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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Playing catchup: Models show off Sony's new tablet computers, the Tablet S (left) and Tablet P, during a launch event in Tokyo on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tatsuo Kawabata]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Motohisa Furukawa]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Attention shoppers: People line up as Daiei Inc. opens up a new foodium outlet in Osaka on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Slimmed down: A prototype ultralightweight electric vehicle by chemical fiber maker Toray Industries Inc. is shown to the media Friday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[New on the block: Jun Azumi (aove) and Motohisa Furukawa enter the Prime Minister's Official Residence on Friday morning before being appointed finance minister and economic and fiscal policy minister, respectively.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Inner circle: Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa (center) and other members of the BOJ's Policy Board prepare to meet Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Charging on: These three versions of Panasonic's Evolta-kun robot ? one that swims, another that runs and a third that cycles ? will be used in a triathlon challenge next month in Hawaii.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sunny side up: Kansai Electric's solar power plant in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, is seen Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ready for prime time: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[JAPAN-HEALTH-ROBOTICS-FILES]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Power assist: Cyberdyne Inc. employees wearing Hybrid Assistive Limb, or HAL, robotic suits are seen in 2009. The gear received safety certification Wednesday by a quality assurance organization.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/02/28/national/nuclear-agency-updates-disaster-mitigation-rules/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-28T12:47:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shunichi Tanaka]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/02/18/national/crime-legal/mass-offered-for-rampage-victims/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-28T14:09:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In remembrance: People pray Sunday for the victims of last week's attack on Guam during a special Mass at the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica in the island's capital, Hagatna.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/02/28/national/crime-legal/the-long-arm-of-the-antipiracy-law/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-28T14:19:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Far from home: The Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Sazanami is refueled in the Gulf of Aden in June 2009 during Japan's antipiracy operations.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/02/28/national/crime-legal/guam-suspect-denies-guilt-claims-mental-illness/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-28T14:20:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chad Ryan De Soto]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/02/28/national/japan-plans-viable-methane-hydrate-technology-by-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-28T14:27:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/02/28/national/three-chinese-vessels-enter-territorial-waters-near-senkakus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-28T16:48:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/02/28/national/politics-diplomacy/diet-asked-to-ok-kuroda-as-next-boj-chief-opposition-seen-falling-into-line/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-28T19:54:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/02/28/national/crime-legal/top-court-to-assess-kids-inheritance-limits/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-02-28T20:08:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/01/national/politics-diplomacy/government-finds-plenty-to-criticize-in-algerian-crisis-response/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-01T00:01:45+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/01/national/politics-diplomacy/kishida-at-diet-vows-to-safeguard-nation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-01T00:02:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20130301a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fumio Kishida]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/01/business/boj-easing-options-limited/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-01T00:02:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20130301a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[New job: Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda, who was officially nominated Thursday as the next Bank of Japan governor, is interviewed in Tokyo in February.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/01/business/itochu-to-invest-in-u-s-lpg-base/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-01T00:02:41+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/01/national/chiba-gubernatorial-race-kicks-off/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-01T00:02:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/01/national/politics-diplomacy/u-s-to-hold-osprey-training-over-japans-main-islands-next-week/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-01T00:03:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/01/business/corporate-business/faa-boeing-fix-wont-end-787-grounding-fast/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-01T00:03:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20130301a6a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dreamliner fix: Ray Conner, president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, faces reporters Thursday after meeting with transport minister Akihiro Ota.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/01/business/domestic-auto-output-skids-10-6/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-01T00:03:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/01/national/science-health/riken-to-apply-for-approval-to-conduct-ips-clinical-research/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-01T00:03:21+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/01/business/economy-business/aso-vows-drastic-action-on-deflation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-01T00:03:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20130301a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Seriousness aside: Finance Minister Taro Aso (left) has a light moment with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during Thursday's Lower House plenary session.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/01/national/sanctions-against-north-may-widen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-01T00:11:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/01/business/corporate-business/tepco-mulls-power-cuts-for-industries-refusing-its-rate-hike/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-01T00:11:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/01/business/seven-eleven-stores-top-15000/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-01T00:11:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/01/business/economy-business/industrial-output-up-second-month/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-01T00:11:52+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/01/national/chinese-vessels-sail-near-senkakus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-01T00:11:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/01/national/history/iconic-iwojima-photo-a-survival-story/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-01T00:13:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nn20130301f2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20130301f2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Semper fi: Norman Hatch poses for a photo near the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial on Feb. 20 in Arlington, Virginia.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/02/28/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-plays-it-safe-in-diet-speech/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-01T08:02:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nn20130301a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20130301a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Riding the wave: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a policy speech during the plenary session of the Lower House on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/02/28/world/politics-diplomacy-world/jfks-daughter-top-candidate-as-envoy-to-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-01T12:01:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/wn20130301p1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[wn20130301p1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Caroline Kennedy]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/01/asia-pacific/seoul-to-support-u-n-probe-of-north-koreas-human-rights-abuses/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-01T13:01:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/01/national/hakone-event-to-feature-100-life-size-doraemon-figures/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-01T16:01:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nn20130301a9a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20130301a9a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Comic relief: These figures of Doraemon will be displayed around Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, through most of March.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/02/world/science-health-world/third-van-allen-radiation-belt-seen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-02T00:20:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/wn20130302h5a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[wn20130302h5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An illustration provided by NASA shows the  Van Allen radiation belts around Earth. NASA's recently launched twin satellites to the region have discovered a temporary third ring, according to a study published  Thursday in the journal Science. The new ring appeared for a month before a shock wave from the sun destroyed it.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/02/world/killer-robots-must-be-stopped-say-campaigners/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-02T00:20:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[wn20130302a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Just the beginning: The Northrop Grumman X-47B, an unmanned combat air vehicle that first flew in 2011, is part of a U.S. Navy program that is developing unmanned carrier-based aircraft to carry out surveillance and airstrikes.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/02/world/science-health-world/virtual-autopsy-does-it-spell-the-end-of-the-scalpel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-02T00:20:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/wn20130302h6a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[wn20130302h6a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Positive identification: Forensic pathologists at the University of Leicester recently used computed tomography to match the marks on King Richard III's skull with the blows he is supposed to have suffered from a sword and halberd in 1485.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/02/national/cabinet-approves-my-number-bill/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-02T00:39:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/02/business/myanmar-to-get-aid-on-content-rights/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-02T00:40:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/02/national/history/park-urges-japan-to-reflect-on-past-aggression/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-02T00:45:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20130302a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20130302a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Must look back: South Korean President Park Geun Hye delivers a speech Friday in Cheonan to mark the 94th anniversary of an independence drive against Japan's colonial rule.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/02/national/crime-legal/japanese-killed-by-police-car-in-new-york/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-02T00:46:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/02/business/japan-surpasses-china-as-holder-of-u-s-securities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-02T00:48:27+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/02/national/science-health/russia-meteor-explosion-shines-light-on-aichis-cape-of-stars/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-02T00:51:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20130302cca.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cosmic cape: Yukio Kagami speaks about the Minamino meteorite piece enshrined as a holy object at  Yobitsugi Shrine in Aichi Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/02/business/corporate-business/nissans-new-car-to-test-mood-in-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-02T00:52:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20130302a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kick the tires: A Nissan Motor Co.  Teana sedan is displayed at the Beijing Auto Show in April 2010.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/02/business/economy-business/prices-drop-0-2-as-deflation-continues/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-02T00:59:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/02/national/past-quakes-survivors-help-tohoku-regroup/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-02T01:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20130302f2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lessons learned: Akira Miyasada (left), head of the Kobe-based nonprofit organization Machi Communication, listens to stories from a resident in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Jan. 30.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/02/business/economy-business/jobless-rate-improved-to-4-2-in-january/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-02T01:00:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/02/national/u-s-sailors-get-nine-10-years-for-rape/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-02T01:01:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/02/national/first-spring-storm-of-year-hits-tokyo-other-parts-of-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-02T01:05:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20130302b2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bad hair day: Strong southerly winds hit Friday in the Marunouchi office district of central Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/02/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-to-join-f-35-parts-output-export-strategy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-02T01:09:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/02/world/remembering-the-day-napster-set-music-free/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-02T12:20:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[wn20130302a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Boy genius: Shawn Fanning, who together with fellow teenager Sean Parker founded Napster in 1999, gives a presentation in 2001. While still in high school he wrote the file-sharing software that revolutionized the digital music industry.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/02/business/corporate-business/shiseido-to-abolish-testing-cosmetics-on-animals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-02T12:38:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nb20130302a7a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20130302a7a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[No more animal tests: Shiseido Co. show off its Maquillage True Rouge glossy lipstick in January 2012. The company said Friday it will abolish animal testing for its products developed from April.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/02/20/national/social-issues/75-of-schoolchildren-against-use-possession-of-quasi-legal-drugs-poll/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-02T16:55:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20130220a8a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Variety pack: Quasi-legal drugs sold by Internet-based vendors are arranged for a photo in May 2011.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/02/business/tech/microsofts-tablet-computer-finally-coming-to-japan-in-search-of-sales/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-02T17:06:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nb20130302a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20130302a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Model behavior: Microsoft Corp.'s Surface RT tablet computers and attachable keyboards are unveiled at a media event in Tokyo on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/02/business/tech/panasonic-developing-4k-tablet-computer-with-microsoft/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-02T17:07:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cyber sleuth: Dell SecureWorks' Joe Stewart (right), who spends his days hunting Internet spies, is mapping the digital weapons and organizations behind China's vast cyber-espionage effort against American and European corporations.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Final steps: This frame grab from China's state-run CCTV-9 on Friday shows convicted murderer Yi Lai being led from a prison cell to the site of his execution in Yunnan Province.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/02/national/tokyo-movie-house-to-screen-311-ishinomaki-documentary/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-02T22:48:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Right this way: Craig Reedie, chief of the International Olympic Committee's evaluation commission for the host city of the 2020 Games, is greeted by Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose on his arrival at a Tokyo hotel Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[One of a kind: The late singer Kyu Sakamoto, known for his U.S. hit song "Sukiyaki," appears on the popular variety program "The Steve Allen Show" in 1963. Rare video footage during his 1963 trip to the U.S. will be released on DVD.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/02/national/80-of-japanese-welcome-foreigners-of-japanese-descent/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-02T23:05:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Distant learning: Junior high school students take a class at an ethnic Korean school in Yokohama, while an image of North Korea's rocket launch is projected on a screen.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/03/national/media-national/solution-to-bullying-lies-in-resetting-culprits/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/03/national/canada-cultural-group-to-assist-disaster-zone-youths/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-03T00:04:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Voyage over: A dock from Aomori Prefecture set adrift by the 2011 tsunami is beached in Washington state in January.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/03/national/ex-vice-minister-katsu-to-head-it-firm/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Eijiro Katsu]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/03/national/japan-eu-paving-way-to-kick-off-free-trade-talks-in-march/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-03T08:21:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Downed: The national flags of victims of last week's hot air balloon crash in Luxor, Egypt, are displayed at a memorial Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/02/national/crime-legal/youth-17-admits-killing-woman-on-street-in-kichijoji/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-03T14:23:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-03T21:42:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Oscar buzz: U.S. first lady Michelle Obama announces the Best Picture Oscar live from the White House on Feb. 24.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fighting in the streets: An Egyptian woman participating in a protest rally against the ruling Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo on Saturday holds up a poster showing what she said are victims of Friday night's clashes in the Nile delta city of Mansoura.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/04/national/japan-eu-paving-way-for-free-trade-talks-in-march/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-04T00:33:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/04/national/politics-diplomacy/obama-to-abe-china-raised-tensions-over-senkakus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-04T00:34:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-04T00:34:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-04T00:34:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-04T00:34:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-04T00:36:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-04T01:16:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/04/world/politics-diplomacy-world/obama-pins-legacy-hopes-on-2014-house-victory/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-04T01:17:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-04T09:10:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Street legal: Marijuana grows in a house in Denver.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-04T09:13:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/04/national/heavy-snow-kills-eight-in-hokkaido/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-04T09:34:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/03/national/crime-legal/nypd-cruiser-victims-kin-sue/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-04T18:50:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bereaved: Tsukasa Oyamada, father of Ryo Oyamada, who was hit and killed last week by a New York Police Department patrol car, holds a news conference in New York City on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/05/business/economy-business/huge-wind-turbine-starts-off-chiba/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20130305a6a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Let it blow: Japan's largest wind turbine, in the Pacific off Chiba Prefecture, began churning power Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/05/national/obachan-group-aims-to-jolt-politics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T00:47:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pushing to the front: Members of the All Japan Obachan Party meet for the first time on Nov. 23 in Osaka.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/05/national/politics-diplomacy/rift-plagued-nippon-ishin-eyes-200-for-poll/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Real politics: Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto (left), coleader of Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party), and Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui (right), Nippon Ishin secretary general, attend a party meeting Saturday in Osaka.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/05/national/antipoverty-activist-tries-to-keep-15-goals-alive/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Called to action: Masaki Inaba, executive director of an umbrella alliance of civic groups tackling poverty in developing countries, is interviewed in Tokyo in December.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wang Yi]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/05/national/ioc-team-starts-crucial-tokyo-evaluation-tour/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T00:54:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/05/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-eyeing-legislation-to-achieve-fiscal-rehabilitation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T00:54:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/05/world/many-immigrants-in-america-dont-finish-path-to-citizenship/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T00:55:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-05T00:55:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/05/national/tourist-bodies-returned-from-egypt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T00:55:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/05/business/economy-business/resumed-tpp-talks-turn-to-new-entrants/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T00:55:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/05/national/northern-blizzard-death-toll-at-nine/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T01:07:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Seeking answers: An investigator walks Sunday afternoon near the car in which 40-year-old Kazuyo Miyashita and her three children died of carbon monoxide poisoning while the vehicle was trapped under snow the previous day in Nakashibetsu, Hokkaido.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/05/national/faulty-equipment-checks-prompt-nra-safety-inspection-of-monju/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shoddy upkeep?: The Nuclear Regulation Authority plans to inspect the Monju prototype fast-breeder nuclear on the shore of the Sea of Japan in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/05/national/iaea-board-mulls-amanos-return-for-second-term-at-helm/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T01:07:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Atomic watchdog: Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, addresses the World Economic Forum in January 2012. His re-election is on the agenda of the IAEA's regular board meeting, which began Monday in Vienna, along with how to respond to North Korea's third nuclear test last month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/05/national/nago-mayor-starts-policy-speech-with-antibase-stand/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T01:13:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Unyielding: Mayor Susumu Inamine of Nago, Okinawa, gives his policy speech Monday before the city assembly.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/05/business/economy-business/kuroda-assures-diet-of-inflation-goal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T01:30:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20130305a1a]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Agent of change: Haruhiko Kuroda, president of the Asian Development Bank, speaks at a confirmation hearing in the Diet on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/05/national/crime-legal/minor-denies-slaying-woman-after-tokyo-concert/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T01:30:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The victim: Nicola Furlong is seen in a photo supplied by her family.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/05/business/mitsubishi-among-firms-okd-by-canada-to-export-shale-gas/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T01:30:59+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/24/reference/nadeshiko-japan-eyes-london-olympic-gold/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:01:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20120124i1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Most triumphant: Nadeshiko Japan captain Homare Sawa lifts the women's World Cup after the team beat the United States 3-1 on penalties on July 17.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/10/reference/student-count-knowledge-sliding/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:07:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The drill: University students seeking jobs congregate at a recruiting event in December in Fukuoka where companies held seminars to explain their products and businesses.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/17/national/new-condos-foundation-radioactive/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:07:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/30/national/jfba-to-help-smaller-firms-jump-legal-hurdles-abroad/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:07:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/31/national/upgraded-quince-robots-ready-for-second-foray/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:08:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[To the rescue: In preparation for a mission inside the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, Quince No. 2 moves through rubble on Monday at the Chiba Institute of Technology.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/18/national/ayu-set-to-file-for-divorce-over-failure-to-keep-promise/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ayumi Hamasaki]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/06/national/tokyo-exodus-nuke-reports-worst-scenario/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/07/national/japan-china-back-orphan-fund/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:09:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/24/national/welfare-official-gets-suspended-term-for-postal-system-abuse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:10:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tsutomu Kamimura]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/19/national/escapee-dialed-home-40-times-while-on-lam/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:10:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/06/national/washington-seeks-long-term-leader-for-deeper-ties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:10:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/07/national/okinawa-gets-extra-papers-needed-for-u-s-base-report/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:10:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/07/national/cabinet-defies-opposition-oks-draft-for-sales-tax-hike/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:10:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/25/national/fuji-kamakura-to-be-nominated-as-heritage-sites/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:17:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:17:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/13/national/noda-to-reshuffle-cabinet-in-bid-to-start-sales-tax-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:17:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/11/national/hashimoto-hunt-for-ward-bosses-finds-60-takers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:18:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Making the rounds: Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto talks with board of education officials Tuesday at City Hall.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/13/national/skivvies-clad-jail-escapee-still-on-the-run/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:19:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Li Guolin]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/04/national/mothers-first-to-shed-food-safety-complacency/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:20:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Details: Notices for vegetables grown in Fukushima Prefecture show the level of radioactive cesium — in this case, less than 10 becquerels per kilogram, well below the allowable limit — at a Cataloghouse store in Tokyo's Shinbashi area last month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/10/national/taiwanese-suspect-commits-suicide/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:20:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/31/national/fukushima-no-1-pipes-freeze-leak/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:20:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/27/national/american-trying-to-turn-wartime-flag-over-to-kin/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:21:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lost and found: Michael Reid, a 40-year-old member of the U.S. Navy Reserve, holds a Japanese flag brought home by his grandfather at the naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/10/national/suicide-leap-at-disciplinary-school/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:21:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/22/national/honda-to-cut-motorcycle-workforce/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:21:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/29/national/mitsubishi-electric-admits-overcharging-for-defense-projects/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:22:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/26/national/photos-found-in-tsunami-aftermath-displayed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:24:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Powerful images: A woman views family photos swept away in the March 11 tsunami and later recovered, at the Akaaka Gallery in Minato Ward, Tokyo, on Wednesday. About 1,500 such photos are on display in the exhibition titled "Lost &amp; Found," which runs through Feb. 11.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/14/national/new-noda-cabinet-on-tax-push/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:25:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Full house: Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (front row, second from right), new Deputy Prime Minister Katsuya Okada (front right) and others in Noda's new Cabinet pose for a photo Friday after their first meeting at the Prime Minister's Official Residence.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/07/national/train-stations-popular-cat-mascot-meets-likely-successor/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Purr-fect pair: Feline rivals Tama (left), a mascot cat at Kishi Station in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, and her likely successor, Nitama, are held up for a photo at the station Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/22/national/cabinet-kept-alarming-nuke-report-secret/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/12/national/bill-sets-curbs-on-public-in-epidemics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:26:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/25/national/serve-the-people-not-politics-noda-to-diet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:27:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/10/national/monju-operator-paid-109-million-in-member-fees-to-related-entities/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/06/national/omron-smartphone-app-comes-close-to-instantaneous-text-translations/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Snappy app: A smartphone with an Omron Software application shows a Japanese translation of a Korean menu, created in under a second without having to take a photo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/27/national/watanabe-to-davos-japan-on-mend/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[All the world's a stage: Actor Ken Watanabe faces reporters after speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/01/national/dpj-defectors-to-start-new-party-wednesday/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/26/national/akutagawa-winners-being-targeted/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/19/national/top-tourism-official-croons-in-seoul/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/27/national/hokkaido-racehorse-breeders-bet-on-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:33:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Horse sense: Chinese brokers examine a thoroughbred at a farm in Shinhidaka, Hokkaido, last month.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/15/national/okada-optimistic-on-cross-party-talks/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Katsuya Okada]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/13/national/co-op-checking-meals-for-cesium/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20120113a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Better safe than sorry: A radiation detector is used on strawberries from Fukushima Prefecture during an event last April in Tokyo to promote the safety of Tohoku produce.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/10/national/matsues-sweets-makers-take-wares-to-new-york/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:36:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tasty fare: Traditional Japanese sweets makers in Matsue sell their wares in New York on Dec. 26, as part of a project launched by local "wagashi" makers and the Matsue Chamber of Commerce and Industry.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/02/national/new-year-begins-with-strong-quake/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:36:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:36:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:37:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/17/national/benefactor-builds-schools-in-nepal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:37:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Education enabler: Japanese philanthropist Yujiro Ishimaru is interviewed in Katmandu in mid-December about his motivation to build 100 schools in Nepal by 2016.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/19/national/shimane-opens-show-on-dispute-over-takeshima/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:37:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/27/national/past-3500-years-saw-seven-m9s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:38:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/04/national/holiday-return-rush-reaches-peak/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:38:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/19/national/foreign-visitors-log-sharpest-decline-ever/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:38:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/25/national/hashimoto-sets-sights-on-the-diet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:39:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In focus: Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui (left) and Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto (second from left) meet Monday with Democratic Party of Japan member Seiji Osaka at the mayor's office.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/06/national/key-nuclear-liaison-office-opens-in-fukushima/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:39:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/19/national/todai-panel-recommends-fall-enrollment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:39:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/26/national/fight-with-leukemia-reveals-marrow-match-difficulties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:40:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Support group: Aidan O'Connor poses with his son, Leo, wife, Humio, and daughter, Hotaru, at a friend's house in Kyoto in August.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/26/national/47-prefectures-in-100-days-to-woo-back-tourists/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:41:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tourist attraction: Jamie Lafferty and Katy Morrison visit the Koyasan area in Wakayama Prefecture in November during their trip around Japan under the Travel Volunteer Project.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/27/national/freedom-of-press-hurt-by-nuclear-crisis-group/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:41:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/21/national/edano-tainted-cement-on-tepco-tab/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:41:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/25/national/2012-foreign-tourist-target-9-million/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:41:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/12/national/convict-flees-from-hiroshima-prison-clad-in-skivvies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:41:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/26/national/jr-west-ex-chiefs-crash-acquittal-to-be-finalized/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:42:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Not forgotten: A man prays for the victims of the 2005 train crash in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/20/national/oi-plant-gets-initial-nisa-restart-nod/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:42:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/02/national/emperor-expresses-hopes-for-united-rebuilding-effort/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:42:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/07/national/ngo-uses-chocolate-to-support-fukushima-kids/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:43:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sweet deal: Minoru Kamata, chief of the Japan Iraq Medical Network, displays tins containing pieces of chocolate at the group's Tokyo office Thursday. The proceeds will go to children both in Fukushima and in Iraq.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/29/national/one-dead-after-gsdf-truck-hits-bus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:43:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/25/national/tepco-down-to-one-operating-nuclear-reactor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:43:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/12/national/suicides-top-30000-for-14th-straight-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:43:35+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/19/national/group-asks-new-justice-minister-not-to-issue-execution-orders/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:43:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/25/national/tokyo-wakes-up-to-snow-traffic-snarl/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:44:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Winter walk: A woman steps carefully on a snow-covered street in front of JR Shinbashi Station in Minato Ward, Tokyo, on Tuesday morning.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/09/national/asahara-only-feigning-mental-illness-hirata/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:44:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/27/national/panel-looking-at-food-heritage-plan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:44:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/20/national/foreign-ministry-hires-interpreters-for-media/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:44:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/09/national/genba-asks-saudi-arabia-to-keep-oil-supplies-stable/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:44:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/05/national/law-eyed-to-let-localities-take-control-of-unused-land/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:44:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/15/national/new-minister-wont-shirk-from-hangings/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:44:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/28/national/gid-patients-bid-to-be-deemed-legal-dad-nixed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:44:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/21/national/three-prefectures-trash-flowing-down-to-isle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:45:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Washed up: Driftwood, plastic and other garbage are making a habitual mess of Nasa Beach on Toshi Island, Mie Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/23/national/rightist-rams-car-into-sdps-head-office/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:46:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Political statement?: A car is shown stuck in the entrance of the Social Democratic Party's headquarters in Tokyo's Nagatacho district on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/20/national/ex-cop-pleads-not-guilty-in-fatal-01-akashi-crush/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:50:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bearing witness: Family members of people who were crushed to death after a 2001 fireworks show in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, enter the Kobe District Court Thursday to attend the trial of ex-Deputy Police Chief Kazuaki Sakaki, who was indicted for professional negligence in connection with the tragedy.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/08/national/ichikawa-yamaoka-face-ax-in-reshuffle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:51:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yasuo Ichikawa(left) and Kenji Yamaoka]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/25/national/matsubara-ready-for-results-on-abductions/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Abduction answers: Jin Matsubara, National Public Safety Commission chairman and state minister in charge of consumer affairs, food safety and the North Korean abduction issue, is interviewed in Tokyo on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/06/national/genba-departs-for-mideast-swing/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:55:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/07/national/ideas-on-female-royalty-solicited/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/14/national/shareholders-to-sue-tepco-directors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:55:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/21/national/new-defense-chief-says-he-wont-take-futenma-shortcut/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:56:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Naoki Tanaka]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/18/national/director-uses-organic-process-to-tell-rural-communities-tales/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:57:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Movie magic: Residents of Ena, Gifu Prefecture, along with college students, actors and Fireworks employees, suit up for a scene about the city's volunteer fire brigade for the movie "Furusato Gaeri."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/07/national/ex-defense-intel-chief-probed-over-plagiarism-in-book-on-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:58:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-05T15:58:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/19/national/credit-card-firms-see-profit-in-overseas-push/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T16:01:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Home sweet home: An arrival lobby at Narita International Airport is crammed Jan. 3 with travelers returning from overseas.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/18/national/academic-to-replace-jicas-ogata/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/23/national/okada-rejects-snap-poll-before-tax-bills/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Visual art: Visitors admire the Japanese garden at the Adachi Museum of Art in Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture, on Tuesday. It was selected as the best Japanese garden by a U.S. magazine for the ninth consecutive year.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/08/national/nippon-steel-chief-to-head-new-giant/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/11/national/nations-oldest-asian-elephant-set-to-turn-65/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[By the trunkful: Zookeeper Kotaro Takahashi feeds Hanako the Asian elephant at Inokashira Park Zoo in western Tokyo on Dec. 14.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/17/national/guitarist-kamo-donates-fee-for-record-busting-shred-lesson-to-red-cross/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Date with destiny: Masao Yamazaki, former president of West Japan Railway Co., heads to the Kobe District Court on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Perseverance: Trade minister Yukio Edano meets Myanmar democracy icon Aun San Suu Kyi in Yangon Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taking a stand: Atomic-bomb survivors and others gather in Yokohama port before departing Tuesday on a 100-day voyage to promote the abolishment of nuclear power and weapons.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/08/national/japan-turkey-eye-nuclear-talks-fta/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Search and seizure: Japan Coast Guard personnel inspect a boat found Friday off Okinoshima Island in Shimane Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/28/national/nuclear-foes-defy-order-to-remove-tents-from-the-grounds-of-meti/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Standing firm: An antinuclear activist gives a speech Friday evening as he and other protesters refused to take down their tents at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry by the 5 p.m. deadline.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/27/national/40-of-universities-mull-shifting-academic-year/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Akemi Saito]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Atomic anger: Activists stage an antinuclear demonstration in Yokohama on Saturday, in support of the two-day Global Conference for a Nuclear Power-Free World. The conference, which drew activists from around the world, kicked off in the city the same day.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Traditional method: A range of products using Futaba Inc.'s dyed fabrics are displayed in a shop adjacent to its workshop in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, last week. Clockwise, from left, the products are a clock, a mirror, a lampshade, chopstick holders, sandals and accessories.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Reform-minded: Education minister Hirofumi Hirano is interviewed at the education ministry Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Youthful injection: Yusuke Shino (left), 28, who runs a farm in Chiba Prefecture with other young people, sells vegetables at a weekend farmers market held in Tokyo on Dec. 24.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-05T16:18:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bargaining chip: U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma is seen in densely populated Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, last June.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In fine spirits: A woman purchases a bottle of sake from tsunami-ravaged Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, during a fair at Iwate Ginga Plaza in Ginza, Tokyo, on Dec. 13.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rising to the occasion: Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko greet well-wishers Monday at the Imperial Palace.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/25/national/blasts-in-lab-at-osaka-school-spark-fire-all-safe/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[No usual lab class: Firetrucks and other emergency vehicles line the street Tuesday outside Kiyoe Elementary School in Suminoe Ward in the city of Osaka following a series of explosions.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Growing spirit: Members of Team Heal Japan volunteer group clean up a home destroyed by the March 11 tsunami in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, in June.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/23/national/two-diet-members-survey-isles/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Close your books: Non-Japanese care worker candidates enter the venue for the government's certification test in Tokyo on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Eyeing the task ahead: Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda attends the Democratic Party of Japan's convention in Tokyo on Jan. 16.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/10/national/europe-atomic-stress-tests-a-charade/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Leading the revenge: Liberal Democratic Party President Sadakazu Tanigaki (center) rallies the party Sunday at its annual convention in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-05T16:33:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Knit-aid: Bernd Kestler shows off two of the knitted hats donated to his Knit for Japan initiative, which distributes such items to victims of the March 11 disasters, in Tokyo on Dec. 14.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/17/national/opposition-quick-to-brand-new-defense-chief-an-amateur/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T16:35:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Naoki Tanaka]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/07/national/miyagi-teachers-in-d-c-thank-elementary-school/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Thank you: Teachers from Miyagi Prefecture meet students of Thompson Elementary School in Washington on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/19/national/woman-helps-restore-famed-iwate-pine-forest-washed-away-in-tsunami/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T16:37:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20120119f2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Saplings: Takako Niinuma (left) is seen at the age of 5 among young pine trees on the coast of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, in 1942. The trees grew into a famed pine forest until they were wiped out in the March 11 tsunami.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/15/national/university-entrance-exams-kick-off/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T16:37:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Then and now: Photos show Aum Shinrikyo fugitive Makoto Hirata, who surrendered on New Year"s Eve after almost 17 years on the run, after he was placed on a wanted list in 1995 (left) and as he looks at present.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/16/national/okada-nudges-diet-to-take-wage-cuts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T16:38:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/25/national/tanaka-copter-remark-draws-new-fire/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hot or not: Hiroko Aki, a resident of Nagareyama, Chiba Prefecture, places a food sample in a radiation detector Oct. 11 at Bec-Miru, a DIY irradiation scanning store in nearby Kashiwa.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/17/national/11-hot-zone-holdouts-refuse-to-leave-fukushima-homes/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p2 no-go zone-a 20120117]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Off limits: A police officer in protective suit stands by a warning sign at a checkpoint on Route 114 on the edge of the 20-km hot zone around the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, in December.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/27/national/talks-to-start-on-lowering-voting-age/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T16:47:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-05T16:48:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Moment of silence: Miyagi Prefectural Police rescue squad members offer a prayer Wednesday for the victims of the March 11 tsunami in Kesennuma before beginning their latest search for bodies along the coast.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/11/national/schools-in-minamisoma-getting-back-to-normal/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Orientation: A second-grade student (center) shows first-graders around Ota Elementary School in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/19/national/reactor-life-spans-may-run-60-years/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20120112b3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Alarm clock: Koichiro Maeda, director of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, resets the number of days since the last nuclear test to 55 on a "peace clock" at the museum Tuesday following recent revelations that the U.S. conducted a test Nov. 16. The upper section shows how many days have passed since the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bombing of Hiroshima.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Snow job: Ground Self-Defense Force personnel in Hokkaido start work Saturday on giant snow sculptures for Asahikawa's winter festival, which starts Feb. 8 and will run for five days.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/24/national/health-ministry-aims-to-get-smoking-rate-down-to-10/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T16:53:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-05T16:54:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[First peek inside: Tokyo Electric Power Co. shows endoscopic images Thursday of the inside of the primary containment vessel of reactor 2 at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant. The left arrow points to the inside wall and the right to a net-shaped interior foothold.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-05T16:54:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/08/national/sony-eyes-golden-boy-hirai-for-president/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-05T17:16:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/06/national/okinawa-accepts-receipt-of-environment-impact-report/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Special delivery: An Okinawa prefectural employee stamps a key report on the Futenma base relocation Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/24/national/japan-first-at-36-shiga-gets-youngest-female-mayor/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Double celebration: Naomi Koshi (left), newly elected mayor of the city of Otsu, and Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada, hold hands Sunday evening to celebrate Koshi's victory. At 36, Koshi became the youngest-ever female mayor in Japan.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/23/national/foreign-minister-to-handle-parental-abductions/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sign of the times: Hajime Imai, secretary general of a group campaigning for plebiscites in Tokyo and Osaka on the continued operation of nuclear plants, faces reporters Jan. 9 to announce that more than 50,000 Osaka voters signed the petition.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/11/national/only-aides-handled-the-accounts-ozawa-says/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/28/national/okada-officialdom-must-sacrifice-to-sell-tax-hike/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Katsuya Okada]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Slapped: Kenji Yamaoka walks into the prime minister's office Friday morning.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/08/national/beijing-invites-crown-prince-princess-to-visit/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Slinky move: Quince moves down stairs at Chiba Institute of Technology in June.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/08/national/new-10-year-okinawa-growth-bill-eyed/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/13/national/meti-bigwig-nabbed-in-insider-trading-via-wifes-name/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masaaki Kimura]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/13/national/fukushima-to-test-milk-from-10000-mothers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:33:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/26/national/cooking-becomes-popular-among-male-retirees/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:36:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Attitude shift: Men take part in a cooking class run by the Better Home Association in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, on Jan. 16.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/24/national/defense-minister-okinawa-governor-butt-heads-on-futenma-relocation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:37:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Being heard: Local residents demonstrate in front of the Okinawa Prefectural Government building during a visit by Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/22/national/music-output-up-first-time-in-six-years/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:37:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/14/national/noda-hoping-latest-reshuffle-bucks-trend-of-dismal-failures/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:38:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On business: Katsuya Okada, new deputy prime minister and state minister in charge of social security and tax reform, enters the Prime Minister's Official Residence on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/30/national/hosono-urges-towns-to-aid-disposal-effort/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:39:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Raising awareness: Environment Minister Goshi Hosono stands in front of a mountain of tsunami debris at a temporary storage site in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/17/reference/corporate-japan-woeful-lack-of-outside-directors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:39:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/24/national/base-worker-admits-traffic-death-guilt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:39:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/07/national/nuke-regulators-get-teeth-via-bills/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:39:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/07/national/coast-guard-grills-possible-defectors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:39:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/30/national/hosono-apologizes-to-minamata-disease-victims-over-delay-in-redress/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:40:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/16/national/minister-vows-results-on-abductions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:41:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Personal touch: Sakie and Shigeru Yokota (left and center), whose daughter Megumi was whisked away to North Korea at age 13 in 1977, meet new abduction minister Jin Matsubara at their home in Kawasaki, on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/10/national/mickey-minnie-greet-new-adults-at-tokyo-disneyland/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:48:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fresh faces: Young women in kimono flash peace signs at a Coming of Age ceremony at Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/21/national/lay-judges-present-ideas-to-make-system-better/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:49:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Presenting their case: People who have served as lay judges in Tokyo, Chiba and Miyagi prefectures hold a news conference at the Tokyo District Court on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/27/national/opposition-digs-in-against-noda/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:50:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lines of attack: Liberal Democratic Party President Sadakazu Tanigaki addresses the plenary session of the Lower House Friday as Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda looks on.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/16/national/second-crested-ibis-found-injured-after-possible-attack-by-bird-of-prey/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:50:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/03/national/solid-alliances-key-as-diplomatic-challenges-loom/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:51:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photo op: Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and his APEC counterparts, including U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dimitry Medvedev, take part in a photo session during their Nov. 13 summit in Honolulu.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/26/national/famed-photog-horis-works-found-in-saitama/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:52:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Picture this: Portraits taken by photographer Ichiro Hori, who worked in New York in the early 20th century, are displayed Tuesday at the Matsue History Museum in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/22/national/sony-unit-sends-assembly-overseas/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:52:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/13/national/emperor-recounts-visit-to-tsunami-devastated-shores-in-new-years-poem/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:52:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/10/national/mercedes-cars-get-nissan-gas-engines/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:52:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/11/national/ex-cultist-arrested-for-hiding-aums-hirata/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:52:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/13/national/nations-oldest-white-tiger-dies-at-20-at-saitama-zoo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:53:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Long in the tooth: Ryu, at 20 Japan's oldest white tiger, is seen in an undated photo provided by Tobu Zoo in Saitama Prefecture. The cat was found dead in its pen Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/14/national/fewest-crimes-in-30-years-seen-in-11/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:53:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/10/national/asahara-to-be-grilled-over-hirata-slaying-role/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:53:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/06/national/marui-loreal-putting-their-strengths-to-use-in-tohoku/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:54:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A stylist applies makeup to a woman in the Hana-So cafe in Ishinomaki on Nov. 29.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/21/national/japan-urged-to-both-engage-with-hedge-on-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:55:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/28/national/noda-vows-major-reforms-in-message-to-davos-forum/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:58:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoshihiko Noda]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/19/national/matchmaking-service-gives-buddhist-monks-a-boost-in-dating-market/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:58:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/22/national/inoue-to-head-broadcasters-group/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:58:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:59:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shipboard blaze: Firefighters on Sunday respond to a fire on an MSDF fleet support ship in Kanagawa Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/21/national/high-level-talks-on-base-relocation-with-u-s-officials-planned-for-february/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:59:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/06/national/condemned-cultist-grilled-on-hirata/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:59:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/17/national/entrance-exam-system-faces-review/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:59:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p2 exam-a 20120117]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The way forward: Students sit for a national examination to gain admission to the elite University of Tokyo on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/04/national/missing-snowboard-trio-found-safe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:59:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/27/national/china-to-boost-surveillance-flights-over-disputed-east-china-sea-areas/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:59:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/19/national/man-admits-putting-prison-footage-on-youtube/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T18:59:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/21/national/sales-tax-shouldnt-be-the-priority-takenaka/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T19:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[One step at a time: Ex-economic and fiscal policy minister Heizo Takenaka, currently a professor at Keio University, is interviewed by The Japan Times in Tokyo earlier this month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/02/national/ex-aum-member-hirata-gives-himself-up-ends-16-years-as-fugitive/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/01/national/china-warns-of-subaru-brake-flaws/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T19:00:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/11/national/in-tohoku-noda-touts-recovery-agency/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T19:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/03/national/lucky-bags-offer-winter-bargains-survival-food/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Grab and go: Customers snap up "fukubukuro" lucky bags Monday at the Mitsukoshi department store in Nihonbashi, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/20/national/dairy-firms-to-do-own-fallout-checks/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/25/national/kofu-man-creates-gokaku-pencils/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T19:02:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Penciling it in: A pencil's graphite core has been sculpted into the characters for "gokaku," the word for passing an exam or selection process.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/19/national/haiku-a-day-helps-you-work-rest-play/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Haiku habit: Hideichi Oshiro, who donated his life work to Goddard College in Vermont, is interviewed at his home in Newburgh, New York, in December.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/03/national/hiratas-motives-vex-police-detectives/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-05T19:04:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Two to go: A wanted poster Monday bears a sticker reading "Thank you for your cooperation" over a mug shot of Makoto Hirata, who was arrested after turning himself in on New Year's eve.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/14/national/tokyo-foreigners-get-disaster-drill/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20120114f2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Crash course: Foreign residents of Tokyo take part in an emergency drill in Shibuya Ward on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/18/national/roos-u-s-committed-to-fukushima-green-drive/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/15/national/genba-views-disputed-russian-held-isles-off-hokkaido-in-show-of-support/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/07/national/u-s-simulated-nuke-test-doesnt-draw-flak/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/31/national/namco-game-maker-beats-the-drum-on-change/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bang on the drum all day: Ken Nakadate, a game producer with Namco Bandai Games Inc., poses in front of a "Taiko no Tatsujin," a popular drumming game he developed for arcades, on Jan. 10.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/09/national/taiwan-man-sought-in-slayings/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/03/national/fukushima-meltdowns-set-nuclear-energy-debate-on-its-ear/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Where to start?: Members of an investigative government panel view the crippled Fukushima No. 1 plant in June.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lucky lake: Mount Fuji serves as the backdrop for Yamanashi Prefecture's Lake Saiko, where a species of salmon once thought extinct was discovered in 2010.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mass appeal: Comic storyteller Katsura Kaishi gives a "rakugo" performance in English at Shinagawa Joshi Gakuin girls' school in Tokyo on Dec. 16.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Coming soon: The interior of the Gundam Front Tokyo theme park on the Odaiba waterfront is seen in this artist's conception.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bag of surprises: This package of herbs mixed with chemical stimulants was recently bought by a Tokyo Metropolitan Government official in Shibuya Ward. The contents contained components designated as illegal.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Susumu Inamine]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Working together: Akita Gov. Norihisa Satake (left) appears with Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso at the Iwate Prefectural Government headquarters in Morioka on Tuesday after they signed an agreement on tsunami debris.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ice fishermen cast lines Friday in Lake Yamanaka in Yamanashi Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pot stickers: "Gyoza" dumplings are arranged for a photo Wednesday at a restaurant in Minato Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Case closed?: New Justice Minister Toshio Ogawa is interviewed Jan. 23 at the ministry.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Flooded out: Divers search for workers who were trapped when an undersea tunnel collapsed Tuesday at a refinery of JX Nippon Oil and Energy Corp. in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On the way up: Sporting a medal, Madoka Sugai holds her winners' certificate at the prestigious Prix de Lausanne ballet competition in Switzerland on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Invasion force: Defense Ministry officials enter Mitsubishi Electric Corp.'s plant in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Best of cluck: Competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi celebrates after being crowned winner of SportsRadio 94 WIP's chicken wing eating contest Friday in Philadelphia.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/02/03/national/retired-police-chief-74-arrested-after-paying-two-16-year-old-girls-for-sex/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[All in a day's work: Foreign Minister Koichiro Genba is all smiles as he poses Thursday with AKB48 girl group members (from left) Rie Kitahara, Yui Yokoyama and Tomomi Itano.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mission accomplished: U.S. Marines who provided disaster relief in the Tohoku region return to their base in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, last April.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Snow where to go: A worker removes snow around JR Iiyama Station in Iiyama, Nagano Prefecture, on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Writeoffs: Toyota Yaris sedans that were awaiting export to North America lie damaged at Sendai port on March 15.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Seeking your understanding: Tokyo Electric Power Co. Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata (center), flanked by Vice Presidents Takashi Fujimoto (left) and Sakae Muto, apologize at Tepco's Tokyo headquarters Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Crisis control: Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks at a meeting of the Upper House Budget Committee on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Stop sign: A Kanagawa Prefectural Police officer directs traffic at a crossroads in Yokosuka on March 15 after rolling blackouts that day knocked out traffic signals.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masataka Shimizu]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/28/national/nuclear-policy-called-into-question/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-06T02:39:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Basic care: A girl sits in her mother's lap Sunday waiting for medical services at a shelter in Rikuzantakata, Iwate Prefecture, which was devastated by the March 11 tsunami.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/27/national/nuclear-workers-can-quit-few-do/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Crisis zone: Reactors No. 1 through 4 (left to right) are shown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture in this satellite photo taken March 16 by the Institute for Science and International Security, with white smoke emanating from reactor No. 3.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Just like old times: Two residents exchange words Friday as they are reunited two weeks after the March 11 quake and tsunami in a makeshift public bath set up by the Ground Self-Defense Force outside a shelter in Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Teamwork: Ground Self-Defense Force personnel search for people in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On the safe side: A mother with her baby receives bottled water Thursday at the Shibaura branch of the Minato Ward office in Tokyo amid public concern that tap water is contaminated with radioactive iodine.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/26/national/injuries-point-to-fuel-rod-damage-in-no-3/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pump it up: Water-spraying operations to cool down a spent nuclear-fuel pool at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant's No. 4 reactor continue Tuesday with trucks using a concrete squeeze pump and a 50-meter arm for pouring water from a higher point.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Where's the fire?: Gray smoke emerges from the No. 3 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant at 4:10 p.m. Monday, in this picture taken by Tokyo Electric Power Co. The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said no change was observed in radiation levels at the compound, and that the temperature and pressure inside the reactor also remained unchanged.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Stricken: A satellite photo taken Friday shows damage to the buildings that house reactors No. 3 (right) and No. 4 at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Waiting in line: A boy stands with others at an evacuation center in the city of Fukushima on Friday before being screened for radiation.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hail Mary pass: Images taken by NHK show a Ground Self-Defense Force C-47 helicopter attempting to drop seawater into the smoldering No. 3 reactor of the Fukushima No. 1 power plant on the coast of Fukushima Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Naoto Kan]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/24/national/facility-for-tainted-water-almost-full/</loc>
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