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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/30/commentary/japan-commentary/ghosn-symptom-broken-global-capitalism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-30T18:01:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/30/editorials/putins-ukraine-gamble/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-30T18:01:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/30/commentary/world-commentary/pivot-stumble-asia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-30T18:02:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/01/cartoons/going-going-ghosn/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-01T18:04:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/02/cartoons/liar-on-fire/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-02T00:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/01/editorials/spending-ease-tax-hike-impact/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-01T18:02:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/01/commentary/world-commentary/gene-editing-repeating-natures-experiment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-01T18:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/02/editorials/prince-akishino-raises-valid-point-ritual-funding/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-02T16:30:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/02/commentary/japan-commentary/structural-reform-must-follow-tax-hike/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-02T16:29:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The last time the consumption tax was raised, in 2014 from 5 percent to 8 percent, the economy took a hard hit as consumers tightened their purse strings. But history may not repeat itself next time with the right policies choices.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/02/commentary/world-commentary/american-sedans-dead/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-02T16:28:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[GM is shuttering its Lordstown plant in Ohio, where the Chevrolet Cruz is produced, after deciding to exit the sedan market in the United States. Sales of American sedans have plummeted in recent years, but demand for Japanese sedans remains high in the U.S. market.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/03/commentary/world-commentary/last-president-good-old-america/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-03T19:29:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/03/commentary/japan-commentary/womenomics-mend-gap/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-03T19:27:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Despite the Abe administration's emphasis on womenomics, Japan still ranks just 114th  out of 144 countries on the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Index. And women hold only 3 percent of senior management jobs in the central government.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/04/commentary/japan-commentary/new-immigration-policy-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-04T19:45:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[If the government tries to overcome the nation's labor shortage by accepting unskilled workers from overseas, the result could be the creation of a new social class that may increase discord and friction in Japanese society.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/04/commentary/world-commentary/extraordinary-life-times-george-h-w-bush/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-04T19:43:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Ambassador George H.W. Bush gestures as he addresses the United Nations General Assembly during the China debate on Oct. 18, 1971. Bush died on Friday at the age of 94.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/04/commentary/world-commentary/crooked-timber-quest-cut-emissions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-04T19:41:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/05/editorials/brexit-debate-takes-shape/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-05T20:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/05/commentary/world-commentary/u-s-china-closest-enemies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-05T19:59:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping attend a working dinner Dec. 1 in Buenos Aires.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/05/commentary/world-commentary/trump-presidency-symptom-deeper-american-problem/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-05T19:58:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/06/commentary/world-commentary/theresa-may-really-reaped-sowed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-06T19:11:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/06/commentary/world-commentary/putins-saudi-bromance-part-bigger-plan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-06T19:14:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman greet each other at the Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires on Nov. 30 as U.S. President Donald Trump looks on.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/06/editorials/airlines-must-tighten-alcohol-rules-pilots/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-06T19:14:16+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/07/reader-mail/japans-leaders-failing-nation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-07T13:11:27+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/07/reader-mail/livestock-benefits-outweigh-pitfalls/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-07T13:11:08+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/07/reader-mail/unfair-portrayal-non-japanese-use-medical-system/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-07T13:06:30+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/07/reader-mail/keep-state-money-shinto-ritual/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-07T13:04:57+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/07/reader-mail/south-korea-plays-home-audience/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-07T13:03:27+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/09/cartoons/kanji-or-emoji/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-09T00:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/08/cartoons/revised-charlie-brown-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-08T18:04:01+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/07/editorials/arrest-ripples-global-telecoms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-07T19:38:44+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/07/commentary/japan-commentary/south-koreas-waning-interest-japan-ties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-07T19:38:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-kimura-a-20181208.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae-in meet May 9 at the Prime Minister's Office, marking the only time the South Korean leader has visited Tokyo since his term began in May 2017.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/08/commentary/japan-commentary/backlash-emerging-ghosns-arrest/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-08T18:00:42+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/08/editorials/privatizing-water-supply/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-08T18:02:07+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/10/commentary/world-commentary/data-exposing-u-s-income-stagnation-myth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-10T20:19:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-samuelson-a-20181211.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. media have become addicted to the notion that the incomes of most Americans have stagnated for decades. But  at best this is an exaggeration and, at worst, an untruth.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/10/editorials/accepting-foreign-workers-brings-challenges/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-10T20:26:53+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/10/commentary/world-commentary/new-zealand-grapples-chinas-influence-intimidation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-11T14:20:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Confucius Institute at the University of New South Wales, Australia. Confucius Institutes are at the center of growing concerns over the Chinese government's United Front operations in Australia and New Zealand.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/10/02/editorials/nobel-prize-underlines-value-basic-research/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-11T18:46:31+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/11/commentary/world-commentary/googles-china-problem-americas-china-problem/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-11T18:51:05+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/12/editorials/britain-gets-time-brexit-options-not-improving/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-12T19:50:10+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/12/commentary/japan-commentary/will-population-decline-create-richer-society/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-12T19:49:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-Kato-a-20181213.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Maintaining Japan's current level of prosperity will be a challenge as the population shrinks and ages.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/12/commentary/japan-commentary/eight-decades-no-end-sight-nanjing-toll-row/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-12T19:48:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man mourns a relative whose name was recently added to the memorial wall in Nanjing on Dec. 10. The wall  now contains the names of 10,664 confirmed victims.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/13/editorials/universal-human-rights-declaration-70-years/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-13T19:09:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/13/commentary/japan-commentary/new-direction-japanese-agriculture/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-13T19:10:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p11-Kotaro-a-20181214.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Instead of  exporting agricultural products, it would be more profitable for Japanese farmers to go abroad and grow them locally.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/13/commentary/japan-commentary/december-month-decide-stop/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-13T19:10:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p11-Ishikura-a-20181214.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Viewing smartphones in bed should be at the top of everyone's quit list.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/13/commentary/japan-commentary/spotlight-japans-criminal-justice-system/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-13T19:10:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Passers-by  in Tokyo read news of ousted Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn's rearrest on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/13/commentary/world-commentary/globalization-must-center-people/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-13T19:10:55+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/13/commentary/world-commentary/strengthening-case-trump/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-13T19:11:01+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/15/cartoons/diet-sausage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-15T18:04:53+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/16/cartoons/santa-bot/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-16T00:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-23T15:27:15+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/23/commentary/world-commentary/trump-gives-turkey-double-edged-gift/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-23T15:29:42+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/24/editorials/eliminate-disparity-value-votes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-24T15:19:02+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/24/commentary/world-commentary/china-well-remember-friends/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-24T15:21:38+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/24/commentary/world-commentary/americas-new-years-gift-russia-iran-turkey/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-24T15:27:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/24/commentary/world-commentary/the-trump-that-might-have-been/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-24T15:28:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/24/commentary/world-commentary/really-turning-parents/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-24T15:28:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A family in Canada entertains their neighbors in 1955 by going door to door, singing Christmas carols in the snow.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/24/commentary/world-commentary/christian-revivals-prompted-politicians-churches/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-24T15:35:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman dressed as an angel stands inside a church during a Christmas market in the Czech town of Ustek on Dec. 15.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/24/commentary/world-commentary/charles-dickens-also-wrote-christmas-books/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-24T16:01:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This 1843 first edition of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" was auctioned by Sotheby's in London in 2006.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/20/commentary/japan-commentary/seven-questions-ghosn-nissan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-25T14:21:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The case of Carlos Ghosn raises the question of whether a non-Japanese can be successful running a Japanese firm.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/25/editorials/trump-loses-guardrail/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-25T19:35:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/25/commentary/japan-commentary/exiting-iwc-whale-decision/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-25T19:34:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Nisshin Maru whaling ship is tied up at a Tokyo pier in this 2008 file photo. Japan will likely no longer conduct research whaling in the Antarctic if it pulls out of the International Whaling Commission.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/25/commentary/world-commentary/trump-abandons-cheese-escape-syria-mousetrap/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-25T19:33:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Children walk to school as U.S. troops patrol near the Turkish border in Hasakah, Syria, on Nov. 4. In a sudden policy reversal, President Donald Trump sent out a tweet last week saying the U.S. will pull its forces out of the country.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/25/commentary/world-commentary/china-unwise-follow-u-s-turn-inward/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-25T19:32:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tensions between the world's two largest economies remain high.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/25/commentary/world-commentary/nationalism-doesnt-dirty-word/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-25T19:33:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Effective global cooperation depends on strong individual nations.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/25/commentary/world-commentary/apocalypse-trump-may-upon-us/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-25T19:33:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/26/editorials/longest-postwar-boom-cycle-mean-much/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-26T19:30:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/26/commentary/japan-commentary/busting-myths-fukushima-no-1/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-26T19:29:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Officials work in the main control room for reactors 3 and 4 at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant last month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/26/commentary/world-commentary/beijing-risks-trashing-amazing-growth-story/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-26T19:28:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ownership of China's most advanced technology companies, including Huawei, is murky, but many believe they are controlled by the state.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/10/11/commentary/world-commentary/u-s-midterm-elections-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-26T20:14:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump greets supporters at a campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/08/commentary/japan-commentary/u-s-midterms-implications/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-26T20:14:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-27T18:46:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/27/commentary/japan-commentary/2019-reasons-bullish-bearish/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-27T18:49:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/27/editorials/brace-economic-troubles-next-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-27T18:49:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/28/reader-mail/just-among-people/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-28T15:51:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-28T15:52:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/28/reader-mail/leaving-iwc-wont-solve-anything/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-28T15:53:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-29T18:04:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-30T00:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-28T19:07:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-28T19:08:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[New Year's Day good luck decorations adorn the Nakamise shopping area in front of Sensoji temple in Taito Ward, Tokyo, on Thursday. More than lucky charms, Japan's economy needs a solid foundation in the education system.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/28/editorials/pyongyang-makes-position-clear/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-28T19:08:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/29/commentary/world-commentary/eight-themes-tell-2018-tech-story/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-29T18:00:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/29/editorials/support-foreign-laborers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-29T18:02:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/30/editorials/assess-gains-fallout-iwc-pullout/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-12-30T17:45:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-30T17:43:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-01-02T15:18:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Despite Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's vocal advocacy of  creating a "Japan in which women shine," his current Cabinet has just one female minister.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/03/editorials/making-multilateral-free-trade-deals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-03T15:37:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-01-06T00:00:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/04/reader-mail/americans-learn-roots/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-04T20:22:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/04/reader-mail/theres-no-honor-whale-hunt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-04T20:24:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/04/reader-mail/significance-farm-stay/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-04T20:27:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-01-04T20:40:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/04/reader-mail/need-henoko-coverage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-04T20:40:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/04/commentary/world-commentary/dapper-new-kim-jong-un-playing-old-game/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-04T20:41:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sports a new look but delivers an old message in his New Year's Day address on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/04/commentary/world-commentary/will-not-happen-2019/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-04T20:42:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/04/editorials/russia-brandishes-hypersonic-threat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-04T20:43:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/05/commentary/world-commentary/people-fall-fake-news-isnt-simple/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-05T18:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[How do we know what to believe, and why?]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/05/editorials/taiwan-strait-division-reinforced/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-05T18:02:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-01-06T17:30:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/06/commentary/world-commentary/nuclear-arms-year-living-dangerously/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-06T17:29:54+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/06/commentary/world-commentary/death-diy-society/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-06T17:28:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The self-checkout terminal, where customers ring up and bag their own purchases, is an increasingly common form of "shadow work" that companies impose on their customers.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/07/editorials/macron-continues-feel-sting-yellow-jackets/</loc>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/07/commentary/world-commentary/stop-2019-year-increased-state-control/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-07T19:07:12+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/07/commentary/world-commentary/a-thimbleful-of-optimism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-07T19:07:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/08/commentary/japan-commentary/toxic-influence-japans-rural-political-interest-groups/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-08T19:45:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/08/editorials/give-teeth-law-protecting-whistleblowers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-08T19:44:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/08/commentary/world-commentary/asias-biggest-winners-losers-2018/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-08T19:43:23+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/08/commentary/japan-commentary/world-can-learn-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-08T19:42:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[As an island nation, Japan has learned to make the most of its limited resources.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/09/commentary/world-commentary/will-china-overtake-u-s-curve/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-09T19:54:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks Oct. 4 at the Hudson Institute in Washington. He attacked Beijing's "Made in China 2025" policy, which aims to make China the world's AI  leader, and Chinese theft of American technology.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/09/commentary/world-commentary/beijings-patience-wearing-thin-taiwan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-09T19:53:12+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/09/editorials/chinese-economy-sets-off-alarms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-09T19:55:21+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/10/editorials/face-challenges-shrinking-aging-population/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-10T18:41:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/10/commentary/world-commentary/russias-press-poses-problem-putin/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-10T18:41:52+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/10/commentary/japan-commentary/can-social-security-system-sustained/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-10T18:41:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The rapid graying of Japan's population has sent social security expenses soaring.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/11/reader-mail/bring-dignity-back-dohyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-11T15:18:41+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/11/reader-mail/suspects-rights-must-protected/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-11T15:19:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/11/reader-mail/ghosns-detention-cruel-primitive/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-11T15:19:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/11/reader-mail/kaoru-kanetaka-true-pioneer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-11T15:19:41+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/11/editorials/stop-escalating-crisis-japan-south-korea-ties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-11T18:26:13+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/11/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-underdeveloped-country-women/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-11T18:26:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-Shirakawa-a-20190112.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A low ranking in economy and politics has dragged down Japan's position in the world gender gap index.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/11/commentary/japan-commentary/japans-hostage-justice-system/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-11T18:26:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pedestrians pass a screen showing a news program displaying a sketch of former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn in the Tokyo District Court on Wednesday. The court rejected an appeal by Ghosn's lawyers for his release from detention, where he has been held since Nov. 19.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/12/cartoons/pig-lipstick-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-12T18:04:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/13/cartoons/junkos-resolution/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-13T00:00:50+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/12/editorials/keep-close-eye-departure-tax/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-12T18:02:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/12/commentary/world-commentary/brexit-cultural-morphology/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-12T18:00:42+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/13/editorials/chance-change-world-banks-governance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-13T17:50:11+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/13/commentary/world-commentary/inequality-hampers-economic-growth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-13T17:49:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/13/commentary/world-commentary/vital-isolation-indigenous-groups/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-13T17:48:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[John Chau (right) was killed by North Sentinelese tribesmen when he ignored their warnings to leave the remote North Sentinel Island, which is off-limits to outsiders under Indian law.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/14/editorials/take-steps-restore-trust-official-statistics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-14T18:00:56+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/14/commentary/world-commentary/shelter-storm-2019/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-14T17:59:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/p8-eichengreen-a-20190115.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-eichengreen-a-20190115.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Threats posed by the U.S.-China trade war, U.S. economic growth, China's financial problems and the outcome of an EU election in May must be averted to make 2019 a tranquil year politically, financially and economically.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/14/commentary/world-commentary/disrupting-multilateral-climate-finance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-14T17:58:13+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/14/commentary/world-commentary/china-clings-state-capitalism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-14T17:57:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/14/commentary/world-commentary/forgiveness-place-metoo-movement/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-14T17:56:56+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/14/commentary/world-commentary/india-risks-becoming-hindu-pakistan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-14T17:55:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Protesters demonstrate last Wednesday in Assam state after India's lower house passed legislation granting citizenship to members of certain religious minorities, but not Muslims.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/15/commentary/japan-commentary/will-ai-change-international-politics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-15T20:49:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-miyake-a-20190116.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The AI revolution will have an immense impact on global power politics.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/15/commentary/world-commentary/beijings-perilous-taiwan-policy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-15T20:47:44+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/15/commentary/world-commentary/americas-cold-warriors-hold-key-handling-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-15T20:46:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-brands-a-20190116.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump reviews an honor guard with Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2017. The rise of China presents America with its greatest challenge since the Cold War.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/15/commentary/japan-commentary/disappointing-data-shows-japans-not-back-yet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-15T20:45:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-moss-a-20190116.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda has less reason to feel optimistic now than he did on Nov. 5 when he came close to declaring the end of inflation and the dawn of a new era in a speech to business leaders in Nagoya.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/15/editorials/hostage-diplomacy-takes-off/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-16T18:26:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/16/editorials/another-historic-vote-brexit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-16T19:30:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/16/commentary/world-commentary/mays-humbling-offers-glimmer-hope/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-16T19:29:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/16/commentary/japan-commentary/critical-importance-staying-connected/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-16T19:28:23+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/18/reader-mail/pursuit-cheap-labor-isnt-helping/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-18T15:33:09+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/18/reader-mail/make-foreign-laborers-feel-welcome/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-18T15:33:26+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/03/14/editorials/thoughtful-self-promoting/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-17T18:25:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/17/editorials/move-forward-equal-work-equal-pay/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-17T19:02:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/17/commentary/world-commentary/china-russia-winning-ai-arms-race/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-17T19:02:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/p7-apps-a-20190118.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-apps-a-20190118.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Along with Russia, China has fewer scruples and controls than Western states when it comes to monitoring its citizens using mass automatic surveillance. Such systems will become more powerful as technology improves.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/17/commentary/world-commentary/theresa-mays-brexit-plan-isnt-dead-yet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-17T19:02:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sears, a major U.S. retailer that was founded in 1893 and became the Amazon of its time, underlines a stark lesson: No business, no matter how successful, is guaranteed immortality.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[California's proposed receipt ban  diverts attention and effort from bigger and far more pressing waste and recycling issues that are negatively impacting the state right now.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese scientist He Jiankui's career has been derailed by his gene-editing research.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The prestigious Brookings Institution is under scrutiny for receiving large donations from Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, on grounds it poses a security threat.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Industrialist Eiichi Shibusawa (center) was greatly influenced by members of his family and community as a boy.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Relations between South Korea and North Korea have improved considerably since South Korean President Moon Jae-in took power in May 2017, but ties between Seoul and Tokyo have plummeted to new lows.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Only the elderly have any memory of high inflation in Japan.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/25/reader-mail/futenma-not-yokota/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[China's goal is to build a "universally used information network system."]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Under President Xi Jinping, the Chinese Communist Party has set out to systematically decimate Muslim, Tibetan and Mongol identities, expand China's frontiers and turn the country into a digital totalitarian state.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Middle-class French President Emmanuel Macron isn't trusted by society's bottom 50 percent while billionaire U.S. President Donald Trump is.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Nov. 19 arrest of then-Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn has put Japan's justice system on trial in the world court of public opinion.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sixty percent of Germany's autobahns have no speed limits, but that may change.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe faces a number of key events this year, including the Upper House elections in July.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Furloughed U.S. federal government workers affected by the shutdown wait in line for free food and supplies at World Central Kitchen on Jan. 22 in Washington .]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/30/commentary/japan-commentary/fathers-remain-missing-educational-puzzle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-30T19:08:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/p8-goto-a-20190131.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-goto-a-20190131.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fathers can, and must, do more than simply pay their children's school fees.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/30/editorials/brand-new-washington-gets-back-work/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-30T19:10:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/31/editorials/efforts-needed-reduce-doctors-working-hours/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-31T18:44:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/31/commentary/japan-commentary/education-must-keep-pace-technology-stay-relevant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-31T18:44:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-Tsuboya-Newell-a-20190201.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/31/commentary/japan-commentary/fallout-japan-south-korea-tensions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-31T18:44:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A participant shouts slogans during a weekly rally near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Jan. 30. Relations between Japan and South Korea have grown increasingly chilly since the left-leaning Moon administration took power in 2017.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/01/reader-mail/tattoos-dont-belong-onsen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-01T16:55:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/01/reader-mail/profs-much-part-time-teaching/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-01T16:55:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/01/reader-mail/pelosi-stands-tall-u-s-wall-fight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-01T16:55:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/01/reader-mail/the-attributes-of-being-japanese/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-01T16:56:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/01/reader-mail/columnists-misguided-take-naomi-osaka/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-01T16:56:52+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/03/cartoons/drum-clock/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-03T00:00:37+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ca20190203rda.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[ca20190203rda.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/02/cartoons/olympic-magnify/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-02T18:04:27+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ca20190203eda.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[ca20190203eda.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/01/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-let-naomi-osaka-play-doubles/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-01T19:14:16+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/p8-minter-a-20190202.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-minter-a-20190202.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Although Japan has rarely enforced its rule requiring Japanese with additional citizenships to choose just one when they turn 22, Naomi Osaka's celebrity poses a challenge to a country historically obsessed with national and ethnic identity. Osaka turns 22 this year.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/01/commentary/japan-commentary/addressing-japans-demographic-problems/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-01T19:26:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/p8-Deguchi-a-20190202.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-Deguchi-a-20190202.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[France has succeeded in raised its fertility rate by providing substantial support for working mothers.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/01/editorials/u-s-federal-reserve-makes-u-turn/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-01T19:26:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/02/editorials/whats-missing-boom/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-02T18:02:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/02/commentary/world-commentary/stop-hating-weather-forecast/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-02T18:00:53+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/p7-flam-a-20190203.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-flam-a-20190203.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/03/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-back-top-global-contender/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-03T18:15:34+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/p9-koll-a-20190204.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-koll-a-20190204.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Because financial markets are no longer a reflection of the economy, most successful Japan investors ignore domestic developments and instead focus primarily on global economic cycles.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/03/commentary/world-commentary/geotechnology-u-s-china-trade-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-03T18:13:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/p9-nagy-a-20190204.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-nagy-a-20190204.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[China is accumulating vast amounts of metadata from its 1.4 billion citizens to develop, refine and deploy its AI systems.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/04/editorials/dont-give-yet-inf-treaty/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-04T19:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/04/commentary/world-commentary/neocons-back-washington/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-04T18:59:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-Miyake-a-20190205.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/04/commentary/world-commentary/shackles-history-democracy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-04T18:58:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-chellaney-a-20190205.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Delhi Police contingent marches in the 70th Republic Day parade on Jan. 26.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/04/commentary/japan-commentary/breaking-spell-aging/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-04T18:57:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-Murakami-a-20190205.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Extending the working lives of the elderly is a top priority for Japan.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/04/commentary/world-commentary/rewriting-future-work/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-04T18:57:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-dobrusin-a-20190205.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/04/commentary/japan-commentary/turned-japanese-tale-global-hubris/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-04T18:57:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/04/commentary/world-commentary/democrats-welcome-trumps-inf-withdrawal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-04T18:58:01+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/10/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-look-mirror-called-germany/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-05T16:48:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-MIyake-a-20181211.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Approximately half the population of the Shibazono public-housing complex in Kawaguchi, Saiama Prefecture, is non-Japanese. In November 2015, the Shibazono district became the first local community in Japan where foreign residents outnumbered Japanese locals.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/05/editorials/another-fatal-case-child-abuse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-05T19:30:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/05/commentary/japan-commentary/will-japan-china-reset-continue/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-05T19:29:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-lin-a-20190206.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Delivering his policy speech in the Diet on Jan. 28, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stated that he will further expand his country's already improving ties with China, but said Japan still needs to bolster its defense capability amid concern about Chinese military activity and uncertainty over North Korea's denuclearization.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/05/editorials/japans-stakes-trump-kim-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-05T19:28:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-kuo-a-20190206.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, shown June 12 in Singapore, are preparing to hold a second summit.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/05/commentary/world-commentary/no-deal-brexit-no-brexit-deal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-05T19:27:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-sinn-a-20190206.jpg]]></image:title>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/05/commentary/japan-commentary/brexit-britain-left-choking-nissans-exhaust-fumes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-05T19:34:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-raphael-a-20190206.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Employees build a Nissan Juke at the Nissan Motor Co. production plant in Sunderland, England. Nissan announced Monday that it was canceling plans to build its X-Trail SUV at the plant despite Brexit assurances from the government.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/05/commentary/world-commentary/facebook-bums-us-well-pay-anyway/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-05T19:35:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/p9-sunstein-a-20190206.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-sunstein-a-20190206.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mark Zuckerberg poses for a photo next to a Facebook logo at the offices in Palo Alto, Calif., on Feb. 5, 2005. The social networking site turned 15 on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/05/24/editorials/giving-disabled-chance-work/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-05T21:03:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/03/26/editorials/coping-with-research-misconduct/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-05T21:22:37+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/03/editorials/labor-ministrys-flawed-probe-data-scandal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-06T17:56:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/12/28/editorials/year-of-ups-an-downs-for-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-06T19:14:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/11/30/editorials/upgrading-rules-on-harassment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-06T19:15:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/06/editorials/trumps-state-union-recipe-gridlock/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-06T22:20:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/06/commentary/world-commentary/succeed-north-korea-prepare-failure/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-06T22:18:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/p8-cronin-a-20190207.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-cronin-a-20190207.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who last met June 12 in Singapore, will hold their second summit in Danang, Vietnam, on Feb. 27 and 28.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/07/editorials/stem-tide-people-tokyo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-07T18:22:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/07/commentary/world-commentary/beware-cars-minds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-07T18:23:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-bershidsky-a-20190208.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Journalists photograph a Nissan Leaf electric vehicle operated by the Easy Ride robot taxi service, a joint development between Nissan Motor Co. and DeNA Co., during a demonstration in Yokohama on Feb. 23, 2018.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/07/commentary/world-commentary/trumps-gift-taliban/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-07T18:24:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-chellaney-a-20190208.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. troops patrol at an Afghan National Army base in Logar province, Afghanistan, last Aug. 7. President Donald Trump has stated that he intends to bring U.S. forces home, ending the longest war in American history.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/08/reader-mail/coretta-scott-king-queen-nonviolence/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-08T16:15:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/08/reader-mail/government-just-cant-trusted/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-08T16:16:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/08/reader-mail/trump-kim-summit-takes-two-tango/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-08T16:18:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/09/cartoons/kurodas-bull/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-09T18:04:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ca20190210eda.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[ca20190210eda.jpg]]></image:title>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/10/cartoons/bike-love/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-10T00:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ca20190210rda.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[ca20190210rda.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/08/commentary/world-commentary/best-diet-planet-isnt-best-humans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-08T19:40:15+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/p8-flam-a-20190209.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-flam-a-20190209.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The EAT diet calls for lots of corn and soy, and drastic cuts in meat, dairy and eggs.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/08/editorials/u-s-south-korea-strike-deal-troops/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-08T19:40:41+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/08/commentary/japan-commentary/setsubun-killing-two-birds-one-bean/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-08T19:41:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fukuoka Softbank Hawks Manager Kimiyasu Kudo eats an eho-maki sushi roll at a Setsubun event last Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/06/commentary/japan-commentary/lessons-japan-s-korea-maritime-spat/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan in 2019 feels relatively stable when compared to other advanced economies, many of which are being buffeted by the forces of populism and a backlash against globalization.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan doesn't make it easy for women to both have children and careers.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Cadillac Eldorado, seen in 1958 outside New York City's Tavern on the Green restaurant, was a symbol of the era's affluence.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/05/commentary/world-commentary/real-threat-children-isnt-momo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-05T19:42:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This handout picture from Japanese artist Keisuke Aiso shows the silicon-based sculpture Momo, on display in Tokyo in August 2016. The artwork inspired an online hoax known as the "Momo challenge," a turn of events that Aiso called "very unfortunate."]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rohingya refugees who crossed into Bangladesh the previous day from Myanmar receive cholera vaccines while they await permission to continue to refugee camps on Oct. 17, 2017.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/06/editorials/extended-detention-accused/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-06T20:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/06/commentary/japan-commentary/reform-labor-practices-peculiar-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-06T19:59:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Many of the labor practices prevalent in Japan — such as the difficulties employers face in terminating workers and the ability of companies to transfer employees at will — are quite extraordinary in light of global standards.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-03-06T19:58:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and other Democrats running for their party's presidential nomination are backing reparations for the descendants of slaves, and Warren on Friday said that Native Americans should also "be part of the conversation."]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-03-07T16:56:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-03-07T19:17:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Singer Justin Bieber, shown performing in Beijing in 2013, is no longer welcome to perform in China because of his "bad behavior," Beijing's Municipal Bureau of Culture announced last week. The Canadian pop star angered many Chinese when he visited Yasukuni Shrine in 2014.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/07/commentary/world-commentary/new-paradigm-plastics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-07T20:03:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/07/commentary/japan-commentary/missing-female-entrepreneurs/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p6-Murakami-a-20190308.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Poor access to financing is one of the most pervasive obstacles facing female entrepreneurs globally.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/07/editorials/military-exercises-end-uncertainty-rises/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2019-03-08T18:06:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[After Brexit, the European Union's large bureaucracy and entire political establishment will be setting the agenda in English, but without the participation of native speakers.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-03-08T18:06:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The risk of disaster should central banks like the Bank of Japan reverse their expansionary monetary policies too quickly far exceeds that of maintaining their current stance too long.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/10/cartoons/cheese-photo/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/09/editorials/prenatal-diagnosis-problems/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-09T18:02:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-03-09T18:00:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[What's the difference between "undetectable," "long-term remission" and "cured"?]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/10/editorials/opportunity-reduce-gender-gap-politics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-10T18:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/10/commentary/japan-commentary/abes-peace-treaty-russia-include/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-10T17:58:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin hold a joint news conference in Moscow on Jan. 20 following talks that focused on the territorial dispute.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/11/commentary/world-commentary/will-trump-win-second-term/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-11T21:02:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/11/commentary/japan-commentary/indo-pacific-strategy-mean/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-11T21:02:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People in New Delhi celebrate news of Indian airstrikes on militant camps in Pakistani territory on Feb. 26. The fragile cease-fire between India and Pakistan is fraying.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shipping containers are seen stacked on ships at the Port of Los Angeles on Jan. 30. The U.S. trade deficit has soared since 2016.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[University of Tokyo Faculty and Staff Union members at the 2018 May Day parade in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, protest the employment conditions of temporary staff on May 1.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/12/editorials/partnership-protection-money/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-12T19:30:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, under house arrest, is shown leaving her home in Vancouver, Canada, on March 6.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/12/commentary/japan-commentary/heisei-era-slow-decline-hope-new-collaboration/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-13T10:31:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[How Japanese view the Hesei Era varies according to their age, with people in their 20s having a more positive image of it than those in their 40s and 50s.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Marines fire an automatic grenade launcher at Camp Hansen in Okinawa Prefecture on Jan. 30.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-03-14T18:29:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/14/commentary/world-commentary/democracy-self-contradictory-trap/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-14T18:29:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yellow vest protesters demonstrate against the Macron government in Paris last Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-03-16T18:02:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-03-16T18:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[They can't match humanity's malice and greed ... at least not yet.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/17/editorials/risk-fight-piracy-websites/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/17/commentary/world-commentary/high-costs-new-cold-war/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/18/editorials/madness-savagery-new-zealand/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/18/commentary/world-commentary/u-s-version-one-country-two-systems/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[BOJ Gov. Haruhiko  Kuroda defends his 2 percent inflation target at a news conference on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/18/commentary/world-commentary/modern-monetary-realism/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Newly naturalized U.S. citizens recite the Pledge of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony in Oakland, California, on Feb. 13.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/18/commentary/world-commentary/treat-far-right-terrorism-serious-threat/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/19/commentary/japan-commentary/nissan-japanese-global-company/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-19T19:45:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Carlos Ghosn at Nissan's Honmoku Wharf, a logistics hub about 10 km southeast of Nissan's global headquarters in Yokohama, July 16 2011 Bertel Schmitt]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/19/commentary/world-commentary/new-zealand-vs-australia-terrorism-difference/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2019-03-19T19:45:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/19/commentary/world-commentary/america-isnt-divided-looks/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Demonstrators  protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration in Washington last month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/19/commentary/world-commentary/trump-stuck-saturday-night-live/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-19T19:45:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump isn't pleased with the way he's parodied by actor Alec Baldwin on the NBC program "Saturday Night Live," but there's nothing he can do about it.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2017/10/24/editorials/defeated-not-vanquished/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/22/reader-mail/emperor-continues-impress/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/20/editorials/testing-times-china-xi-jinping/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/20/commentary/world-commentary/hero-zero-exports-turn-source-fragility-asia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-20T19:47:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-03-22T12:48:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/22/reader-mail/chellaney-wrong-pakistan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-22T12:49:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/21/editorials/boost-availability-quality-day-care-children/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-21T15:35:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/21/commentary/world-commentary/will-thai-elections-free-fair/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-21T15:35:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Thai Prime Minister Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha speaks at in Khon Kaen province on March 13, ahead of the general election on March 24.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/21/commentary/world-commentary/a-stalemate-in-crimea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-21T15:35:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/20/commentary/japan-commentary/media-discourages-japans-youth-traveling-abroad/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-22T13:07:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Outbound travel data show that the number of Japanese in their 20s traveling abroad in 2017 is some 50 percent lower than the peak reached back in 1996.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/23/cartoons/overlooked-workers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-23T18:04:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/24/cartoons/complete-sentences/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/22/commentary/world-commentary/white-nationalism-terrorist-threat-not-like-radical-islam/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-22T20:13:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/22/commentary/world-commentary/global-threat-white-terrorism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-22T20:13:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/22/editorials/low-turnout-poor-competition-mar-local-elections/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-22T20:14:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/23/editorials/indirect-deaths-disasters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-23T18:02:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/23/commentary/world-commentary/wont-egg-kills/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-23T18:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[There are worse ways to start the day.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/24/editorials/taking-away-power-name/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-24T15:19:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/24/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-world-banks-new-direction/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-24T15:19:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump announces the nomination of David Malpass to lead the World Bank on Feb. 6.  Malpass has called for a shakeup of the  global economic order.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/24/commentary/world-commentary/chinas-next-phase-south-china-sea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-24T15:20:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese President Xi Jinping and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte wave during a welcoming ceremony in Manila on Nov. 20. China is striving to increase its political influence over states that border the South China Sea.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/25/commentary/world-commentary/time-america-see-real-world/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-25T18:59:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/25/commentary/world-commentary/north-korean-diplomacy-hanoi-impasse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-25T18:58:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/25/commentary/world-commentary/america-gone-socialist/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-25T19:05:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/25/commentary/world-commentary/coup-thailands-junta/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-25T19:05:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha casts his vote in Bangkok on Sunday during the nation's first general election since the military seized power in a 2014 coup.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/26/commentary/world-commentary/thanks-mueller-2020-wont-2016/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-26T19:46:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/26/commentary/world-commentary/brexit-speakers-tale/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-26T19:45:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-03-26T19:54:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/26/editorials/picture-land-prices-still-mixed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-26T22:03:28+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/27/editorials/general-election-thailand-changes-nothing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-27T19:30:02+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/27/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-shouldnt-act-like-china-cambodia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-27T19:29:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Foreign Minister Taro Kono (left) and his Cambodian counterpart, Prak Sokhonn, exchange documents as Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen looks on at a signing ceremony for a $90 million aid pact in Phnom Penh on April 8, 2018.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/27/commentary/japan-commentary/struggling-achieve-2-inflation-try-3/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-27T19:28:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-moss-a-20190328.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Bank of Japan's 2 percent inflation target should not be abandoned.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/28/editorials/needs-done-fight-child-abuse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-03-28T18:52:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tencent's pattern of censorship and data-sharing with the Chinese government is intensifying under the leadership of chairman and CEO Pony Ma.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/09/commentary/world-commentary/battle-indias-soul/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/09/commentary/japan-commentary/dangers-strategically-expendable-s-korea/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[US President Donald Trump meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi on Feb. 27.  On April 1, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo voiced hope that the two leaders will meet again "in the coming months" and make significant headway on ending Pyongyang's nuclear program.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/10/editorials/take-steps-curb-corporate-workers-hours/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2019-04-10T18:44:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a trade meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He in the White House on April 4. Despite bilateral tensions, a majority of Chinese still hold a favorable view of the United States.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/11/editorials/delicate-moment-global-economy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-04-11T17:39:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/11/commentary/world-commentary/not-even-close-next-great-recession/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-04-11T17:39:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[IMF chief Christine Lagarde calls this a "delicate moment" for the world economy.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/11/commentary/japan-commentary/must-japans-humanities-go-global/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-04-11T17:45:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Asian-American protesters object to the Museum of Fine Arts Boston's "Kimono Wednesday" event in 2015, denouncing it as "cultural appropriation." The opinions of Japanese scholars, kimono designers and ordinary citizens — that the kimono is a universal fashion, wearable by anyone — had little impact in the global debate that followed.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/12/reader-mail/put-gregorian-calendar-year-first/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-04-12T16:14:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/12/reader-mail/easing-stress-disaster-survivors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-04-12T16:15:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/12/reader-mail/make-sure-scales-justice-balanced/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/13/cartoons/ghosn-antoinette/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-04-13T18:04:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/14/cartoons/shoe-individuality/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/12/commentary/world-commentary/einstein-couldnt-believe-black-hole-theory/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-04-12T20:19:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Astrophysicist Shepherd Doeleman shows the first image of a black hole Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/12/editorials/netanyahu-wins-victory-may-bitter/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-04-13T15:12:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/13/editorials/keeping-convenience-sustainable/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-04-13T18:02:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-04-13T18:00:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Using drama to sell nutrition is problematic.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/15/editorials/leadership-shuffle-takes-place-pyongyang/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-04-15T18:49:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-04-15T18:48:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/15/commentary/japan-commentary/heisei-ends-japan-getting-lot-things-right/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-04-15T18:47:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[For much of Emperor Akihito's reign Japan was in an economic slump, but the Hesei Era is ending on a high note with recovering growth and record employment rates.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/15/commentary/world-commentary/democrats-sweepstakes-frivolity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-04-15T18:46:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/15/commentary/japan-commentary/blazing-way-forward-japan-australia-security-ties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-04-15T18:45:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Aircraft from Japan, Australia and the United States fly in formation over the Pacific Ocean on March 6 during the COPE North 2019 multilateral military exercise.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/12/commentary/japan-commentary/foreign-student-numbers-dont-tell-whole-tale/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-04-15T20:36:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Many graduate schools in Japan seek to fill empty seats with foreign students, mainly from China.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/15/commentary/japan-commentary/two-chinese-women-indicted-america/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-04-15T22:25:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/16/editorials/economic-challenges-reiwa-era/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-04-16T19:20:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/16/commentary/world-commentary/chinas-next-naval-target-internets-underwater-cables/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-04-16T19:18:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[How the U.S. can ensure the security of undersea cables that carry more than 95 percent of intercontinental data and voice traffic is a question Washington is trying to answer.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/16/commentary/world-commentary/assange-encouraged-leaks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-04-16T19:32:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/17/editorials/demographic-picture-heisei-beyond/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-04-17T20:09:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-04-18T11:57:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[South Korean protesters take part in a weekly anti-Japanese demonstration supporting "comfort women" near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on April 10. Bilateral relations have grown increasingly chilly in recent months.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/17/commentary/world-commentary/china-goes-unconventional-south-china-seas-escalating-confrontation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-04-18T17:55:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[China’s maritime militia fleet is shown Dec. 20 deployed off disputed Thitu Island, which is occupied by the Philippines, in the South China Sea.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/18/editorials/notre-dame-still-monument-human-spirit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-04-18T18:57:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/18/commentary/world-commentary/ode-lady-europe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-04-18T18:58:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A rose lies near Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Wednesday after a fire devastated large parts of the Gothic structure.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/18/commentary/japan-commentary/innovation-needs-reiwa-goal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-04-18T18:58:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[University students attend a job fair in Tokyo. As long as the education system focuses on cultivating cooperativeness and obedience, Japan will not be able to foster people who can breed new ideas and launch new industries.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/03/27/editorials/making-clinical-use-of-ips-cells/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-04-18T20:43:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-04-19T16:29:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-04-19T16:29:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/19/reader-mail/slippery-meaning-new-era-name/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-04-19T16:30:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-04-20T18:04:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-04-21T00:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-04-19T20:27:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen holds up his ballot as he prepares to vote in last July's general election. The ruling party won every seat in the national assembly.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/19/editorials/much-stake-japan-u-s-trade-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-04-19T20:28:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-04-20T18:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-esposito-a-20190421.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Self-driving cars will have to navigate life-or-death ethical dilemmas.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/21/editorials/jokowi-wins-second-term/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-04-21T18:00:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/21/commentary/world-commentary/roots-right-wing-dominance-israel/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a news conference last Wednesday after he was entrusted with forming the next government.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-04-21T17:59:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae-in shake hands in a New York hotel on Sept. 25. The two leaders agreed to promote bilateral relations during their meeting, but since then ties have grown considerably cooler.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan is beefing up its military presence in the region in response to China's active challenging of Japanese sovereignty in the East China Sea.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Air Self-Defense Force Col. Kensuke Onishi and Royal Australian Air Force Capt. Ben Sleeman attend a press conference after the COPE North 2018 exercise. Australia is becoming one of Japan's most important security partners.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[China sees nuclear-powered icebreakers as key to fulfilling its Arctic ambitions.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Patients often don't even know that their doctors have prescribed a second-choice treatment because the most effective was unavailable.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tesla CEO Elon Musk appears poised to transform the company's state-of-the art electric cars into driverless vehicles.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump meet in Washington on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Emperor Akihito leaves the Kashikodokoro imperial sanctuary inside the Imperial Palace after a ritual to report the conduct of his abdication ceremony in Tokyo on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/01/editorials/china-reassesses-belt-road/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-01T21:55:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Times are changing for Japanese white-collar workers as firms begin to shift away from lifetime employment.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/02/reader-mail/slim-imperial-family/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-02T18:47:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-02T18:48:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-02T18:48:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-03T17:58:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman in Paris does her shopping at a store using an autonomous robot.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-03T17:59:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/05/editorials/evaluating-lay-judge-system-10-years/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan's current crop of high school and college students are poised to be better off than their parents.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/05/commentary/japan-commentary/new-dawn-japans-imperial-diplomacy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-05T17:58:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-04T12:17:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The ¥10,000 bill that will be introduced in 2024 features Eiichi Shibusawa (1840-1931), a businessman who played a key role in modernizing the Japanese economy.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-05T00:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/04/editorials/address-vacant-home-problem/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-04T18:02:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-04T18:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[When people are surveyed about the traits they value in potential mates, kindness, humor and intelligence come up before looks or money.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/07/editorials/averting-collapse-nature/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-07T19:30:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/07/commentary/world-commentary/boeings-737-defense-textbook-mess/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-07T19:25:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Astronaut Buzz Aldrin stands beside the U.S. flag on the moon on July 20, 1969.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Scientists are identifying more and more potentially life-supporting planets and the number in our galaxy is likely very large.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-07T19:58:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shuichi Yamamoto (left),  the last resident to leave the Granada Relocation Center, in Granada, Colorado, bids goodbye to project director James G. Lindley as the War Relocation Authority camp is officially closed on Oct. 15, 1945.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/06/21/editorials/fertility-rate-dips/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-08T18:06:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-08T19:15:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russia President Vladimir Putin shake hands at a joint news conference Jan. 22 in Moscow after talks on the disputed islands off Hokkaido.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-09T18:57:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meet for talks at Abe's official residence in Tokyo on May 9, 2018. Bilateral ties have grown increasingly chilly since the left-leaning Moon administration took power in 2017.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-10T17:29:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Participants learn how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation during a disaster preparedness drill for foreign residents in Tokyo on Jan. 16.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-10T20:22:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-11T18:00:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-11T18:02:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-12T17:58:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signs legislation May 7 banning abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, which can be as early as six weeks.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-13T15:13:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-13T19:29:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-13T19:27:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A recent opinion survey suggests that U.S. President Donald Trump's statecraft — a zero-sum version of nationalism emphasizing military strength, opposition to immigration and skepticism about America's global responsibilities — is not very popular among Americans.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/13/editorials/u-s-china-play-dangerous-game/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-14T19:09:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/14/commentary/japan-commentary/macron-gets-wrong-nissan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-14T19:42:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/14/commentary/world-commentary/real-reason-youre-not-driving-electric-car/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-14T19:41:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/14/commentary/world-commentary/pathways-tackling-plastic-waste-problem/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-14T19:40:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p11-chellaney-a-20190515.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bottled water has a huge environmental footprint. About 1.6 liters of water are needed to produce one liter of bottled water, demand is depleting precious groundwater resources and most of the recyclable PET bottles are buried in landfills or end up as litter blight.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/14/commentary/world-commentary/court-case-challenges-facebook-bans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-14T19:39:57+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/12/commentary/japan-commentary/time-make-diversity-inclusion-reality/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-15T10:37:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako can serve as role models for a new Japan.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/13/commentary/japan-commentary/on-migrants-and-belonging/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In the sixth to eight centuries, Korean migrants brought Buddhism to Japan's Yamato Kingdom, along with the skills to build temples such as Horyuji in Nara Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/14/commentary/japan-commentary/japans-growing-debt-divergence/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-15T14:27:25+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/15/editorials/press-freedom-myanmar/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-15T20:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/15/commentary/world-commentary/america-versus-iran-confrontation-hell/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-15T19:58:07+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/14/commentary/japan-commentary/digital-transformation-national-security/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-16T12:36:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/16/editorials/redouble-efforts-reduce-plastic-waste/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-16T17:51:58+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/16/commentary/japan-commentary/japans-global-moment-upon-us/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-16T17:52:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan is well-placed to expand its global role thanks largely to the leadership of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/17/reader-mail/trump-must-go-even-without-criminal-charges/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-17T15:11:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-17T15:12:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-17T15:12:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/17/reader-mail/reasonable-rules-attire-needed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-17T15:12:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/17/reader-mail/new-emperor-thoughtful-democratic/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-17T15:13:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-17T18:53:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/17/commentary/world-commentary/berlin-airlift-anniversary-raises-thorny-geopolitical-questions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-17T18:53:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A former Berlin airlift pilot receives flowers at a 70th anniversary ceremony on May 11.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/17/commentary/world-commentary/end-international-criminal-court/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-17T18:53:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-thakur-a-20190518.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Over 70 countries, with 70 percent of the world's military forces, are not members of the International Criminal Court.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/18/cartoons/avengers-endgame/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-18T18:04:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/19/cartoons/sumo-ump/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-19T00:00:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/18/editorials/not-guilty-rulings-sex-crimes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-18T18:02:41+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/18/commentary/world-commentary/long-form-journalism-future-print/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-18T18:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Long stuff is easier to read in print than on an electronic device.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/07/commentary/japan-commentary/younger-okinawans-view-u-s-bases-isnt-black-white/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-19T17:22:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Construction work continues  in Okinawa Prefecture's Henoko coastal area  despite the opposition of a majority of Okinawans to the base-relocation project.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/19/editorials/enabling-people-work-70/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-19T18:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/19/commentary/world-commentary/the-senkaku-paradox/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-19T17:59:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-ohanlon-a-20190520.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Japan Coast Guard ship (right) and a Chinese surveillance ship sail in Japanese waters off the northeastern coast of Uotsuri, one of the five main islets in the Senkaku Islands chain, on Sept. 14, 2012. The territorial dispute has been a flash point in Japan-China relations since 2012 when the Japanese government nationalized the uninhabited islets.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/19/commentary/japan-commentary/the-distribution-revolution/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-19T17:58:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Subscription sales for online access to magazines likely exceeded ¥40 billion in fiscal 2018, providing welcome revenue for publishers hit hard by declining print sales.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/20/commentary/japan-commentary/showa-era-growing-distant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-20T19:49:46+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/20/editorials/australians-opt-stability-canberra/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-20T19:47:25+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/20/commentary/world-commentary/time-treat-facebook-like-big-tobacco/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-20T19:47:31+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/20/commentary/world-commentary/america-moves-baby-boom-great-baby-bust/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-20T19:47:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In 2018, U.S. births totaled 3.788 million, the lowest figure in 32 years, and the replacement rate was 1.728, the lowest figure since  at least 1909. To stabilize a country's population, the average number of children each woman must have is 2.1, disregarding immigration.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/21/editorials/lies-behind-gdp-growth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-21T20:05:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/21/commentary/world-commentary/rising-tide-sustainable-seafood/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-21T20:04:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The sustainable seafood movement has grown rapidly in the past 20 years, but its work remains far from done.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/21/commentary/world-commentary/australian-labor-party-snatched-defeat-jaws-victory/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-21T20:05:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Australian Labor Party supporters watch the election results in Melbourne on May 18.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/21/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-needs-prioritize-population-health-approach/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-21T20:05:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-Kubota-a-20190522.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prioritizing population health can help rein in Japan's soaring health care costs.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/21/commentary/world-commentary/risks-unilateral-governance-digital-trade/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-21T20:05:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/22/commentary/japan-commentary/negotiating-america-first-trade-trump/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-22T20:02:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-05-22T20:02:33+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/22/editorials/steady-goes-central-asia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-22T20:02:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/23/editorials/controls-needed-campaign-ads-referendums/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-23T18:36:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/23/commentary/japan-commentary/trump-abe-odd-couple/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-23T23:25:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p6-konishi-a-20190524.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The affinity between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump may run deeper than skeptics wish to believe.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/24/reader-mail/scholarships-will-pay-off-future/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-24T12:59:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/24/reader-mail/vaccination-issue-deserves-better/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-24T12:59:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/24/reader-mail/honor-foreign-part-time-workers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-24T13:00:04+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/24/reader-mail/tourists-will-follow-clear-rules/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-24T13:01:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/25/cartoons/trump-trophy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-25T18:04:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/26/cartoons/wall-footprints/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-26T00:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/24/commentary/world-commentary/fractured-opposition-indian-leader-gets-second-chance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-24T20:20:25+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/24/commentary/japan-commentary/modi-victory-augurs-well-japan-india-ties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-05-24T20:21:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p10-chellaney-a-20190525.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has built a personal rapport with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Connecting measuring tools to subatomic quantities is easier said than done.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wage growth remains sluggish for Japanese workers despite the nation's growing labor shortage.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga unveils the new imperial era name April 1, earning him the nickname "Uncle Reiwa" and fueling speculation about his political future.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Anti-EU populist Nigel Farage's Brexit Party triumphed in European Parliament elections that Britain was never meant to hold, while the ruling Conservatives suffered a historic blow.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Eclipses allow us to see how space is warped by massive objects like the sun.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-03T19:28:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Depression is a state of low mood that can affect a person's thoughts, behavior, feelings and sense of well-being. Its symptoms include sadness, inactivity, difficulty in thinking and concentration, and altered appetite and sleep.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rugby Australia's dispute with Israel Folau, a Christian who was terminated after he posted on Instagram that gays and other "sinners" will go to hell if they don't repent, impacted the election and is headed for the courts.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/14/editorials/abes-diplomatic-gambit-ends-fireworks/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Seventy percent of Japanese men don't do housework or take part in child-rearing irrespective of whether or not their wives work. But society is gradually changing. A recent survey shows that 80 percent of male university students hope to take childcare leave when they start families.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/15/editorials/preventing-elderly-driver-accidents/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-16T17:59:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Tesla employee drives a Model S equipped with autopilot technology on a highway in Amsterdam in 2015.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/16/commentary/world-commentary/competitive-running-decline/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-16T17:58:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Completing a marathon has lost its cachet and extreme athletes have moved on to more exclusive pastimes, including ultramarathons and triathlons.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/16/editorials/can-pensions-cover-retirement-expenses/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-16T18:00:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-17T14:03:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/17/editorials/long-overdue-fight-plastic-pollution/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-17T19:00:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-17T18:59:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-17T18:57:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/17/commentary/world-commentary/u-s-can-keep-strait-hormuz-open/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-17T18:56:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/17/commentary/world-commentary/bernie-sanders-refugee-1930s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-17T18:55:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-17T20:21:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Messages are seen at a demonstration in Hong Kong on Monday demanding that Chief Executive Carrie Lam withdraw a controversial extradition bill and step down.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/18/editorials/oversight-schools-accepting-foreign-students/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-18T19:49:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-18T19:48:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Based on present demographic trends, Japan's labor force will drop 25 percent by 2050.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/18/commentary/world-commentary/dont-blame-trump-irans-aggression/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-18T19:47:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Iranian soldiers take part in "National Persian Gulf Day" in the Strait of Hormuz on April 19. Iran has dismissed as baseless U.S. accusations that it was involved in last week's attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-18T19:46:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/18/commentary/world-commentary/boris-johnson-last-betrayal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-18T19:45:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-19T15:09:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A 72-year-old caregiver works a nursing home in Tokyo. As the population grays and shrinks, increasing the participation of elderly people in Japan's labor market is indispensable to achieving sustainable economic growth.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/19/commentary/japan-commentary/prioritize-access-japan-russia-dispute/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-19T19:10:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Accepting Russia's proposal to develop a visa-free area between Hokkaido and Sakhalin, including the disputed Northern Territories, would bring Japan economic and political advantages, and move the stalled negotiations forward.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/19/editorials/stopping-assaults-police-officers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-19T19:09:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/20/editorials/hong-kong-boils/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-20T19:01:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/14/reader-mail/refusing-overtime-choice/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-21T16:07:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-21T16:14:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-21T16:15:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/21/reader-mail/time-stop-playing-fool/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-21T16:15:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/21/reader-mail/researchers-face-bleak-future-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-21T16:15:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-22T18:04:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/23/cartoons/summertime-breezy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-23T00:00:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-21T20:55:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/21/editorials/facebook-challenges-global-economy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-21T20:56:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-22T18:00:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The latest research indicates that random bad luck plays a big role in the development of cancer, but early detection can still play a major role in successfully treating it.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/22/editorials/push-higher-minimum-wages/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-22T18:02:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/23/editorials/let-teachers-focus-core-responsibility/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-23T18:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-24T17:54:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump's meetings with the leaders of China, Russia and Turkey will set the tone and focus much of the world's attention at the G20 meeting in Osaka next week.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/24/commentary/world-commentary/fourth-rome-versus-neo-persian-empire/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-24T20:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/24/commentary/japan-commentary/gap-economic-data-sense-recovery/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-24T19:59:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/24/editorials/climate-science-assault/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-24T19:57:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-24T19:56:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/24/commentary/world-commentary/the-gulf-of-deniability/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-24T19:55:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Japanese oil tanker Kokuka Courageous, which was attacked in the Gulf of Oman last week, sails off the port of the Gulf emirate of Fujairah on June 19.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/24/commentary/japan-commentary/goals-group-20-summit-osaka/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-25T11:48:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a speech during a special address to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 23, 2019.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/25/editorials/regional-revitalization-agenda-revisited/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-25T19:59:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/25/commentary/japan-commentary/politicians-must-address-retirement-concerns/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-25T19:58:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Many people fear they will not be able to cover their retirement expenses.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/25/commentary/world-commentary/can-trademark-whatever-words-want-now/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-25T19:57:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday took a big step in the direction of an absolutist conception of free speech, ruling that Patent and Trademark Office must register the brand FUCT.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/25/commentary/world-commentary/defense-not-cute-animals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-25T19:56:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dogs have developed muscles around their eyes that allow them to raise their eyebrows and make their eyes look more expressive to humans. Wolves lack this ability.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/21/commentary/japan-commentary/managing-japan-u-s-ties-trump-era/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-26T15:18:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is arguably U.S. President Donald Trump's most trusted foreign leader.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/26/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-china-warming-people-power-work/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-26T19:48:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A tourist takes a photograph at Sensoji temple in the Asakusa district of Tokyo. Last year, 31.2 million tourists arrived in Japan, with 27 percent of them hailing from China.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/26/editorials/african-swine-flu-poses-new-challenge-asia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-26T19:56:59+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/25/commentary/world-commentary/new-cold-war-liberalism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-27T14:15:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/27/commentary/japan-commentary/japans-cold-blooded-approach-rohingya-crisis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-27T18:45:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Rohingya girl carries a water pot in a  refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/27/commentary/japan-commentary/new-era-new-self-defense-forces/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-27T18:45:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sniper teams from the Ground Self-Defense Force's 1st Airborne Brigade take a break during the Arctic Aurora exercise held with elements of the U.S. Army in Alaska on June 5. The single most precarious issue facing the SDF is Japan's looming demographic crisis, which is reducing the pool of young people from which to recruit.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/27/editorials/helping-foreign-residents-learn-japanese/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-28T13:24:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p15-edi-language-z-20190628.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Demand for Japanese-language education is expected to keep increasing as the foreign population grows.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/28/reader-mail/fsa-missing-boat-pension-issues/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-28T14:58:24+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/28/reader-mail/japan-robbed-world-cup/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-28T14:58:38+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/28/reader-mail/another-foolish-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-28T14:59:05+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/28/reader-mail/relativist-narrative-disservice/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-28T15:01:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/04/05/editorials/special-trials-for-hansens-patients/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-28T18:23:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-29T18:04:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/30/cartoons/senior-taikos/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-30T00:00:59+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/28/commentary/japan-commentary/carlos-ghosns-wife-message-g20/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-28T20:49:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Carlos Ghosn's allies are using the Group of 20 summit to argue that Japan has a darker side: a nationalism so instinctive and so powerful that it would rather frame an innocent man than see one of its marquee companies bought by Westerners.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/28/commentary/japan-commentary/abes-summit-diplomacy-paid-off/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-28T20:50:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Despite Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's efforts to build a strong rapport with Donald Trump, the U.S. president hasn't softened his position on bilateral trade and security issues.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/28/editorials/abe-try-iran/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-28T20:50:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/29/editorials/keep-aid-kids-poverty/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-29T18:02:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-06-30T16:34:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Vietnamese worker harvests tomatoes in Asahi, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 16. Foreign residents now account for about 2 percent of Japan's population and the number will increase following a revision of the immigration law.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/30/editorials/top-court-rejects-1979-murder-retrial-plea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-30T18:00:56+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/30/commentary/world-commentary/blame-gender-gap-japans-low-fertility-rate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-30T17:59:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-Deguchi-a-20190701.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The still-prevalent idea that women are responsible for housework, raising children and nursing care in Japanese society is a major factor behind the nation's falling fertility rate.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/30/commentary/japan-commentary/security-imperatives-trump-fair-deals-japan-u-s-alliance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-06-30T17:58:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter carrier Izumo sails with the USS Ronald Reagan on June 19 while conducting operations in the South China Sea, which has emerged as a dangerous regional flashpoint.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/01/editorials/group-20-show-substance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-01T20:09:21+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/01/commentary/japan-commentary/pressing-issues-reiwa-era/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-01T20:09:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People wave flags during a greeting ceremony with the royal family at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 4.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/01/commentary/japan-commentary/cybersecurity-threat-looms-large-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-01T20:10:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-devlin-a-20190702.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cybersecurity minister Yoshitaka Sakurada came under fire in November when he admitted in a Lower House Cabinet Committee meeting that he's never used a computer.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/01/commentary/world-commentary/u-s-political-cartooning-murdered-heres-autopsy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-01T20:39:04+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/01/commentary/japan-commentary/difference-day-makes-g20/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-02T13:27:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-Miyake-a-20190702.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shake hands at the DMZ on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/03/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-cool-no-clue-selling/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-03T19:58:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-smith-a-20190704.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Visitors walk past a giant model of Evangelion Unit-01 from the "Neon Genesis Evangelion" anime on display in Shanghai in June 2016. Japanese pop culture is thriving worldwide, but the Japanese entertainment industry could do much more to bring the profits back to Japan.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/02/commentary/japan-commentary/making-inclusivity-goal-2020-tokyo-paralympics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-03T23:49:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-Hirata-a-20190703.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The introduction of wheelchair-friendly taxis is just one way that Japan is trying to make the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics and Paralymics as barrier-free as possible.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/02/commentary/japan-commentary/oh-no-another-kimono-scandal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-04T15:07:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-odwyer-a-20190703.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kim Kardashian West has announced that she will change the name of her new "Kimono" line of shapewear after being accused of cultural appropriation.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/04/editorials/yet-another-test-abes-policies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-04T19:05:25+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/04/commentary/japan-commentary/japans-systemic-barriers-gender-equality/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-04T19:05:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-hayashikawa-a-20190705.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The defense team for a group of women whose entrance examination scores were rigged by Tokyo Medical University heads to the Tokyo District Court on March 22.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/05/reader-mail/learning-peace-harmony/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-05T13:50:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/05/reader-mail/hikikomori-can-find-inspiration/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-05T13:51:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/05/reader-mail/abortions-role-depopulation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-05T13:51:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/05/reader-mail/chinese-dragon-still-hungers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-05T13:52:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/06/cartoons/trump-angel-devil/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-06T18:04:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[ca20190707eda.jpg]]></image:title>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/07/cartoons/sherpa-prayer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-07T00:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/05/commentary/world-commentary/iacocca-created-celebrity-ceo-better-worse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-05T18:30:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chrysler Corp. Chairman Lee Iacocca sits on the hood of a Plymouth Reliant in Detroit on Aug. 7, 1980. Iacocca, who first gained fame as the Ford executive who masterminded the Ford Mustang in the early 1960s, became a folk hero for rescuing Chrysler Corp. in the '80s.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/05/commentary/japan-commentary/u-s-china-spat-wont-spark-global-recession/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-05T18:31:25+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/05/editorials/get-japan-south-korea-diplomacy-back-track/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-05T18:34:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/06/editorials/gender-balance-politics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-06T18:02:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/06/commentary/world-commentary/facebook-doesnt-know-youre-psychotic/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-06T18:00:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/p9-flam-a-20190707.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-flam-a-20190707.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[You should always get a second opinion.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/07/editorials/time-rethink-imf-leaders-selection-process/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-07T19:00:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/07/commentary/japan-commentary/japans-experience-vindicate-mmt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-07T18:59:52+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/07/commentary/world-commentary/u-s-progressives-dont-know-end-forever-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-07T18:59:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders steps off a Blackhawk helicopter in Kabul in February 2011. He and other progressive Democratic presidential candidates want to end America's two-decade struggle against jihadi extremism, but that could leave the U.S. vulnerable to terrorist attacks.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/08/commentary/world-commentary/harvard-thoughtcrime-now-punishable-offense/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-08T19:18:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-rall-a-20190709.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People are deploying social media to attack those deemed politically incorrect. Harvard rescinded the acceptance of conservative gun-rights advocate Kyle Kashuv, 18, after racist comments he made in a private chat group at age 16 were leaked.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/08/editorials/brinkmanship-u-s-iran/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-08T19:17:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/08/commentary/world-commentary/just-how-honest-are-we/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-08T19:17:38+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/08/commentary/world-commentary/southern-border-needs-wall-not-trumps-kind/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-08T19:17:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/p8-stavridis-a-20190709.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-stavridis-a-20190709.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Migrants in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, scale the border wall to enter El Paso, Texas, on June 22. The humanitarian crisis at the United States' southern border is growing worse, with 100,000 migrants illegally crossing per month and over 300,000 asylum cases pending.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/08/commentary/japan-commentary/get-ready-cabinet-reshuffle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-08T21:59:35+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/p7-bosack-a-20190709.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-bosack-a-20190709.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, shown campaigning Sunday in the Tokyo suburb of Musashino on Sunday, has consistently reshuffled his Cabinet about once a year and is expected to do so again after the July 21 Upper House election.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/09/editorials/practical-debate-needed-public-pension-system/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-09T19:39:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/09/commentary/japan-commentary/south-koreas-botched-handling-wartime-labor-issue/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-09T19:37:26+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/p8-kimura-a-20190710.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-kimura-a-20190710.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[South Korean merchants step on boxes bearing logos of Japanese products during a rally to declare a boycott of Japanese goods in Seoul on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/09/commentary/world-commentary/can-mmt-japans-savior/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-09T19:38:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/09/commentary/japan-commentary/masayoshi-son-wont-invest-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-10T12:34:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/09/commentary/world-commentary/moving-metoo-mentoo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-10T17:51:28+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/p8-thakur-a-20190710.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-thakur-a-20190710.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Indian actor Karan Oberoi became the poster boy for India's #MenToo movement after he was falsely accused of rape and extortion, and spent more than a month in custody. On June 17 his accuser was arrested.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/10/editorials/long-overdue-recognition-damage-done/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-10T19:45:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/10/commentary/japan-commentary/can-achieve-age-free-society/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-10T19:44:12+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/p8-Ishikura-a-20190711.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-Ishikura-a-20190711.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[As Japan's population grays, a host of aging-related issues are gaining prominence, including extended working lives, retirement finances, senior isolation and the safety of elderly drivers.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/10/commentary/world-commentary/women-central-addressing-climate-change/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-10T19:43:23+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/p8-Foster-a-20190711.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-Foster-a-20190711.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/11/editorials/u-s-arms-sales-taiwan-make-strategic-sense/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-11T18:42:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/12/reader-mail/education-ministrys-misguided-reliance-testing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-12T14:41:52+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/12/reader-mail/look-rabbits-okunoshima/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-12T14:41:59+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/12/reader-mail/abortions-impact-overstated/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-12T14:42:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/12/reader-mail/trump-drifting-self-parody/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-12T14:44:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/14/cartoons/pigeon-umbrella/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-14T00:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ca20190714rda.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[ca20190714rda.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/13/cartoons/bambi-vs-godzilla/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-13T18:04:02+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ca20190714eda-e1562925402919.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[ca20190714eda.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/12/commentary/world-commentary/u-s-plan-fight-china-russia-good-true/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-12T21:33:40+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/p8-brands-a-20190713.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-brands-a-20190713.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese naval vessels led by the aircraft carrier Liaoning participate in a military exercise in the Western Pacific in April 2018.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/12/commentary/japan-commentary/japans-place-coalition-building-iran/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-12T21:34:37+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/p8-Bosack-a-20190713.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-Bosack-a-20190713.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/12/editorials/central-banks-attack/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-12T21:35:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/13/commentary/world-commentary/praise-demographic-decline/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-13T18:00:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/13/editorials/regional-revitalization-goes-slow/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-13T18:02:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/14/editorials/inappropriate-sales-japan-post-insurance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-14T19:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/14/commentary/japan-commentary/fix-japans-misallocation-human-resources/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-14T19:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/p7-Sawa-a-20190715.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-Sawa-a-20190715.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Employees at Ascent Robotics Inc. in Tokyo work on virtual simulation software for use in autonomous cars. To regain its international competitive edge, Japan must produce more engineers and scientists.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/14/commentary/japan-commentary/hone-skills-japanese-youth-shoulder-burdens-21st-century/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-14T19:00:12+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/p7-kamath-a-20190715.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-kamath-a-20190715.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan is a land of opportunities for young people if they have the right skills.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/16/editorials/piece-history-solar-system/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-16T18:50:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/16/commentary/japan-commentary/vision-protecting-worlds-oceans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-16T18:49:23+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/p9-sunami-a-20190717.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-sunami-a-20190717.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A mounting sense of urgency has finally pushed world leaders to pay more attention to the oceans.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/16/commentary/world-commentary/wealthiest-1-can-good-everybody/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-16T18:48:33+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/p9-giugliano-a-20190717.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-giugliano-a-20190717.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Soaking the rich alone doesn't encourage innovation. Robust competition enforcement would be a better answer.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/16/commentary/japan-commentary/u-s-japan-south-korea-ties-important-fail/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-16T18:46:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/16/commentary/world-commentary/skills-youths-will-need-succeed-21st-century/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-16T18:47:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/17/editorials/address-japans-demographic-challenges/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-17T19:41:42+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/17/commentary/world-commentary/japans-trilemma-strait-hormuz/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-17T19:41:53+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/p8-sato-a-20190718.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-sato-a-20190718.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Oil tankers pass through the Strait of Hormuz last December. Japan faces a difficult question of whether to join escort operations in the waterways near Iran.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/17/commentary/world-commentary/fork-mightier-wall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-17T19:41:56+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/p8-nierenberg-a-20190718.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-nierenberg-a-20190718.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Children wait their turn to be served food on July 13 at a migrant campsite in Matamoros, Mexico, near the  border with the United States.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/18/editorials/future-draws-closer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-18T19:09:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/18/commentary/japan-commentary/virtuous-cycle-keeping-abe-power/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-19T12:33:41+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/p7-miura-a-20190719.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-miura-a-20190719.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe high-fives supporters in Kobe last Sunday. His longevity in power rests on an exceptional combination of specific conditions.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/19/reader-mail/automakers-can-help-save-bicyclists-lives/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-19T16:12:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/19/reader-mail/folly-u-s-overseas-bases/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-19T16:14:19+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/19/reader-mail/lack-good-faith-hanoi-summit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-19T16:15:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/19/reader-mail/msdf-can-project-japans-goodwill/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-19T16:17:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/19/commentary/world-commentary/moon-walk-space-wars/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-19T18:04:15+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/p8-chellaney-a-20190720.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-chellaney-a-20190720.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gen. John Hyten, commander of the U.S. Air Force Space Command, gives a talk on the military in space in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in April 2016.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/19/commentary/world-commentary/trumps-incoherent-policy-india/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-19T18:04:33+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/p8-thakur-a-20190720.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-thakur-a-20190720.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hugs U.S. President Donald Trump during a joint statement in the White House Rose Garden in June 2017.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/20/cartoons/whale-market/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-20T18:04:44+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ca20190721eda.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[ca20190721eda.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/21/cartoons/mikoshi-gps/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-21T00:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ca20190721rda.jpg</image:loc>
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