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		<lastmod>2018-04-09T19:43:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The identities of individuals in Japan tend to be  strongly tied to the organizations to which they belong — schools in their student days and companies once they start working.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-04-11T19:50:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-04-11T19:49:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-04-11T19:47:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-04-12T18:21:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-04-12T18:23:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-04-12T18:23:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The aging of Japan's population is creating societal challenges, including the "lonely death" phenomenon involving elderly people whose passing goes unnoticed.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-04-12T18:23:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/04/13/reader-mail/russia-right-wary-nato/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-13T18:02:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/04/13/reader-mail/quake-aid-japans-bad-taste/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-13T18:02:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/04/13/reader-mail/china-poses-dire-threat-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-13T18:02:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-04-13T18:03:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-04-13T18:04:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-04-13T19:30:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/04/13/commentary/japan-commentary/preventing-another-moritomo-scandal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-13T19:29:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Moritomo scandal has impacted the approval ratings of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-04-13T19:28:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/04/14/editorials/boost-renewable-energy-sources/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-14T18:02:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/04/14/commentary/world-commentary/mutant-astronaut-space-gene-wasnt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-14T18:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/04/14/cartoons/sumo-sexism-belly/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-14T18:04:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/04/15/cartoons/referee-signals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-15T00:00:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/04/15/editorials/training-certifying-medical-specialists/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-15T17:00:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/04/15/commentary/world-commentary/ethics-reducing-wealth-inequality/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-15T16:58:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/04/16/editorials/japan-join-call-genuine-sanctions-syria/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-16T19:45:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/04/16/commentary/japan-commentary/from-damascus-to-pyongyang/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-04-16T19:45:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-04-16T19:45:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-04-16T19:45:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-04-17T19:23:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-04-17T19:35:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/04/18/commentary/world-commentary/time-make-water-smart-energy-choices/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2018-04-19T19:05:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Trans-Pacific Partnership Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (fourth from right) and officials from 10 other nations join hands after the signing ceremony for the CPTPP in Santiago on March 8. Japan played a leading role in forging the TPP 11 deal.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-04-19T19:08:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-04-20T13:16:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-04-20T13:17:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-04-20T13:17:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Currently ranked the world's No. 3 city, Tokyo could top the list if it raises its scores in three key indexes.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are seeing eye to eye on many foreign policy issues.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese naval vessels led by the aircraft carrier Liaoning are shown sailing in the East China Sea in April, where they reportedly conducted live-fire drills. China's growing military might has raised regional concerns, but its forces haven't been tested in combat for decades.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/01/commentary/japan-commentary/yet-another-korean-kabuki-play/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-01T19:50:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/01/editorials/valuable-first-step-toward-korean-peace/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-01T19:49:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/01/commentary/japan-commentary/summit-euphoria-now/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-01T19:48:16+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/01/commentary/japan-commentary/spring-blossoms-korean-peninsula/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-01T19:47:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/01/commentary/world-commentary/korea-peace-talks-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-01T19:53:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/01/commentary/japan-commentary/post-summit-period-shrouded-uncertainty-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-01T19:54:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People in Tokyo watch television footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meeting South Korean President Moon Jae-in on April 27.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/02/editorials/telecom-deal-help-challenge-son/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-02T20:09:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/02/commentary/world-commentary/expect-trump-kim-summit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-02T20:08:46+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/02/commentary/japan-commentary/conflicting-concerns-north-korea-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-02T20:10:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/05/reader-mail/singled-airport-police-special-attention/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-05T17:00:25+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/05/reader-mail/no-welcome-mat-narita-international/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-05T17:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/03/editorials/japan-play-proactive-role-climate-change/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-03T16:01:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/03/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-can-fix-gaping-gender-gap/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-03T16:01:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/03/commentary/japan-commentary/why-we-need-globalization/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-03T16:03:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/04/commentary/japan-commentary/japans-bull-market-wouldnt-without-abe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-04T17:01:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-tasker-a-20180503.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japanese stocks have been on a bull run since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took over. Investors should hope that he rides out the storm and keeps the reflationary dynamic going.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/04/editorials/china-india-make-progress/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-04T17:02:32+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/04/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-form-capitalism-works/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-04T22:12:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-koll-a-20180505.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People's reflections are shown in a Tokyo stock indicator. Japan's economy is performing well and deserves more attention as a model of capitalism that manages to balance income growth and income distribution.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/05/commentary/world-commentary/cant-china-make-decent-semiconductors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-05T18:00:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/05/editorials/new-status-foreign-workers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-05T18:02:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/05/cartoons/basketball-bench/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-05T18:04:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/06/cartoons/actualized-squid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-06T00:00:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/07/commentary/japan-commentary/can-really-walk-mr-trump/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-07T19:40:28+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/07/editorials/reject-u-s-trade-unilateralism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-07T19:39:14+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/07/commentary/japan-commentary/changing-indo-pacific-power-dynamics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-07T19:38:03+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/07/commentary/world-commentary/think-innovation-will-save-economy-thats-probably-illusion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-07T19:37:51+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/07/commentary/world-commentary/chocolates-sustainability-challenge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-07T19:37:24+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/07/commentary/world-commentary/bullying-iran-backfire-trump/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-07T19:39:51+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/08/commentary/japan-commentary/finance-ministry-sisters-needed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-08T19:20:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Administrative Vice Finance Minister Junichi Fukuda talks to reporters after tendering his resignation April 18.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/08/editorials/administrative-services-amid-falling-population/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-08T19:19:44+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/08/commentary/world-commentary/politics-machine-learning-algorithms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-08T19:17:03+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/08/commentary/world-commentary/karl-marx-still-relevant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-08T19:23:20+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/08/commentary/world-commentary/china-trump-says-trade/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-08T19:25:20+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/09/editorials/address-issues-raised-lower-age-adulthood/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-09T19:44:15+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/09/commentary/world-commentary/killing-nuclear-pact-first-step/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-09T19:43:16+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/09/commentary/world-commentary/decertifying-iran-deal-dangerous/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-09T19:45:44+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/10/editorials/dangers-posed-iran-deal-decision/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-10T18:49:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/10/commentary/world-commentary/trump-master-art-making-america-grate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-10T18:51:44+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/10/commentary/japan-commentary/toward-free-open-indo-pacific/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-10T18:51:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the APEC CEO Summit, part of the broader APEC leaders' summit, in Danang, Vietnam, on Nov. 10, laying out his broad vision for preserving peace and prosperity across the Indo-Pacific region.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/11/reader-mail/end-long-term-restraint-psychiatric-patients/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-11T17:10:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/11/reader-mail/real-symbolic-discrimination/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-11T17:13:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/11/reader-mail/worst-case-war-peninsula/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-11T17:14:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/11/commentary/world-commentary/beijing-winning-great-south-china-sea-game/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-11T18:29:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-tham-a-20180512.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. freedom of navigation operations in the South China Sea, such as this one conducted by the Nimitz carrier group in 2010, have done little to slow Beijing's efforts to boost its military presence in the disputed waters .]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/11/commentary/world-commentary/u-s-needs-positive-sum-trade-economic-strategy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-11T18:28:26+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/11/editorials/get-bottom-product-data-falsification/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-11T18:32:32+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/12/commentary/world-commentary/demanding-much-certainty-science/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-12T18:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/12/editorials/opposition-merger-failed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-12T18:02:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/12/cartoons/escheresque-boj/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-12T18:04:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/13/cartoons/flabby-road/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-13T00:00:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/13/commentary/japan-commentary/fast-economic-growth-not-enough/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-13T16:28:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/13/editorials/moving-ties-forward-beijing-seoul/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-13T16:36:47+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/13/commentary/japan-commentary/open-doors-key-future/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-13T16:40:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shohei Ohtani's performance with the Los Angeles Angels demonstrates why an open door is good for both the individual seeking to be the best and the organization that wants to win.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/14/commentary/world-commentary/return-hard-liners-heaven/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/14/editorials/mahathir-makes-stunning-comeback/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-14T19:29:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Faced with reams of red tape, educators at Japan's national universities are spending so much time filling out paperwork that their research efforts are suffering.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/14/commentary/world-commentary/china-future-democracy/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/14/commentary/world-commentary/open-skies-can-clear-beijings-orwellian-nonsense/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-14T19:26:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/15/editorials/improve-public-document-system/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-15T23:03:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/15/commentary/world-commentary/america-one-cultures-insults-smart-people/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-15T23:03:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-05-15T23:03:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-05-15T23:38:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Some global warming on Earth is caused by the gravitational pull of Venus and Jupiter. But most of the blame belongs on the third rock from the sun.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/16/editorials/trump-keeps-dangerous-promise/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2018-05-16T18:45:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe toast at an event May 10 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the peace and friendship treaty between China and Japan and to welcome Li in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/16/commentary/world-commentary/nixing-iran-nuclear-deal-containment-option/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/17/commentary/world-commentary/americas-needless-collision-course-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-17T19:10:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Most sensible economists agree that America's trade deficits are the result of domestic structural economic factors, especially low household savings.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/17/editorials/end-big-power-firms-stranglehold-electrical-grid/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/18/reader-mail/iran-nuclear-pact-bad-deal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-18T16:20:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/18/reader-mail/rethink-indian-bullet-train-project/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-18T16:22:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/18/reader-mail/japan-ban-tax-plastic-bags/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-18T16:22:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-05-18T16:24:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-05-18T16:24:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/18/editorials/reforms-drive-domestic-demand-needed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-18T18:28:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-05-18T18:28:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/18/commentary/world-commentary/debt-shackles-return-despite-global-expansion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-18T18:30:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-heise-a-20180519.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Governments continue to repeat the same mistakes, treating debt as a boon for long-term growth, rather than what it is: a source of massive long-term risks.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/19/commentary/world-commentary/ai-apocalypse-not-far-fetched/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-19T18:00:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/19/editorials/fix-gender-imbalance-politics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-19T18:02:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/20/editorials/one-year-mueller-probe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-20T16:36:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-05-20T16:38:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony opening a bridge connecting the Russian mainland with Crimea last Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese Premier Li Keqiang ( left), Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae-in pose for photographers prior to their summit in Tokyo on May 9.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-05-21T19:42:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-05-21T19:46:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/21/commentary/japan-commentary/fukushima-seven-years/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-21T19:46:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People shop at a supermarket in Tomioka, Fukushima. All food produced in Fukushima must pass very stringent safety standards before it can be approved for market distribution.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/21/commentary/japan-commentary/missing-piece-macrons-asia-vision-japan/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/21/commentary/world-commentary/modern-meghan-radicalizes-royals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-21T19:47:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-05-22T20:08:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Would the public be better served if lawmakers — especially those in the opposition — spent their time in the Diet focusing on social and political issues that are important to the nation instead of scandals?]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/22/editorials/review-problems-science-technology-policy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-22T20:09:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-05-22T20:11:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Eric Schneiderman, shown speaking at a February news conference concerning sexual harassment-related civil lawsuits, was forced to resign earlier this month as New York's attorney general after he was accused of physically abusing at least four women while in office.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2011/10/24/commentary/olympus-case-a-black-mark-for-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-05-23T15:47:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-05-23T19:20:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/24/commentary/world-commentary/can-multiparty-democracy-work-multiethnic-malaysia/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Methane hydrate is shown burning. A number of Asia-Pacific nations are actively involved in efforts to use it as an energy source.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The economy ran out of steam in the first quarter of 2018 as export growth, business investment and private consumption weakened, ending the longest growth streak in decades.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wind turbines operate in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture. Japan’s per capita carbon dioxide emissions have increased since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-06-12T19:30:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Too many career bureaucrats  take pride in their ability to convince others that crows are white.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[All possible measures should be taken to encourage couples to have more children.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hokkaido farmer Jin Kawaguchiya transformed the 20-cow operation he inherited into Asia's largest automated milking factory. As computers and robots increasingly replace human workers, democraphics will have less of an impact on nations' economic growth.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (left) shown with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing on June 14, expressed U.S. concerns over China's militarization of its island holdings in the South China Sea during a visit that centered on North Korean issues.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/06/20/commentary/japan-commentary/success-north-korea-still-needs-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-20T21:04:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/06/20/editorials/review-minpaku-regulations-spur-growth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-20T21:04:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/06/21/editorials/u-s-leaves-u-n-human-rights-council/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-21T19:56:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-06-22T19:30:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-06-22T19:31:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/06/23/editorials/step-war-plastic-pollution/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-23T18:02:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/06/23/commentary/world-commentary/trendy-bans-plastic-straws-bunk/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-23T18:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/06/23/cartoons/nk-orea-tightrope/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-23T18:04:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-06-24T00:00:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/06/24/commentary/japan-commentary/problematic-forestry-management-law/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-24T19:40:03+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/06/24/editorials/japan-rethinks-lng-policy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-24T19:39:26+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/06/24/commentary/world-commentary/rediscovering-promise-nuclear-power/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-24T19:38:25+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/06/18/commentary/japan-commentary/japans-way-forward-rudderless-world/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-25T15:17:44+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/06/08/commentary/world-commentary/forging-verifiable-path-nuclear-disarmament/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-25T15:19:10+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/31/commentary/world-commentary/john-bolton-try-sink-trump-kim-summit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-25T19:09:45+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/06/25/editorials/japan-loses-korean-friend/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-25T19:29:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/06/25/commentary/world-commentary/making-china-great/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-25T19:30:25+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/06/25/commentary/world-commentary/u-s-losing-trade-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-25T19:28:07+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/06/25/commentary/world-commentary/the-despot-and-the-diplomat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-25T19:27:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/06/25/commentary/world-commentary/migrant-misery-europe-u-s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-25T19:26:55+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/06/25/commentary/world-commentary/art-melania-trumps-green-jacket/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-25T19:25:44+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/06/26/editorials/fill-gap-nursing-care-workers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-26T19:29:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/06/26/commentary/japan-commentary/time-boj-reconsider-2-percent-inflation-target/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-26T19:28:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-shiraishi-a-20180627.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[More than five years have passed since the Bank of Japan officially adopted a 2 percent inflation target, but inflation remains around 0.1 percent.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/06/26/commentary/world-commentary/brexit-leading-end-global-britain/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-26T19:28:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-06-26T19:52:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-06-26T19:52:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump thanks Harley-Davidson CEO Matthew Levatich for building motorcycles in America on Feb. 2, 2017. Harley-Davidson announced on Monday that it would shift some production overseas to mitigate the impact of EU tariffs targeting its motorcycles that were imposed in response to U.S. levies on steel and aluminum imports .]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/06/26/commentary/japan-commentary/japans-backward-vaccination-policy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-27T12:37:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/06/22/reader-mail/not-usual-japan-hospitality/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-27T15:52:40+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/06/15/reader-mail/little-late-germany/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-27T15:53:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-06-27T15:53:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-06-27T19:35:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-06-27T19:34:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-06-27T19:33:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-06-28T21:43:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-06-28T21:45:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/06/28/commentary/world-commentary/asia-pacific-regions-gender-parity-imperative/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-28T21:45:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/06/29/reader-mail/depopulation-needs-sober-serious-response/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-29T13:11:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/06/29/commentary/japan-commentary/stop-worrying-age-adulthood/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-29T19:59:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan is merely joining the worldwide trend by setting the age of adulthood at 18 years old.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/06/29/editorials/review-police-box-system-light-toyama-attack/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-06-29T19:59:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-06-30T18:00:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-06-30T18:02:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-06-30T18:04:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/07/01/cartoons/staplerpuncture/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The bullish corporate view from Tokyo implies that perhaps a global  trade spat won't hurt as much as some people have feared.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-07-07T18:02:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The answer to the question that Chinese President Xi Jinping  posed in Davos last October — "What has gone wrong with the world?" — might reside in Washington.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Liaoning is the Chinese Navy's sole operational aircraft carrier now, but China plans to add three more aircraft carriers to its fleet by 2025 and may also deploy three amphibious assault ships capable of carrying combat aircraft.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, are deepening ties between Tokyo and New Delhi.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sri Lankans hang out at the site of Colombo Port City, developed by China Harbour Engineering Co. Sri Lanka's interest payments to China come to $11 billion a year.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[We're bigger, but they outnumber us.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Beijing on Monday rejected accusations by U.S. President Donald Trump that it was manipulating its currency to give its exporters an edge,  saying that Washington appeared "bent on provoking a trade war."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/07/24/commentary/world-commentary/iran-faces-consequences-snubbing-trump/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-24T19:47:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/07/24/commentary/world-commentary/trumps-trade-war-triggers-global-slowdown/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-24T19:50:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/07/25/editorials/protect-socially-weak-heat-waves/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-25T19:50:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/07/25/commentary/world-commentary/xi-jinping-curse-strong-leader/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-25T19:50:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/07/25/commentary/world-commentary/protectionism-proves-evidence-unpersuasive/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-25T19:50:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/07/26/commentary/world-commentary/avoid-catastrophic-u-s-iran-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-26T18:36:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/07/26/editorials/rebuild-global-regime-fight-protectionism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-26T18:36:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/07/26/commentary/world-commentary/europe-must-stand/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-26T18:36:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/07/27/reader-mail/poor-names-olympic-mascots/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-27T15:38:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/07/27/reader-mail/oligarchs-behind-military-spending/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-27T15:39:16+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/07/27/reader-mail/thai-boys-showed-great-fortitude/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-27T15:55:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/07/27/reader-mail/outsourcing-teaching-jobs-bad-schools/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-27T16:55:57+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/07/29/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-needs-recurrent-education/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-29T17:59:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[By providing employees with incentives and opportunities to continue their education, companies can improve the quality of their workforce and boost their bottom line.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/07/29/commentary/world-commentary/trump-fighting-wrong-kind-trade-wars/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-29T17:58:51+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/07/29/editorials/yet-another-product-safety-scandal-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-29T18:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/07/27/commentary/world-commentary/north-korea-next-vietnam/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-27T20:01:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Doi Moi policy begun in 1986 has fueled the growth of Vietnam's economy.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/07/27/commentary/japan-commentary/japans-universities-need-global-ties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-27T21:18:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Alibaba Executive Chairman Jack Ma receives an honorary doctoral degree at the University of Hong Kong  on May 18. China and Hong Kong have five of the top 10 institutions of higher education in Asia.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/07/27/editorials/must-not-forget-aum-shinrikyo-crimes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-27T22:21:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/07/28/commentary/world-commentary/outlook-democrats-2020-looks-bleak/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-28T18:00:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/07/28/editorials/watch-putin-lash/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-28T18:02:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/07/29/cartoons/mugicha-rinse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-29T00:00:25+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/07/28/cartoons/microwave-heat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-28T18:04:36+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/07/30/editorials/feeling-heat-climate-change/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-30T19:30:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/07/30/commentary/world-commentary/the-mother-of-all-wars/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-30T19:29:46+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/07/30/commentary/world-commentary/pakistan-imran-khan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-30T19:27:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man walks past a poster of Imran Khan, head of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, at a market in Islamabad on Saturday. The former cricket star's party says it has acquired the support of the lawmakers required to form a coalition government.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/07/30/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-finally-turning-away-coal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-30T19:26:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Coal is displayed at a stockpile site in Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture. Japanese banks are beginning to shift their money away from the controversial fossil fuel.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/07/30/commentary/world-commentary/korean-war-armistice-still-matters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-30T19:25:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Colonel-level discussions between U.S. and North Korean military officials take place on Oct. 11, 1951,  in Panmunjom.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/07/31/editorials/keep-efforts-effectively-fight-child-abuse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-31T19:50:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/07/31/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-going-global-america-looks-inward/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-31T19:50:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe,  European Council President Donald Tusk (left) and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker reach for their pens at a July 17 signing ceremony for a trade deal that will eliminate almost all tariffs between Japan and the EU.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/07/30/commentary/japan-commentary/japans-risky-aegis-ashore-radar-choice/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-07-31T20:35:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Navy Commander Mark Fegley  is interviewed at the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System in Romania on Feb. 18. Japan plans to have two operational Aegis Ashore sites by 2023.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/07/31/commentary/time-empower-japans-chief-medical-officer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-01T11:02:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The lack of a Cabinet-level chief medical officer hinders needed action on public health issues like smoking.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/01/editorials/death-democracy-cambodia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-01T22:10:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/01/commentary/japan-commentary/trade-war-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-01T22:09:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-08-01T22:08:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/02/commentary/japan-commentary/can-help-abused-children/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-02T17:59:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/02/commentary/japan-commentary/bojs-monetary-policy-adjustment-really-just-tweak/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-02T17:59:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda departs from a press conference on Tuesday where he said that the central bank's policy shifts were aimed at making monetary stimulus more sustainable.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/02/editorials/eliminate-bias-sexual-minorities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-02T18:08:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/03/editorials/bojs-2-inflation-target-still-relevant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-03T20:07:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/03/commentary/japan-commentary/japans-coming-productivity-miracle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-03T20:08:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mitsui &amp; Co. employees hold a meeting in a room used for brainstorming ways to improve business performance with new technology. There are solid indications that service-sector firms are beginning to invest in the future.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/04/editorials/doctored-entrance-exam-scores/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-04T18:02:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-08-05T00:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/04/cartoons/king-abe-ishiba/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-04T18:04:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/05/editorials/google-eyes-return-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-05T17:00:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/05/commentary/japan-commentary/japans-nuclear-options/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-05T16:59:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/05/commentary/world-commentary/chinas-summer-discontent/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-05T16:58:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[With problems piling up, Chinese President Xi Jinping needs a new game plan.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/06/editorials/south-china-sea-stakes-not-limited-china-asean/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-06T19:55:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/06/commentary/world-commentary/beijings-south-china-sea-project-must-not-succeed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-06T19:53:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/06/commentary/world-commentary/donald-trump-effective-president/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-06T19:52:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/06/commentary/world-commentary/u-s-makes-lost-diplomatic-ground-south-china-sea/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vietnamese State President Tran Dai Quang and U.S. President Donald Trump review an honor guard in Hanoi on Nov. 12.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Naval ships from various nations participating in RIMPAC 2018 assemble for a photo exercise off the coast of Hawaii on July 26.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-08-07T13:31:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-08-07T13:37:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The world has grown smaller and more closely connected in the postwar period.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-08-07T20:11:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan's preference for cash may make it difficult for the BOJ to continue its policy of negative interest rates.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Under President Xi Jinping, China has decided that it would rather be feared than liked.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-08-10T16:11:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-08-10T19:06:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/10/commentary/japan-commentary/bank-japan-committed-low-rates-now/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-10T19:07:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-08-10T19:07:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo Medical University officials apologize at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/10/editorials/keep-fight-eliminate-nuclear-weapons/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-10T19:08:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/11/commentary/world-commentary/theres-nothing-wrong-wrong/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-11T18:00:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/11/editorials/trump-puts-faith-sanctions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-11T18:02:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-08-12T00:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/13/editorials/adhere-free-trade-rules-talks-u-s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-13T19:45:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/13/commentary/japan-commentary/gender-discrimination-nations-dignity-questioned/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-13T19:43:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/13/commentary/world-commentary/globalization-chinese-characteristics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-13T19:42:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-08-13T19:41:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/13/commentary/world-commentary/two-pioneers-new-politics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-13T19:40:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is being investigated for a breach of conduct by the Conservative Party after saying burqa-wearing Muslim women resemble bank robbers.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/13/commentary/world-commentary/birds-feather-fall-sometimes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-14T12:04:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/14/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-potential-keep-global-free-trade-alive/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-14T19:39:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/14/commentary/world-commentary/global-patent-market-spur-growth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-14T19:38:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Under current arrangements, World Trade Organization rules are holding back growth because they fail to encourage firms to "share" their technology with one another.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-08-14T19:37:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-08-14T19:35:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump, shown at an Aug. 4 rally in Ohio, has captured Americans' resentment about China's rise, which many of them believe has come at their expense.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/14/editorials/keep-memories-war-alive-future-generations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-14T19:44:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-08-15T20:30:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-08-15T20:29:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A new study shows that men who measured more extroverted than average earned an additional $490,000 over their lifetimes.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The internet is a rich resource for lifelong learning at any age.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An early prototype of Watson is shown in 2011 at IBM's research center in New York. The cognitive supercomputer is being used to help doctors diagnose and treat certain kinds of cancer.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/17/reader-mail/make-todai-great/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-17T14:32:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-08-17T14:32:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-08-17T14:33:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-08-17T14:37:23+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/17/commentary/world-commentary/financiers-can-agents-positive-change/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-17T19:45:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-08-17T19:46:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shigeru Ishiba, a former state minister for regional revitalization, faces an uphill battle in his bid to replace Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as president of the Liberal Democratic Party.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/17/editorials/extending-retirement-age-civil-servants/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-17T19:46:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/17/commentary/japan-commentary/hugh-cortazzi-ex-envoy-jt-columnist-dies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-18T11:18:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/18/commentary/world-commentary/workplace-programs-correlate-wellness/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-18T18:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/18/editorials/interrogation-videos-evidence/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-18T22:03:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/19/editorials/india-loses-icon/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-19T15:45:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/19/commentary/japan-commentary/gsdf-taking-waves/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-19T15:47:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Ground Self-Defense Force's new Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade carries out a demonstration exercise April 7 in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/20/commentary/japan-commentary/uighurs-one-chinas-56-nations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-20T19:11:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Paramilitary police patrol a Uighur neighborhood in Urumqi, Xinjiang province, China, in July 2009.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/20/commentary/world-commentary/specter-ethnic-cleansing-coming-india/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-20T19:13:51+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/20/commentary/world-commentary/democracy-needs-press-opposition-party/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-20T19:14:05+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/20/editorials/kofi-annan-african-lion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-20T19:14:11+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/20/commentary/world-commentary/u-s-needs-cyberforce-space-force/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-20T19:14:40+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/20/commentary/world-commentary/will-inflation-kill-u-s-economy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-20T19:14:47+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/21/commentary/japan-commentary/lessons-30-years-heisei-era/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-21T18:48:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko watch as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe walks toward the altar during the annual official memorial service for war victims on Aug. 15 in Tokyo. The Emperor is due to abdicate next April 30, which will bring an end to the Heisei Era.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/21/commentary/world-commentary/anti-dollar-mavericks-cant-win-just-yet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-21T18:53:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Is the Chinese currency rising on the world stage? Don't bet on it, many economists warn.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/21/commentary/world-commentary/trumps-extreme-politics-will-outlast/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-21T18:54:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-cowen-a-20180822.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Causes that might have once seemed hopeless or unlikely will now attract more supporters, in the hope that maybe they will prove winners against the odds.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/21/commentary/world-commentary/will-happens-turkey-stay-turkey/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-21T18:54:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A shop owner stands next to a currency exchange shop in Istanbul on Friday as Turkey's lira fell once again amid exchanged threats with the United States.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/21/commentary/world-commentary/u-s-overdue-another-lehman-type-episode/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-21T18:55:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-will-a-20180822.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Just remember that those who don't see another Lehman-type meltdown on the horizon didn't see the last one coming either.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/22/commentary/world-commentary/china-use-little-u-s-style-suburban-sprawl/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-22T18:51:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-sen-a-20180823.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hundreds of millions of workers have migrated from rural China to urban-area residential towers, like these in Beijing.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/22/editorials/daylight-saving-time-2020-olympic-games/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-22T18:54:29+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/22/commentary/world-commentary/u-s-economy-midterms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-22T18:54:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump and Terry Gou, chairman of Foxconn Technology Group (second from right), break ground for a Foxconn facility in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, on June 28. Trump was full of praise for the Taiwanese company that has promised to bring jobs to a state critical to his re-election.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/23/commentary/japan-commentary/bidding-sir-hugh-cortazzi-farewell/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-23T17:20:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sir Hugh Cortazzi]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/23/commentary/world-commentary/turkey-u-s-tiff-reveals-deep-nato-woes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-23T17:20:36+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/23/editorials/look-trump-warpath/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-23T17:22:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/24/reader-mail/simple-solution-olympic-heat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-24T16:25:53+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/24/reader-mail/gov-onaga-okinawan-soft-power/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-24T16:26:02+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/24/reader-mail/learning-learn-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-24T16:26:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/24/reader-mail/problems-living-digital-age/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-24T16:26:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/24/commentary/world-commentary/global-environmental-threat-made-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-24T20:16:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A child bathes Wednesday in the Irrawaddy, Myanmar's longest river fed by waters from Tibetan springs and Himalayan glaciers.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/24/commentary/japan-commentary/looking-beyond-work-style-reform/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-24T20:16:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-solomon-a-20180825.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[In exchange for job security, Japanese firms have demanded higher loyalty from employees than required elsewhere. Talented salarymen are also underpaid compared with their peers at non-Japanese companies.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/24/editorials/boost-warnings-children-internet-risks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-24T20:17:16+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/25/cartoons/mission-impossible-abe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-25T18:04:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/26/cartoons/fuji-coffee/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-26T00:00:22+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/25/commentary/world-commentary/facebook-twitter-violence-linked/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-25T18:00:44+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/25/editorials/weak-fragmented-opposition/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-25T18:02:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/26/editorials/a-voyage-into-the-future/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-26T17:30:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/26/commentary/world-commentary/populist-war-intelligence/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-26T17:29:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-harrington-a-20180827.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[John Brennan, former director of the CIA, speaks during a House Intelligence Committee hearing in May 2017. U.S. President Donald Trump has stripped him of his security clearance.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/26/commentary/world-commentary/soviet-unions-collapse-gets-revisionist-view/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-26T17:28:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-bershidsky-a-20180827.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian President Boris Yeltsin (foreground left) addresses the crowd from atop a tank in Moscow during an attempted coup on Aug. 19, 1991]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/27/editorials/turnbull-scores-settled-canberra/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-27T19:45:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/27/commentary/japan-commentary/paying-tribute-man-american-dignity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-27T19:44:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-miyake-a-20180828.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Sen. John McCain greets Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a reception at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington in February 2017. Also in attendance was House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/27/commentary/world-commentary/emerging-vulnerabilities-emerging-economies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-27T19:43:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/p9-spence-a-20180828.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-spence-a-20180828.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pedestrians sit on the steps of a Turkiye Is Bankasi AS, also known as Isbank, branch in Istanbul on Aug. 13. Some analysts fear Turkey's lira turmoil could herald a financial crisis.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/27/commentary/world-commentary/still-arguing-lehman-collapse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-27T19:42:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/p9-samuelson-a-20180828.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-samuelson-a-20180828.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nothing like the crisis sparked by the 2008 collapse of the Lehman Brothers investment bank had occurred in the U.S. since the Great Depression of the 1930s.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/27/commentary/japan-commentary/japans-baby-bust-opening-experimentation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-27T19:57:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-smith-a-20180828.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An elderly couple walk past an advertisement displaying a picture of a baby in Tokyo in December 2008. Experts say there are two ways to stabilize the Japanese population: immigration and higher fertility.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/27/commentary/world-commentary/ibms-watson-failed-cancer-ai-may-win/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-27T19:57:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-flam-a-20180828.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The experts haven't figured out how to computerize medical intuition — yet. But it's likely only a matter of time before artificial intelligence will be up to the challenge.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/28/editorials/trump-losing-patience-kim/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-28T19:40:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/28/commentary/japan-commentary/address-japans-demographic-fiscal-woes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-28T19:39:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Day care workers get ready to guide a group of children across a Tokyo street in June 2017. Japan could take a page from France's book when it comes to raising the fertility rate.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/28/commentary/world-commentary/chinas-belt-road-debt-trap/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-28T19:38:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/28/commentary/world-commentary/u-n-regulate-high-seas-fishing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-28T19:37:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-dyer-a-20180829.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Out beyond nations' exclusive economic zones is still the "high seas," where nobody regulates the fishing. That's half of the planet's entire surface.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/28/commentary/world-commentary/trumps-mexico-trade-deal-reveals-another-deficit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-28T19:36:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray (third from right), Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo (second from right),  and Jesus Seade (right), President-elect Andres Obrador's trade representative, meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/28/commentary/world-commentary/end-australias-democratic-pantomime/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-28T19:35:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Outgoing Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull waves farewell while holding his granddaughter, Alice, during a news conference in Canberra last Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/29/commentary/world-commentary/climate-fights-next-turning-point/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-29T19:33:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-espinosa-hidalgo-a-20180830.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Turbines line a wind farm in Aomori Prefecture. Globally, renewable power accounted for 70 percent of net additions to power generating capacity in 2017.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/29/commentary/world-commentary/trumps-bogus-google-claims-stir-tech-risk/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-29T19:33:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-ovide-a-20180830.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump is wrong on the facts, but his complaints underscore the business threats to tech companies from largely disingenuous complaints by right-wingers.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/30/commentary/world-commentary/master-class-art-political-survival/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-30T19:04:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Kursk in World War II on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/30/commentary/japan-commentary/pro-growth-education-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-30T19:06:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-hamada-a-20180831.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japanese schools continue to emphasize rote learning, with students memorizing facts and formulas rather than practicing critical thinking, problem solving and conflict resolution.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/30/editorials/secure-proper-conditions-foreign-workers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-30T19:06:50+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/31/reader-mail/north-korea-u-s-kill/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-31T16:45:24+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/31/reader-mail/joys-writing-senryu/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-31T16:45:52+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/31/reader-mail/kofi-annan-peace-loving-lion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-31T16:46:20+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/31/reader-mail/building-character-harajuku/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-31T16:46:33+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/02/cartoons/disaster-day-larry/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-02T00:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/01/cartoons/opposition-jigsaw/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-01T18:04:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[ca20180902eda.jpg]]></image:title>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/31/commentary/world-commentary/can-u-s-media-stand-press-freedom/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-31T20:06:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A staff member for U.S. President Donald Trump blocks a camera as a photojournalist attempts to take a photo of a protester during a rally in Evansville, Indiana, on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/31/commentary/world-commentary/nafta-dead-long-live-nafta/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-31T20:06:52+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/31/editorials/prepared-disasters-hit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-08-31T22:47:52+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/01/commentary/world-commentary/shareholders-always-come-first/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-01T18:00:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-smith-a-20180902.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Can there be a seat in the boardroom for mere workers?]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/01/editorials/jobs-people-disabilities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-01T18:02:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/02/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-savings-superpower-world/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-02T17:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-koll-a-20180903.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan's renaissance as the world champion surplus saver and source of financial capital is a key consequence of Abenomics and the domestic economic recovery.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/02/editorials/arms-russian-exercises/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-02T16:59:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/02/commentary/world-commentary/corruption-matter-voters-depends/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-02T16:58:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-mihm-a-20180903.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Supporters and protesters scuffle during a rally staged by U.S. President Donald Trump in Tampa, Florida, on July 31]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/03/editorials/confusing-deal-u-s-mexico/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-03T19:20:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/03/commentary/japan-commentary/killing-peace-process-kindness/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-03T19:19:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Palestinian students attend a lesson at a school operated by United Nations Relief and Works Agency in the Al-Baqaa Palestinian refugee camp in Jordan last Thursday. The United States, by far the biggest contributor to the agency, announced it was halting its funding for the organization, which it labelled "irredeemably flawed."]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/03/commentary/japan-commentary/strategic-framework-works-japan-india/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-03T19:18:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-joshi-a-20180904.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe inspect an E5 series bullet train locomotive at a Kawasaki Heavy Industries plant in Kobe in November 2016. Modi picked Japan as a partner for India's first high-speed rail line.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/03/commentary/world-commentary/u-s-middle-economic-boom/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-03T19:17:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/03/commentary/world-commentary/china-outgrows-role-factory-world/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-03T19:16:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-moss-a-20180904.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Chinese economy is becoming less export-dependent and more tied to domestic consumption. It used to export just about everything and import almost nothing .]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/03/commentary/world-commentary/electric-vehicles-day-comes-will-suddenly/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-03T19:15:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Toyota super-compact electric vehicles are charged at the Smart Mobility Park electric mobility charging station Toyota, Aichi Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/04/editorials/review-civil-code-rules-paternity-denial/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-04T19:40:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/04/commentary/japan-commentary/use-moral-authority-hiroshima/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-04T19:39:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People pray in front of the Cenotaph for A-bomb Victims in the city of Hiroshima on Aug. 6.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/04/commentary/world-commentary/can-u-s-economic-sanctions-break-iran/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-04T19:38:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Iranians burn a photo of U.S. President Donald Trump during a protest in Tehran.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/04/commentary/world-commentary/taiwan-must-not-u-s-bargaining-chip/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-04T19:37:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taiwanese military vehicles roll through Taipei during a National Day parade carrying U.S.-made Javelin anti-tank missiles.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/04/commentary/world-commentary/may-facing-textbook-emerging-market-crisis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-04T19:41:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-das-a-20180905.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Truck drivers strike in Buenos Aires: The ripples are widening.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/04/commentary/world-commentary/cash-ban-may-driven-indians-away-banks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-04T19:41:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/05/commentary/japan-commentary/need-sense-crisis-depopulation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-05T19:40:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People exercise on Respect for the Aged Day at a temple in the Sugamo neighborhood in Toshima Ward, Tokyo, in September 2016. The proportion of Japan's aged has been rising steadily for decades.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/05/editorials/chinas-belt-road-age-5/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-05T19:39:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/06/commentary/world-commentary/rise-state-capitalism-2-0/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-06T19:53:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-amico-a-20180907.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Middle East is just one region around the world where a state-driven economic revolution is unfolding.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/06/editorials/substantial-policy-debate-needed-ldp-race/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-06T19:55:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/06/commentary/world-commentary/economists-gear-challenge-monopolies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-06T19:55:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-smith-a-20180906.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt loved his  public image as a "trust buster."]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/07/reader-mail/stick-legitimate-english-techniques/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-07T16:12:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/07/reader-mail/japan-need-tourists/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-07T16:12:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/07/reader-mail/foreign-workers-underreported/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-07T16:16:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/07/editorials/sad-day-myanmar/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-07T18:19:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/07/commentary/world-commentary/china-vast-market-enemy-no-1/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-07T18:19:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-brands-a-20180908.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a welcome ceremony in Beijing last November. In the 1990s and early 2000s, it was widely assumed Beijing would eventually liberalize economically and politically. Now, that rosy scenario has largely been abandoned.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/07/commentary/japan-commentary/robots-hype-nidec-may-answer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-07T18:19:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A robotic arm is demonstrated at an exhibit in Tokyo last April. Nidec Corp., with its knack for anticipating major business trends, has been investing heavily in robotics.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/09/cartoons/takadanobaba/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-09T00:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/08/cartoons/abe-platform-rug/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-08T16:04:11+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/08/editorials/turning-new-page/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-08T16:17:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-edi-Shibaura-a-20180909.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Changing times: The Japan Times' presence in Tokyo's Shibaura district has gone through many alterations over the years.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/10/editorials/naomi-osaka-newest-hero/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-10T20:45:44+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
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		<lastmod>2018-09-10T20:44:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/10/commentary/world-commentary/beijing-losing-new-cold-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-10T23:42:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/10/commentary/world-commentary/trumps-assault-palestinian-refugees/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-10T23:42:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Palestinian protesters demonstrate against the U.S. cut in UNRWA funds in front of the Head office of the West Bank town of Hebron Sept. 8 .]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/11/editorials/brace-risks-unanticipated-disasters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-11T19:29:29+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/11/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-must-support-alliance-u-s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-11T19:27:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe participates in an expanded bilateral meeting with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Feb. 7 in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/11/commentary/world-commentary/wild-sheep-can-teach-humans-leadership/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-11T19:26:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Both good leaders and followers are necessary for wild bighorn sheep to migrate.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/11/commentary/world-commentary/swedish-vote-another-populist-failure/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-11T19:25:53+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/11/commentary/japan-commentary/u-s-china-plaza-accord/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-11T22:25:05+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/29/editorials/promoting-regional-bank-mergers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-12T18:48:52+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/12/editorials/regional-banks-unscrupulous-lending-bites-back/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-12T19:51:31+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/12/commentary/world-commentary/climate-hurricanes-hazards-connecting-dots/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-12T19:51:48+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/12/commentary/world-commentary/center-left-receding-worldwide/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-13T07:43:43+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/11/commentary/japan-commentary/omotenashi-underlies-japans-low-economic-productivity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-13T10:19:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Security guards man an entrance gate to the construction site of the New National Stadium in Tokyo. The widespread use of unessential workers in the name of omotenashi increases Japan's labor costs and reduces its productivity levels.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/13/editorials/decade-lehman-shock/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-13T18:50:50+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/13/commentary/japan-commentary/serena-williams-owes-triple-apology/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-14T14:24:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Serena Williams, shown after missing a shot during last Saturday's U.S. Open final against Naomi Osaka, was the perpetrator, not the victim, of unprovoked abuse.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/13/commentary/japan-commentary/lies-behind-putins-peace-proposal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-14T14:26:43+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/14/reader-mail/docs-need-sleep-pods/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-14T18:32:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/14/reader-mail/troubling-word-choice-article/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-14T18:33:14+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/14/reader-mail/airport-questions-deserve-answers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-14T18:33:57+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/14/reader-mail/public-safety-commerce-please/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-14T18:34:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/14/reader-mail/resiliency-face-many-disasters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-14T18:34:30+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/10/commentary/japan-commentary/much-damage-done/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-14T18:34:55+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/16/cartoons/dog-collar/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-16T00:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/15/cartoons/conan-the-negotiator/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-15T18:04:01+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/14/commentary/world-commentary/anonymous-insider-trump-resisters-not-heroes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-14T21:59:17+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/14/commentary/japan-commentary/where-is-japan-going-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-14T21:59:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-murakami-a-20180915.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Apathy has become normal in Japan and a majority of society feels numb.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/14/editorials/shelving-territory-row-russia-unacceptable/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-14T22:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/15/commentary/world-commentary/putin-softening-internet-memes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-15T18:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/15/editorials/end-guidelines-hiring-new-grads/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-15T18:02:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/16/editorials/japan-leans-forward-ev-chargers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-16T17:30:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/16/commentary/world-commentary/really-creates-growth-economy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-16T17:29:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/16/commentary/world-commentary/trump-playing-dangerous-asian-game/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-16T17:28:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and Indian Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman exchange agreements in New Delhi on Sept. 6.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/17/editorials/reviewing-hometown-tax-donation-system/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-17T17:30:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/17/commentary/world-commentary/china-expands-control-south-china-sea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-17T17:29:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter carrier Kaga and destroyers Inazuma and Suzutsuki sail with the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier and two other U.S. warships in the South China Sea on Aug. 31.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/17/commentary/world-commentary/global-warmings-paper-trail/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-17T17:28:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-franta-a-20180918.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Despite findings linking fossil fuels to ecological damage and global warming, big oil companies kept their data secret and then lied about it, potentially dooming the rest of us.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/17/commentary/world-commentary/education-age-automation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-17T17:27:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Countries need to ensure that all of their residents have access to high quality education and training programs that meet the needs of the labor market.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/17/commentary/world-commentary/trigger-warning-embarrassing-fragility-campuses/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-17T17:26:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[While the University of California student population grew by 33 percent between 1997-2008, the number of senior administrators soared by 125 percent.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/17/commentary/world-commentary/way-move-forward-north-korea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-17T17:25:41+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/12/commentary/world-commentary/anonymous-b-s-thats-fit-print/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-18T09:36:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/18/editorials/u-s-puts-squeeze-palestinians/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-18T19:44:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-09-18T19:43:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/18/commentary/world-commentary/legacies-financial-crisis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-18T19:41:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/18/commentary/world-commentary/the-trial-of-the-century-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-18T19:40:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/19/editorials/beef-disaster-defense-key-infrastructure/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-19T19:20:08+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/19/commentary/japan-commentary/climate-change-race-time/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-19T19:19:26+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/19/commentary/japan-commentary/abe-strike-irons-hot-revising-article-9/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-19T19:19:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p12-gover-a-20180920.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[If Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is elected to a third term as president of the Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday, as expected, he will be at the height of his remaining political power and in the best position to pursue his long-held goal of revising the Constitution's Article 9.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/20/commentary/world-commentary/kofi-annan-united-nations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-20T18:50:14+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/20/commentary/japan-commentary/adapting-fourth-industrial-revolution/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-20T18:50:33+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/20/editorials/now-abe-must-set-priorities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-20T18:50:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/21/reader-mail/trump-despises-democracy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-21T15:03:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/21/reader-mail/japan-lags-behind-digital-world/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-21T15:03:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/21/reader-mail/will-japan-ever-truly-accept-half-japanese/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-21T15:03:59+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/21/reader-mail/look-independent-viewpoints-climate-change/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-21T15:05:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/21/commentary/japan-commentary/clear-strategy-needed-inviting-foreign-labor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-21T20:19:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/p8-Asahina-a-20180922.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-Asahina-a-20180922.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese men participating in the Technical Intern Training Program stand in front of their dormitory in Hokota, Ibaraki Prefecture, in May 2013. The government has expanded this program to fill a severe shortage of unskilled labor.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/21/commentary/japan-commentary/japans-first-submarine-visit-vietnam-matters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-21T20:20:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/p8-Parameswara-a-20180922.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-Parameswara-a-20180922.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[After participating in an anti-submarine exercise in the South China Sea with three other Japanese warships, the Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine Kuroshio began a five-day port call in Vietnam on Monday — a first for the two nations.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/21/editorials/progress-perhaps-pyongyang/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-21T20:20:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/22/cartoons/abe-ishiba-sumo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-22T18:04:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ca20180923eda.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[ca20180923eda.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/23/cartoons/vuitton-tea-bag/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-23T00:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ca20180923rda.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[ca20180923rda.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/22/commentary/world-commentary/trump-just-symptom-americas-illness/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-22T18:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/22/editorials/tourism-rising-land-prices/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-22T22:04:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/23/editorials/keep-efforts-recover-depleted-bluefin-tuna-stock/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-23T17:00:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/23/commentary/world-commentary/myth-stable-cryptocurrency/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-23T16:58:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/p7-eichengreen-a-20180924.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-eichengreen-a-20180924.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/24/commentary/japan-commentary/tokyo-can-deal-trump-unilateralism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-24T17:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/p8-nagy-a-20180925.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-nagy-a-20180925.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Now that he has achieved domestic political stability by winning re-election as president of the ruling party, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe can more effectively deal with a number of pressing foreign policy issues.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/24/commentary/japan-commentary/constitutional-reform-key-securing-indo-pacific/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-24T16:58:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/p8-Farley-a-20180925.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-Farley-a-20180925.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An Indonesian Navy band welcomes the Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Suzutsuki as it arrives in Jakarta on Sept. 18 as part of a two month Indo-Pacific tour with the helicopter carrier Kaga and the destroyer Inazuma.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/24/commentary/world-commentary/space-junk-presents-clear-present-danger/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-24T16:56:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/p9-buchanan-a-20190925.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-buchanan-a-20190925.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A sufficient density of man-made debris could set the stage for a fragmentary chain reaction that would quickly render the entire space around Earth unusable.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/23/commentary/japan-commentary/stop-talking-innovation-act/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-25T11:41:18+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/p7-ishikura-a-20180924.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-ishikura-a-20180924.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Once upon a time, Japanese were considered great innovators, like when Sony came up with the Walkman.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/24/commentary/world-commentary/extreme-weather-ballot-box/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-25T19:09:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/p9-thomas-a-20180925.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-thomas-a-20180925.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bob Richling carries Iris Darden, 84, out of her flooded home in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence in Spring Lake, N.C., on Sept. 17. The day is fast approaching when fires, droughts and storms exacerbated by global warming will dwarf our ability to respond.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/25/editorials/trump-ups-ante-trade-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-25T19:40:31+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/p8-edi-trade-a-20180926.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-edi-trade-a-20180926.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/25/commentary/world-commentary/thucydidess-fallacy-not-trap/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-25T19:39:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/25/commentary/world-commentary/hard-work-constructing-liberalism-3-0/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-25T19:38:39+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/p9-samuelson-a-20180926.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-samuelson-a-20180926.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/25/commentary/world-commentary/china-losing-world/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-25T19:37:05+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/p9-brown-a-20180926.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-brown-a-20180926.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/25/commentary/japan-commentary/japans-economy-starting-new-chapter/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-25T19:36:19+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/p9-moss-a-20180926.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-moss-a-20180926.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Far from fizzling, Japan may be on the cusp of an economic boom, according to a comprehensive report by Morgan Stanley.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/25/commentary/japan-commentary/abe-spend-next-three-years/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-25T19:35:28+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/p8-smith-a-20180926.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-smith-a-20180926.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, shown after winning the LDP leadership election on Sept. 20, should focus his efforts on deepening and solidifying Japan's economic resurgence.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/26/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-heading-leadership-vacuum/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-26T19:40:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/p8-tatsumi-a-20180927.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-tatsumi-a-20180927.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The lack of an heir apparent within the Liberal Democratic Party and the absence of a credible opposition force means that Japan may face a leadership vacuum when Shinzo Abe's tenure as prime minister ends.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/26/commentary/world-commentary/trumps-u-n-speech-almost-adds-doctrine/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-26T19:39:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/p8-lake-a-20180927.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-lake-a-20180927.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/26/editorials/keeping-elderly-workers-labor-force-longer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-27T09:02:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/27/editorials/dont-deviate-multilateral-free-trade-values/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-27T18:31:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/28/reader-mail/praise-asteroid-landing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-28T17:52:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/28/reader-mail/keep-eye-shinjiro-koizumi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-28T17:52:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/28/reader-mail/saying-farewell-shibaura/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-28T17:53:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/28/reader-mail/jr-prevent-suicides/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-28T17:58:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/28/commentary/japan-commentary/japans-successful-economic-model/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-28T19:52:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/p8-turner-a-20180925.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-turner-a-20180925.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Although Japan's GDP growth lags behind most other developed economies, as a machine for delivering prosperity to a wide range of citizens the Japanese economy compares well today with almost any other.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/28/editorials/trumps-u-n-speech-no-laughing-matter/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-28T19:53:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/28/commentary/world-commentary/kavanaugh-sex-scandals-teach-us-extremism-ok/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-28T19:53:37+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/29/cartoons/__trashed-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-29T23:06:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ca20180930eda.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[ca20180930eda.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/29/editorials/takanohana-exit-big-loss-sumo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-29T23:06:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/29/commentary/world-commentary/the-restructuring-of-the-world/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-29T23:06:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/29/cartoons/yall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-29T23:07:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ca20180930rda.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[ca20180930rda.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/30/editorials/postcards-from-the-heavens/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-30T18:27:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/30/commentary/world-commentary/america-away-death-penalty/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-09-30T18:27:10+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/p13-will-a-20181001.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p13-will-a-20181001.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The government is already too full of itself, and investing it with the power to inflict death on anyone exacerbates its sense of majesty and delusions of adequacy.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/10/01/commentary/world-commentary/voters-keep-supporting-politicians-keep-lying/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-01T19:15:27+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/10/01/commentary/world-commentary/storm-warning-fossil-fuel-industry/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-01T19:24:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-litvin-a-20181002.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/10/01/commentary/world-commentary/ruining-people-still-considered-sport/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-01T19:27:29+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/10/01/editorials/pursue-dialogue-resolve-henoko-relocation-standoff/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-01T19:27:46+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/10/01/commentary/world-commentary/president-moon-jae-driving-korea-peace-train/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-01T19:28:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/p9-thakur-a-20181002.jpg</image:loc>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/10/01/commentary/japan-commentary/five-reasons-take-putins-treaty-suggestion-seriously/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-01T19:33:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin shouldn't allow domestic opposition to undermine their efforts to conclude a peace treaty.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[If Prime Minister Shinzo Abe can meet the challenge of formulating policies that will make the economy better for the next generation he will have succeeded in leaving a legacy for his long-running administration.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Economist Paul Romer, co-winner of the 2018 economics Nobel Prize, has studied the way innovation drives prosperity and has looked at ways to encourage it.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The idea that Japan is sunk, locked in inexorable decline and lacking China's star power looks increasingly dated under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's leadership.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-10-22T18:57:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-10-22T18:58:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tennis star Naomi Osaka is a role model for a more global, open-minded Japan.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, seen here during Modi's last visit to Japan in November 2016, will hold a summit in Tokyo on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-10-26T15:19:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-10-26T15:19:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-10-26T15:19:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-10-27T18:04:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-10-28T00:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-10-26T20:04:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi views an E5 series locomotive with Prime Minister Abe during his November 2016 visit to Japan. The E5 model was chosen for India's  first bullet train line, which will operate between Mumbai and Ahmedabad.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/10/26/commentary/japan-commentary/three-odd-points-abes-tax-hike/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-26T20:05:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Efforts should be made to trim the fiscal debt, but a consumption tax hike may do more harm than good.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/10/26/editorials/continuing-problem-school-bullying/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-26T20:05:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/10/27/editorials/shameful-government-padding/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-27T18:02:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/10/27/commentary/world-commentary/algorithms-charting-great-unknown/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-27T18:00:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Researchers tend to cluster and mine the same familiar territory. Artificial intelligence can overcome that tendency and point to new questions.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/10/28/commentary/world-commentary/long-sino-american-trade-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-28T16:14:13+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/10/28/commentary/world-commentary/trumps-floundering-north-korea-strategy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-28T16:14:18+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/10/28/editorials/restore-public-trust-university-entrance-exams/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-28T16:17:17+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/10/29/editorials/sri-lanka-crisis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-29T19:52:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/10/29/commentary/japan-commentary/mass-media-democracy-prewar-postwar-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-29T19:52:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gives a speech on Oct. 23 in Tokyo at a ceremony marking the 150th anniversary of the era of Emperor Meiji, under whose rein Japan's modernization started.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/10/29/commentary/world-commentary/trumps-tapped-smartphone-mirrors-foreign-policy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-29T19:52:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-brands-a-20181030.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese intelligence officials have allegedly been constructing a virtual map of U.S. President Donald Trump's contacts and confidants by eavesdropping on his phone calls, with the goal of using businessmen and other Chinese cutouts to influence associates of those contacts.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/10/29/commentary/world-commentary/no-sitting-not-worse-smoking/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-29T19:56:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Plus 10 points for standing, minus 15 points for smoking.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/10/29/commentary/world-commentary/ignore-news-america-seems-pretty-nice/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-29T19:56:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-fox-a-20181030.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[No news can be good news when taking America's pulse.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/10/30/editorials/japan-india-ties-go-beyond-countering-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-30T19:20:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/10/30/commentary/japan-commentary/match-good-true/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-30T19:19:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping  before a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Oct. 26.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/10/30/commentary/world-commentary/u-s-fonops-upholding-freedom-stirring-trouble/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-30T19:18:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-roy-a-20181031.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson confirms Monday at a news conference in Quezon City, Philippines, that the U.S. Navy will continue patrolling the South China Sea even after a Chinese destroyer came dangerously close to one of its ships during a "freedom of navigation" operation this month near a disputed reef.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/10/30/commentary/world-commentary/u-s-political-violence-starts-top/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-30T19:43:59+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/10/30/commentary/world-commentary/electric-vehicle-future-will-run-two-wheels/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-30T19:47:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Chinese couple ride an electric scooter in Shandong province. Asia's emerging middle class appears open to the idea of e-scooters if the price is right and charging is convenient.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/10/30/commentary/world-commentary/americas-midterm-elections-turn-menacing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-30T19:47:48+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/10/31/commentary/japan-commentary/election-system-best-suits-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-31T19:29:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/p10-Deguchi-a-20181101.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p10-Deguchi-a-20181101.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[It is the foundation of democracy that each vote cast is equal in value. However, inequality in the value of votes between populous and less populous electoral districts has been a long-standing problem in Japan.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/10/31/editorials/south-korea-court-ruling-bad-news-bilateral-ties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-31T19:31:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/10/31/commentary/world-commentary/transparency-for-tuna/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-01T11:35:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p10-Christian-a-20181101.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The eight Pacific island states that make up the Parties to the Nauru Agreement  may look like dots on the map, but they command an expanse of ocean greater than the size of Europe and are global powerhouses when it comes to tuna.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/01/editorials/china-expands-presence-antarctica/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-01T18:42:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/01/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-adopt-daylight-saving-time/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-01T18:42:12+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/01/commentary/world-commentary/tsunami-clear-ever-present-danger/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-01T18:43:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/01/commentary/world-commentary/green-lobbys-misdirected-anger/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-01T18:43:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/02/reader-mail/asean-support-fonops-unclear/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-02T16:46:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/02/reader-mail/long-way-full-acceptance-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-02T16:46:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/04/cartoons/on-this-spot/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-04T00:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/03/cartoons/smoke-mirrors-denial/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-03T18:04:13+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/02/commentary/japan-commentary/boj-focused-2-inflation-target/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-02T18:42:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/02/commentary/world-commentary/climate-change-scary-rat-explosion-scarier/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-02T18:43:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/02/editorials/merkels-exit-may-test-germanys-liberal-values/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-02T18:44:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/02/commentary/world-commentary/new-tyranny-dollar/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-02T18:44:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump announces on May 8 that Washington will withdraw from the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal and reinstate financial sanctions on Tehran. The sanctions are to go into force Nov. 4.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/03/editorials/cut-back-disposable-plastic/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-03T18:02:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/03/commentary/world-commentary/zero-carbon-economy-within-reach/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-03T18:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/p7-turner-a-20181104.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-turner-a-20181104.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Getting to net zero carbon emissions in just four decades is a huge challenge. But the good news is that it's technically feasible — and at an acceptably low cost.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/04/commentary/japan-commentary/good-deflation-right-kind-intervention/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-04T18:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/p7-koll-a-20181105.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-koll-a-20181105.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Abe administration's pressure on mobile phone companies to cut costs is an example of good deflation.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/04/editorials/another-reminder-north-korean-rights-abuses/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-04T17:59:46+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/04/commentary/world-commentary/let-harvard-harvard-much-bigger/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-04T17:58:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-cowen-a-20181105.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Harvard University should open its gates wider.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/05/commentary/japan-commentary/seoul-moves-goalposts-yet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-05T19:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p10-Miyake-a-20181106.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Foreign Minister Taro Kono speaks to the media Oct. 30 after meeting with South Korea’s ambassador to Japan following a South Korean Supreme Court ruling ordering a Japanese steel maker to pay compensation for wartime labor.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/05/editorials/america-tightens-screws-iran-sanctions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-05T18:59:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/05/commentary/japan-commentary/midterm-campaigns-skirted-hard-issues/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-05T18:57:24+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/05/commentary/japan-commentary/contextual-look-heisei-era/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-05T18:58:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/p11-miyagi-a-20181106.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p11-miyagi-a-20181106.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Hesei Era began on Jan. 8, 1989, following the accession of Emperor Akihito.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/05/commentary/world-commentary/u-s-drones-khashoggi-murder/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-05T18:56:57+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/05/commentary/world-commentary/latest-american-sanctions-iran-will-fail/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-05T18:56:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p10-mousavian-a-20181106.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Protesters burn an American flag and money during a demonstration on the anniversary of the U.S. embassy seizure in Tehran on Sunday, the same day that the latest round of U.S. economic sanctions on Iran went into effect.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/06/editorials/coming-grips-last-japans-labor-shortage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-06T19:30:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/06/commentary/japan-commentary/opportunity-tokyo-seoul/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-06T19:29:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/p8-glosserman-a-20181107.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-glosserman-a-20181107.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Foreign Minister Taro Kono meets with South Korea's ambassador to Japan in Tokyo on Oct. 30 following a South Korean Supreme Court ruling ordering a  Japanese steel maker to pay compensation for wartime "forced labor."]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/06/commentary/japan-commentary/abe-respond-americas-inf-treaty-pullout/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-06T19:28:14+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/06/commentary/japan-commentary/aspiration-action-japans-approach-health-innovation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-06T19:27:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Physical therapists in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Pref., fit a robot  suit to a patient in 2014. Specific policy actions will be required to enable Japan to harness its technical strengths in the life sciences, robotics and digital innovation to better care for its rapidly aging population.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cloud security services provider HDE Inc., based in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, has been using English as its official in-house language since 2016.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/10/editorials/a-centennial-to-remember/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-10T18:02:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-10T18:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[It's time to start looking for something new.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/12/commentary/japan-commentary/tokyo-saw-u-s-midterm-elections/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-12T19:28:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/12/editorials/japan-positions-future/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-13T10:55:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-13T19:01:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Expanding the participation of women in the workforce is one way Japan can enlarge its labor pool.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A map from 1879 shows the European imperial powers and their colonial possessions. Avoiding colonization was a prime motivator for the leaders of the Meiji Restoration.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/13/commentary/world-commentary/trump-turned-tables-putin/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-13T19:01:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-13T19:04:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/14/editorials/china-will-prevail/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-14T19:11:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Trainee housekeepers practice bowing in Manila in 2016 in preparation for working in Japan.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Singapore on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-16T23:00:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-17T18:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The production of meat and dairy products is both highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change and a key contributor to the problem.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[President Vladimir Putin would like to go down in history as the leader who settled all of the territorial disputes between Russia and its neighbors, but most Russians oppose the return of any of the disputed islands off Hokkaido to Japan.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Has contemporary Japan kept the promise of the Meiji centennial?]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-19T18:43:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, shown with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Nov. 14, signed an upgraded version of the China-Singapore free trade agreement when he visited Singapore last week. China is the largest trade partner of numerous Asian countries.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/20/commentary/world-commentary/chinese-nationalism-dog-barks-night/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-20T19:40:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/p9-brown-a-20181121.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-brown-a-20181121.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Angered by Japan's nationalization of the Senkaku Islands that month, protesters shout anti-Japan slogans near the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai on Sept. 18, 2012 — a date that also marked the 81st anniversary of Japan's invasion of Manchuria.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/20/commentary/world-commentary/now-u-s-congress-can-push-saudi-arabia-yemen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-20T19:40:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-bazzi-a-20181121.jpg]]></image:title>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/20/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-russia-finally-end-wwii/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-20T19:40:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/p8-bershidsky-a-20181121.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-bershidsky-a-20181121.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Meeting in Singapore on Nov. 14, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to speed up talks on a peace treaty their two countries negotiated after World War II but the Soviet Union refused to sign.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/20/editorials/nissan-must-rebuild-governance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-20T19:40:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/20/commentary/world-commentary/time-trade-reset-china-listening/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-21T13:53:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/p9-chin-a-20181121.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-chin-a-20181121.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump's approach to China, while unpalatable to some and unsettling in the short term, could result in a much-needed new chapter in U.S.-China trade as well as in China's trade with individual members of ASEAN and other Indo-Pacific nations.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/21/editorials/address-issues-technical-intern-program/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-21T19:25:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/21/commentary/japan-commentary/renault-nissan-lurch-toward-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-21T19:27:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/p8-fickling-a-20181122.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-fickling-a-20181122.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[If Nissan had hoped that a quick strike against Chairman Carlos Ghosn would lead to immediate victory, Renault's decision to dig in suggests it miscalculated.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/21/commentary/japan-commentary/building-free-open-indo-pacific/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-21T19:28:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-chellaney-a-20181122.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Sazanami steams along side the USS Ronald Reagan in the South China Sea in October 2017. China is allowing the U.S. aircraft carrier and its battle group to make a port call in Hong Kong this week after it turned down a similar request amid tensions with Washington.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/22/commentary/world-commentary/thanksgiving-ample-servings-amusement/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-22T14:14:23+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/22/commentary/world-commentary/buying-oil-saudi-arabia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-22T17:50:53+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/22/editorials/it-is-what-it-is/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-22T17:51:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/23/reader-mail/anti-trump-letter-lacks-logic/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-23T13:00:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/23/reader-mail/go-slow-migrant-worker-programs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-23T13:02:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/24/cartoons/putin-shell-game/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-24T18:04:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[ca20181125eda.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/25/cartoons/humpty-consensus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-25T00:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/24/commentary/world-commentary/art-success-depends-know/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-24T18:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/p7-flam-a-20181125.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-flam-a-20181125.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Marcel Duchamp purchased this urinal from a plumbing store, titled it "Fountain" and sent in to an art show. A replica of the work sold for $1.7 million in 1999.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/24/editorials/reduce-burden-lay-judges/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-24T18:02:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/22/reader-mail/take-next-step-reducing-plastic-waste/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-22T22:05:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/22/reader-mail/kennedys-welcome-return/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-22T22:06:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/23/commentary/world-commentary/global-talent-race/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-23T17:24:16+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/p8-ghani-a-20181124.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-ghani-a-20181124.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The global talent race will continue to accelerate as countries and businesses compete for the best and brightest.  Middle-income non-OECD countries — particularly China and India — are becoming an increasingly important destination for high-skilled labor.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/23/commentary/japan-commentary/time-japan-enter-world-war-talent/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-23T17:28:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/p8-Murakami-a-20181124.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-Murakami-a-20181124.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Carlos Perez Gutierrez (left), an engineer, speaks with a colleague at Line Corp.'s R&amp;D facility in Kyoto. A small number of Japanese companies are now looking both inside and outside Japan for their new hires.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/23/editorials/seoul-guts-comfort-women-agreement/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-23T17:29:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/25/editorials/justice-in-cambodia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-25T17:30:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/25/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-can-excel-intermediary-diplomacy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-25T17:29:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/p7-Asahina-a-20181126.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-Asahina-a-20181126.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe poses with other leaders at the APEC summit in Port Moresby on Nov. 17.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/25/commentary/world-commentary/no-president-trump-mbs-not-think/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-25T17:28:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/p7-ghosh-a-20181126.jpg</image:loc>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/26/editorials/tsai-dpp-get-shellacked/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-26T19:30:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/26/commentary/japan-commentary/drawing-150-year-story-line/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-26T19:30:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/p9-murai-a-20181127.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-murai-a-20181127.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[As the elderly have tightened their grip on political decision making, the dynamism of the postwar Japanese state has given way to a sclerosis of the body and mind.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/26/commentary/world-commentary/europe-finally-pulls-trigger-military-force/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-26T19:31:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-sinn-a-20181127.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[French troops take part in 2008 Bastille Day celebrations in Paris. France and Germany have finally committed to the creation of an EU-wide army under a central command.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/26/commentary/japan-commentary/renault-nissans-mexican-standoff/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-26T19:33:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/p8-fickling-a-20181127.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-fickling-a-20181127.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The arrest of Carlos Ghosn on Nov. 19 shows that what's unthinkable is no longer quite the same as what's impossible when it comes to the Renault-Nissan alliance.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/26/commentary/japan-commentary/protestant-ethic-carlos-ghosn/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-26T19:42:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-Miyake-a-20181127.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/27/commentary/japan-commentary/decision-day-japan-inc-england/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-27T20:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-macshane-a-20181128.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/27/commentary/japan-commentary/japans-high-stakes-climate-action/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-27T19:58:43+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/27/commentary/world-commentary/great-recession-worse-great-depression/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-27T19:58:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/27/commentary/japan-commentary/ghosns-victim-nissan-world-made/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-27T19:59:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-trivedi-a-20181128.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Carlos Ghosn's shock downfall has revealed governance cracks at Nissan.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/27/commentary/world-commentary/easiest-way-fix-facebook-break/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-27T19:59:36+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/28/commentary/japan-commentary/pursuing-creation-supercity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T18:29:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-Takenaka-a-20181129.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Fourth Industrial Revolution is changing urban spaces and their management.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/28/commentary/world-commentary/kim-gotten-best-trump/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T18:28:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/28/editorials/remind-schools-teachers-duty-stop-bullying/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-28T20:10:31+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/29/commentary/world-commentary/azov-sea-putin-plays-deadly-game-ukraine/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-29T19:14:11+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/29/editorials/dangerous-science-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-29T19:16:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/30/reader-mail/pro-democracy-rather-anti-trump/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-30T17:57:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/30/reader-mail/u-s-missionarys-misadventure/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-30T17:58:13+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/30/reader-mail/gene-editing-may-best-path-forward/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-30T17:58:42+09:00</lastmod>
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