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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dousing the ire: Egyptian police fire water cannons to disperse a protest by secular anti-government activists in Cairo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-11-27T22:50:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Manhunt: A policewoman (right) stands guard near the entrance of JR Funabashi Station in Chiba Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-11-27T23:13:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Incognito: Guards stand at the entrance to the Defense Ministry. Ground Self-Defense Force spies have secretly gathered intelligence abroad since the Cold War without informing the prime minister or defense minister, a source said.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-11-27T23:13:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Face time: U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy speaks at a welcome luncheon in Tokyo on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-11-27T23:15:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[For what it's worth: A girl holds a placard reading "Ukraine-EU" during a pro-European rally in the western Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankivsk on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-11-27T23:18:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vandalized: An employee of the Nara Prefectural Board of Education points to graffiti carved into an ancient wall at Horyuji Temple in the town of Ikaruga.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/28/asia-pacific/chinas-move-to-establish-air-defense-zone-appears-to-backfire/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-28T12:52:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Conflicting claims: Computer screens display a map showing the outline of China's new air defense zone in the East China on the website of the Chinese Ministry of Defense in Beijing on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/28/asia-pacific/in-pakistan-political-party-reveals-alleged-cia-station-chief-in-protest-of-drone-strike/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-28T12:53:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Backlash: Shireen Mazari, information secretary of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, shows a document during a news conference in Islamabad on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/28/asia-pacific/pakistan-has-a-new-little-known-military-commander/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-28T12:55:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Low profile: This undated handout photograph released by Pakistan's Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Nov. 27 shows a portrait of newly appointed Pakistani army chief Gen. Raheel Sharif.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/28/national/kishida-to-make-japans-case-on-air-defense-dispute-in-germany/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-28T13:01:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/28/world/getting-away-with-murder-in-the-cradle-of-the-libyan-revolution/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-28T16:58:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA["Bleeding Benghazi": A former Libyan rebel holds a gun as he poses for a photo in the coastal city of Benghazi in October 2012.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/28/business/financial-markets/bitcoins-now-valued-at-more-than-1000-each/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-28T17:02:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Boom times: The price for trading Bitcoins for dollars broke through the psychologically significant &#036;1,000 barrier on one popular exchange Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/28/national/japanese-man-arrested-for-killing-ex-girlfriend-near-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-28T20:09:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/28/national/court-voids-election-in-western-japan-on-vote-disparity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-28T20:10:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/28/business/economy-business/tax-free-gifts-unlocking-retiree-savings/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-28T20:34:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On the sidelines: Elderly women sit by the side of a road on Gogo Island in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, in March.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/28/business/e7-shinkansen-to-debut-in-2014/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-28T21:37:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/28/national/ex-saison-group-head-seiji-tsutsumi-dies-at-86/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-28T21:46:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Seiji Tsutsumi kyodo]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/28/business/corporate-business/core-profits-surge-at-top-four-life-insurers-in-april-september/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-28T21:55:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/28/national/fukushima-rice-delivered-to-imperial-palace/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-28T21:55:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/28/world/science-health-world/researchers-create-database-of-infectious-diseases/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-28T21:55:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/28/business/corporate-business/jeans-maker-edwin-files-for-rehab/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-28T21:55:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/28/world/science-health-world/pilgrims-indians-probably-related/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-28T21:55:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/28/national/biden-kennedy-to-push-female-empowerment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-28T21:58:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/28/national/onodera-hagel-worry-adiz-may-trigger-conflict/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-28T22:02:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On the same page: Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera speaks to reporters after talking by phone with U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/28/national/spanish-artists-show-inspired-by-fukushima-sounds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-28T22:02:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Giving form: Jose Maria Sicilia, a Spanish modern artist, speaks about the ongoing exhibition of his works in Fukushima.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/28/national/woman-makes-her-mark-in-papercraft/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-28T22:03:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[New blood: Yuko Narumi makes "washi" paper at the Tenjin paper mill in Uchiko, Ehime Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/28/national/sharing-working-spaces-and-ideas-members-chase-new-opportunities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-28T22:03:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Working together: Fumitaka Suzuki (left), an independent interior designer, talks with a staff member of PoRTaL, a co-working space in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/28/national/ex-gsdf-spy-recalls-sending-agent-to-north/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-28T22:03:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Exclusive education: The name Kodaira School appears on a gate at the Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Kodaira in western Tokyo. The school is thought to have trained members of a special GSDF espionage unit.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/28/national/court-voids-okayama-poll-result/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-28T23:07:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/28/national/sdf-coast-guard-planes-defy-new-chinese-air-zone/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-28T23:07:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/28/national/regulators-plan-field-survey-on-geologic-faults-at-kashiwazaki-plant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-28T23:07:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/28/national/more-defense-surveillance-sought/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-28T23:08:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/28/national/flip-flop-ldp-okinawa-branch-backs-nago-base/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-28T23:08:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/28/national/line-censoring-messages-in-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-28T23:10:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Marking a milestone: Line Corp. CEO Akira Morikawa announces Monday that the number of users of the firm's instant messaging service has topped 300 million.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/28/business/economy-business/highway-rest-areas-get-retail-centric-makeover/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-28T23:14:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Park and shop: People shop recently at the Pavarie Biwako Otsu commercial complex, which was opened in April by West Nippon Expressway Co. at its Otsu service area in Shiga Prefecture off the Meishin Expressway.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/29/national/politics-diplomacy/china-pitching-air-safety-mechanism-but-japan-not-biting/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-29T02:01:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/28/national/man-exits-ferry-admits-killing-chiba-ex-girlfriend/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-29T14:17:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p1-w1-stabbing-a-20131129.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Murder scene: Investigators search for evidence  Wednesday night after Shiori Yuasa, 22, was stabbed to death in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, by her former boyfriend.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/29/business/irs-rules-on-nonprofits-foster-debate-on-advocacy-groups-in-politics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-29T16:24:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/29/national/future-teachers-get-prepped-for-foreign-pupils-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-29T19:42:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Laying the foundation: Aichi Prefectural University students in the back row observe an English class at Koromodai High School in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/29/national/utility-subcontractors-accused-of-exploiting-nuke-worker/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-29T20:21:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/29/business/narita-airport-to-up-muslim-services/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-29T20:40:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/29/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/pro-democracy-protest-plan-splits-hong-kong-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-29T21:24:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Priorities: Li Fei (left), deputy secretary-general of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, listens to a question at a press conference in Hong Kong on Nov. 23. Campaigners accused Beijing of stifling democracy in Hong Kong after Li gave a speech the day before to 100 local businessmen and lawmakers in which he said any future leader of the city must not challenge China.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/29/national/aussie-lng-an-energy-lifeline-for-now-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-11-29T21:39:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Spin control: Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose apologizes during a speech Friday at Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Makiko Yamada kyodo]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[EU boosters: Ukrainians shout "Sign on!" during a rally for an accord with the EU in Kiev on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Opinions matter: Emmy Suzuki Harris works at the Change.org office in Meguro Ward, Tokyo, on Nov. 18.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-12-01T20:39:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-12-01T23:19:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pop art: Singer Lady Gaga poses for photographers with her life-size dolls during a news conference Sunday in Tokyo to promote her album "Artpop."]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fish fetish: A fish wholesaler checks tunas before an auction at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo last month]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Obstacles remain: A man jumps over a fallen tree at a former Libyan Army compound in Gharyan, 80 km south of Tripoli, on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Different medium: Artist Naoki Takenouchi explains his artwork in a guest room of the Park Hotel Tokyo located in Shiodome.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On target: Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda speaks to an audience in Nagoya on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Milestone: Crown Princess Masako, who turned 50 Monday, is photographed ahead of her birthday with Crown Prince Naruhiko and their daughter, Princess Aiko, at the Togu Palace in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sweeping polls: India's Aam Aadmi Party, or Common Man's Party, supporters with brooms, the party's symbol, celebrate its performance in Delhi state elections in New Delhi on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A blast from the past: A magazine in the destroyer USS Shaw explodes after the ship was bombed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Down with the past: People surround a statue of Vladimir Lenin that was toppled by protesters in Kiev on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Geeks vs. spies: This undated photo made available by Google shows backup tapes stored at a data center in South Carolina.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-12-10T23:48:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-12-11T12:22:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Outreach: Ikumi Yoshimatsu, Miss International 2012, shows third-graders at Public School 307 in Brooklyn, New York, how to fold origami frogs Jan. 24.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-12-11T14:26:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-12-11T21:43:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-12-11T21:44:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-12-11T22:54:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Give, take: Trade ministers and representatives attend the Trans-Pacific Partnership ministerial meeting in Singapore on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/11/national/robust-arms-industry-part-of-security-policy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-11T22:54:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Life-and-death decisions: Kojiro Tokutake (right), a gastroenterologist at Nagano Prefectural Suzaka Hospital, performs an endoscopic examination.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/11/national/foreign-visitors-to-exceed-goal-of-10-million/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-11T23:02:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-12-11T23:02:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Get a clue: People playing an escape game organized by SCRAP Co. are caught up in trying to figure out puzzles in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-12-11T23:05:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The overseer: Russian President Vladimir Putin (seated, at left) answers questions at a meeting of the All-Russia People's Front at the Academy of State Service in Moscow on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/11/world/social-issues-world/u-s-programs-make-dent-in-poverty-rate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-11T23:07:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/11/national/aquarium-uses-prawns-to-address-menu-scandal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-11T23:09:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jumbo shrimp: A man views two types of prawns at Susami Crustacean Aquarium in Wakayama Prefecture on Dec. 4.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/11/national/crime-legal/divisive-conspiracy-bill-to-get-another-try/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-11T23:09:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-12-11T23:11:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[All-in-one: Staff explain the iPhone to customers at an Apple Inc. outlet in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/11/national/high-court-upholds-five-year-rape-sentence-for-olympic-judo-champion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-11T23:42:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masato Uchishiba kyodo]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/11/national/%c2%a5100-billion-to-be-allocated-for-storage-of-radioactive-waste/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-11T23:44:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/11/national/politics-diplomacy/higashikokubaru-opts-out-of-nippon-ishin-diet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-11T23:48:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hideo Higashikokubaru kyodo]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/11/national/celebrity-stands-up-to-talent-agency-stalker/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-11T23:48:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ikumi Yoshimatsu kyodo]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/11/national/water-woe-solution-pave-over-no-1-land/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-11T23:49:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p1 tainted water-z 20131211]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Big mess in miniature: A panel consisting of experts and Tokyo Electric Power Co. and government officials view a model of the Fukushima No. 1 plant and groundwater flows Tuesday at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/11/national/politics-diplomacy/eda-gambit-viable-just-for-subsidy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-11T23:49:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[United front: Former Your Party Secretary-General Kenji Eda (seated, center) poses Monday with other lawmakers who left the party.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/05/world/graca-machel-the-impressive-face-of-a-new-africa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-12T13:19:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Graca Machel, World Economic Forum on Africa 2010]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[mpressive: Graca Machel has "a different level of intelligence, clarity and charisma," says The Observer's John Carlin. Winner of the U.N. Nansen Refugee Award, she was urged in 1996 to run for the post of U.N. secretary general but declined.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/12/business/tech/fcc-faces-outcry-over-allowing-cellphone-calls-during-flights/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-12T16:31:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Venture capitalist Tom Wheeler, U.S. President Barack Obama's nominee to head the Federal Communications Commission, attends his nomination announcement in the East Room of the White House on May 1.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/12/world/u-s-health-insurance-enrollments-rise-as-website-improves/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-12T16:39:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Playing catch-up on sign-ups: Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies Wednesday before the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on the implementation failures of the Affordable Care Act. Playing catch-up with a long way to go, President Barack Obama's new health insurance markets last month picked up the dismal pace of sign-ups, the administration reported Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/12/business/limit-on-temp-workers-faces-change/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-12T21:38:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-12-12T21:38:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-12-12T21:38:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-12-12T21:38:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/12/national/u-s-to-install-second-x-band-radar/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-12T21:38:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/12/national/shut-ins-use-a-university-to-get-out/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-12T22:25:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/12/national/monks-form-group-to-fight-poverty-discrimination/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-12T22:25:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/12/business/economy-business/5-5-trillion-extra-2013-budget-for-stimulus-okd/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-12T22:25:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/12/national/kanagawa-considers-aid-for-pro-north-korean-schools/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-12T22:25:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/12/business/corporate-business/top-pension-fund-urged-to-buy-airport-concessions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-12T22:25:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/12/business/economy-business/overview-of-tax-reform-policies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-12T22:25:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/12/national/tokyo-city-pop-singer-hoping-to-make-it-in-taiwan-in-second-attempt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-12T22:29:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokione kyodo]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/12/national/floor-chandelier-to-light-toyamas-bullet-train-gate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-12T22:30:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ready to shine: A trial piece for a "floor chandelier" is shown in the city of Toyama on Oct. 16.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/12/national/malaysias-najib-abe-discuss-china-air-zone/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-12T23:43:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Neighbors: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hold a joint news conference in Abe's official residence Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/12/national/south-korea-key-rival-wooing-asean-tourists/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-12T23:43:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Crowd pleaser: Visitors stand in front of the gate to Sensoji Temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district in September.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/12/world/nsa-uses-online-tracking-cookies-to-find-spy-targets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-12T23:44:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Remote exploitation: NSA Director Gen. Keith Alexander testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/12/business/corporate-business/toyota-to-race-biodiesel-suv-in-2014-dakar-rally/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-12T23:46:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Race ready: Members of the Toyota team taking part in the 2014 Dakar Rally face the media Wednesday in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/12/national/woman-charged-in-sex-assault-on-boy-15/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-12T23:50:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/12/national/japan-to-pledge-300-billion-in-aid-to-asean-for-disaster-prevention/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-12T23:54:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/13/national/law-mulled-to-guarantee-fukushima-not-final-waste-site/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-13T02:02:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/12/national/two-men-hanged-in-latest-round-of-executions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-13T09:44:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p1-execution-a-20131213.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sadakazu Tanigaki kyodo]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/13/world/ex-fbi-agent-who-disappeared-in-iran-was-on-rogue-mission-for-cia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-13T12:38:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[w1-levinson-a-20131214.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Silence broken: This undated handout photo provided by the family of Robert Levinson after they received it in April 2011 shows retired FBI agent Robert Levinson. In March 2007, Levinson flew to Kish Island, an Iranian resort awash with tourists, smuggler and organized crime figures. Days later after a meeting with an admitted killer, he vanished. For years the U.S. has publicly described him as a private citizen who was traveling on private business. However, an investigation reveals that Levinson was working for the CIA.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/13/world/u-s-cracks-down-on-evasion-of-sanctions-on-iran/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-13T12:49:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dishonoring his memory: A shot of Nelson Mandela taken by AFP photographer Trevor Samson on July 2, 1991, in Durban during an ANC congress (left) was posted anonymously on social networks as purportedly taken after Mandela's death Dec. 5 in Johannesburg.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cold faithful: This NASA illustration depicts a geyser on Europa that was identified by the Hubble Space Telescope.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[News flash: North Koreans gather around a public newspaper stand in Pyongyang on Friday to read about Jang Song Thaek, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's uncle who was executed as a traitor.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Japan Nuclear No Experts]]></image:title>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[China Space]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III (center) holds his honorary doctorate diploma with Sophia University President Tadashi Takizawa (left) and Sophia School Corp. Chancellor Toshiaki Koso after receiving it at a ceremony at the university's Yotsuya Campus in Tokyo on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[New carrot: Fan in hand, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shares the stage with Laotian Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong at a joint news conference at Abe's official residence in Tokyo on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[New pal: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (right) is escorted Prime Minister Shinzo Abe before their meeting at Abe's official residence in Tokyo on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Out forever: The main gate of Shoei High School in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, is blocked by a signboard announcing the private school will close for good.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p2 briefs-z 20131217]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Black Hawk down: A U.S. Navy helicopter lays on its side at a landfill near Misaki Port in Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, after making an emergency landing that injured two of its four crew members.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yasunori Yoshida kyodo]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Best foot forward: Yoshinori Kumada (left) gives some pointers to members of the Myanmar women's national soccer team in Yangon in October.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Social nosher: U.S. President Barack Obama eats a french fry while meeting with supporters about voter registration in September 2012 in Miami.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Looking for common ground: Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (left) hands a list of proposals to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Homeroom: This March 2012 photograph shows evacuees from Futaba, in Fukushima Prefecture, living in a classroom at what used to be Kisai High School in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture. The building has served as their shelter since the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tree mosquitoes: Balsam woolly adelgids look like tiny white dots along the limbs and trunks of fir trees. The bugs puncture the bark and suck the sap.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takenori Kanzaki]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Katsuya Okada, head of the Democratic Party of Japan, announces the party's platform for the House of Councilors election at DPJ headquarters in Tokyo last week.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2004/06/23/national/politics-diplomacy/smarting-from-pension-snafu-ldp-has-modest-poll-hopes/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2004/06/08/national/politics-diplomacy/power-of-ldp-support-groups-waning/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoshimi Watanabe (right) discusses economic policy on a TV program in December.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine speaks to reporters in Tokyo on July 25 as Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto looks on.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kitakyushu International Techno-Cooperative Association experts teach engineers at a factory in Dalian, China, how to cut water consumption and raise productivity.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Two women walk through Tiananmen Square in March with their heads wrapped in scarves to shield their faces from raging yellow sands.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Akiko Shimizu, director of the John Robert Powers School in Tokyo, displays boards she uses in a classes on dress sense.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Miki Sasaki, a clerk at Iwate Ginga Plaza in Tokyo's Ginza district, displays various delicacies from Iwate Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/23/national/most-oppose-using-force-to-aid-ally-poll/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Noteworthless: This Library of Congress illustration shows a parody of the often worthless fractional currencies, or "shinplasters," issued by banks, businesses and municipalities in lieu of coin. These fractional notes proliferated during the Panic of 1837.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Displaced: South Sudanese who have fled ethnic fighting line up for water Saturday at the U.N. mission in South in Juba.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Extra duties: Ground Self-Defense Force members of a U.N. peacekeeping operation in South Sudan examine a refugee parent and his child Sunday in Juba.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bumper crop: Suzuki Motor Corp. President Osamu Suzuki (right) shows off the company's new Hustler mini sport utility vehicle at a news conference Tuesday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Unhappy ending: Naoki Inose says farewell Tuesday to the members of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly, which approved his resignation as governor.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime time: People watch a TV news program Thursday on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo at a railway station in Seoul.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-12-27T20:35:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-12-27T20:35:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-12-27T20:35:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-12-27T21:03:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-12-27T21:04:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fumio Sudo]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/27/business/economy-business/oil-imports-rise-13-3-in-month/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-27T21:05:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/27/business/financial-markets/abenomics-turns-japanese-hedge-funds-into-worlds-best-performers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-27T21:05:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-12-27T21:05:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-12-27T21:06:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/27/national/traffickers-hunt-japanese-too-activists-warn/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-27T21:26:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Helping hand: Shihoko Fujiwara, head of the Japanese office of the Polaris Project, speaks at a seminar on human trafficking in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, on Nov. 27.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/27/national/centrair-eager-to-use-idle-3-billion-bus-lounge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-27T21:26:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Waiting: Centrair airport will start using its 5-year-old bus lounge during Golden Week next spring, when new carriers are expected to boost passenger numbers.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/27/national/anti-japan-demonstration-held-in-hong-kong-over-abes-shrine-visit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-27T21:54:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rising anger: Anti-Japan protesters holding Chinese national flags take part in a protest near the Japanese Consulate General in Hong Kong on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/27/national/okinawa-base-foes-protest-governors-ok-of-offshore-fill-work-for-futenma-replacement/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-27T22:30:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Up in arms: Protestors raise their voice over Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima's approval Friday of offshore fill work for the base that is planned to replace U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma as they occupy the prefectural government building Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/27/national/south-korea-to-return-ammunition-provided-by-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-27T23:02:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-12-27T23:04:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-12-28T15:21:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On the flight line: MV-22 Osprey aircraft sit on the tarmac at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/28/world/social-issues-world/legalizing-pot-could-save-california-hundreds-of-millions-every-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-28T16:46:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/27/national/yomiuri-caught-in-%c2%a569-million-tax-dodge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-28T17:33:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/28/national/politics-diplomacy/after-abe-yasukuni-jaunt-all-eyes-on-xi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-28T20:09:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hot spot: Chinese police guard the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/28/national/politics-diplomacy/utsunomiya-to-run-for-governor-again/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-28T20:58:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/28/national/nuclear-pact-talks-to-start-with-saudis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-28T20:58:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/28/national/media-national/theres-a-cloud-above-our-silver-generation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-28T23:21:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sitting tight: Nostalgia for the 1950s and '60s grows as many who were born then face new difficulties brought on by a very different modern society.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/28/national/media-national/names-of-2013-were-unlikely-to-forget/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-28T23:21:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In the press, yet again: Tokyo Governor Naoki Inose at an emergency  press conference to announce his resignation at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government offices on Dec. 19, 2013]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/28/national/science-health/flu-season-in-full-swing-western-areas-hardest-hit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-28T23:47:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/28/business/cracking-the-feminist-psyche-wallet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-28T23:51:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In a lather: Bottles of Procter &amp; Gamble Co. Pantene shampoo are displayed for sale at an E-Mart Co. store, a subsidiary of Shinsegae Co., in Incheon, South Korea, on Dec. 21. Consumer prices climbed 0.9 percent in November from a year earlier after a 0.7 percent increase in October that was the smallest gain since July 1999.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/29/national/building-of-maglev-line-to-start-next-fall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-29T20:26:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/29/national/train-card-tapped-for-vietnam-export/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-29T20:26:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/29/national/130-on-death-row-first-drop-since-08/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-29T20:26:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/29/national/new-drug-raises-hopes-in-hard-drinking-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-29T21:08:26+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/29/national/cool-japan-fund-chief-says-crafty-marketing-key-to-regional-revivals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-29T21:11:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Marketing us to the world: Cool Japan Fund Inc. CEO Nobuyuki Ota stands beside the fund's logo at his office in Tokyo's Roppongi district.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/29/national/singapore-criticizes-abe-for-reopening-wounds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-29T21:14:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/29/national/bullet-train-bulldozes-car-in-yamagata-killing-driver/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-29T21:16:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fatality: A shinkansen sits idle after striking a car Sunday in Takahata, Yamagata Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/29/national/conceding-its-best-avoided-aso-refuses-to-rule-out-fresh-extra-budget/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-29T21:20:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taro Aso bloomberg]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/29/national/abe-takes-fire-from-philippine-sex-slave-group/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-29T21:22:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/29/world/science-health-world/hungry-animals-people-use-levy-walk/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-29T21:29:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Random motion: An example of 1,000 steps of an approximation to Brownian motion.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/29/world/politics-diplomacy-world/british-fears-of-migrant-influx-mirrored-in-sofia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-29T21:33:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[To put it diplomatically: In Britain, "In the past 20 years, immigrants contributed 34 percent more than they took out. You guys are making profit out of this. Keep it like that," Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev says.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/29/world/social-issues-world/britons-ready-to-welcome-arrivals-from-bulgaria-romania-with-caveats/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-29T21:33:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Apres moi, le deluge?: A man boards a bus departing the Black Sea town of  Varna and heading for London via the Bulgarian capital, Sofia. Britain is bracing for an influx of Bulgarians and Romanians after immigration restrictions are relaxed on Jan. 1.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/29/world/how-the-west-fell-for-the-big-lie-about-south-sudan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-29T21:35:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The state we're in: Displaced people bathe and wash clothes Friday in a stream inside a U.N. compound in Juba that has become home to thousands of people displaced by fighting. In its eagerness to set up a separate state in Sudan's south at all costs, the international community failed to take into account the area's deep ethnic divisions.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/29/world/offbeat-world/secrets-of-the-grotto-study-uncovers-joys-trials-behind-being-saint-nick/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-29T21:36:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/29/business/britains-charity-shops-go-after-the-label-conscious-but-risk-alienating-the-bargain-seekers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-29T21:37:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Spice at a fraction of the price: A woman looks through the window at items donated by the Beckhams at a Red Cross charity shop in London last month.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/29/national/science-club-leaving-schools-behind/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-29T21:37:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Curiosity: A teacher dissects a chicken so students can view its organs during a Science Club class in Tokyo on Dec. 1.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/29/national/companies-cash-in-on-womens-fear-of-stalkers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-29T21:38:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Temporary refuge: An employee of Daiwa House Industry Co. explains about the small emergency rooms installed in each of the firm's new apartment buildings.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/29/world/politics-diplomacy-world/syrian-civil-war-tests-borders-drawn-less-than-a-century-ago-in-mideast/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-29T21:42:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ride and set: A Palestinian rides a horse on the beach as the sun sets on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/29/national/minicar-driver-killed-in-fukushima/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-29T21:43:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Aftermath: An investigator inspects a truck that crashed into a car on an expressway in Fukushima Prefecture on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/29/business/economy-business/imf-may-upgrade-growth-forecast/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-29T21:45:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/29/national/japan-to-take-foreign-reporters-on-10-day-isle-dispute-junket/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-29T23:21:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/29/national/maruha-nichiro-unit-recalls-6-3-million-packages-of-frozen-food/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-29T23:28:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Under suspicion: Samples of frozen foods being recalled by Aqlifoods Co., a subsidiary of Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc., are displayed at a press conference in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/29/national/69-say-abe-should-heed-fallout-from-yasukuni-poll/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-29T23:28:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/30/world/politics-diplomacy-world/once-tories-answer-to-eu-fears-enlargement-is-now-their-problem/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-30T12:01:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/p8-bulgaria3-a-20131230.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-bulgaria3-a-20131230.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Be afraid: Recent editions of Britain's middle-market Daily Express and Daily Mail newspapers feature headlines about immigration.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/30/business/economy-business/nikkei-ends-sizzling-13-at-six-year-high/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-30T20:11:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Stakeholders: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe rings the bell Monday to mark the end of 2013 trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange as Paralympian Mami Sato, who contributed to the successful bid to host the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, looks on.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/30/world/papa-obama-laments-time-slipping-by/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-30T22:07:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[First family fun: President Barack Obama kisses first lady Michelle Obama as their daughters Sasha (left) and Malia play with a cellphone during the inaugural parade Jan. 21 in Washington.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/30/business/corporate-business/mirrorless-cameras-offer-glimmer-of-hope-to-makers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-30T22:07:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p6-camera-a-20131231.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Still clicking: Hiroyuki Sasa, president and chief executive officer of scandal-tainted Olympus Corp., poses for a photograph with the OM-D E-M1 camera in Tokyo on Dec. 18. Sales of mirrorless models are growing at Olympus.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/30/national/10-prefectures-say-nankai-quake-toll-may-top-states-estimates/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-30T22:22:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/30/national/paleontologist-finds-fossil-of-gator-dating-back-20-million-years-on-oki/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-30T22:27:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Oldest yet: Shigenori Kawano, a researcher at the Shimane Nature Museum of Mount Sanbe, in Shimane Prefecture, shows off his latest discovery — East Asia's oldest fossil of a giant alligator dating from around 20 million years ago.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/30/national/crime-legal/police-mark-13th-year-since-familys-slaying/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-30T23:11:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cold case: Metropolitan Police Department investigators offer prayers Monday outside the home of a family of four slain in December 2000 in their home in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo. The case remains unsolved.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/30/business/video-game-makers-handed-chance-to-ride-indie-wave/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-30T23:12:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Something different: A member of the independent game developer Nigoro shows off one of its software titles to a foreign journalist at BitSummit, a video game trade show held in Kyoto in March.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/30/world/u-s-army-seeks-bigger-pacific-role/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-30T23:18:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Moving in: An army helicopter lands on the USS Lake Erie on Dec. 9.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/30/business/economy-business/kuroda-seen-limiting-14-losses-as-jgb-run-ends/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-30T23:18:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Staying the course: The Bank of Japan kept its unprecedented quantitative easing policy in place at the end of the year after the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision to taper its own bond purchases helped bring the yen to a five-year low against the dollar.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/30/reference/simple-tests-fill-health-check-gaps/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-30T23:18:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Just a pinprick: A customer performs an easy blood test to check for diabetes at Ayase Pharmacy in Adachi Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/30/national/tokyo-bathhouses-look-to-tap-foreigners-but-ensure-they-behave/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-30T23:21:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prepping for the soak: Hasunuma Onsen, a public bathhouse in Tokyo's Ota Ward, makes use of a guidance manual on bathing etiquette as it hopes to welcome more foreign visitors.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/31/national/integrated-operation-of-gsdf-intelligence-special-units-being-mulled/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-31T02:01:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/31/national/japan-to-support-road-network-expansion-in-asia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-31T02:01:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/30/national/north-korea-media-blasts-abes-shrine-visit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-31T02:40:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/31/world/egypt-arrests-four-al-jazeera-journalists-for-brotherhood-ties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-31T14:15:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/31/business/tech/facebook-still-leads-but-young-users-off/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-31T19:37:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/31/national/pop-legend-eiichi-otaki-65-dies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-31T20:22:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Strumming: Pop singer and composer Eiichi Otaki  plucks his guitar while his friend, Tatsuro Yamashita, looks on at a studio in Tokyo in 1981.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/31/world/failed-predictions-president-romney-pope-dolores/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-31T20:32:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The tricky part: A rebel fighter and a girl cross a damaged bridge in Syria's eastern town of Deir Ezzor on Sept. 2. The predicted exit of President Bashar Assad did not come true in 2013.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/31/business/tech/2013-was-an-amazing-year-in-tech/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-31T20:33:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Make a wish: A man sends brain-computer interface commands in this file photo. The global advertising and marketing company JWT predicts that brain-computer interfaces, or BCIs, will push further into the commercial mainstream next year.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/31/national/monk-spends-three-decades-in-kukais-wake/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-31T20:42:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Well-traveled: Jien Shizuka, a monk from Mount Koya in Wakayama Prefecture, speaks about his pilgrimages to China over the past 30 years.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/31/national/newsletter-preserves-bonds-of-fukushima-districts-refugees/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-31T20:43:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/31/business/tech/new-google-ad-service-called-game-changing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-31T21:42:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/31/world/bombings-bode-ill-for-olympic-security/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-31T22:57:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Let the games begin: Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko at the Kremlin on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/31/national/politics-diplomacy/abes-quest-to-revive-reshape-nation-rides-on-the-economy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-31T22:58:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Market mover: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a ceremony Monday to wrap up 2013 trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/31/national/energy-rivals-to-face-eased-demand/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-12-31T22:58:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p3-energy-a-20140101.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Standing idle: A couple look toward Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s offline Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture in September. Although some new renewable energy projects are set to come online, Japan's energy situation in 2014 mostly hinges on restarts of idled reactors.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/01/business/bank-of-japan-likely-to-maintain-easing-policy-chief-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-01T07:07:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/01/national/abe-calls-for-deeper-discussions-on-revising-japanese-constitution/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-01T07:08:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/30/national/first-foreigner-hired-for-washoku-blitz/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-01T10:33:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Julien Verrat]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/31/asia-pacific/social-issues-asia-pacific/chinas-workers-leave-kids-in-country/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-01T14:18:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Generation gap: In the village of Zhaishi in Tongdao County, China, it is common to see only children and old people, as parents have migrated to towns for work.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/01/national/the-most-viewed-news-stories-of-2013/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-01T18:25:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Saaya Suzuki]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/31/national/english-to-get-2020-push-but-teachers-not-on-same-page/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-01T20:11:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Outside the box: Fourth-graders at Koyamadai Elementary School in Tokyo play a game in English on Dec. 5.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/01/national/cabinet-minister-shindo-pays-a-visit-to-yasukuni/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-01T21:52:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/01/national/combining-best-of-east-and-west-diets-to-enhance-longevity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-01T22:16:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/01/business/aging-kamiyama-hopes-to-rejuvenate-with-it-startups/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-01T22:17:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Employees of Engawa Corp. work in the company's office, converted from a 90-year-old family home in Kamiyama, Tokushima Prefecture, on Nov. 13, 2013.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/01/national/umami-magic-japans-dashi-ingredients-win-global-fans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-01T22:28:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Motokazu Nakamura (left), master chef at Japanese restaurant Nakamura Kyoto Cuisine, speaks about the umami taste during a seminar at the Culinary Institute of America, a cooking school in New York, on Feb. 4, 2013.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/31/business/corporate-business/toyoda-says-car-industry-must-be-more-aggressive/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-01T23:05:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/01/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/thousands-turn-out-for-democracy-demo-in-hong-kong/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-01T23:13:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An estimated 11,100 people take part in a pro-democracy march in Hong Kong on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/02/national/panasonic-to-cut-1000-jobs-in-it/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-02T20:45:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/02/national/akb48s-yuko-oshima-going-solo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-02T20:45:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Days of glory?: Minister of War Sadao Araki (second left) and Hisaichi Terauchi (third left), commander of the 4th Division of the Imperial Japanese Army, make a courtesy call on the Osaka home of an army officer serving in Shanghai in 1932. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed a desire to change the "masochistic" way children are taught about this period in Japan's history.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-12T01:26:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-12T20:09:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Before and after: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks is seen shortly after his capture in Pakistan on March 1, 2003. Right: Mohammed is seen in detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in July 2009.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Road warriors: An image posted on a militant website Tuesday, shows a convoy of vehicles from the al-Qaida linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Iraq's Anbar province.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-12T20:24:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p3-wedge--a-20140113]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Winning bid: Naheed Akhtar checks out vehicles at a used-car auction site in Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture, in November.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/12/national/service-helps-new-moms-juggle-kids-and-careers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-12T20:24:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-12T20:46:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-12T23:21:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/12/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-pledges-%c2%a570-billion-in-oda-to-mozambique/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-12T23:32:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-12T23:44:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gerald Curtis kyodo]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/12/national/u-s-army-tested-biological-weapons-in-okinawa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-12T23:44:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Paper trail: A confidential U.S. document shows the U.S. Army tested biological weapons in Okinawa in the early 1960s.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/12/national/display-technologies-set-to-turn-heads-in-cars-and-windows/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Another view: A rearview mirror equipped with a touch panel device offers the driver access to a voice-activated concierge service.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/13/world/how-affairs-of-the-heart-became-fair-game-for-the-press/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Talented hands: Mira Nakashima (fourth from right) and fellow woodworkers in December stand in front of a museum built by late craftsman George Nakashima in New Hope, Pennsylvania. The museum and other buildings are now on the World Monument Fund's 2014 watch list.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/13/national/fish-expert-farming-rare-shishamo/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ryotaro Ishida kyodo]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/13/national/inoki-makes-second-sports-exchange-trip-to-pyongyang/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-13T23:51:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-13T23:57:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sip and flit: French President Francois Hollande shares a toast with his partner, Valerie Trierweiler, at a state dinner with South African President Jacob Zuma in Pretoria last October.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-14T00:02:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-14T00:26:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Center of the scandal: The Novartis Pharma K.K. building is shown in the Nishiazabu district in Minato Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/10/national/any-hosokawa-presence-in-tokyo-race-bad-for-abe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-14T01:08:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p1 analysis-z 20140111]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Morihiro Hosokawa 　]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/14/business/bankruptcies-hit-22-year-low-in-13/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-14T20:14:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-14T20:14:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-14T20:14:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-14T20:14:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-14T20:14:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-14T20:22:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Still waiting: Yagiyama Zoological Park zookeeper Toshikazu Abe in December points to the planned construction site of a panda house inside the Sendai zoo's grounds.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/14/national/crime-legal/court-filipino-father-of-child-with-down-syndrome-shouldnt-be-deported/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-14T20:22:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Big as life: Visitors look at dinosaur skeletons displayed at the National Museum of Nature and Science in Taito Ward, Tokyo, on Dec. 17.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/14/national/builders-tap-foreigners-amid-crunch/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Future city: Harumi Pier, where the Tokyo Olympic Village is to be built, is seen in August.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-14T20:29:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-14T20:43:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-14T20:44:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-14T20:50:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-14T23:07:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-14T23:10:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sadayuki Sakakibara kyodo]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In the starting blocks: Former health minister Yoichi Masuzoe officially announces Tuesday in Tokyo that he run in the gubernatorial election.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-15T20:31:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-15T20:46:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-15T20:47:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fumiyuki Goto kyodo]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/15/national/buyma-site-hooks-up-fans-of-luxury-brands/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Connections: Enigmo director Hideo Ando sorts through some of the brand-name clothes to be sold on Buyma, the firm's "social fashion site."]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Best Fit: John Mendel, executive vice president of auto sales with American Honda Motor Co., stands with the Honda Motor Co. 2015 Fit during the Detroit auto show Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/15/business/corporate-business/toyotas-lexus-sees-methodical-gains-in-u-s-to-emerging-markets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-15T21:12:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In the spotlight: The silhouettes of attendees arriving for a press conference are seen as the Lexus logo is displayed during the Detroit auto show on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/15/national/myanmar-nationals-are-issued-multiple-entry-visas/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-15T21:27:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/15/national/kanagawa-girl-11-missing-since-saturday-found-safe-25-km-away/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lost and found: Missing girl Michi Shinozaki used the phone in this unmanned police substation in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, to contact the authorities early Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Safety check: A Japan Airlines Co. Boeing 787 jet is inspected by a mechanic at Narita International Airport on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Heady deal: Beam Inc.'s signature beverage is arranged for a photo in Tokyo Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Power play: Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose answers questions from reporters Wednesday at the company's headquarters in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vessel recovery: The Japan Coast Guard on Thursday raises a sport fishing boat that sank the previous day in a collision with the MSDF ship Osumi off Otake, Hiroshima Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-16T22:50:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-16T22:50:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-16T22:50:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-16T22:50:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-16T22:50:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-17T00:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-17T00:00:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-17T00:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-17T00:03:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-17T00:03:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-17T00:11:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Remembering those lost: The company and the national flags are hoisted half-staff at JGC Corp. in Yokohama Thursday morning.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-17T00:37:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-17T00:37:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-17T00:38:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-17T00:39:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Metal man: Kosei Shindo, incoming president of Nippon Steel &amp; Sumitomo Metal Corp., addresses reporters in Tokyo on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/16/national/crime-legal/cultist-downplays-guilt-as-trial-opens/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-17T00:42:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Surrender: Police release Makoto Hirata's photo Jan. 6, 2012.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/16/business/economy-business/boj-notes-recovery-in-all-regional-economies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-17T00:42:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Back from the front lines: Bank of Japan branch managers and other officials meet Thursday at the central bank in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/15/national/shimomura-announces-plans-to-launch-tokyo-2020-olympics-organizing-panel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-17T12:16:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-17T12:18:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/17/national/plan-approved-to-seek-heritage-status-for-japanese-industrial-sites/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-17T14:11:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-17T16:19:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA["Fukubukuro" frenzy: Women rush to buy fukubukuro (lucky bags) filled with discounted mystery merchandise Thursday as Kintetsu Department Store's flagship outlet in Osaka kicked off its first day of business for the new year. The economy may hit a soft spot after the sales tax climbs to 8 percent in April, analysts warn.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/17/business/panasonic-to-sell-three-chip-plants/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-17T20:58:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/17/national/three-women-win-akutagawa-naoki-literary-awards/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-17T20:59:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hiroko Oyamada]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-17T21:20:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Good news: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe starts the Cabinet meeting on the monthly economic report Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/17/business/smaller-is-getting-bigger-in-the-satellite-business/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-17T21:22:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Can-do spirit: An Axelspace Corp. employee checks a micro-satellite in a clean room at the company's offices in Tokyo on Dec. 18.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-17T23:19:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/17/national/crime-legal/cultist-testifies-hirata-knew-of-kidnap-plan/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Comeback trail?: Former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa (left) speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday after deciding to run  for the Tokyo gubernatorial election, as his supporter, fellow ex-Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, looks on.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/18/national/crime-legal/japan-to-ease-permanent-resident-conditions-for-foreign-professionals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-18T12:27:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[High profile: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe follows a Shinto priest to pay respect for the war dead at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Dec. 26.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/18/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-u-s-security-advisers-agree-on-closer-bilateral-cooperation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-18T12:28:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-18T20:38:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Positive thinking: People participate in a silent New Year's Eve celebration at the Jivamukti Yoga in New York. "Mindfulness" meditation is said to reduce anxiety.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/18/national/media-national/after-aum-post-911-lull-weeklies-rediscover-faith/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Evil eye: Aum Shinrikyo's "Manual of Fear," published in January 1995, two months before its toxic gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, featured a "declaration of war" against the "Jewish menace," prompting the Israeli Embassy in Tokyo to up its security measures.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/18/national/crime-legal/the-new-years-prank-that-was-anything-but/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-18T23:30:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[No laughing matter: Aum fugitive Makoto Hirata couldn't find the entrance to the Metropolitan Police Department in Osaki on Dec. 31, 2011.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/18/national/crime-legal/hirata-and-saito-love-on-the-run/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-18T23:32:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Facing up to his crimes: Makoto Hirata appeared before Tokyo District Court on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/18/business/unilever-slips-into-buttery-embrace/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-19T00:21:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[True color: Unilever had previously positioned margarine as healthier and less expensive than butter, because vegetable oils have less saturated fat and cost less than the cream used for butter.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-19T00:28:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Akie Abe]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/18/national/politics-diplomacy/hosokawa-eyes-no-nukes-by-2020/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-19T00:37:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Double trouble: Ex-Prime Ministers Morihiro Hosokawa (left) and Junichiro Koizumi face reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/18/national/politics-diplomacy/rightist-i-got-inose-loan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-19T00:37:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Explaining his actions: Tokyo Gov. Inose Naoki gestures as he fields a question from a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on Dec. 17.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/18/national/politics-diplomacy/ldp-dangles-cash-in-nago-poll/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-19T00:37:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shigeru Ishiba]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/19/national/politics-diplomacy/china-has-no-clash-policy-in-place-for-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-19T02:01:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/18/national/ishins-osaka-wing-hopes-tamogami-loses-in-tokyo-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-19T14:19:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toshio Tamogami]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/19/national/big-loan-sweetens-u-s-maglev-bid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-19T20:22:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-19T20:37:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-19T20:38:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mission to Mars: People look at the "Mars Window," a projection of images taken by NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover at at The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London, last June. Below left: Mars is seen in a 2008 photograph composition made of about 1,000 separate images.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-19T20:41:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Look-alike: Jimmy Savile poses for a picture with his waxwork model at Madame Tussauds museum in London in December 1986.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/19/national/fukushima-kids-teeth-to-be-checked-for-strontium-90/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-19T20:46:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/19/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-beats-drum-for-talks-on-isle-row-peace-pact-with-russia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-19T21:12:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/19/national/shift-to-isle-defense-requires-upgrade-of-all-three-branches/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-19T21:22:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/19/national/conspiracy-law-in-the-works-japan-tells-fatf/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-19T21:24:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-19T21:56:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[More toys: The Chinese air force is estimated to have 180 fourth-generation fighters at bases close to the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, as opposed to 20 for Japan. The islands could be a flash point for a future military conflict between the two nations.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/19/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-plans-to-open-talks-with-syrian-opposition/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-19T22:31:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-19T22:58:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In the mood: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and fellow Liberal Democratic Party members shout traditional "Banzai (long life)" cheers during the party's annual convention at a hotel in Tokyo on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/19/national/water-leak-spotted-in-reactor-3-tepco-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-19T22:58:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Uncontained: Water possibly tainted with radiation pours into a drain (lower right), on Saturday on the first floor of reactor No. 3 at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 power plant.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/19/national/windows-xp-phaseout-to-put-13-million-pcs-at-risk-in-japan-experts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-19T22:58:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/19/national/politics-diplomacy/nago-voters-cast-ballots-on-base-fate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-19T23:36:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yea or nay?: Incumbent Mayor Susumu Inamine (top) and his pro-base rival, Bunshin Suematsu, cast their votes on Sunday in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-20T12:49:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Protest power: Civil liberties activists hold a rally against surveillance of U.S. citizens ahead of a speech by President Barack Obama announcing reforms of the National Security Agency in Washington on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/01/23/national/politics-diplomacy/expert-details-japans-seemingly-rightward-shift/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-20T18:17:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/01/23/national/aiming-to-take-japans-best-onto-the-global-stage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-20T18:17:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoshito Hori is the founder and CEO of GLOBIS.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/01/23/national/lack-of-diversity-hurts-japan-saito/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-20T18:18:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[William H. Saito]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/01/23/national/looking-to-bring-japans-tastes-to-new-markets-through-sake/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-20T18:18:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shigeyuki Shinohara]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/01/23/national/japan-searches-for-growth-areas-to-drive-economy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-20T18:18:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-20T18:18:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Tokyo Foundation Forum featured panelists (from left to right) Alexandra Harney, Kay Shimizu, Wu Huaizhong, Li Wei, Akio Takahara, and Kenji Someno and moderator Tsuneo Watanabe.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-20T18:19:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Atsutoshi Nishida, chairman of Toshiba, speaks during an interview at Toshiba's head office in Minato Ward, Tokyo, on Jan. 17.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/20/national/temperatures-hit-season-low-on-daikan-plunge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-01-20T21:01:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In the pink: Kids towel off after exercising at a playground at Tokyo's Mizuho Kindergarten on Monday, the day on traditional Japanese calendars recognized as "daikan" (major cold), or the chilliest day of the year. The 500 kindergartners play shirtless every day to stay healthy.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-20T21:01:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Day of reckoning: Guards present Lu Yueting, a former temporary worker at Tianyang Food in Hebei province, for sentencing at the Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court on Monday. The court sentenced Lu to life for lacing frozen dumplings with poison, causing 14 people in Japan and China to fall ill six years ago.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-20T21:04:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-20T21:56:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-20T21:56:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-20T22:05:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Looking to return: Tony Fernandes, chief executive officer of AirAsia Bhd., raises his cap during the 9th World Islamic Economic Forum in London in October.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Liquidity overlord: Haruhiko Kuroda, governor of the Bank of Japan, gestures while making a speech to the Keidanren business lobby in Tokyo on Dec. 25.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sawako Agawa kyodo]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Issues pending: Hariman Siregar, who was one of the key student activists during an anti-Japan protest 40 years ago, is interviewed in Jakarta on Jan. 8.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Digging deep: Experts from the Nuclear Regulation Authority examine the soil around reactor 2 at Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Naomi Hirose bloomberg]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Man of the hour: Mayor Susumu Inamine attends a press conference on Monday, a day after winning his second term in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Land gambit: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a speech during the Liberal Democratic Party's annual convention Sunday. His administration is pushing for a policy to push up inner-city land prices by allowing residential buildings to be built in designated business districts.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taking credit: A pedestrian walks past an advertisement for a Citibank credit card in Seoul, South Korea,  in December 2009. Several top executives at Korean financial firms, including KB Financial Group and Lotte Card Co., offered to resign this week as a criminal probe revealed that millions of credit card holders' personal details had been compromised.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-21T20:18:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-21T20:41:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-21T21:08:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-01-21T21:10:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[High security: A sketch shows Aum Shinrikyo ex-fugitive Makoto Hirata (left) attending his Tokyo District Court trial Tuesday as condemned cultist Tomomasa Nakagawa testifies behind a screen protected by bulletproof glass.]]></image:caption>
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