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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Counterpunch: Softbank President Masayoshi Son holds a press conference in Tokyo Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Spreading the blame: Sony Corp. President and CEO Kazuo Hirai speaks at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-05-02T00:20:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cultural asset: Mount Fuji is seen from the Miho-no-Matsubara pine grove in the city of Shizuoka.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/01/national/keene-adopts-shamisen-player-as-son/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-02T10:38:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Donald Keene]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-05-02T11:33:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-05-02T12:16:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sacred ground: A worker watches as the stump of the "miracle pine" in Tohoku is prepared for removal Monday in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/02/national/abe-says-no-need-to-explain-constitutional-revision-to-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-02T12:59:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-05-02T13:01:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/26/national/niwa-hits-timing-of-senkakus-purchase/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-02T13:44:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[During his watch: Uichiro Niwa, Japan's former ambassador to China, speaks at a Tokyo hotel on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/24/national/ex-land-minister-mabuchi-to-run-in-dpj-presidential-race/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-02T13:44:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/26/national/mmc-probed-amid-passive-stance-on-recalls/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-02T13:58:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Showtime: Cars are displayed at Mitsubishi Motors Corp. head office in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/06/national/tokyo-court-orders-state-to-pay-1-billion-to-compensate-asbestos-victims/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-02T14:31:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Seeking justice: Plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit over exposure to asbestos rejoice Wednesday outside the Tokyo District Court after learning the state was held liable for redress.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/31/national/altering-nonnuclear-principles-not-on-the-table-kishida-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-02T14:32:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fumio Kishida]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/08/national/kada-hit-for-playing-two-roles/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-02T14:36:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yukiko Kada]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/12/national/japanese-students-improve-test-scores-in-math-science/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-02T14:36:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/04/national/wild-daro-tops-buzzword-list-for-2012/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-02T14:58:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sugi-chan]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/16/national/confab-talks-up-safety-in-fukushima/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-02T14:58:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/15/national/tokyo-tower-nominated-as-cultural-asset/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-02T14:58:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/15/national/face-of-election-kawamura-of-nagoya-now-the-odd-man-out/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-02T15:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takashi Kawamura]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/14/national/plan-for-replacement-market-at-new-tsukiji-site-calls-for-100-more-shops/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-02T15:39:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fish tale: A concept drawing shows the planned marketplace near the current site of the Tsukiji fish market.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/19/national/76-of-election-winners-support-revising-article-9/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-02T15:39:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/07/national/many-voices-but-no-clear-messages/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-02T15:52:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Crowded stage: Nippon Ishin no Kai leader Shintaro Ishihara (top right) and Toru Hashimoto, the party's deputy leader, speak to the public in Umeda, Osaka, on Tuesday, while Nippon Mirai no To leader Yukiko Kada speaks in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, the same day.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/21/national/sdf-officers-admit-trying-to-procure-domestically-developed-helicopter/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-02T16:49:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/22/national/plan-in-works-to-liberalize-online-campaigning/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-02T16:49:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/14/national/kan-campaign-aides-taken-to-tokyo-hospital-after-minor-road-accident/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-02T17:37:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Stumped?: Former Prime Minister Naoto Kan's campaign van sits in an intersection Thursday in the Tokyo suburb of Fuchu after scraping center-divider posts.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/19/national/postelection-cabinet-holds-wake/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-02T17:49:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Keeping the seats warm: Health minister Wakio Mitsui (left) and financial services minister Ikko Nakatsuka — who both lost their Diet seats in Sunday's general election — attend a Cabinet meeting Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/13/national/kanji-for-gold-named-years-best/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-02T18:12:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Golden year: Seihan Mori, chief monk of Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto, writes the kanji for gold on a white screen Wednesday at the temple. The character was chosen by the public as best representing this year.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/19/national/51-of-japanese-have-positive-expectations-for-incoming-prime-minister/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-02T18:12:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/16/national/museum-for-tora-san-director-yamada-opens/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Making the cut: Lauded film director Yoji Yamada (center) takes part in a tape-cutting ceremony Saturday for a new museum dedicated to his works in Katsushika Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/02/business/monetary-base-soars-to-highest-ever-boj/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-02T19:23:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/03/world/single-motherhood-in-u-s-rises-sharply/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-03T00:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/03/world/mizuho-sells-insurance-by-phone/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Watch this space: A Sony Mobile Communications Inc. SmartWatch MN2 is displayed alongside watchbands at Sony Corp. headquarters in Tokyo in April.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Closer ties: Finance Minister Taro Aso (left) and Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda (right) attend a first of its kind meeting of finance chiefs from the Association for Southeast Asian Nations and Japan on Friday in the outskirts of New Delhi.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Role models: Aiko Okawara (left) and Izumi Kobayashi, cochairs of the newly established Japan chapter of Women Corporate Directors, are interviewed by The Japan Times in Tokyo on April 26.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[To the victor: Naoki Inose, who won the Tokyo gubernatorial election, waves to supporters Sunday night at his campaign office in Shinjuku Ward.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Always vigilant: A Japan Coast Guard vessel sails through Miho Bay in Tottori Prefecture on Thursday near the boat from which four North Korean men were rescued the day before.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Words in edgewise: Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda discusses the Democratic Party of Japan's policies during a debate on Friday in Tokyo by party leaders, including (from left) Shinzo Abe, head of the Liberal Democratic Party, Yukiko Kada, leader of Nippon Mirai no To (Tomorrow Party of Japan) and Shintaro Ishihara, head of Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party).]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Honored: Former French Prime Minister Francois Fillon (right) poses for photos with former Philippines Senate President Edgardo Angara (center), his wife, Gloria Manalag (second from right), former Namibian Prime Minister Theo-Ben Gurirab (left) and his wife, Joan Guriras, after receiving the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun in Tokyo on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/10/business/corporate-business/mazda-back-in-black-will-replace-chief/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Together: French Ambassador Christian Masset speaks at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo on Dec. 10.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rule ends: Former Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of the Democratic Party of Japan sits in the Lower House prior to the appointment of the new prime minister  Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/27/national/ldp-boss-urges-unity-break-with-factionalism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T11:10:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[To the victor: Liberal Democratic Party President Shinzo Abe, who was elected prime minister Wednesday, attends a party meeting last week in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/18/national/ozawa-only-dpj-defector-to-win-district/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T11:11:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/27/national/shift-to-right-risks-mistrust-in-foreign-capitals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T11:24:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[New posse: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet poses after the attestation ceremony at the Imperial Palace on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/30/national/surviving-tunnel-given-two-way-refit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T11:38:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Road narrows: The outbound portion of the Sasago Tunnel in Yamanashi Prefecture opens to two-way traffic Saturday after the ceiling of the Tokyo-bound side collapsed earlier this month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/15/national/idled-reactors-fate-holds-center-stage-in-nuclear-hub-fukui/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T11:46:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Digging a nuclear grave?: Experts from the Nuclear Regulation Authority conduct a geological survey Dec. 2 of a fault running beneath the Tsuruga nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture that was later determined to be likely active and highly dangerous.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/02/national/ldps-abe-named-top-political-fundraiser-among-party-leaders-in-2011/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T11:46:38+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/19/national/secrets-of-india-seen-in-manga/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T11:59:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Indian Ambassador Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa presents the manga "Secrets of India" to Japanese elementary school students at the embassy in Tokyo on Dec. 14.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/18/national/voter-turnout-plummeted-to-a-record-postwar-low/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T12:16:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/21/national/nra-kashiwazaki-kariwa-plant-has-level-1-incident/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T12:16:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/24/national/haneda-tunnel-panels-to-be-removed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T12:19:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Easy does it: Workers point to the ceiling of a tunnel near Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sunday as they prepare to remove concrete ceiling panels.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/01/national/noncandidate-hashimoto-will-keep-using-twitter-during-campaign-despite-internet-ban/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T12:20:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/10/national/politics-diplomacy/opposition-gets-ldp-scalp-in-upper-house/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T12:50:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[DinosAxed: Former Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi hosts a news conference Thursday in the Diet.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/18/national/inose-wins-landslide-victory-in-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T12:54:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Resounding victory: Tokyo Gov.-elect Naoki Inose celebrates with supporters at his campaign office Sunday evening.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/06/national/sea-shepherd-head-joins-antarctic-fleet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T12:54:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/10/national/politics-diplomacy/draft-plan-for-national-security-council-drawn-up/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T12:57:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/11/national/book-reveals-human-drama-in-fukushima-no-1-crisis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T14:06:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Behind the scenes: "Shino Fuchi wo Mita Otoko" ("A Man Who Was on the Brink of Death") interviews the people involved in battling the Fukushima nuclear crisis in March 2011 and takes the rare step of using their real names.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/28/national/mourners-bid-farewell-to-kabuki-master-kanzaburo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T14:11:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20121228b3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Final respects: Nakamura Kanzaburo's sons — Kankuro (right) and Shichinosuke — walk in front of Kanzaburo's wife, Yoshie, at the late kabuki master's funeral at Tokyo's Tsukiji Honganji Temple on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/29/national/diet-will-convene-on-jan-28/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T14:11:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/31/national/arabic-calligraphy-exhibition/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T14:36:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Saudi Arabian Ambassador Abdulaziz Turkistani (right), with Kazuyuki Hamada, then parliamentary vice minister for foreign affairs, congratulates Nobuko Sagawa (center), a Japanese specialist in Arabic calligraphy, at his embassy in Tokyo on Dec. 20.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/01/national/taking-iodine-before-fallout-hits-is-key-nra/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T14:36:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/13/national/significant-leap-for-pyongyang-missile-tech/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T15:06:38+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/04/national/double-jeopardy-practice-scrutinized/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T15:14:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Free at last: Govinda Prasad Mainali waves from his Katmandu home on Nov. 7 after learning of his exoneration.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/05/08/national/science-health/transcendent-man-denies-life-ends-with-death/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T15:15:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fe20110508rha.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Far-sighted: The U.S. scientist Raymond Kurzweil, whose 2005 book "The Singularity is Near" foresees humans merging with robots.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/07/national/science-health/japanese-submersible-finds-possible-signs-of-legendary-atlantis-off-brazil/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T15:35:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In search for lost world: A Shinkai 6500 manned submersible belonging to the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology probes the seabed off the coast of Rio de Janeiro on April 30.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/09/national/yamanaka-eager-to-use-ips-cells-for-cures/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T15:42:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/16/national/stop-foot-dragging-on-chinas-threat-maher/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T15:47:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20121216a3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Engage: Kevin Maher, a former diplomat who headed the U.S. State Department's Office of Japan Affairs, shares his thoughts on Japan's regional security role  Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/13/national/rocket-sent-up-from-monitored-pad/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T15:56:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Progress report: Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto gestures during a news conference at the ministry Wednesday afternoon, following the firing of a North Korean long-range rocket into the Pacific Ocean near the Philippines.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/10/national/abe-rules-out-forming-coalition-government-with-dpj-after-election/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T15:56:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/18/national/lawyers-sue-over-vote-value-gap/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T15:56:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/15/national/ldp-remains-the-front-runner-in-kyodos-final-survey/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T15:56:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/11/reference/some-election-campaign-rules-outdated-quirky/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T16:18:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Warmly received: Kansai voters applaud after listening to a candidate running in Sunday's Lower House election give a speech in Nishinari Ward, Osaka, last Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/06/national/allies-vow-to-cooperate-on-north-korea-rocket-launch/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T16:19:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/13/national/japan-coast-guard-rescues-four-from-drifting-north-korean-boat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T16:19:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/15/national/magnitude-10-temblor-could-happen-study/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T16:19:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/14/national/mistakes-found-in-all-radiation-projections/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T16:19:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/18/national/u-s-congratulates-ldp-chief-on-election-victory/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T16:19:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/29/national/research-whaling-fleet-leaves-port/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T16:25:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/09/national/nintendos-wii-u-console-hits-shelves-in-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T16:47:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Game on: Customers at a store in the city of Osaka show off the Nintendo Wii U game consoles they bought Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/25/national/north-korea-responds-warily-to-ldp-election-victory-under-abe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T16:47:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/09/national/okinawa-takes-base-row-into-its-own-hands/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T16:53:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Downs and ups:  Then-Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima in Okinawa in May 2010.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/14/national/coast-guard-needs-more-ships-sailors-amid-protracted-isle-row-commandant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T16:53:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/15/national/more-moms-going-back-to-work-after-childbirth-but-reasons-vague/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T16:53:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/25/national/palace-bridges-towers-lighted-into-new-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T16:55:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rare sight: Nijubashi Bridge at the Imperial Palace in central Tokyo is illuminated Sunday night as part of yearend and New Year's celebrations.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/09/national/japans-crown-princess-says-shes-making-efforts-for-recovery/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T17:12:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-05-10T17:12:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/14/national/tougher-rules-due-for-nuclear-evacuations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T17:12:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/02/national/big-firms-launch-14-graduate-recruiting/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T17:12:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/23/national/panasonic-to-appeal-eu-cartel-fine/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T17:12:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-05-10T17:12:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/31/national/kim-jong-un-reaches-out-to-naturalized-japanese-residing-in-north/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T17:41:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Making waves: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife, Ri Sol Ju, inspect an amusement park in Pyongyang in July.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/01/national/prince-expects-emperor-to-ease-up/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/20/national/license-nullified-over-fatal-tour/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-10T17:43:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toru Hashimoto]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Abdul Razak]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Election aftermath: Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada, head of Nippon Mirai no To (Tomorrow Party of Japan), speaks with reporters at the Shiga Prefectural Government building Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Internal heat: President Barack Obama speaks during a joint news conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday in the East Room of the White House in Washington.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cutting edge: Pedestrians pass a sign displaying the Sharp Corp. logo in Tokyo in March. Sharp said Tuesday it expects to recover from two consecutive years of losses, after eliminating jobs and selling stakes to Samsung and Qualcomm.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Within reach: An official at Mation Inc., which offers wedding services at a low cost, looks at a wedding dress at its showroom in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward last month.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Focused: A woman is shown Sharp Corp. LCD televisions Tuesday at a store in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Making contact: Isao Iijima (right), an adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is greeted by Kim Chol Ho, vice director of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's Asian Affairs Department, upon his arrival Tuesday at Pyongyang airport.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Exposed: QinetiQ's Dragon Runner 10 micro unmanned ground vehicle is displayed at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International's North America 2011 exhibition in Washington. Over three years, hackers linked to China's military infiltrated QinetiQ's computers; the PLA unveiled a bomb disposal robot in April 2012 similar to Dragon Runner.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Code of conduct: Yutaka Sado walks back to the stage after leading a concert with the Berlin Philharmonic in Berlin, Germany, Friday, May 20, 2011.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Local heroes: Clockwise from top left, teen golf sensation Ryo Ishikawa, figure skater Mao Asada, Olympic wrestler Saori Yoshida and Major League baseball star Ichiro Suzuki, all of whom star in highly lucrative advertising campaigns.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wake up and smell the wasabi: Yukinobu Tajima (left) and Makoto Imai (right), shortly before attending the 2011 Ig Nobel Prizes ceremony. The men were among seven Japanese researchers awarded the prize in chemistry for inventing a fire alarm that warns people by emitting a pungent wasabi horseradish smell.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/06/national/parties-ditch-manifestos-for-less-tainted-terms/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Decision maker: Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda announces the Democratic Party of Japan's manifesto for the Dec. 16 general election at party headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 27.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Making waves: Education minister Makiko Tanaka speaks about new universities at a news conference at her office Nov. 8.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Big letdown: Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, the No. 2 man in Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party), studies media projections for the Lower House race on a tablet computer Sunday evening.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hopping mad: Image of a YouTube video, which has gained media attention recently, showing a baby rabbit born without ears in a village just outside the Fukushima 30-km exclusion zone.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Supercatcher: An artist's representation of the Neutral Antimatter Trap being worked on by the ALPHA (Antihydrogen Laser Physics Apparatus) team at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland, as a container for antihydrogen.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mightier than the sword: An original scene for a picture book version of the comic series "Hadashi no Gen" ("Barefoot Gen") owned by the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum is shown in this illustration.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Star man: Chris Hadfield records the first music video from space on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Against the grain: Farmers stage a rally against Japan's participation in negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade agreement at Hibiya Park in Tokyo in March.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sasago suit: Bereaved parents who filed a lawsuit against Central Nippon Expressway Co. walk to the Yokohama District Court on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[New home: A construction worker removes the statues of the Sakhalin huskies that accompanied the first Japanese Antarctic expedition team, in the late 1950s, from the base of Tokyo Tower on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sympathetic ears: Shinichi Tokita (left) and Lim Moon Hyang listen to passersby talk about their problems on a shopping street in Tokyo's Koenji area.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/16/business/corporate-business/line-app-lined-up-for-docomo-smartphones/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Phone home: Models show off NTT DoCoMo's new smartphone handsets in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pushback: Masako Ishimine (center), the head of a women's group in Okinawa, reads out a statement of protest targeting Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto on Wednesday in Naha.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p1 tsuruga-z 20130516]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Idled for good: A Nuclear Regulation Authority panel said Wednesday that a fault running under reactor 2 (housed inside the octagonal structure) of the Tsuruga nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture is active, effectively killing any chance that Japan Atomic Power Co. can restart the unit.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/16/national/politics-diplomacy/seoul-envoy-mayor-is-odd-man-out/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-16T00:09:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Enraged: A South Korean former "comfort woman" joins compatriots Wednesday outside the Japanese Embassy in Seoul to slam Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's remarks that Japan's wartime sex slave system was needed to maintain military discipline.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/16/business/mclaren-to-get-honda-f1-engines/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-16T00:09:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/01/national/dpjs-promise-to-change-the-system-failed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-16T11:01:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Color of success: Yukio Hatoyama, head of the Democratic Party of Japan, and his deputy, Ichiro Ozawa, attach a rose next to the name of a winning candidate in the August 2009 Lower House election.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/22/national/sexless-marriages-on-the-increase/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-16T11:01:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-05-16T11:06:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Try and try again: New low-calorie "ekiben" (train station boxed lunches) heavy in vegetables are shown at JR Nagoya Station.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/22/national/china-takes-senkakus-row-to-u-n-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-16T11:48:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime real estate: One of the Senkaku islets is seen from a Chinese B-3837 marine surveillance plane that intruded into Japanese airspace above the East China Sea chain Dec. 13, further escalating the bilateral sovereignty dispute.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-05-16T11:48:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-05-16T11:48:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/26/national/kaieda-takes-dpj-helm-ozawa-overture-hinted/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-16T12:07:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Changed game: Former trade minister Banri Kaieda, who won the Democratic Party of Japan's presidential race, gives a show of party unity Tuesday flanked by Sumio Mabuchi (left), who ran unsuccessfully against him, and Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda at a Tokyo hotel.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/12/national/nuclear-power-most-common-topic-in-twitter-messages-on-election/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-16T12:07:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-05-16T13:24:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-05-16T13:24:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Once and future prime minister?: Liberal Democratic Party leader Shinzo Abe speaks to the crowd in the snow Monday in Joetsu, Niigata Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/01/national/voters-get-little-to-go-on-when-it-comes-to-nuclear-issue/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shifting tides: Liberal Democratic Party candidate Masatada Tsuchiya greets supporters Thursday at Kichijoji Station in the Tokyo No. 18 district. Below: A man hurries by former Prime Minister Naoto Kan, the district's current Lower House member, during a campaign event Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/26/national/formed-in-childhood-roots-of-abes-conservatism-go-deep/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Connected kid: Kindergartner Shinzo Abe sits on the lap of his grandfather, then-Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi, while his father, Shintaro Abe (right), mother, Yoko (standing), and older brother, Hironobu (left), pose for a family photo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rare creature: Kentaro Amemiya explains his work with jawfish at Tokyo Sea Life Park in September using a magazine article about the mouthbreeding fish.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masahiko Komura]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Overshot: Recovery crews and others view the wreckage of a Nepal Airlines Twin Otter that crashed Thursday in the Kaligandaki River in Jomsom, about 200 km northwest of Katmandu.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/17/national/journalist-killed-in-syria-honored-at-u-s-museum/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mika Yamamoto]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/17/national/politics-diplomacy/u-s-admiral-urges-talk-to-avoid-territorial-clashes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-17T00:07:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/17/national/nuke-foes-start-hunger-strike-at-meti/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-17T00:07:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On strike: Opponents of nuclear power stage a hunger strike in front of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/17/business/economy-business/2000-attend-africa-resources-confab/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-17T00:10:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Networking: Attendants at the two-day Japan Sustainable Mining, Investment and Technology Business Forum (J-SUMIT) on how to utilize Africa's natural resources exchange information Thursday on the sidelines of the Minato Ward event.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/17/business/corporate-business/mri-bows-to-fsa-with-vow-to-plan-repayment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-17T00:10:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/17/national/ldp-wants-osprey-aircraft-for-sdf-to-beef-up-island-defense/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-17T00:10:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/17/national/monju-reactor-unlikely-to-resume-operations-by-next-march-jaea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-17T00:44:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/17/national/crime-legal/overstayers-need-speed-lawyer-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-17T01:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ready to help: Masako Suzuki, a full-time attorney at the Tokyo Public Law Office Mita Branch — Foreigners and International Service, is interviewed last month at the office in Minato Ward.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/17/national/popular-ginza-boutique-hotel-closing-its-doors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-17T01:02:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Checking out: The Hotel Seiyo Ginza in Tokyo, seen here Thursday, will close on May 31.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/17/national/politics-diplomacy/ex-ozawa-aide-convicted-over-fund-scandal-to-quit-as-diet-member/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-17T01:03:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tomohiro Ishikawa kyodo]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/17/world/science-health-world/kepler-space-scope-stuck-as-steering-device-fails/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-17T01:04:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Aimless: The Kepler telescope has lost the second of four wheels that control the planet-hunter's orientation in space.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/17/national/u-s-briefed-on-abe-aide-iijimas-surprise-pyongyang-visit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-17T01:07:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Surprise visit: Isao Iijima (left), a special adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, meets North Korea's No. 2 leader, Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, on Thursday in Pyongyang.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/17/national/six-bodies-found-after-freighter-fire/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-17T01:12:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gutted: A Japan Coast Guard vessel uses its water cannon as flames pour from the bridge of the 497-ton Cambodia-registered freighter Taigan early Thursday in Wakkanai port in Hokkaido.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/17/national/11-women-in-diet-decry-hashimoto/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-17T01:20:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20130517b6a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sticking up for women: A bipartisan group of female politicians holds a press conference Thursday near the Diet to protest Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's justification of sexual slavery during the war. The lawmakers demanded that the Nippon Ishin no Kai coleader retract the comments and apologize.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/17/national/new-york-assembly-honors-comfort-women-monument/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-17T01:20:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/17/world/politics-diplomacy-world/tensions-between-obama-administration-news-media-reach-boiling-point/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-17T01:22:50+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/16/world/fish-moving-to-cooler-waters-for-decades-study/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-17T01:24:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/19/national/inose-orders-all-departments-to-start-tweeting/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-17T11:38:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20121219a9a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[New No. 1: Naoki Inose speaks to Tokyo Metropolitan Government officials Tuesday, his first day as governor.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/17/national/hashimoto-remarks-outrageous-and-offensive-u-s-state-department/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-17T13:21:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/17/national/hashimoto-stays-in-the-hot-seat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-17T13:30:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toru Hashimoto]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/17/national/fish-milt-used-to-glean-rare-earths/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-17T20:19:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/17/national/alpinist-miura-80-off-to-retake-everest-age-record/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-17T20:59:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[New heights: Renowned Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura, 80, is seen training in late April near his Mount Everest base camp. Miura, with his son and Sherpas, left Thursday in a bid to become the oldest man ever to reach the summit.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/17/business/economy-business/machinery-orders-jump-14-2-sharpest-since-05/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-17T21:02:38+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/17/national/politics-diplomacy/iijima-briefing-to-wait-until-his-return/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-17T23:44:24+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/18/world/science-health-world/minds-traumatized-by-disaster-heal-themselves/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-18T00:01:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Better left alone: A couple mourn their son following his death in the Boxing Day 2004 tsunami. Researchers recommend against therapy for just-traumatized people.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/18/world/science-health-world/psychiatrists-under-fire-in-mental-health-battle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-18T00:01:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mentally ill?: Critics claim that the American Psychiatric Association's increasingly voluminous manual will see millions of people, including those who spend too much time surfing online, unnecessarily categorized as having psychiatric disorders.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/18/national/science-health/neocriminology-identifying-a-murderers-brain/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-18T00:01:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Killer mind: Scans of a normal brain (left) and that of murderer Antonio Bustamante. He was spared the death penalty after a jury was shown these photos.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Warped: Ariel Castro, 52, is booked by police on May 9 in Cleveland, Ohio. Castro, a former school bus driver, is accused of imprisoning three young women, using them as sex slaves and beating them repeatedly over a decade at his Cleveland home.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/18/business/proposed-fracking-rules-hit-by-green-oil-groups/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[No wrenching changes:  Workers tend to a well head during a hydraulic fracturing operation at an Encana Oil &amp; Gas facility outside Rifle, western Colorado, in March.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/18/national/an-evening-of-cambodian-dance-in-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-18T00:07:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Traditional Cambodian dance, including the Apsara (right), are performed in Tokyo on May 16.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-05-18T00:07:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-05-18T00:10:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-05-18T00:10:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-05-18T00:10:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/18/business/cerberus-extends-tender-for-seibu/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-18T00:11:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-05-18T00:11:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/18/national/new-moai-statue-puts-down-roots-in-minamisanriku/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-18T00:12:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Like a rock: Workers install a stone Moai statue replica from Chile Thursday in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-05-18T00:13:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/18/business/corporate-business/game-maker-gungho-blows-by-rivals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-18T00:13:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/18/business/corporate-business/resona-in-malaysian-bank-tieup-for-asian-expansion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-18T00:13:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/18/business/aichis-drop-in-2012-factory-rankings-deceiving-if-only-for-lack-of-energy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-18T00:13:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/18/national/new-textile-able-to-absorb-more-influenza-antibodies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-18T00:14:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/18/national/ldp-panel-wants-first-grade-open-to-5-year-olds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-18T00:14:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/18/business/employment-rate-for-college-grads-hits-93-9/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-18T00:14:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sticking with it: A college graduate receives a consultation at a Hello Work job-placement office in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/18/national/jaea-head-quits-over-monju-ills/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-18T00:15:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/18/national/politics-diplomacy/ldp-wants-more-might-for-sdf-and-ospreys/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-18T00:16:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20130518a9a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tilt-rotor technology: An MV-22 Osprey is put through its paces at the Farnborough International Air Show in Farnborough, Britain, in July 2012.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/18/business/economy-business/abenomics-turns-japan-into-global-investor-target/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-18T01:26:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nb20130518a4a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20130518a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/18/national/abe-lays-out-next-step-in-his-growth-strategy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-18T12:38:22+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/18/national/politics-diplomacy/the-main-question-why-did-hashimoto-open-his-mouth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-05-18T15:09:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nn20130518a2a.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20130518a2a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toru Hashimoto]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/18/national/politics-diplomacy/hashimoto-now-blames-public-for-misreading-him-snubs-press/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wired for sound: Japanese pop artist Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (left) and actress Ayame Goriki pose with new KDDI smartphone models in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A car is born: Nissan Motor Co.'s Chief Operating Officer Toshiyuki Shiga (left) and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Osamu Masuko shake hands Monday in front of a DAYZ minicar their companies developed in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Buttered toast: Participants of Liberal Democratic Party faction Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyukai's political fundraising party raise their glasses May 13 at a Tokyo hotel.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tears of joy?: Children cry during a visit by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to Pyongyang Myohyangsan Children's Camp in North Phyongan Province on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[New strategy: Don Mattrick, president of Microsoft's interactive entertainment operations, reveals the Xbox One in Redmond, Washington, on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Constructive talks: Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (right) confers with the committee's ranking Republican, Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, in Washington on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Out: Two-term former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (left) and incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's top aide, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, have been disqualified from Iran's June 14 presidential election.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ibragim Todashev]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yukiko Kada]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Asia buildup?: F-35 stealth fighter jets could replace the F/A-18 fighters at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture in 2017.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[More power: Engineers work to install a redesigned battery into a Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliner owned by All Nippon Airways Co. in a hangar at Haneda airport in Tokyo on April 28.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Report card: A recently discovered transcript shows Kenji Miyazawa got top marks in all subjects.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Universal rights: Koyuki Higashi (left) and her partner, Hiroko, cut a wedding cake at their wedding reception at Tokyo Disney Resort on March 1. Right: Boris Dittrich, a Dutch parliamentarian and advocacy director of Human Rights Watch's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender program, visits Tokyo's Suidobashi district on April 28 during his trip to Japan.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Counterterrorism: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A believer: Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda says Friday the BOJ's agressive monetary easing steps are working to achieve an exit from more than a decade of deflation.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mission accomplished: Yuichiro Miura (left) and his son, Gota, pose for a photo with a flag after reaching the summit of Mount Everest on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fiji's Ambassador Isikeli Mataitoga (right) presents Honorary Consul General Takeyuki Moriya the Consular Commission during a ceremony held in Sendai on May 17.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ground zero: The facility from which unnamed radioactive substances leaked during a nuclear experiment in Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture, is shown in this undated photo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nurturing leaders: Freshmen at the Asian Rural Institute talk about their home villages with one of the staff at the Christian academy, which offers agricultural training to Asians and Africans, in Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture, on April 12.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Attention shoppers: A Tokyo shopping complex is business as usual Friday. The consumer price index fell 0.4 percent in April from a year earlier, the internal affairs ministry announced the same day, while industrial production also weakened.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Apple Inc.'s iPad and iPad mini]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On duty: Tokyo Skytree takes over as the primary TV broadcast tower for the Tokyo area Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Giving life: Meru Kishida shows off his illustrations of characters representing the World Cosplay Summit during a recent visit to the Chunichi Shimbun's offices in Nagoya.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Koichiro  Watanabe]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vanished: British long-term Tokyo resident Garin Dart has been missing since May 22.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[All clear: The captain of a Japan Airlines flight to Boston assures passengers of the safety of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner on Saturday morning at Narita International Airport.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The good fight: Mark Dybul of the nongovernment organization Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is interviewed Friday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[After you: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe welcomes South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit ahead of their bilateral meeting Friday in Yokohama.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Honored: Doctors Alex Coutinho (left) of Uganda and Belgian Peter Piot face the media Saturday in Yokohama after receiving the Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize for their efforts to eradicate lethal infectious diseases.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On point: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a special session on Somalia during the fifth Tokyo International Conference on Africa Development in Yokohama on Friday as Somalia's president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (right), looks on.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Blowing up: British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during the Confederation of British Industry annual conference in London last November.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The boss: President Barack Obama walks with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie after arriving on Air Force One at Joint Base McGuire-Dix in New Jersey on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Safe and sound: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe greets Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn at a symposium on human security Sunday in Yokohama on the sidelines of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mobile future: An iPhone screen is shown filled with apps in Washington on May 21. Technology experts say that groundbreaking innovations that flow from such things as improved mobile Internet connectivity and cloud computing are only just beginning.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Syrian rebels attend a training session in Maaret Ikhwan, near Idlib, last December.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Huddle up: Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera shares a light moment with U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel (center) and Australian Defense Minister Stephen Smith before a trilateral meeting at the Shangri-la Dialogue summit Saturday in Singapore.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Building bridges:  Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki (right) and  Tunisian Foreign Minister Othman Jerandi (second from right) attend a roundtable meeting with Japanese businesspeople in  Yokohama on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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