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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/07/10/national/ex-livedoor-executives-told-to-pay-1-46-billion-for-fraud/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Evidence hunt: Prosecutors carry out boxes of documents from the office of Ichiro Ozawa, president of the Democratic Party of Japan, in Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, in a March 4 raid.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Calling it as he sees it: Takafumi Horie, founder and ex-CEO of Livedoor Co., speaks to reporters Thursday about his new book at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/18/national/horie-hit-with-fresh-tax-evasion-charges/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takafumi Horie]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/16/national/media-national/the-billionaire-bad-boys-club/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/09/20/national/ex-livedoor-accountant-gets-to-walk/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/08/26/national/hories-entire-legal-team-resigns/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/08/23/national/horie-resumes-blog-after-long-cybersilence/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T08:59:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Alive and well: Livedoor Co. founder Takafumi Horie has recently resumed blogging, breaking a long silence that ensued with his 2006 arrest and subsequent conviction for insider trading and other securities law violations.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/29/national/horie-bail-set-at-600-million/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/26/national/hories-30-month-prison-term-upheld/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takafumi Horie]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/02/23/national/hories-appeal-starts-at-tokyo-high-court/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:00:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takafumi Horie]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/10/25/business/consultancy-exec-to-take-livedoor-helm-in-december/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/10/13/business/livedoors-hiramatsu-to-resign-in-december/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kozo Hiramatsu]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/07/20/national/white-collar-criminals-on-notice/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/06/19/business/tbs-rakuten-snub-reflects-protected-world/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rakuten Inc. President Hiroshi Mikitani (above) speaks at a Tokyo hotel in May while Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. President Hiroshi Inoue attends a news conference June 6.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/06/13/national/murakami-issues-closing-denial-of-nbs-inside-trading/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:23:41+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/06/07/national/horie-sues-over-article-alleging-gambling/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:23:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takafumi Horie]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/05/12/national/state-wants-murakami-to-forfeit-1-billion-yen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:23:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Financier Yoshiaki Murakami stands accused of insider trading in shares of Nippon Broadcasting System Inc.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/04/27/business/japan-finally-warms-to-vulture-culture/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:23:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man passes a Citibank signboard Tuesday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/04/03/business/livedoor-will-stick-with-its-name/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:23:48+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/03/27/national/midtown-roppongi-just-got-loftier/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:23:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Visitors to Tokyo Midtown, which opens Friday in Minato Ward's Roppongi district, tour the new Galleria shopping and restaurant mall during a press preview of the new commercial/residential complex on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/03/24/national/livedoor-accountant-first-to-do-real-time-for-fraud/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:23:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20070324a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20070324a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Livedoor President Kozo Hiramatsu enters the Tokyo District Court on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/03/24/national/fuji-tv-to-sue-livedoor-for-loss-of-38-billion-yen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:23:51+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/03/23/national/states-witness-miyauchi-gets-20-months/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:23:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20070323a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Livedoor chief financial officer Ryoji Miyauchi enters the Tokyo District Court on Thursday morning.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/03/22/national/after-hories-fall-nikko-case-seen-smacking-of-favoritism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:23:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20070322f3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takafumi Horie collects his thoughts in this file photo taken last Dec. 20.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/03/21/national/murakami-no-inside-trader-horie-testifies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:23:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20070321a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoshiaki Murakami]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/03/19/national/convicted-horie-stays-defiant-slams-court/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:23:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/03/17/national/horie-handed-2-12-years/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:23:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20070317a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie enters the Tokyo District Court with his lawyers Friday morning to hear the court's verdict.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/03/17/business/good-and-bad-seen-from-livedoor-fallout/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:23:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20070317a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20070317a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People watch a giant screen showing the news of former Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie receiving a 2 1/2-year prison term Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/02/06/reference/innocence-is-presumed-but-bail-is-not-a-given/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:24:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Livedoor founder Takafumi Horie, arrested on charges of violating securities laws, leaves the Tokyo Detention House last April on 300 million yen bail]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/01/27/national/horie-ends-trial-in-defiant-tearful-plea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:24:01+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/01/16/business/2006-ipos-saw-plunge-in-initial-price-quotes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:24:03+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/01/07/national/media-national/bringing-out-the-gongs-in-the-world-of-media/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:24:04+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/12/27/business/boss-optimistic-on-livedoors-future/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:24:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20061227a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Livedoor Co. President Kozo Hiramatsu speaks about the company's recovery efforts during an interview at his office at Roppongi Hills in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/12/26/business/market-watchers-see-bullish-07-nikkei/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:24:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/12/23/national/prosecutors-demand-four-years-for-horie/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:24:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20061223a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20061223a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takafumi Horie]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/12/16/national/horie-lashes-out-at-jealous-elite-of-old-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:24:09+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/12/16/national/horie-lashes-out-at-jealous-elite-of-old-japan-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:24:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/12/04/national/horie-says-ex-cfo-made-false-statements-against-him-in-court/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:24:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20061204a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20061204a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takahumi Horie]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/12/02/national/murakami-knew-of-livedoors-nbs-plan-miyauchi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:24:12+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/12/02/national/murakami-knew-of-livedoors-nbs-plan-miyauchi-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:24:13+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/12/01/national/murakami-enters-plea-of-not-guilty-in-nbs-case-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:24:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoshiaki Murakami]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/12/01/national/murakami-enters-plea-of-not-guilty-in-nbs-case/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:24:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20061201a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoshiaki Murakami]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/11/29/national/horie-trial-starts-winding-down/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:24:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/11/25/business/livedoor-board-agrees-to-step-down/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:24:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/11/23/business/livedoor-plans-to-sell-its-financial-companies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:24:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20061109f2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takaaki Hoda, a former investment banker, holds his latest novels, which include information about stock trading and investment banking.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/11/08/national/miyauchi-the-key-schemer-horie-testifies/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/10/18/business/kabu-com-aiming-for-night-traders/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/09/26/national/ozawa-retains-dpj-helm-is-hospitalized/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/09/21/national/miyauchi-now-says-horie-unaware-of-scams/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:24:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/09/16/national/horie-ordered-profit-inflation-tactics-miyauchi-says/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takafumi Horie]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/09/13/national/ozawa-remains-dpj-leader/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:24:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ichiro Ozawa speaks during a news conference Tuesday in Tokyo after it was announced he would continue as president of the Democratic Party of Japan.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/09/08/national/hories-lawyer-says-client-being-framed/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/09/06/national/witness-testifies-livedoor-doctored-earnings-with-shady-stock-trades/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:24:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/09/05/business/livedoor-employees-calm-as-founders-trial-begins/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/09/05/national/future-of-japan-securities-reform-at-stake/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie walks past a phalanx of reporters as he arrives at the Tokyo District Court on Monday morning for his first trial session.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/09/04/national/horie-ready-to-rebuff-far-fetched-charges-lawyer-says-ahead-of-trial/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:24:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/09/01/national/dates-set-for-when-horie-ex-colleagues-take-stand/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:24:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/08/19/national/horie-trial-to-start-sept-4-finish-by-december/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:24:37+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/07/27/national/horie-never-led-to-believe-accounting-was-illicit-defense/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:24:38+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/07/22/national/president-apologizes-for-livedoor-in-court/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:24:39+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/07/15/national/space-bound-ex-livedoor-exec-dice-k-hit-for-huge-tax-dodge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:24:41+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/07/12/national/horie-key-in-takeovers-ex-cfo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:24:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/07/01/national/letters-with-box-cutting-blades-sent-to-ldp-execs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:26:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/28/business/livedoor-to-maintain-financial-services-chief-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:26:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060628a5a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kozo Hiramatsu]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/17/national/fukui-may-have-made-millions-off-murakami-investment/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/15/business/livedoor-execs-meet-with-shareholders/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:26:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060615a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Livedoor Co. investors head to the Internet firm's extraordinary shareholders' meeting held Wednesday at the Makuhari Messe convention hall in Chiba.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/08/business/investment-funds-subject-to-stricter-regulation-under-new-law/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:26:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/07/business/ft-questions-fairness-of-arrests/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:26:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/06/business/murakami-arrested-over-insider-trading/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:26:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060606a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Star fund manager Yoshiaki Murakami shows a range of expressions Monday during a news conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in which he admitted to insider trading.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/05/business/a-sleuths-marple-lous-take-on-takeover-bids/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:26:32+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/05/national/murakami-three-execs-face-arrest-over-alleged-insider-trades/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:26:33+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/06/04/business/murakami-quizzed-on-nbs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:26:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/22/business/livedoor-sets-shareholders-meeting-for-june-will-kill-investment-units/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:26:38+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/19/business/fuji-tv-profit-plunged-50-in-05/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:26:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/11/national/horie-to-plead-not-guilty-lawyers-say/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:26:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060511a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takafumi Horie]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/08/business/in-search-of-galbraithian-wisdom-for-japans-woes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:26:44+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/29/national/horie-eyes-slow-lane-no-livedoor-return/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:26:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/28/national/horie-finally-free-on-bail/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:26:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060428a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takafumi Horie, founder of Internet firm Livedoor Co., is ushered into a car Thursday night after leaving the Tokyo Detention House following his release on bail.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/21/business/tse-to-reinstate-normal-trading-hours-monday/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:26:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/14/business/livedoor-stockholders-to-sue-for-compensation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:26:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060414a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A tv reporter interviews a passerby in front of a stock quotation board in Tokyo on Thursday, the last day of trading for Livedoor Co., which will be delisted Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/07/national/dpj-freshmen-call-for-unity-credibility-in-leadership-contest/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/06/national/its-official-ozawa-kan-will-compete-for-dpj-presidency/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:26:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/05/national/livedoor-exec-kumagai-free-on-bail/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:26:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/05/national/nagata-walks-away-from-diet-over-disruption/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:26:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/05/national/ozawa-kan-look-set-to-seek-dpj-helm/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:27:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/04/03/national/ozawa-eager-to-fight-for-top-dpj-post/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:27:01+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/31/national/accountants-helped-fake-livedoor-figures-sesc/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:27:03+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/31/business/cecile-shareholders-ok-hiramatsu/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:27:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/30/national/diet-summons-nagata-named-e-mail-go-between/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:27:06+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/29/business/usen-livedoor-link-web-portals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:27:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/28/national/lawyer-hopes-go-between-can-skip-diet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:27:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/28/national/besieged-dpj-unable-to-rise-to-debate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:27:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060328f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks to the Diet on Friday as embattled Lower House member Hisayasu Nagata, who has been temporarily suspended from the Democratic Party of Japan, attends a Lower House plenary session.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/25/%news_category%/nagata-finally-ids-magazine-exec-as-e-mail-middleman/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:27:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/25/business/livedoors-new-chief-hopes-horie-reduces-stake/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:27:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/25/national/nagata-finally-ids-magazine-exec-as-e-mail-middleman-2/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hisayasu Nagata]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/24/business/usen-chief-considering-livedoor-integration/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:27:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060324a7a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Usen Corp. President Yasuhide Uno is interviewed Thursday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/23/national/nagata-regrets-false-allegations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:27:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060323a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lower House member Hisayasu Nagata raises his hand to speak during a Disciplinary Committee session.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/19/national/prosecutors-set-to-charge-livedoors-accountants/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:27:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/18/national/court-wont-nix-livedoor-pairs-bail/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:27:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/17/national/horie-starting-to-confess-his-guilt-prosecutors-say/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:27:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/17/national/usen-chief-to-buy-fujis-livedoor-stake/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:27:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/16/national/dpj-runs-apologies-in-six-newspapers-for-e-mail-fiasco/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:27:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060316a8a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An advertisement placed by the Democratic Party of Japan apologizing for a fake e-mail appears in the Yomiuri Shimbun's morning edition Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/16/business/fuji-tv-eyes-usen-offer-on-livedoor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:27:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/15/national/horie-four-colleagues-dealt-new-charges/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:27:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/15/business/how-will-delisting-impact-livedoor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:27:30+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/14/business/tse-elects-to-delist-livedoor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:27:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060314a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo Stock Exchange President Taizo Nishimuro faces reporters to announce the delisting of scandal-tainted Livedoor Co. in mid-April.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/14/business/final-livedoor-directors-of-horie-era-to-resign/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:27:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060314a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060314a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kozo Hiramatsu (above); Yukihiro Shimizu]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060310f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Democratic Party of Japan leader Seiji Maehara (left) and the DPJ's newly appointed Diet affairs chief, Kozo Watanabe, attend a gathering of the opposition party's Diet members at the Diet on March 3.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/10/business/fuji-tv-will-sue-livedoor-but-may-try-to-sell-stake-first/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/08/national/russia-says-all-systems-go-for-dice-k/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060308a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Daisuke Enomoto]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/07/national/dpj-eyes-apology-ads-in-papers-to-atone-for-slandering-takebes-son/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:27:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/05/national/maehara-apologizes-to-local-chapters-over-e-mail/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060303a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Disgraced Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Hisayasu Nagata apologizes to Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe at the Diet on Thursday as Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe looks on.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/02/national/dpj-figures-e-mail-fiasco-is-over-ldp-begs-to-differ/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/02/national/burned-livedoor-investors-huddle-to-weigh-options/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:27:49+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/03/01/national/dpjs-nagata-apologizes-but-not-for-allegations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:27:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060301a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hisayasu Nagata exits a meeting at the Democratic Party of Japan headquarters behind a stone-faced DPJ chief Seiji Maehara.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/02/28/national/e-mail-wasnt-from-horie-dpj/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060228a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A copy of the alleged Horie e-mail is shown after its Feb. 17 release by the Democratic Party of Japan. The DPJ had claimed it showed Livedoor Co. founder Takafumi Horie instructing staff to transfer 30 million yen to the son of Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/02/27/national/58-see-no-need-for-dpj-chief-to-quit-over-e-mail-fuss/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:27:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/02/26/national/dpj-hopes-to-settle-e-mail-issue-this-week/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060225f3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tsunekazu Inokuma (right) plays U.S. President George W. Bush and Sunao Yoshimura (left) is Secretary of State Colin Powell in a scene from "Stuff Happens" in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/02/25/business/hiramatsu-horie-finished-at-livedoor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:27:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/02/24/national/dpjs-nagata-hints-at-resignation-over-credibility-of-e-mail/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:27:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060224a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hisayasu Nagata]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/02/24/business/what-is-livedoors-future-on-tse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:28:00+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/02/24/national/court-extends-detention-of-horie-four-former-executives/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:28:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/02/24/national/livedoor-fraud-made-6-billion-yen-sources/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:28:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/02/23/national/dpj-vows-more-revelations-if-diet-orders-probe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:28:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/02/23/national/livedoors-new-boss-arrested/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:28:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060223a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060223a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fumito Kumagai]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/02/22/national/dpj-backs-away-from-horie-e-mail/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:28:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/02/22/national/livedoor-shareholders-to-seek-damages/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:28:07+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060222a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060222a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lawyers representing a group of Livedoor Co. shareholders announce in a Tuesday news conference in Tokyo that they will file a damages lawsuit against former executives of the firm.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/02/21/national/takebe-may-file-slander-suit-over-e-mail-allegation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:28:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/02/21/business/livedoor-could-be-delisted-if-more-warrants-are-issued/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:28:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/02/20/national/maehara-calls-for-diet-probe-into-horie-takebe-link/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:28:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/02/19/national/lawyers-eye-joint-help-for-livedoor-shareholders/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:28:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/02/18/national/takebe-denies-dpj-horie-fund-allegations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:28:14+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060218a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060218a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe faces reporters Friday at LDP headquarters in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/02/18/business/livedoor-probe-expands-to-switzerland-h-k/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:28:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/02/17/national/horie-bought-takebe-poll-backing-dpj/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:28:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/02/16/business/answers-to-the-questions-swirling-around-livedoor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:28:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060216a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie speaks at a news conference at the company's office in Tokyo on March 23, 2005.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/02/15/business/e-mail-alleges-livedoor-told-unit-to-make-false-purchases/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:28:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/02/14/business/horie-three-execs-charged-with-violating-securities-law/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:28:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060214a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060214a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takafumi Horie]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/02/14/business/livedoor-chief-says-firm-could-be-sold/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:28:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/02/12/national/media-national/hosting-is-ghosting-in-as-respectable-profession/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:28:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/02/11/business/takara-yanks-horie-inspired-ma-game/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:28:23+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060211a7a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060211a7a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toy maker Takara Co. has suspended shipments of the hit board game Game of Life M&amp;A due to the stink raised by the arrest of Livedoor Co. founder Takafumi Horie.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/02/11/business/monday-charges-loom-for-livedoor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:28:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/02/10/business/livedoor-units-poised-to-jump-ship/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:28:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/02/04/national/livedoor-four-face-new-charge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:28:27+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060204a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060204a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takafumi Horie]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/02/04/business/tse-studies-simplifying-minimum-trade-rules/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:28:28+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/02/03/national/horie-drops-share-in-racehorse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:28:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060203b1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Horiemon runs its first race in the city of Kochi in July 2005.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/02/02/business/696-yen-last-week-livedoor-plummets-under-100-yen-a-share/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:28:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/02/01/national/horiemon-draws-mixed-reaction-from-university-of-tokyo-students/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:28:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060201b1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060201b1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Students walk through the Hongo campus of the University of Tokyo in Bunkyo Ward.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/01/31/business/fsa-to-weigh-disclosure-rules-for-stock-trading/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:28:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/01/30/business/alchemist-or-apprentice-a-guide-to-livedoor-hype/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:28:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/01/29/national/sesc-probes-livedoor-for-shady-trading-in-takeover/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:28:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/01/28/national/livedoor-overvalued-publisher-for-gains-sources/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:28:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/01/28/national/livedoor-nemesis-now-rescuer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:28:37+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060128a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060128a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fuji Television Network Inc. President Koichi Murakami holds a press conference Friday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/01/28/business/bargain-hunters-circling-livedoor-group-in-search-of-value/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/01/27/national/government-moves-to-plug-latest-horie-loophole/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/01/27/national/fuji-tv-may-acquire-livedoor-hieda-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:10+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060127a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060127a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hisashi Hieda]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/01/27/business/individual-investors-frazzled-in-wake-of-livedoor-shock/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:12+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060127a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060127a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Livedoor investor Yoshikazu Tsugiyama checks stock prices in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/01/26/national/livedoor-stock-still-falls-in-curtailed-trade/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/01/26/national/ldp-dpj-both-red-faced-for-wooing-horie/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/01/26/national/livedoor-allegedly-made-loss-on-purpose/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/01/26/business/horie-resigns-from-livedoor-board/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:16+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060126a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060126a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takafumi Horie, recently arrested founder of Livedoor Co., adorns the cover of a magazine at a Tokyo bookstore.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/01/25/national/horie-no-longer-head-of-livedoor-fuji-tv-to-sell/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[New Livedoor President Kozo Hiramatsu (right) faces reporters along with Fumito Kumagai, new representative director for the company, at a news conference Tuesday night in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/01/25/national/fans-liked-how-horie-lived-on-the-edge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/01/25/national/arrest-of-son-has-ldp-eating-crow/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/01/25/national/horie-involved-in-buyouts-execs-now-say/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060125a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Livedoor founder Takafumi Horie announces his decision last August to run in the 2005 election, at Liberal Democratic Party headquarters, as LDP Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe looks on. The company's newsletter even carried a sketch of Horie drawn by Takebe.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/01/25/national/major-events-related-to-livedoor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/01/25/business/will-hories-impact-on-japan-business-world-last/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060125a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Women read an extra newspaper edition Monday night in Tokyo reporting the arrest of Livedoor Co. founder Takafumi Horie, whose home and headquarters are in the Roppongi Hills complex looming behind them.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/01/24/national/fuji-tv-mulls-selloff-compensation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/01/24/national/livedoors-horie-arrested/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060124a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Livedoor President Takafumi Horie is taken by van to Tokyo Detention House on Monday night after he and three other company officials were arrested on suspicion of securities law violations. Meanwhile, a big-screen TV at Umeda Station in Osaka shows the news that Horie was being questioned.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/01/24/national/miyauchi-financial-brain-behind-firms-ma-blitz/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/01/24/national/the-world-according-to-horiemon/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/01/24/business/ads-boost-profits-at-yahoo-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/01/23/national/funeral-for-livedoor-linked-suicide/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060123a6a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060123a6a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Attendees walk to Zojoji Temple in Minato Ward, Tokyo, for the funeral for Hideaki Noguchi, a former executive of a brokerage house linked with corporate takeover deals by Livedoor Co. who committed suicide last week.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/01/23/national/livedoors-horie-uses-blog-to-deny-wrongdoing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/01/22/national/livedoor-execs-admit-falsifying-financial-data/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/01/21/national/livedoor-accounting-ma-execs-questioned/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/01/20/national/prosecutors-set-to-grill-livedoor-execs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060120a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060120a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie (left) and Chief Financial Officer Ryoji Miyauchi speak to reporters at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in June 2004.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/01/19/national/livedoor-shock-halts-tse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20060119a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20060119a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman walks past a giant video display in downtown Tokyo of Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie speaking as the Nikkei stock average plunged in the day. The selloff overwhelmed the Tokyo Stock Exchange and forced it to close earlier than usual.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/01/19/business/keidanren-rues-livedoor-entry/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20060119a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20060119a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Passersby in front of JR Nagoya Station pick up newspaper extras reporting the Tokyo Stock Exchange's decision to suspend trading due to a surge in orders.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/01/18/business/livedoor-raid-stirs-up-fear-of-net-stocks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/01/08/national/media-national/the-ups-and-downs-and-ins-and-outs-of-japans-media-in-2005/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/01/04/national/income-disparities-rising-in-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/12/27/business/livedoors-shareholders-vote-against-2-yen-dividend/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/10/31/business/why-should-japans-pharaohs-fear-the-locusts-of-change/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:46+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/10/27/national/rakuten-increases-tbs-stake-to-more-than-19/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/10/20/business/livedoor-sells-a-hangover-tonic-named-for-horie/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/09/12/national/kamei-keeps-horie-at-bay-in-hiroshima/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:49+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20050912a9a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20050912a9a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takafumi Horie faces reporters Sunday night at his office in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, as his defeat to Shizuka Kamei became imminent in the hotly contested Hiroshima No. 6 district]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/09/08/national/urban-support-seen-as-key-for-horie/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:50+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20050908f1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20050908f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People take camera-phone pictures of Internet guru-turned-politician Takafumi Horie after listening to his campaign speech Monday near a supermarket in Sera, Hiroshima Prefecture. Horie is running against Shizuka Kamei to represent the Hiroshima No. 6 district in the Lower House.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/08/31/national/its-spoilers-vs-holdouts-against-change/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:52+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/08/28/national/media-national/postal-reform-gets-stamp-of-approval-from-celeb-politicians/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/08/24/national/two-new-parties-announce-candidates/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/08/23/national/rebels-who-dont-quit-ldp-face-penalties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/08/21/national/horie-defies-his-own-words-to-run-for-political-office/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/08/20/national/horie-to-take-on-rebel-kamei-in-hiroshima-poll-showdown/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:30:58+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20050820a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20050820a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie confirms at a news conference Friday that he will seek a Diet seat in the Sept. 11 general election.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/08/19/national/if-he-runs-against-kamei-horie-will-now-be-ldps-pal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:31:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/08/19/business/hories-5-stake-not-hostile-bid-tv-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:31:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/08/17/national/horiemon-ldps-secret-weapon/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:31:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/07/20/business/mas-latest-theme-in-the-game-of-life/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:31:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/06/17/business/horie-tells-firms-to-sharpen-their-act/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:31:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/06/14/business/firms-pay-dividends-to-pacify-investors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:31:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/04/30/national/are-dress-codes-key-to-global-warming/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:31:07+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20050430f1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20050430f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A sales clerk explains how to wear a jacket and shirt without the hassle of a necktie at Aoki International Co.'s shop in Yokohama's Tsuzuki Ward.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/04/19/national/fuji-tv-livedoor-agree-to-bury-hatchet-tie-up/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:31:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20050419a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20050419a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[In a bid to demonstrate unity, (from left) Nippon Broadcasting System President Akinobu Kamebuchi, Livedoor President Takafumi Horie, Fuji TV Chairman Hisashi Hieda and Fuji TV President Koichi Murakami get together for a joint news conference Monday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/04/18/national/livedoor-fuji-tv-talks-this-week/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:31:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/04/16/national/fuji-tv-offers-to-buy-livedoors-nbs-stake/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:31:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/04/13/business/livedoor-shares-drop-to-record-low-price/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:31:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/04/10/national/media-national/corporate-deregulation-fear-loathing-firms-losing-the-plot/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:31:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/04/01/business/livedoor-seeks-fuji-tv-equity-tie/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:31:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/03/31/business/horie-said-ready-to-meet-kitao-after-shareholder-meet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:31:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/03/29/business/softbank-unit-says-livedoor-canceled-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:31:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/03/26/business/fuji-tv-to-continue-talks-with-livedoor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:31:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20050326a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20050326a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fuji TV president Koichi Murakami (center) speaks at a news conference Friday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/03/04/business/livedoor-furor-opens-up-ma-can-of-worms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:31:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/03/04/business/nippon-broadcasting-staff-object-to-livedoor-bid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:31:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/03/04/business/horie-lauds-new-rules-says-friendly-deal-was-dead-end/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:31:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/03/02/business/horie-to-take-nbs-bid-all-the-way-to-top-court/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:31:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20050302a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20050302a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takafumi Horie]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/02/25/business/young-gun-under-fire-for-takeover-bid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:31:23+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20050225a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20050225a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie leaves a news conference in Tokyo's Roppongi district Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/02/22/business/livedoor-ups-broadcaster-stake/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:31:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/02/19/business/livedoor-to-go-distance-for-fujisankei/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:31:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/02/17/business/fuji-tv-kicks-livedoors-horie-off-quiz-show-in-latest-takeover-salvo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:31:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/02/11/business/fuji-tv-eases-off-radio-firm-takeover-bid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:31:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/01/25/business/livedoor-getting-ready-to-launch-internet-bank-with-regional-lender/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:31:29+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/nb20050125a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20050125a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie (left) and Saikyo Bank President Mitsuhiro Ohashi pose during a news conference in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2004/12/10/business/livedoor-ties-up-with-kochi-racecourse-in-betting-ticket-sales/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:31:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2004/12/09/business/gunma-rejects-livedoor-racetrack/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T09:31:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2004/11/13/business/livedoor-to-put-money-on-track-famed-for-loser-horse/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Deflation fighter: Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa faces the media at BOJ headquarters in Tokyo May 21. The central bank is reportedly considering a new program to combat deflation.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In the game: People pass a Bank of Kyoto Ltd. branch in Tokyo. The regional bank plans to keep its 4.5 percent stake in Nintendo Co., maker of the Wii game console, and use rising dividend payouts to finance lending and branch expansion.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shozaburo Jimi]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prodding BOJ: Banri Kaieda, economic and fiscal policy minister, speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jin Matsubara]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Second life: A rare earth magnet, recovered from a discarded hard drive, is picked up at Hitachi Plant Technologies Ltd.'s research laboratory in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Michijiro Kikawa, president and chief executive officer of Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., speaks at an interview on Dec. 22.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/12/23/business/toyota-sees-sales-surging-20-on-disaster-recovery/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-28T15:03:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Diplomatic welcome: Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is seen attending a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20111230n3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Looking abroad: Yasuhiro Sato, president and chief executive officer of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 6.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/12/31/business/smfg-eyes-eu-bank-assets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T15:04:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/12/02/business/rare-fourth-extra-budget-ordered-to-help-economy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T15:04:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-28T15:04:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/12/08/business/no-guarantee-japan-yields-will-stay-low-ishida-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T15:05:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/12/14/business/sonys-buying-binge-said-wrong-ploy-to-beat-apple/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T15:07:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20111214n1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[In the market: A customer looks at televisions made by Sony Corp. at an electronics store in Tokyo last month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/12/02/business/softbank-joins-alibaba-led-acquisition-talks-for-yahoo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T15:10:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Acquisition target: A jogger passes a sign outside Yahoo! Inc.'s headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, on Oct. 13.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/12/06/business/takeda-to-launch-global-vaccine-unit/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Evolving strategy: Atsushi Saito, president and chief executive officer of the Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc. (left), poses with Michio Yoneda, president of Osaka Securities Exchange Co., at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 22.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/10/13/business/rise-in-machinery-orders-bodes-well-for-recovery/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/10/20/business/new-foreign-firms-tax-exempt-in-quake-zone/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/01/business/sankyo-cuts-drug-sales-forecast/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/10/08/business/sony-may-take-control-of-ericsson-venture/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/10/business/boj-official-urges-restoration-of-fiscal-health-as-debt-rises/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/10/22/business/capcom-expects-phone-games-to-generate-30-of-profit/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/17/business/thai-floods-may-divert-japanese-investment/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20111117n2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Poised for a boom: A worker sweeps the roadside along a Jakarta thoroughfare Aug. 2.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[First to fly: Passengers on All Nippon Airway's Flight 7871 to Hong Kong, the first using the brand new Boeing 787 Dreamliner, take a photo on the tarmac at Narita International Airport Wednesday morning before its departure.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/29/business/shirakawa-signals-stimulus-boost/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T15:33:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20111129n2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Finger on the trigger: Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa speaks in Nagoya on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/17/business/olympus-investigated-by-u-k-prosecutors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T15:34:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/12/business/daio-paper-goes-on-tse-watch-list/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T15:34:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/22/business/buffett-visit-seen-as-signal-to-investors-to-return/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-28T15:34:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/23/business/exodus-of-japanese-executives-from-ubs-continues/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/05/business/olympus-delays-earnings-release-pending-ma-probe/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/10/04/business/citigroup-faces-new-fsa-penalty/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-28T15:34:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/10/01/business/its-1987-without-the-bubble-as-the-labor-force-shrinks/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/10/05/business/yens-strength-to-euro-extreme-azumi-says/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/10/08/business/toyota-to-parts-firms-ax-prices-or-else/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/16/business/morgan-stanley-gain-lifts-mufg-profit-target/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20111110n3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Official response: Olympus President Shuichi Takayama apologizes during a news conference at a Tokyo hotel Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/10/18/business/utilities-will-barely-meet-power-demand-this-winter-expert/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-28T15:41:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Flight delay: Honda's advanced light jet  is shown in a handout photo provided to the media in 2009.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/10/27/business/woodford-opens-door-to-return-to-olympus/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/09/business/divided-dpj-is-nodas-biggest-obstacle-to-backing-tpp-talks/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/23/business/azumi-invites-individuals-to-buy-0-18-quake-bonds/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Show of thanks: Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and Finance Minister Jun Azumi bow Monday before the Upper House Budget Committee as the third supplementary budget to finance Tohoku reconstruction was approved in the chamber.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/29/business/investors-driving-up-jgb-yields-at-hasty-pace-amid-downgrade-worries/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/10/18/business/samsung-sues-apple-to-halt-iphone-4s-sales/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20111018n3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Just in: Apple Inc.'s iPhone 4S smartphone is displayed at SoftBank Corp.'s flagship store in Tokyo on Friday after the new handset went on sale.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/10/25/business/autonation-rising-car-supply-may-hurt-margins/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/26/business/japan-eyes-wheat-binge-as-glut-undercuts-corn-price/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Market-ready: Nissan Motor Co. cars sit dockside at the Port of Los Angeles in Wilmington, California, after being offloaded Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/22/business/high-yen-eu-debt-crisis-crimp-exports/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/10/13/business/a-chance-to-do-more-than-rebuild-tohoku/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[High and dry: A man on July 13 stands in front of a fishing vessel swept inland by the March tsunami in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/10/29/business/nintendo-predicts-first-annual-loss-on-yen-woes-3ds-disappointment/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This suds for you: Haagen, Turborg and Carlsberg brews by Independent Liquor line the shelves in a liquor store in Auckland. Independent Liquor has been brought by Asahi Holdings.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Panned: The 2012 Honda Civic EX-L sedan, the newest Civic model, flopped in tests by Consumer Reports this month.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wheel deal: Toyota and Ford logos are among the sights at the 19th Indonesia International Motor Show at JIExpo Kemayoran, in Jakarta, on July 22.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA["Le cost-cutter": Carlos Ghosn, president and chief executive officer of Nissan Motor Co., listens during a news conference at Nissan headquarters in Yokohama on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cancer concerns: Bottles of Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.'s Actos diabetes medication sit on a shelf at a pharmacy in Atlanta in May.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/07/22/business/sony-sued-by-insurance-company/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/07/23/business/mitsui-o-s-k-bullish-on-car-exports/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/07/13/business/elpida-eyes-79-7-billion-via-share-bond-sales/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/07/06/business/genevas-oldest-private-bank-eyes-doubling-assets-held-by-japanese/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ambitious plans: Norbert Joue, president of Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch Trust (Japan) Ltd., is interviewed in Tokyo on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[I can dig it: Kunio Noji, president and chief executive officer of Komatsu Ltd., is interviewed in Tokyo on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Central banker: Bank of Japan Deputy Gov. Hirohide Yamaguchi is seen in Tokyo in August.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ultimatum: Katsunori Nagayasu, chairman of the Japanese Bankers Association, speaks during an interview that was conducted in Tokyo on July 5.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/07/15/business/government-may-intervene-to-weaken-yen-ex-finance-minister-kato/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Banking on it: Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa delivers a speech at a conference in Tokyo on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Talking asset sale: Hiroshi Watanabe, president of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, is interviewed in Tokyo on June 10.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shedding some light: LED bulbs are prominently displayed outside an electronics shop in Tokyo on June 8.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Beat the heat: Curtains of greenery are seen outside the Arakawa Ward office in Tokyo last summer.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Interactive: An attendee takes a photo during Nintendo Co.'s presentation of the Wii U console at the E3 video game trade show in Los Angeles earlier this month.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[No shortcuts: Butcher Pat Wood trims fat from a beef inside round at the Wyanet Locker in Wyanet, Illinois, on April 1. Retail-beef prices in the U.S. in February climbed to an all-time high as the nation's cattle herd dwindled while meat exports surged, spurred by a demand in emerging markets.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[From the ground up: Workers are seen through cherry blossoms last month at a construction site where temporary housing units are being built for survivors of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/19/business/sonys-stringer-calls-hacker-attack-hiccup/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Investment factor: The buildings housing reactors  No. 2 (left) and 1 at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant are photographed from the air April 10 by a drone aircraft.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Salman Khurshid]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/07/business/bankers-urge-aid-for-tepco/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20110407n1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Waiting game: Masayuki Oku, chairman of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. and the Japanese Bankers Association, speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/08/business/growth-abroad-spurs-fast-retailing-profit-hike/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Quick fix: Workers construct temporary housing units for survivors of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/22/business/taxes-must-play-role-in-quake-recovery-yosano/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T13:50:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nb20110422n2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20110422n2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Quake tax: Economic and fiscal policy minister Kaoru Yosano is interviewed Wednesday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/15/business/hitachi-boehringer-face-evac-closures/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20110413n1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mountain battles: A man walks Tuesday among piles of cars damaged by the tsunami on March 11 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/22/business/silver-lining-in-sight-for-makers-of-solar-panels/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20110422n1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Solely solar: Dubbed a "mega solar" plant, Kansai Electric Power Co.'s commercial power station in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, generates electricity entirely by solar panels.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/23/business/sharp-to-make-mobile-screens-at-tv-plant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T13:55:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/23/business/morgan-stanley-mitsubishi-ufj-ok-preferred-stock-deal/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/26/business/disaster-darkens-fisheries-decline/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20110426n1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Extreme shallows: The 379-ton tuna fishing vessel Myojin Maru No.3 (left), which was dumped onto a road by the March 11 tsunami, remains on land in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 15.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/01/business/tepco-investors-may-be-wiped-out/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T13:57:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/22/business/mori-sells-shanghai-tower-floorsmori-sells-shanghai-tower-floors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T13:57:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/16/business/economy-to-expand-next-quarter-boj/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/29/business/canon-lowers-earnings-forecasts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T13:57:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/02/business/boj-mulls-emergency-loans-for-disaster-hit-firms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T13:57:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/19/business/carmakers-miyagi-investments-stand/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T13:58:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/05/business/nippon-steel-to-invest-in-thai-plant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T13:58:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/08/business/shipping-rates-seen-rising-55/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T13:58:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/15/business/nuke-plant-escalation-fails-to-dent-rebound-expectations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T13:58:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/14/business/hoarding-driven-rice-demand-may-outstrip-supply-analyst-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T14:01:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20110414n1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Grain strain: A combine makes its way through a rice field in Sukagawa, Fukushima Prefecture, in September. Consumers may double rice purchases this fiscal year due in part to "contamination" rumors.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/20/business/bicycle-sales-triple-as-311-haunts-tokyoites/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T14:01:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/23/business/ares-nomura-in-2-5-billion-loan-assets-deal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T14:01:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/29/business/orix-renews-600-million-credit-line/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T14:01:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/21/business/nrg-pulls-cash-plug-on-texas-nuclear-project/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T14:01:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/09/business/sony-nikon-shut-plants-as-aftershock-causes-outages/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T14:01:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/14/business/hurt-firms-seek-over-7-5-trillion-in-loans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T14:01:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/08/business/fish-exported-to-eu-issued-certificates-of-origin/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T14:01:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/05/business/j-reits-to-halt-sales-fundraising-in-short-term/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Comfort food: Evacuees ladle hot water into containers of instant noodles to make lunch at a shelter in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/26/business/solar-panel-producers-stand-to-benefit-from-nuke-fears/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T14:08:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nb20110426n2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20110426n2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Let it shine: Solar panels manufactured by Sharp Corp. make electricity at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s mega solar power station in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, in October.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/02/business/tepco-may-hobble-toshiba-and-hitachi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T14:08:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/13/business/leaf-restart-problems-investigated/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T14:14:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20110413n2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Under the microscope: A Nissan Motor Co. electric vehicle Leaf sits in New York on April 5.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/15/business/further-boj-easing-needed-imfs-shinohara/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T14:16:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20110415n1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Money matters: Naoyuki Shinohara, deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, speaks during an interview at the World Capital Markets Symposium in Kuala Lumpur on Sept. 27, 2010.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/08/business/office-vacancies-at-record-highs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T14:16:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/05/business/portable-generators-sell-out-after-quake/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T14:18:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20110405n1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vital link: Mobile phones are recharged on March 23 at an evacuee shelter in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/21/business/tepco-may-increase-lng-imports-by-50-amid-energy-policy-shift/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Power boat: A liquefied natural gas tanker is moored in Sodegaura, Chiba Prefecture, last December.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/29/business/debt-rating-threat-may-hasten-tax-hike-push/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/29/business/boj-policymakers-reject-plan-to-expand-asset-buying/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/15/business/parco-capitamalls-tie-in-asia-expansion-plan/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/21/business/google-itochu-sumitomo-invest-in-u-s-wind-farm/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/31/business/coke-may-send-s-korea-bottled-water-to-japan/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/11/business/tse-ose-to-hold-integration-talks/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/31/business/nuke-crisis-scares-foreign-buyers-off-seafood/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/15/business/nikkei-plummets-more-than-6-biggest-fall-since-2008/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/04/business/jbic-mulls-funding-inpex-toshiba/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Private-sector role: The Tokyo headquarters of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation is seen in March 2009.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/24/business/disaster-agency-eyed-to-oversee-recovery/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taking stock: A woman looks at debris from the March 11 quake and tsunami in Kasennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/03/17/business/nikkei-turmoil-threatens-economy/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[No choice: The shelves are bare of food Tuesday at a convenience store in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, which was hit hard by Friday's temblor and tsunami.]]></image:caption>
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