*** Japan Times E-mail News Service *** __________ Tuesday, March 8, 2011 ________________ TODAY'S TOP STORIES ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] DPJ loses potential successor to Kan Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara's abrupt resignation bodes ill for the Democratic Party of Japan because the ruling party has lost a leading candidate to succeed Prime Minister Naoto Kan. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110308a1.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Edano named as temporary minister: Kan Prime Minister Naoto Kan temporarily appoints Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano to be foreign minister until he can find a permanent replacement for Seiji Maehara. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110308a2.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Saitama 'spy' granted retrial in South Korea The Seoul High Court will reopen a case from the late 1970s in which a Korean resident of Saitama Prefecture was convicted in South Korea of spying for the North. 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