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[MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110225a3.html [More news] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news.html OTHER NEWS ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] Lawmaker Ishikawa denies getting contractor payoff as Ozawa aide http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110225a4.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Marathon charity draws few runners http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110225a5.html [NATIONAL NEWS] DPJ don's supporters form policy group http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110225a6.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Nobuko Kan fliers rile, worry DPJ members NATSUKO FUKUE http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110225a7.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Ex-POW seeks rail firms' apology JODY GODOY http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110225f1.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Hair salon caters to 'cosplayers' http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110225f2.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Battling U.S. for huge deal, Eurofighter woos Japan ERIC TALMADGE http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110225f3.html BUSINESS ========================= [BUSINESS NEWS] DoCoMo adds smart phones, tablet to lineup http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110225a1.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Steel merger to save \100 billion in costs: analysts http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110225n1.html OPINION ========================= [JT EDITORIAL] Rescue in Christchurch http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ed20110225a1.html [JT EDITORIAL] Softer touch with pandas http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ed20110225a2.html [OPINION] Deciphering Russian aims KAZUO OGOURA http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110225ko.html [More Op-Ed stories] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion.html FEATURES ========================= [ART] The high altitudes of airplane aesthetics YUHEI WADA http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fa20110225a1.html [ART] Asian art challenges Western museums' way of thinking JEFF MICHAEL HAMMOND http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fa20110225a2.html [ART] 'Le Corbusier' JAE LEE http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fa20110225b1.html [ART] 'Wing Shya: Female Trouble' MIO YAMADA http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fa20110225b2.html [FILMS] A balanced, moving elegy to Japan's last action hero MARK SCHILLING http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ff20110225a1.html [FILMS] No sparks in Depp and Jolie's Venice romp KAORI SHOJI http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ff20110225a2.html [FILMS] A heartwarming tale of love, romance and torture porn GIOVANNI FAZIO http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ff20110225a3.html [FILMS] Sun, sea and celluloid in Okinawa MARK SCHILLING http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ff20110225a4.html [FILMS] Jolie acts out a teenage crush in 'The Tourist' GEORGE-HADLEY GARCIA http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ff20110225r1.html [GOURMET] Delicious dishes that are fit for a princess MAKIKO ITOH http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fg20110225f1.html [MUSIC] Artist-curated festival sets new rules JAMES HADFIELD http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fm20110225a1.html [MUSIC] Nationally themed gigs make no sense in a post-Web world IAN MARTIN http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fm20110225im.html [MUSIC] Uhnellys "To Too Two" SHAWN DESPRES http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fm20110225l2.html [OF NOTE] Craft exhibition thinks pink MAYUMI KOYAMA http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fq20110225a1.html [OF NOTE] Theme park shows kids career fun TOMOKO OTAKE http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fq20110225a2.html [OF NOTE] Niigata Sake Fair offers a weekend you won't forget . . . hopefully NATALIE KOCH http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fq20110225a3.html [TRAVEL] Spa and lunch package in Tokyo http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fv20110225ho.html [For features] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life.html http://www.japantimes.co.jp/entertainment.html SPORTS ========================= [BASEBALL] Cardinals may lose Wainwright for season with injury http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110225a1.html [BASEBALL] Dice-K suffering from eye infection http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110225a2.html [SOCCER] Late goal by Gomez gives Bayern win over Inter Milan http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sc20110225a1.html [GOLF] Bjorn upsets Tiger at Match Play http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sg20110225a1.html [ICE HOCKEY] Sharks edge Pens in OT http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sh20110225a1.html [BASKETBALL] Jazz ship All-Star Williams to Nets http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sk20110225a1.html [BASKETBALL] Dolan denies Isiah's role in trade http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sk20110225a2.html [BASKETBALL] Hill's strategic use of Eaton paying off ED ODEVEN http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sk20110225n1.html [SPORTS] Gebrselassie pulls out of race http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110225t1.html [TENNIS] Nishikori cruises past Blake in Delray rematch http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/st20110225a1.html [More Sports Stories] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports.html http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/sumo.html
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