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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/12/21/commentary/world-commentary/global-economic-outlook/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-12-22T01:00:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_200858.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Many factors including the eventual end of the Ukraine conflict and the increased Chinese economic activity that will come with its phasing out of the "zero-COVID" policy bode well for the global economy.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/12/21/commentary/world-commentary/china-zero-covid-blunders/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-12-22T01:06:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/np_file_200869-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_200869.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[China and its leaders have come to the realization that COVID-19 cannot be avoided forever.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/12/16/editorials/china-zero-covid-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-12-22T01:06:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/np_file_200006.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_200006.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[While more than 90% of China's population has received two COVID-19 shots, less than 70% of those over the age of 80 are double vaccinated.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/12/16/commentary/world-commentary/unmasking-xi-jinping/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-12-22T01:06:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the China-Arab Summit in Riyadh on Dec. 9.  ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/12/15/commentary/world-commentary/china-zero-covid-policy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-12-22T01:06:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/np_file_199699.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_199699.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[China's new guidelines on lockdowns may be looser than before, but they do not necessarily represent an end to the "zero-COVID" policy. ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/12/08/commentary/world-commentary/china-zero-covid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-12-22T01:06:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/np_file_198523-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_198523.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The anti-COVID-19 lockdown protests that erupted in Chinese cities in recent weeks may have given the government just the reason it needed to scrap a policy that was failing a Communist Party that doesn't like to admit its errors.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/12/07/commentary/world-commentary/china-protests/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-12-22T01:14:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_198239.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Demonstrators in solidarity with protesters in China hold an anti-Chinese government rally in New York City on Sunday. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/11/30/commentary/world-commentary/china-covid-19-protests-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-12-22T01:14:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Demonstrators hold up blank sheets of white paper symbolizing the oppression of free speech during an anti-COVID-19 protest in Beijing on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/11/29/commentary/world-commentary/china-covid-19-protests/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-12-22T01:14:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police officers stand guard during a protest against COVID-19 restrictions in Beijing on Sunday. ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/11/15/commentary/world-commentary/xi-jinping-covid-zero/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-12-22T01:14:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An exhibition in Wuhan, China, from December 2020 depicts President Xi Jinping leading his government in its battle against the COVID-19 outbreak.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/11/18/commentary/world-commentary/china-covid-19-origin/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-12-22T01:14:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/np_file_194668.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_194668.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese security personnel stand guard outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology during a visit by a World Health Organization team tasked with investigating the origins of COVID-19, in February 2021.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/11/09/commentary/world-commentary/china-tough-times/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-12-22T01:14:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/np_file_193001.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_193001.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[China's third quarter economic growth remained sluggish, not least because of a sharp drop in exports and the government's "COVID-zero" policy.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/08/22/commentary/world-commentary/china-covid-19-reversal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-12-22T01:14:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Workers disinfect a street in Hanoi against COVID-19 in July 2021.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/12/22/commentary/world-commentary/messi-magic/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-12-22T21:16:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/np_file_201058-scaled.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_201058.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Lionel Messi kisses the FIFA World Cup trophy after receiving the Golden Ball award following Argentina's World Cup victory in Lusail, Qatar, on Sunday.
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/12/22/commentary/world-commentary/trump-tax-returns/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-12-22T21:16:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/np_file_201092-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_201092.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former U.S. President Donald Trump's predecessors since the 1970s have released their tax returns to help promote bipartisan transparency, something this president was not willing to do.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/12/22/commentary/world-commentary/zelenskyy-visits-washington/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-12-22T21:17:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/np_file_201113.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_201113.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy holds an American flag presented to him during his address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress in Washington on Wednesday.   ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/12/24/cartoons/christmas-traditions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-12-24T08:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/12/31/cartoons/new-year-dreams/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-12-31T08:00:45+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/07/cartoons/understanding-hanetsuki/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-07T08:00:54+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/12/23/commentary/world-commentary/southeast-asia-middle-powers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-12-23T19:15:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/np_file_201423.jpeg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden hosts the U.S.-ASEAN Summit at the White House in May. 

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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/12/23/editorials/looming-biodiversity-crisis-demands-action/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-12-23T22:09:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/np_file_201297-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_201297.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[One hundred and eighty-eight governments agreed to a sweeping deal to protect the Earth’s biodiversity at the 2022 United Nations Biodiversity Conference: COP15 in Montreal, Canada, on Monday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/12/23/commentary/world-commentary/indonesia-coffee-struggles/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-12-23T22:10:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/np_file_200680-scaled.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_200680.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A worker harvests ripe robusta coffee cherries at a plantation in Bawen, Semarang regency, in Central Java, Indonesia.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/12/23/commentary/japan-commentary/zelenskyy-u-s-speech/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-12-23T22:11:04+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/np_file_201359.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_201359.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Joe Biden hold a news conference at the White House on Wednesday. 

 ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/12/23/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-defense-explainer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-12-24T09:44:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/np_file_200954.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_200954.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An aerobatics team performs during an international fleet review to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the foundation of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force at Sagami Bay, south of Tokyo, in November.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/12/25/commentary/world-commentary/oil-shipping-end/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-12-25T20:10:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/np_file_201083.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_201083.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[International Maritime Organization is seeking to implement measures to reduce shipping’s carbon footprint and cut emissions intensity to 40% below 2008 levels by the end of this decade.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/12/26/commentary/world-commentary/fusion-energy-history/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-12-26T17:00:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/np_file_201681-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_201681.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dr. Arati Prabhakar, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, announces the breakthrough on fusion energy that scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory made recently, at a news conference in Washington on Dec. 13.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/12/26/commentary/world-commentary/russia-proofing-europe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-12-26T17:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/np_file_201642.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_201642.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bundeswehr soldiers train at a military base in Bergen, Germany, in October. The EU needs a unified policy that addresses everything from energy and migration to critical infrastructure to defend itself against Vladimir Putin’s aggression.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/12/27/commentary/world-commentary/christmas-consumption/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-12-27T20:57:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/np_file_202046.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_202046.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Christmas holiday rooted in pagan rituals was transformed into a celebration of commerce by writers, artists, retailers and Madison Avenue.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/12/27/commentary/world-commentary/semiconductor-demand/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-12-27T20:58:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/np_file_201673-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_201673.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden attends a ceremony to mark the installation of the first batch of equipment at a Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing facility under construction in Phoenix, Arizona, on Dec. 6.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/12/28/commentary/world-commentary/indian-demographics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-12-28T20:04:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/np_file_201666-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_201666.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[India’s uneven population growth could turn the nation’s north-south demographic divide into a disaster.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/12/28/commentary/world-commentary/hobbies-for-profit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-12-28T20:04:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/np_file_202196.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_202196.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The problem with hobbies is once you add a price tag and start to sell your wares, they are no longer hobbies.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/12/28/commentary/world-commentary/u-s-financial-outlook/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-12-28T20:05:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_202025.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer holds a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 22 after lawmakers passed a massive omnibus spending bill.

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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/12/28/commentary/japan-commentary/boj-governor-kuroda/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-12-28T20:16:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/np_file_202191-2.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_202191.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda arrives at the Group of Seven finance ministers’ meeting in Koenigswinter, Germany, in May. ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/12/29/commentary/world-commentary/russia-ukraine-war-populism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2022-12-29T11:15:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/np_file_200696.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_200696.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man passes debris and destroyed Russian military vehicles on a street in Bucha, Ukraine, in April.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/10/commentary/world-commentary/us-china-relations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-10T10:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/np_file_200721-scaled.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_200721.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese President Xi Jinping’s meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden at the Group of 20 summit in Bali in November is likely to create an opportunity to stabilize bilateral ties.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/09/commentary/world-commentary/world-fertility/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-09T10:01:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Models showcase the latest style of adult diapers at a fashion show in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/09/commentary/world-commentary/indonesia-covid-lessons/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-09T10:00:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The combined pressures of pesticides, disease and climate change are causing drastic declines in bee populations. ]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping attend the BRICS summit for emerging economies in Brasilia in November 2019.  ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/12/29/commentary/world-commentary/uk-japan-trying-times/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/03/26/commentary/japan-commentary/crisis-leadership-exacerbates-pandemic/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-02T00:13:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2023-01-02T00:14:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2023-01-02T00:14:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2023-01-02T00:14:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2023-01-02T00:14:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping rarely see eye to eye, but their countries' strong economic ties prevent them from cutting each other off.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2023-01-02T00:14:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Akio Toyoda, president and chief executive officer of Toyota Motor Corp., said that during past crises the company cut costs and investments and grew substantially leaner, but "lost necessary muscle.”]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A key question is how the decisions made by emerging market economies like India and China — whether it be postponing key projects or instances of energy switching — can shape trajectories for years to come.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2023-01-02T23:41:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2023-01-03T00:02:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2023-01-03T00:03:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2008/06/26/reader-mail/youth-unemployment-in-the-eu/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T00:03:49+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2011/09/08/reader-mail/red-herring-of-impeded-shipping/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T00:05:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2009/09/05/editorials/justice-in-scotland/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T00:06:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2011/12/11/reader-mail/all-japan-had-to-do-was-wait/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T00:07:28+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2007/03/28/reader-mail/more-stress-on-indian-english/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T11:04:47+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2011/08/25/editorials/back-to-the-rice-futures-trade/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T11:06:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2011/11/24/editorials/aum-crimes-remain-misted/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T11:07:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2008/08/06/editorials/nonproliferation-sputtering/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T11:07:58+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2008/03/04/reader-mail/superficial-claims-on-both-sides/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T11:08:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2011/11/07/commentary/world-commentary/wrong-timing-by-the-euro-skeptics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T11:09:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2011/10/20/reader-mail/recalling-sonys-halcyon-days/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T11:10:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2010/06/18/editorials/high-achiever-back-on-earth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T11:11:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2009/11/01/commentary/world-commentary/avalanche-of-evidence-on-vanishing-ice-caps/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T11:14:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2011/08/12/editorials/mr-kan-counts-the-days/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T11:17:34+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2010/05/14/editorials/rare-finding-of-negligence/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T11:18:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2007/11/27/editorials/spending-without-accountability/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T11:19:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2007/02/08/commentary/tony-blairs-inglorious-end/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T11:19:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2011/08/29/commentary/world-commentary/budget-repair-and-liberal-defiance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T11:20:44+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2010/06/08/editorials/keidanrens-to-do-list/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T11:21:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2008/07/31/reader-mail/china-responsible-for-myth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T11:22:48+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2008/05/23/editorials/the-dams-must-go-on/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T11:23:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2008/04/28/commentary/world-commentary/combating-climate-change/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T11:24:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2011/09/01/commentary/world-commentary/libyas-next-fight-the-west/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T11:25:15+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2008/08/23/commentary/world-commentary/payback-time-for-russia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T11:26:20+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2011/08/05/editorials/restoring-tohoku-railway-lines/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T11:26:52+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2011/11/16/editorials/goodbye-mr-berlusconi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T11:28:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2009/09/27/reader-mail/lesser-threat-from-a-minority-vote/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T11:29:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/12/30/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-western-movies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T11:36:39+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/np_file_202032.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_202032.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A fan attends the premiere for "Avatar: The Way of Water" in Los Angeles on Dec. 12. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2008/12/27/editorials/unusual-budget-response/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T12:26:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2011/03/06/reader-mail/good-outlook-for-english-classes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T12:27:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2010/09/04/editorials/the-icc-snubbed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T12:27:25+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2009/09/04/commentary/japan-commentary/the-dpjs-sense-of-duty/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T12:28:10+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2008/06/07/commentary/world-commentary/hot-air-over-global-warming/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T12:33:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2008/06/05/commentary/world-commentary/quake-warms-japan-china-ties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T12:33:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2008/06/01/commentary/japan-commentary/is-aging-japan-really-ready-for-all-the-non-japanese-carers-it-needs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T12:33:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2008/05/28/commentary/world-commentary/eagerly-awaiting-a-warmer-arctic/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T12:34:12+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2008/05/28/commentary/japan-commentary/behind-the-failure-of-the-japanese-economy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T12:34:23+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2008/05/22/commentary/world-commentary/a-first-ladys-diplomatic-mission/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T12:36:53+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2008/05/22/commentary/world-commentary/remember-the-black-swans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T12:37:11+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2008/10/09/reader-mail/bad-day-for-deregulation-pitch/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T12:37:50+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2012/05/10/reader-mail/more-than-a-few-foreigners-split/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T12:38:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2011/11/06/reader-mail/original-sin-of-futenma/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T12:39:08+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2011/05/15/reader-mail/bin-laden-et-al-abhorred-leftists/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T12:39:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2010/01/15/commentary/world-commentary/russia-looking-to-expand-oil-markets-in-east/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T12:40:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2007/02/23/commentary/world-commentary/iraqi-survivors-face-health-care-collapse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T12:41:06+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2007/07/27/editorials/fight-over-preferential-treatment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T12:41:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2009/10/05/editorials/graduates-lowering-the-bar/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T12:42:18+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2009/10/07/commentary/world-commentary/the-middle-east-and-iran-issue/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T12:42:35+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2009/04/06/editorials/worsening-economic-picture/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T12:42:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2011/12/16/commentary/world-commentary/foiling-the-threat-from-iran/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T13:02:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2011/11/24/commentary/world-commentary/mounting-anger-is-no-surprise/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T13:03:46+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2008/08/14/reader-mail/limits-of-multiculturalism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T13:07:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2011/11/07/commentary/world-commentary/crime-in-america-execution-of-the-mentally-ill/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T13:38:36+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2010/08/03/commentary/world-commentary/indian-influence-founders-in-afghanistan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T14:14:45+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/03/commentary/world-commentary/promising-tech-future/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T21:03:07+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/np_file_202899-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_202899.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The year 2022 may now look like it was a glum year for the technology sector, but amazing advancements are on the horizon and should soon be here.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/03/commentary/japan-commentary/asia-2022-best-worst/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T21:05:03+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/np_file_202624.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_202624.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The widow of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Akie, escorted by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, carries her husband’s ashes during his state funeral in Tokyo in September after his assassination earlier in the summer.   ]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/03/commentary/world-commentary/democracy-history/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-03T21:06:06+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/np_file_200708.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_200708.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing in February.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/03/commentary/japan-commentary/japanese-pacifism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-04T13:56:29+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/np_file_202957-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_202957.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The characterization of Japan as a "pacifist" country is widespread — and misleading.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/04/commentary/world-commentary/mrna-cancer-cure/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-04T20:15:47+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/np_file_203107-2.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_203107.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Merck's immunotherapy drug Keytruda, when combined with Moderna's mRNA cancer vaccine, in early trials reduced the risk of certain skin cancers from returning by 44% compared with just Keytruda alone.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/04/commentary/world-commentary/right-wing-leaders/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-04T20:16:19+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/np_file_202948-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_202948.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Some historians say no one in recent times has done more to harm the so-called Russian world than Vladimir Putin has with his war of aggression and other autocratic measures. ]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/04/commentary/world-commentary/united-humanity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-04T20:17:04+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/np_file_200706.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_200706.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Protesters in Istanbul decry the death of Mahsa Amini following her arrest by Iran’s morality police in September.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/05/commentary/world-commentary/quantitative-easing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-05T20:37:09+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/np_file_195599.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_195599.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[With quantitative easing becoming the norm, when a recession next hits, markets will expect more — and if that doesn’t happen, that could cause more trouble in the debt market.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/05/commentary/world-commentary/ai-russia-ukraine/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-05T20:38:00+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/np_file_202517.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_202517.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Ukrainian Army soldier tests a drone near Bakhmut, Ukraine, on Nov. 25. Embracing cutting-edge technology throughout their military is becoming key for countries facing conflict.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/05/commentary/world-commentary/global-technology/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-05T20:38:40+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/np_file_200709.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_200709.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Solar photovoltaic modules on a production line in China’s Hefei province]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/05/commentary/world-commentary/pandemic-debt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-05T20:39:29+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/np_file_200711.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_200711.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Protesters participate in an anti-government rally in Sri Lanka in November.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/05/commentary/world-commentary/kishida-political-future/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-06T12:36:19+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/np_file_203305-2.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_203305.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and other political leaders visit the Ise Jingu Shrine in Mie Prefecture on Wednesday. ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/06/commentary/world-commentary/russia-sesame-street/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-06T18:07:39+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/np_file_203470-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_203470.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA["Sesame Street" was introduced to Russian children after the collapse of the Soviet Union, only to be canceled by Vladimir Putin after a 15-year run because it was too American.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/06/commentary/world-commentary/omicron-vaccines/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-07T23:03:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/np_file_203558-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_203558.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A demonstrator takes part in an anti-vaccine protest in New York City in August 2021. Vaccines are not making the current situation worse — without them, immune-evading variants would still proliferate.  ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/06/commentary/world-commentary/xi-jinping-speech/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s New Year’s message relied heavily on Communist Party mythology and gave insight on what to expect from him in 2023. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/06/editorials/global-economy-forecast/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda addresses a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 20 after he shocked markets by doubling a cap on 10-year yields.

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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Japanese government is offering Tokyo families  ¥1 million per child to move to more rural locations in a bid to halt the depopulation countryside communities. ]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Semiconductor wafers produced by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2007/11/08/reader-mail/review-of-nhks-offerings/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-10T11:17:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/10/commentary/japan-commentary/national-security-capabilities/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/11/commentary/world-commentary/missing-u-s-india-ambassador/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/11/commentary/japan-commentary/fukushima-nuclear-waste-release/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Scientists have concluded that the plan to discharge the ALPS-treated wastewater from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant into the ocean is the most realistic solution to the storage problem based on experiences in Japan and elsewhere.  ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/12/commentary/world-commentary/future-technology-predictions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-12T21:54:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2023-01-13T06:34:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2023-01-21T10:00:31+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2023-01-13T22:32:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2023-01-13T22:34:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2023-01-13T22:35:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The U.S. oil-use trends are mirrored elsewhere in the world, with plastic consumption driving up demand for the fossil fuel. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/13/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-rearmament/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-14T14:11:53+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2023-01-15T21:05:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/15/commentary/world-commentary/russian-economy-falters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-15T21:05:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_205114.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Enthralled by imperial nostalgia and suffering under stifling sanctions, Russia may be about to revive some of the Soviet Union's worst economic features: communist-era expropriations, redistribution and central planning. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/11/09/editorials/heed-opinions-municipalities-near-reactors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-16T22:10:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2023-01-16T22:22:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2023-01-16T22:23:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2023-01-16T22:23:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2023-01-16T22:24:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2023-01-16T22:24:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2023-01-16T22:25:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2023-01-16T22:26:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in Washington on April 16.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/16/commentary/world-commentary/digital-yuan/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A digital Chinese currency would give Beijing a fresh chance to realize its long-term goal of reshaping the U.S.-centric global monetary order. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/17/commentary/world-commentary/satellite-robots/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_204269.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Russian Soyuz2.1b rocket launches a satellite into orbit from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in August.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/17/commentary/world-commentary/g20-goals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:29:24+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/np_file_204615-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_204615.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[With the Group of 20 representing the world’s top economies, it’s time to think of a creating a group that could represent the needs of emerging and developing countries.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/05/28/commentary/world-commentary/biden-japan-south-korea-trip/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:34:41+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/np_file_161456.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_161456.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[President Joe Biden holds talks with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol in Seoul on May 21.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/05/27/editorials/japan-biden-visit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:35:33+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/np_file_161380-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_161380.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Joe Biden’s promise to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida that “the U.S. remains fully committed to Japan’s defense” is especially important in a time when countries like China and Russia are seeking to redraw borders.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/05/26/commentary/world-commentary/joe-biden-asia-trip/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:35:44+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/np_file_161262-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_161262.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden disembarks from Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Tuesday, following his recent trip to Asia.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/02/21/commentary/world-commentary/japans-astute-diplomacy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:36:07+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/np_file_142346-2.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_142346.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Fumio Kishida addresses the Lower House in December. Kishida told lawmakers in January that Japan’s diplomatic abilities will be tested over the course of the next 12 months. ]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/02/11/editorials/japan-u-s-relations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:36:17+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/np_file_140560.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_140560.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a virtual meeting with the U.S. President Joe Biden from his official residence in Tokyo on Jan. 21.
]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2021/05/22/editorials/semiconductors-chips-u-s-japan-alliance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:36:32+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/np_file_88432.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_88432.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Most experts forecast semiconductor chip shortages for the remainder of the year, with imbalances continuing in some areas for another two years.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2021/04/24/editorials/japan-u-s-relations-joe-biden-yoshihide-suga/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:36:42+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83412.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83412.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga hold talks at the White House in Washington on April 16.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2021/04/22/commentary/japan-commentary/joe-biden-yoshihide-suga-japan-u-s-relations-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:36:56+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_83251.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_83251.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden holds a joint news conference with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga at the White House on Friday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2021/01/12/commentary/japan-commentary/api-indo-pacific/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:37:07+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/np_file_61764.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_61764.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The foreign ministers of India, Japan and Australia and the U.S. secretary of state, photographed with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, took part in the Indo-Pacific "Quad" meeting in Tokyo in October.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/10/08/commentary/world-commentary/ensuring-japans-future-strategic-partner-u-s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:37:41+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/np_file_42756.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_42756.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga meet on Oct. 6 in Tokyo. Pompeo has taken a tough line on China, which could help open a space for Japan as a strategic partner of the U.S.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/08/17/commentary/japan-great-power-competition/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:38:02+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/np_file_31157-scaled.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_31157.jpeg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/03/25/commentary/japan-commentary/finding-strength-unity-within-uncertain-socially-distant-future/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:38:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/03/08/commentary/japan-commentary/will-american-populism-damage-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:38:32+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/p7-funabashi-a-20200309.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-funabashi-a-20200309.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/02/21/commentary/japan-commentary/u-s-election-will-impact-japanese-politics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:39:27+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/p8-tatsumi-a-20200222.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-tatsumi-a-20200222.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's efforts to build a close relationship with Donald Trump helped shield Japan from the U.S. president's harshest criticism.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/31/commentary/japan-commentary/presidential-election-will-define-japan-u-s-ties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:39:35+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/p10-fukushima-a-20200101.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p10-fukushima-a-20200101.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/10/28/commentary/japan-commentary/erosion-americas-reliability-allies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:40:04+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/p1-Miyake-a-20191029.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p1-Miyake-a-20191029.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/07/11/commentary/japan-commentary/trumps-disquieting-disdain-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:40:13+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/p7-thakur-a-20190712.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p7-thakur-a-20190712.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump called the Japan-U.S. alliance "unfair" ahead of the recent Group of 20 summit despite the critical role Japan plays in the U.S.-led regional security order.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/06/11/commentary/japan-commentary/an-unnatural-intimacy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:40:39+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/27/editorials/deferred-test-abe-trump-ties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:40:55+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/27/commentary/japan-commentary/trumps-state-visit-ceremonial/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:41:13+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/p10-Miyake-a-20190528.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p10-Miyake-a-20190528.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump's state visit is taking place at a time when the strategic environment surrounding Japan is changing dramatically.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/08/commentary/japan-commentary/u-s-japan-trade-realities-unconventional-multilateralism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:41:27+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/p10-Goldstein-a-20190509.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p10-Goldstein-a-20190509.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Economic revitalization minister Toshimitsu Motegi is greeted by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer ahead of trade talks April 15 in Washington.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/03/commentary/japan-commentary/united-states-china-preferred-superpower/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:41:36+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/p10-jinushi-a-20181204.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p10-jinushi-a-20181204.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders' Summit in Buenos Aires on Friday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/10/29/commentary/japan-commentary/shimoda-conferences-mount-fuji-dialogue/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:41:46+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/p8-MIyake-a-20181030.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-MIyake-a-20181030.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/09/27/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-u-s-pact-looks-like-opposite-free-trade/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:42:01+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/p11-fickling-trivedi-a-20180928.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p11-fickling-trivedi-a-20180928.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday agreed to start bilateral negotiations on a trade agreement on goods, but reaching a deal won't be easy.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/08/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-emerging-indo-pacific-strategy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:42:12+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/p8-kuo-a-20180809.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-kuo-a-20180809.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, shown talking with U.S. President Donald Trump at the U.N. General Assembly in October, has taken the lead in articulating the necessity for an Indo-Pacific strategy.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/05/21/commentary/japan-commentary/history-rhyming-east-asia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:42:29+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p8-Miyake-a-20180522.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-Miyake-a-20180522.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/04/23/commentary/japan-commentary/time-japan-recalibrate-strategy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:42:49+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p9-goto-a-20180424.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-goto-a-20180424.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[After last week's summit in Florida, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had little to show for his continued efforts to woo U.S. President Donald Trump.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/04/18/commentary/japan-commentary/elephant-abe-trump-room/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:42:59+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p8-boxwell-a-20180419.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-boxwell-a-20180419.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands during a meeting at Trump's private Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday. The two-day summit concluded Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/03/26/commentary/japan-commentary/japans-flower-power-diplomacy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:43:11+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/p9-goto-a-20180327.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-goto-a-20180327.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Falling snow coats cherry blossoms on March 21 in Washington. Japan's gift of 3,000 cherry trees to the U.S. in 1912 is one that keeps giving.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/01/30/commentary/japan-commentary/abes-trump-bromance-terrible-month/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:43:30+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/p8-pesek-a-20180131.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-pesek-a-20180131.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump looks on before delivering his speech during the World Economic Forum annual meeting on Jan. 26 in Davos, Switzerland.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/01/16/commentary/japan-commentary/japans-strategy-trump-era/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:43:47+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/p8-watanabe-a-20180117.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-watanabe-a-20180117.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Tokyo on March 16.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2017/08/21/commentary/japan-commentary/failure-abes-trump-dependent-diplomacy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:44:00+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/p8-Sentaku-a-20170822.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-Sentaku-a-20170822.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2017/06/13/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-u-s-economic-dialogue-risk-strategy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:44:26+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/p9-funabashi-a-20170614.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-funabashi-a-20170614.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence appear at  a joint news conference following the first U.S.-Japan economic dialogue on April 18.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2017/05/23/commentary/japan-commentary/shinzo-abe-epic-buyers-remorse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:44:37+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/p9-pesek-a-20170524.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p9-pesek-a-20170524.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump greets Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as he arrives in the West Wing of the White House at the start of their summit on Feb. 10.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2017/03/27/commentary/japan-commentary/japanese-automakers-trump-crisis-develop/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:45:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p8-Sentaku-a-20170328.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[p8-Sentaku-a-20170328.jpg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2017/03/01/commentary/japan-commentary/trump-effect-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-17T20:45:24+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2017/02/21/commentary/world-commentary/bed-different-dreams/</loc>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/23/commentary/world-commentary/u-s-superpower/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-23T11:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to American soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division near Rzeszow, Poland, in March.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/23/commentary/world-commentary/ai-credibility/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-23T22:24:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The release of ChatGPT, a new artificial-intelligence chatbot, is forcing us to rethink what tasks can be carried out with minimal human intervention.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/24/commentary/world-commentary/jacinda-ardern-women-politics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-24T18:52:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[New Zealand’s charismatic prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, stepped down, citing fatigue and other factors. Many female politicians are plagued by double standards when it comes to how they are judged compared to their male counterparts.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/24/commentary/world-commentary/turkey-nato-memebership/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-24T23:56:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, addresses a news conference during the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's summit in Madrid in June. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/25/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-communication/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-25T22:49:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tokyo’s declining importance as a financial hub means the Bank of Japan is less closely watched than its actual global importance might merit.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/25/commentary/world-commentary/anwar-ibrahim-leadership/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-25T22:50:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Indonesian President Joko Widodo holds a welcome ceremony for Malaysia’s new prime minister, Anwar Ibrahim (right), at the presidential palace in Bogor, West Java, on Jan. 9.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/25/commentary/world-commentary/el-nino-future/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-25T22:50:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The drought-stricken Mississippi River near Greenville, Mississippi, in November

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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/25/commentary/world-commentary/woke-origins/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-25T22:51:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A demonstrator takes part in a protest at Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington in April 2021. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/25/commentary/world-commentary/global-wealth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-25T22:52:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/np_file_204409.jpeg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[As global economic conditions deteriorate, some are concerned governments will forget the lessons of the Great Depression and be tempted to pursue protectionist trade policies.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/26/commentary/world-commentary/threatening-threats-psychological-well/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-26T19:53:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_207177.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[News, social media alerts and scares are lighting up not only our smartphones, but also our brains, prompting some to ask how all the “threat talk” might be affecting us psychologically.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/26/commentary/world-commentary/myanmar-civil-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-26T19:54:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nearly two years on from a brutal military coup, Myanmar has slid into civil war.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/26/commentary/japan-commentary/denial-security-strategy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-26T19:55:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force 1st Airborne Brigade take part in a new year joint military drill in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on Jan. 8. The country's future security has been said to lie in a ‘denial and competition’ strategy.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/27/commentary/world-commentary/sleep-quality/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-27T19:25:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/np_file_207106.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_207106.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The length and quality of sleep is becoming more important in today's health-obsessed society. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/27/editorials/japan-gender-equality/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-27T21:36:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan’s gender pay gap is the widest in the Group of Seven nations, with full-time female workers earning on average 22.4% less than their male counterparts. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/27/commentary/world-commentary/biden-immigration-promises/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-27T21:37:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden tours the U.S.-Mexico border fence during his visit to El Paso, Texas, on Jan. 8.   ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/27/commentary/japan-commentary/kurodas-head-fakes-make-unthinkable-plausible/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-27T21:39:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda holds a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/27/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-wage-negotiations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-28T14:02:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation attend a rally ahead of  wage negotiations in Tokyo in March 2018. 

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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/28/cartoons/bullet-train-hairstyles/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-29T01:32:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[ZG309+-ShinkansenHair]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/29/commentary/world-commentary/big-tech-layoffs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-30T03:28:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Amazon has announced 18,000 layoffs so far since fall.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/29/commentary/world-commentary/japan-security/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-30T06:00:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reviews Self-Defense Force troops during a ceremony at Asaka Base north of Tokyo in October 2018.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/30/commentary/world-commentary/assassinated-are-the-peacemakers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-30T18:12:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits the city of Kherson soon after it was liberated in mid-November from Russian forces. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/30/commentary/world-commentary/covid-boosters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-30T21:50:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/np_file_207669.jpeg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man receives a booster shot for the omicron variant of COVID-19 at a McDonald's in Chicago in December 2021.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/31/commentary/world-commentary/air-taxi-future/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-31T20:02:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/np_file_187851.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_187851.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The futuristic world of George Jetson and everyday travel by air hinges on some rather large leaps of faith, the biggest of which is whether passengers will eventually be willing to board such pilotless aircraft.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/31/commentary/world-commentary/us-china-semiconductors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-01-31T20:05:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man visits a display of semiconductor devices at Semicon China, a trade fair for semiconductor technology, in Shanghai in March 2021.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/01/commentary/world-commentary/chatgpt-sounds-exactly-like-us-good-thing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-01T22:02:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/np_file_208074.jpeg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[For 70 years, programmers have tried to make computers more like people. Now they’ve succeeded — sort of. 
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/01/commentary/world-commentary/new-globalization/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-01T22:03:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Klaus Schwab, executive chairman of the World Economic Forum (left), talks with Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, at the annual Davos gathering in Switzerland, on Jan. 17. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/01/commentary/world-commentary/inflation-reduction-act/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-01T22:04:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_208073.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden signs The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 into law during a ceremony at the White House in August.    ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/01/commentary/world-commentary/russia-energy-market/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-01T22:04:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/np_file_208075.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_208075.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine has cost Russia its European energy market, a loss that will cost his country for generations to come. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/01/31/commentary/world-commentary/myanmar-civil-war-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-02T10:55:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Pro-democracy protesters opposed to Myanmar’s military junta demonstrate in the city of Taunggyi in March 2021.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/02/commentary/japan-commentary/boj-chief/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-02T17:02:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/np_file_208421-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_208421.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[When Japan needed radical thinking to rescue it from deflation a decade ago, Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda was brought in. Things are different now.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/04/cartoons/japan-meetings-sleep/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-04T21:57:06+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/03/commentary/world-commentary/ev-blood-batteries/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-04T21:58:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_206809.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A copper and cobalt mine in Kolwezi, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/03/commentary/world-commentary/russia-ukraine-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-04T21:59:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/np_file_208629-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_208629.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A destroyed Russian tank near the village of Dolyna in Ukrainian’s Kharkiv region in September]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/03/commentary/world-commentary/remote-work/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-04T22:00:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/np_file_208571.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_208571.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Many people, particularly women and parents of young children have come to appreciate the newfound flexibility provided by remote work.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/03/editorials/advancing-auto-technology/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-04T22:01:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Renault Twingo and Clio automobiles are assembled at the company's electric vehicle manufacturing plant in Novo Mesto, Slovenia, in November.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/02/commentary/japan-commentary/taiwan-japan-relations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-04T22:02:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/np_file_208072.jpeg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan’s then-representative to Taiwan, Mikio Numata, attends a name-changing ceremony of Tokyo’s de facto embassy in Taipei in January 2017. ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/05/commentary/world-commentary/ai-changes-world/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-05T22:14:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Most technology gets better by modest amounts each year, but by contrast, Large Language Models such as OpenAI's ChatGPT can make leaps.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/06/commentary/world-commentary/russian-glory/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-06T17:00:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath-laying ceremony on Victory Day in Moscow on May 9, the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/07/commentary/japan-commentary/ferdinand-marcos-japan-visit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-07T17:09:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Incoming Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (left) and outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte at the inauguration ceremony in Manila on June 30]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/07/commentary/world-commentary/u-s-alliances-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-07T20:23:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden hold a joint news conference in Tokyo in May.  ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/08/commentary/world-commentary/north-korea-foreign-policy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-08T20:34:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter pose for a photo with scientists, engineers and military personnel involved in the test-firing of the country’s new Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/08/commentary/world-commentary/putin-favorite-entrepreneur/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-08T20:35:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A funeral is held for one of the fallen mercenaries from the private Wagner military group in St. Petersburg in late December.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/08/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-nss-oda/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-08T20:35:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Farmers cultivate rice in Vietnam. Overseas development assistance was once a central element to Japan's postwar foreign policy, something the new national security changes may alter.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/08/commentary/world-commentary/automation-jobs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-08T20:36:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_209405.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Amazon.com, which employs around 1.5 million people globally, is on track to use more robots than people by 2030.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/09/commentary/japan-commentary/softbank-vision-fund/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-09T19:24:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[SoftBank's Vision Funds dropped a combined $5 billion in the December quarter and they’re net losers since inception, which has put the companies CEO and founder, Masayoshi Son, and his management team in a bind.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/09/commentary/world-commentary/fractured-world/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-09T19:26:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 18. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/09/commentary/world-commentary/turkey-earthquake-response/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-10T11:51:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inspects damage in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/10/commentary/world-commentary/chatgpt-diplomatic-relations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-11T04:19:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_209821.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[OpenAI's ChatGPT was launched just over two months ago and is so effective in generating human-like prose that it is almost indistinguishable from the real thing.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/10/commentary/world-commentary/turkey-nato-problems/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-11T04:20:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[NATO has no mechanism for kicking out an errant members. But given Turkey’s blocking of Sweden’s membership, it might be high time to introduce such a clause.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/10/editorials/marcos-japan-visit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-11T04:21:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos at the Prime Minister's Official Residence in Tokyo on Thursday. 
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/10/commentary/world-commentary/china-covid-money-savings/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-11T04:22:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese households save mainly in the form of housing and financial investments. Last year they delayed purchases of homes and other financial assets in favor of keeping their money in banks.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/11/cartoons/4k-jobs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-11T22:15:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/18/cartoons/garbage-separation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-18T10:00:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/13/commentary/world-commentary/myanmar-civil-war-3/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-13T21:02:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of the People's Defense Force train in an area controlled by ethnic Karen rebels in Myanmar's Karen State in September 2021.  ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/14/commentary/world-commentary/south-korea-missile-defense/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-14T19:15:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Lockheed Martin Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile interceptor is put on display at a showcase event at the White House in July 2019. China imposed sanctions on South Korea after it decided to deploy the missile defense system.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/14/commentary/world-commentary/british-military-readiness/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-14T20:06:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The U.K. currently has just over 200 Challenger 2 tanks, 150 of which will soon be upgraded.
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/14/commentary/world-commentary/putin-cronies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-14T20:32:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vladimir Putin takes a tour of a nuclear energy research center with Mikhail Kovalchuk, whose brother Yuri is known as the Russian leader's personal banker, in April 2018. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/14/commentary/world-commentary/green-energy-materials/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-14T20:34:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A copper and cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.  ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/13/commentary/world-commentary/children-mental-health/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-14T20:35:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An analysis of federal data found that nearly 40% of U.S. school districts lacked a school psychologist in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.  ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/15/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-self-defense-forces/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-16T09:51:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reviews Self Defense Force troops at Camp Asaka in Tokyo in November 2021.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/16/commentary/japan-commentary/kishida-political-troubles-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-16T18:58:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a joint media briefing with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Tokyo on Jan. 31.

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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/16/commentary/world-commentary/sunak-brexit-problems/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-16T20:42:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks before the House of Commons in London on Feb. 8.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/16/commentary/japan-commentary/chip-war-history/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-17T08:06:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden attends the groundbreaking of a new Intel semiconductor manufacturing facility in New Albany, Ohio on Sept. 9. With its relationship with China, the U.S. is facing a very different chip war to its conflict with Japan more two decades ago.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/17/commentary/japan-commentary/off-record-mean-off-record/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-19T00:06:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Fumio Kishida takes questions from reporters at his official residence in Tokyo in June. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/17/editorials/chinese-spy-balloons/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-19T00:07:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[White balloons are used in a demonstration outside the Chinese Embassy in Washington on Wednesday by a protester angered over the alleged Chinese surveillance balloon that was shot down over the U.S. recently.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/17/commentary/world-commentary/philippines-japan-relations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-19T00:08:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. review an honor guard at the Prime Minister's Official Residence in Tokyo on Feb. 9.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/17/commentary/world-commentary/asia-water-issues/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-19T00:09:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman prepares a make-shift shelter on a bank of the Indus River near Kotri Barrage, Pakistan, in September.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/19/commentary/world-commentary/india-press-freedom/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-19T22:12:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People watch the BBC documentary "India: The Modi Question" in the city of Kochi, India, on Jan. 24. The documentary examines Prime Minister Narendra Modi's role during deadly 2002 sectarian riots. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/20/commentary/world-commentary/investing-history/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-20T21:50:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Amsterdam Stock Exchange, founded in 1602 and now operated by Euronext, is considered the world's oldest modern stock exchange.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/20/commentary/world-commentary/artificial-intelligence-market/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-20T21:51:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Released last November, OpenAI’s ChatGPT has quickly became a global sensation, attracting millions of users.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/15/commentary/japan-commentary/about-kazuo-ueda/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-21T01:25:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The news late Friday that Kazuo Ueda was to succeed Haruhiko Kuroda as Bank of Japan chief caused ripples across markets.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/19/commentary/world-commentary/eu-china-relations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-21T10:38:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[German Chancellor Olaf Scholz meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Nov. 4.     ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/21/commentary/world-commentary/nato-ukraine-future/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-21T18:50:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other officials pose with a request for fast-track membership in the NATO military alliance in Kyiv in September.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/21/commentary/japan-commentary/pharmaceuticals-us-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-21T22:48:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/np_file_211043.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_211043.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Workers sort medicines at a China Resources Pharmaceutical Group logistics center in Beijing on Dec. 19. With Beijing having control of certain supply chains, pharmaceuticals are proving a key issue in the ongoing U.S.-China conflict.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/21/commentary/world-commentary/china-decoupling/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-22T08:02:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Group of 20 leaders' summit in Bali, Indonesia, in November. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/22/commentary/world-commentary/russia-ukraine-war-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-22T18:57:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Ukrainian woman buries her husband at a cemetery in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 16. The soldier died while fighting Russian troops. REUTERS ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/22/commentary/world-commentary/global-fertility/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-22T22:07:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Kishida administration has pledged to significantly increase the amount of money for programs to support children in a bid to boost the number of babies born each year.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/22/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-pacific-strategy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-22T22:09:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi (right), meets with his Marshall Islands' couterpart, Kitlang Kabua, at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 8. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/22/commentary/japan-commentary/toyota-electric-vehicles/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-22T22:10:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/np_file_211811.jpeg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Koji Sato, Toyota Motor's incoming chief executive officer, speaks at the Tokyo Auto Salon in Chiba on Jan 13.


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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/23/commentary/world-commentary/russia-culture-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-23T18:43:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/np_file_212218.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_212218.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian culture has been besmirched by people whose atrocities in Ukraine have negated their ancestors’ achievements.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/23/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-russia-ukraine-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-23T18:45:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/np_file_212258.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_212258.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a judo tournament on the sidelines of an economic forum in Vladivostok, Russia, in September 2019. The two met 27 times during Abe's second tenure as the nation's leader. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/22/commentary/world-commentary/climate-change-technology-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-23T21:13:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/np_file_212059.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_212059.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nuclear fusion could well become an essential part of the low-carbon electricity mix this century. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/23/commentary/japan-commentary/companies-economic-security/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-23T22:23:36+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A technician inspects anti-cancer drugs in vials at a pharmaceutical company lab in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, in March 2019.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/24/commentary/world-commentary/taiwan-ukraine-lessons/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-24T18:46:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/np_file_212507.jpeg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taiwan's armed forces hold a military drill to show combat readiness ahead at a base in Kaohsiung in January.
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/25/cartoons/divisions-labor-workplace/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-25T10:00:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/np_file_211509.jpeg</image:loc>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/04/cartoons/japan-bowing-manners/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-04T10:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/26/commentary/world-commentary/russia-ukraine-war-4/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-27T04:20:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/np_file_212746.jpeg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Protesters demonstrate to show solidarity with Ukraine at a rally in Prague on Friday.  
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/26/commentary/world-commentary/us-ufos/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-27T04:22:22+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/np_file_212174-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_212174.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Though sightings of unexplained aerial phenomena date back centuries, the U.S. and the world’s collective obsession with flying saucers began in June 1947 when a pilot spotted nine objects flying at unfathomable speeds in the skies of Washington state.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/24/commentary/world-commentary/mother-nature-climate-change/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-27T04:24:35+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/np_file_212228.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_212228.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The world is still years if not decades away from developing machines that can perform carbon dioxide removal on a scale that’s even close to what nature can do. ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/24/editorials/russia-ukraine-war-3/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-27T04:25:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/np_file_212479-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_212479.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A vigil for Ukraine is held in London on Thursday to commemorate the anniversary of the start of the war with Russia.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/24/commentary/japan-commentary/new-boj-governor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-27T04:26:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/np_file_212490.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_212490.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kazuo Ueda, nominee for the governor of the Bank of Japan, arrives at the Parliament in Tokyo on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/27/commentary/world-commentary/genetic-medicine/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-27T22:54:45+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/np_file_212176-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_212176.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A fundamental issue with genetic medicines is that our bodies have evolved to keep bad things out of our cells — but that also makes it incredibly hard to sneak medicines into them as well.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/27/commentary/world-commentary/china-artificial-intelligence/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-27T22:55:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/np_file_212063-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_212063.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Baidu’s AI robot is put on display at the companies headquarters in Beijing in April 2021. Censorship on political and social topics will not only affect AI-generated content in China, but will likely do so beyond its borders as well.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/28/commentary/world-commentary/chinese-economic-turnaround/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-28T22:57:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/np_file_213028.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_213028.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An assembly line for Shanghai Electronic Components in Ruili, Yunnan province, China 

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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/28/commentary/world-commentary/world-bank-climate-change/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-02-28T22:58:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/np_file_212988-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_212988.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The then-head of Mastercard, Ajay Banga, leaves after meeting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New York in September 2014. The Biden administration has revealed that it will likely nominate Banga, considered a champion of climate change, as the next World Bank chief.  ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/01/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-european-alliance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-01T18:55:16+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_213124-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_213124.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[British, Australian and French naval vessels anchor at Japan’s Yokosuka Naval Base near Tokyo during a joint drill in October 2007. ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/01/commentary/world-commentary/earthquakes-building-standards/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-01T22:49:47+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_213260.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_213260.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Damage from earthquakes like those experienced in Turkey and Syria can never be eliminated, but it can be mitigated with modern construction techniques.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/01/commentary/world-commentary/unhealthy-americans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-01T22:50:37+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_213255.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_213255.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[At a time of growing tensions with both Russia and China, the health deficit of Americans, particularly its young people, is also a national security problem.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/01/commentary/world-commentary/mob-diplomacy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-01T22:52:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_213165.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_213165.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A U.S. Air Force U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance plane flies by a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon as it hovers over the central continental United States on Feb. 3. 
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/02/commentary/world-commentary/post-brexit-relations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-02T22:36:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_213475-1-scaled.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_213475.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen, following their meeting in London on Monday where the U.K. leader proclaimed a “new chapter” in post-Brexit relations]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/01/commentary/world-commentary/economic-security-policies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-02T22:39:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/np_file_209332.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_209332.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden signs the Chips and Science Act of 2022, at the White House on Aug. 9.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/02/commentary/japan-commentary/kishida-explained/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-03T06:49:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_213403-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_213403.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Fumio Kishida leads Liberal Democratic Party members in a cheer at the party's annual gathering in Tokyo on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/02/commentary/world-commentary/china-economic-security/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-03T06:49:48+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_213193.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_213193.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Employees work on a production line manufacturing mechanical parts at an SMC factory in Beijing on Jan. 10. China's efforts to ensure its own economic security have come under scrutiny by other global players.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/03/editorials/japan-tourism-industry/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-03T18:36:56+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_213723.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_213723.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tourists visit the Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine in Dazaifu, Fukuoka, in May. ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/03/commentary/world-commentary/india-indo-pacific-presence/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-03T22:57:05+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_213728-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_213728.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[India's INS Vagir, a diesel-electric attack submarine, is commissioned at a naval dockyard in Mumbai on Jan. 23.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/03/commentary/world-commentary/fossil-fuel-pollution/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-03T22:57:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_213787.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_213787.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Petrochemical storage tanks at a plant near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/03/commentary/world-commentary/australia-china-relations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-04T08:50:48+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_213611.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_213611.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[China sees a chance to make headway with Australia under the government of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, which favors a less confrontational approach to relations than its predecessor.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/05/commentary/world-commentary/chinas-population-decline/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-05T20:59:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_212682.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_212682.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[According to the China's National Bureau of Statistics, the country's population shrank last year for the first time in 60 years, nine years earlier than government projections had anticipated. ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/05/commentary/world-commentary/fox-news-lawsuit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-05T21:01:46+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_214074-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_214074.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rupert Murdoch, the co-founder of Fox News, and his son, Lachlan, attend a media conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, in July 2015.  ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/06/commentary/world-commentary/global-colonialism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-06T17:00:08+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_214002.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_214002.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Israeli security forces block Palestinian and Israeli peace activists as they hold a protest in the occupied West Bank Friday following deadly violence by Israeli settlers. ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/06/commentary/world-commentary/vietnam-supply-chains/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-06T20:15:18+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_213457.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_213457.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vietnam's volatile politics intertwined with difficulties getting permits, approvals and licenses is making it harder to do business and scaring off potential investors.  ]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/07/commentary/world-commentary/putin-normalizes-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-07T18:43:54+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_212164.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_212164.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a concert dedicated to Russian service members involved in the country's military campaign in Ukraine, in Moscow on Feb. 22. He gave a state of the union speech a day earlier where he defined no clear path to victory in the conflict.  

 ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/07/commentary/world-commentary/brexit-deal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-07T20:52:32+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_214509-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_214509.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen hold a joint news conference following their meeting in London on Feb 27.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/08/commentary/world-commentary/singapore-growth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-08T20:09:54+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_214647-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_214647.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Just 20 years after Singapore’s independence in 1965, the tiny island with no natural resources was already one of Asia’s richest countries.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/08/commentary/world-commentary/philippine-trilateral-cooperation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-08T20:11:08+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_214593-2.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_214593.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is honored with a military guard at a base in Quezon City, Philippines, on Feb. 2. Until recently, security cooperation between Japan, the Philippines and the U.S. was barely a consideration.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/08/commentary/world-commentary/china-ukraine-war-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-08T20:11:48+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_214456-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_214456.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese servicemen march in Russia’s Victory Day parade in Moscow in May 2015. China’s trade with Russia rose by 34.3% in 2022, and it soaked up its neighbor’s boycotted-energy exports.  ]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/08/commentary/world-commentary/u-s-child-obesity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-08T20:13:31+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_210459.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_210459.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Medical experts say drugs are just one tool in addressing the growing issue of childhood obesity.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/08/commentary/world-commentary/investing-secrets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-08T20:14:07+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_204491.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_204491.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Investments that promise bigger returns than the market or are not inflation-protected bonds are a good way to lose money. ]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/09/commentary/japan-commentary/taiwan-japan-relations-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-09T18:26:03+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_214867-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_214867.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taiwan’s presidential office building in Taipei was previously the office of the governor-general of Taiwan during Japanese colonial rule.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/09/commentary/world-commentary/russia-threatens-moldova/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-09T21:41:10+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_214640.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_214640.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kyiv recently warned Moldovan President Maia Sandu that Moscow was planning a coup to topple her government and install a puppet regime.  ]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/10/commentary/world-commentary/china-population-decline/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-10T21:40:46+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_214429-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_214429.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[China's gap between its declining demographic and economic strength and expanding strategic ambitions now constitutes a major geopolitical risk.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/10/commentary/world-commentary/u-s-covid-murders/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-10T21:41:46+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_214441-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_214441.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Homicides were down in the U.S. in 2022 and continue to fall in the biggest cities. The cause of the COVID-19 spike is still being determined.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/10/commentary/japan-commentary/sdf-operations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-10T21:43:04+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_215057-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_215057.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel search at sea for victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami off Iwate Prefecture in April 2011. REUTERS]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/10/editorials/wartime-labor-dispute/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-10T21:43:46+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_215049.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_215049.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Then-Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida meets with his South Korean counterpart, Yun Byung-se, in Seoul in December 2015. The two sides negotiated a deal on the issue of comfort women at the time, which was later scrapped by the government of South Korea.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2021/07/15/commentary/world-commentary/china-first-crack-covid-19-recovery/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-12T20:36:38+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/np_file_98381.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_98381.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Beijing headquarters of the People's Bank of China]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2021/04/15/commentary/world-commentary/china-pboc-global-economy-renminbi-covid-19/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-12T20:37:06+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/np_file_81671.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_81671.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[ The People’s Bank of China is likely to maintain its monetary policy stance, if not tighten it.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/05/12/commentary/world-commentary/chinas-baby-steps-toward-economic-disaster/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-12T20:37:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/08/25/commentary/world-commentary/next-time-china-might-face-fire/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-12T20:38:16+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/18/cartoons/japan-martial-arts-senior-citizens/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-18T10:00:10+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_214242.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_214242.jpeg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/13/commentary/world-commentary/eu-borrowing-money/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-13T21:14:20+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_214832.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_214832.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[EU Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni (right) talks with European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde at the EU headquarters in Brussels on Feb. 13.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/13/commentary/world-commentary/ukraine-developing-world-support/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-13T21:18:24+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_215270-2.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_215270.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomes his Indonesian counterpart, Joko Widodo, to Kyiv in June.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/14/commentary/world-commentary/post-ukraine-nuclear-weapons/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-14T18:43:02+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_215669-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_215669.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s readiness to brandish his nuclear arsenal during the war in Ukraine and the resulting caution of the West has confirmed the utility of these weapons.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/14/commentary/world-commentary/svb-clients-get-painful-lesson-bank-failures-common/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-14T20:34:36+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_215639-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_215639.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[What makes Silicon Valley and Signature Bank special is not just their sizes and the amounts of money involved, it is also how much time has elapsed since the last bank before them failed.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/15/commentary/world-commentary/georgia-new-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-15T18:33:12+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_215197.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_215197.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Georgian anti-government protesters rally outside the the country's parliament over a controversial "foreign agent" bill in Tbilisi on March 10.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/15/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-same-sex-marriage-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-15T18:40:07+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_215820.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_215820.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan, which is hosting the Group of Seven summit in May, will be the only member there that doesn’t permit same-sex marriage.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/15/commentary/world-commentary/catholic-church-contraceptives/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-15T21:38:15+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_214827.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_214827.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The fact that prominent Catholics have felt the need to speak out against the use of contraceptives suggests a movement for change is under way in the church.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/15/commentary/world-commentary/australia-nuclear-sub-deal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-15T21:40:16+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_215796-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_215796.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Australia's new nuclear-powered fleet will initially include three U.S. Virginia class submarines.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/15/commentary/world-commentary/japanese-investment-environment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-15T21:41:54+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_215800-1-scaled.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_215800.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The allying of Tokyo, Washington, Taipei and other governments to restrict chip-related exports to China has resurrected Japan’s prospects as a semiconductor producing nation.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/16/commentary/world-commentary/china-russia-ukraine-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-16T18:42:04+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_215723-1-scaled.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_215723.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin chats with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing in February 2022.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/16/commentary/world-commentary/social-media-breakup/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-16T20:03:46+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_212162-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_212162.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Social media has a lot of problems to solve such as eliminating disinformation, offensive content, doxing, harassment and other issues.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/16/commentary/japan-commentary/svb-boj-lessons/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-16T20:05:52+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_216121.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_216121.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda was careful to avoid stepping into the trap that engulfed some of his predecessors who raised rates into a global downturn.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/17/commentary/world-commentary/silicon-valley-bank/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-17T22:56:32+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_216360.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_216360.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Customers wait in line outside a branch of the Silicon Valley Bank in Wellesley, Massachusetts, on Monday. 

]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/17/commentary/japan-commentary/yoon-kishida-meeting/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-17T22:57:16+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_216344.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_216344.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minster Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol give a joint news conference during summit talks in Tokyo on Thursday. ]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/17/editorials/aukus-summit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-17T22:57:49+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_216346.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_216346.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, U.S. President Joe Biden and British leader Rishi Sunak 
speak to reporters about the AUKUS summit at a naval base in San Diego, California, on Monday. 

]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/17/commentary/world-commentary/china-bullying-asia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-17T22:58:17+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_216209-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_216209.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Philippine counterpart, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., review an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in January.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/17/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-nuclear-weapons/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-18T14:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_216205.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_216205.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference during the 77th United Nations General Assembly in New York in September.  ]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/19/commentary/world-commentary/taiwan-diplomatic-acceptance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-19T19:57:43+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_216614-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_216614.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A worker cleans a statue of the Republic of China's former president, Sun Yat-sen, at the Republic of China Square in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on Wednesday. A day earlier, the president of Honduras announced the country was normalizing relations with China.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/19/commentary/japan-commentary/tokyo-cherry-blossoms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-19T22:45:37+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_216668.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_216668.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[This will be the first year since COVID-19 first surfaced that authorities aren’t cautioning against holding cherry blossom celebrations and parties.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/12/commentary/world-commentary/boris-johnson-father/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-19T23:28:01+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_215721-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_215721.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Stanley Johnson, the father of former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, attends the annual Conservative Party conference in Manchester in October 2021.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/06/commentary/japan-commentary/south-korea-japan-relations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-20T22:16:45+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/np_file_208924.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_208924.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Foreign Affairs Ministry's director-general for Asian and Oceanian affairs, Takehiro Funakoshi, speaks during a Japan-U.S.-South Korea trilateral meeting in Tokyo in September.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/08/18/commentary/japan-commentary/wwii-sakhalin-battles-continued/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-20T22:17:26+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/np_file_177167-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_177167.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Sakhalin Regional Museum of Local Lore in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, was built prior to World War II when Japan controlled the southern half of the island. 
The city was the capital of the then-Japanese prefecture of Karafuto.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/06/15/commentary/world-commentary/taiwans-global-importance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-20T22:17:43+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/np_file_164945-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_164945.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The West and other countries have made it clear that forcible reunification is out of the question; it also needs to be made clear that neither is a unilateral move by Taiwan for independence.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/06/08/commentary/japan-commentary/yoshihide-suga-legacy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-20T22:18:06+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/np_file_163111.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_163111.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan's current administration has record approval ratings despite limited accomplishments, while former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga was given very little credit by both the public and the press for his myriad of achievements during trying times. ]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/04/27/commentary/world-commentary/north-korean-nukes-unification/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-20T22:18:46+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/np_file_155442-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_155442.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Korean Peninsula’s autocratic neighbors, long supporters of the ruling Kim family, are opposed to unification while the surrounding democratic nations, including the U.S. and Japan, support it, and for good reason. 
]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/03/23/commentary/world-commentary/japan-immigration-changes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-20T22:19:41+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/np_file_148779-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_148779.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare Japan’s restrictive immigration practices as many long-term foreign residents were not allowed to reenter the country after traveling abroad — a privilege that Japanese nationals enjoyed. ]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/03/09/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-ukraine-invasion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-20T22:20:17+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/np_file_146024-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_146024.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The world is a much more dangerous place since the Russian invasion of Ukraine two weeks ago, meaning Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Japanese leaders need to reconsider the nation’s current self-defense structure. ]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/02/26/commentary/world-commentary/ukraine-crisis-asia-impact/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-20T22:20:45+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/np_file_143343.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_143343.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese President Xi Jinping is likely to respond cautiously to Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/08/14/commentary/world-commentary/making-money/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-20T22:22:38+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/np_file_175858.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_175858.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[With the purchasing power of employees crimped by inflation, many must be wondering when they’ll pocket their fair share like companies. They could be waiting a long while.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/08/12/commentary/world-commentary/minimum-wage-jobs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-20T22:22:54+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/np_file_175863.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_175863.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Recent research has concluded that raising the U.S. federal minimum wage to $15 would end up damaging the livelihood of about 15% of the workers earning less than that, with many losing their jobs in the end.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/20/commentary/world-commentary/banking-crisis-causes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-20T22:38:51+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_216650.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_216650.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Silicon Valley Bank headquarters in Santa Clara, California]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/21/commentary/world-commentary/svb-collapse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-21T21:23:16+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_217116.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_217116.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Silicon Valley Bank was at the very heart of financing technological innovation that will determine who wins the 21st-century geopolitical competition for global economic supremacy.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/21/commentary/world-commentary/trump-arrest/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-21T21:24:07+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_217093-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_217093.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Supporters of former U.S. President Donald Trump attend a gathering outside his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on Monday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/22/commentary/world-commentary/kishida-ukraine-visit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-22T18:47:42+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_217317.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_217317.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued a joint statement upgrading bilateral ties to a “special global partnership” during the Japanese leader's visit to the war-torn country on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/22/commentary/world-commentary/svb-401k/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-22T22:59:10+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_216190.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_216190.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Treasuries aren’t always the safest asset in your portfolio. Your risk depends on the type of bond and what you need the money for.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/22/commentary/world-commentary/china-intelligence-report/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-22T22:59:39+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_217223-scaled.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_217223.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The U.S. intelligence community's recent unclassified annual assessment should have dug deeper into the problems Xi Jinping's government is facing at home.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/22/commentary/world-commentary/covid-nord-stream-leak/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-22T23:00:26+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_216088.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_216088.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Irrespective of whether the truth behind the lab leak or pipeline explosions are ever revealed, the world needs to better protect its energy infrastructure and secure its biolabs. ]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/23/commentary/japan-commentary/wbc-fumio-kishida/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-23T18:48:03+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_217545.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_217545.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shohei Ohtani and his teammates celebrate after Japan defeated their American opponents in the final of the World Baseball Classic at LoanDepot Park, in Miami, on Tuesday. 
]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/23/commentary/japan-commentary/ueda-monetary-policy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-24T00:22:35+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_217596.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_217596.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kazuo Ueda speaks to Upper House lawmakers during a confirmation hearing to become the next Bank of Japan governor, in Tokyo in late February.
 ]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/23/commentary/world-commentary/china-chip-industry/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-24T00:24:13+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_216156.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_216156.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An employee inspects a wafer at the production line of a semiconductor chip company in Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, on Feb. 28.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/25/cartoons/japan-cherry-blossoms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-25T10:00:56+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_217064.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_217064.jpeg]]></image:title>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/24/commentary/world-commentary/world-bank-climate-change-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-25T00:12:52+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_217691-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_217691.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Activists demonstrate outside the IMF-World Bank headquarters in Washington in October 2021. ]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/24/commentary/world-commentary/china-russia-relations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-25T00:13:16+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_217829.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_217829.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, attend a welcome ceremony ahead of their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/24/editorials/china-russia-relations-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-25T00:13:54+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_217937.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_217937.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visits the site of a mass grave in the town of Bucha during his visit to Ukraine on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/24/commentary/world-commentary/u-k-pensions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-25T00:14:33+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_216089.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_216089.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The U.K. and other governments are always looking at pension and retirement funds because that is where the money is.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/27/commentary/world-commentary/putin-international-criminal-court/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-27T17:00:03+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_217579-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_217579.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[International Criminal Court charges against Russian President Vladimir Putin have to do with the unlawful transfer of children from occupied areas of Ukraine. ]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/26/commentary/world-commentary/chinese-yuan-payments/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-27T01:02:24+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_216667-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_216667.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The presumption has been that geopolitics will shape the global financial order in China’s favor. But technology may interfere with the yuan taking on the dollar for international payments.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/26/commentary/world-commentary/iraq-war-mistakes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-27T01:03:49+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_218113-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_218113.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A U.S. soldier watches as a statue of Iraq’s former president, Saddam Hussein, is torn down in Baghdad in April 2003.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/27/commentary/world-commentary/us-ukraine-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-28T15:18:22+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_218123.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_218123.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ukrainian soldiers fire a howitzer at Russian positions near the city of Bakhmut, Ukraine, on March 10.  ]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/28/commentary/world-commentary/tiktok-ai-dangers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-28T20:20:05+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_218439.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_218439.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[TikTok CEO Shou Chew testifies before U.S. lawmaker in a hearing titled: "TikTok: How Congress Can Safeguard American Data Privacy and Protect Children from Online Harms," on Capitol Hill on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/28/commentary/world-commentary/france-pension-problems/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-28T20:21:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Employees block the entrance of Paris' Musee du Louvre to denounce the government's controversial pension reform during a demonstration on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/30/commentary/world-commentary/space-junk-problem/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-30T18:43:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_218606.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Spotting and dodging debris is a much more cost-effective option than spending billions on robot cleaners to clear up space junk.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/31/commentary/world-commentary/nato-defense/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-03-31T18:49:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_218604.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[NATO holds its summit in Brussels in 2018. The United States accounted for 70% 
of NATO’s combined military spending last year,. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/04/13/editorials/textbooks-toe-government-line/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-01T21:14:07+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/04/29/commentary/japan-commentary/digital-textbooks-accompanied-caveats/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-01T21:29:09+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/01/11/commentary/world-commentary/history-textbook-wars-cross-borders/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-01T21:31:31+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/20/editorials/censorship-by-education-boards/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-01T21:32:05+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/31/commentary/world-commentary/explaining-artificial-intelligence/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-01T21:37:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_218550-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_218550.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The problem with the term artificial intelligence is that it suggests machines can actually think. The reality is no machine can think and no software is truly intelligent.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/31/commentary/world-commentary/indian-government-bbc-row/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-01T21:37:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police officers stand guard outside the BBC's offices in New Delhi as income tax officials conduct a search on Feb. 14.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/31/editorials/high-profile-china-visits/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-01T21:38:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou arrives in Shanghai on Monday. 

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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/30/commentary/world-commentary/nagorno-karabakh-conflict/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-01T21:41:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A ethnic Armenian tank destroyed in a battle by Azerbaijani forces in the Jabrayil district of Azerbaijan ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/29/commentary/japan-commentary/boosting-japanese-wages/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-01T21:42:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_218720.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japanese workers on average make the lowest salaries among the Group of Seven nations. Still, it's harder to legally fire employees or cut their salaries. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/29/commentary/world-commentary/china-south-korea-relations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-01T21:43:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_218627-1-scaled.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_218627.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Seoul’s pursuit of an amicable relationship with Beijing continues under President Yoon Suk-yeol, especially since since China is South Korea’s top trading partner and it still has some clout over the regime in North ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/29/commentary/world-commentary/chinese-economy-2023/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-01T21:44:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_217695.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_217695.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[With China’s abandonment of its "zero-COVID" policy in December, its economy has sprung back to life.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/29/commentary/world-commentary/manchester-united-sale/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-01T21:45:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_218671.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_218671.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Glazer family, which has owned Manchester United since 2005, was aiming for a valuation of as much as $7.4 billion for the club, a price buyers have balked at.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/02/commentary/world-commentary/biodiversity-un-synergies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-02T14:56:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_219298.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A recovered anteater is released into the Amazon rainforest near Porto Velho, Brazil, in 2020. Recent multinational agreements have embraced the concept of climate-biodiversity synergies — policies and approaches that can advance both priorities in a mutually reinforcing way.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/02/commentary/world-commentary/trump-indictment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-02T20:41:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Demonstrators protest in front of Trump Tower in New York on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/02/commentary/world-commentary/xi-putin-meeting/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-02T20:42:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Russian leader Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 20. ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/01/cartoons/japan-translation-apps/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-03T16:53:26+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/08/cartoons/hello-kitty-temptations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-08T10:00:57+09:00</lastmod>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/03/commentary/world-commentary/developing-economies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-03T20:12:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_219144.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_219144.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The prime ministers of Fiji and the Solomon Islands meet with U.S. President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the U.S.-Pacific Island Country Summit at the White House in September.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/03/commentary/world-commentary/chatgpt-ai-dangers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-03T20:13:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_219493.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_219493.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An array of public figures including Elon Musk and  have signed an open letter calling for a pause on development work for the technology underpinning ChatGPT, citing risks to society and humanity.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/04/commentary/world-commentary/opec-oil-supplies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-04T20:08:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_219868.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[OPEC+ nations last weekend announced more than 1.1 million barrels in production cuts.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/04/commentary/world-commentary/u-s-october-surprises/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-04T20:09:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_219809.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_219809.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Then-U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to deliver a speech during a campaign stop in Mankato, Minnesota, in August 2020.  ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/05/commentary/world-commentary/putin-trump-trials/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-05T19:40:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_220005-scaled.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_220005.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Helsinki in July 2018.  ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/05/commentary/world-commentary/big-celebrity-paydays/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-05T22:57:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_218870-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_218870.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds (left) sold his Aviation Gin brand in 2020 for $610 million only to trump that recently with the $1.35 billion sale of Mint Mobile to T-Mobile U.S.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/05/commentary/world-commentary/china-us-relations-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-05T22:58:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_219985.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_219985.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Group of 20 leaders' summit in Bali, Indonesia, in November   ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/05/commentary/world-commentary/indian-drug-safety/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-05T22:58:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_220078.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[India is the largest provider of generic medicines, producing 20% of the world’s supply. ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/05/commentary/japan-commentary/u-s-society-being-tested/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-05T22:59:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_219967.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_219967.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[America's social, domestic and global identities are facing their greatest challenges in decades.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/06/commentary/world-commentary/china-new-risks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-06T16:05:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_217460.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_217460.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese President Xi Jinping on March 21. Under the leader, China has become something of a troublemaker in the international community.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/07/commentary/world-commentary/surviving-disasters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-08T18:43:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_220500-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_220500.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Members of the Maritime Self-Defense Force support the government's relief efforts following the deadly Kumamoto earthquakes in April 2016.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/07/editorials/trump-indictment-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-08T18:43:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_220498.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_220498.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former U.S. president Donald Trump speaks at a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, following his court appearance over alleged hush-money payments, on Tuesday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/07/commentary/world-commentary/havana-syndrome/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-08T18:44:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_214452.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_214452.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A U.S. intelligence report says there’s no evidence that Havana syndrome, or health problems once thought to be tied to microwave weapons, are the result of nefarious attacks.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/07/commentary/world-commentary/authoritarians-threaten-democracies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-08T18:44:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_219463-2.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_219463.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The conduct of Vladimir Putin, leading to an indictment by the International Criminal Court, is symptomatic of a broader global trend that has seen assaults on democracy. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/07/commentary/world-commentary/south-korean-economy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-08T18:45:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_220524.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_220524.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[In recent months, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s government has been trying to improve the country's image and effect more business-friendly regulations. 

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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/06/commentary/world-commentary/asia-pacific-trilateral-alliances/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-08T18:46:45+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_220283.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_220283.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Philippines lacks the operational capacity of other U.S. regional allies such as Australia, Japan and South Korea. But what makes the island country special is its geography and location.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/06/commentary/japan-commentary/kuroda-era/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-08T18:47:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_220249-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_220249.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The BOJ under Haruhiko Kuroda's leadership fought on a number of fronts to try and blast Japan out of its pronounced economic funk.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/29/cartoons/japan-pay-phone-relics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-29T10:00:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_220844.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_220844.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[ZG322+-PayPhoneRelics]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/09/commentary/world-commentary/china-u-s-economic-decoupling/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-10T13:18:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_220735.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Both Washington and Beijing seem to have embraced noncooperation in a game of economic brinkmanship. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/09/commentary/world-commentary/soviet-era-oppression/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-10T13:20:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_220760.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, detained on suspicion of espionage, is whisked away from a court building in Moscow on March 30.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/10/commentary/world-commentary/robotics-future/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-11T13:25:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_217094.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_217094.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[One expert says we are not going to be able to compete with machines and what we must do is rehumanize a dehumanized workplace. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/10/commentary/world-commentary/chatbots-human-communication/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-11T13:26:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_220792.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The real danger with artificial intelligence is it could change the way people communicate.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/11/commentary/japan-commentary/china-eu-relations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-12T11:43:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese leader Xi Jinping hold a news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday.   ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/11/commentary/world-commentary/metaverse-future/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-12T11:44:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_221124.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg's avatar speaks during a virtual reality event in New York in October.  ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/02/05/commentary/world-commentary/taiwan-china-relations-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-12T14:27:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Kuomintang Party supporters hold a rally during the presidential election campaign in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, in January 2020. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/12/commentary/world-commentary/new-schizophrenia-drug/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-12T22:14:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_217575.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[New data on a schizophrenia drug in development by Karuna Therapeutics reinforces its potential to offer desperately needed progress for the brain disorder that affects about 1% of the U.S. population.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/12/commentary/world-commentary/shinzo-abe-vision/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-12T22:16:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_220786.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left a strategic vision for the Indo-Pacific that challenged China’s dominance and fostered cooperation with other countries in the region.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/12/commentary/world-commentary/eco-meddling/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-12T22:18:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_221340.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_221340.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The aspen forest known as Pando in central Utah stretches across 42.9 hectares and is perhaps the world’s largest living creature, having survived for over 10,000 years. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/13/commentary/world-commentary/middle-easter-feminism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-13T21:55:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_221514.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_221514.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Since the Arab Spring, feminist movements have transformed gender roles in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia and secured hard-fought real-world gains for women and girls.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/13/commentary/world-commentary/france-china-stand/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-13T21:56:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_221527-2.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_221527.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[French President Emmanuel Macron's recent statement saying Europeans should stand apart from the U.S. on China and Taiwan or risk becoming "vassals” has angered allies.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/12/commentary/world-commentary/taiwan-future/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-14T14:17:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_221274.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_221274.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen meets with U.S. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy in Simi Valley, California, on April 5. Currently, just 3.6% of Taiwanese consider themselves solely Chinese compared to over 25% three decades ago. 
 ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/15/cartoons/japan-tea-ceremony/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-15T20:17:52+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/14/commentary/world-commentary/macron-taiwan-comments/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-15T20:19:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_221757.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_221757.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[French President Emmanuel Macron addresses a news conference after meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on April 6. Macron disappointed many allies with his comments on Taiwan-China relations. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/14/commentary/world-commentary/macron-china-trip/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-15T20:19:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_221749.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_221749.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[French President Emmanuel Macron reviews an honor guard with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a welcoming ceremony in Beijing on April 6.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/14/commentary/world-commentary/asian-startups/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-15T20:21:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/np_file_217874.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_217874.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Singaporean firms Sea and Grab have recently launched two fully fledged virtual commercial banks.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/14/editorials/leaked-us-documents/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-15T20:22:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_221750-rotated.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_221750.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[FBI officers surround the home of a man investigators believe is linked to a trove of recently leaked classified U.S. intelligence documents in North Dighton, Massachusetts, on Thursday.  ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/16/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-political-terrorism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-17T00:00:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_222022.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_222022.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Police detain a man suspected of throwing a pipe-like object near Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in the port of Saikazaki, in Wakayama Prefecture, on Saturday.  ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/15/commentary/japan-commentary/kishida-incident-unanswered-questions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-17T19:38:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_221928.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_221928.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attends an election campaign event in support of a Liberal Democratic Party candidate in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/17/commentary/world-commentary/accounting-regulations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-17T23:01:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_220715.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_220715.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The conditions that led to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank are not new and have parallels in past economic crises fueled by cheap credit and tech booms. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/18/commentary/world-commentary/ukraine-war-offensive/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-18T22:47:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_222006-3.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_222006.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ukraine’s war of self-defense remains unpredictable. But while the nation’s armed forces may be running low on ammunition, the Ukrainians still have a lot of fight left in them.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/18/commentary/world-commentary/u-s-dollar-dominance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-18T22:48:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_222326.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Despite its flaws, the U.S. dollar is the only major currency that has the support and trust of governments and businesses needed to serve as the central medium of exchange for the integrated global economic system.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/19/commentary/world-commentary/xi-world-order/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-19T18:38:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_220785.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a joint news conference after meeting with French leader Emmanuel Macron in Beijing earlier this month.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/19/commentary/world-commentary/abortion-pill/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-19T23:03:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_222327-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_222327.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The U.S. court rulings on mifepristone's market access matters not only for abortion access, but also on pharmaceutical innovation.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/19/commentary/world-commentary/inflation-causes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-19T23:03:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_221582-2.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_221582.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Supermarkets are often the first target of public ire when inflation hits, but their margins are modest compared to some of their suppliers.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/19/commentary/world-commentary/banking-climate-change/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-19T23:04:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_222608.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Climate change protesters demonstrate outside the Bank of England in London during the U.N. Climate Change Conference in November 2021. 
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/21/commentary/world-commentary/lab-grown-meat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-21T22:25:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_222331.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_222331.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Recent breakthroughs are moving cultured meat products closer to commercialization and making it possible for this technology to protect — rather than harm — human health.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/21/commentary/world-commentary/cancer-vaccine-search/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-21T22:27:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_222898.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_222898.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Moderna says its new cancer vaccine is aimed at keeping the disease from returning. It does that by training immune cells to recognize dangerous proteins found in an individual's own tumor cells.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/20/commentary/world-commentary/india-democracy-challenge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-21T22:28:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_222532.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_222532.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Indian National Congress leader Rahul Gandhi leaves a court after he lodged an appeal against his conviction for defamation, in Surat, Gujarat State, India, on April 3.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/20/commentary/world-commentary/fox-dominion-settlement/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-21T22:29:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_222756.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_222756.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fox News agreed to pay Dominion $787 million to avert a defamation trial over its 2020 election coverage and claims its voting machines had somehow been tampered with. ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/22/cartoons/japan-give-a-hand/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-23T12:37:56+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/21/commentary/japan-commentary/honoring-sdf-dead/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-23T19:07:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_223169.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_223169.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Maritime Self-Defense Force ship searches for missing personnel on Monday from a GSDF helicopter that crashed earlier in the month in waters off Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/21/editorials/ai-benefits-dangers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-24T10:20:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_223102-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_223102.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Within two months of being released by OpenAI, ChatGPT saw the number of people using it top 100 million worldwide.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/24/commentary/world-commentary/eu-ukraine-challenges/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-24T13:37:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_222173.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_222173.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ukrainian servicemen return from heavy fighting close to Bakhmut, Ukraine, on April 14.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/23/commentary/world-commentary/magnet-industry/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-24T13:38:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_215733-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_215733.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rare earth magnets are displayed at the Green Cycle Systems Corp. plant, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Electric, in the city of Chiba.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/24/commentary/world-commentary/will-banking-busts-hurt-clean-tech/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-24T22:52:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_223338.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Clean-tech firms should diversify their funding sources and not rely on one single lender.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/24/commentary/world-commentary/chatgpt-wall-street/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-24T22:53:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_223353.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[ChatGPT is a promising technology for improved investing — but it's still a long way from controlling the markets.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/18/commentary/japan-commentary/g7-summit-contributions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-25T19:56:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_221067.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The May 1998 G8 Summit in Birmingham marked Russia's first full participation in the group previously known as the G7.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/13/commentary/japan-commentary/g7-global-south/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-25T19:57:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida talk before a meeting in New Delhi on March 20. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/25/commentary/world-commentary/carbon-credit-business-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-25T20:25:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_223892.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Weyerhaeuser, the largest U.S. logger, expects its business of selling carbon credits to bring in $100 million in annual profit by 2025.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/25/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-unified-elections/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-25T20:25:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_223897.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The ruling LDP and its junior coalition partner saw most of their preferred candidates succeed across the country in Sunday's unified elections. The exception is where Nippon Ishin no Kai surged.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/03/16/commentary/japan-commentary/china-procurement-protectionism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-27T11:12:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Workers assemble indoor units of Daikin Industries split type air conditioners at the company's plant in Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, in August 2017. The firm has plans to establish an air-conditioner production supply chain without relying on Chinese components.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/26/commentary/japan-commentary/tokyo-financial-hub/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-27T13:17:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_223787.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Warren Buffett gave his seal of approval for Japan recently, saying he believes the Asian nation’s markets will continue to grow over the next half-century. REUTERS]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/26/commentary/world-commentary/joe-biden-candidate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-27T13:19:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_224036.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[For the most part, Joe Biden has succeeded in running a highly professional — albeit partisan — White House and administration.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/26/commentary/world-commentary/india-population/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-27T13:20:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_224119-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_224119.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The United Nations projects that India will overtake China as the world’s most populous nation, with its population hitting nearly 1.43 billion by this week.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/26/commentary/world-commentary/geoengineering-climate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-27T13:21:52+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_224113.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The U.S. Congress in 2020 directed the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to study both natural and human activities that might alter the reflectivity of the stratosphere in an effort to mitigate climate change.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/27/commentary/world-commentary/us-g7-role/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-27T15:59:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_222896.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ahead of the G7 summit in Hiroshima in May, member nations' foreign ministers meet in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on April 18.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/27/commentary/world-commentary/covert-russian-resistance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-27T18:01:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_224283.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Kremlin wants to portray its “special military operation” in Ukraine as a patriotic endeavor, but many Russians are wondering why they are fighting at all.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/01/26/editorials/local-autonomy-dire-peril/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-29T19:17:39+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2017/06/17/editorials/case-small-kochi-village/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-29T19:17:46+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/12/17/editorials/misguided-focus-on-test-results/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-29T19:17:54+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/13/editorials/housing-help-for-evacuees/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-29T19:18:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2017/01/09/editorials/promoting-local-autonomy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-29T19:22:14+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/06/04/editorials/aging-public-facilities/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-29T19:22:22+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/07/15/editorials/do-shu-system-details-missing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-29T19:22:30+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/12/22/editorials/a-broader-say-in-reactor-restarts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-29T19:25:06+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/02/09/commentary/world-commentary/chinas-credit-boom-raises-flags-on-risk-levels/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-29T19:25:27+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/12/14/editorials/a-fair-division-of-tax-revenues/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-29T19:25:56+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/28/commentary/world-commentary/tucker-carlson-russia-connections/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-29T19:40:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_224495.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_224495.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Less than a day after he was let go by Fox News, Tucker Carlson had job offers from two different Russian propaganda outlets.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/28/commentary/world-commentary/u-s-mass-shootings/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-29T19:41:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_224352.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Protesters gather outside a courthouse in Kansas City on April 18 in a display of support for Ralph Yarl, who was shot by a homeowner after he rang a doorbell at the wrong house earlier in the month.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/27/commentary/japan-commentary/evacuating-war-zones/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-29T19:42:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_224260.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Vice Foreign Minister Shunsuke Takei at a meeting in Djibouti on Monday welcomes Japanese nationals evacuated from Sudan by an SDF transport plane?]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/30/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-just-transition-action-needed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-30T16:46:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_224628.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_224628.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A bulldozer on a pile of coal at a storage yard at Takasago Thermal Power Plant in Takasago, Hyogo Prefecture, in August 2022.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/28/commentary/japan-commentary/kishida-hopes-woo-africa-away-chinas-grip-tour/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-30T16:47:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_224527-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_224527.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[African aid is high on Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s agenda as he sets off on a four-nation tour of the continent. Kishida will also try to highlight Japan’s commitment to forging deeper economic ties with the Global South and counter China’s growing development influence.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/12/commentary/japan-commentary/super-mario-movie/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-04-30T16:53:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_221353.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_221353.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chris Pratt (right), Anna Taylor-Joy (left) and Chris Meledandri attend the premiere of "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" in Los Angeles on April 1. The film's opening weekend was the biggest for an animated motion picture ever.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/30/commentary/world-commentary/china-economic-growth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-01T01:10:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_224870-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_224870.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[In March, outgoing Premier Li Keqiang revealed in his final work report that the government was aiming for growth of about 5%, the lowest target of his tenure.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/01/commentary/world-commentary/china-rd-spending/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-01T18:31:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_221555.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_221555.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Huawei was the only Chinese company in the global top 25 for research and development spending five years ago. Companies like ByteDance, Tencent and Alibaba have since joined that group.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/01/commentary/world-commentary/asian-industrial-power/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-01T18:33:01+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_224565.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_224565.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Samsung Electronics smartphone manufacturing factory in Gumi, South Korea ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/02/commentary/world-commentary/consistent-china-policy-continues-elude-u-s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-02T22:30:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_225213.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_225213.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden speaks remotely with Chinese leader Xi Jinping from the White House in November 2021.   ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/02/commentary/world-commentary/jpmorgan-first-republic-deal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-02T22:30:45+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_225236.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_225236.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. financial authorities seized California's troubled First Republic Bank on Monday and sold it to JPMorgan Chase.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/03/commentary/world-commentary/u-s-ukraine-ammo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-03T18:37:20+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_224878.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_224878.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ukraine's real "spring offensive” may not rely on the delivery of tanks and armor, but will come from upscaled weapons production in the factories of its democratic supporters.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/03/commentary/world-commentary/china-ukraine-taiwan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-03T18:43:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_225456.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_225456.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[China is hoping it can become a mediator to help end the Russia-Ukraine war.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/03/commentary/world-commentary/china-middle-east/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-03T18:44:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_225437.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_225437.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang hosts his Iranian and Saudi counterparts, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (left) and Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud in Beijing on April 6.

 ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/03/commentary/world-commentary/china-av-technology/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-03T22:54:05+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_224127.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_224127.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Baidu's autonomous ride-hailing service platform Apollo Go in Shenzhen, China  ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/03/commentary/world-commentary/ai-workers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-03T22:54:51+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_225419.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_225419.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[While tools like ChatGPT could displace millions of workers, they could also bring about the productivity growth needed to boost incomes and living standards.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/03/commentary/world-commentary/taiwan-semiconductor-defense/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-03T22:55:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_222861-2.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_222861.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden attends a ceremony to mark the construction of a Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. facility in Phoenix in December.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/28/editorials/japan-demographics-problem/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-05T17:13:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/np_file_224444-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_224444.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[With Japan’s low birthrate, the nation's population is forecast to fall from 126.15 million in 2020 to 87 million in 2070 — even with an influx of foreign residents.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/05/commentary/japan-commentary/south-korea-japan-releations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-05T18:37:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol hold a joint news conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on March 16.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/05/commentary/world-commentary/south-korea-nuclear-weapons/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-05T18:39:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden and his South Korean counterpart, Yoon Suk-yeol, hold a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House on April 26.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/05/editorials/kishida-africa-visit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-05T22:57:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets with Kenya's president, William Ruto, at the State House in Nairobi on Wednesday. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/05/commentary/world-commentary/climate-change-ngos-businesses/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-05T22:58:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_225625.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[In the industrial nations, the private sector is mobilizing hundreds of billions of dollars for clean-energy initiatives. But in the developing world, new capital is woefully inadequate.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/04/commentary/world-commentary/europe-migration-problem/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-05T22:59:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_224874.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Illegal entries into the European Union by land or sea were up 64% in 2022 and an estimated 20,000 deaths have occurred, primarily during sea crossings, since 2014.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/04/commentary/world-commentary/safeguarding-banks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-05T22:59:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies about the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other financial institutions before a Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill on March 16. REUTERS]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/04/commentary/world-commentary/ukraine-war-international-order/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-05T22:59:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[An apartment block destroyed by a missile strike in the city of Bakhmut, in Ukraine's Donbas region, on Jan. 5.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/06/cartoons/golden-week-zero-gravity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-07T15:07:13+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/07/commentary/world-commentary/global-monarchies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-07T22:28:59+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[King Charles III and Queen Camilla's coronation procession travels to Buckingham Palace along the Mall in London on Saturday.
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/08/commentary/world-commentary/sleepwalking-prolonged-global-recession/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-08T17:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_225658-scaled.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_225658.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The current wave of interest-rate hikes has slowed inflation but also popped several asset bubbles, potentially triggering another financial crises.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/07/commentary/world-commentary/king-charles-king-richard/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-07T22:34:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The coronation ceremony for King Charles III at Westminster Abbey in London on Saturday ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/04/30/commentary/japan-commentary/kazuo-ueda-debut/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-08T10:19:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[New Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda holds a news conference at the bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/08/commentary/world-commentary/mosquitoes-climate-change/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-08T19:53:40+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A worker fumigates outside houses to prevent the breeding of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in Ezeiza, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires on April 14.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/09/commentary/japan-commentary/south-korea-japan-relations-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-09T18:43:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_226395-2.jpeg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol at the Presidential Office in Seoul on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/09/commentary/japan-commentary/south-korea-japan-relations-3/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-09T18:44:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_226381-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_226381.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol attend a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Office in Seoul before talks on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/10/commentary/japan-commentary/nato-japan-relations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-10T18:12:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_226680-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_226680.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[As the world becomes more connected, the need for a Japan-NATO alliance will only become stronger.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/11/commentary/world-commentary/international-security-order/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-11T13:22:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_225560.jpeg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a signing ceremony following talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/10/commentary/world-commentary/conservative-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-11T13:24:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_226649.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People march in the Tokyo Rainbow Pride parade in Tokyo on April 23 to celebrate advances in LGBTQ rights and call for marriage equality. REUTERS]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/10/commentary/world-commentary/ai-food-production/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-11T13:25:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Drones are used to pollinate pear blossoms at a farm in Cangzhou, Hebei province, China.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2011/06/19/reader-mail/how-will-having-dosimeters-help/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-11T13:32:58+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2009/01/15/editorials/education-on-cannabis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-11T13:35:02+09:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/10/commentary/japan-commentary/kishida-political-savvy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-11T14:57:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_226698-1-scaled.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_226698.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Fumio Kishida addresses a joint news conference on May 3 after meeting with Kenya’s leader during a visit to Nairobi amid a four-nation Africa tour. ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/11/commentary/world-commentary/modern-authoritarians/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-11T18:37:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_226878-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_226878.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Waco, Texas, on March 25.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/13/cartoons/sumo-bus-journey/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-13T21:00:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_224973.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_224973.jpeg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/12/commentary/world-commentary/russia-ukraine-war-5/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-13T21:00:39+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_227126-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_227126.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The West must prepare to support Ukraine no matter how its spring offensive turns out, and promote peace talks when both sides eventually grow exhausted.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/12/commentary/japan-commentary/kuroda-produced-jobs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-13T21:02:06+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_226888.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_226888.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda waves goodbye has he leaves the bank's headquarters in Tokyo as he heads off into retirement on April 7. 

 ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/12/commentary/world-commentary/history-repeats-world-unwelcome-replays/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-13T21:02:48+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_225627.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_225627.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A primary cause of U.S. inflation was the excessive monetary and fiscal stimulus that was implemented after the COVID-19 lockdowns.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/11/commentary/world-commentary/ai-generated-music-forgeries/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-13T21:03:58+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_225610-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_225610.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A song uploaded to TikTok called “Heart on My Sleeve,” which featured AI-generated voices that mimicked Drake and the Weeknd, has heightened concerns about copyright laws and other issues. ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/15/commentary/world-commentary/ai-benefits/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-15T17:33:47+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_227111-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_227111.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The U.S. has a first-mover advantage in developing AI technology, but it may face competition from China, which has more resources and fewer privacy concerns.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/15/commentary/world-commentary/crypto-future/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-15T17:34:17+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_221581.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_221581.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[As with automakers like Ford at the turn of the last century, the more promising investment approach to digital assets now is to think about what technologies will be needed if the crypto sector takes off.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/16/commentary/world-commentary/esg-investing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-16T22:41:35+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_227633.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_227633.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Climate change activists protest outside of BlackRock headquarters in San Francisco ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in October 2021. ]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/16/commentary/world-commentary/climate-change/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-16T22:43:06+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_227648.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_227648.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[China's Yangtze River basin may face drought this year even as other areas experience floods, the Ministry of Water Resources said recently.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/17/commentary/world-commentary/alzheimer-cure/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-17T19:44:33+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_226498.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_226498.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Some 6 million people in the U.S. have Alzheimer’s with about 2 million of those in the early stages, where they might benefit from these new treatments. ]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/17/commentary/world-commentary/g7-nuclear-weapons/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-17T19:45:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_227645.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_227645.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/17/commentary/japan-commentary/g7-summit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-17T19:45:37+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_228019.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_228019.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Group of Seven leaders should prioritize preserving the rules-based order, denuclearization and fostering unity with the Global South during their meeting in Hiroshima.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/17/commentary/world-commentary/fentanyl-fight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-17T19:46:33+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_228028-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_228028.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Bags of fentanyl seized by U.S. authorities at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/17/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-defense-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-17T19:46:55+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_227995.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_227995.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is overseeing the greatest expansion of Japanese military power since the end of World War II — and with that, the country is moving even closer to the U.S.  ]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/18/commentary/world-commentary/ukraine-missiles/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-18T20:54:06+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_228370-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_228370.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Western powers are slowly beginning to realize that the real risk of escalation in Europe comes from Ukraine having insufficient means to defend itself.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/19/commentary/japan-commentary/china-japan-hotline/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-19T18:57:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_228490-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_228490.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The brief direct call this week between the defense chiefs of Japan and China was 15 years in the making. However, there are many details about the hotline they used that have yet to be revealed. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/20/cartoons/dogma-karma-priests/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-21T12:52:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_224974.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_224974.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[ZG325+-KarmaDogma]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/19/commentary/world-commentary/animal-genomes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-21T12:53:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_226495-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_226495.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Animals have a much longer evolutionary history than humanity — 100 million years or so versus just 200,000 years — so studying their genomes could help us put our own into better context.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/19/commentary/world-commentary/understanding-climate-change/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-21T12:54:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_228561.jpeg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Strong winds and rain caused by Cyclone Mocha hit Sittwe, Myanmar, earlier this month. 

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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/21/commentary/world-commentary/space-station/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-21T21:13:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_226889.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_226889.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The International Space Station is a place where scientists from different countries work together peacefully and productively despite the tensions and wars that divide the Earth. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/21/commentary/world-commentary/europe-ukraine-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-21T22:48:08+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_227024.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_227024.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The war in Ukraine is challenging the European Union's concept of freedom and its integration project.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/22/commentary/world-commentary/china-demographics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-22T20:49:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_228216.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_228216.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[After decades of malfeasance by Chinese officials and demographers, the demographic data is so muddied that no one — not even top-level officials like new premier Li Qiang — knows the real numbers. ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/22/commentary/world-commentary/xylazine-crisis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-22T20:50:08+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_228165.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_228165.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The veterinary sedative xylazine is increasingly being mixed with fentanyl, making the opioid epidemic more deadly and harder to treat.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/22/commentary/world-commentary/russia-nuclear-denial/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-22T20:50:46+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ukrainian servicemen near Kreminna, Luhansk, Ukraine on March 26]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/23/commentary/japan-commentary/hiroshima-aftermath/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-24T10:43:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_229154-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_229154.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Group of Seven leaders pose for a family photo at the Itsukushima Shrine near the Hiroshima summit venue on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/23/commentary/world-commentary/bakhmut-falls/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-24T18:16:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_229245.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_229245.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[An aerial drone image of Bakhmut, in eastern Ukraine, on Friday ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/24/commentary/world-commentary/us-abortion-rights/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-25T12:00:00+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_229204.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_229204.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Abortion rights supporters demonstrate in Raleigh, North Carolina, on May 13.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/24/commentary/world-commentary/changing-work-vocabulary/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-25T12:00:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_225614-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_225614.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Modern workers have created their own buzzwords to express their job dissatisfaction, resistance and fear, while employers have used jargon to mask the harsh realities of layoffs and cutbacks.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/24/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-snap-elections/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-25T12:01:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_229379.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_229379.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Fumio Kishida may pursue a snap election soon given the surge in public approval he received following the successful Hiroshima summit.  ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/24/commentary/world-commentary/defending-taiwan-ukraine/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-25T12:02:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_229355-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_229355.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Taiwanese forces test a U.S.-made Patriot missile system. Ukraine recently claimed its military shot down a new Russian hypersonic missile using one of the high-tech air-defense launchers.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/27/cartoons/haiku-blog-rant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-28T15:20:03+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_224975.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_224975.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[ZG326+-BlogRanting]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/26/commentary/world-commentary/exxon-climate-costs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-28T15:20:59+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_229700.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_229700.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Exxon’s warning that society isn’t ready to lower its "standard of living” by phasing out fossil fuels glosses over the fact that inaction on climate change might worsen the quality of life over the longer term. ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/26/commentary/world-commentary/ai-global-order/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-28T15:22:11+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_229840.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_229840.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Throughout history, breakthrough innovations have propelled economic development and improved life in general. But such transformative developments have also had negative implications as well, and AI will be no different. ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/26/editorials/u-s-debt-ceiling/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-28T15:23:02+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_229864.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_229864.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The American government will hit the current debt ceiling on June 1. If it is not lifted, it will run out of money and be unable to pay its bills.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/26/commentary/world-commentary/animal-food-production/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-28T15:23:56+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_229703.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_229703.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Most parts of the world, including the U.S., lag behind Europe in guaranteeing humane conditions for raising livestock and other farm animals.  ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/25/commentary/world-commentary/solving-climate-change/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-28T15:24:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_228834.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_228834.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Global carbon emissions are concentrated among only a handful of countries, with China, the U.S., the EU, Japan and Russia collectively accounting for 63% of the total.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/25/commentary/world-commentary/u-k-doctor-shortage/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-28T15:26:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_229205-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_229205.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Junior doctors strike over low pay and poor working conditions outside a hospital in London on April 11.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/25/commentary/world-commentary/g7-economic-security/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-28T15:27:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_228647.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_228647.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Group of Seven leaders hold talks in Hiroshima on May 19.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/28/commentary/world-commentary/global-economy-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-28T22:12:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_228215-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_228215.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Gita Gopinath (left), the first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, addresses the spring meeting held jointly with the World Bank on April 14. The annual gathering trimmed its global-growth projections, warning of high uncertainty and risks due to stress in the financial sectors. 
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/28/commentary/world-commentary/russian-ukraine-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-28T23:57:02+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_230089.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_230089.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fighters of the anti-Vladimir Putin Russian Volunteer Corps hailed their recent raid across the border into southern Russia as a success.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/18/commentary/japan-commentary/johnnys-media/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-29T19:13:47+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_228318-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_228318.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The codependency of Japan’s media companies and Johnny Kitagawa’s powerful talent agency is ultimately what allowed accusations of sexual abuse to go unreported.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/29/commentary/world-commentary/singapore-housing-inflation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-29T22:32:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_229206-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_229206.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Following Singapore’s post-COVID-19 boom, many in the city-state are looking to neighboring Malaysia to escape high costs and skyrocketing rents. ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/29/commentary/world-commentary/chinese-economic-growth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-29T22:32:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_228839-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_228839.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Some economists worry that China’s overly cautious approach to macroeconomic policy has resulted in low effective demand and weaker consumption than there should be.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/30/commentary/japan-commentary/g7-nakasone-diplomacy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-30T16:10:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_229093.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_229093.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone meets U.S. President Ronald Reagan in Tokyo in November 1983. Earlier that year, at a G7 summit, Nakasone helped to heal a rift between Reagan and French President Francois Mitterrand.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/30/commentary/world-commentary/food-deliveries/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-30T20:49:56+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_230552-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_230552.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[People have become addicted to the ease of having prepared meals delivered to their doors in the burgeoning convenience economy, something the big delivery companies were betting on.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/30/commentary/japan-commentary/undersea-cables/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-31T10:47:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_230534-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_230534.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[According to experts, there were more than 550 active and planned submarine cables worldwide as of early 2023. ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/31/commentary/japan-commentary/just-safe-fukushimas-contaminated-water/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-31T21:47:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_230540.jpeg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Storage tanks for radioactive water at Tokyo Electric Power's Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant

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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/31/commentary/world-commentary/unemployment-artificial-intelligence/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-31T21:49:30+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_229195.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_229195.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[To make the thought of job loss less scary in the age of automation, unemployment  insurance needs a new organizing principle.  ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/31/commentary/world-commentary/pakistan-afghanistan-unrest/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-31T21:50:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_229704.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_229704.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A leaked Pentagon assessment says that Afghanistan with the Taliban in charge has become a staging ground for al-Qaida and Islamic State terrorists planning attacks on targets in Asia, Europe and the U.S.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/31/commentary/world-commentary/covid-stimulus-benefits/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-31T21:51:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_230095.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_230095.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A woman attends a rally in Olympia, Washington, to protest the state's COVID-19 extended stay-at-home order in April 2020.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/31/commentary/world-commentary/blockchain-eye-scans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-05-31T21:52:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Encoding iris scans on blockchains is one risky solution being explored to proving personhood in the new digital world.
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/01/commentary/world-commentary/ai-warfare-future/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-01T19:51:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[As we consider the immense benefits AI will have on our societies, we need to have a clear-eyed understanding of just how deep the impact will be on the conduct of war.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/01/commentary/world-commentary/antisemitism-intersectionality/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-01T19:52:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The European Jewish Association is urging that intersectionality, a conceptual framework that categorizes groups as being either “privileged” or “oppressed," be rejected.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/01/commentary/world-commentary/hiroshima-nuclear-order/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-01T19:53:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[G7 leaders during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on May 19, in view of the Atomic Bomb Dome, one of the few structures to survive the 1945 bombing of the city]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/02/commentary/world-commentary/ukraine-russia-attacks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-02T18:44:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian law enforcement officers stand guard near a damaged multistory Moscow apartment block on Tuesday following a reported drone attack.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/02/commentary/world-commentary/new-global-order/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-02T18:50:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden participates in “the Quad” leaders’ meeting with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and their Indian and Australian counterparts, Narendra Modi and Anthony Albanese, respectively, in Hiroshima on May 20.  ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/02/commentary/world-commentary/ai-robots/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-02T18:52:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_230726.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The paradox of AI is that while it can write humanlike essays, machines can still barely walk or pick up a cup.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/02/editorials/nikkei-stock-surge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-02T18:52:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The frenzy for Japanese stocks hit a record high this week amid an ongoing surge in foreign demand for the nation’s equities.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/03/cartoons/rice-paddy-balcony/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-03T19:31:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[ZG327+-VerandaRicePaddy]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/04/commentary/world-commentary/china-india-populations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-04T22:11:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[To deal with the challenges of aging global populations, the U.N. must undertake significant reforms of its costly, inefficient and often inaccurate demographic bodies. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/04/commentary/world-commentary/prigozhin-putin-usefulness/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-04T22:14:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[This video grab shows Yevgeny Prigozhin talking to his fighters in Bakhmut, Ukraine. Some analysts believe Vladimir Putin keeps the Wagner mercenary leader around in the wings as a counterbalance against the Russian Army, which he fears even more. ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/10/cartoons/rainy-season-on-time/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-10T13:22:03+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/17/cartoons/listen-japanese-souvenirs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-17T13:21:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/07/01/cartoons/japan-army-knives/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-07-01T13:21:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/19/editorials/g7-summit-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-05T16:42:05+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The formal sessions of the Group of Seven summit started Friday after the leaders' visit to Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park.  ]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/06/commentary/world-commentary/saudi-arabia-oil/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-06T19:30:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia's minister of energy, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, arrives for the 35th OPEC ministerial meeting in Vienna on Sunday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/06/commentary/world-commentary/climate-change-politics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-06T19:32:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Then-U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks with Masdar CEO Sultan Al-Jaber (left) during a tour of a beam down solar project in Masdar, Abu Dhabi, the world’s first carbon-neutral city, in January 2011.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/06/commentary/world-commentary/ny-tax-covid-refugees/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-06T19:32:48+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The state of New York has been losing people, especially since COVID-19 hit. However, those who left, many from New York City, had higher incomes than those who stayed behind, a trend that could be disastrous for the state's finances.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/06/commentary/world-commentary/china-international-order/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-06T19:33:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a meeting of the council of heads of Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states at a summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Sept. 16, 2022.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/06/commentary/world-commentary/us-debt-ceiling-fiasco/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-07T13:59:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden meets with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy at the White House during their debt limit negotiations on May 22.

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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/07/commentary/world-commentary/narendra-modi-era/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-08T15:08:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses lawmakers during the inauguration ceremony of the nation's new parliament building in New Delhi on May 28.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/07/commentary/world-commentary/ai-apocalypse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-08T15:10:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_230720.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_230720.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[In March, an open letter signed by Elon Musk and other tech luminaries called for a pause on AI research because of the risks to humanity.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/07/commentary/world-commentary/ukraine-dam-destruction/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-08T15:11:26+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The Nova Kakhovka Dam on Ukraine’s Dnipro River that appears to have been blown up ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/08/commentary/world-commentary/ukraine-russia-culture-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-08T18:10:20+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A man gathers Orthodox icons at the site of a church destroyed by a Russian missile in the village of Komyshuvakha, in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, on April 16.

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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/06/12/commentary/japan-commentary/umbrellas-can-teach-us-diversity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-08T19:19:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Umbrella-toting shoppers fill a street in the Harajuki area of Tokyo in May.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/08/commentary/world-commentary/hong-kong-freedoms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-09T03:00:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_232277.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A vigil to show solidarity with Hong Kong and to mark the 34th anniversary of China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown is held outside the Chinese Embassy in London on Sunday. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/07/commentary/world-commentary/china-alarms-neighbors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-09T14:39:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_231919.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu reviews an honor guard in Singapore on June 1 during his visit for the annual Shangri-la Dialogue security forum. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/09/commentary/japan-commentary/china-defense-minister/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-09T18:23:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu meets his Singaporean counterpart, Ng Eng Hen, ahead of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on June 1.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/09/commentary/world-commentary/global-angst/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-10T12:43:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_232484-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_232484.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The world is undergoing a trio of crises: The war in Ukraine, climate change and an uncertain future with the widespread introduction of artificial intelligence into our daily lives.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/09/commentary/world-commentary/mushrooms-climate-crisis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-10T12:46:21+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_231756.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Soils contain about 75% of the planet’s terrestrial carbon and fungi play a critical role in storing that.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/09/editorials/my-number-failure/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-10T12:47:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[People line up in the Shinagawa Ward office to apply for My Number cards in May 2020.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/12/commentary/world-commentary/blood-pressure-technology/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-12T22:35:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_229559.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Despite hundreds of devices claiming to provide blood pressure readings, due to a large number of inaccuracies, there’s an increasing risk that consumers are making decisions based on false data.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/12/commentary/world-commentary/japan-decarbonization-leadership/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-12T22:36:09+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[World leaders pose for a group photo at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial on May 19, the first day of the 49th Group of Seven Summit.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/13/commentary/world-commentary/trump-conviction/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-13T18:26:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Supporters of former U.S. President Donald Trump gather outside Trump National Doral resort in Florida on Monday. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/13/commentary/world-commentary/ai-dangers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-14T10:42:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_232959.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_232959.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sam Altman, CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, attends an open dialogue with students at Keio University in Tokyo on Monday. The debate over artificial intelligence is heating up and the warnings are becoming more dire.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/14/commentary/world-commentary/donald-trump-idictment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-14T17:45:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_233169.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign event at  at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Tuesday, the same day he pleaded not guilty in federal court in Miami to criminal charges over his retaining of classified documents.  ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/14/commentary/world-commentary/russia-ukraine-war-6/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-14T22:03:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_233166.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Ukrainian BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle near the front line in the newly liberated village of Neskuchne, in Ukraine's Donetsk region, on Tuesday]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/14/commentary/world-commentary/china-supply-chains/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-14T22:05:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_231169.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_231169.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The breakdown of global supply chains and the return of inflation is hitting the world's economy hard. The question now is who will finance the effort to overcome these issues, especially in China.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/14/commentary/world-commentary/yevgeny-prigozhin-influence/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-14T22:05:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The leader of the Wagner private mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, poses with his fighters in the contested city of Bakhmut, Ukraine, on May 20.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/15/commentary/world-commentary/china-community-mankind/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-15T14:07:54+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[(From left) Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani, Director of China's Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Wang Yi and Minister of State and national security adviser of Saudi Arabia Musaad bin Mohammed Al Aiban during a meeting in Beijing on March 10. China has been credited to some degree with helping broker an agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia the same month.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/15/commentary/world-commentary/japanese-stocks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-15T17:16:18+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange in September 2013.  ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/16/editorials/japanese-government-spending/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-16T19:49:12+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_233666.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_233666.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The government of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has so far not explained how it is going to finance the changes needed to boost the country’s birthrate and its national defense.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/16/commentary/world-commentary/u-s-wild-fires/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-16T19:53:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A firefighter takes part in a controlled burn to eliminate fuels before an upcoming bush fire season in the Arcadia suburb of Sydney, in September 2020.  ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/16/commentary/world-commentary/ukraine-reconstruction-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-16T19:54:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_233671.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_233671.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The World Bank and other agencies estimate that fixing the damage wrought by Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine will cost around $411 billion.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/16/commentary/world-commentary/climate-change-solutions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-16T19:55:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_233738.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_233738.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The debate continues on which climate technologies deserve our support and which are distractions that could lull us into complacency with the false promise of a silver bullet.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/15/commentary/world-commentary/artificial-intelligence-government/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-16T19:57:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_231990.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testifies before a Senate judiciary subcommittee hearing on oversight rules for artificial intelligence on Capitol Hill on May 16.  ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/24/cartoons/okonomiyaki-strange-ingredients/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-24T13:21:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_231547.jpeg</image:loc>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/18/commentary/world-commentary/animal-cruelty/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-18T20:08:39+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_233941.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_233941.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Preventing animal suffering, particularly in an age of industrial farming, is morally important, regardless of the species.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/19/commentary/world-commentary/fossil-fuel-demand/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-19T20:26:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Coal supplies are stored near a Sasol plant that uses gasification to make fuel in Secunda, South Africa.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/19/commentary/world-commentary/iran-deal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-19T20:31:53+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_233413-1.jpeg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, says the West, even if it wanted to, couldn’t stop his country from developing a nuclear weapon — but that is not his governments aim even though it was caught trying to make one in 2002. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/18/commentary/world-commentary/boris-johnson-future/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-19T20:32:47+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_233945.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_233945.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation as an MP on June 9 after accusing a parliamentary probe into the so-called Partygate scandal of driving him out.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/20/commentary/world-commentary/corporate-social-activism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-20T18:42:58+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_231730-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_231730.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Target and Budweiser’s intent with their marketing campaigns aimed at promoting acceptance of a marginalized community may have been well-intentioned, but their efforts have only embroiled the companies in political firestorms that have hurt their profits. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/20/commentary/world-commentary/aukus-problems/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-21T12:39:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden (center) and the prime ministers of Australia and the U.K., Anthony Albanese and Rishi Sunak, hold a news conference in San Diego, California, in March where they discussed the AUKUS nuclear submarine program. ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/21/commentary/world-commentary/olympic-games-costs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-22T03:33:16+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Then-British Prime Minister David Cameron (third from left) and other officials outside the Olympic Stadium in east London in July 2012]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/21/commentary/world-commentary/post-us-middle-east/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-22T03:34:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_233936-2.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_233936.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Arab leaders gather at the Arab League Summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on May 19.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/21/commentary/world-commentary/china-us-relations-3/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-22T03:35:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_234512.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_234512.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's recent visit to China is an important first step to re-establishing dialogue between Washington and Beijing to decrease the chances of a conflict breaking out.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/21/commentary/japan-commentary/carlos-ghosn-story/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-22T03:36:07+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_234495.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_234495.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[There is little likelihood Carlos Ghosn will win his $1 billion lawsuit against his former employer, Nissan. For context, that’s more than 5% of the company's market capitalization.  ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/22/commentary/world-commentary/global-development-aid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-22T18:37:23+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_234688-1.jpeg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Protesters rally outside the World Bank headquarters in Washington on June 2.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/22/commentary/world-commentary/putin-nuclear-threat-3/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-22T20:18:10+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_234667.jpeg</image:loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Nuclear-capable Yars intercontinental ballistic missile systems are paraded in Red Square on Victory Day in May 2022.

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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/22/commentary/world-commentary/asean-indo-pacific/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-22T20:18:55+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_233647-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_233647.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Leaders and senior minister from ASEAN member nations — with the exception of Myanmar and addition of East Timor — ahead of a retreat session for the 42nd ASEAN Summit in Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, on May 11]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/23/commentary/world-commentary/asean-us-china-ties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-25T02:12:27+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_233932.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_233932.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden and leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations hold a virtual meeting in October 2021. ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/23/commentary/world-commentary/lgbtq-emergency/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-25T02:13:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_234280-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_234280.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Attendees listen as U.S. President Joe Biden speak during a Pride Month celebration event at the White House on June 10.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/23/editorials/blinken-china-trip/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-25T02:13:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_234841.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_234841.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Chinese President Xi Jinping greets U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/23/commentary/world-commentary/breast-cancer-vaccines/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-25T02:14:15+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_230725.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_230725.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Women in the future may soon be able to get a series of shots that teach their immune systems how to quash breast cancer before it becomes a problem.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/07/08/cartoons/students-level-placement/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-07-08T10:00:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_235236.jpeg]]></image:title>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/28/commentary/world-commentary/adam-smith/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-28T21:15:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_235604.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_235604.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A British £20 note showing Adam Smith first issued in 2007, and recently replaced

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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/28/commentary/world-commentary/little-panic-might-order-amid-global-heat-records/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-28T21:16:42+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_235765.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_235765.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The planet could easily set a record-high average temperature in 2023, especially with an El Nino weather pattern kicking in later this year.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/28/commentary/world-commentary/warlords-return/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-28T21:17:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_235808.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_235808.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fighters of the Wagner private mercenary group patrol a street in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don on Saturday. ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/28/commentary/world-commentary/eli-lilly-weight-loss/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-28T21:18:34+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_235686.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_235686.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[While larger studies still need to be run, trials of Eli Lilly &amp; Co.'s weight-loss drug retatrutide are showing great promise.  ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/27/commentary/japan-commentary/nato-asia-security/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-28T21:21:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_235521.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_235521.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[There have been reports that NATO is considering the opening of a liaison office in Tokyo next year to facilitate cooperation on a range of issues such as maritime security, cybersecurity and the impact of climate change.

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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/27/commentary/world-commentary/wagner-mutiny/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-28T21:21:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_235531.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_235531.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wagner group mercenaries patrol a street in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on Saturday, just before their mutiny was called off.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/26/commentary/world-commentary/de-escalate-u-s-china-tensions-decouple-differently/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-28T21:22:35+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_235107.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_235107.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[China and the U.S. should establish new agreements on arms control and industrial policies, which will require rebuilding trust.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/26/commentary/world-commentary/job-satisfaction/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-28T21:23:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_229551.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_229551.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Between 1987 and 2010, the number of workers reporting themselves satisfied with their jobs declined to 42% from about 61%.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/25/commentary/world-commentary/global-south/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-28T21:24:19+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_235153.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa hold talks in St. Petersburg, Russia, on June 17. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/24/commentary/world-commentary/blinken-china-trip-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-28T21:25:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_234623.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/28/commentary/japan-commentary/jsr-japan-chipmakers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-29T00:00:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_235694.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_235694.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[JSR's bioscience and informatics R&amp;D center in Kawasaki ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/29/commentary/world-commentary/hubble-telescope/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-30T01:43:36+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_235126.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_235126.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hubble is essentially falling back to Earth and soon NASA will have to make a decision to either boost the telescope to a higher orbit or let it continue falling to Earth. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/29/commentary/world-commentary/ai-driven-unemployment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-30T01:44:25+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_234913.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_234913.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[In the United States, up to 47% of all jobs could be automated in the coming years, and it is no longer just blue-collar factory and construction jobs that are at risk. ]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/29/commentary/world-commentary/south-korea-diplomacy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-30T01:45:56+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_235304.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_235304.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[With a warming of ties, South Korea and Japan have an opportunity to work together for global peace and prosperity.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/05/12/editorials/south-korea-japan-relations-4/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-30T10:36:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/np_file_227095.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_227095.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol attend a welcoming ceremony at the presidential office in Seoul on Sunday.  ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/30/editorials/prigozhin-putin-standoff/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-30T22:54:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_236299-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_236299.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yevgeny Prigozhin (left), known as “Putin’s chef” because his restaurants were liked by the Russian leader, used that relationship to build a business empire that included the Wagner mercenary group.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/30/commentary/world-commentary/ai-pollution-fix/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-30T22:55:02+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_231400.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_231400.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[AI tools are being developed to detect and map plastic objects at sea for collection and cleanup.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/30/commentary/world-commentary/affirmative-action-ruling/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-06-30T22:55:42+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_236258-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_236258.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court overturned nearly five decades of precedent, holding that it is unconstitutional for universities to take account of racial diversity in their admissions.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/30/commentary/world-commentary/donald-trump-lies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-07-01T00:34:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/np_file_235937.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_235937.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the Road to Majority's Faith and Freedom policy conference in Washington on June 24.  ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/07/02/commentary/world-commentary/without-whistleblowers-west-lost/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-07-02T22:20:50+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/np_file_235630.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_235630.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange protest during World Press Freedom Day outside the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City in May 2022.  ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/07/02/commentary/world-commentary/wagner-mutiny-impact/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-07-02T22:21:23+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/np_file_236578.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_236578.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses members of the military in Moscow on Tuesday to pay honor to those his government credits with upholding order during the recent mutiny.]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/07/03/commentary/world-commentary/stopping-dementia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-07-03T17:00:06+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/np_file_230721.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_230721.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[There have been momentous strides in decoding the molecular-level workings of the human body and brain, bringing the early diagnoses of such diseases as Alzheimer’s closer to reality.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/07/03/commentary/world-commentary/u-s-economy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-07-03T21:31:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/np_file_236568.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_236568.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[U.S. President Joe Biden tours a General Motors electric vehicle assembly plant in Detroit in November 2021. ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/07/04/commentary/world-commentary/ukraine-needs-ammo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-07-04T22:58:25+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/np_file_235954-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_235954.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A Ukrainian soldier carrying a propellant charge for artillery takes part in fighting near Avdiivka, in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, on June 23. ]]></image:caption>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/07/04/commentary/world-commentary/america-china-security-posture/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-07-04T22:59:31+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/np_file_236844-2.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_236844.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Workers assemble a Mazda Motor’s MX-30 EV Model at a plant in Fuchu, Hiroshima Prefecture. U.S. industrial policies may give Japan, a close ally, the opportunity to catch up to China when it comes to making electric vehicles.  ]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/07/05/commentary/world-commentary/france-riots/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-07-05T18:19:08+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/np_file_237001-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_237001.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[French riot police stand guard during a demonstration in Marseille, France, on Saturday.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/07/05/commentary/china-us-relations-4/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-07-05T22:53:07+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/np_file_237019.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_237019.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[The U.S. seeks to thaw ties with China and find common ground on global issues with Janet Yellen's first visit to the country as the head of the U.S. Treasury. Her planned trip follows a similar visit two weeks ago by Secretary of State Antony Blinken.]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/07/05/commentary/japan-commentary/land-rising-sun-rises-much-early/</loc>
		<lastmod>2023-07-05T22:54:27+09:00</lastmod>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/np_file_237008-1.jpeg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[np_file_237008.jpeg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Japan is nine hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time and one of the few major industrialized nations not to have daylight saving time.]]></image:caption>
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