*** Japan Times E-mail News Service *** __________ Thursday, November 25, 2010 ________________ TODAY'S TOP STORIES ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] Kan confers with Lee on North threat Prime Minister Naoto Kan and his Seoul counterpart, Lee Myung Bak, agree their countries and the United States must work closely to confront any provocations by North Korea, which the previous day shelled a South Korean island in the Yellow Sea, causing four confirmed deaths. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20101125a1.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Cabinet support rate hits new low of 23.6% The support rate for Prime Minister Naoto Kan's embattled Cabinet falls to a new low of 23.6 percent in a Kyodo News survey, down 9.1 percentage points from the previous poll earlier this month. 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