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			<image:caption><![CDATA["Himejako" clams are seen in this photo taken on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, in 2006.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-03-18T22:15:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/18/business/land-prices-rise-in-big-metro-areas/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-18T23:07:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Power shovels operate in the Toyosu area of Tokyo on Sunday. Data released Tuesday shows that both residential and commercial land prices in major cities jumped in 2013.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2004/01/12/national/american-environmentalist-dead-in-suspected-suicide/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-19T12:18:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-03-19T12:25:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe deliver a joint statement after a signing ceremony for development assistance in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/19/national/former-prime-minister-naoto-kan-tells-germans-that-fukushima-crisis-unresolved/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-19T12:26:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/19/national/u-s-scientist-corrects-obokatas-2011-stem-cell-study/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2014-03-19T12:52:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-03-19T13:08:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/18/national/city-in-aichi-to-ban-kids-from-using-cellphones-after-9-p-m/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-19T16:27:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/19/business/jr-east-hit-by-wave-of-suica-account-hacking/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-19T16:44:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/19/business/jr-east-hit-by-wave-of-suica-account-hacks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-19T20:54:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/19/business/tokyo-area-condo-supply-down-24/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-19T20:54:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/19/business/kraken-bitcoin-eyes-japan-expansion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-19T20:54:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/19/national/diet-ready-to-pass-96-trillion-budget/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-19T20:54:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/19/national/led-lit-mausoleum-offers-tokyo-a-high-tech-alternative-to-regular-graves/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-19T21:00:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/19/national/butterfly-buff-in-osaka-doing-his-best-to-ensure-survival-of-rare-species/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-19T21:01:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hirokazu Sakamoto watches over some Gifu butterflies in Osaka on Monday. He has bred more than 20 of the species, which is considered at risk of becoming endangered.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/19/national/companys-artists-turn-childrens-drawings-into-one-of-a-kind-toys/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-19T21:02:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masaki Gono holds a stuffed green dragon and his drawing that the toy was based on, in Komae, west Tokyo, in November.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/19/world/politics-diplomacy-world/is-the-world-ready-for-another-bush/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-19T21:12:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association's annual meeting in New York last November.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/19/world/politics-diplomacy-world/at-border-guards-play-down-threat-of-russian-invasion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-19T21:15:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian forces arrest Ukrainian Army officers in Simferopol on Tuesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a treaty claiming the Black Sea region of Crimea as Russian territory the same day as Ukraine warned the showdown had entered a "military stage" with the killing of one of its soldiers on the peninsula.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/19/national/meti-chief-snubs-russian-investment-forum/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-19T21:28:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Business leaders from Japan and Russia gather for an investment forum at a hotel in Tokyo on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/19/business/corporate-business/toyota-said-to-reach-1-2-billion-settlement-of-u-s-probe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-19T21:40:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/19/national/crime-legal/baby-sitter-in-saitama-used-fake-name-mom/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-19T21:42:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/19/national/japans-traffic-death-toll-falls-to-record-low-in-2013/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-19T23:08:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/19/national/tokyo-to-put-up-more-multi-language-signs-for-olympics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-19T23:08:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/19/business/universal-japan-draws-10-million/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-20T01:46:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoshie Ishida (center) celebrates after being named visitor No. 10 million to Universal Studios Japan in Osaka on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/19/business/economy-business/exports-resist-jump-start-of-weakened-yen-through-abenomics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-20T18:12:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/20/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-north-korea-to-restart-dialogue-soon/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-20T20:31:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/20/business/sony-pares-suppliers-to-speed-output/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-20T21:15:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/20/national/no-2-bidder-gets-ok-for-chongryon-hq/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-20T21:15:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/20/national/retrial-decision-soon-on-66-murder-case/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-20T21:15:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/20/world/fetal-protein-may-stop-alzheimers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-20T21:15:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/20/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-n-korea-agree-to-restart-dialogue-soon/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-20T21:19:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/20/national/shady-oda-related-rebates-revealed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-20T21:56:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/20/national/flightless-bird-species-coming-back-in-okinawa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-20T22:02:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An Okinawa rail]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/20/business/abe-funds-matchmaking-to-ease-welfare-bill/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-20T22:02:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People hoping to find love converse during a matchmaking party hosted by Exeo in Tokyo on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/20/business/uzbek-japan-cooperation-forum/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-20T22:03:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/20/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-u-s-s-korea-eye-summit-next-week/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-20T22:28:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/20/national/workers-relatives-remember-deadly-aum-sarin-attack-on-19th-anniversary/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-21T00:09:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shizue Takahashi, widow of deputy stationmaster Kazumasa Takahashi, adds a bouquet to the offering of flowers for sarin gas attack victims at the 19th annual memorial ceremony Thursday in Kasumigaseki Station in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/20/national/hitachi-develops-robots-to-probe-fukushima-no-1-plant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-21T00:10:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A robot that can move through narrow pipes by changing shape has been developed by Hitachi Ltd. and Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy Ltd.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/09/28/national/monstrous-robotic-behemoth-brings-anime-fantasies-to-life/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-21T15:15:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hands-on: Kuratas cocreator  Wataru Yoshizaki gets in the cockpit to show how the robot is operated.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/20/national/only-six-asylum-seekers-accepted-by-japan-in-2013/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-21T16:31:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/20/national/crime-legal/stalking-cases-soared-to-all-time-high-in-13/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-21T16:31:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/20/national/politics-diplomacy/record-95-88-trillion-budget-okd/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-21T16:31:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/20/business/ike-of-honda-to-take-jama-helm/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-21T16:31:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fumihiko Ike]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/20/national/japan-foundation-plans-fresh-cultural-surge-in-southeast-asia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-21T16:31:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/20/national/social-issues/aum-cultists-inspire-a-new-generation-of-admirers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-21T16:31:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Portraits of Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara (right) and cultist Makoto Hirata are superimposed on a photo of the Tokyo Detention Center, where they are being held.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masayoshi Son, the chairman, president and CEO of SoftBank Corp., addresses the Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C., on March 11.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This still image taken from undated footage posted on YouTube shows a member of the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant preparing to execute a row of Iraqi soldiers.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/21/world/science-health-world/massive-solar-blasts-missed-earth-by-days/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-21T21:39:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-03-21T21:41:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This fossil of the world's oldest-known stick insect, discovered in northeast China, dates from 126 million years ago.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A $20 million Faberge egg found by a scrap metal dealer is seen in this photo provided by London's Wartski antiques dealer Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks while looking at a teleprompter during a news conference at his official residence Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Evacuees from Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, clean up on Friday the high school gym in Kasu, Saitama Prefecture, that had served as the last evacuation shelter for victims of the 2011 Fukushima No. 1 meltdown crisis.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-03-21T22:59:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-03-21T23:05:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/22/national/avalanche-kills-skier-in-nagano-as-snow-breaks-record-in-hokkaido/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-22T12:28:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p21 mm-a 20140323]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[In the name of the state: Pictures of the execution chamber at the Tokyo Detention House were distributed to the media in August 2010, when the Democratic Party of Japan’s Keiko Chiba, an opponent of the death penalty, was head of the Justice Ministry. Chiba attended two executions in July 2010, becoming the first justice minister ever to do so.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Demonstrators hold a Soviet flag at a pro-Russian rally in the Ukrainian city of Odessa on March 14.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/24/national/shizuoka-boy-12-bags-spelling-bee/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20130324a5b.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Winner Daichi Hayakawa, 12, displays his prize.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/22/national/prosecutors-raid-sites-linked-to-ex-tokyo-gov-inose/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-23T00:10:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/22/national/politics-diplomacy/north-talks-a-balancing-act-for-abe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-23T00:11:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Holding photos of suspected abduction victims, people stage a rally in Tokyo last September calling on the government to take action against North Korea.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Workers at Toyota Kirloskar Motor shout pro-union slogans as they gather near its factory on the outskirts of Bangalore in India on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-03-23T21:32:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Water and sand are mixed and pumped into a well during a fracking simulation at the Marcellus Shale formation in Camptown, Pennsylvania.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[German Chancellor Adolf Hitler smiles as he salutes a huge crowd at a sports meeting in Breslau, Poland, July 31, 1938, in which Sudetic Germans participated. Behind Hitler are Konrad Henlen, pro-Nazi Czechoslovakian politician (left) and Ernst Kundt, Deputy Chief of the Sudetic German Party.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This photo from Harvard's Steffen Richter shows the Dark Sector Lab near the South Pole. It houses the BICEP2 telescope (left) and the South Pole Telescope (right).]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pages from a 1962 Justice Ministry report recently found in the National Archives of Japan show how the Imperial Japanese military used money to cover up its use of sex slaves on the Indonesian resort island of Bali during World War II.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toru Hashimoto kyodo]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Michaella Bostrom, 14, holds up her trophy after winning the 5th Japan Times Spelling Bee at the newspaper's headquarters in Minato Ward, Tokyo, on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Comfort drink: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's thermos bottle is within reach Tuesday during a House of Councilors Budget Committee session.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (center) sits Monday in the operations center of the ministry's new cyberspace defense unit.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gastroenterologist Kojiro Tokutake uses an endoscope on a patient at Nagano Prefectural Suzaka Hospital last November. Tokutake helped his own grandmother die in 2012 by refusing to insert feeding tubes into her stomach, a common procedure for bedridden patients in Japan.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/25/national/english-translation-tells-tales-of-100-miyagi-tsunami-survivors/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/26/business/economy-business/japan-and-australia-fail-to-agree-on-tariffs-in-fta-talks/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Negotiators from Japan and Australia hold talks over free trade Wednesday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A heat recovery steam generator stands at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Shinagawa thermal power station in October 2012.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Russian rocket launcher and a round found in 2012 in a Kitakyushu warehouse are displayed at a police station in Tagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Emperor Akihito walks outside the outer shrine during a visit to Ise Shrine in Mie Prefecture on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Keiko Morishita pets her cat Luna in her Tokyo apartment on March 16. The room was rented under a program in which apartments become "temporary shelters" for castoff cats.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-03-26T23:14:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This photo was claimed to show a mouse embryo carrying cells reprogrammed via the STAP method.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman touches her late son's portrait after an event Wednesday at the National Cemetery of South Korea in Daejeon to mark the fourth anniversary of the sinking of the Cheonan, which is believed to have been torpedoed by North Korea in 2010, killing 46 South Korean Navy sailors.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[News Corp. Chief Executive and Chairman Rupert Murdoch, accompanied by his sons Lachlan (left) and James, attends the Allen &amp; Co Media Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, in July 2012. The media tycoon, 83, has brought Lachlan, his eldest son, back into the leadership of his empire and also promoted James, setting them up to succeed him.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-03-27T19:38:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-03-27T22:09:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-03-27T22:09:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A tagging arrow detaches from the dorsal fin of a Cuvier's beaked whale. The species can perform the deepest and longest dives among marine mammals, researchers said Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-03-27T22:13:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-03-27T23:18:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Part of All Nippon Airways Co.'s fleet of passenger jets line the tarmac at Haneda airport in Tokyo in October.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/27/world/social-issues-world/behind-doors-drinking-thrives-in-iran/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-03-27T23:20:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses the nation March 20, the eve of Noruz, the Iranian New Year.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-03-27T23:20:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-03-27T23:25:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a news conference at his official residence on March 20.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-03-27T23:53:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yoshimi Watanabe kyodo]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wearing a face mask to guard against air pollution, a man exercises on a hazy morning in Fuyang, in China's eastern province of Anhui, on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-03-28T09:45:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A ground controller guides a Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion upon its return to base Pearce, north of Perth, on Thursday after severe weather halted the search for debris from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/07/14/national/smarting-dpj-ranks-look-for-scapegoat/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2014-03-28T16:32:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Flight Lt. Jayson Nichols looks at a map as he flies aboard a Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion aircraft searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 over the southern Indian Ocean on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-03-28T16:41:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-03-28T20:54:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An artillery drill takes place in Inje, near the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas, in this picture provided by the South Korean Army and released by Yonhap new agency on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hideko Hakamada speaks to the media Thursday morning after the Shizuoka District Court said it would grant a retrial to her brother, convicted murderer Iwao Hakamada.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[These disaster preparedness maps detailing information about past and potential damage from earthquakes and tsunami are being distributed to Nagoya residents.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Toyota Camry is displayed at the DCH Auto Group Toyota Dealership in Torrance, California, last July.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/28/business/corporate-business/ana-boosts-787-in-16-6-billion-boeing-shopping-spree/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Junichi Ihara, director general of the Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau (left) and Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for talks on normalizing relations with Japan (right), meet in Beijing on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Song Il Ho, North Korean ambassador for talks on normalizing ties with Japan, talks to reporters in Beijing on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ryoji Noyori (center), president of the Riken research institute, flanked by executive directors Maki Kawai (left) and Minoru Yonekura, bow in apology during a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday over falsified STAP cell papers involving its researchers.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A crowd of cheering fans attend the Peace Without Borders concert in Revolution Square, Havana, in September 2009. According to a report Thursday, the U.S. government secretly masterminded the creation of a "Cuban Twitter" to undermine the communist government in Havana. The peace concert was a perfect opportunity for the U.S. to test out the budding social network dubbed "ZunZuneo," Cuban slang for a hummingbird's tweet.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Still lovin' it?: An employee changes a board showing new prices at a McDonald's restaurant in Tokyo on Tuesday. While McDonald's Japan will raise prices of most menu items to reflect Japan's sales tax increase, the restaurant chain will cut the price of a hamburger to ¥100 from ¥120.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A computer simulation by NTT Docomo Inc. shows pedestrians with smartphones stumbling as they cross the famed intersection in front of Shibuya Station in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/10/business/tokyo-tpp-talks-end-in-stalemate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-10T23:55:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-04-11T00:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mangoes sold under the Taiyo no Tamago (Egg of the Sun) label are displayed for the season's first auction in the city of Miyazaki on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/10/world/politics-diplomacy-world/in-iran-many-of-1979-u-s-hostage-takers-mellow-now-favor-evolution-to-revolution/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T00:03:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of State Kerry testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday, addressing Iran and other diplomatic hot spots for Washington.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/10/national/korean-buys-on-tsushima-rouse-rightists-fears/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T00:08:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Tsushima Resort, a South Korean-owned business, is shown last month on the island, which situated between the Korean Peninsula and Nagasaki Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/11/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-to-shun-visit-to-yasukuni-as-summit-with-obama-draws-near/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T02:05:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/11/national/falsified-inspections-suspected-at-monju-fast-breeder-reactor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T02:05:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Japan Atomic Energy Agency, which runs the experimental Monju fast-breeder reactor in Fukui Prefecture (above), is suspected of falsifying inspection reports to nuclear regulators.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/11/world/social-issues-world/obama-hails-civil-rights-achievements-of-president-lyndon-johnson/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T11:28:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. first lady Michelle Obama watches as President Barack Obama is hugged by Rep. John Lewis at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library on Thursday in Austin, Texas, during a summit to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-04-11T11:46:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Palestinian farmer is surrounded by Israeli soldiers after he planted olive trees near the West Bank town of Tubas to protest the closure of land to Palestinians by Israel on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-04-11T12:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian soldiers of the Presidential Regiment march during the Change of Guard ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/10/business/corporate-business/docomo-rejiggers-pricing-schemes-to-counter-free-phone-apps/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T12:10:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/10/national/crime-legal/bomber-says-next-target-is-police-box/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T12:11:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This dormitory for police officers was damaged by a suspected serial bomber in Sapporo on April 3.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/11/world/jesus-wife-papyrus-fragment-not-a-forgery-scientists-say/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T13:36:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[w1-s3-papyrus-a-20140412.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A fragment of papyrus that divinity professor Karen L. King claims is the only existing ancient text that quotes Jesus explicitly referring to having a wife is seen in this photo released September 2012 by Harvard University. An article published in the Harvard Theological Review on Thursday says new scientific tests suggest the fragment is more likely an ancient document than a forgery.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/11/business/tech/heartbleed-computer-bug-threat-spreads-to-firewalls-and-beyond/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T13:54:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Canada Revenue Agency website displays information about an Internet security vulnerability called the "Heartbleed" bug in Toronto on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/11/world/crime-legal-world/russia-reportedly-omitted-details-on-boston-marathon-bombing-suspect/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T13:54:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tamerlan (right) and Dzokhar Tsarnaev are seen in a photo released by the FBI that was taken April 18, 2013.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/11/national/bike-can-turn-into-wheelchair-if-disaster-strikes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T19:48:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Junji Nagayama holds the handlebars of a Qjo bike.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/11/national/iitate-farmers-cautionary-tale-translated/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T20:32:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hasegawa's then 32-year-old son, Yoshimune, herds cattle out of the shed for slaughter in May 2011 before the family's evacuation.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/11/business/chubu-electric-to-hike-rates-3-7/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T21:13:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/11/business/wholesale-prices-up-1-7-in-march/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T21:13:29+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/11/national/japan-accepts-icj-whaling-ruling/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T21:13:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/11/national/kyoto-protocol-had-limited-effect/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T21:13:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/11/asia-pacific/offbeat-asia-pacific/china-guardian-angels-protect-docs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T21:13:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/11/business/tax-free-nisa-luring-individual-investors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T21:21:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man is reflected in an electronic stock quotation board Friday outside a Tokyo brokerage.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/11/business/economy-business/boj-policymakers-expect-exports-to-stay-weak/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T21:22:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/11/business/corporate-business/some-vaio-models-pose-burn-risk-sony/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T21:22:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sony Corp.'s Vaio Fit 11A laptop computers are seen in this file photo. Its batteries could overheat and cause burns.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/11/business/aid-for-ukraine-topic-at-g-7-meet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T21:23:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Finance Minister Taro Aso answers questions from reporters in Washington on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/11/business/congress-top-obstacle-to-tpp-deal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T21:23:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/11/business/state-backed-entity-for-expediting-infrastructure-exports-signed-into-law/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T21:24:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/11/national/politics-diplomacy/asao-takes-helm-of-your-party/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T21:41:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Keiichiro Asao bows in gratitude after members of the minor opposition force Your Party formally endorse him as the new leader at an all-party meeting Friday in Tokyo. Asao replaced his scandal-ridden predecessor, founder Yoshimi Watanabe.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/11/national/airport-maps-with-restricted-areas-mistakenly-go-online/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T21:42:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/11/world/science-health-world/flies-found-to-escape-danger-with-aerial-maneuvers-like-a-fighter-jet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T22:22:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Time-lapse shots from high-speed video issued by the University of Washington in Seattle show how a fruit fly startled by a looming shadow (out of view, at bottom right) performs a rapid roll to bank away from the perceived threat.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/11/asia-pacific/apocalypse-near-year-of-the-bear-implosion-haunts-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T22:28:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p5-bear-a-20140412.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[In Hunan province, a pyramid rises skyward on the corporate campus of Chinese multimillionaire Zhang Yue. He has also built himself a replica of the Palace of Versailles.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/11/business/japan-u-s-trade-chiefs-pen-in-new-bid-next-week-to-seal-tpp-deal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T22:36:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/11/national/politics-diplomacy/ishihara-cool-to-merger-overture-by-yui-no-to/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T22:36:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/11/national/crime-legal/court-orders-state-to-pay-for-not-opening-isahaya-bay-gates/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T22:39:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-04-11T22:39:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/11/national/korean-guide-still-loves-japan-despite-racist-slurs-on-temple-sites/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T22:44:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[w1 t4 pilgrimage-a 20140412]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Choi Sang-hee, a South Korean and the first non-Japanese female guide of the 88-temple pilgrimage on Shikoku, poses for a photo in December.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/11/national/kennedy-to-join-abe-on-maglev-train-inspection/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T23:31:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/11/world/crime-legal-world/prominent-chinese-activist-scorns-court-after-prison-term-upheld/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T23:32:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[w3-activist-a-20140412.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A paper with the verdict in the trial of Chinese rights activist Xu Zhiyong is seen on a table as Xu's lawyers Zhang Qingfang (right) and Liu Shuqing speak to journalists at a hotel in Beijing on Friday. The prominent Chinese rights activist expressed defiance Friday after a court upheld his four-year jail sentence, saying the pall of communism and dictatorship would eventually give way to freedom and justice.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/11/national/activists-sue-over-abes-unconstitutional-yasukuni-visit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T23:35:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ryo Yoshioka (second from right) and other plaintiffs suing over Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to war-linked Yasukuni Shrine last December, face the media at a news conference Friday after filing the suit with the Osaka District Court.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/11/national/crime-legal/stiffer-juvenile-law-enacted/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T23:35:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p2-juvenile-a-20140412.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Relatives of a person victimized by a crime committed by a minor watch as the Upper House enacts the stiffened juvenile law on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/11/national/article-9-nominated-as-candidate-for-nobel-peace-prize/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T23:37:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/11/national/cabinet-oks-new-energy-policy-kills-no-nuclear-goal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-11T23:45:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/12/business/economy-business/japan-rejects-u-s-proposal-to-abolish-auto-tariffs-over-30-years/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-12T02:05:03+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/12/world/shift-to-green-energy-would-barely-slow-growth-u-n-report-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-12T12:26:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[w1-greenenergy-a-20140413.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A wind turbine stands outside a coal-fired power plant in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, in December 2010.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[It's me: Comic impressionist Korokke in a poster for Japan's National Police Agency's campaign warning against furikome sagi swindling schemes.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Grape grower Yoshihide Ogawa, from the city of Yamanashi, holds a cluster from this year's first Delaware grape crop, which survived record snowfalls for February.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Silvio Berlusconi]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In need of assistance: Demonstraters in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward protest child poverty in May 2013.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mothers whose children are suffering from measles are treated at a state-run hospital in Hanoi on Thursday. According to a new study released in Britain this week, adults can suffer the social, physical and mental health effects of childhood bullying nearly 40 years later.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Armed men wearing military fatigues show off a sticker reading "Donetsk don't listen to Kiev" during a pro-Russian rally Friday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is all smiles as he welcomes Japan Cherry Blossom Queen Mamiko Watanabe, 19 (right), and Japan Cherry Blossom Princess Michiko Tani, 19, during a visit to the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Monday. Ahead of an April 23-25 visit by U.S. President Barack Obama, Abe's administration has moved closer to the remaining gaps over the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact, and top officials from both sides will meet in Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Force of nature: Computer-generated models show the muscle geometry and attachment sites of the Nimbacinus dicksoni (left) and the Tasmanian tiger.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[US Japan SKorea]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masayoshi Ichihara (left) and Yoshitaka Naruse rejoice Monday after completing the Boston Marathon, which was held under tight security following last year's deadly bombings.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Students walk through the Ann Arbor campus of the University of Michigan on Tuesday. The same day, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Michigan's ban on affirmative action, which was enacted by voters in 2006.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A naval helicopter takes off from the Chinese frigate Linyi during multinational maritime joint exercises off the coast of Qingdao, in China's eastern province of Shandong, on Wednesday. The first drill of its kind organized by the People's Liberation Army Navy, dubbed "Maritime Cooperation 2014," included 19 ships, seven helicopters and marine units from seven countries other than China — Bangladesh, Pakistan, Singapore, Indonesia, India, Malaysia and Brunei, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The mother of an MSDF seaman who committed suicide due to abuse meets reporters at the Tokyo High Court on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Four new first-graders attend the entrance ceremony at Furumachi Elementary School in the city of Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture, on Monday. The evacuation order for the Miyakoji district of Tamura was lifted on April 1 for the first time since the nuclear disaster began unfolding at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in March 2011.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A fishing port in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, is seen on March 12, 2011, a day after it was wiped out by the huge tsunami.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shiga prefectural officials collect soil samples near a riverbank in Takashima on Feb. 28. Dozens of bags of cesium-contaminated wooden chips were found dumped there last year.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Student volunteers from Nagoya Gakuin University pitch in at a fisheries company in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, last August.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/06/national/solving-fukushima-water-problem-a-long-hard-slog/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Each day about 400 tons of groundwater seeps into the reactor buildings, where it becomes contaminated with highly radioactive water stored there. Meanwhile, another 400 tons, some of which becomes tainted, flows into the Pacific. Among other steps, Tepco plans to build a sea wall and an underground frozen wall to block the groundwater.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/05/national/for-kesennuma-real-recovery-may-never-come/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Kyotoku Maru No. 18, a 330-ton vessel swept over 700 meters inland by the March 11 tsunami, towers above passers-by in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture. The ship was removed last October.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Veterinarian Michiko Watanabe examines a cat, found in the nuclear evacuation zone in Fukushima Prefecture, at her animal clinic in Koriyama last month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/02/11/national/fukushima-inks-renewables-pact/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-24T18:07:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/02/06/national/pets-providing-warm-cheer-in-311-temporary-housing/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pet power: Etsuko Niisato holds her dog, Kupi, in her temporary grocery store in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, in December.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/07/national/anti-nuclear-groups-urge-taiwanese-to-join-reactor-makers-lawsuit/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mom's helper: Yukie Aoyama, a chief nurse at Ikeno Clinic in Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, talks with a mother who gave birth to a girl at the clinic in November.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/26/national/book-showcases-foreigners-japanese-affected-by-311/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-24T18:08:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Newsworthy: Mihoko Terada (second from right), flanked by Jean and Andy Anderson, visit in early December the Ishinomaki Hibi Shimbun, a newspaper in Miyagi Prefecture that Terada writes about in her book on the March 11 disasters.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/18/national/last-311-evacuation-center-to-close/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Home away from home:  This building, once used by Kisai High School in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, has served as an evacuation site for people from Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-04-24T18:08:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Olds digs: An elderly woman walks a dog near temporary housing for disaster evacuees in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Survivor's lesson: Yoshi Tabata uses handmade picture cards to tell a story based on her experience of surviving the 1933 tsunami that hit the Sanriku region in Iwate Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Porpoise-ful glance: Commerson's dolphins, better known as panda dolphins, swim at the Marinepia Matsushima Aquarium in Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Baosteel Emotion, a 226,434-ton ore carrier operated by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, is seen docked at the port of Maji Island, south of Shanghai, on Tuesday. A Chinese maritime court in Shanghai seized the ship Saturday in a move Tokyo warned could have an adverse impact on Japanese businesses in China.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-04-24T22:54:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-04-24T22:54:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-04-24T22:54:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This frame grab from a Twitter post by @OccupyWallStNYC shows a photo of a New York Police Department officer wielding a baton during an Occupy Wall Street rally in the city. The photo was posted as a Twitter request by the NYPD for feel-good photos of people posing with friendly police officers backfired spectacularly.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The female penis of the Neotrogla aurora insect species is seen in this photo released April 17. Researchers reported their discovery of the little-known cave insects with rather novel sex lives in the journal Current Biology.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Syrian boy is treated Monday after what activists say was a chlorine gas attack on the town of Telminnes.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The B-31 Iceberg is seen before it separated from a rift in Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier in this NASA Earth Observatory handout image taken Oct. 28. Scientists are monitoring the unusually large iceberg, which is roughly six times the size of Manhattan and is heading into the open ocean.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/24/business/corporate-business/alleged-cartel-cost-cardboard-makers-billions/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Barack Obama places a prayer tablet at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wrap up their joint news conference Thursday at the Akasaka State Guest House in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Barack Obama speaks as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looks on during a joint news conference at the State Guest House in Tokyo on Thursday. Obama said the U.S. and its allies have additional sanctions against Russia ready to go as the crisis in Ukraine escalated the same day with Ukrainian security forces killing five pro-Russian rebels.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-04-25T00:49:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe (right) shakes hands with an official from Beijing as he arrives in the city on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An All Nippon Airways Co. Boeing 787 Dreamliner taxis on the tarmac after landing at Tokyo's Haneda airport in October, while a Japan Airlines Co. jet is parked at a gate.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/24/world/science-health-world/will-robots-start-mining-ocean-depths/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Components of a subsea mining machine are assembled by Soil Machine Dynamics at Wallsend, England, on April 14.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/24/national/politics-diplomacy/politician-knocks-obamas-marriage/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2014-04-25T12:10:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Japan Justin Bieber War Shrine]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Justin Bieber performs during a concert at Bercy Arena in Paris in this March 19, 2013, file photo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rancher Cliven Bundy (center) and his granddaughter greet supporters during a "Patriot Party" near Bunkerville, Nevada, on April 18. The Bundy family organized the event to thank people who supported the rancher in his dispute over grazing land with the Bureau of Land Management.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A handout picture released by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities shows antique Torah scrolls that were recovered by Egyptian authorities as they foiled an attempt to smuggle the pieces out of the country. The scrolls were discovered in the Mediterranean city of Damietta as they were about to be shipped to Belgium, a ministry statement said on April 18. Estimates of Egypt's Jewish population range from about 200 to a few dozen, mostly elderly women, a fraction of the 80,000-strong community whose members were expelled or left in the early 1950s.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[AP]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Akira Amari, minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, speaks to reporters Friday morning after the U.S. and Japan failed to reach an agreement on trade.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-04-25T21:31:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p2-coin-a-20140426.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[To commemorate the 50th anniversary this year of shinkansen services, the government will mint silver ¥1,000 coins.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/25/world/science-health-world/dna-experts-aim-to-swat-dreaded-tsetse-fly/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-25T21:36:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A tsetse fly from the collection at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City Tam Nguyen]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/25/national/christian-sites-eyed-for-unesco-list/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-25T21:40:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/25/national/textbook-makers-get-isle-advisory/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-25T21:40:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/25/national/annual-whale-hunt-off-miyagi-slated/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-25T21:41:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/25/national/politics-diplomacy/cabinets-new-energy-plan-praised-pro-nuclear-u-s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-25T22:13:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/25/world/interconnectivity-exposes-global-shipping-fleet-to-hacking-threat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-25T22:22:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An oil tanker that was raided by armed pirates sails into Port Klang, off Kuala Lumpur, on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/25/national/politics-diplomacy/in-seoul-obama-urges-japan-to-settle-terrible-sex-slave-issue/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-25T23:51:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Barack Obama and South Korean President Park Geun-hye leave the stage after a joint news conference at the Blue House in Seoul on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/25/national/politics-diplomacy/economy-campaign-scandal-focus-of-by-election-in-kagoshima/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-25T23:52:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/25/national/dream-rice-expected-to-yield-excellent-sake/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-26T02:24:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p3-chubu-a-20140426.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hoshi-izumi beat out 48 other sake brands to win the top prize at a tasting event in Nagoya on April 2.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/25/national/toeic-toefl-axed-route-u-k-visa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-26T09:04:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/26/business/japan-u-s-tiptoe-into-new-phase-of-pacific-trade-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-26T12:12:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A protester holds a placard during a rally against the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/26/business/corporate-business/kepco-plans-use-reserve-fund/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-26T20:01:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/26/business/chinese-gobble-u-s-real-estate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-26T20:35:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-manhattan-a-20140427.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wealthy Chinese are pouring money into luxury apartment buildings such as One57 in Manhattan, New York. Buyers are using such properties to establish a base for their children to get a Western education.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/26/business/corporate-business/u-s-expands-probe-banks-hiring/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-26T20:37:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/26/world/emissions-rich-nations-fell-2012/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-26T20:39:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/26/national/golden-week-holidays-start-exodus-slower-usual/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-26T23:04:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[w3-holidays-z-20140427.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vacationers heading abroad pack the departure lobby of Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture on Saturday as the Golden Week period kicked off.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/26/business/ldp-mulls-reversal-consumer-lending-interest-rates-soar-29/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-26T23:14:09+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/26/business/economy-business/abe-pledges-spread-benefits-economic-recovery/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-26T23:16:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/w3-mayday-z-20140427-e1398521203752.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[w3-mayday-z-20140427.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Nobuaki Koga, head of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), shake hands Saturday at a May Day gathering in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/25/national/gay-japanese-photographer-wins-prize-with-photo-book-portraying-his-daily-life/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-27T01:28:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/PR20140427-0001-01.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[Eiki Mori]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Photographer Eiki Mori, recipient of this year’s prestigious Kimura Ihei Award.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/26/national/media-national/patriot-wives-put-country-gender/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-27T10:19:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p18-brasor-media-mix-a-20140427.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p18-brasor-media-mix-a-20140427.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Net nationalism: The website for Hana-dokei connects patriotic wives and mothers looking for smaller, cultural battles to fight on behalf of Japan.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/26/national/unesco-endorses-tomioka-silk-mill-world-heritage-status/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-27T10:36:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tomioka-juuyoh.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[tomioka juuyoh]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Intended to be a model filature facility, the Tomioka Silk Mill was established by the Japanese government in 1872 with 150 reeling machine and 400 female workers.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/27/business/tech/new-mexico-dig-uncovers-e-t-video-games-buried-1980s-flop/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-27T15:40:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/w1-etgame-a-20140428.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[w1-etgame-a-20140428.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A worker shows the first recovered "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" cartridge at the old Alamogordo landfill in New Mexico on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/27/national/politics-diplomacy/chinese-vice-premier-raps-abe-voices-hope-mend-ties-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-27T21:19:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p1-w3-china-a-20140427.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p1-w3-china-a-20140427.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe speaks to the media in Beijing on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/27/national/kawauchi-residents-okd-overnight-stays-hot-zone/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-27T21:30:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/27/asia-pacific/exodus-everest/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-27T21:41:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-sherpas-a-20140428.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Climbers descend the Khumbu Icefall on their way back to Base Camo after summitting the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) Mount Everest last May.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/27/world/social-issues-world/familys-firstborn-likely-excel-study/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-27T21:44:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p9-firstborn-a-20140428.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-firstborn-a-20140428.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Then-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a presidential candidate at the time, takes the stage during her June 2008 primary day celebrations in San Juan, Puerto Rico.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/27/world/social-media-gives-new-voice-brazil-protesters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-27T21:48:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p9-brazil-a-20140428.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-brazil-a-20140428.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A resident of Rio de Janiero's Pavao-Pavaozinho slum clashes with police during a protest over the death of Douglas Rafael da Silva Pereira, 25, after his burial in the city Thursday. Residents of Copacabana neighborhood slum accused police of the death of Pereira, who was found dead inside a local school, local media said.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/27/asia-pacific/offbeat-asia-pacific/china-to-lock-up-rare-animal-eaters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-27T21:53:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/27/national/kagoshima-voters-head-to-polls/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-27T21:53:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/27/national/chugoku-electric-mulls-tokyo-plant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-27T21:53:59+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/27/world/science-health-world/dna-tests-reveal-rare-brain-disease/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-27T21:54:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/27/world/science-health-world/jurassic-era-kryptodrakon-china-fills-gap-time/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-27T22:02:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p6-kryptodrakon-a-20140428.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p6-kryptodrakon-a-20140428.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fragments of a skeleton of Kryptodrakon progenitor that was found in northwest China are shown in this illustration courtesy of paleontologist Brian Andres.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/27/national/politics-diplomacy/next-japan-north-korea-talks-likely-may-unless-nuclear-test-held/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-27T22:12:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/27/national/relay-races-proliferate-jogging-catches/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-27T22:24:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p3-ekiden-a-20140428.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Participants in an "ekiden" hosted by Chiba Urban Monorail Co. in March don costumes as part of the relay race.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/27/national/radar-kansai-offers-advantages-startups/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-27T22:26:52+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/27/national/politics-diplomacy/china-releases-trove-japanese-sex-slave-records/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-27T22:33:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p1-document-z-20140428.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p1-document-z-20140428.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[South Korean women forced to provide sex for Imperial Japanese troops hug the statue of a teenage compatriot during their 1,000th weekly protest in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Dec. 14, 2011. The "comfort women" are demanding official compensation and a sincere apology from Japan before their ranks disappear.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/27/national/politics-diplomacy/britain-unsure-japans-claim-senkakus-u-k-files-show/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-27T23:15:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/27/business/sealing-tpp-deal-may-iffy-despite-japan-u-s-milestone/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-27T23:22:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p1-tpp-a-20140428.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p1-tpp-a-20140428.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/27/national/politics-diplomacy/ldps-kaneko-heads-for-victory-in-kagoshima-by-election/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-27T23:43:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/w3-byelection-a-20140428-e1398608268493.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[w3-byelection-a-20140428.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Kagoshima Prefectural Assembly chief Masuo Kaneko (center) cheers with supporters Sunday after projections declared him the winner of the House of Representatives by-election in Kagoshima Prefecture on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/27/world/hundreds-thousands-watch-two-popes-become-saints/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-27T23:58:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/w3-saints-a-20140428.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[w3-saints-a-20140428.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A massive crowd gathers for the canonization mass of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II at St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sunday. The two influential popes helped shape 20th century history.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/27/national/atrophied-osaka-changes-mindset-toward-entrepreneurs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-28T12:07:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p3-kansai-a-20140428.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p3-kansai-a-20140428.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Knowledge Salon in Umeda Ward, Osaka, is becoming known as a hub for young business leaders and entrepreneurs.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/28/world/politics-diplomacy-world/ukraine-rebels-free-swedish-hostage-obama-seeks-unity-against-russia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-28T12:12:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/w1-s2-ukraine-a-20140429.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[w1-s2-ukraine-a-20140429.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masked pro-Russian gunmen stand at City Hall during negotiations about the release of foreign military observers being held by Ponomarev's group in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/28/world/syria-misses-self-imposed-deadline-for-destroying-chemical-arms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-28T16:11:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/w2-syrchem-a-20140429.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[w2-syrchem-a-20140429.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sigrid Kaag]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/28/business/tech/wireless-is-way-forward-for-internet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-28T21:29:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Panasonic Corp's Chief Executive Tsuga speaks during a news conference in Tokyo]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Panasonic Corp's Chief Executive Kazuhiro Tsuga speaks during a news conference in Tokyo Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (left) and his Australian counterpart, David Johnston, chat at the start of their meeting on joint equipment development in Perth, Australia, on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe speaks to the press in Tokyo after his recent trip to Beijing.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[LDP lawmaker Shinjiro Koizumi stumps for candidate Sachi Kuwae Sunday during the Okinawa mayoral election.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sochi Winter Olympics men’s figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu smiles during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan in Tokyo on Thursday. The 19-year-old athlete is among the 684 people and 23 groups receiving spring decorations from the government.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[CITIC Pacific Chairman Chang sits during a news conference in Hong Kong]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[CITIC Pacific Chairman Chang Zhenming announced earlier this month that his company had agreed to buy the main operating unit of its parent, state-backed CITIC Group, for 226.93 billion yuan ($36.5 billion) in a stock and cash deal.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-04-29T04:20:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Buddhist nun wipes her tears after attending a service as yellow ribbons are displayed as a sign of hope for the safe return of missing passengers of the sunken ferry Sewol at a port in Jindo, South Korea, on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-04-29T04:20:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman prays during a candlelight vigil in Ansan, South Korea, for the victims of the capsized passenger ferry Sewol on Wednesday. The Sewol sank last Wednesday on a routine trip from the port of Incheon, near Seoul, to the southern island of Jeju. Over 300 people on board are feared to have died.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A relative cries as a monk leads a prayer session Monday on South Korea's Jindo Island for victims of a ferry that sank last Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-04-29T04:21:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lee Joon-seok (center) the captain of the sunken ferry Sewol, arrives at the headquarters of a joint investigation team of prosecutors and police in Mokpo, South Korea, on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-04-29T04:21:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police officers stand guard outside a tent acting as a temporary morgue for victims of the sunken South Korean ferry Sewol at the port of Jindo on Saturday. Some relatives of the more than 200 teenagers missing in the sunken vessel offered DNA swabs on Saturday to help identify the dead.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/17/asia-pacific/divers-struggle-in-search-for-korean-ferry-survivors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-29T04:21:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A relative of a passenger aboard the sunken ferry Sewol weeps at a port in Jindo, South Korea, on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/17/asia-pacific/hundreds-still-missing-in-deadly-korea-ferry-sinking/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-29T04:21:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[South Korean maritime police send up flares to search for missing passengers Wednesday night from the sinking of the ferry Sewol off Jindo. Almost 300 people were still missing Thursday morning after the ferry capsized off South Korea, in what could turn out to be the country's biggest maritime disaster in over 20 years.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-04-29T04:49:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Sukiya , Gyu-don, TPP, at Suehiro-cho on April 22, 2014. Hodo-bu Nagata reports, image photo. YOSHIAKI MIURA PHOTO.]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Customers are seen entering outlets of Sukiya (left), Yoshinoya (center) and Matsuya in Tokyo on April 22. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/28/world/politics-diplomacy-world/obama-announces-new-u-s-sanctions-on-russia-over-ukraine/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-29T05:23:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Barack Obama waves to the media upon arrival Monday at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila. Trade and security were expected to be discussed during Obama's state visit to the Philippines.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/28/world/politics-diplomacy-world/money-trail-leads-to-putins-circle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-29T05:27:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill congratulates President Vladimir Putin during a service for the celebration of the Orthodox Easter in Moscow on April 20.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/28/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-eu-planning-cybersecurity-summit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-29T08:02:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-04-29T11:02:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Revolutionaries: Elderly women chat as they sit by the side of a road on Gogo Island in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/29/business/tech/u-s-u-k-advise-against-use-of-internet-explorer-until-bug-is-fixed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-29T12:37:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A visitor walks in front of a Windows display at a Microsoft Corp. news conference ahead of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, in February. Washington and London on Monday advised computer users to consider using alternatives to Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser until the company fixes a security flaw that hackers exploited to launch attacks.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/29/world/politics-diplomacy-world/white-house-casts-russia-sanctions-strategy-battle-attrition/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-29T13:38:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A pro-Russian protester walks in front of riot police during a pro-Ukraine rally in the eastern city of Donetsk on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/29/business/putins-sanctioned-oil-czar-emerged-from-shadows-to-wield-vast-power/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-29T13:39:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) speaks with Rosneft President Igor Sechin during a signing ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow last July. On Monday, the United States imposed sanctions against seven Russian government officials and 17 companies linked to the president, including Sechin.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/28/business/corporate-business/toyota-to-move-u-s-headquarters-to-dallas/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-29T13:40:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[File photo of a Toyota logo in a showroom at a Toyota dealership in Warsaw]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[According to sources, Toyota Motor Corp. is moving its U.S. sales headquarters from southern California to suburban Dallas.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/29/world/tornado-roars-mississippi-city-bringing-two-day-death-toll-21/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-29T15:32:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[w1-s3-ustornado-a-20140430.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Residents walk along a street in Tupelo, Mississippi, on Monday. Tornadoes flattened homes and businesses, flipped trucks over on highways and injured numerous people in Mississippi and Alabama, as a massive, dangerous storm system passed over several states in the South, threatening additional twisters as well as severe thunderstorms, damaging hail and flash floods.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/29/world/social-issues-world/chinas-income-inequality-surpasses-u-s-posing-risk-for-xi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-29T16:50:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wealthy Chinese are pouring money into real estate in New York and other major cities including London and Sydney, as they seek safe havens for their cash and establish a base for their children to get educated in the West. The current in-vogue building among the Chinese is One57, a Manhattan skyscraper overlooking Central Park, pictured on April 24, 2014.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Peach Aviation Airbus A320-200 descended to an abnormally low altitude of 248 feet above the ocean on Monday after the pilot misunderstood air traffic controllers during his approach to Okinawa, the transport ministry said.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-04-29T21:28:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-04-29T21:53:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-04-29T21:55:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime minister Shinzo Abe speaks to the press Monday while paying a visit to Meiji Shrine with his Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on Monday morning, together with his wife, Akie.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Natsuo Yamaguchi kyodo]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mark Karpeles, chief executive officer of Mt. Gox, attends a news conference at the Tokyo District Court on Feb. 28.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-04-29T23:24:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tom Vilsack]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/29/business/financial-markets/finance-set-jgb-division-dedicated-overseas-sales/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-29T23:37:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-04-29T23:38:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-04-29T23:40:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-04-29T23:40:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-04-29T23:44:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-04-29T23:44:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-04-29T23:46:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (center) inspects a shelling drill Sunday being carried out by a long-range artillery sub-unit tasked with hitting major targets in southwestern waters at undisclosed place in North Korea.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/29/national/populist-hashimoto-true-yankii/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-30T01:36:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto is among a group of politicians that experts say have a "yankii" personality. Yankii, derived from "Yankee," is generally used to describe a type of person who despises anyone who reeks of cosmopolitanism and intellectual elitism.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/25/world/science-health-world/life-less-fun-sun-north-europe-migrants-study-finds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-30T11:04:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/04/28/national/history/japans-long-awaited-spring/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-30T12:29:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. servicemen flock to the former Hattori jewelry store at Tokyo's Ginza 4-chome intersection, which was commandeered by General Headquarters as a military retail facility during the Occupation.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-04-30T12:29:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Smoke rises from the Colstrip Steam Electric Station, a coal burning power plant in Colstrip, Montana, last July. The Supreme Court on Tuesday handed the Obama administration an important victory in its effort to reduce power plant pollution that contributes to unhealthy air in neighboring states when it upheld a rule adopted in 2011 limiting emissions from plants in more than two dozen Midwestern and Southern states.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-04-30T12:30:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Recep Tayyip Erdogan]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/28/national/politics-diplomacy/ldp-candidate-secures-tokudas-seat-in-kagoshima/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-30T16:19:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Kagoshima Prefectural Assembly chief Masuo Kaneko (center) cheers with supporters Sunday after projections declared him the winner of the House of Representatives by-election in Kagoshima Prefecture on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/30/national/social-issues/ending-planners-lend-funerals-personal-touch/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-30T21:19:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A "taiko" drum performance is held at the funeral of a keen festivalgoer as the bereaved family looks on.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/30/business/workers-monthly-pay-logs-0-7-rise/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-30T21:32:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/30/business/output-index-rebounded-in-march/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-30T21:32:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-04-30T21:32:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/30/national/japan-hands-ferry-blueprint-to-s-korea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-30T21:32:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-04-30T21:32:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-04-30T21:46:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Saudi Arabian Ambassador Abdulaziz Turkistani presents a bouquet to Princess Takamado in gratitude of her contribution to the annual photo exhibition "Japan through Diplomats' Eyes" during an event held on April 23 at the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Tokyo to promote the exhibition, attended by more than 50 ambassadors]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-04-30T21:51:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of the Kurdish Peshmerga force show off their ink-stained fingers in the northern city of Irbil, Iraq, on Monday, after casting their ballots in special voting ahead of the nation's first election since U.S. troops withdrew.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-04-30T22:06:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A photo combo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows death row inmates Clayton Lockett (left) and Charles Warner. Lockett's execution was halted Tuesday due to the botched delivery of a new drug combination. He died of a heart attack soon after.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/30/national/now-see-now-dont-hokkaidos-phantom-bridge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-30T22:12:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taushubetsu Bridge is reflected on Lake Nukabira in the town of Kamishihoro, Hokkaido, in May 2011.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/30/business/corporate-business/softbank-mulls-wind-power-plant-investment-ibaraki/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-30T22:16:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/30/national/anime-themed-japanese-sword-exhibition-open-paris/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-30T22:24:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Women look at traditional Japanese swords and replicas of blades that appeared in the animated series "Neon Genesis Evangelion" Tuesday in Paris at a preview of an exhibition that opened Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/30/business/kobe-beef-bound-for-eu-for-first-time/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-30T22:42:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[ym20140501w3a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Premium Kobe Beef is to be exported to European Union member countries for the first time.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/30/national/crime-legal/woman-seized-string-explosions-around-sapporo-police-station/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-30T23:22:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-04-30T23:26:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Riot police carry out a drill in Urumqi, the capital of China's Xinjiang region, on Saturday, ahead of a visit by President Xi Jinping.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/30/business/economy-business/contractors-feeling-impact-abenomics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-30T23:28:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Excavators operate at a construction site in the Toyosu area of Tokyo in March.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/30/national/politics-diplomacy/ukraine-crisis-japan-horns-dilemma/</loc>
		<lastmod>2014-04-30T23:30:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2014-05-01T11:36:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shiro Yamaoka, a character in the manga series "Oishinbo," suffers a nosebleed after visiting the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant in a page from Monday's installment of weekly magazine Big Comic Spirits.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2014-05-01T12:21:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A statue of Vladimir Lenin is seen through a tire on the square outside a regional administration building seized by pro-Russian separatists in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Armed police officers stand guard at the South Railway Station in Urumqi where three people were killed and 79 wounded in a bomb and knife attack, in this image grab from CCTV video shot Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/05/01/world/floods-batter-u-s-southeast-reeling-from-deadly-tornados/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Damage from flash flooding is seen in Pensacola, Florida, on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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