Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Wednesday, 15 December 2010


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TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Cash to offset corporate tax cut elusive
Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda admits the government has yet to secure sufficient financial resources to cover probable revenue shortfalls as a result of Prime Minister Naoto Kan's corporate tax cut.
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 http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20101215a1.html

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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Host-nation support to stand at \188 billion until 2016
Japan agrees to maintain its level of host-nation support for U.S. forces at an annual \188.1 billion for the next five years.
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  http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20101215a2.html

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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Kan takes in Iwojima graves hunt
Making only the second trip ever by a serving prime minister to the site of the Battle of Iwojima, Naoto Kan pays his respects to the more than 21,000 Japanese soldiers killed in one of World War II's bloodiest battlegrounds -- and one that after 65 years is still giving up its dead.
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  http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20101215a3.html


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OTHER NEWS
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Cell shops' compliance on filters scrutinized
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20101215a4.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Testimony at ethics panel not under oath
KANAKO TAKAHARA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20101215a5.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Snow again a no-show on nation's ski slopes
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20101215a6.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Malaysian firm plans upscale Hokkaido ski resort
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20101215a7.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Golfer's dad taps DPJ funds for trips
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20101215a8.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Kyoto geisha begin making preparations for New Year's
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20101215a9.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
1.4 million households on welfare
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20101215b1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Ad pitches papers for family time
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20101215b2.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Chemical tanker hit off Somalia
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20101215b3.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Tourist push eyes inconveniences
MIKI ONOZUKA and RYOSUKE TADA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20101215f1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Communities hell-bent on tapping their spa resources for revival
MASAHIRO SHIMIZU
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20101215f2.html


BUSINESS
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Nissan, Mitsubishi OK minicar tieup
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20101215a1.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Apple urged to halt pirated content
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20101215a2.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
JAL pilots under dismissal threat may sue
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20101215a3.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
McDonald's to test delivery service
MINORU MATSUTANI
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20101215a4.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Panasonic targets India air-con mart
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20101215a5.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Toyota unions won't seek raise
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20101215a6.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Marubeni to pump \25 billion into water assets
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20101215n1.html


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OPINION
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[JT EDITORIAL]
Governments shouldn't overreact
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ed20101215a1.html

[OPINION]
Preventing a currency war
BARRY EICHENGREEN and DOUGLAS IRWIN
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20101215a1.html

[OPINION]
A force for good or evil?
ALAN GOODALL
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20101215a2.html

[OPINION]
The Kremlin resets Russian foreign policy
TINA BURRETT
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20101215a3.html

[OPINION]
The accusations against Julian Assange
GWYNNE DYER
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20101215gd.html

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FEATURES
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[EDUCATION AND BILINGUAL]
Marketers bask in the glow of the year's successes
MARK SCHREIBER
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ek20101215a1.html

[COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY NEWS]
Social gaming frenzy sees two Godzillas play rough
AKKY AKIMOTO
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nc20101215aa.html


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SPORTS
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[BASEBALL]
Lee pulls surprise, agrees to re-sign with Phillies
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20101215a1.html

[BASEBALL]
Canada to issue Jenkins stamp
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20101215a2.html

[BASEBALL]
Johjima has time to recover: Mayumi
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20101215j1.html

[SOCCER]
Man United moves into first place with win over Arsenal
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sc20101215a1.html

[SOCCER]
Midfielder Hosogai to transfer to Bayer Leverkusen: report
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sc20101215a2.html

[AMERICAN FOOTBALL]
Favre's streak halted at 297
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sf20101215a1.html

[AMERICAN FOOTBALL]
Alosi suspended for sideline trip
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sf20101215a2.html

[GOLF]
JLPGA makes no big changes for 2011 season
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sg20101215a1.html

[ICE HOCKEY]
Kings' Quick stonewalls aggressive Red Wings
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sh20101215a1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Heat make it nine straight
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sk20101215a1.html

[SPORTS]
King apprehended for carrying ammo
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20101215a1.html

[SPORTS]
Very real possibility that Hornets could fold
PETER VECSEY
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20101215pv.html


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Posted by Roberto Abraham Scaruffi at 06:08