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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/20/editorials/close-passive-smoke-loopholes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-20T18:02:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/20/commentary/world-commentary/apollo-11s-achievement-still-dazzles/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-20T18:00:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin  stands on the surface of the moon on July 20, 1969.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/19/editorials/explore-efforts-stop-school-bullying/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-20T15:19:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/21/editorials/take-action-reinvigorate-global-trade/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-21T19:45:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/21/commentary/world-commentary/south-korea-foreshadows-global-slowdown/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-21T19:44:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The fertility rate in South Korea has fallen to 0.98 — much lower even than in Japan, whose rate is above 1.4.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/21/commentary/world-commentary/pushing-turkey-nato-terrible-idea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-21T19:43:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A file photo shows a new S-400 surface-to-air missile system after its deployment at a military base outside the town of Gvardeysk near Kaliningrad, Russia, on March 11.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/22/commentary/world-commentary/day-hope-landed-moon/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-22T20:08:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Andy Aldrin, 10, sits in the backyard of his home in Houston while other members of his family listen to the reports of the progress of the Apollo 11 lunar module carrying his father, Col. Buzz Aldrin and fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong to a landing on the moon on July 20, 1969.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/22/editorials/next-yet-another-coalition-win/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-22T20:20:21+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/22/commentary/japan-commentary/weighing-impact-korea-taiwan-crises-region/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-22T20:20:30+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/22/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-upper-house-results-signal-stability/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-23T09:46:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In the wake of Sunday's election, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe must now think twice about moving forward on constitutional revision.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/18/commentary/japan-commentary/remembering-role-japan-played-forgotten-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-23T09:47:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The National Police Reserve, the predecessor of the Ground Self-Defense Force, was created through an August 1950 decree in response to a request from Gen. Douglas MacArthur after U.S. troops occupying Japan were sent to fight the Korean War.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/08/commentary/japan-commentary/john-bolton-last-hope/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-23T09:50:10+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/04/commentary/japan-commentary/time-end-bojs-grand-experiment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-23T09:50:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The next generation of political leaders will need to push harder to create more room for private enterprise and entrepreneurship by withdrawing the Bank of Japan's life support.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/16/commentary/japan-commentary/tragedies-trade-spat-seoul/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-23T09:50:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[South Korean President Moon Jae-in, during a meeting Monday with his senior secretaries, urges Tokyo to lift recently tightened controls on high-tech exports, which he says could damage Japan more than South Korea.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/23/commentary/japan-commentary/voter-disillusion-tempered-realism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-23T19:20:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A majority of Japanese voters opted for the stability of the status quo in Sunday's Upper House election.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/23/commentary/japan-commentary/u-s-intervention-cant-break-tokyo-seoul-impasse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-23T19:19:17+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/23/commentary/world-commentary/last-prime-minister-united-kingdom/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-23T19:18:25+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/23/editorials/tehran-ups-ante/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-23T19:16:28+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/23/commentary/world-commentary/new-moon-race-define-future/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-23T19:15:59+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/24/editorials/reverse-fall-voter-turnout/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-24T19:49:41+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/24/commentary/world-commentary/boris-johnson-gets-wish-last/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-24T19:48:27+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/25/editorials/chinas-ties-cambodia-pay-off/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-25T18:29:16+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/25/commentary/japan-commentary/abes-chase-glory-2020-olympics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-25T18:29:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/p7-bosack-a-20190726.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-bosack-a-20190726.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shakes hands with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach during the "One Year to Go" Olympic ceremony event in Tokyo on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/25/commentary/japan-commentary/real-policy-challenges-facing-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-25T19:32:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/p7-Deguchi-a-20190726.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-Deguchi-a-20190726.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan's rapid aging is one of the top issues confronting the nation. The latest data show that the child population has declined for the 38th straight year and is now at a record low.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/27/cartoons/plastic-bottles/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-27T18:04:13+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/28/cartoons/old-high-school-pal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-28T00:00:19+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/26/reader-mail/missing-point-abortion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-26T19:21:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/26/reader-mail/abe-fuels-fire-instability/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-26T19:30:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/26/reader-mail/parental-leave-remains-deficient/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-26T19:31:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/26/editorials/boris-moves-10-downing-street/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-26T19:33:43+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/27/commentary/world-commentary/flight-shaming-wont-work-asia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-27T18:16:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-minter-a-20190728.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The number of Asian flyers is only going to keep growing.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/27/editorials/smooth-olympic-traffic/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-27T18:24:43+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/28/commentary/japan-commentary/problem-investing-pension-funds-jgbs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-28T19:49:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-Takenaka-b-20190729.jpg]]></image:title>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/28/commentary/world-commentary/boris-johnson-faces-millennial-brexit-wildcard/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-28T19:48:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/p9-raphael-a-20190729.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-raphael-a-20190729.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[New Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson speaks at an event announcing the results of the party's leadership contest in central London on July 22.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/28/editorials/womens-political-empowerment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-28T19:50:20+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/29/commentary/japan-commentary/chinese-union-korean-peninsula/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-29T19:28:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-Miyake-a-20190730.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of the South Korea and Japan delegations arrive for a General Council meeting at the World Trade Organization in Geneva on July 24 to discuss a bilateral trade dispute.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/29/commentary/world-commentary/seas-unsafe-transactional-world/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-29T19:26:35+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/29/commentary/world-commentary/every-u-s-president-since-reagan-wrong-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-29T19:25:26+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/26/commentary/japan-commentary/time-japan-reassess-russia-policy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-29T19:35:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/p8-brown-a-20190727.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-brown-a-20190727.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, shown here meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Osaka last month, has struggled to achieve progress on the Northern Territories dispute.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/26/commentary/world-commentary/joint-air-patrol-russia-china-divide-u-s-allies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-29T19:39:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/p8-apps-a-20190727.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-apps-a-20190727.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Russian TU-95 bomber flies over the East China Sea in this picture taken by the Air Self-Defense Force and released by the Defense Ministry on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/30/commentary/japan-commentary/japanese-trailblazer-wore-stilettos/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-30T19:29:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/p9-Murakami-a-20190731.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-Murakami-a-20190731.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Haruno Yoshida worked tirelessly to promote gender equality and leadership roles for women in both government and business.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/30/editorials/musing-sustainability-eel-consumption/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-30T19:28:41+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/30/commentary/world-commentary/call-healthy-blue-oceans-asia-pacific/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-30T19:27:42+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/30/commentary/world-commentary/self-harm-hong-kong/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-30T19:26:36+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/30/commentary/world-commentary/boris-johnson-triumph-gullibility/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-30T19:25:20+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/30/commentary/japan-commentary/factional-politics-remain-force-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-30T19:30:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends a meeting of LDP executives at party headquarters in Tokyo on Tuesday, where he announced that he will make new party appointments in September.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/31/editorials/overstretched-system-dealing-child-abuse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-07-31T19:30:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-08-01T18:44:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The USCGC Healy, seen here Oct. 3 in the Arctic, is one of two ice breakers in U.S. service.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/08/03/cartoons/pensions-house-cards/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2019-08-02T17:31:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-08-02T17:31:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/08/02/commentary/world-commentary/irans-next-move-u-s-allies-can-stop/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-08-02T19:15:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-08-02T19:15:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-08-02T19:16:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Reiwa Shinsengumi founder Taro Yamamoto is called  "Japan's Bernie Sanders" for his anti-establishment stance.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/02/28/editorials/whos-sustaining-convenient-24-hour-service/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-08-02T20:25:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-08-02T20:47:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Oberlin College's active involvement in student protests against Gibson's Bakery has put the progressive liberal arts institution on the hook for at least $33 million in damages.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/08/03/editorials/women-still-cant-reach-potential/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-08-03T18:02:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-08-03T18:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Skeletons of a chimpanzee (left), a "modern human" (center) and a Neanderthal stand in the American Museum of Natural History in New York.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/08/04/editorials/diet-members-disabilities-critical-japans-future/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-08-04T18:00:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-08-04T17:59:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Agriculture accounts for just 1 percent of Japan's GDP and the number of farming households has declined steeply in the past 50 years, but the farm vote continues to have a decisive impact on Diet elections.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/08/04/commentary/world-commentary/trying-cut-cigarette-use-banning-vaping-might-backfire/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-08-04T17:58:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[San Francisco voted June 25 to ban sales of e-cigarettes, making it illegal to sell nicotine vaporizer products in stores or for retailers to ship the goods to San Francisco addresses.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/08/05/commentary/world-commentary/chinas-cambodian-invasion/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in December 2017. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that China — Cambodia's largest creditor, investor and aid donor — now has a military presence in that country.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/08/05/editorials/farewell-inf-treaty/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-08-05T19:26:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/08/05/commentary/japan-commentary/can-telework-ease-peer-pressure-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-08-06T10:25:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2017/11/21/commentary/world-commentary/china-gives-flying-cars-real-boost/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-08-06T13:43:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/08/06/commentary/japan-commentary/nissans-loveless-renault-marriage-laid-bare/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-08-06T19:28:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In many ways, the alliance has been dead since the arrest of former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn last November.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/08/06/commentary/world-commentary/big-tech-needs-save-deep-seas/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-08-06T19:25:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ocean biodiversity is threatened by global demand for metals and minerals.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-08-09T13:03:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/08/11/cartoons/daibutsu-google/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese President Xi Jinping visits a rare earths firm in Jiangxi province on May 21.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan's female labor participation rate — previously among the lowest in the OECD — has soared to a record 71 percent, but Japan ranked just 110 out of 149 countries in the World Economic Forum's latest Global Gender Gap Index .]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/08/10/editorials/ebola-continues-rage-africa/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2019-08-11T17:59:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Co-working spaces not only give freelancers a place to set up, they also bring together people with similar interests and aspirations who can share ideas and build a community.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/08/11/commentary/world-commentary/will-wearing-2030-rolls-around/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Centuries-old wearable tech?]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-08-13T17:53:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/08/13/editorials/president-trump-confused/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-08-13T20:10:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/08/13/commentary/world-commentary/greenlands-rapid-melting-hugely-underplayed-story/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In the United States, 43 percent of marriages end in divorce within the first 15 years, but only about 13 percent of people who take home a shelter dog return it.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-08-19T19:25:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-08-20T10:31:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Jinghong Dam is just one of a number of dams that China has built on the upper Mekong River. China has more dams in operation than the rest of the world combined.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Troubled trade ties with South Korea could raise the cost of kerosene this winter.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[E-commerce was seen as a lifeline for small businesses, but they are finding it increasingly hard to compete with Amazon, which controls about half the U.S. online retail market.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Amazon.com Inc. briefly became America's second trillion-dollar company on Tuesday after adding $434 billion to its market cap this year.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-08-23T13:51:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-08-23T13:51:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ken Hu, deputy chairman of Huawei Technologies Co., gives a keynote speech at the Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2019, Asia's largest mobile technology exhibition, in late June.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An exhausted Rohingya refugee woman touches the shore in Bangladesh after crossing the border from Myanmar through the Bay of Bengal in September 2017.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Feb. 22]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump, shown at the Group of Seven summit on Sunday, prefers to follow his instincts when formulating U.S. foreign policy.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/07/14/commentary/world-commentary/chinas-might-makes-right-strategy-vs-international-law/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2019-08-27T13:42:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-08-27T13:44:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Women are underrepresented in the cybersecurity field.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Digital-age technologies and the global clean-energy transition are driving a sharp increase in demand for materials that are abundant in the ocean.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-08-29T19:17:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-08-29T19:17:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Married men help out with household chores far more now than their great-grandfathers did, but their wives still get stuck doing the lion's share of  housework.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-06T12:56:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/08/cartoons/dog-language-diffs/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Japan Coast Guard cutter sails near the islet of Uotsuri in the East China Sea in August 2013. The National Police Agency's 2020 budget request includes funding for a new unit dedicated to protecting the Senkaku Islands.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/07/editorials/budget-reflect-sense-crisis/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-07T18:00:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Science is still stumped when it comes to love.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/09/editorials/little-late-hong-kong/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-09T20:25:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[China has more dams than any other nation as well as the world's largest dam, the Three Gorges Dam.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/10/commentary/japan-commentary/nissan-ghosn-japans-legal-double-standards/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nissan CEO Hiroto Saiwaka will step down on Sept. 16 in the wake of an overpayment scandal.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/10/commentary/japan-commentary/roles-women-influential-positions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-10T19:29:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sociologist Chizuko Ueno, shown speaking at the University of Tokyo's entrance ceremony in April, has been a driving force of feminism in Japan.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/10/editorials/stalemate-japan-russia-territorial-row/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-10T19:28:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-10T19:27:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-10T19:26:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dozens of climbers wait in line to reach the summit of Mount Everest on May 22.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/24/commentary/world-commentary/new-government-no-new-solutions/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-11T13:19:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-11T13:20:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-11T13:20:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-11T13:21:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/16/commentary/world-commentary/chinese-landed-europe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-11T13:21:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-11T13:22:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[In Vietnam, like much of Asia, technocracy and technology reign supreme and ideology takes a back seat.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/03/05/commentary/japan-commentary/brexit-hasnt-triggered-general-japanese-retreat-britain/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-11T13:22:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Media gather outside the Honda Motor Co. auto plant in Swindon, England, on Feb. 19, after Honda announced that it would be closing the factory.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-11T13:22:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Workers weigh bowls of coal at a coal wholesale market in Mumbai. India is making a gradual shift away from fossil fuels, but coal is also getting a renewed push as a cheap source of energy.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/17/commentary/world-commentary/children-take-westminster/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/22/commentary/world-commentary/brilliant-brexit-plan-gets-bad-reception/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-11T13:24:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-11T13:24:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/10/12/commentary/world-commentary/dis-united-nations/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/24/commentary/world-commentary/religion-politics-hopes-disappointments/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-11T13:25:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby addresses the United Nations Security Council on "mediation and its role in conflict" during an open debate on maintenance of international peace and security on Aug. 29.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/07/18/commentary/world-commentary/middle-way-emerges-road-brexit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-11T13:25:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/07/05/commentary/world-commentary/nato-facing-deep-dilemmas/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-11T13:26:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/06/21/commentary/world-commentary/washington-tale-two-governments/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-11T13:26:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/06/07/commentary/world-commentary/take-shanghai-cooperation-organization-seriously/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-11T13:27:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which counts China, India, Russia and Pakistan among its members, is holding its annual summit in Qingdao, China, this weekend.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/10/commentary/world-commentary/britain-keeping-calm-amid-chaos/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-11T14:11:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/11/commentary/world-commentary/nuclear-arms-treaty-umbrella-states/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-11T18:59:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/11/commentary/japan-commentary/create-immigrant-friendly-japan-start-education-reform/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-11T18:59:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japanese school children are taught to value conformity from an early age.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/11/editorials/boris-johnsons-horrible-week/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-11T20:57:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/30/commentary/japan-commentary/direction-education-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-12T18:57:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p13-deguchi-a-20181001.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A challenge facing Japan is how to introduce new technology, or "ed-tech," into the education scene. Strengthening graduate schools in the science fields is a key way to adapt to extraordinary progress in information technology.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/18/commentary/japan-commentary/global-decline-japanese-universities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-12T19:06:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-sawa-a-20190119.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A drastic drop in the number of Japanese enrolled in U.S. graduate schools and a dearth of  Japanese research papers written in English are two key factors in the decline of Japanese universities in global rankings.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/12/editorials/whats-next-abes-cabinet-reshuffle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-12T19:22:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The road to re-election in 2020 is far from smooth for U.S. President Donald Trump.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reshuffled his Cabinet on Wednesday, appointing allies to key positions as he nears becoming the country's longest-serving premier in November.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet reshuffle is aimed at advancing his national agenda.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[All U.S. states except Oregon and New Jersey permit self-service gas stations.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[As renewables become the leading growth industries in the energy sector, financial markets will reallocate capital accordingly.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/18/editorials/isahaya-bay-reclamation-dispute-continues/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-20T12:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-20T13:56:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-20T15:40:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has kept newly appointed Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (second from left) in a position of leadership in every reshuffle since 2012.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-22T18:00:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-22T17:59:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-22T17:58:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The use of live face tracking raises concerns about privacy rights and mismatches.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-20T18:58:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Self-Defense Forces have been taking recruitment measures to mitigate the impact of the shrinking and aging population but is still falling short of staffing goals.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-23T17:58:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Since taking power in 2016, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, seen here meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Manila last November, has chosen mostly to accommodate rather than resist Beijing's pressure.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-23T17:59:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-23T17:56:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-23T17:55:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-21T18:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[It's hard for people to feel they own something that they can't physically touch.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[At a news conference Thursday following the Bank of Japan's latest Policy Board meeting, Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda hints at taking additional monetary-easing steps.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[South Koreans demand a formal apology from the Japanese government over the  "comfort women" issue near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul last Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/25/editorials/tokyo-must-lead-climate-action/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2019-09-25T21:11:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-Deguchi-a-20190926.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Bank of Japan has already become a major shareholder of 50 percent of the nation's listed companies, and is set to become the largest shareholder by the end of next year.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/26/commentary/world-commentary/trumps-call-impeachment-worthy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-26T19:20:18+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/26/editorials/halt-health-damage-asbestos/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-26T19:20:22+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/27/reader-mail/young-greta-gets-climate-outrage-right-u-n/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-27T15:05:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/27/reader-mail/olympic-funds-put-better-use/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-27T15:05:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/27/reader-mail/chellaney-wrong-kashmir-issue/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-27T15:05:59+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/27/reader-mail/keep-publishing-ralls-columns/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-27T15:06:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/27/commentary/japan-commentary/dirty-word-driving-economic-change-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-27T18:37:32+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/27/commentary/japan-commentary/whats-behind-japans-political-stability/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-27T18:43:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-Miura-a-20190928.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The largest bloc of Japanese voters has no strong party affiliation, and many who vote for the LDP do so because they see no viable alternative among the opposition parties.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/27/editorials/u-s-takes-fateful-step-toward-impeachment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-27T18:44:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/28/cartoons/isahaya-weather-vane/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-28T18:04:08+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/29/cartoons/veni-vidi-video-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-29T00:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[ca20190929rda.jpg]]></image:title>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/20/commentary/japan-commentary/paternity-issues-also-strain-japan-u-s-alliance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-27T19:53:18+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/28/editorials/time-discuss-sex-marriage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-28T18:02:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/28/commentary/world-commentary/complicity-opioids-vaping-bad-mix/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-28T18:00:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-flam-a-20190929.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Problems with opioids are obvious, but we are only starting to learn about vaping.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/29/commentary/world-commentary/saving-pacific-islanders-geoengineering/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-29T18:40:48+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/29/commentary/world-commentary/argentina-cautionary-tale-trumps-america/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-29T18:40:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-basu-a-20190930.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Jose Felix Uriburu took power in Argentina through a military coup in 1930. Under his watch and amid rising right-wing nationalism, immigration stalled and the country almost doubled its average import tariff. The economic scars are still visible today.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/29/editorials/newly-formed-parliamentary-group-tested/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-29T18:41:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/30/commentary/japan-commentary/thomas-cooks-excursions-lost-way/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-30T19:17:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p11-bershidsky-a-20191001.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[British travel firm Thomas Cook collapsed into bankruptcy on Sept. 23, leaving some 600,000 holidaymakers stranded and sparking Britain's biggest repatriation since World War II.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/30/commentary/world-commentary/left-center-right-denial-climate-change/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-09-30T19:15:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p10-rall-a-20191001.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/30/editorials/wework-ipo-didnt-work/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-01T15:08:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/01/editorials/probe-suspicions-gifts-given-kepco-executives/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-01T19:35:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/01/commentary/japan-commentary/japans-labor-market-still-rigged-women/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-01T19:33:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/p8-smith-a-20191002.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-smith-a-20191002.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Despite its goal of having women hold 30 percent of managerial positions by 2020, the Abe administration so far has only been able to achieve 13 percent.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/01/commentary/world-commentary/chinas-70-years-progress/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-01T19:33:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/p9-jin-a-20191002.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-jin-a-20191002.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Participants in Beijing on Tuesday cheer beneath a large portrait of Chinese President Xi Jinping during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of  the People's Republic  of China and showcasing the nation's ambition as a rising global force.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/01/commentary/world-commentary/tax-hike-comes-inauspicious-time/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-01T19:33:06+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/p9-moss-a-20191002.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-moss-a-20191002.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A recession isn't in the cards for Japan, but a fiscal brake on the world's third-largest economy would be unwelcome.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/01/commentary/world-commentary/time-listen-children-climate-change/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T10:48:44+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/02/editorials/cultural-affairs-agency-done/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T19:35:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/02/commentary/japan-commentary/japans-least-bad-choice-north-korea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T19:34:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/p8-thakur-a-20191003.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-thakur-a-20191003.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A big screen in Tokyo shows a news report on North Korea's two missile launches into the sea Wednesday, a day after Washington and Pyongyang announced they would resume stalled nuclear talks later this week.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/02/commentary/japan-commentary/korean-peninsula-dangerous-neighborhood/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-02T19:33:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/p8-will-a-20191003.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-will-a-20191003.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[South Korean President Moon Jae-in has made concerted efforts to improve ties with North Korea and agitate bilateral relations with Japan.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/03/editorials/japan-eu-partnership-grows-deeper/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-03T19:21:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/03/commentary/world-commentary/americas-impeachment-trap/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-03T19:22:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-posner-a-20191004.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/05/cartoons/edit107-rugby-trade/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-05T18:04:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[ca20191006eda.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/06/cartoons/dogfood-itadakimasu/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-06T00:00:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[ca20191006rda.jpg]]></image:title>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/04/reader-mail/cut-single-use-plastics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-04T16:59:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/04/reader-mail/japan-can-find-energy-sea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-04T16:59:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/04/reader-mail/congratulations-big-rugby-win/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-04T16:59:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/04/reader-mail/u-s-japan-deserve-blame/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-04T17:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/04/reader-mail/terrible-pick-u-s-top-court/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-04T17:00:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/04/editorials/hong-kong-spoils-xis-celebration/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-04T17:25:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/04/commentary/japan-commentary/saving-japan-south-korea-relationship/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-04T17:25:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-lee-a-20191005.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[South Korean protesters stage a rally to boycott the 2020 Tokyo Olympics while calling it "The Radioactive Olympic" in front of the presidential Blue House in Seoul on Sept. 26. An anti-Japanese boycott has gained ground in South Korea since Tokyo tightened exports of materials used to manufacture semiconductors and display screens, key export items for South Korea.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/04/commentary/japan-commentary/new-cabinets-must-economic-policies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-04T17:25:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-Takenaka-a-20191005.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A shop in Tokyo displays banners notifying  customers of the Oct. 1 rise in the consumption tax. The first challenge facing the new Abe Cabinet is to implement short-term economic policies that can stave off a slowdown.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/06/editorials/streamline-public-hospitals-curb-medical-expenses/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-06T17:59:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/06/commentary/world-commentary/japan-europe-can-build-silk-road/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-06T17:58:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/06/commentary/world-commentary/china-wont-able-save-world-economy-time/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-06T17:57:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/06/commentary/japan-commentary/trump-aims-use-trade-deal-win-election/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-06T18:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/p9-shirai-a-20191007.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-shirai-a-20191007.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the 74th session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Sept. 25.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/06/commentary/world-commentary/climate-change-finally-concerns-americans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-06T13:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/05/editorials/ensure-education-foreign-kids/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-07T13:38:33+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/07/commentary/japan-commentary/south-korea-africa-eu-strategy-abe-cabinet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-07T19:43:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-Valerie-a-20191008.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is greeted by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker prior to a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels on Sept. 27. The new Japan-EU agreement is an important move in the right direction to meet China's international challenges.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/07/editorials/nuclear-talks-fail/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-07T19:45:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/07/commentary/world-commentary/europe-choose-side-u-s-china-rivalry/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-07T19:40:47+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/p9-brands-a-20191008.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-brands-a-20191008.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese President Xi Jinping poses for the press with his French and German counterparts Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel at Elysee Palace in Paris on March 26.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/07/commentary/world-commentary/beset-hong-kong-protests-beijing-showcases-missiles/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-07T19:41:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-apps-a-20191008.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/07/commentary/japan-commentary/excessive-concern-public-pension/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-07T19:44:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-Takenaka-a-20191008.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/08/editorials/third-party-probe-kepco-scandal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T19:45:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/08/commentary/japan-commentary/unfinished-business-corporate-leaders/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T19:44:23+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/p10-koll-a-20191009.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p10-koll-a-20191009.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A lack of corporate leadership and ambition stands in the way of greater economic prosperity in Japan.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/08/commentary/world-commentary/putins-russia-now-middle-eastern-country/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T19:42:07+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/p11-bershidsky-a-20191009.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p11-bershidsky-a-20191009.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin has built strong relationships with leaders in the Middle East by being a consistent opponent of regime change and a backer of incumbents.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/08/commentary/world-commentary/asianized-world-arrived/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T19:41:58+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/p10-woetzel-a-20191009.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p10-woetzel-a-20191009.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The global center of gravity is shifting to Asia.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/08/commentary/world-commentary/komodo-dragons-versus-ecotourists/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-08T19:41:11+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/p11-minter-a-20191009.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p11-minter-a-20191009.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[If fewer people get a chance to see Komodo island's dragons, they will have a chance to thrive.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/08/commentary/world-commentary/tragic-motorcycle-accident-real-test-boris-johnson/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-09T10:04:45+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/p11-raphael-a-20191009.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p11-raphael-a-20191009.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Harry Dunn, age 19, was killed in August when he was struck by a car traveling on the wrong side of the road. The driver suspected of causing the accident, the wife of a U.S. diplomat, claimed diplomatic immunity and returned to the U.S. with her family.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/09/editorials/china-calls-foul-nba/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-09T19:19:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/09/commentary/world-commentary/north-korea-exploits-advantages-talks-u-s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-09T19:18:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/10/editorials/nobel-prize-revolutionary-technology/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-10T19:02:00+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/10/commentary/japan-commentary/tokyo-seoul-weaponization-history/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-10T19:02:04+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/p7-funabashi-a-20191011.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-funabashi-a-20191011.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Protesters in Seoul hold placards on Aug. 3 reading "No Abe!" during a demonstration against Japan's removal of South Korea from a list of trusted trading partners.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/12/cartoons/tax-hike-sticks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-12T18:04:42+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ca20191013eda-e1570778371144.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[ca20191013eda.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/13/cartoons/jf-ashions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-13T00:00:46+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ca20191013rda-e1570778388221.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[ca20191013rda.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/11/reader-mail/support-can-reduce-abuse-home/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-11T16:22:40+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/11/reader-mail/remembering-arahama-district/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-11T16:22:51+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/11/reader-mail/compliments-japan-rugby-fan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-11T16:22:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/13/editorials/dispute-hometown-tax-donation-system/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-13T18:00:57+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/11/commentary/world-commentary/trump-impeachment-deep-democratic-coup-warren/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-11T20:24:49+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/p10-rall-a-20191012.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p10-rall-a-20191012.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/11/commentary/japan-commentary/consumption-tax-hike-delays-painful-spending-reforms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-11T20:27:25+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/p10-Sato-a-20191012.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p10-Sato-a-20191012.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Raising the consumption tax allows politicians to skirt unpopular reform of the social security system.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/11/editorials/nissans-leaders-will-put-test/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-11T20:27:59+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/13/commentary/world-commentary/whither-nuclear-arms-control/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-13T17:59:09+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/p7-ramberg-a-20191014.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-ramberg-a-20191014.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/13/commentary/world-commentary/trumps-dangerous-war-national-security-council/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-13T17:58:53+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/p7-brands-a-20191014.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-brands-a-20191014.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/12/editorials/expedite-burying-power-cables/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-13T19:33:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/15/commentary/world-commentary/u-s-blunder-bring-order-chaos/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-15T19:18:11+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/p8-brands-a-20191016.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-brands-a-20191016.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/15/commentary/world-commentary/financing-worlds-green-transition/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-15T19:17:54+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/p9-badre-a-20191016.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-badre-a-20191016.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/15/commentary/world-commentary/first-thing-fire-cops/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-15T19:16:44+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/p9-rall-a-20191016.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-rall-a-20191016.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bouquets of flowers and stuffed animals lay outside the home where a 28-year-old black woman was shot to death by a white police officer in Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/15/commentary/japan-commentary/next-vacation-may-virtual/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-15T19:15:21+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/p9-minter-a-20191016.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-minter-a-20191016.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[ANA and its competitors are betting that they can make money by keeping would-be travelers happily at home.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/15/commentary/japan-commentary/trumps-move-syria-alarm-u-s-allies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-15T19:19:01+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/p1-miyake-a-20191016.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p1-miyake-a-20191016.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/07/commentary/japan-commentary/simple-serious-fatal-mistakes-politics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-15T19:18:34+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/p1-Miyake-a-20191008.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p1-Miyake-a-20191008.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/03/commentary/world-commentary/pride-prejudice-chinese-characteristics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-15T19:18:38+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/p1-nagy-a-20191004.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p1-nagy-a-20191004.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Military vehicles carrying DF-17 hypersonic missiles take part in a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in Beijing on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/17/commentary/world-commentary/saudi-arabia-drone-attacks-trilateral-coordination/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-15T19:18:42+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/p1-Miyake-a-20190918.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p1-Miyake-a-20190918.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Smoke billows from an Aramco oil facility in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/06/editorials/time-crack-road-rage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-15T19:19:46+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2017/12/17/editorials/china-resume-dialogue-taiwan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-15T19:19:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/10/commentary/japan-commentary/japans-not-hedging-australia-security-ties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-15T19:22:32+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/p1-bosak-a-20191011.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p1-bosak-a-20191011.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Australian and Japanese fighter jets participate in the recently concluded Exercise Bushido Guardian conducted out of Chitose Air Base in Hokkaido.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/30/commentary/world-commentary/keep-south-korean-judiciary-independent/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-15T19:22:33+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/p1-Miyake-a-20191001.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p1-Miyake-a-20191001.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[South Korean President Moon Jae-in, a former law professor, should appreciate the importance of an independent judiciary.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/26/commentary/japan-commentary/japans-hong-kong-conundrum/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-15T19:22:39+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/p1-nagy-a-20190928.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p1-nagy-a-20190928.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/02/commentary/japan-commentary/protests-1969-tokyo-todays-hong-kong/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-15T19:22:52+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/p1-Miyake-a-20190903.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p1-Miyake-a-20190903.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/05/commentary/japan-commentary/nothing-to-fear-from-a-u-s-recession/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-15T19:22:54+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/p1-Koll-a-20190906.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p1-Koll-a-20190906.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[According to the U.S. Commerce Department, U.S. GDP expanded in the April-June period by 2 percent, down a notch from the initial 2.1 percent growth estimate and well below U.S. President Donald Trump's 3 percent target.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/08/22/commentary/japan-commentary/japans-indo-pacific-dream-nightmare/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-15T19:22:57+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/p1-nagy-a-20190823.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p1-nagy-a-20190823.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Maritime Self-Defense Force guided-missile destroyer Myoko sails with the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier in the Philippines Sea on Aug. 15. The Japan-U.S. alliance plays a key role in Japan's "Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy."]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/08/13/commentary/japan-commentary/deal-islamic-republic/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-15T19:23:07+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/p1-Miyake-a-20190814.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p1-Miyake-a-20190814.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/29/commentary/japan-commentary/managing-economy-slowdown/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-15T19:23:19+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/p1-Takenaka-a-20190730.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p1-Takenaka-a-20190730.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[With the Upper House election now behind it, the Abe administration faces a host of new problems in managing the economy.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/15/editorials/brave-blossoms-step-game/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-15T19:36:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/16/editorials/review-defenses-flooding/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-16T20:00:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/16/commentary/japan-commentary/reforming-education-society-5-0/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-16T19:59:18+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/p8-Sawa-a-20191017.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-Sawa-a-20191017.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Success in Society 5.0 requires a different kind of education than that now taught in Japanese universities.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/16/commentary/world-commentary/will-libra-stillborn/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-16T19:58:29+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/p8-eichengreen-a-20191017.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-eichengreen-a-20191017.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/17/editorials/u-s-china-declare-trade-war-truce/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-17T18:03:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/17/commentary/japan-commentary/taro-kono-different-kind-defense-minister/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-17T18:04:33+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/p6-bosack-a-20191018.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p6-bosack-a-20191018.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taro Kono, the most influential politician ever to lead the Defense Ministry, is a top candidate for post-Abe leadership.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/17/commentary/world-commentary/u-s-progressives-willing-cut-constitutional-corners/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-17T18:04:38+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/p6-will-a-20191018.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p6-will-a-20191018.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/19/cartoons/cpi-cpr/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-19T18:04:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/09/commentary/japan-commentary/battle-okinawa-really-began-75-years-ago-today/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-18T12:23:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Nagayake Eternal Peace Monument in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, is the site of a memorial service every year on Oct. 10 to pray for the war dead and for peace. Ninety percent of Naha was destroyed in an air raid on Oct. 10, 1944.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/09/15/commentary/japan-commentary/hatoyama-administrations-significance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-18T12:37:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, leader of the now-defunct Democratic Party of Japan, speaks at a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office on Sept. 16, 2009, the first day of his administration.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Third-year junior high school students in Tokyo take the verbal section of the annual nationwide English achievement test conducted in April by the education ministry.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tetsumi Takara (right) celebrates his victory in Sunday's Upper House with Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki in Naha.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-18T12:50:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Spouses of U.S. military members line up at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa. An overlooked pool of potential workers is the dependent population of U.S. military personnel assigned to Japan. With special permission, even active service members can work part-time.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[By not building infrastructure and placing officials on the Senkaku Islands to underline its administrative control, Japan is demonstrating a lack of confidence, conviction and action that only serves to embolden China.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/07/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-needs-sister-city-strategy/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of the Japanese  street performance group Chin-don Tsushinsha play as they march down Michigan Avenue to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the sister city partnership between Chicago and Osaka on June 6, 2018.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/20/commentary/japan-commentary/sri-lanka-teach-world/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-18T12:58:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yuma Arisawa, who won a seat in the April 21 Suita Municipal Assembly election, is shown with her team of supporters in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, on April 19.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/19/commentary/japan-commentary/okinawa-conference-50-years-later/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-18T12:59:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki hands a letter of protest to Lt. Gen. Eric Smith, U.S. Marine commander in Japan, on Monday following the murder of a Japanese woman by a U.S. serviceman. Okinawa hosts about two-thirds of the U.S. forces in Japan despite accounting for less than 1 percent of the nation's land area.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/18/reader-mail/no-treaty-basis-u-s-marines-okinawa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-18T15:13:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-18T15:15:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-18T15:56:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Revetment work continues in the Henoko coastal area in Okinawa on Monday, a day after more than 70 percent of people in the prefecture who voted in a referendum came out against the base-relocation project.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/27/commentary/japan-commentary/countdown-okinawas-critical-election/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-18T15:57:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Liberal Party lawmaker Denny Tamaki (left) and former Ginowan Mayor Atsushi Sakima campaign in the city of Ginowan in the run-up to Sunday's Okinawa gubernatorial election.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/10/commentary/japan-commentary/the-necessary-calamity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-18T15:58:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Two ships sit grounded on a breakwater strewn with debris at Amagasakinishinomiya Port in Hyogo Prefecture on Sept. 6 in the wake of Typhoon Jebi.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/19/commentary/japan-commentary/okinawa-referendum-bring-clarity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-18T15:59:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Seawall construction work is underway July 27 for relocating the functions of the U.S. Futenma military base from Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, to the Henoko coastal area of Nago, also in Okinawa.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/02/13/commentary/japan-commentary/four-mottainai-okinawan-affairs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-18T15:59:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People take part in a rally in front of Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa, on Dec. 26 as the sit-in protest against the relocation of U.S. Marine Corp's Futenma air station from Okinawa's Ginowan city to Nago reached 5,000 days.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/06/10/commentary/japan-commentary/u-s-japan-taiwan-grand-bargain-senkakus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-18T15:59:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-18T16:00:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/18/commentary/world-commentary/post-american-middle-east-arrived/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-18T19:45:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/18/commentary/japan-commentary/will-labor-practices-japan-disrupted/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-18T19:46:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[For a majority of Japanese, the perception of work still means being at the office no matter what.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/18/editorials/overzealous-reform-protect-national-security/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-19T18:00:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fried snacks from Malaysian street vendors pose minimal health risks in moderation. But thanks to their low-cost ubiquity, they're helping make the country "the fattest in Asia."]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-20T19:22:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/21/editorials/brexit-drags-on/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-21T20:35:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-21T20:33:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shinjiro Koizumi's first few weeks as environment minister have revealed his political inexperience.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/22/commentary/world-commentary/nato-can-save-kurds-make-turkey-happy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-22T17:58:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/22/commentary/japan-commentary/no-excuse-inaction-pension-reforms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-22T17:59:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-Deguchi-a-20191023.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Expanding employee pension coverage would improve pension finances and Japan's economic structure.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/22/editorials/imfs-troubling-economic-outlook/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-22T18:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-10-22T20:30:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-bullard-a-20191023.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bigger cars mean greater emissions.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/22/commentary/world-commentary/women-see-bias-men-see-pipeline-problem/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-22T20:30:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-carmichael-a-20191023.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The struggle for gender parity at the office continues to be an uphill battle.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/22/commentary/world-commentary/jeff-bezos-amazon-needs-leash-not-breakup/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-22T20:30:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-nocera-a-20191023.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The company founded by Jeff Bezos is feared by critics, but loved by consumers.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/23/editorials/ever-growing-number-school-bullying-cases/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-23T19:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/23/commentary/world-commentary/putin-took-mideast-u-s-can-get-back/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-23T18:59:28+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/24/editorials/moving-tokyo-games-marathon-sapporo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-24T18:35:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/24/commentary/japan-commentary/can-japan-revive-electronics-industry-glory/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-24T18:35:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Any realistic solution to the climate crisis must keep the engines of economic growth running. A global carbon market would do just that.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-brands-a-20191105.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[China's Eurasian project will work only if Russia stays a partner rather than a rival.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/11/04/commentary/world-commentary/germanys-windmills-wildly-unpopular/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:25:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-bershidsky-a-20191105.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The construction of new wind turbines has largely ground to a halt in Germany, in part because of how they change landscapes.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/11/04/commentary/japan-commentary/unexpected-ally-japans-eu-partnership/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:25:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker demonstrate their solidarity following the signing of a partnership agreement between Japan and the European Union in Brussels on Sept. 27.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/11/04/commentary/world-commentary/killing-al-baghdadi-illegal-disgusting-degenerate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:25:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:25:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Washington Nationals fans celebrate at Nationals Park in Washington after the Nationals won Game 7 of the World Series in Houston last Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:25:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan remains an economic powerhouse equipped with the influence that comes with money.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/11/03/commentary/world-commentary/the-politics-of-frustration-in-latin-america/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:25:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/11/03/editorials/needed-revamp-national-security-council/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:25:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/11/02/editorials/convenience-stores-24-7/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:26:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The author stands at the summit on Sunday, the day before an unidentified livestreamer was captured on video falling from the top of Mount Fuji.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/11/02/cartoons/abe-enthronement/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:26:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/31/editorials/deplorably-low-voter-turnout/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:26:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:26:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/30/commentary/world-commentary/asia-faces-time-choosing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:26:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Workers put up a sign welcoming leaders to the 35th ASEAN summit in Bangkok on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/30/editorials/world-lost-moral-force/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:26:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/11/01/reader-mail/foreign-population-adds-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:26:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/30/commentary/world-commentary/silence-gop-lambs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:26:03+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/29/commentary/world-commentary/trumps-indo-pacific-strategy-year-two/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:26:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[At the APEC summit in Danang, Vietnam in November 2017, President Donald Trump said the United States would no longer join multilateral trade deals but instead seek bilateral agreements, and only with countries that didn't try to exploit the U.S.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/29/commentary/japan-commentary/china-japan-make-progress-cordiality-track/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:26:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan in Tokyo at the Akasaka State Guest House on Oct. 23.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/29/editorials/islamic-state-loses-caliph/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:26:14+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/28/commentary/japan-commentary/mamoru-shinozaki-japans-forgotten-humanitarian/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:26:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mamoru Shinozaki (right) guides Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita (center) during a battlefield inspection following the fall of Singapore in February 1942. Shinozaki's humanitarian actions helped save many lives during the Japanese occupation of Singapore.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/29/commentary/world-commentary/generation-x-faces-bleak-future/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:26:15+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/29/commentary/world-commentary/revival-u-s-isolationism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:26:15+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/29/commentary/world-commentary/kurds-helped-hunt-al-baghdadi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:26:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/28/commentary/world-commentary/baghdadi-dead-islamic-state-group-not/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:26:16+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/28/editorials/revealing-ride-kim-jong-un/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:26:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:26:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Artist Yukako Matsui writes the name of Japan's Reiwa Era at the Palace of Versailles on Oct. 21 in honor of Emperor Naruhito's enthronement. Japan has been spared the forces of populism that have shaken Western countries.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/28/commentary/japan-commentary/2020-tokyo-olympics-democracy-spotlight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:26:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo 2020 mascot Miraitowa is showcased at the Tokyo Motor Show on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/27/commentary/world-commentary/trudeau-survives-but/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:26:17+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/27/editorials/government-pardons-still-relevant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:26:17+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/27/commentary/japan-commentary/u-s-needs-japan-south-korea-make/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:26:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon in Tokyo on Thursday. Lee's attendance of Emperor Naruhito's enthronement ceremony appears to signal Seoul's readiness to improve bilateral ties.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/26/cartoons/pensionstein/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:26:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/27/cartoons/palm-lines/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:26:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/26/commentary/world-commentary/sports-feeling-heat-climate-change/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:26:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Scorching heat at the IAAF World Athletics Championship in Doha from Sept. 27 to Oct. 6 had a major impact on long-distance runners.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/26/editorials/time-discuss-succession/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:26:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/25/editorials/japan-steps-middle-east-security/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:26:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/25/commentary/world-commentary/russia-turkey-deal-poses-challenge-west/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:26:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin  and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands Tuesday after reaching an agreement on northern Syria.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/25/commentary/japan-commentary/communicating-foreign-residents-plain-japanese/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-16T21:26:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Meiji University students hold a workshop in Nakano Ward, Tokyo on how to communicate in plain Japanese with foreign residents last November.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/11/17/editorials/chinas-economy-slows-regional-anxieties-mount/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-17T18:30:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/11/17/commentary/world-commentary/digital-money-revolution/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-17T18:29:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/11/17/commentary/world-commentary/will-beijing-undergo-revolution-rising-expectations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-17T18:28:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mainland Chinese are following developments in Hong Kong closely, at least insofar as state media and internet censorship permit.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Twenty-five percent of Okinawan households with school-age children live in poverty according to a survey carried out by the Okinawa Prefectural Government in fiscal year 2018.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[British Prime Minister Boris Johnson addresses the annual Confederation of British Industry in London on Monday. The U.K. general election will be held Dec. 12.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[China's central bank digital currency may boost the yuan's internationalization.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[American political scientist Ian Bremmer, head of political risk consultancy Eurasia Group, addresses the G-Zero Summit at the Palace Hotel in Tokyo on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The attendance of Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan at Emperor Naruhito's enthronement ceremony Tuesday shows that Beijing is serious about improving bilateral relations with Japan.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/11/22/reader-mail/schools-tout-individuality/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Facebook may not be quite as evil as many believe.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Research shows that electric vehicles emit more C02 than modern diesel cars.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prince Andrew (left) stepped down from his royal duties last Wednesday with the approval of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II (center) after a disastrous interview in which he tried to justify his well-documented ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/11/25/commentary/japan-commentary/chinas-growing-threat-academic-freedom/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/11/26/commentary/world-commentary/hong-kong-spoken-will-beijing-listen/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pro-democracy supporters celebrate after pro-Beijing politician Junius Ho lost his election in Hong Kong on Monday. Hong Kong's pro-democracy opposition won a stunning landslide victory in the Sunday election, dealing Beijing a massive defeat.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/11/26/editorials/popes-demand-nuclear-disarmament/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A lawsuit launched by the Duke and Dutchess of Sussex against a British newspaper raises  serious issues about press freedom.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/11/26/commentary/world-commentary/gene-editing-might-alter-dna-destroy-humanity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-26T18:56:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The use of gene editing to improve traits like intelligence, beauty and endurance could alter the relationship between parents and their children, and increase social  inequality.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/11/27/commentary/japan-commentary/summit-kick-started-okinawas-reversion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-27T19:09:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Richard M. Nixon welcomes Prime Minister Eisaku Sato to the White House on Nov. 19, 1969, where the two leaders would hold talks concerning the return of Okinawa to Japanese control.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/11/27/editorials/lessons-fatal-ikebukuro-car-accident/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-27T19:56:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/11/28/editorials/expanding-employee-pension-coverage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-28T18:53:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/11/28/commentary/japan-commentary/ratio-regular-workers-rise/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/11/30/cartoons/beautiful-neighborhood/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-30T18:04:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/01/cartoons/swiss-army-chopsticks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-01T00:00:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/11/29/reader-mail/japans-distressing-lack-satire/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-29T15:53:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/11/29/reader-mail/h-k-protesters-not-naive/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-29T15:53:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/11/29/reader-mail/can-statues-peace-really-help/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-29T15:54:25+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/11/29/reader-mail/education-reform-requires-quality-english-speakers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-29T15:55:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/11/29/commentary/world-commentary/east-asias-political-vulnerability/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-29T19:20:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/11/29/commentary/japan-commentary/japans-next-stimulus-package-aim/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-29T19:21:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People stroll through a shopping district in Osaka on Thursday.  The government's challenge will be to put together a spending package that shores up consumer spending and increases the economy's growth potential.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/11/29/editorials/democracy-wins-hong-kong-long/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-29T19:21:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/11/30/editorials/banning-free-plastic-bags/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-30T18:02:54+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/11/30/commentary/world-commentary/dogs-people-rule-world/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-30T18:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-sunstein-a-20191201.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Forget "Survival of the Fittest." It should be "Survival of the Friendliest."]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/01/editorials/address-gaming-addiction-among-nations-youth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-01T19:00:34+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/01/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-soft-power-superpower/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-01T18:59:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan today is an artistic, culinary and cultural superpower.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/02/commentary/japan-commentary/can-learn-made-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-02T19:29:21+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/02/commentary/japan-commentary/tokyo-cancel-xis-visit-due-hong-kong/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-03T11:19:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/03/commentary/japan-commentary/stimulus-can-fix-lot-policy-errors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-03T18:58:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is launching a fiscal stimulus plan to prop up the economy in the wake of October's consumption tax hike.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/03/commentary/world-commentary/latin-americas-chaos-opportunity-u-s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-03T18:57:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/03/commentary/world-commentary/why-worry-about-automation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-03T18:56:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Tactile Telerobot system is demonstrated at CEATEC (Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies) 2019 in Chiba on Oct. 16.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/03/editorials/common-enmity-shouldnt-guide-japan-india-ties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-03T19:00:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/02/editorials/nakasones-great-achievements-pragmatist/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-03T18:57:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/04/commentary/world-commentary/throws-monkey-wrench-trade-talks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-04T19:29:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/04/commentary/world-commentary/macron-atlantic-alliance-opposite-day/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-04T19:28:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[French President Emmanuel Macron meets his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, on Tuesday in London, where the two leaders are attending the NATO summit.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/04/editorials/stop-sexual-harassment-female-job-seekers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-05T09:39:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/05/commentary/world-commentary/trump-least-natos-problems/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-05T19:00:47+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/05/commentary/world-commentary/brexit-underlines-perils-populist-politics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-05T19:00:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/05/editorials/china-russia-partnership-deepens/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-05T19:01:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/06/reader-mail/parents-equals-custody-battles/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-06T14:27:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/06/reader-mail/using-education-social-stratification/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-06T14:29:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/06/reader-mail/teach-utility-not-tests/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-06T14:29:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/06/reader-mail/environmental-reform-needed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-06T14:30:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/07/cartoons/grinch-sales-tax/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-07T18:04:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/08/cartoons/nag-ringtone-1/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-08T00:00:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/06/commentary/world-commentary/wait-trump-hears-europes-carbon-tax/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-06T18:56:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The logic of a carbon border tax is straightforward. To reach net zero emissions, Europe will have to expand the scope and effectiveness of its carbon trading system.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/06/commentary/japan-commentary/oceans-finally-take-center-stage-cop25/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-06T18:57:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/06/editorials/afghanistan-japan-lose-hero/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-06T18:58:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/07/commentary/world-commentary/natural-born-climate-commitments/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-07T18:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/07/editorials/fix-employment-ice-age-crisis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-07T18:02:37+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/09/commentary/japan-commentary/traffic-transportation-strategies-2020-games/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-09T18:21:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police block a closed Metropolitan Expressway toll gate in Tokyo on July 24 during a test aimed at identifying ways to reduce traffic congestion during the 2020 Olympics.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/09/commentary/world-commentary/satellites-changing-night-sky/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-09T18:22:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Stars and other celestial bodies shine above Kusasenri Observatory in Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/10/commentary/japan-commentary/long-term-outlook-decisions-now/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-10T19:02:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-Ishikura-a-20191211.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The newly completed National Stadium will serve as the main venue for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, but not enough thought and planning has been given to its use after the games.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/10/commentary/japan-commentary/countering-beijings-south-china-sea-strategy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-10T19:03:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-koda-a-20191211.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Contested Woody Island, shown in January 2018, is the largest of the Paracel Islands and plays a pivotal role in Chinese military power in the South China Sea.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/10/commentary/world-commentary/stop-gifting-just-give/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-10T19:05:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-carter-a-20191211.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[You have to give a present, not gift one.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/11/commentary/japan-commentary/remembering-nakasone-americas-1980s-asia-policy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-11T20:02:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone reviews members of the Ground Self-Defense Force at Camp Asaka in Saitama Prefecture on Oct. 27, 1985.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/11/editorials/russia-banned-world-competition/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-11T20:03:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/12/commentary/world-commentary/can-old-ideas-new-package-deter-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-12T19:36:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese sailors commemorate the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China in Beijing on Oct. 1. China continues to build up its military to challenge and supplant the United States as the pre-eminent power in the Indo-Pacific region.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/12/editorials/nations-falling-number-newborns/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-12T19:36:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/14/cartoons/hero-nakamura/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-14T18:04:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/15/cartoons/mari-kondo-invite/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/13/reader-mail/japan-needs-get-green-path/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/13/reader-mail/honor-humanitarian-dr-tetsu-nakamura/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/13/reader-mail/poem-dr-tetsu-nakamura/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-13T16:41:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/13/reader-mail/tradition-and-discrimination/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/13/reader-mail/missionary-planting-peace/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/13/commentary/japan-commentary/much-pay-work-less/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Women are more eager than men to give up money for time, mostly because of deeper feelings of guilt, not only for child-rearing but also for general household responsibilities.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/13/editorials/boris-johnson-gambles-wins/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-13T19:21:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/14/editorials/step-fight-road-rage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-14T18:02:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/14/commentary/world-commentary/looking-lives-can-still-save/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-14T18:00:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-singer-a-20191215.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Living ethically in today's interconnected world involves helping people who, through no fault of their own, are suffering in ways that we could easily prevent or alleviate.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/15/editorials/slow-start-new-work-visa-scheme/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/15/commentary/world-commentary/dont-mock-greta-listen/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2012/12/21/editorials/ms-park-returns-to-the-blue-house/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2019-12-16T18:32:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/16/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-south-korea-ties-whats-flag/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-16T20:15:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/16/commentary/japan-commentary/public-records-today-gone-tomorrow/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Opposition lawmakers inspect the Cabinet Office paper shredder on Nov. 26 .]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/16/commentary/world-commentary/impeachment-articles-vindication-trump/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/16/commentary/world-commentary/boris-johnson-incredibly-lucky-politician/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-16T20:14:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is greeted by staff as he arrives back at 10 Downing Street in central London on Friday  following an audience with the queen.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/17/editorials/big-trade-win-trump/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-17T19:34:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/17/commentary/world-commentary/india-abandoning-founding-principles/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-17T19:35:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman shouts as she attends a concert along with others to protest against the Indian government's Citizenship Amendment Bill in Guhawati on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/17/commentary/world-commentary/u-s-media-gutter-trump/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-17T19:35:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p11-rall-a-20191218.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Partisan political reporting has undermined the credibility of U.S. media outlets.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/17/commentary/world-commentary/xi-jinpings-annus-horribilis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-17T19:35:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese President Xi Jingping's intolerance of dissent and vulnerability to bad information has made his government much more prone to policy blunders.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/22/commentary/world-commentary/challenges-to-indias-indigenous-naval-buildup/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-18T17:17:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/18/editorials/revamp-japans-climate-change-commitment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-18T19:30:44+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/18/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-kingmaker-indo-pacific-trade-deals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-18T19:29:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe faces an uphill battle trying to persuade Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) to rejoin the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership negotiations.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/18/commentary/world-commentary/afghanistan-papers-reveal-tragedy-not-crime/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-18T19:28:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Marines conduct a mission in Afghanistan in 2009. Now in its 18th year, the Afghanistan War is the longest conflict in U.S. history.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/17/commentary/world-commentary/labours-defeat-offers-left-hard-lessons/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-19T09:18:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn's mission to reset the clock of British politics ended in disaster for the British left.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/11/25/commentary/world-commentary/genuine-fears-false-alarms-britain/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-19T19:01:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/19/editorials/lies-behind-japans-dismal-gender-gap/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-19T19:04:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/19/commentary/world-commentary/britain-one-nation-many-voices/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-19T19:04:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/21/cartoons/elf-sentiment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-21T18:04:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-12-22T00:00:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/20/reader-mail/shorter-hours-good-work-people/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-20T16:39:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-12-20T16:39:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/20/reader-mail/u-s-envoy-nominees-conflict-interest/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-20T16:41:21+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/20/reader-mail/japan-overreacting-tax-hike/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-20T16:41:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-12-20T16:41:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/20/editorials/stalled-restart-idled-reactors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-20T17:31:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-12-20T17:31:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/20/commentary/japan-commentary/behind-rise-japans-recluses/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-20T17:31:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A still from the 2004 documentary "Hikikomori"]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/27/editorials/expect-2025-osaka-expo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-20T19:25:04+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/08/28/editorials/protecting-interests-freelancers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-20T19:29:03+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/22/editorials/rebuild-system-governance-japan-post-group/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-22T19:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/22/commentary/japan-commentary/2020-japan-dares-take-risks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-22T18:59:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-goto-a-20191223.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[New approaches to old problems, such as the troubled ties between Tokyo and Seoul, are needed in 2020.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/22/commentary/world-commentary/u-s-prefers-mass-hysteria-sound-policy-vaping/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-22T18:58:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Demonstrators protest a proposed vaping flavor ban in Washington on Nov. 9.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/23/editorials/tax-hike-helps-sustainable-budget-key/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-23T19:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/23/commentary/world-commentary/laboring-illusion-rules-based-global-order/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-23T18:58:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[By militarizing artificial islands in the South China Sea, Beijing has redrawn the region's geopolitical map without firing a shot — or incurring any international costs.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/23/commentary/world-commentary/star-wars-economy-one-thing-doesnt-pay/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-23T18:56:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rey spent her youth scavenging electronic scrap on a remote planet.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/23/commentary/world-commentary/north-korea-agree-verify/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-23T18:55:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/24/editorials/amakudari-japan-post-holdings/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-24T19:00:18+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/24/commentary/japan-commentary/wisdom-stock-index-funds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-24T18:59:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p6-takenaka-a-20191225.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Tsumitate (accumulation) NISA (Nippon individual savings account), introduced at the initiative of the Financial Services Agency, is growing popular among young and middle-aged investors interested in dispersing their risk exposure.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/24/commentary/world-commentary/donald-trumps-puzzling-teflon-presidency/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-24T18:58:49+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/24/commentary/world-commentary/may-space-force/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-24T19:25:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-stavridis-a-20191225.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[It may sound silly, but a U.S. Space Force is an idea whose time has come.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/24/commentary/world-commentary/three-new-years-wishes-britain-european-union/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-24T19:25:24+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/25/editorials/take-steps-ensure-payment-child-support/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-25T19:00:29+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/25/commentary/japan-commentary/big-history-helps-understand-todays-issues/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-25T19:00:17+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/25/commentary/japan-commentary/masayoshi-son-tech-visionary-robber-baron/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-25T19:00:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/p7-ren-a-20191226.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-ren-a-20191226.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The path to profitability for many of Masayoshi Son's unicorns will be long and winding — or may even lead to a dead end.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/26/commentary/world-commentary/u-s-trade-wars-expose-abiding-truth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-26T18:44:44+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/28/cartoons/year-rat-trap/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-28T18:04:47+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/29/cartoons/happy-new-year-skater/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-29T00:00:51+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/27/reader-mail/racism-subtle-overt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-27T15:27:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/27/reader-mail/disturbing-lack-awareness/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-27T15:28:02+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/27/reader-mail/remembering-landmark-life-saving-kidney-transplant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-27T15:28:06+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/27/editorials/better-legal-protection-sex-crime-victims/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-27T17:59:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/27/commentary/world-commentary/happens-internet-gets-less-american/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-27T17:59:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-ovide-a-20191228.jpg]]></image:title>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/27/commentary/japan-commentary/nurture-japans-strength-innovate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-27T17:59:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/p8-takenaka-a-20191228.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-takenaka-a-20191228.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan's rules against ride-sharing services, which remain in place due to opposition from the taxi industry, provide an excellent example of how innovation here is often stifled.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/28/commentary/world-commentary/worst-case-climate-change-isnt-realistic/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-28T18:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/p9-smith-a-20191229.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-smith-a-20191229.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The human race probably isn't doomed, but climate change is still an enormous catastrophe in the making that must be addressed.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/28/editorials/eliminate-casino-corruption/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-28T18:02:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/03/commentary/world-commentary/politics-economics-carbon-2019/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-29T17:50:36+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/29/commentary/world-commentary/negotiating-world-burns/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-29T17:59:09+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/29/commentary/world-commentary/instagram-changed-way-shop/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-29T17:58:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-halzack-a-20191230.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Instagram has become the most powerful force in shaping commerce this side of Amazon.com.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/02/editorials/awaits-abe-new-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-29T17:54:38+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/31/editorials/democracy-is-under-assault/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-29T17:59:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/31/commentary/world-commentary/expect-2019-test-global-stability/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-29T18:02:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p12-lloyd-a-20190101.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/31/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-2019-10-surprises/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-29T18:14:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p12-Koll-a-20190101.jpg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/29/editorials/delays-cost-overruns-henoko/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-30T11:47:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/30/commentary/world-commentary/christmas-quinceaneras-just-roll/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-30T20:42:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/p9-margolis-a-20191231.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-margolis-a-20191231.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Latin American families spend a small fortune on "quinceanera" celebrations.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/30/commentary/world-commentary/women-dominated-decade/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-30T20:41:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Singer Taylor Swift, shown at the world premiere of the movie "Cats" in Manhattan on Dec. 16, is among the many women who have helped shape American culture in the 2010s.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/30/commentary/world-commentary/impeachment-2019s-wildest-roller-coaster-ride/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-30T20:40:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A protester holds a sign during in support of the impeachment of U.S. President Donald Trump at a  Dec. 23 rally near the home of U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell in Louisville, Kentucky.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/30/commentary/japan-commentary/abes-foreign-policy-outlook-2020/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-31T15:20:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-tatsumi-a-20191231.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shakes hands with South Korean President Moon Jae-in as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang looks on at the 8th trilateral leaders' summit between China, South Korea and Japan in Chengdu, China on Dec. 24. Managing ties with China and South Korea are among the foreign policy challenges that Abe will face in 2020.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/31/editorials/new-olympic-year-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-31T19:00:59+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/31/commentary/world-commentary/fifteen-predictions-new-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-31T18:58:55+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/31/commentary/world-commentary/whats-store-chinas-economy-2020/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-31T18:57:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p11-Tonchev-a-20200101.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pedestrians in walk past a government mural referencing the "Chinese Dream" in the city of Wuhan, Hubei province, on Dec. 9.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/31/commentary/world-commentary/dont-believe-putins-hype-hypersonic-missiles/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-31T18:56:03+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/30/editorials/collective-action-needed-meet-existential-threats/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-31T16:25:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/23/commentary/japan-commentary/japans-unviable-whaling-nationalism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-31T16:35:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A minke whale is unloaded from a whaling ship at Kushiro port in Hokkaido on Sept. 2.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/01/02/commentary/world-commentary/photos-black-holes-will-blow-minds-2020/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-01-02T15:51:39+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/01/02/commentary/japan-commentary/masayoshi-son-shopping-list-2020/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-01-03T12:14:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-culpan-a-20200103.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Will Softbank chief Masayoshi Son double down on investments in 2020 to make up for last year's disastrous numbers?]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/29/editorials/sterilization-relief-wont-end-issue-victims/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-01-03T18:13:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/30/editorials/mixed-ruling-eugenics-victims/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-01-03T18:15:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/01/03/commentary/world-commentary/chinas-damaging-policy-disruptions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-01-03T19:38:27+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/01/03/commentary/world-commentary/inattention-explain-todays-low-inflation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-01-03T19:41:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-hamada-a-20200104.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker (left), shown with his successors Alan Greenspan (center) and Ben Bernanke, tamed the U.S.' double-digit inflation when he led the central bank in the late 1980s.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/04/editorials/step-japans-role-fighting-climate-change/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-01-03T19:53:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/12/12/editorials/abes-anti-terrorism-measures/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-01-03T19:55:13+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/08/25/editorials/difficult-time-pensioners/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-01-03T20:30:58+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/05/16/editorials/protecting-a-public-pension-program/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-01-03T20:36:17+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/10/30/commentary/world-commentary/will-hong-kong-go-beyond-self-flagellation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-01-03T20:41:01+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/10/28/commentary/world-commentary/above-all-hong-kong-wants-good-governance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-01-03T20:42:51+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/10/11/commentary/world-commentary/chinas-new-strongman-xi-dream/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-01-03T20:43:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/10/03/commentary/world-commentary/problem-with-president-xi/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[China's rising economic influence in South Korea has provided Beijing a wedge that it tries to use to separate Seoul from Tokyo and Washington.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pension reform could help solve the problem of poverty among elderly people.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[It's important to understand that we're not programmed to die at a certain age.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Iranians burn U.S. and Israeli flags in Tehran on Saturday following the death of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/26/commentary/japan-commentary/japans-year-that-could-have-been/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-03T20:02:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with South Korean President Moon Jae-in (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (center) at the trilateral summit in Chengdu, China, on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/23/commentary/japan-commentary/2020-relations-among-japan-china-south-korea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-03T20:02:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (left), Prime Minister Shinzo Abe  and South Korean President Moon Jae-in get together for a trilateral summit in Tokyo in May 2018 Such gatherings have been more symbolic than significant.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/19/commentary/japan-commentary/looking-back-japans-security-2019/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-03T20:02:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Maritime Self-Defense Force Rear Adm. Masafumi Nishiwaki speaks Sept. 26 at the opening of the Malabar military exercise. 2019 was a banner year for Japan's security relations.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Leaders from 16 Asia-Pacific countries, including Japan, China and India, pose for a photo Nov. 4 prior to a meeting of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership in Bangkok. Trade agreements such as the RCEP are an important pillar of a free and open Indo-Pacific.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pope Francis strongly criticized the concept of nuclear deterrence in a speech at the Atomic Bomb Hypocenter Park in Nagasaki on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Activists in Seoul hold placards during an anti-government rally demanding an extension of  GSOMIA on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/11/07/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-japanese-japanese/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[British Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a speech on "Unleashing Britain's Potential" in London on Monday]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People stand on the Berlin Wall near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Nov. 9, 1989. East and West Germany united on Oct. 3, 1990, after more than 45 years of division.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2020-02-06T19:01:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The wages of Japanese workers trail behind the levels in many other major advanced economies.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2017/01/31/editorials/indonesias-tolerance-test/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2020-02-06T19:20:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Waiting for Abe: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seen here addressing the 37th Singapore Lecture in Singapore last week, will welcome Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in India next month.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Delicate relationships: Indonesian President Joko Widodo (right) walks with military chief Gen. Moeldoko (center) and National Police chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti (left) leave an event marking the anniversary of the National Police force in Depok, near Jakarta last week.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/09/20/commentary/world-commentary/jokowis-victory-brings-high-hopes-challenges/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Once known for its clear waters, the Yamuna is now one of India's dirtiest rivers.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/02/11/commentary/world-commentary/brexit-europe-lives/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[LDP lawmaker Mio Sugita is alledgedly the latest in a long line of  Diet hecklers.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Beijing's arsenal of cruise and ballistic missiles puts Japanese and U.S. land bases and naval forces at risk.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has had rocky relations with the U.S. since taking power. On Tuesday, Manila notified Washington of its intent to terminate a security pact allowing U.S. forces to train in the country.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/02/15/commentary/world-commentary/bicycle-lanes-moving-everyone-forward/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-15T18:00:46+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/02/16/commentary/world-commentary/javids-departure-johnson-seized-control/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-16T18:28:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.K. spending may become more lavish following the replacement of Sadid Javid (right) by Rishi Sunak as chancellor of the exchequer on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/02/17/commentary/japan-commentary/strong-liberal-arts-education-key-success-society-5-0/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-17T19:13:11+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/02/16/commentary/japan-commentary/power-money-japanese-politics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-17T19:12:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lower House lawmakers earn higher annual incomes than their counterparts in the United States and many other countries, but their four-year term can end prematurely.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/02/17/commentary/world-commentary/turkey-syria-crisis-points-risky-post-american-mideast/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-17T19:44:47+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/02/17/commentary/world-commentary/impeachment-energizes-trump-drains-democrats/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-17T20:26:18+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/02/06/commentary/japan-commentary/japans-problem-much-competition/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-18T17:07:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p1-koll-a-20200207.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The graying and shrinking of Japan's labor force will bring an end to excessive economic competition as industries consolidate.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/02/18/commentary/japan-commentary/february-can-cruelest-month/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-18T20:14:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Applicants take an entrance exam at the University of Tokyo.  Many universities announce the results of entrance exams in February, and some of the applicants who fail to win acceptance at the university of their choice will  spend the next year studying and try once again.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/02/18/commentary/world-commentary/secure-africa-americas-best-interests/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-18T20:31:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo prepares to depart Dakar on Sunday during his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa. Pompeo is seeking to establish a positive vision for U.S. cooperation on the continent, where China has been increasingly active.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/02/18/commentary/world-commentary/already-late-stop-bernie-sanders/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-18T20:31:50+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/02/16/commentary/world-commentary/stop-next-global-outbreak-disease-source/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-19T01:40:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-minter-a-20200217.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wildlife is responsible for 70 percent of all emerging diseases, including SARS, HIV and the H5N1 bird flu. The pangolin, which is used in Chinese medicine, carries viruses that are 99 percent similar to the COVID-19 coronavirus.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/02/14/commentary/world-commentary/historian-niall-ferguson-cold-war-ii/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-19T01:40:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Historian Niall Ferguson says the last Cold War showed that there is always a risk that a cold war  can turn hot.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/02/14/commentary/world-commentary/covid-19-black-swan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-19T01:41:10+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/02/12/commentary/world-commentary/xis-controlocracy-lost-control-coronavirus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-19T01:41:34+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/02/11/commentary/world-commentary/coronavirus-help-trump/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-19T01:41:57+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/02/11/commentary/world-commentary/virus-outbreak-china-showcases-micro-drone-surveillance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-19T01:42:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police officers operate a drone to spread information about the prevention and control of the new coronavirus, in Xiangyang, Hubei province on Feb. 4.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/02/10/commentary/world-commentary/chinas-misguided-priorities-prove-costly/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-19T01:42:42+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/02/10/commentary/world-commentary/coronavirus-xi-jinpings-worldview/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-19T01:43:14+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/02/08/commentary/world-commentary/extensive-quarantines-not-answer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-19T01:43:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The World Health Organization says that overly restrictive measures can backfire in trying to contain the spread of a contagious disease.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/02/07/commentary/world-commentary/coronavirus-spreads-fake-news/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-19T01:44:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Facebook says it’s working to help limit the spread of misinformation about the coronavirus by using third-party fact-checkers to review and remove content from Facebook and Instagram that spread fake news about the disease.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/02/03/commentary/japan-commentary/noah-built-ark-flood/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-19T01:44:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/02/03/commentary/world-commentary/geopolitical-consequences-coronavirus-outbreak/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-19T01:44:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/02/03/commentary/world-commentary/wuhan-isnt-chinas-chernobyl/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-19T01:44:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/02/02/commentary/world-commentary/battling-pandemic-job-military/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-19T01:45:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/01/29/commentary/world-commentary/coronavirus-disease-chinese-autocracy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-19T01:45:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/01/28/commentary/world-commentary/crisis-tests-chinas-system-governance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-19T01:46:16+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/01/27/commentary/world-commentary/goes-must-come/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-19T01:46:29+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/01/27/commentary/world-commentary/scientists-already-working-cures-wuhan-coronavirus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-19T01:46:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/01/24/commentary/world-commentary/next-pandemic-will-come-heres-prepare/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-19T01:47:39+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/01/24/commentary/world-commentary/pandemics-not-priority-for-drugmakers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-19T01:47:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A thermal scanner shows travelers passing through a quarantine station at Narita International Airport on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/02/19/commentary/japan-commentary/changing-attitudes-not-regulations-key-japans-future/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People cross a street in Tokyo on Monday, the day the government announced the economy had contracted at an annual pace of 6.3 percent in the October-December period as typhoons and lower consumer spending took a toll on growth.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2020-02-19T19:02:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/02/19/commentary/world-commentary/bernie-socialist-label/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/02/20/editorials/review-nations-quest-nuclear-fuel-cycle/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel rods were removed from the No. 3 reactor at the Takahama nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture last month.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/02/22/cartoons/2020eye-chart/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-22T18:04:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/02/23/cartoons/hiccups/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/02/21/reader-mail/pompeo-presages-u-s-downfall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-21T15:30:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2020-02-21T15:30:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2020-02-21T15:30:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/02/21/reader-mail/true-hospitality-coronavirus-outbreak/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-21T15:31:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/02/21/reader-mail/cruise-ship-quarantine-needed-international-cooperation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-21T15:32:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/02/21/commentary/world-commentary/strong-economy-enough-re-elect-donald-trump/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-21T18:41:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with supporters in California on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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