Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Tuesday, 15 March 2011


*** Japan Times E-mail News Service ***
__________ Tuesday, March 15, 2011 ________________


TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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[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

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[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

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[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


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OTHER NEWS
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[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
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[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


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OPINION
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[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

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FEATURES
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[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


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SPORTS
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[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


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