*** Japan Times E-mail News Service *** __________ Tuesday, February 22, 2011 ________________ TODAY'S TOP STORIES ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] Work starts at Shinjuku Unit 731 site The government begins excavating a site in Tokyo where a medical school once stood that may hold grisly secrets about the war's infamous Unit 731. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110222a1.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Panda pair arrive for Ueno debut A pair of giant pandas from China land in Japan to replace Ueno Zoo star Ling Ling, who died in April 2008. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110222a2.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Cable leak: Japan has spy agency Japan recently formed a secret foreign intelligence unit to spy on China and North Korea and prevent terrorist attacks, an Australian report citing a classified U.S. cable says. 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