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		<lastmod>2013-04-02T18:09:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/12/12/business/biggest-milk-producers-to-raise-prices-next-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-02T18:09:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/12/01/business/gasoline-pushes-cpi-up-0-1/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-02T18:09:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-02T18:09:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-02T18:09:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/12/28/business/building-machinery-shipments-jump/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-02T18:10:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-02T18:11:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-02T18:12:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/11/17/business/resona-allies-with-citigroup-in-china/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/11/02/business/promise-back-in-black-for-first-half/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A tanker is shown anchored off Nippon Oil Corp.'s refinery in Yokohama on Oct. 30. The trade ministry has been talking with Nippon Oil and other refiners and utilities to study the potential impact of banning Sudanese oil imports.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda speaks at a Friday plenary session of the House of Councilors.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Akio Toyoda, executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., shows off the automaker's new Lexus IS F luxury sports car at its unveiling Thursday at Fuji Speedway.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/06/national/politics-diplomacy/north-economic-sanctions-raised/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-06T01:05:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-06T01:05:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Making a pilgrimage: People walk in Peace Memorial Park in the city of Hiroshima in February.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/06/world/politics-diplomacy-world/technology-titans-raise-millions-to-enter-politics/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Political ambitions: U.S. President Barack Obama and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg discuss the national debt at a townhall meeting on April 20, 2011.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/06/business/corporate-business/aflacs-computer-glitch-affects-1-8-billion-in-insurance-deals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-06T01:24:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hog wild: A municipal official measures the carcass of a wild boar that had apparently been hit by a car Thursday in Tatsuno, Hyogo Prefecture. The boar is believed to be the same one that went on a rampage in the town of Taishi earlier in the day.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Enemy below: Prime Minister David Cameron inspects a submarine off Scotland's western coast Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/06/business/corporate-business/ferrari-japan-growth-market-as-china-eu-slump/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yen for speed: Visitors watch a video of the new Ferrari La Ferrari (F150) on Ferrari SpA's stand at the 83rd Geneva International Motor Show in Geneva on March 6.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/06/national/race-car-firm-unveils-floating-tsunami-shelter/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Use in an emergency: A prototype floating tsunami shelter made of fiber-reinforced plastic is shown to the media Thursday at the Shizuoka Prefectural Government offices. The product, manufactured by race car company Tajima Motor Corp., can accommodate up to 20 people.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/06/business/corporate-business/cerberus-plans-45-seibu-holdings-stake/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-06T11:22:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hot rail: A Seibu Railway Co. train approaches Hanno Station in Saitama Prefecture last month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/06/world/social-issues-world/peta-founder-ingrid-newkirk-making-the-fury-fly/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-06T11:23:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Force-fed: PETA's Ingrid Newkirk, with a funnel of feed in her mouth, protests the sale of foie gras in London last month.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Raison d'etre: Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki contends that U.S. authorities introduced tough drug laws as a means of controlling ethnic minorities.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rock hop: The Orion Exploration Flight Test 1 module for manned missions to the moon, Mars and asteroids sits at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, in January.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-07T00:23:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Touch and go: Visiting Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (left) is greeted by Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima in Naha prior to talks Saturday on the return of land used by the U.S. military.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-07T00:34:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dream flight?: A Boeing 787 produced for LOT Polish Airlines lands at Paine Air Field Airport in Washington state on Friday after a flight intended to test its new battery system and win approval to take to the skies again from U.S. federal regulators.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/06/national/powerful-storm-dumps-rain-on-much-of-nation/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/07/national/meat-eating-aichi-plant-new-species/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Redesignated: This photo from Aichi University of Education professor Mikio Watanabe shows a carnivorous plant that has been confirmed as an entirely new species.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/07/national/japans-storied-all-female-takarazuka-theater-troupe-wows-taiwan/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Putting on the glitz: Members of Hyogo Prefecture's all-female Takarazuka musical theater troupe rehearse for their first-ever show in Taiwan on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/07/national/media-national/government-reveals-contempt-for-constitution-by-ignoring-it/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-07T04:18:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[No comment: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe raised eyebrows recently when he refused to answer a question regarding his familiarity with the constitution.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/06/business/soaring-value-of-bitcoins-raises-fears-of-potential-financial-cyberbubble/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-07T04:40:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Stateless coinage: Jonathan Harrison (left) and Amir Taaki hold a copy of Bitcoin outside a dilapidated commune near Waterloo Station, where those working with the magazine operate and live.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/03/31/national/40-budding-stars-pass-takarazuka-exam/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-07T16:59:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-07T16:59:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japanese idol: Successful candidates of the prestigious Takarazuka Music School celebrate Monday in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/06/23/reference/fans-make-troupe-phenomenon-it-is/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-07T16:59:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Curtain call: Takarazuka Revue posters adorn the wall of its theater in Yurakucho, Tokyo, earlier this month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2004/05/07/national/takarazuka-groupies-do-it-by-the-book/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-07T17:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takarazuka devotees, uniformly dressed, wave to their favorite actresses as they enter the stage door of Tokyo Takarazuka Theater on April 26.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/18/national/godzilla-at-lucky-dragon-museum/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-07T20:14:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2004/12/01/national/godzilla-awarded-star-on-walk-of-fame/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-07T20:14:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is dedicated to Godzilla to fete the monster's 50th anniversary, during a ceremony on Hollywood Boulevard near the landmark Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2003/12/04/national/terminator-godzilla-adorn-battledores/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ayaka Minami, an employee of Kyugetsu Inc., shows off "hagoita" battledores emblazoned with the year's newsmakers: (from left) California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui and golfer Shigeki Maruyama.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/01/11/national/godzilla-working-the-crowds-on-promotional-campaign-tour/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-07T20:14:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-08T00:03:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Reason to smile: Egyptian satirist and television host Bassem  Youssef is surrounded by supporters upon his arrival at the high court public prosecutor's office at the high court in Cairo on March 31.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Need a haircut?: A help wanted sign is posted at a barber shop in Richmond, Virginia, on March 29. U.S. employers added just 88,000 jobs in March, the fewest in nine months. Many discouraged Americans are giving up their job hunts for school, retirement or disability.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-08T00:05:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA["From the heart": Lazio forward Paolo Di Canio gestures toward fans at the end of a match against Roma at Rome's Olympic stadium in January 2005. Di Canio was named the new coach of Premier League strugglers Sunderland on March 31, a move that led to the resignation from the club's board of former Foreign Minister David Miliband.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/08/world/politics-diplomacy-world/can-gop-governors-save-their-ailing-party/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-08T00:05:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[And the nominee is. . . : Texas Gov. Rick Perry (left) and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie are potential standard-bearers for Republicans in the 2016 presidential election.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/08/world/a-template-emerges-for-prosecuting-terror-suspects/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Law and order: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington in December.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/08/business/dysons-bladeless-fans-trigger-avalanche-of-copycats-as-sales-heat-up/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-08T00:06:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Making a move: Professional "shogi" player Yamato Takahashi (second from left) teaches techniques and moves during a lesson for women in her "shogiotome" class in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, on March 12. Below: Sawako Fukagawa (left) holds the reins of a horse during "yabusame" (horseback archery) training in Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture, on March 10.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Trade beef: A farmer checks on his cows at his farm in Toyokoro, Hokkaido, in February. He is one of many Hokkaido farmers who are opposed to Japan's participation in the TPP talks.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Annette Funicello]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Annette Funicello]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-10T00:05:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-10T00:06:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On guard: PAC-3 missile interceptors are deployed Tuesday at the Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Narashino in Chiba Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A bridge too far: Eleven small cracks were found in 2009 in the Seto Ohashi Bridge linking Honshu and Shikoku but have never been repaired, according to its expressway operator.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/10/national/cultural-institute-chief-hopes-to-introduce-italy-to-japan/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Giorgio Amitrano]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-10T00:23:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kurt Campbell]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Han Song Ryol]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/10/national/amnesty-condemns-japan-for-resuming-death-penalty-in-2012/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T12:53:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-10T22:33:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/10/national/suu-kyi-to-get-honorary-doctorate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T22:34:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[No love lost: North Korean soldiers take aim at a target featuring an image of South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan Jin at an undisclosed location on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/08/asia-pacific/with-latest-tensions-seoul-puts-north-at-arms-length/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T22:36:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-10T22:56:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Crowd pleaser: Nippon Ishin no Kai cochief Toru Hashimoto talks at the party's inaugural convention Saturday in Osaka.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/02/23/national/metro-governments-senkaku-donations-gathering-dust/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:02:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kansai endorsement: Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto stumps Thursday in Shinjuku Ward for Tokyo Vice Gov. Naoki Inose as former Gov. Shintaro Ishihara looks on.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20121127i1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Seek to be counted: Key figures seeking to create the political "third force" include Osaka Mayor and Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) No. 2 man Toru Hashimoto, its head and ex-Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, Your Party chief Yoshimi Watanabe and Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura, who heads Genzei Nippon (Tax Reduction Japan).]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/26/national/nippon-ishin-seen-closing-gap-with-front-runner-ldp-in-latest-election-poll/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former  Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara gestures during a news conference  Tuesday at the Foreign Correspondents]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/20/national/kamei-plans-new-party-to-fight-tax-tpp/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shizuka Kamei]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/20/national/political-hawk-80-still-bent-on-creating-a-tough-japan/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20121120f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Strange bedfellows: Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara and Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto face reporters Saturday in Osaka to announce the merger of their parties.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/20/national/ldp-doubles-up-dpj-in-public-support/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:04:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/20/business/subarus-lack-of-china-plant-pays-off/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tech from outside: Visitors view a model of a flat engine at the Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. booth at the Beijing Auto Show on April 24, 2010.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/18/national/media-national/yoshiwara-busts-send-message-keep-it-clean/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:05:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/17/national/ldp-dpj-grudge-match-may-see-unity-after-poll/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:05:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:05:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/15/national/hashimoto-leaves-the-fate-of-new-party-up-to-voters/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Many irons in the fire: Toru Hashimoto, Osaka mayor and Nippon Ishin no Kai leader, speaks at a meeting with representatives of Osaka's wards Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/14/national/dpj-is-running-scared-as-election-draws-near/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[No down time: Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda heads for a Cabinet meeting Tuesday in the Diet.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Still at it: Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara gestures to reporters Tuesday as he announces the launch of his new political party, Taiyo no To (The Sunrise Party).]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/13/national/senkaku-label-gives-bigeye-tuna-new-cachet-in-tsukiji/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Reckoning: Former Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa (second from left) enters the Tokyo High Court on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/13/national/former-tokyo-governors-political-party-to-be-launched-tuesday/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Grand designs: Reporters surround former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara as he leaves a hotel in Kyoto on Saturday following a meeting with Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/05/national/support-for-cabinet-falls-to-record-low/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fd20121104pba.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Exit stage right: Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara leaves Tokyo city hall after his resignation on Oct. 31. The aging politician plans to create a new political party.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/04/national/ishihara-hashimoto-discuss-tieup/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:05:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shintaro Ishihara]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/01/national/nagoya-mayors-genzei-nippon-becomes-national-political-party/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/01/national/1-4-billion-in-islet-funds-in-limbo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:05:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/10/29/national/your-party-eyes-ishihara/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:05:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Flash to the past: Tokyo Station's Marunouchi building is shown off Oct. 16 following five years of renovations that have returned its appearance to its heyday when it opened in 1914 (below).]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Red, white and blue: Enka singer Sachiko Kobayashi tears up during a recent press conference. The singer caused controversy in the spring by sacking two longtime employees of her production company, Sachiko Promotion.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Seeing red: The dispute over the Senkaku islands (known as the Diaoyu islands in China) had gone largely unnoticed for decades, until the Japanese government pushed the issue by purchasing the islands from their private Japanese owners.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hitting where it hurts: People look at an overturned Toyota during an anti-Japan protest in the city of Xian in China's Shaanxi Province on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/28/national/ishiharas-senkaku-survey-request-gets-thumbs-down/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/16/national/chinese-activists-land-on-senkaku-islet-japan-arrests-14/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:05:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/14/national/ambassador-to-china-likely-to-be-replaced-in-autumn/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:05:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/04/national/envoy-urged-to-quit-for-senkaku-flap/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:05:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/01/national/noda-2-billion-senkaku-offer-second-in-line/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/07/24/reference/100-years-of-summer-games/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Global venue: London's Olympic stadium is calm July 13 before the opening ceremony for the games. People leave the stadium after finishing a rehearsal July 18.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/06/27/national/more-hurdles-in-store-for-noda/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/05/27/national/yen-yuan-direct-trading-likely-to-start-in-june/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/05/25/national/tokyo-makes-shortlist-for-2020-games/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20120525a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hurdle cleared: Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara and Japanese Olympic athletes raise their fists at a news conference Thursday after it was announced that Tokyo is one of three cities still in the running to host the 2020 Summer Olympics.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Icons: Sony Corp.'s first Walkman portable cassette player, which debuted in 1979, and its first Betamax video cassette recorder for home use, released in 1975, once defined the firm.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/05/20/national/ishihara-eyes-tieup-with-hashimoto/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/05/18/national/jurisdiction-over-remote-senkakus-comes-with-hot-button-dangers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/05/18/national/owner-ok-with-metro-bid-to-buy-disputed-senkaku-islands/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Land deal: Hiroyuki Kurihara, whose brother holds title to the Senkaku Islands, is interviewed Tuesday at his office in Minato Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/05/15/national/lee-indirectly-prods-noda-on-sex-slave-issue/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/05/14/business/european-crisis-biggest-risk-for-economy-noda/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/05/13/national/nodas-vexing-full-plate-tax-hike-ozawa-futenma-senkakus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoshihiko Noda]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/05/12/national/group-dumps-tokyo-antinuke-plebiscite-petition-on-ishihara/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/05/10/national/senkakus-cash-tops-300-million/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/05/04/national/chinese-ships-near-senkakus-again/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:21+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/05/03/national/76-million-donated-to-ishiharas-islets-fund/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/04/28/national/metro-government-raising-funds-in-quest-to-purchase-senkaku-islands/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20120428a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Land grab: Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara heads into a Friday meeting with Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda over his bid to buy the Senkakus.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/04/25/national/ishihara-wants-to-meet-noda-senkakus-seen-as-key-topic/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/04/25/national/china-official-guardedly-counsels-caution-on-isle-purchase/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/04/20/national/chinese-political-advisor-calls-for-tougher-stance-on-senkaku-dispute/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/04/20/national/ishihara-puts-date-on-isles-purchase-china-slams-plan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/04/19/national/tokyos-intentions-for-senkaku-islets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20120419a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Purchasing power: Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara is shown in a collage with the Senkaku Islands.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/04/19/national/ldp-exec-ishihara-to-visit-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/04/19/national/china-slams-ishiharas-senkaku-plan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:33+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/04/19/national/noda-leaps-in-with-hint-of-buying-senkakus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20120419a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[To his defense: Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks during a session Wednesday of the Lower House Budget Committee as Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka looks on.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/04/18/national/governor-seen-as-goading-administration-into-action/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20120418a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Right to own: Uotsuri Island is part of the disputed Senkaku chain, which is administered by Japan but also claimed by China and Taiwan.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/04/05/national/ishihara-hashimoto-talks-on-new-party-hit-snag/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:38+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/04/02/national/okada-woos-opposition-camp/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/02/20/national/cabinet-polling-below-30-survey/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/02/17/national/hashimoto-forges-ahead-with-fiery-reform-agenda/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/02/17/national/tokyo-outlines-vision-for-2020-olympics-bid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/02/14/reference/literary-awards-run-spectrum/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20120214i1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wordsmiths: Authors (from left) Rin Hamuro, Shinya Tanaka and To Enjo hold copies of their works during a ceremony in Tokyo on Jan. 17. Enjo and Tanaka were awarded the Akutagawa Prize and Hamuro won the Naoki Prize.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/02/11/national/antinuke-petitioners-to-lobby-assembly/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20120211a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Signature event: Hajime Imai, secretary general of the group Let's Decide Together/Citizen-initiated National Referendum on Nuclear Power, faces reporters Thursday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/02/10/national/petition-ready-for-tepco-nuke-vote/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/02/05/national/osaka-nagoya-mayors-agree-to-policy-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20120205a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Redrawing the political map: Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura (above) and Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto speak to reporters after holding talks Friday night in the city of Osaka.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/02/03/national/how-far-can-hashimoto-ride-wave/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20120203f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Aspiring to greatness: Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto raises a toast at a fundraising party in Osaka on Jan. 20.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/31/national/aichi-governor-sets-up-new-political-group-eyes-election/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20120131a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20120131a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Smelling opportunity: Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura announces the establishment of a new political group at a news conference Monday at the prefectural government's headquarters.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/29/national/your-party-to-work-with-hashimoto/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20120129a7a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20120129a7a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Your the man: Your Party chief Yoshimi Watanabe (left) greets Taichi Sakaiya, a strategy adviser for Osaka Ishin no kai (One Osaka) and ex-leader of the now-defunct Economic Planning Agency, and thanks him for giving a speech Saturday at Your Party's general meeting in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/28/national/kamei-hiranuma-ishihara-to-launch-party-in-march/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shintaro Ishihara]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/13/national/itami-airport-site-to-be-tokyo-backup/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:06:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20120113f1a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20120113f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Crisis HQ: Itami airport, straddling Osaka and Hyogo prefectures, is being pitched as a site for a relocated capital in the event of a major Tokyo crisis.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/03/national/new-year-could-prove-daunting-for-noda/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:10:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nn20120103a3a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20120103a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sandwiched: Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda attends a full session of the Upper House on Dec. 9.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/11/29/national/osaka-victors-next-target-lower-house/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:10:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20111129a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Winners: Toru Hashimoto (left) and Ichiro Matsui celebrate their successful campaigns Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Double-header: Former Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto (left) and Ichiro Matsui celebrate their successful bids for Osaka mayor and Osaka governor in the rare double election Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/07/17/national/joc-launches-bid-for-2020-olympics-on-centennial-day/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hammer time: International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge (second from left), former Japan Olympic Committee Chairman  Yoshiaki Tsutsumi (left), ex-Prime Minister Yoshihiro Mori (center), Olympic Council of Asia President Ahmad Fahad Al-Sabah (second from right) and former Prime Minister Taro Aso brake open a barrel of sake with wooden hammers at the JOC's 100th anniversary ceremony Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Getting creative: Former Kanagawa Gov. Shigefumi Matsuzawa (right) receives flowers Thursday from Kiyoshi Nishikawa, a comedian represented by Yoshimoto Creative Agency.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiroyuki Nagato]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Never left: Re-elected Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (left) and his son, Nobuteru, the secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party (far right), wait for the poll results Sunday at the governor's campaign office in Minato Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/04/12/national/election-losses-mark-another-dpj-setback/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shintaro Ishihara]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hideo Higashikokubaru]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Banri Kaieda]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Search is on: A rescue team from the Hyogo Prefectural Police searches for missing people Monday in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Not over till it's over: Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara attends a metropolitan assembly session in February.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[And they're off!: Runners start the Tokyo Marathon in front of the Metropolitan Government building last February.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Free speech: Former coast guardsman Masaharu Isshiki speaks at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Miki Watanabe]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Leaving: A male panda is scheduled to come to Ueno Zoo in Tokyo next year.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Under the tracks: A man passes a pornographic movie house in Tokyo's Shinbashi district on Dec. 2, 2008.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Best-laid plans: Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, flanked by ex-Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (left) and Japanese Olympic Committee Chairman Tsunekazu Takeda, attends a Wednesday review session at a Tokyo hotel over the capital's failed bid to host the 2016 Olympics.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/10/04/national/lack-of-vision-flair-sank-bid-experts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:11:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20091004a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Towering failure: Disappointment shows on the faces of people who were rooting for Tokyo to host the 2016 Olympic Games at an event at Tokyo Tower early Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/09/19/national/hatoyama-gets-invite-to-olympic-showdown/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:12:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/09/14/national/ex-finance-minister-tanigaki-intends-to-seek-ldps-top-spot/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:12:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sadakazu Tanigaki]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/08/27/national/fierce-battles-rage-for-tokyo-seats/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:12:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Soliciting votes: Takako Ebata, running in the Tokyo No. 10 district in Sunday's Lower House election on the Democratic Party of Japan's ticket, gives a speech Aug. 14 along with Makiko Tanaka, an outspoken Lower House member who recently joined the DPJ.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/08/14/national/ishihara-off-to-lobby-for-olympics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:12:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/07/17/business/dpj-would-push-for-shinginko-to-be-sold/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:12:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ishihara's bank in his sights: Kohei Otsuka of the Democratic Party of Japan is interviewed in Tokyo on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/07/15/national/olympic-bid-backers-court-prince/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:12:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/07/14/national/ishihara-must-face-the-opposition/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:12:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/07/13/national/dpj-scores-big-win-in-tokyo-assembly/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:12:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090713a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rosy outlook: Renho (left), an Upper House lawmaker from the Democratic Party of Japan who goes by one name, and Kan Suzuki, also an Upper House member and the party's Tokyo chapter election chief, display the DPJ's list of candidates adorned with numerous victory roses at party headquarters Sunday night.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/07/11/national/local-leaders-pin-hopes-for-decentralization-on-election/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:12:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090711a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[In demand: Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto answers reporters' questions after a meeting with Makoto Koga, chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's Election Strategy Council, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/07/01/national/key-gripes-converge-in-tokyo-poll/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:12:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090701f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gamesmanship: Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara guides IOC Evaluation Commission Chairwoman Nawa El Moutawakel through a presentation to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games on April 17.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/07/01/national/election-is-about-local-issues-not-a-national-litmus-test-aoyama/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:12:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/30/business/shinginko-tokyo-loses-10-billion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:12:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/08/national/waterworks-bureau-denies-hiking-ad-budget-for-olympics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:12:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/02/national/ueno-looks-to-shoebills-as-saviors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:12:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090502f1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Special attraction: A shoebill stork stands in its pen at Ueno Zoological Gardens in Taito Ward, Tokyo, last month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/01/business/green-idea-bury-tokyo-expressways/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:12:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/20/national/tokyo-left-ioc-team-with-favorable-image/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:12:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Inspection's over: IOC Evaluation Commission Chairwoman Nawal El Moutawakel attends a news conference at a Tokyo hotel Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/17/national/aso-welcomes-ioc-evaluation-team/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:12:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/04/15/national/ioc-inspectors-in-tokyo-to-check-venues/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:12:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nawal El Moutawakel]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/29/national/patriots-deployed-ahead-of-launch/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:12:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Standing by: Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile launchers are deployed at the Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Asaka on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/18/national/lower-house-resolution-backs-tokyo-bid-to-host-2016-olympics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:12:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/18/business/shinginko-to-sue-execs-for-11-billion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:12:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:12:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20090204n1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bidding their time: Frozen tuna for morning auction lie on a cart at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo last month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/23/national/ministry-seeks-mobile-ban-in-schools/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:12:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/22/national/metro-assembly-poll-set-for-july-12/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:12:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/16/national/support-cracks-70-in-survey-on-running-a-tokyo-hosted-olympics-in-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:12:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/29/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-reportedly-wont-visit-controversial-shrine-for-spring-ceremony/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:15:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/18/national/politics-diplomacy/ldp-resolves-to-hasten-constitution-revamp-send-abe-to-yasukuni/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:15:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/02/08/national/politics-diplomacy/china-provocation-slammed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:15:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tough talk: Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera responds to a question while Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (right), Finance Minister Taro Aso and other ministers look on Thursday during a Lower House Budget Commitee session.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:15:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Victim tally: A sign at the Nanjing Massacre Museum ensures that the official Chinese estimate of those killed during the atrocity is in no doubt.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/01/15/national/japan-urged-to-help-build-indias-infrastructure/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:15:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/01/13/national/reform-minister-may-target-power-monopolies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:15:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/01/06/national/korean-consulate-smoke-bombed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:15:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:15:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga talks to reporters Friday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/01/01/national/politics-diplomacy/summer-poll-to-keep-abe-in-check/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:16:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/28/business/aso-takes-reins-of-shrinking-economy-with-fiscal-gusto-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:16:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ambitious plans: Finance Minister Taro Aso, who served as prime minister between 2008 and 2009, is seen at the prime minister's office Wednesday evening.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/27/business/abenomics-gets-off-to-a-flying-start/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:16:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/20/national/senkaku-snafu-laid-to-broad-miscalculation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:16:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/11/01/national/author-translates-chinese-novel-to-improve-ties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:16:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20121101f4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bridge-builder: Author Akiko Aoki displays "Shanghai: Katatsumuri no Ie" ("Snail House"), her Japanese translation of a Chinese novel written by Liu Liu, in Beijing on Sept. 14.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/08/16/national/two-cabinet-ministers-visit-yasukuni/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:16:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Measuring stick: Visitors gauge the buds on the benchmark "someiyoshino" cherry tree at Yasukuni Shrine on Wednesday. The tree is designated by the government as the official reference point for Tokyo's cherry blossom season.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/03/02/national/head-of-war-dead-group-steps-down/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:16:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/08/16/national/ngos-academics-call-for-abolition-of-nuclear-plants/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Doves day: People calling for world peace release doves Monday at Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2003/07/01/national/foreigners-war-redress-battles-rage-on/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-04-10T23:18:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2003/04/25/national/court-rejects-lawsuit-on-wartime-rape/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Zhao Runmei, a plaintiff in a wartime rape lawsuit, speaks at a news conference.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2003/03/13/national/abductions-new-cause-for-text-revisionists/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Remembering: Women pray for the war dead at Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo on Friday, the 63rd anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Potent symbols: Apparent rightwing activists mark the 63rd anniversary of Japan's surrender at Yasukuni Shrine in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Industrial tour: Chinese President Hu Jintao visits a PET bottle recycling plant run by the JFE group in Kawasaki on Friday morning.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Power breakfast: Chinese President Hu Jintao (center) poses with four former prime ministers at a breakfast meeting at a Tokyo hotel on Thursday. They are (from left) Toshiki Kaifu, Yoshiro Mori, Yasuhiro Nakasone and Shinzo Abe.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taboo preview: A man reads a leaflet about "Yasukuni" in Tokyo on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yasukuni prayers: Lawmakers led by former farm minister Yoshinobu Shimamura (center) follow a Shinto priest to offer annual spring festival prayers at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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