*** Japan Times E-mail News Service *** __________ Friday, January 28, 2011 ________________ TODAY'S TOP STORIES ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] Aichi fifth to get hit in bird flu crisis Chickens at a poultry farm in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, have tested positive for avian influenza, the prefectural government says, confirming the fifth outbreak this winter. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110128a1.html --- [BUSINESS NEWS] S&P cuts Japan's debt rating Japan's sovereign credit rating is cut for the first time in nine years on concern that Prime Minister Naoto Kan hasn't done enough to curb the $11 trillion debt burden. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110128n1.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Two abductees 'alive' in '06 Two Japanese abducted by North Korea were reported alive there as of 2006, despite Pyongyang's claim they died decades earlier, a relative of one of them claims. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110128a2.html [More news] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news.html OTHER NEWS ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] Kirishima volcano spewing ash http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110128a3.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Beijing seeks better understanding via high-level talks http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110128a4.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Tunisia envoy quits in support of antigovernment rallies http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110128a5.html [NATIONAL NEWS] China patrol ship near Senkakus http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110128a6.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Opposition issues Ozawa terms KANAKO TAKAHARA and NATSUKO FUKUE http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110128a8.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Kan to advocate free trade in Davos http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110128a9.html [NATIONAL NEWS] No complaint over Korean taunt http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110128b1.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Prince meets Costa Rica president http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110128b2.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Flawed recruiting system sparks some to fight back JUN HONGO and ALEX MARTIN http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110128f1.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Foreigners solicited, hard-pressed to stay ALEX MARTIN http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110128f2.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Window of opportunity peephole? JUN HONGO http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110128f3.html BUSINESS ========================= [BUSINESS NEWS] Sony unveils NGP portable game console http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110128a1.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Exports showed signs of life in '10 http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110128a2.html [BUSINESS NEWS] China state firm to help boost farm exports http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110128a3.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Pollen-busting products out in force http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110128a4.html [BUSINESS NEWS] BOJ minutes show zero-rate tension http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110128a5.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Officials to tout train tech in Mideast http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110128a6.html [BUSINESS NEWS] NEC, China's Lenovo in PC market venture http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110128a7.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Toyota cut global output last month http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110128a8.html [BUSINESS NEWS] No pay-scale hike sought: union http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110128a9.html [Text ad in Japanese] ===================================================================== The Japan Times Weekly １月29日号の編集部オススメ記事 ■■■ EDITOR'S PICK ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ■ ■ Symbols outweigh substance on visit ■ 形式で終わった胡錦濤主席の訪米 ■ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 購読はこちらから http://club.japantimes.co.jp/jw/ ===================================================================== OPINION ========================= [JT EDITORIAL] Task for new NHK president http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ed20110128a1.html [JT EDITORIAL] Road for the No. 3 economy http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ed20110128a2.html [OPINION] China, charmer and bully HUGH CORTAZZI http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110128hc.html [More Op-Ed stories] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion.html FEATURES ========================= [ART] There's always art behind design D.H. ROSEN http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fa20110128a1.html [ART] Hirayama: Paying simple tribute to the Silk Road C.B. LIDDELL http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fa20110128a2.html [ART] Saving the individual in times of conflict MATTHEW LARKING http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fa20110128a3.html [FILMS] It's a film about corrupt bankers -- so where's the rage? GIOVANNI FAZIO http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ff20110128a1.html [FILMS] A murder mystery that's young at heart MARK SCHILLING http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ff20110128a2.html [FILMS] Originality is overrated, and emotion is ripe for replication KAORI SHOJI http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ff20110128a3.html [FILMS] Greed is good again in 'Wall Street' sequel GEORGE HADLEY-GARCIA http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ff20110128r1.html [GOURMET] With sake rice, nothing goes to waste MAKIKO ITOH http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fg20110128f1.html [GOURMET] Recipe for kasujiru with salmon and winter vegetables http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fg20110128f2.html [MUSIC] Local, foreign songwriters camp it up STEVE McCLURE http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fm20110128a1.html [MUSIC] Japan's indie acts need to break domestic scene's 'glass ceiling' IAN MARTIN http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fm20110128im.html [OF NOTE] Osaka to celebrate tower TOMOKO OTAKE http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fq20110128a1.html [OF NOTE] Sapporo's winter wonderland MARK JARNES http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fq20110128a2.html [OF NOTE] Art collective gets the help of Internet character for latest piece JAE LEE http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fq20110128a3.html [TRAVEL] Stay in Tokyo for a strawberry buffet http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fv20110128ho.html [For features] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life.html http://www.japantimes.co.jp/entertainment.html ===================================================================== Let the wedding bells ring loudly, with the help of The Japan Times! 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