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		<lastmod>2004-02-22T09:01:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-02-23T09:02:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-02-24T09:02:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-02-25T09:01:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-02-26T09:08:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-02-27T09:04:34+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-01T09:01:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-04T09:06:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-05T09:00:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-06T09:04:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-08T09:01:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/03/12/editorials/potholes-in-highway-privatization/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-03-12T09:03:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-13T09:01:27+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/03/14/editorials/imagining-a-world-without-birds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-03-14T09:00:58+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/03/16/editorials/a-sad-day-for-korean-democracy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-03-16T09:03:30+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/03/17/editorials/stability-under-a-strongman/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-03-17T09:01:08+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/03/18/editorials/burden-of-the-kanebo-bailout/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-03-18T09:01:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-19T09:00:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-20T09:00:20+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/03/20/commentary/world-commentary/changing-a-regime-beats-regime-change/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-03-20T09:01:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-21T09:03:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-22T09:01:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-22T09:04:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/03/23/editorials/kosovo-in-flames-again/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-03-23T09:01:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/03/23/commentary/a-decade-of-empty-slogans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-03-23T09:01:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-26T09:06:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-27T09:04:09+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-28T09:04:21+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-29T09:08:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-30T09:06:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-03-31T09:07:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-04-01T09:01:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-04-02T09:01:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-04-03T09:03:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-04-04T09:03:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-04-05T09:08:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/04/06/editorials/nato-expands-russia-worries/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-04-06T09:01:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-04-07T09:02:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-04-10T09:07:43+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/04/11/editorials/turn-off-the-television/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-04-11T09:00:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-04-14T09:01:10+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/04/15/editorials/making-nuclear-energy-safer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-04-15T09:04:49+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/04/16/editorials/cyprus-at-a-crossroads/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-04-16T09:05:48+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-04-17T09:02:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-04-18T09:05:00+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/04/19/editorials/the-confident-mr-bush/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-04-19T09:03:50+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/04/20/editorials/remembering-saint-exupery/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-04-20T09:01:19+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/04/21/editorials/wanted-an-honest-broker/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-04-21T09:04:13+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/04/22/editorials/a-beef-with-the-usda/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-04-22T09:07:23+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-04-23T09:07:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/04/24/editorials/observing-the-earth-as-it-is/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-04-24T09:05:42+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/04/25/editorials/a-long-fuse-has-been-lighted/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-04-25T09:07:45+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/04/26/editorials/no-place-for-partisanship/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-04-26T09:00:54+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/04/27/editorials/mixed-marks-for-mr-koizumi/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-04-27T09:03:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-04-28T09:04:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/04/29/editorials/worrisome-low-voter-turnout/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-04-29T09:05:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/04/30/editorials/the-return-of-sars/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-04-30T09:05:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/05/01/editorials/challenging-upgrade-for-the-eu/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-05-01T09:07:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-05-02T09:03:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/05/03/editorials/limits-to-good-intentions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-05-03T09:04:12+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/05/04/editorials/google-eyed-on-wall-street/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-05-04T09:06:04+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/05/05/editorials/political-show-for-re-election/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-05-05T09:01:01+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/05/07/editorials/oil-for-favors-at-the-u-n/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-05-07T09:05:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-05-08T09:06:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-05-09T09:08:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-05-10T09:01:26+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/05/11/editorials/arrests-deal-mmc-another-blow/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-05-11T09:00:24+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-05-12T09:03:51+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-05-13T09:02:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/05/14/editorials/more-than-just-making-ends-meet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-05-14T09:03:15+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-05-15T09:03:58+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-05-16T09:01:59+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-05-17T09:01:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-05-18T09:06:16+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/05/19/editorials/chechnya-explodes-again/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-05-19T09:03:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-05-20T09:00:41+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-05-20T09:00:46+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/05/21/editorials/mr-roh-goes-back-to-work/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-05-21T09:06:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/05/22/editorials/new-development-plan-needed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-05-22T09:01:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/05/23/editorials/flight-of-memory/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-05-23T09:07:30+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-05-24T09:05:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-05-25T09:04:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-05-26T09:03:05+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-05-27T09:00:37+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/05/28/editorials/banks-and-their-debt-of-gratitude/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-05-28T09:04:33+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-05-29T09:02:29+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-05-30T09:01:12+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2004/05/31/commentary/world-commentary/gandhi-grew-stronger-by-stepping-back/</loc>
		<lastmod>2004-05-31T09:00:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-05-31T09:01:57+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-06-01T09:04:07+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
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		<lastmod>2004-06-02T09:03:02+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
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		<lastmod>2004-06-03T09:01:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-06-04T09:01:06+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-06-05T09:06:36+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-06-06T09:06:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-06-07T09:07:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2004-06-08T09:04:40+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
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	<url>
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		<lastmod>2004-06-10T09:07:53+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
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		<lastmod>2004-06-11T09:01:49+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
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		<lastmod>2004-06-11T09:07:09+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
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		<lastmod>2004-06-12T09:01:28+09:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
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		<lastmod>2004-06-13T09:03:10+09:00</lastmod>
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