*** Japan Times E-mail News Service *** __________ Tuesday, March 15, 2011 ________________ TODAY'S TOP STORIES ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] Reactor fuel rods fully exposed Japan flirts with disaster after the fuel rods in the Fukushima No. 1 power station's No. 2 reactor are fully exposed by workers who let a cooling pump run out of gas. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110315a1.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] 2,000 more added to death toll in Miyagi The toll of dead and missing from Friday's quake and tsunami disaster tops 5,000 after some 2,000 bodies are found along the shoreline of Miyagi Prefecture. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110315a2.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Chaos erupts as rolling power outages begin Tokyo Electric starts cutting service in some areas in an unprecedented effort to sustain power in the capital after the Tohoku megaquake crippled a key nuclear power facility. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110315a3.html [More news] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news.html OTHER NEWS ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] Commuters confused by outages JUN HONGO http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110315a4.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Ishihara ups ante in quake response TAKAHIRO FUKADA http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110315a5.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Rolling blackouts to affect lifelines, transportation, medical needs NATSUKO FUKUE http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110315a6.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Clinics do their best to deal with outages TOMOKO OTAKE http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110315a7.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Hardships, suffering in earthquake zone JAY ALABASTER and TODD PITMAN http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110315a8.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Lessons learned in Kobe aid relief effort ERIC JOHNSTON http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110315a9.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Fukawa Incident case acquittal may stir reforms http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110315f1.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Matsuzawa quits, backs Ishihara TAKAHIRO FUKADA http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110315f2.html [NATIONAL NEWS] HIV/AIDS awareness often too late MIZUHO AOKI http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110315i1.html BUSINESS ========================= [BUSINESS NEWS] Disasters to rock economy http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110315a1.html [BUSINESS NEWS] JR Tokai maglev, train park opens in Nagoya http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110315a2.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Singapore checks Japanese produce http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110315a3.html [BUSINESS NEWS] January output shaved to just 1.3% http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110315a4.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Bourse to keep running: TSE chief http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110315a5.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Nikkei plummets more than 6%, biggest fall since 2008 http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110315n1.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Renault spy fiasco threatens Nissan plan LAURENCE FROST and ALAN KATZ http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110315n2.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Buffett drops Fukushima trip http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110315n3.html [Text ad in Japanese] ===================================================================== 無┃料┃メ┃ー┃ル┃で┃英┃語┃力┃を┃大┃幅┃ア┃ッ┃プ┃!┃ ━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛ ボキャブラリーを増やして、Japan Times を読みこなしましょう! ●完全無料! ●ネイティブの音声つき ●TOEICやTOEFL対策も http://www.hungryforwords.com/japan.asp?idcampaign=8212 ===================================================================== OPINION ========================= [JT EDITORIAL] Nuclear power in disarray http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ed20110315a1.html [OPINION] Prospects for an integrated army in Nepal JOSHI RATALA DINESH PRASAD http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110315a1.html [OPINION] The environmental link to economic growth VINOD THOMAS http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110315a2.html [More Op-Ed stories] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion.html FEATURES ========================= [LIFE IN JAPAN] All is not lost when 'carded' ASHLEY THOMPSON http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fl20110315a1.html [LIFE IN JAPAN] What do you think of the proposed tattoo ban at Suma Beach from this year? ALAN GIBSON http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fl20110315vf.html [LIFE IN JAPAN] Juggler of two professions in Japan MAMI MARUKO http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fl20110315ww.html [LIFE IN JAPAN] Kicking up a stink over ink in Kobe CHARLES LEWIS http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fl20110315zg.html [For features] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life.html http://www.japantimes.co.jp/entertainment.html [Text ad in Japanese] ===================================================================== 働く女性の英語術 2nd season【CD1枚付き】 すべての女性に“品格ある英語”を! 前著では挨拶・紹介など典型的な表現やトピックを紹介しましたが、今回は主 に「ネゴシエイション」に関するトピックを多めに取り上げました。 また想定されるトラブルシューティングを学習する要素も掲載。 http://bookclub.japantimes.co.jp/act/Detail.do?id=1356 ===================================================================== SPORTS ========================= [BASEBALL] Matsui snaps slump with homer http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110315a1.html [BASEBALL] Hoshino urges delay for opener in Sendai http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110315j1.html [SOCCER] City beats Reading to set up United semi http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sc20110315a1.html [GOLF] Ishikawa fades in Doral final round http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sg20110315a1.html [ICE HOCKEY] Knuble leads Caps past Blackhawks http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sh20110315a1.html [J.LEAGUE SOCCER] J. League scraps March games; Japan friendlies in doubt http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sj20110315a1.html [BASKETBALL] Magic finally claim win in Phoenix http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sk20110315a1.html [BASKETBALL] Ohio St. enters NCAA tourney as top seed http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sk20110315a2.html [BASKETBALL] 89ers-Phoenix series called off http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sk20110315b1.html [SPORTS] Kenya makes Ponting eat words http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110315a1.html [SPORTS] Hirose falls in badminton final http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110315a2.html [SPORTS] Skating body calls off world championships http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110315f1.html [SPORTS] Many in sporting world reach out to Japan JASON COSKREY http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110315jc.html [SPORTS] Speedskater Kato places second http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110315w1.html [RUGBY] Out-of-sorts England moves closer to title http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sr20110315a1.html [RUGBY] Six Nations defeat haunts France http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sr20110315a2.html [TENNIS] Roddick cruises past Blake in second round http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/st20110315a1.html [More Sports Stories] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports.html http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/sumo.html
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