<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:news="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9"><url><loc>https://www.akiyajapan.com/articles/great-kanto-earthquake-japan-seismic-building-codes</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Akiya Japan</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-18T10:21:53+00:00</news:publication_date><news:title>The Great Kantō Earthquake: How 1923 Shaped Japan's Seismic Building Codes — A Property Buyer's Guide</news:title></news:news></url></urlset>