Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Friday, 3 December 2010


*** Japan Times E-mail News Service ***
__________ Friday, December 3, 2010 ________________


TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Watchdog OKs Yahoo Japan-Google tieup
The planned tieup between Internet search engines Yahoo Japan Corp. and Google Inc. of the United States will have no immediate problem with Japan's antimonopoly law, the Fair Trade Commission concludes.
[MORE] ->
 http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20101203n1.html

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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Grad gets 18 years for killing professor
Lay and professional judges sentence a Chuo University graduate to 18 years in prison for stabbing his professor to death last year on the school's Korakuen campus in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo.
[MORE] ->
  http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20101203a1.html

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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Professor in 'Cove' sues film firms over arbitrary editing
A professor who appeared in the Oscar-winning U.S. documentary "The Cove" about the annual dolphin slaughter in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, files a lawsuit against a film right holder and distributor, claiming his comments were edited arbitrarily and his reputation was thereby damaged.
[MORE] ->
  http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20101203a2.html


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OTHER NEWS
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Shimane starts chicken slaughter after cases of bird flu confirmed
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20101203a3.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Nova chief's sentence shortened
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20101203a4.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
South observers get rare invite to Japan-U.S. drills
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20101203a5.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Nakaima presses Kan to move U.S. Marine base out of Okinawa
KANAKO TAKAHARA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20101203a6.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Child allowance raise only for tots
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20101203a7.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
IAEA chief vowed to aid U.S.: leak
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20101203a8.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Flu drugs safe in pregnancy: study
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20101203a9.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Shimane reactor fixed, reactivated
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20101203b1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Statue returns to Yokohama Station
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20101203b2.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Sudan decision day looms: minister
MASAMI ITO
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20101203f1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Tycoon's mansion now campus landmark
ALEX MARTIN
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20101203f2.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Cities turning to on-demand buses to assist seniors in far-flung areas
SHIGEKI WADA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20101203f3.html


BUSINESS
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
U.S. auto sales rise except for Toyota's
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20101203a1.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Hamamatsu hopes ride on tiny EV
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20101203a2.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Skymark to hire 120 pilots, other JAL early retirees
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20101203a3.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Incentives vowed to up cropland
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20101203a4.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Keidanren chief warms to state plans
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20101203a5.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Housing Eco-point offer extended
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20101203a6.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Corporate outlays climb 4.8% in first uptick since '07
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20101203n2.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Steel mills must unite to compete: Nisshin CEO
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20101203n3.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Uniqlo sales slump fourth month
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20101203n4.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Kobe Steel plans U.S. sheet plant
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20101203n5.html


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OPINION
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[JT EDITORIAL]
Bizarre publication effort
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ed20101203a1.html

[JT EDITORIAL]
Flu season is upon us
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ed20101203a2.html

[OPINION]
North Korea evokes pity and condemnation
JOHN J. METZLER
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20101203a1.html

[OPINION]
Penny for your WikiLeak
GWYNNE DYER
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20101203gd.html

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FEATURES
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[ART]
Modern design aesthetics enhance traditional Kyoto
DANIELLE DEMETRIOU
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fa20101203a1.html

[ART]
There are no words to describe the mystery of the ancient 'rubber people'
C.B. LIDDELL
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fa20101203a2.html

[ART]
Odani's mixed message
EDAN CORKILL
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fa20101203r1.html

[FILMS]
Robin saddles up to confront The Man
KAORI SHOJI
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ff20101203a1.html

[FILMS]
Home is where the bottle is
MARK SCHILLING
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ff20101203a2.html

[FILMS]
'Lost' Woody Allen script wrings new life from 40-film-old formula
GIOVANNI FAZIO
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ff20101203a3.html

[FILMS]
Higashi gets melodramatic (but not too much)
MARK SCHILLING
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ff20101203i1.html

[GOURMET]
Buzzing new bistro moves in for the grill
ROBBIE SWINNERTON
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fg20101203rs.html

[GOURMET]
Junkadelic makes its (exclamation) mark
ROBBIE SWINNERTON
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fg20101203sr.html

[MUSIC]
LAZYgunsBRISKY get rough on 'Childhood'
FELICITY HUGHES
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fm20101203a1.html

[MUSIC]
Carl Craig
MARK JARNES
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fm20101203l1.html

[MUSIC]
The Chick Corea Trio
C.B. LIDDELL
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fm20101203l2.html

[OF NOTE]
Pole dancers descend on Japan for competition
ERIKO ARITA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fq20101203a1.html

[OF NOTE]
Works of songwriter Berlin showcase love, friendship
CHRIS COOK
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fq20101203a2.html

[THEATER]
Dancing on Mishima's waves
KRIS KOSAKA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ft20101203a1.html

[TRAVEL]
Italian Christmas cooking lesson
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fv20101203ho.html


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SPORTS
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[BASEBALL]
Valentine to call games on ESPN
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20101203a1.html

[BASEBALL]
Athletics back in negotiations with Iwakuma
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20101203j1.html

[SOCCER]
Bidders deliver final pleas
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sc20101203a1.html

[AMERICAN FOOTBALL]
McKinley in debt before suicide
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sf20101203a1.html

[GOLF]
Ikeda steals show, Ishikawa flops
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sg20101203a1.html

[ICE HOCKEY]
Unbeatable Thomas blanks Flyers as Bruins win on road
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sh20101203a1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Rockets hand Lakers fourth straight defeat
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sk20101203a1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Satterfield aiming to get lowly Broncos on right path
ED ODEVEN
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sk20101203n1.html

[SPORTS]
Australia dumps paceman Johnson
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20101203a1.html

[RUGBY]
McCaw sets seal on award hat trick
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sr20101203a1.html

[TENNIS]
Clijsters named WTA player of year
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/st20101203a1.html


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