<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1"><url><loc>https://rfa.org/english/southchinasea/2026/04/08/japan-philippines-military-exercise-balikatan/</loc><lastmod>2026-04-08T17:02:37.533Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.rfa.org/resizer/v2/6GOKDX6FD5G4LGQAWJ2C5BO3NI.JPG?auth=06281c561fa658a31b97a4f7c86e8b4cf58c28201b89179a5c4effabb487bbf5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1500</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The flags of Japan, the U.S., Germany, and Australia, during an annual New Year military drill by the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force 1st Airborne Brigade at Narashino exercise field in Funabashi, east of Tokyo, Japan Jan. 11, 2026.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>