ethylene-production-disrupted-by-earthquake/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:01:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/10/business/core-private-sector-machinery-orders-beat-forecast-up-4-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:01:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/18/business/vending-machines-drawing-fire/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:01:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20110318a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Both fridge and heater: Vending machines are ubiquitous nationwide.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/19/business/tokyo-firms-eye-moving-to-osaka/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:01:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/15/business/singapore-checks-japanese-produce/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:01:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/01/business/jal-revives-crane-logo-in-return-to-basics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:02:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20110301a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Symbolic journey: Sporting its new crane logo, a Japan Airlines Co. plane prepares to depart from Tokyo's Haneda airport Monday for Kushiro, Hokkaido, on a commemorative flight.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/11/business/february-beer-shipments-foam-up/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:02:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/19/business/yen-declines-as-g7-starts-intervention/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:02:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/08/business/february-forex-reserves-ease-0-1/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:02:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/02/business/unemployment-rate-held-at-4-9-in-january/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:02:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/02/business/145000-corollas-in-brazil-in-fuel-leak-recall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:02:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/03/business/toyota-rides-surge-in-u-s-auto-market/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:02:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/19/business/gdp-to-drop-0-2-daiwa-institute/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:02:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/12/business/ibaraki-airport-marks-first-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:02:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/24/business/prius-minivan-april-debut-delayed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:02:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/24/business/toyota-honda-assembly-lines-face-long-stretch-in-idle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:02:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/25/business/utilities-face-tax-hike-to-cover-suits/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:02:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/09/business/kaieda-cautious-on-chinas-call-to-pursue-rare-earth-alternatives/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:02:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/25/business/nec-restarts-plants-while-carmakers-still-suffer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:02:46+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/05/business/kodansha-ends-export-strategy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:02:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/05/business/bonds-not-taxes-should-fund-recovery-experts-say/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:09:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/01/business/moodys-slashes-ratings-on-tepco/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:09:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/15/business/panel-agrees-on-tax-relief-steps/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:09:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/01/business/keidanren-urges-budget-revision-for-rebuilding/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:09:59+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/05/business/ge-chief-immelt-says-nuclear-power-plants-safe-gas-turbines-on-way/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:10:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/13/business/boj-set-to-confront-impaired-sentiment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:10:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/21/business/foreign-importers-to-get-radiation-info/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:10:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/23/business/krosaki-bags-india-refractory-unit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:10:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/12/business/economic-outlook-dimmer-a-month-after-earthquake/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:10:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20110412a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Time to start over: Rubble covers a Taiheiyo Cement Corp. factory in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on April 3.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/09/business/tohoku-coastal-area-job-losses-look-to-top-81500/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:10:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20110409a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Help wanted: A woman from Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, fills in an application form at a job fair Friday at Tokyo Big Sight in Koto Ward. The venue now serves as an evacuation site.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/05/business/panasonic-faces-test-to-exploit-sanyo-clout/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:10:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nb20110405a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20110405a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Going extinct: A row of Sanyo Electric Co. washing machines is displayed at an appliance store in Hanoi in March.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/23/business/yahoo-japan-profit-up-14th-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:10:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/22/business/how-debt-tax-hike-will-affect-reconstruction/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:10:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/27/business/nissan-may-output-to-hit-90-of-predisaster-goal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:10:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/13/business/kyushu-electric-shelves-plan-to-build-third-reactor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:10:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/06/business/hitachi-focuses-on-power-plant-gear/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:10:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/06/business/power-crunch-businesses-to-be-urged-to-start-hour-earlier-this-summer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:10:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/28/business/supply-disruptions-to-last-until-fall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:10:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/18/business/in-a-globalized-world-beware-the-lonely-going-to-war-with-the-only/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:10:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/01/business/nissan-to-restart-normal-domestic-operations-in-mid-april/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:10:57+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/09/business/brazil-rail-bid-delayed-until-july/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:11:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/28/business/thai-airways-targets-reluctant-customers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:11:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20110428a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Thai team: Piyasvasti Amranand (left), president of Thai Airways International, speaks during an interview Monday in Tokyo's Yurakucho district, as Pandit Chanapai, executive vice president, looks on.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/20/business/fish-buyers-biting-again-at-tokyos-tsukiji-market/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:11:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nb20110420a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20110420a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Back in favor: Fresh fish are traded at Tsukiji market in Tokyo on Tuesday. The volume of transactions at the market has returned to prequake levels.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/09/business/bankruptcies-drop-11-3-on-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:11:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/21/business/japan-luxembourg-to-push-fta/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:11:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/02/business/public-works-may-fund-quake-relief/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:11:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/06/business/disaster-may-bring-global-hit-imf-head/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:11:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/09/business/life-insurer-payouts-in-billions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:11:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/07/business/new-auto-sales-plunge-in-quake-hit-areas/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:12:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/08/business/brewskis-in-short-supply-in-tokyo-region-due-to-quake-power-outages/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:12:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/02/business/graduates-take-up-new-jobs-in-subdued-mood/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:12:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/12/business/boj-slashes-growth-forecasts-after-twin-disasters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:12:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nb20110412a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20110412a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Repairs lagging: The interior of a Nissan Motor Corp. plant remains damaged in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 29.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/02/business/upbeat-tankan-compiled-pre-311/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:12:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/15/business/shiseido-plans-online-mall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:12:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/07/business/reconstruction-budget-said-to-top-3-trillion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:12:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/04/business/effects-of-the-tohoku-disaster-and-options-for-japans-response/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:12:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/13/business/imf-truncates-2011-growth-outlook-to-1-4/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:12:44+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/14/business/jal-to-maintain-profit-goal-despite-impact-of-disasters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:12:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/07/business/toyota-to-restart-more-domestic-plants/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:12:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/26/business/bridge-bank-takes-incubator-assets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:12:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/27/business/hanedas-global-hub-hopes-fly-in-face-of-hard-realities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:13:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20110427a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Slow start: Planes are parked at the international terminal at Tokyo's Haneda airport on April 18.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/14/business/public-self-restraint-hits-tourism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:13:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20110414a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Thrill is gone: Visitors view a notice  that the "sakura matsuri" cherry blossom festival has been canceled at Tokyo's Ueno Park on April 7 amid the subdued mood stemming from the disaster.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/27/business/sony-jumps-into-tablet-fray-with-two-models/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:13:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nb20110427a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20110427a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[But not least: Kunimasa Suzuki, deputy president of Sony's Consumer Products and Services Group, and Andy Rubin, senior vice president at Mobile Google Inc., show off Sony's new tablet computers during a Tuesday press event in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/12/business/korean-firm-eyes-takefuji-rehab/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:13:21+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/15/business/japan-u-s-need-fiscal-fix-imf/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:13:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/19/business/toshiba-electronics-resumes-partial-operations-at-iwate-plant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:13:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/08/business/rotate-plants-by-industry-jama/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:13:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/07/business/economy-said-emerging-from-lull-pre-march-11/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:13:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/23/business/toyota-expects-output-revival-by-years-end/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:13:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/23/business/government-reform-panel-examines-proposal-to-hike-sales-tax-to-15/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:13:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/21/business/parco-president-to-be-ousted/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:14:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/01/business/693-billion-spent-to-weaken-yen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:14:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/13/business/g-20-to-be-briefed-on-accident/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:14:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/08/business/hitachi-to-revamp-plan-for-nuclear-power-business-through-2030/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:14:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nb20110408a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20110408a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiroaki Nakanishi]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/14/business/economic-outlook-dimmed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:14:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/19/business/output-at-all-toyota-plants-here-resumes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:14:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/14/business/sony-to-adopt-daylight-saving-time-to-save-power/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:14:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/15/business/disaster-left-u-s-impact-in-some-regions-beige-book/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:14:30+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/21/business/disaster-precipitated-2-2-fall-in-march-exports-finance-ministry/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:14:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/12/business/small-firms-outside-crises-zone-hurt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:14:39+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/19/business/regional-bank-seeks-public-funds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:14:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/23/business/sendais-key-fujisaki-store-reopens-for-biz/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:14:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nb20110423a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20110423a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Localization: Shoppers buy local food products Friday at Fujisaki, a renowned department store in Sendai's Aoba Ward.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/01/business/poll-finds-sharp-dip-in-business-confidence/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:14:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/28/business/more-makers-eye-tokyo-motor-show/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:14:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/27/business/dai-ichi-life-faces-179-billion-loss/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:14:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/14/business/toyota-to-suspend-europe-output-for-several-days/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:15:01+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nb20110414a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20110414a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[In better times: Workers give Yaris compact sedans their final check before export to North America on a new assembly line at Central Motor Co., a Toyota Motor Co. unit in Ohira, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 16.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/09/business/march-11-to-clip-exports-by-up-to-1-6-wto/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:15:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/07/business/toyota-microsoft-plan-it-alliance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:15:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/20/business/sweets-cafe-serves-up-sky-tree-parfaits/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:15:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nb20110420a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20110420a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cool: An employee holds up a Strawberry Sky Tree parfait at Sakura Cafe Mukojima, located near the foot of Tokyo Sky Tree in Sumida Ward, on March 8.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/16/business/october-to-see-full-car-output/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:15:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/22/business/tepco-seeks-20-cut-in-salaries/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:15:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/29/business/apples-long-awaited-new-ipad-model-debuts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:15:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/09/business/quake-delays-start-of-tse-ose-merger-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:15:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/09/business/toyota-to-restart-all-domestic-plants/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:15:29+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nb20110409a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20110409a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Got any Bondo?: New vehicles damaged by the March 11 tsunami sit in a Toyota parking lot at Sendai port on March 28.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/07/business/airlines-told-to-inspect-boeing-737s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:15:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/09/business/economy-watchers-index-dips-at-record-pace/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:15:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/27/business/tepco-nixes-new-hiring-cuts-pay-across-board/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:15:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nb20110427a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20110427a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Regrets: Tokyo Electric Power Co. Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata bows at the end of a news conference at the firm's headquarters in Tokyo on April 17.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/28/business/state-to-hike-share-of-quake-payouts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:15:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/09/business/gs-yuasa-seals-ev-battery-deals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:15:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/06/business/assembly-of-mitsubishi-jet-begins/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:15:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/27/business/restaurant-sales-fall-record-10-3/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:15:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/19/business/meti-hit-for-amakudari-habits-that-put-retirees-in-tepco/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:16:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/12/business/toyota-predicts-early-rebound-in-production-capacity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:16:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nb20110512a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20110512a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bad tidings: Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda speaks during a news conference in Tokyo Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/12/business/key-economic-gauge-takes-worst-drop-ever/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/21/business/resona-buoyed-by-public-fund-repayments/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:16:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nb20110521a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20110521a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Eiji Hosoya]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/21/business/itc-ends-steel-sheet-antidumping-duty/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/27/business/biz-leader-asks-for-real-leadership/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:17:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/31/business/trade-deficit-continued-into-early-may/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:17:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/26/business/oecd-pessimistic-on-11-economic-forecast/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/17/business/core-machinery-orders-registered-unexpected-hike-in-march-up-2-9/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/14/business/mizuho-smfg-see-net-profit-surge/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/11/business/toshiba-u-s-firm-lift-ties-on-thermal-power/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/10/business/top-five-banks-to-net-%c2%a51-7-trillion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:17:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/28/business/honda-sees-offshore-comeback-in-august/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/03/business/blackout-fears-lift-battery-demand/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:17:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Storage space: The Power Yiile,  a large-capacity industrial-strength battery, is shown in this photo provided by Eliiy Power Co.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/28/business/top-life-insurers-profits-decline-on-dip-in-value-of-shareholdings/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/07/business/administration-keeping-close-watch-on-yen-rate/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/26/business/export-fall-spells-first-april-trade-deficit-since-1980/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/21/business/nissan-mitsubishi-in-minivehicle-jv/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:18:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/24/business/business-leaders-push-trilateral-fta/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:18:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/30/business/bankers-group-warms-to-postal-bank/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/31/business/quake-hit-sony-plants-all-running/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/18/business/tohoku-electric-ceremony-welcomes-new-hires/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Slow start: New employees of Tohoku Electric Power Co. attend the welcoming ceremony at the firm's headquarters in Sendai on Tuesday, more than a month later than scheduled due to the March 11 quake.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/20/business/manufacturers-expect-lasting-quake-impact/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:19:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/21/business/sony-touts-new-type-of-visual-technology/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Another dimension: Sony Corp. demonstrates its new "augmented reality" technology, which shows additional information on images captured through a camera on devices such as a smartphone, in Tokyo on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/25/business/toyota-told-to-loosen-control-heed-criticism/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tarnished image: A Toyota sign is seen at the Wilsonville Toyota dealership in Wilsonville, Oregon, in March.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:19:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/31/business/elderly-drivers-face-higher-premium/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/24/business/eco-friendly-taxi-stand-opens-at-osaka-station/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Preferential line: "Eco-friendly" taxis wait for customers at a newly established taxi stand for electric and hybrid vehicles at JR Osaka Station on Monday morning.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/27/business/honda-to-up-india-motorcycle-output/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:19:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/31/business/japan-blowing-new-wind-into-u-k-green-industries/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:19:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/24/business/honda-to-advance-holidays-to-deal-with-low-postquake-operating-rate/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Checklist: Workers carry out final checks on Honda Accord Tourer vehicles at Honda Motor Co.'s factory in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, in April. Honda workers will take an additional 14 days off between  June and August because parts shortages have led to fewer finished vehicles rolling off the assembly line.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/13/business/dai-ichi-life-to-name-new-chairman/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/31/business/radiation-zone-farmer-grubs-his-way-to-survival/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Meet the beetles: Masanao Usami shows off his chunky beetle grubs at a warehouse in Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 21.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/18/business/chubu-electric-negotiating-to-buy-firms-surplus-power/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/11/business/sony-confirms-more-info-breached/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/20/business/auto-industry-agrees-to-adopt-weekend-work-shifts/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/19/business/docomo-attacks-softbanks-higher-fee/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/17/business/wholesale-prices-mark-sharp-rise/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:20:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/02/business/japan-firms-ignore-foreign-media-at-own-peril-expert/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[To the point: Jochen Legewie, president of CNC Japan, gives a lecture on corporate relations with the foreign media at Keidanren Kaikan in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/12/business/toyota-christens-hydrogen-station/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/28/business/bill-okd-for-bank-fund-injections/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/13/business/komatsu-eyes-four-day-workweek/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Outside the box: Komatsu Ltd. President Kunio Noji talks about the firm¥x81fs plan to move to a four-day workweek during a news conference in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/18/business/decision-on-tpp-talks-officially-postponed/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Captive audience: Shoppers pass Sony ads as they ride escalators at a store in Tokyo on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/25/business/weak-assessment-remains-unchanged/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:20:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/16/business/old-proverbs-should-be-minded-even-in-tough-economic-times/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:20:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/14/business/tpp-decision-faces-delay-of-months/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:20:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/06/business/dollar-falls-below-80/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:21:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20110525a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bearing fruit: Shinichi Inoue, CEO of Peach Aviation Ltd., holds a model of the low-cost carrier's aircraft during a news conference to announce the brand name in Osaka on Tuesday. He later spoke at a separate news conference in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/12/business/japan-supply-holdups-strain-philippine-industry/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/14/business/ntt-posts-first-gains-in-7-years/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/24/business/three-firms-tie-up-on-power-system/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/12/business/support-japan-bra-unveiled/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:22:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/03/business/march-saw-first-decline-in-monthly-wage-in-13-months-blackouts-blamed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-22T17:22:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/06/24/business/oses-trade-sessions-to-get-longer-on-nov-21/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/06/29/business/fisheries-get-quake-restoration-plan/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/06/02/business/mexico-seeks-backing-for-imf-helm/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/06/01/business/japan-and-peru-sign-free-trade-agreement/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sealing the deal: Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto shakes hands with Peruvian trade minister Eduardo Ferreyros Kuppers on Tuesday following the signing of a bilateral economic partnership agreement at the Foreign Ministry.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/06/03/business/sony-to-defend-response-to-data-breach-in-congress/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Welcome wagon: Aviation fans watch a Boeing 787 Dreamliner arrive Tuesday at Osaka's Itami airport after a test flight.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[With the grain: Participants gesture during bidding Monday at the Kansai Commodities Exchange in Osaka.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Titans' Tokyo temples: Hitachi Ltd.'s headquarters building in Chiyoda Ward and Mitsubishi Heavy Industry Ltd.'s headquarters in Minato Ward are shown.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Plan B: Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks at an Upper House committee Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Anchors aweigh: Tokyo Gas Co. introduces the world's largest liquefied natural gas tanker, the Energy Horizon.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Raise or fold?: A money trader reacts at a currency brokerage in Tokyo on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wheel deal: Meitetsu Kyosho Ltd.'s Cariteco car-sharing service has attracted members since it slashed monthly individual user fees in June.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Uptick: An electronic board in Higashi-Shinbashi in Minato Ward, Tokyo, shows the dollar trading in the 79 yen level Thursday after Japanese monetary authorities intervened in the market to stem the yen's appreciation.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Eventful day: Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda returns to his seat after making a speech ahead of the Democratic Party of Japan's presidential vote in Tokyo on Monday as trade minister Banri Kaieda applauds.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Home generator: Fujifilm Corp.'s Ashigara factory in Kanagawa Prefecture boasts a natural gas cogeneration system capable of rerouting any excess electricity to the firm's other factories if they face a power shortage.]]></image:caption>
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