Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

*** Japan Times E-mail News Service ***
__________ Tuesday, March 29, 2011 ________________


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TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Radioactive water keeps workers out
Lethally radioactive water is delaying a desperate effort to stabilize the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, while nearby seawater is being contaminated further by mysterious leaks at the facility.
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Rainwater banned at water plants
The health ministry tells water purification plants to stop collecting rainwater so that tap water can be protected from radiative contamination from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
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  http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110329a2.html

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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Handling of nuclear crisis hit
Although about 58 percent of the public does not like the way the Fukushima nuclear crisis is being handled, approval ratings for Prime Minister Kan's Cabinet have risen 8 points.
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  http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110329a3.html


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OTHER NEWS
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Kan plans visit to wiped out Iwate port
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110329a4.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
State to shoulder reconstruction
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110329a5.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Over 40 still in evacuation zone
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110329a6.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Shinkansen to return in late April
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110329a7.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Embassies ready iodide tablets
MASAMI ITO
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110329a8.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Chief got sick during crisis: Tepco
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110329a9.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Evacuees persevere, eye future
JUNKO HORIUCHI
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110329b1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Long-life cesium top threat to seafood
JUN HONGO
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110329f1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Season of special poignancy
JOJI SAKURAI
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110329f2.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Tokyo faces somber 'hanami' this year
SETSUKO KAMIYA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110329f3.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Food contamination to rise if crisis drags on
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110329n1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Navy: Radiation 'easily' cleaned off ships near Japan
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110329n2.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Radioactive ship turned away by China
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110329n3.html


BUSINESS
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Tohoku disaster may bring automakers to their knees
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110329a1.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Status of disaster-hit automakers in U.S. and Japan
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110329a2.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Eco-point program scratched as power-saving ploy
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110329a3.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
JAL exits court-backed rehab but not out of woods yet
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110329a4.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Tepco stock plunges to 34-year low
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110329a5.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
In wake of disaster, tax hike issue revisited
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110329n1.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Mitsubishi unit buys buildings from Lone Star
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110329n2.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Coke may import Korean water
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110329n3.html


OPINION
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[JT EDITORIAL]
Akihabara rampage verdict
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ed20110329a1.html

[OPINION]
The false panacea of workforce flexibility
HELEEN MEES
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110329a1.html

[OPINION]
Unrequited hope for Kan
KEVIN RAFFERTY
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110329a2.html

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FEATURES
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[LIFE IN JAPAN]
Hosting, contacting survivors
ASHLEY THOMPSON
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fl20110329at.html

[LIFE IN JAPAN]
Blackouts crippling Kanto when country needs it most
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fl20110329hn.html

[LIFE IN JAPAN]
Tokyo: How have the events since the March 11 Tohoku-Kanto earthquake changed you or your plans?
BEN DAVIS
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fl20110329vf.html

[LIFE IN JAPAN]
From raw emotion to relief: 'Quakebook'
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fl20110329zg.html


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http://www.japantimes.co.jp/entertainment.html


SPORTS
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[SOCCER]
Mourinho: I turned down England
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sc20110329a1.html

[SOCCER]
Goalkeeper Ceni scores 100th goal
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sc20110329a2.html

[GOLF]
Laird recovers poise for victory at Bay Hill
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sg20110329a1.html

[ICE HOCKEY]
Bruins edge Flyers, clinch playoff spot
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sh20110329a1.html

[J.LEAGUE SOCCER]
Stojkovic hints at cameo on pitch
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sj20110329a1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Underdog VCU reaches Final Four
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sk20110329a1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Miami's big three deliver the goods
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sk20110329a2.html

[SPORTS]
Murali helping Sri Lanka's war-shattered youth
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110329a1.html

[SPORTS]
Champ Kinshasa No Kiseki retires
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110329a2.html

[SPORTS]
Schleck wins two-day Corsica race
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110329a3.html

[SPORTS]
Vaughan: Strauss may quit ODIs
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110329a4.html

[SPORTS]
Arai plays vital role in helping baseball do right thing
JASON COSKREY
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110329jc.html

[SPORTS]
Sweden claims world curling gold
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110329w1.html

[RUGBY]
England to play games in Dunedin
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sr20110329a1.html

[TENNIS]
Djokovic crushes Blake to extend win streak to 22
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/st20110329a1.html

[INTERNATIONAL SOCCER]
Neymar lives up to hype as Brazil sinks Scots
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sw20110329a1.html


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