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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Damage control: Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda faces reporters Tuesday in Tokyo after reporting to transport minister Seiji Maehara on the firm's plans to recall about 400,000 hybrid cars around the globe.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/02/09/business/is-japan-bashing-behind-toyotas-u-s-woes/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fixer-upper: Automotive technician Raphael Mena works to correct a brake pedal on a Camry at the Toyota of Manhattan dealership in New York on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Municipal service: Seven-Eleven Japan President Ryuichi Isaka (third from left) helps kick off the convenience store chain's issuance of residence and registered seal certificates at an outlet in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Steering clear?: Salesman Andre Kamali walks next to a Corolla at a Toyota dealership in Palo Alto, Calif., on Feb 1.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Well-connected: Yoshimi Inaba, president of Toyota Motor North America and chairman of Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., and Jim Lentz, head of Toyota's North American sales division, attend the Detroit auto show Jan. 11.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Environmental sport: Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito unveils the world's first hybrid sports car, the CR-Z, at a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cutting edge: Hinomaru Limousine Co.'s new i-MiEV electronic vehicles stand ready to carry passengers in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Brand new: Visitors inspect a 2010 Toyota Prius at a Toyota Motor Corp. showroom in Tokyo Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[With bated breath: Vehicles belonging to the small crew of Toyota employees dot the parking lot outside the Blue Springs, Miss., plant on Feb. 3. At right, Terry McShan, 46, the father of a grown daughter and a 4-year-old girl, speaks of his hope to land a job at the plant, which is holding off on production.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hungry?: Cups of instant noodles made by Nestle Malaysia are arranged for display at the World Instant Noodle Summit in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Can't believe it: YMJ Inc. employees introduce the firm's 65-inch 3-D display that doesn't require special glasses at a display fair at Tokyo Big Sight on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pitchman: A Bic Camera salesclerk speaks in front of energy-saving air conditioners in Tokyo last May.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Coming attractions: IMAX Corp. Chief Executive Richard Gelfond poses next to a poster of Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" during an interview in Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[And then there were none: The last Toyota Corolla produced at New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. in Fremont, Calif., is surrounded by factory workers Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sweet smell of success: Reporters are given a preview of a new Krispy Kreme Doughnut shop that will open Thursday in Osaka's Shinsaibashi district.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-19T12:53:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In season: Workers pack "mikan" mandarin oranges grown in greenhouses for shipment Monday in Arita, Wakayama Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[And your question is?: Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa faces reporters Friday after a meeting with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama at the latter's official residence in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Foreign aid: Indonesian agricultural expert Joko Ptioyo (right) talks with a farmer in Antsirabe, Madagascar, in January.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prepared: Koji Toritani, president of Belfor Japan, stands near equipment boxes in a storage facility in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo. The company brings such boxes, which contain business recovery tools, to disaster sites.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Very Japanese?: This three-seat, three-wheeled electric vehicle was developed by a group of companies in the Kansai region.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Retweet this: Softbank Mobile Corp. CEO Masayoshi Son speaks onstage Tuesday a media event for the launch of the carrier's new mobile phone lineup. Many of the new cell phones come equipped with applications custom-built for micro-blogging on Twitter.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Got a new pad: Kazuaki Miura (right), the first to obtain Apple's iPad at a Softbank Corp. store in Tokyo's Harajuku district, beams Friday in a congratulatory moment with Softbank Chief Executive Masayoshi Son and model Rina Fujii.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Crisis mode: Finance Minister Naoto Kan speaks to reporters at the ministry Monday after the Group of Seven issued a joint statement on the Greek financial crisis.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Joint team: Fumiyuki Akikusa (second from left), president of Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley, and Jonathan Kindred (third from left), president of Morgan Stanley MUFG Co., attendant a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Tokyo on Thursday to launch two joint ventures.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Juicy bids: Yubari melons go under the hammer Monday for the first time this season at a wholesale market in Sapporo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Keeping track: U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, accompanied by JR East President Satoshi Seino, speaks to reporters during a visit to observe bullet train operations at Tokyo Station on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Safer design: West Japan Railway's Series 225 train is shown to the media Monday morning at a rail yard in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[All on one day: Shareholders enter a building in Nakano Ward, Tokyo, where Hitachi Ltd. and other firms held meetings with investors Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Les Hinton]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On the ball: Takuro Kuwabara, 32, one of the Mizuno Corp. workers who designed the Ignitus soccer shoes able to kick a "nonspinning ball," shows off the line Monday in Osaka.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Walkout for pay: Striking workers at a car-parts plant in Foshan, China, gather near the gate Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Eyes on the prize: Visitors using special glasses try out Panorama Ball Vision, which projects three-dimensional, 360-degree images, at NAC Image Technology Inc.'s booth Thursday during the 3D &amp; Virtual Reality Expo at Tokyo Big Sight.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nick Anstee]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gundam Wing: An illustration shows how an All Nippon Airways jet will look when it bears images of combat robots from the Gundam franchise.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Interested parties: Sony Corp. shareholders enter the venue for their shareholders' meeting Friday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Next in line: People watch news reports about Naoto Kan being elected head of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan at Yamada Denki's Nanba outlet in Osaka on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Razor thin: A new multiscreen display system with what is touted as the world's thinnest frame width is unveiled by Sharp Corp. in Tokyo's Akasaka district Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tax foe: Shozaburo Jimi, new financial services and postal reform minister, is interviewed at the Financial Services Agency on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Flying billboard: A Boeing 777 sporting the images of Fukuoka Softbank Hawks players sits on the apron at Haneda airport Wednesday. Japan Airlines Corp. has started flying the jet between Tokyo and Fukuoka in collaboration with Softbank Corp.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Inaugural flight: Passengers board an All Nippon Airways plane decorated with Mobile Suit Gundam, a popular cartoon robot, at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Without delay: Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi (left) demands a written explanation Tuesday from Japan Post Service Co. President Shinichi Nabekura about delays in parcel deliveries.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takeshi Niinami]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Michael Eilfort, director of the Berlin-based think tank Stiftung Marktwirtschaft, discusses Germany's postwar social market economy model during a June 18 symposium at Keidanren Kaikan in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Power players: Hiroyuki Nakatani (left), senior corporate officer of Jupiter Telecommunications Co., and Warner Entertainment Japan Inc. President William Ireton face reporters Wednesday at a Tokyo hotel.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Against the grain: A woman holds a loaf of rice bread Tuesday made by Sanyo Electric Co.'s Gopan machine at a Tokyo hotel.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Eco-commuter: Yamaha Motor Co. President and CEO Hiroyuki Yanagi poses with the EC-03 electric scooter at a media preview in Tokyo on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Upbeat message: French Prime Minister Francois Fillon speaks before Japanese business leaders Friday in Tokyo during his two-day visit to Japan.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Still tops: Photographers focus on a recalled Prius at a Toyota dealership in Tokyo in February. Despite global recalls, the Prius was still Japan's top-selling car in June.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mark Dunkerley]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Faceoff: Contestants from South Korea, Hong Kong and Japan take part in a Beyblade spinning top toy international tournament in Seoul on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Not for the rough: A wood boasting traditional Wajima lacquer art, part of a 16.8 million yen Maruman set, will be part of a display at the Isetan department store in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, starting Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Leaf of faith: Nissan Motor Co.'s Leaf electric car is displayed at the Beijing Motor Show in April. Orders for the car are increasing from taxi operators.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Troubled times: Exchange rates and stock indexes are displayed Thursday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Growth forum: Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Masayuki Naoshima (second from right) speaks along with national policy minister Satoshi Arai (second from left) during a news conference Sunday in Beppu, Oita Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:36:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20100802a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Blue-chip product: Toy developer Yoshinobu Kaneko demonstrates how to use his hit Potechi no Te (Potato Chip Hand) at Tomy Co. headquarters in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/08/03/business/itochu-logs-97-group-profit-rise/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:36:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/08/18/business/poor-management-led-to-jal-bankruptcy-filing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:36:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/08/19/business/nomura-dangles-542000-wages/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:36:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/08/27/business/resona-to-make-first-repayment-of-public-funds-with-400-billion-tranche/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:36:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/08/19/business/china-may-lose-break-on-special-tariff-rates/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:36:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/08/14/business/apple-offers-fix-for-iphone-ipad/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:37:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/08/12/business/nhtsa-interim-report-faults-toyota-drivers-for-crashes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:37:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/08/06/business/keidanren-calls-on-dpj-for-reform-drive/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:37:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20100806a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Business demands: Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) Chairman Hiromasa Yonekura (left) and Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Yukio Edano speak Thursday during their first policy talks since the DPJ took power last September.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/08/03/business/haneda-offers-glimpse-of-international-hub/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:41:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20100803a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Haneda airport in Tokyo offers a preview Monday of a shopping mall modeled after a street from the Edo Period in its new international terminal, which will open for business when the airport's fourth runway becomes operational in October.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/08/03/business/toyota-to-blitz-emerging-markets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:41:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/08/10/business/shinagawa-to-be-tokyo-terminus-of-planned-maglev-line-to-nagoya/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:41:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/08/03/business/steel-exports-notch-record-first-half/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:41:47+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/08/05/business/mcdonalds-sets-january-june-feat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:41:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/08/17/business/discord-at-the-top-over-gdp-reading/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:41:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20100817a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[On the level?: Economy and fiscal policy minister Satoshi Arai speaks at a news conference Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/08/11/business/japan-post-service-hit-over-delays/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:42:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/08/11/business/u-s-bearings-face-continued-tit-for-tat-tariffs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:42:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/08/24/business/hmv-pulls-plug-on-shibuya/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:42:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20100824a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[For the memory: A woman takes pictures of HMV flagship outlet in Tokyo's trendy Shibuya area on Sunday with her cell phone. The flagship music store closed for good later in the day.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/08/27/business/stimulus-outline-due-by-end-of-august/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:42:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/08/06/business/toyotas-hybrid-sales-top-1-million-in-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:42:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/08/20/business/sony-ordered-to-pay-inventor-5-million/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:42:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/08/12/business/dollar-at-15-year-low-amid-u-s-skid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:42:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/08/11/business/firms-tie-english-to-survival/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:42:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20100811a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Powerful points: Rakuten Inc. Chairman and CEO Hiroshi Mikitani gives a presentation in English during a news conference Thursday to announce the firm's financial results at its head office in Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/08/06/business/rakuten-profit-up-21-as-mall-travel-biz-thrive/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:42:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/08/04/business/eased-labor-rules-cost-cutting-widened-income-gap-report-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:43:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/08/20/business/city-that-hosts-auto-parts-suppliers-to-offer-own-green-car-subsidies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:43:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/08/06/business/apple-ipod-mishaps-unreported/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:43:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/08/12/business/beer-shipments-rise-2-1-amid-hot-july/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:43:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20100812a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Drink up: Revelers raise their glasses Monday at a beer garden in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/10/business/japan-china-to-boost-energy-ties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:43:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/18/business/kan-not-up-to-economic-challenge-experts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:44:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/29/%news_category%/takefuji-files-for-bankruptcy-protection/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:44:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20100929n1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Picking up the pieces: Takefuji Corp.'s new president, Junichi Yoshida (center), announces Tuesday at the Tokyo Stock Exchange the consumer lender has filed for bankruptcy.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/04/business/sharp-to-launch-3-d-lcd-tvs-in-eu/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:44:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/26/business/incubator-bank-refund-applications-reach-45-billion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:44:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/28/business/lg-ready-to-enter-japan-full-force/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:44:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20100928a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Making a splash: LG Electronics Inc. announces Monday that it will start selling flat-panel TVs in Japan in November, unveiling the products at a Tokyo hotel.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/15/%news_category%/geothermal-technology-pushed/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/01/business/carmakers-output-jumps-16-8/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/30/business/firms-to-join-mongolia-refinery-plant/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/14/business/sbi-plans-fund-with-abu-dhabi-firm/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/02/business/budget-requests-for-2011-hit-all-time-high-of-96-75-trillion/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/04/business/insider-trading-spike-linked-to-close-confidants/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/03/business/keidanren-zapatero-push-eu-fta/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/22/business/key-economic-gauge-upgraded/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:45:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/18/business/fuji-technica-targets-rival-miyazu-as-metal-molding-market-stiffens/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/29/business/firm-to-build-biggest-u-s-solar-plant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:45:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/22/business/ohata-eyes-multilateral-asia-fta/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:46:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Akihiro Ohata]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/22/business/noda-no-plan-to-issue-bonds-for-extra-budget-to-finance-stimulus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:46:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/09/business/eco-friendly-car-subsidiary-to-end-in-days/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:46:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/24/business/new-vision-of-japan-u-s-ties-needed-at-key-turning-point/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20100924d1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kent Calder (right) discusses Japan-U.S. relations while his co-panelist William Brooks listen during the Aug. 27 seminar at Keidanren Kaikan in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/02/business/zapatero-spains-fiscal-health-sound/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/22/business/hot-summer-helps-some-hurts-others/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20100922a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[For big spenders: Boxes of "matsutake" mushrooms, the nearest with three from Iwate Prefecture and priced at 90,000 yen, are on sale at a wholesale shop in Tokyo's Tsukiji market Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/01/business/eco-point-plan-may-extend-to-march/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/28/business/incubator-bank-reopens-last-of-closed-branches/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/14/business/banks-can-handle-basel-targets-fsa/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/17/business/motion-sensors-3-d-games-grab-limelight-at-tokyo-game-show/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Two women play a beach volleyball video game on Microsoft's Xbox 360 console with the new Kinect camera-sensor system at the Tokyo Game Show at Makuhari Messe hall in Chiba on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/29/business/fiscal-rehab-tops-agenda-for-asian-european-chiefs/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/17/business/toyota-daimler-in-talks-on-hybrids/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/29/business/noda-nixes-new-bond-issuance/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/07/business/daiwa-aims-to-triple-asian-operations-revenue/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shigeharu Suzuki]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/15/business/air-asia-to-begin-flights-to-tokyo/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/25/business/japan-vietnam-to-begin-talks-on-nuke-pact/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/09/business/ldp-compiles-own-stimulus-plan-worth-5-trillion/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/09/business/noted-economist-gets-cabinet-duty/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:49:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/30/business/business-sentiment-up-but-outlook-gloomy-tankan-says/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cash back: Depositors enter the head branch of the failed Incubator Bank of Japan in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on Monday to get refunds.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/25/business/mitsui-to-invest-in-singapore-biotech-firm/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:50:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/18/business/sharp-calls-for-more-action-to-contain-yen/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mikio Katayama]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/28/business/takefuji-said-on-verge-of-bankruptcy/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Troubled lender: Pedestrians walk past Takefuji Corp. headquarters in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, on Monday. A photo of the company's late founder, Yasuo Takei, is displayed inside the building.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/17/business/u-s-doesnt-press-on-beef-curb/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/11/business/kan-mulls-extra-budget-drawing-criticism-from-ozawa/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/13/business/1-9-of-deposits-at-failed-incubator-bank-may-not-be-protected/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/23/business/convenience-store-sales-grow-1/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:50:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/22/business/malaysia-budget-carrier-unveils-tokyo-route/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Low-cost carrier: Azran Osman-Rani (center), CEO of AirAsia X, and Dato' Shaharuddin bin Md Som (second from right), the Malaysian ambassador to Japan, announce Tuesday in Tokyo that AirAsia X will be offering special 5,000 yen tickets for one-way Tokyo-Kuala Lumpur flights for a limited time.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/10/business/broad-agreement-is-reached-to-forge-free-trade-pact-with-india/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/08/business/30-in-metropolitan-regions-use-e-money/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Handle with care: A truck loaded with components for Fujitsu Ltd.'s next-generation supercomputer enters a Riken facility in Kobe.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/26/business/apec-officials-focus-on-free-trade-zone-ahead-of-yokohama-summit/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/17/business/mitsuoka-motor-sets-thai-venture/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/14/business/chinas-hunger-for-luxury-seen-as-tip-of-iceberg/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lap of luxury: A car is parked in front of the main entrance of the Peninsula Hotel in Tokyo on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/08/business/eco-point-appliance-list-shrinks-car-funds-run-out/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/17/business/1-8-trillion-was-poured-into-forex-market/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/03/business/delta-exec-bullish-on-high-yen-japan-biz/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Looking up: Delta Air Lines President Edward Bastian speaks during a news conference Thursday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/30/business/nintendo-3ds-creates-buzz-at-unveiling/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Game on: Invited guests try Nintendo's new 3DS handheld at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture on Wednesday. The 3-D console will hit the market in February.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/01/business/prognosis-for-boj-action-poor/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/29/business/projects-to-develop-student-job-skills/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/23/business/airasia-x-looks-to-add-two-more-japan-cities/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[High aspirations: Azran Osman-Rani, chief executive officer of AirAsia X, is interviewed in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/06/business/suzuki-bets-big-on-india/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/10/business/business-sentiment-up-a-second-quarter-but-future-murky/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/09/business/bargain-import-buyers-like-yen-rise/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The money or the bag?: Women examine goods at a special discount sales event Wednesday at Hanshin department store in Kita Ward, Osaka.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/08/business/kan-panel-to-craft-growth-strategy/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/11/business/toyota-australia-to-make-green-engines/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/23/business/smokers-stock-up-ahead-of-price-hike/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T15:54:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Smokestacks: An employee stacks cigarette cartons at a convenience store in Minato Ward, Tokyo, on Saturday as smokers rush to stock up ahead of a major price hike Oct. 1.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/10/business/xbox-gets-physical-to-win-in-japan/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/25/business/kan-hints-no-bonds-for-extra-budget/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/09/business/corporate-bankruptcy-rate-off-14/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/20/business/indian-entrepreneur-taps-regional-demand-for-fresh-food-by-air-mail/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Endangered delicacy: A man slices a block of tuna at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo earlier this year. An Indian businessman has started an air freight business shipping Japanese vegetables and fish to wealthy customers throughout Asia.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/23/business/nippon-sharyo-lands-big-u-s-order/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/14/business/mizuho-securities-to-set-up-asia-bases/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/11/business/incubator-bank-of-japan-files-for-bankruptcy/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taking over: Officials from Deposit Insurance Corporation of Japan, which will manage Incubator Bank's operations and assets during its bankruptcy proceedings, enter the bank's head office in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/23/business/apec-tourism-ministers-meet-amid-senkakus-row/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Far apart: Representatives of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum meet in Nara on Wednesday to discuss ways to promote tourism.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/08/business/key-economic-gauge-up-again/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/11/business/915-billion-stimulus-package-unveiled/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/03/business/maruzen-china-firm-to-sell-manga-e-book-content/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/20/business/drugmaker-sawai-targets-kyorin/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[West Coast promotion: California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger listens to Masaki Ogata (second from right), vice president of East Japan Railway Co., during a demonstration of the latest bullet train at Omiya Station in Saitama Prefecture on Tuesday. Below: Schwarzenegger speaks at a meeting organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan at a Tokyo hotel in the morning.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/20/business/g20-finance-chiefs-to-target-currencies-noda/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoshihiko Noda]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/19/business/steel-reduces-stake-in-sapporo-to-13/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[To business!: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (left) and Hiromasa Yonekura (second from right), chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), toast Japan's new economic partnership accord during a luncheon hosted by the influential business lobby in Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Where's the remote?: Panasonic's Viera 3-D TV draws a crowd during the CEATEC information technology and electronics fair that opened Tuesday in Makuhari, Chiba Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/02/business/businesswomen-in-apec-region-gather-to-foster-entrepreneurs/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Present in spirit: Participants at the APEC Women's Entrepreneurship Summit watch a video message from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as the meeting opens in Gifu Prefecture on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Teamwork: Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda shakes hands with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Saturday in Washington.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/09/business/biz-chiefs-push-fta-asia-pacific-trade-zone/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/19/business/loan-guarantee-program-for-small-firms-to-end/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/28/business/recycling-of-rare-earths-gets-eco-friendly/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/22/business/summer-heat-hits-top-quality-rice/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/01/business/yens-impact-may-spur-more-boj-support/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:18:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/30/business/unemployment-rate-eases-to-5/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:18:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/26/business/marubeni-to-buy-bp-gulf-oil-stakes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:19:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/26/business/sony-cuts-pspgo-price-for-holidays/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/23/business/hello-kitty-the-constellation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:19:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[I say hello: Sanrio Co. characters dance in a new themepark Hello Kitty's Kawaii Paradise in Koto Ward, Tokyo, on Thursday. The theme park was opened by Namco Ltd. on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/12/business/structural-reform-indispensable-for-economic-recovery-bojs-shirakawa/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/01/business/china-forces-firms-to-cut-energy-use/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/21/business/power-sales-to-households-rise-10/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:20:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/13/business/new-jasdaq-market-begins-trading/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[New bourse: A trader checks stock price movements Tuesday at the new Jasdaq market at the Osaka Securities Exchange.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/30/business/nintendo-boss-no-wii-price-cut/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Life's a game: Nintendo Co. President and CEO Satoru Iwata tells a Tokyo press conference Friday that no holiday season price cuts are imminent for its Wii gaming console.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/23/business/g20-urged-to-cap-deficits-surpluses-at-4-of-gdp/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Money talks: Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda (right) and Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa attend the G-20 meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/01/business/output-fall-stokes-double-dip-fears/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:21:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/22/business/asia-europe-face-wait-for-sonys-google-tv/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:21:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/30/business/axed-295000-nonregulars/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:21:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:21:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Au revoir: Staff at the Mitsukoshi department store in Paris bow to customers Thursday as the flagship store ended its 39-year run in the city.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/08/business/ikeda-u-s-has-role-in-asia-trade-growth/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/21/business/southern-alps-maglev-route-backed/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[One step forward: A Central Japan Railway Co. magnetically levitated train runs along a test course in July last year at Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/06/business/boj-cuts-its-key-rate-to-zero/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/19/business/domestic-production-situation-tough-but-here-to-stay-toyoda/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/19/business/railway-in-hyogo-unveils-biodiesel-fueled-train/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Beyond steam: In railway garb, Mayor Chozo Nakagawa of Kasai, Hyogo Prefecture, holds bottles of biodiesel for a train Saturday at the city's Hojomachi Station, in the presence of two baby monkey "stationmasters."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/07/business/aesthetic-salon-la-parler-falls-victim-to-incubator-bank-collapse/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Turning ugly: La Parler Co. Chairman Sota Satani announces the bankruptcy of the aesthetic salon chain at a Tuesday news conference in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/20/business/creditors-eye-320-billion-for-jal/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pay to play: Japan Airline Corp. unveils on Tuesday a new lounge for passengers in grades above coach class at Haneda airport's new international terminal, which opens Thursday to handle more international flights. JAL is trying to lure more first- and business-class passengers to boost profitability.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kazuo Inamori]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[All the fun of the airport: Media representatives enjoy racing toy cars Thursday at Hakuhinkan Toy Park in Haneda airport's new international terminal, which was shown to the press Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/21/business/haneda-airports-new-runway-terminal-open/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:26:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rosie's rival: Colin Angle, CEO of iRobot Corporation, shows off the Roomba, a robot that can vacuum rooms, at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan in Tokyo on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/28/business/printers-cameras-help-boost-canons-earnings/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:27:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:27:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[All a-qlo: Customers pack Uniqlo's first outlet in Taipei on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:27:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:28:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:28:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/30/business/farm-leader-opposed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:28:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/18/business/robot-tested-for-stroke-patients/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:29:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:29:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/07/business/dpj-drafts-5-trillion-stimulus-package/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:29:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/04/business/apec-reps-take-steps-to-assist-small-firms/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Thinking big: Participants at the APEC Small and Medium Enterprises Ministerial Meeting gather in Gifu for the second day Sunday to discuss ways to expand their businesses.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/28/business/maglev-car-design-unveiled/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:29:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wins by a nose: A model of a new maglev train to be operated by Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) was unveiled to the press Tuesday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/13/business/js-group-close-to-acquiring-baystars/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:30:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In full flow: Toyota Motor Corp. managing officer Shigeki Tomoyama explains the carmaker's home energy management system designed for recharging plug-in hybrid or electric cars at a media briefing Tuesday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/14/business/september-cigarette-sales-up-88/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Today I hoard: A man looks at cigarette cartons at a Daiei Inc. outlet in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, last month ahead of the Oct. 1 tobacco tax hike.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/23/business/kddi-marks-fall-in-first-half-net-profit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:30:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/27/business/tpp-briefings-to-be-held-on-apec-sidelines/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:30:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/05/business/keidanren-cool-to-carbon-tax-call/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:30:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/20/business/economy-gets-first-downgrade-in-20-months/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:31:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[High-level post: Cartoon character Doraemon (left), who was appointed Japan's first "anime ambassador" in March 2009, celebrates the appointment with his friend, Nobita, at the Foreign Ministry the same month.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:31:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:31:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/30/business/nomura-profit-off-91-over-eu-woes/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/18/business/apec-farm-ministers-find-common-ground/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:31:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/08/business/top-traders-may-delay-recruitment-to-let-students-study/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:31:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/01/business/japan-pulls-out-of-iran-oil-field/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:32:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/18/business/genba-presses-for-trans-pacific-fta/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:32:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/05/business/yen-rise-slump-take-toll-on-tse-valuations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:32:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/15/business/short-route-tipped-for-tokyo-osaka-maglev/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:32:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/14/business/beer-shipments-up-first-time-since-04/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:32:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/29/business/haneda-airport-revamps-customs-office-ahead-of-international-flights/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:32:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Common scents: A customs officer with a sniffer dog searches for suspicious items during a drill Thursday at Haneda airport in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/16/business/anemic-tse-forces-ashikaga-to-delay-listing-to-next-fiscal-year/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/02/business/failing-baystars-may-get-new-owner/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:32:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/29/business/docomo-releases-iphone-rival/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:33:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20101029a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A star is born?: NTT DoCoMo Inc. President Ryuji Yamada and actress Maki Horikita pitch the company's new Galaxy S smart phone, made by South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co., on Thursday at the Bic Camera electronics store in the Yurakucho district of Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/09/business/reflect-emerging-economies-to-up-financial-stability-imf-urged/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:33:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/06/business/kansai-electric-fires-up-first-solar-station/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:33:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20101006a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Let there be light: Kansai Electric Power Co.'s solar power plant in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, begins commercial operations Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/30/business/boj-chief-sees-yen-benefits/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20101130a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bank boss: Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa faces reporters Monday at a hotel in Nagoya.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/12/business/spring-fta-talks-planned-with-eu/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:34:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/05/business/electronics-retailers-to-sell-i-miev/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:34:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20101105a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Branching out: Mitsubishi Motors Corp. will start selling the i-MiEV electric vehicle through Bic Camera outlets, while a deal with Yamada Denki is also in the works.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/19/business/sapporo-to-tie-up-with-kyodo-milk/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:34:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/20/business/boj-eyes-boosting-capital-to-purchase-riskier-assets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:35:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/13/business/uniting-apec-too-tall-an-order-for-kan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-19T16:35:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/11/10/business/u-s-talks-seek-secure-rare-earth-sources/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Man of the moment: Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (front center), who with Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akihiro Ohata (front right) cochaired a meeting of foreign and trade ministers from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, speaks during a joint news conference in Yokohama on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Light relief: Prime Minister Naoto Kan and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy chat Friday during the Group of 20 summit in Seoul.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Karat top: A statue of Sakamoto Ryoma, made of pure gold, is shown at Mitsukoshi's Nihonbashi store in Tokyo Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tablet tableau: Sharp Corp. employee Naoko Hosokawa shows off a more mobile model of its Galapagos tablet computer Monday in Tokyo. The model, with 5.5-inch screen, goes on sale Dec. 10 for ¥39,800.]]></image:caption>
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