*** Japan Times E-mail News Service *** __________ Sunday, February 27, 2011 ________________ TODAY'S TOP STORIES ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] DPJ doyen sees Kan exit as option to save budget Senior ruling party lawmaker Kozo Watanabe suggests that the resignation of Prime Minister Naoto Kan should be considered as an option to gain Diet approval for bills vital to the fiscal 2011 budget. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110227a1.html --- [BUSINESS NEWS] Nintendo's pioneering 3-D hand-held debuts Nintendo's latest game machine, offering glasses-free 3-D images, goes on sale ahead of a global rollout, and analysts say it promises to be the world's first 3-D mass-market product. 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