*** Japan Times E-mail News Service *** __________ Wednesday, January 19, 2011 ________________ TODAY'S TOP STORIES ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] Job offers for grads-to-be at record low Only 68.8 percent of university students had found jobs as of Dec. 1 before their graduation this March, down 4.3 percentage points from a year earlier and the lowest level since 1996, when comparable data first started to be compiled. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110119a1.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Ozawa refuses another grilling Ichiro Ozawa refuses to submit to questioning over his alleged accounting irregularities, raising the likelihood that the former head of the DPJ will face mandatory indictment possibly as soon as this week. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110119a2.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Yosano wants multiparty tax forum New economy minister Kaoru Yosano wants cross-party talks on tax reforms and the future of the social security system as early as June, while new industry minister Banri Kaieda says Prime Minister Naoto Kan should call a general election if he plans to raise the consumption tax via the reforms. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110119a3.html [More news] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news.html OTHER NEWS ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] Driver's license test in Portuguese http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110119a4.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Renovated American Club reopens MINORU MATSUTANI http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110119a5.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Embassy staffer nailed for stealing MASAMI ITO http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110119a6.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Teacher sues over parents' harassment http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110119a7.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Akutagawa Prize for new writers goes to Keio student, Tokyo man http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110119a8.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Top court backs TV stations over streaming http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110119a9.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Firms' bribes to overfish backfire http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110119b1.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Kan team gets finishing touch http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110119b2.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Noted TV director Wada dies at 80 http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110119b3.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Child welfare centers to get more staff http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110119b4.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Q&A for Diet policy speeches set http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110119b5.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Anonymity key in 'Tiger Mask' fad http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110119f1.html [NATIONAL NEWS] California gets taste of kabuki JODY GODOY http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110119f2.html [NATIONAL NEWS] U.S. guitar maker uses traditional methods for great sound YUJI NAKAYA http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110119f3.html BUSINESS ========================= [BUSINESS NEWS] Keidanren urges spring raises http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110119a1.html [BUSINESS NEWS] FSA to set car liability premium hike at 11.7% http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110119a2.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Toyota subsidiary's new Miyagi plant rolls out first export batch http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110119a3.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Toshiba in \3 billion China generator deal http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110119a4.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Department store sales fell 3.1% in '10 http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110119a5.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Industrial output up 1% in November http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110119a6.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Vending machines to offer gold http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110119n1.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Orix seeks 10% profit on equity by 2014 http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110119n2.html [Text ad in Japanese] ===================================================================== The Japan Timesのマンツーマン英会話 ネットだから通学不要、自宅でOK Skypeを使うので、通話料が不要 １レッスン３００円以下！詳しくはこちら http://lp.learning-network.jp/japantimes-telekaiwa ===================================================================== OPINION ========================= [JT EDITORIAL] Tumult in Tunisia http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ed20110119a1.html [OPINION] Hu's momentous U.S. visit KEVIN RAFFERTY http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110119a1.html [OPINION] Global economy: five steps forward in 2011 MICHAEL SPENCE http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110119a2.html [More Op-Ed stories] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion.html FEATURES ========================= [EDUCATION AND BILINGUAL] Paying respect to the Japanese toilet god KAORI SHOJI http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ek20110119ks.html [COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY NEWS] Hackers worldwide Kinect with their creative sides VERENA DAUERER http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nc20110119a1.html [COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY NEWS] 'Tokyo Control': Sony launches its first 3-D drama into the air RICK MARTIN http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nc20110119a2.html [COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY NEWS] Japanese Web outlook and predictions for 2011 AKKY AKIMOTO http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nc20110119aa.html [For features] 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command at New Year sumo http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ss20110119b1.html [TENNIS] Date Krumm loses chance http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/st20110119a1.html [INTERNATIONAL SOCCER] Okazaki hits hat trick as Japan routs Saudis http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sw20110119a1.html [More Sports Stories] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports.html http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/sumo.html
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