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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takeo Higuchi]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Center of attention: Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii (center) attends a Cabinet meeting Tuesday to compile the second supplementary budget of this fiscal year.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Keep on trucking: Isuzu Motors Ltd. President Susumu Hosoi is interviewed in Tokyo on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takafumi Horie]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A parting of the ways: A Talbots outlet advertises itself in New York in 2007.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On the block: Nufarm Ltd. chemical products are stacked in a warehouse at the firm's headquarters outside Melbourne on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-29T16:08:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-29T16:08:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-29T16:08:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/12/12/business/tax-cuts-benefit-domestic-carmakers-u-s-firms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T16:12:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Unfair competition?: Cadillac DTS and Buick Lucerne sedans make their way down an assembly line at General Motors Co.'s Detroit-Hamtramck plant in Michigan on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-29T16:14:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Promising partner: Takashi Yamanouchi, president and CEO of Mazda Motor Corp., unveils the 2011 Mazda2 subcompact, a car designed for the North American market, at the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show on Dec. 2.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/12/02/business/hawaii-holidays-tiffany-jewelry-get-yen-boost/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T16:20:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[More on the table: A clerk prepares imported meat Tuesday for a "high yen" sale at an Ito-Yokado supermarket in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/12/05/business/open-skies-talks-herald-easing-of-u-s-japan-flight-curbs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T16:20:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/12/29/business/sony-sce-to-merge-distribution/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T16:20:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/12/23/business/battery-boost/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T16:20:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/12/17/business/aeon-sits-on-same-store-sales-data/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T16:22:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Motoya Okada]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/12/11/business/j-power-may-buy-u-s-coal-to-cut-reliance-on-australia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T16:22:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/12/03/business/client-sues-merrill-over-massive-loss/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T16:22:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/12/11/business/clean-energy-plan-may-jump-start-ngks-sales/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T16:22:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/12/17/business/moodys-prods-japan-on-debt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T16:29:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Moody's blues?: Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama fields questions from reporters Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Official Residence in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/12/29/business/ruling-to-help-aiful-debt-holders/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T16:31:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Loaner: A man walks past a sign for Aiful Corp. in Tokyo on July 24, 2007.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/12/05/business/credit-swaps-industry-to-discuss-aiful-debt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T16:37:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Awaiting judgment: A man walks past a sign for Aiful Corp. in Tokyo. The nation's largest consumer lender has drawn attention from credit-default swaps traders over whether its private debt-restructuring should trigger payouts to buyers of the swaps.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/12/15/business/tokyo-steel-cuts-january-prices/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T16:37:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/12/04/business/pachinko-maker-pushes-for-legalization-of-casinos/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T16:38:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gambling man: Kazuo Okada, chairman of Universal Entertainment, shown here in 2007, wants the government to legalize casinos.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/12/30/business/smfg-to-examine-possible-share-offering/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T16:45:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Keeping pace: Teisuke Kitayama, president of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., poses for a photograph following an interview in Tokyo earlier this month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/11/26/business/exports-in-october-fell-at-slowest-pace-in-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T16:46:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/11/07/business/key-index-up-for-sixth-month-straight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T16:46:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/11/21/business/boj-keeps-rates-low-is-upbeat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T16:47:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gift-season bonus: People pass a shoe store displaying a "50 percent off second item" sign Friday in Tokyo. The government announced the return of deflation the same day, marking its first appearance since 2006.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/11/06/business/ballmer-upbeat-over-sales-of-windows-7/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T16:47:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/11/13/business/producer-prices-fell-6-7-in-october/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T16:47:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/11/18/business/spending-pledges-unreachable-fujii/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T16:47:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/11/13/business/toyota-gets-stuck-with-nummi-closure-costs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T16:47:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/11/20/business/kobe-professor-eyed-to-replace-mizuno-at-boj/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T16:47:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/11/10/business/jfe-pauses-ship-building-merger-with-ihi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T16:49:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Almost there: A tanker gets built at IHI Corp.'s Kure plant in Hiroshima Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/11/19/business/dpj-should-rethink-kid-payouts-oecd-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T16:49:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/11/11/business/kddi-may-miss-profit-and-sales-targets-cfo-nagao-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T16:49:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/11/19/business/delta-offers-1-billion-to-jal-to-jump-ship/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T16:49:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/11/10/business/nissan-century-moves-into-chinese-equities/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/11/03/business/mizuho-launches-riyadh-venture/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/11/20/business/mitsubishi-chemical-to-absorb-rayon-firm/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/11/21/business/murata-postpones-battery-sales/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T16:50:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/11/20/business/softbank-eyes-asia-for-fresh-content/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/11/19/business/mufg-eyes-1-trillion-share-sale-tieup-irks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T16:50:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/11/28/business/toyota-nissan-up-global-output/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-29T16:50:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The plan: Sony Corp. Chairman Howard Stringer speaks at a news conference Thursday in Minato Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Down to earth: JAL President Haruka Nishimatsu, in happi coat, makes a sales pitch and hands out the struggling airline's leaflets to passersby Friday in Tokyo's Yurakucho district.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Record-setter: Employees of Tokyo Gas Co. look up at the stainless steel ceiling of the world's biggest liquefied natural gas storage tank when it was being built in Yokohama in 1997.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bumpy road ahead: Kenichi Ishida, chief of a Toyota Netz dealership, dusts off a Prius hybrid in his Tokyo dealership Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Waiting for cargo: The Nippon Yusen K.K. container ship NYK Athena is docked at a terminal in Tokyo Bay in November 2005.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Big boy: BMW's S 1000 RR superbike, seen in this photo released Friday, is set to challenge Honda and Suzuki's dominance in the market.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/08/27/business/skymark-mulls-okinawa-taiwan-service-starting-in-2010-chief/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mulling his options: Shinichi Nishikubo, president of Skymark Airlines Inc., considers his company's expansion plans Tuesday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/08/15/business/demand-for-services-rises-due-to-stimulus/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/08/21/business/boj-may-set-preconditions-for-raising-rates/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/08/13/business/jal-told-to-share-more-runs/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[For the homeland deficit: A woman adjusts a promotional poster for Japanese government bonds bearing a photograph of freelance announcer Junko Kubo in Tokyo on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Risk control: Katsunori Mikuniya, commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, is interviewed last Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On sale: Sony Computer Entertainment Japan President Shawn Layden shows off a new PS3 during a news conference Wednesday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Better bargains ahead?: People walk through a mall in Tokyo on Aug. 9. Consumer price data for July, released Friday, indicate deflation is taking hold again.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Game changer: Using Peugeot Citroen's Hybrid Air technology, a Citroen C3, shown at the Geneva Motor Show 2013, will get around 34 kilometers per liter driving in the city — a notable improvement on the fuel economy of electric hybrids.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/30/world/survivor-recalls-dachau-on-its-80th-anniversary/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lest we forget: Max Mannheimer, who has dedicated his life to telling German schoolchildren about his experience in the Dachau concentration camp, is shown receiving an award last May. Mannheimer says "Ordinary Germans knew about the camps, but not the torture and experiments that happened there.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-30T00:35:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nick D'Aloisio, creator of Summly]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-30T01:17:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[College bound: Rafael Yukio Kusuki shows his acceptance letter from Aichi Prefectural University at a shelter for the homeless in Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture, this month.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Radiation-free classroom: A satellite branch for Namie High School is set up in the city of Motomiya, Fukushima Prefecture, so displaced students can continue their classes outside the nuclear evacuation zone. Right: Tatsuma Hangai, a student at Namie High, attends class in the makeshift building.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-30T01:20:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-30T01:20:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-30T01:20:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/30/business/industrial-output-logs-slight-decline/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-30T01:20:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-30T01:20:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-30T01:20:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-30T01:20:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/30/national/loophole-drugs-easy-for-teenagers-to-obtain/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-30T01:20:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/30/national/politics-diplomacy/okinawa-receives-land-reclamation-application-for-nago-base-site/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-30T01:20:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-30T01:37:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shintaro Ishihara]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-30T01:49:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-30T01:50:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/30/business/corporate-business/nec-in-talks-with-lenovo-on-selling-mobile-phone-subsidiary/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-30T01:50:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-30T01:50:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Small comfort: Tsutomu Shimabuku, whose son, Hideyoshi, died as a result of a combat drill in 2006 when he was a Ground Self-Defense Force private at Camp Makomanai in Sapporo, faces reporters Friday in the city along with his wife, Ritsuko, after a court ordered the government to pay ¥65 million in damages over the death.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/30/national/history/dinosaur-fossil-discovered-by-kid-in-iwate-proves-to-be-rare-toe-bone/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-30T12:12:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cretaceous park : Takato Sasaki holds a dinosaur fossil Friday that he discovered in Kuji, Iwate Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/30/national/first-anniversary-of-weekly-antinuclear-rallies-outside-prime-ministers-office-marked/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-30T13:05:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Undeterred: Participants march through Tokyo's Nagata-cho political hub Friday evening urging the government to abandon nuclear power, continuing a weekly demonstration that has lasted a year.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/30/business/appliance-makers-get-serious-on-beauty/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-30T13:36:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Electrifying: A woman checks out skin moisture products at a Bic Camera store in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on March 18.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/30/business/haneda-rebounds-to-no-4-in-world/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-30T14:38:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Moving up: Travelers pass through the international terminal of Haneda airport, which was rated the world's fourth-busiest airport last year, regaining a position it last held in 2008.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/30/business/economy-business/diet-oks-13-trillion-stopgap-budget/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-30T14:40:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-30T22:57:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cooking up contacts: British chef Valentine Warner participates in a cooking demonstration at an international food and drink trade exhibition in London on March 18.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-31T00:03:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A wave of hope: The members of artist duo UrumaDelvi created their animated music video for the David Byrne song "Psychedelic Afternoon" in their spare time.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-31T00:05:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-31T01:48:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ballistic threat: Iranian Army personnel prepare to launch missiles during a maneuver at an undisclosed location in the country last Nov. 13.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-03-31T04:13:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In sync: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (left) and Mongolian Prime Minister Norov Altankhuyag hold a joint news conference in Ulan Bator following their meeting Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/31/national/politics-diplomacy/former-reconstruction-minister-hirano-says-he-will-quit-dpj/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tatsuo Hirano]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Still kicking: Nippon Ishin no Kai cohead Shintaro Ishihara talks to reporters in Tokyo on Saturday after his hospital discharge.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/14/national/politics-diplomacy/newly-appointed-pakistan-envoy-to-japan-urges-increased-investment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-31T10:17:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Farukh Amil]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2004/09/11/national/crime-legal/warrant-out-for-mobster-in-pachinko-kidnapping/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Motoya Okada]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/31/national/computer-beats-active-shogi-pro-for-first-time/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-03-31T20:37:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Checkmated: Shinichi Sato, a professional "shogi" player, is seen after losing to the Ponanza computer program on Saturday in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/01/national/ozawa-to-head-art-tower-mito/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T00:00:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p2 briefs-z 20130401]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Seiji Ozawa]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-01T00:03:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[To the letter: Historian J. Jefferson Looney holds one of several volumes of "The Papers of Thomas Jefferson."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/01/business/betray-your-bank-before-slovenia-betrays-you/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[?100,000 and hosed: People line up outside a Laiki branch in Nicosia on Friday as Cyprus reopened its banks for a second day under Draconian capital controls.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-01T00:05:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cash cow: Judith and Rene Dekker have operated a dairy farm since 2000 in Ubly, Michigan. The Dutch couple in 2011 applied for an EB-5 visa and invested $500,000 in a Washington hotel project so the family could stay in the United States.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Street justice: Mahinder Kaur protests for her daughter, whom the mother says was raped in 2010 by a policeman in Punjab state, on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/01/business/boj-weighs-integration-of-jgb-purchasing-programs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T00:17:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20130401d1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Monetary tactics: The Bank of Japan is thinking of introducing a new monetary easing scheme designed to make the central bank's tactics more effective and transparent to the market.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-01T01:36:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[You give me fever: In "They're All So Beautiful" the racial politics of non-Asians being attracted to Asians, and the stereotypes that entails, are explored through interviews with those on both sides of the fetish.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/01/world/politics-diplomacy-world/have-u-s-political-parties-lost-their-purpose/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T01:57:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[wn20130401f3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rand Paul]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/01/business/spring-air-freezes-japan-expansion-plans-over-senkakus-turmoil/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T02:00:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20130401d2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Holding pattern: A Spring Airlines jet taxies at Shanghai Pudong International Airport in February. The Chinese low-cost carrier is freezing plans to expand flights to other Japanese cities.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/01/national/railways-get-jump-on-solving-ic-card-dexterity-barrier/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T02:26:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20130401a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Simplifying: The recent standardization of prepaid IC cards such as Suica and Pasmo makes it more convenient for customers to change trains. Some researchers are aiming at taking things further to ensure smoother travel by mounting the touch panels in the center of the passenger paths.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/13/business/mhi-queensland-discuss-coal-plant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:01:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/23/business/mmc-to-cut-i-miev-price-in-half-by-mid-2010s-thanks-to-tax-breaks-subsidies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:01:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/02/business/ing-life-insurance-to-cut-300-jobs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:01:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/17/business/public-pension-fund-may-sell-bonds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:01:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/02/business/masks-with-ostrich-antibodies-aid-swine-flu-fight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:04:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090602n3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Leg up: Yasuhiro Tsukamoto, a veterinary professor at Kyoto Prefectural University, tends to one of the 500 ostriches at his Kobe breeding farm.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/05/business/toyota-facing-1-billion-hit-over-california-law/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:04:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/03/business/hitachi-still-beset-by-inventory/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:09:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090603n2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Behind schedule: Michijiro Kikawa, chief executive officer of Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., is interviewed in Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/11/business/honda-takes-on-suzukis-small-cars-in-india/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:09:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/13/business/jal-set-to-extend-unpaid-leave/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:09:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/09/business/exit-policy-should-be-discussed-bojs-mizuno/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:09:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/05/business/asahi-kasei-cuts-long-term-targets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:09:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/02/business/domestic-sales-of-vehicles-fell-19-in-may/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:09:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/19/business/domestic-vehicle-sales-still-lagging-jama/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:09:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/11/business/penalties-urged-for-opaque-capital-raising-moves/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:09:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/13/business/purchases-of-u-s-treasuries-will-continue-yosano-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:09:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/11/business/prius-hot-but-at-other-models-expense/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:13:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090611n2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Profit hunter: Akio Toyoda, incoming president of Toyota Motor Corp., touts the new Prius in Tokyo on May 18.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/05/business/capital-spending-dives-at-fastest-pace-in-54-years/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:13:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/09/business/merchant-index-at-14-month-high/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:13:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/19/business/tokyo-property-rebound-expected/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:16:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nb20090619n3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090619n3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Buyer's market: Kazuo Tanabe, president of Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc., is interviewed Wednesday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/26/business/sharp-violating-samsung-patent-itc/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:16:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/20/business/end-of-boj-funding-measures-tied-to-economy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:16:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/03/business/nomuras-top-execs-watch-pay-drop-55/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:16:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/20/business/prius-draws-180000-orders-in-first-month/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:16:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/19/business/triple-a-partners-looks-to-tie-up-with-brokerages/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:16:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/06/business/men-turn-to-bento-as-pocket-change-grows-scarcer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:17:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/09/business/nomura-gets-qatar-bank-license/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:17:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/02/business/output-gap-fell-8-5-in-first-quarter/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:17:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/16/business/tokyo-steel-to-cut-h-beam-prices/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:17:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/27/business/cpi-tumbles-at-record-pace/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:17:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/10/business/nomura-ups-firms-profit-outlook/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:17:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/13/business/household-sentiment-continues-rise/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:17:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/04/business/debt-to-gdp-ratio-should-be-cut-panel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:17:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/13/business/honda-looks-to-raise-100-billion-for-loans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:17:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/17/business/yosano-trust-in-dollar-unshakable/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:17:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/17/business/tepco-snubs-lng-as-reactors-fire-up/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:17:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/10/business/softbank-set-to-debut-new-iphone/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:17:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/16/business/koizumi-reforms-hurting-public-rengo-boss/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:19:37+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nb20090616n2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090616n2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tsuyoshi Takagi]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/18/business/fitch-to-keep-sovereign-debt-rating-unchanged/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:19:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/18/business/citi-settles-nikko-cordial-accounting-lawsuits/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:19:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/27/business/komatsu-sees-strong-china-sales/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:19:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/02/business/wages-decline-for-11th-straight-month/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:19:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/11/business/producer-price-fall-is-fastest-since-87/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:19:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/12/business/tokyo-office-vacancies-climbing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:20:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/19/business/u-s-calls-huge-treasury-bond-stash-in-italy-clearly-fake/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:20:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/20/business/goldman-sachs-bullish-on-banks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:20:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/16/business/low-gasoline-prices-may-put-damper-on-hondas-u-s-insight-sales-forecast/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:20:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/04/business/takefuji-next/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:20:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/10/business/recession-easing-key-gauge-shows/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:20:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/27/business/rights-holder-sony-expects-revenue-boost-from-michael-jackson-cds-dvds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:20:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/17/business/kansai-electric-to-boost-investment-in-uranium-mines/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:20:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/09/business/goldmans-accordia-golf-to-spend-20-billion-buying-several-course-operators/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:20:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/31/national/china-eager-to-end-isle-row-not-alter-95-apology-murayama/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:26:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20130401a1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20130401a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tomiichi Murayama]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/30/business/output-rises-5-9-for-third-straight-monthly-increase/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:46:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/20/business/sony-makes-headway-on-300-billion-cost-cut-plan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:49:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090620n1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Howard Stringer]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/23/business/corporate-confidence-heads-up/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:49:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/09/business/geithner-bets-u-s-banks-can-avert-lost-decade/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:51:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/23/business/boj-sees-recession-starting-to-level-out/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:51:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/27/business/rio-agrees-to-33-iron-ore-price-cut-with-nippon-steel/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/28/business/promise-targets-100-billion-in-loans-to-firms-chief-says/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/12/business/jal-must-cut-more-ldp-group/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:51:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/19/business/consumer-poll-at-10-month-high/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:51:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/22/business/services-demand-falls-at-fastest-pace-since-97/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:51:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/16/business/japan-tobacco-sees-gain-in-russia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:51:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/21/business/imf-upbeat-on-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:52:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/26/business/eco-point-plan-helps-retailers-share-prices/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:52:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/29/business/steel-blocks-unison-bid-for-aderans/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/19/business/u-s-makers-take-cue-from-toyota-in-cutting-dealers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:56:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090519n1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[End of the line: Joe Reising (right), vice president of R.L. Reising Sales Inc., talks with a salesman in a General Motors showroom in Beecher, Ill., on Saturday. GM began informing 1,100 U.S. dealers last week, including this one, that their franchise agreements would not be renewed.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/22/business/traders-can-get-out-of-lay-judge-duty/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:57:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:57:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/30/business/daiichi-sankyo-to-refinance-loan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:57:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/13/business/honda-gives-chrysler-run-in-n-america-output/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:57:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/01/business/08-mitsubishi-electric-net-plunges-92-3/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:57:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/27/business/corporate-service-prices-tumble/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:57:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/29/business/retail-sales-dropped-2-9-in-april/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:57:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/27/business/showa-shell-eyes-10-slice-of-solar-panels/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:57:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/15/business/record-16-dip-forecast-for-quarterly-gdp/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:57:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/29/business/moodys-slashes-nomuras-credit-rating-to-baa2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:57:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/02/business/mufg-logs-260-billion-loss-its-first-ever-deficit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T11:57:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/16/business/machinery-orders-resume-retreat-slip-1-3/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T12:06:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090516n1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[False dawn: Workers assemble engines at Nissan's Iwaki plant in Fukushima Prefecture last year. Machinery orders resumed falling in March in a sign that companies remain wary of upgrading factories and equipment.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/22/business/love-hotel-industry-shrugs-off-recession/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090522n2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Roaring trade: Cars speed past the Queen Elizabeth Sekitei, a love hotel where couples can rent rooms for as little as two hours, on the outskirts of Tokyo on April 20.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/28/business/j-power-in-talks-to-buy-three-u-s-plants-as-domestic-demand-slows/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T12:13:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/14/business/failures-up-9-as-credit-stays-tight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T12:14:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/28/business/success-of-ldp-stimulus-to-be-short-lived-citi-strategist/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T12:14:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/12/business/nissan-to-hire-150-temps-in-u-k/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T12:14:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/01/asia-pacific/north-korea-secrecy-fuels-suspicions-of-bomb-design/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T13:02:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[an20130402n1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rallying the troops: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves at military officers after inspecting the Wolnae Islet Defense Detachment, near the country's western sea border with South Korea, on March 11.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/08/business/shinko-mizuho-brokerages-merge/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/22/business/tax-cuts-not-helping-car-sales-jama/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-01T14:36:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/14/business/shinsei-bank-expects-return-to-profit-in-09/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T14:36:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/20/business/yosano-brushes-aside-upgrade/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T14:36:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/20/business/ntt-goes-android/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T14:36:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/26/business/shirakawa-foresees-mild-recovery-ahead/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T14:36:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/29/business/toyota-nissan-gear-down/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T14:36:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/14/business/toyota-plans-to-slash-output-28/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T14:36:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/15/business/ihi-to-head-offshore-for-shipbuilding-components/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T14:36:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/01/business/industrial-output-sees-first-rise-in-six-months/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T14:39:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sign of life?: Smokestacks spew in Kawasaki last week. Industrial output grew 1.6 percent in March from the previous month, government data showed Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/19/business/nomura-picks-americas-equities-chief/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/16/business/russia-tax-puts-north-america-logs-back-in-favor/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Reliable supply: Logs are stacked near Anahim Lake in British Columbia last July.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/16/business/mitsui-eyes-raw-materials-projects-overseas/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/11/business/boj-to-start-subordinated-loans-to-banks-in-may-to-boost-lending/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T14:42:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/22/business/hino-loss-grows-on-pension-changes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T14:42:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/03/business/citigroup-taking-bids-for-nikko-asset-mizuho-interested-sources/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T14:42:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/21/business/toyota-banks-on-suv-demand-in-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T14:42:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/24/business/freescale-to-shutter-sendai-plant/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/04/business/venezuelas-chavez-angling-for-oil-project-investment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T14:42:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/22/business/ailing-jal-seeking-200-billion-loan-from-dbj/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T14:42:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/02/business/tokyo-law-firm-is-top-ranked-ma-adviser/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/02/business/pioneer-persuades-773-to-leave/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-01T14:42:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/23/business/toyota-managers-face-60-summer-bonus-cut/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/18/business/toshiba-to-ax-3900-more-temps/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/03/business/pachinko-bucks-recession-trend/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T14:44:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090403n3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[On a roll: Customers try their luck at a pachinko parlor in Tokyo in June 2007.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/24/business/kirin-furthers-australia-expansion-with-offer-for-lion-nathan-shares/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T14:44:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/17/business/stimulus-not-long-term-solution-analysts-warn/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T14:47:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090417n3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Consumer rights: Prime Minister Taro Aso speaks Thursday during a Lower House special committee on consumer affairs.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/02/business/k-line-cuts-number-of-car-carriers/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090402n1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ample parking: The number of vehicles Monday waiting to be loaded onto freighters at Daikoku Pier in Yokohama is uncharacteristically low.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/10/business/jal-may-seek-dbj-funding-as-bond-redemptions-loom/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/17/business/nomura-cuts-50-banking-jobs-outside-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T14:48:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/02/business/will-pay-gap-at-nomura-go-toxic/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Money matters: People pass Nomura Holding's head office in Tokyo on Jan. 27.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/15/business/mizuho-may-need-extra-trillion-ubs/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/09/business/bankers-invited-to-pink-slip-party-at-local-roppongi-watering-hole/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toasting the recession: Patrons drink at the Heartland bar in Mori Tower at the Roppongi Hills complex in Tokyo on Tuesday evening. About 100 unemployed finance professionals have been invited to a "pink slip party" to be held at the bar on April 14.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/17/business/shinsei-to-swing-ax-at-ex-ge-financing-unit/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090417n4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Job insecurity: Pedestrians walk past an advertisement last July for Lake, a former General Electric consumer lending unit now renamed and under the wing of Shinsei Bank.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Losing its luster?: Leandro Sylva holds a Wii controller as he plays "Mario Super Sluggers" at the Nintendo World store in New York, on Jan. 27.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/17/business/canon-delays-plant-construction/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-01T15:04:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/04/business/toshiba-sony-among-tcis-1-2-billion-in-short-positions/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-01T15:04:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/03/business/toyota-denies-windfall-on-tax-change/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T15:04:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/03/business/elpida-offers-to-sell-10-stake-to-taiwan-memory/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T15:04:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/28/business/lion-nathan-to-cost-kirin-2-5-billion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T15:04:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/09/business/japans-hedge-funds-sparkle-with-hidden-jewels/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T15:04:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/22/business/11-trillion-in-new-jgbs-due-yosano/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T15:04:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/01/business/ebay-to-provide-translations-for-japanese-sellers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T15:04:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/10/business/smfg-to-log-group-net-loss-for-2008/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/14/business/hynixs-punitive-tariffs-to-be-lifted/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T15:04:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/11/business/pace-of-bank-lending-slows-for-third-straight-month-amid-gloom/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T15:04:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/17/business/platinum-sales-triple-as-prices-fall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T15:04:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/28/business/antiviral-drugmaker-leads-gainers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T15:05:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/25/business/hsbc-joins-retreat-from-japan-equities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T15:05:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/18/business/boj-downgrades-economies-in-seven-regions-as-spending-stalls/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T15:05:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/28/business/800-billion-to-prop-up-property/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T15:05:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/07/business/otsuka-seen-leading-race-to-find-tb-cure/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Quest for cure: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. is working on a cure for tuberculosis at its Tokushima Laboratory.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In need: Orix Corp. President Yukio Yanase is interviewed Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/01/business/takeda-to-move-rd-hq-to-u-s/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/09/business/corporate-failures-climbed-12-in-08/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Any Corinthian leather?: A man examines a Nissan Motor SUV at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition on April 20, 2008.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/22/business/pay-cuts-not-pink-slips-help-ease-recession/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/03/business/sudden-cut-seen-in-summer-bonuses/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T15:13:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/29/business/isuzu-loss-widens-on-huge-tax-writedown/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T15:13:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/17/business/taiheiyo-sees-cement-market-recovery-in-10/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T15:13:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/11/business/smfgs-woes-bad-sign-for-banks/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090411n3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Work in progress: The extension of Narita International Airport's 2,180-meter runway may be finished as early as October, six months earlier than planned.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/15/business/nippon-yusen-cuts-expansion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T15:15:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/14/business/gazprom-mulls-buying-into-utilities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T15:16:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/04/business/refiners-plan-more-capacity-cuts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T15:18:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/12/business/fsa-plans-crackdown-on-credit-skinflints/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/26/business/kubota-sees-u-s-tractor-market-shrinking-15/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/12/business/credit-crisis-particularly-hard-on-small-firms/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090312n2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Failure: Wataru Orii (right), president of Pacific Holdings Co., bows in apology during a Tuesday news conference in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/11/business/tough-market-awaits-toyotas-latest-prius/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Testing the limits: The new 2010 Toyota Prius hybrid is driven through Napa County, Calif., on Feb. 26.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/20/business/economy-still-deteriorating-boj/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/10/business/japan-to-buy-ukraine-co-2-credits/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T15:29:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-01T15:29:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/18/business/shiseido-to-bolster-chinese-sales-with-inland-expansion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T15:29:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/20/business/goldman-bids-to-acquire-rest-of-usj-shares/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090320n2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[New owner?: The Universal Studios logo is displayed at the theme park's entrance in Osaka on Jan. 14.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:15:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:15:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:15:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/07/business/ailing-shinsei-joins-hunt-for-capital/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:15:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:16:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/04/business/honda-weathers-crisis-with-asia-motorbike-niche/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/14/business/issuance-fears-have-bondholders-favoring-aso/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:16:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/17/business/firms-face-call-for-outside-directors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:16:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:16:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/14/business/astellas-on-fence-over-hostile-cv-bid/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:16:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/05/business/toyota-u-s-sales-dip-record-40/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:16:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/12/business/dip-in-machinery-orders-sets-record-losing-streak/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:16:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/10/business/use-public-entity-proceeds-to-prop-up-stocks-keidanren/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:16:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/13/business/sony-seiko-epson-in-lcd-deal/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/27/business/new-crown-majesta-goes-on-sale/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:16:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/14/business/power-generation-drops-again/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:16:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/14/business/aso-calls-for-third-stimulus-plan/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Aso Taro]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/19/business/hunt-is-on-for-husbands-as-slump-deepens/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Give it a shot: A woman drinks at Singles Bar Green, a so-called marriage hunting bar in the Roppongi district of Tokyo, in this undated handout photograph. More women appear to be looking to tie the knot as the nation sinks into its worst recession since 1945.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/11/business/shinsei-plans-to-raise-50-billion/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Have money, will travel: A man walks out of a Shinsei Bank branch in Tokyo on Sept. 25, 2007, in this file photo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/27/business/slump-hits-demand-for-haute-couture/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Latest duds: Models strut down a catwalk Wednesday during the G.V.G.V autumn/winter 2009/2010 fashion show in Tokyo on Wednesday as part of Japan Fashion Week.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/24/business/young-flock-to-invest-in-gold-purchase-plans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:39:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nb20090324n3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090324n3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[All that glitters: Gold bullion is displayed at Metal Art Ltd. in Budapest in February. More young Japanese investors are turning to gold purchasing plans to protect their finances.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/03/business/toyota-may-slash-production-12-amid-slump/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/03/business/prudential-to-acquire-yamato-life/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/17/business/game-publishers-to-sony-cut-ps3-price-or-lose-out-to-nintendo/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:39:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/25/business/fewer-makers-beat-path-to-motor-show/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:39:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/07/business/boj-may-have-to-buy-more-debt-yamaguchi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:39:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/20/business/sony-google-book-deal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:40:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/17/business/toyota-to-motor-on-in-formula-one-nascar/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:40:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/31/business/crashing-demand-in-u-s-europe-drives-down-auto-output-56/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:40:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/04/business/ailing-citi-scratches-branch-expansion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:40:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/19/business/hedge-fund-to-tap-foreign-capital/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:40:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/28/business/jr-tokai-to-up-outlays-on-trains/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:42:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nb20090328n1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090328n1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Making tracks: A Central Japan Railway Co. 700 series shinkansen pulls into Tokyo Station in November.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:42:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/07/business/short-selling-curbs-may-be-extended/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:42:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:43:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/05/business/honda-mazda-eyeing-state-loans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:43:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/20/business/ldp-calls-for-capital-injections-to-avert-crisis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:48:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nb20090320n3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090320n3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Preventive medicine: Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Hiroyuki Hosoda speaks in a recent interview.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/26/business/exports-plunged-49-4-in-february/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:48:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/25/business/ministry-to-boj-boost-cb-purchases/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:48:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/18/business/boj-to-spend-1-trillion-on-bank-loans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:48:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/13/business/mufg-to-sell-securities-to-boost-capital-this-time-for-97-billion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:48:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/25/business/crisis-bites-into-toyoda-fortune/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:50:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nb20090325n1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090325n1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Big three: Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Corp. (center), Vice Chairman Katsuaki Watanabe (left) and Chairman Fujio Cho shake hands during a news conference in Tokyo in January.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/31/business/slumping-market-topples-azel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:50:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/27/business/tankan-survey-could-tumble-to-30-year-low-on-export-crash/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:50:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/11/business/sony-ericsson-sees-demand-falling/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:50:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/08/business/trading-house-mitsui-sued-over-alleged-racial-bias-at-u-s-branch/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:51:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/10/business/nissan-vying-with-u-s-firms-for-green-loans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:51:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/21/business/j-power-seeks-investors-to-replace-pesky-tci/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:53:30+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nb20090221n3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090221n3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Seeking investors: Yoshihiko Nakagaki, president of Electric Power Development Co., speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/28/business/cpi-unchanged-in-january/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:53:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/21/business/sony-yields-share-to-vizio-in-u-s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:53:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/21/business/power-sales-dim-most-since-72/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:53:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/20/business/building-machinery-shipments-to-dip/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:53:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/13/business/toyota-gm-slip-in-cost-survey/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:53:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/07/business/no-plan-to-print-separate-currency/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:53:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/26/business/ubs-cancels-wrong-3-trillion-order/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:53:59+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/27/business/nippon-oil-mining-delay-merger-plan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:54:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/18/business/honda-ceo-ties-slump-to-high-yen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:54:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/03/business/japan-auto-sales-fell-28-in-january/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:54:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/21/business/nissan-to-mexico/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:54:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/24/business/women-forsake-frills-but-spare-no-expense-for-skin/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:57:23+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nb20090224n2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090224n2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[No crow's-feet: A salesclerk displays Shiseido Co.'s Cle De Peau Beaute luxury brand at a Matsuzakaya department store in Tokyo last week.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/17/business/sanyo-to-build-solar-battery-plant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:57:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/11/business/aozora-changes-leadership-following-196-billion-loss/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:57:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/13/business/china-sales-to-slow/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:57:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/20/business/nissan-to-tap-european-markets-for-cash/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:57:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/14/business/panasonic-asks-managers-to-buy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:59:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nb20090214n2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090214n2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Choices, choices: A man views a Panasonic digital TV at a Tokyo electronics shop last Nov. 7.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/05/business/mmc-to-lose-60-billion-mazda-13-billion-in-red/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:59:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/17/business/toyota-to-cut-output-54/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:59:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/10/business/machinery-orders-off-a-third-month/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:59:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/13/business/gdp-likely-shrank-11-7-experts/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/17/business/protecting-corporate-bonds-from-default-comes-at-high-cost/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/06/business/ldp-looks-to-let-japan-post-become-lender/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/27/business/tge-turns-down-tocom-merger/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T17:59:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/18/business/suzuki-motor-to-review-russia-expansion-plans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T18:00:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/21/business/topix-falls-to-lowest-since-84/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T18:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/04/business/gm-in-talks-to-sell-truck-unit-to-isuzu-union-leader-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T18:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/13/business/yamaha-motor-projects-09-net-loss/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T18:00:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/25/business/goldman-to-trim-equity-research-team-as-demand-for-analysis-dips/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T18:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/03/business/daihatsu-cuts-profit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T18:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/14/business/will-nissans-drastic-actions-be-enough/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T18:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/24/business/lender-sfcg-folds-debts-at-338-billion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T18:04:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090224n1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[All ears: SFCG Co. Chairman Kenshin Oshima holds a news conference in Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090228n2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cap in hand: A Japan Airlines jetliner taxies near a parked All Nippon Airways jet at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Jan. 19, 2008.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/10/business/corporate-bankruptcies-up-15-8-as-funds-grow-scarce/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tatsuo Tanaka]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/24/business/nomura-receives-license-in-dubai/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/26/business/january-trade-deficit-worst-on-record/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/13/business/pioneer-to-dismiss-10000-exit-tvs/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/20/business/citi-committed-to-nikko-cordial-unit-at-least-for-year/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-01T18:09:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-01T18:09:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/29/business/up-sales-tax-to-boost-economy-welfare-yosano/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T18:10:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-01T18:10:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-01T18:10:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/14/business/bank-lending-reaches-fastest-pace-in-16-years/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T18:10:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/23/business/citing-high-costs-allianz-to-halt-new-insurance-sales-here/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T18:10:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/24/business/nippon-steel-to-double-output-cuts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T18:10:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/15/business/goldman-plans-to-acquire-usj/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T18:10:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/08/business/aso-a-drag-on-economy-survey/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T18:14:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090108n1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Host of troubles: Prime Minister Taro Aso speaks during a meeting with government and ruling party officials Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/09/business/tdk-axes-8000-sees-red-instead-of-black/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T18:14:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-01T18:14:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-01T18:14:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/10/business/foreign-investors-may-receive-exemption-from-capital-gains-tax/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T18:14:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/24/business/tepco-to-seek-ok-to-test-run-quake-hit-reactor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T18:14:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/22/business/mazda-applies-for-wage-subsidies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T18:14:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/31/business/10-fold-hike-for-wage-subsidies-requested/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T18:14:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20090115n1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Top gear: Akio Toyoda, executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp. and a grandson of the firm's founder, will take over as the next president of the world's largest automaker.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Here's the beef: A man looks at a Yoshinoya beef bowl eatery in Minato Ward, Tokyo, on Thursday. The fast-food chain plans to expand to take advantage of the deepening recession.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/24/business/sanyo-nippon-oil-in-battery-tieup/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/17/business/energy-explorer-inpex-signs-darwin-lng-plant-design-deal/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/23/business/marubeni-exporting-more-scrap-to-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T18:27:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/20/business/wii-gives-seniors-therapeutic-kicks/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Super seller: A store employee stands next to boxes of Nintendo Wii game consoles at a Best Buy outlet in Columbus, Ohio, in 2007.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-01T18:31:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-01T18:31:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gathering dust: Japan Airlines jets sit on the tarmac at Haneda airport in Tokyo. Slumping demand for air travel has prompted JAL to request workers take unpaid leave at its international unit.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/20/business/toyota-introduces-lexus-rx-luxury-suv-in-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T20:18:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-01T20:56:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dialing for dollars: A man walks past a KDDI Corp. billboard in Tokyo. The telecommunications company said Friday that third-quarter profits grew 49 percent.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Roundup: Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa (standing) opens a meeting of the central bank's regional managers Friday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/29/business/toyota-honda-production-cuts-typify-global-auto-woes/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/09/business/boj-readies-1-2-trillion-in-emergency-bank-loans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-01T21:45:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Question: Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa raises his hand Thursday in the Lower House Budget Committee.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kenji Haga]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-02T00:41:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-02T00:41:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Off the wall: Pedestrians pass in front of a remaining section of the Berlin Wall in November 2005. Chunks of the Iron Curtain icon are now displayed at the headquarters of the U.N. in New York, at a casino in Las Vegas and at Microsoft's headquarters in Washington state.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Loss leaders: These new homes are up for sale in Hyogo Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[HAPPY LANDINGSNew recruits attend a welcome ceremony Monday in a Japan Airlines Co. hangar at Tokyo's Haneda airport, marking the first new hires at JAL since 2010.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Turning Japanese?: Ben Bernanke, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, gives a talk at the Austin Chamber of Commerce in Texas on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Making inroads: A man checks out a Nissan sport utility vehicle at an auto show in Beijing in April. Nissan unveiled the Infiniti EX35 luxury SUV in China on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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