Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

*** Japan Times E-mail News Service ***
__________ Wednesday, March 16, 2011 ________________


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TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Radiation fears grow after blasts
The earthquake-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant suffers a dangerous radiation leak in the wake of two new explosions and a fire as officials on site scramble to avert a meltdown.
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 http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110316a1.html

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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Radiation levels spike in Tokyo; capital still safe, Ishihara says
Radiation reached around 20 times normal levels in the capital Tuesday morning, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government said, while offering the assurance the reading posed no immediate risk to human health and that the public should remain calm.
[MORE] ->
  http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110316a2.html

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[NATIONAL NEWS]
3,373 people confirmed dead, 6,746 missing
More than 10,000 people are confirmed dead or missing following last week's catastrophic earthquake, the nation's worst casualty total from a natural disaster since the 1923 Great Kanto Hanshin Earthquake.
[MORE] ->
  http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110316a3.html


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OTHER NEWS
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Exposure, risk tied to variables
ERIC JOHNSTON
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110316a4.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Tohoku joins Tepco in rationing power
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110316a5.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
One certainty in the crisis: Power will be at a premium
JUN HONGO
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110316a6.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Take proper steps to avoid exposure to fallout
TOMOKO OTAKE and SETSUKO KAMIYA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110316a7.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Ishihara sorry for quake gaffe
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110316a8.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Overseas aid offers flow in
MASAMI ITO
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110316a9.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Survivors fret over lack of gas
KAKUMI KOBAYASHI and NORIYUKI SUZUKI
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110316b1.html


BUSINESS
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
State may buy stocks to buoy prices: Yosano
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110316a1.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Toyota output reduction may top 40,000 vehicles amid power crisis
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110316n1.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Samsung, Ford, Boeing produce but fear parts halt
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110316n2.html


OPINION
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[JT EDITORIAL]
Equities markets struggle
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ed20110316a1.html

[JT EDITORIAL]
Orientation of Nagoya politics
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ed20110316a2.html

[OPINION]
Finding a way to make industrial policy work
JAMES ZHAN
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110316a1.html

[OPINION]
Tale of two defense policies
HARSH V. PANT
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110316a2.html

[OPINION]
The Libyan revolution's best hope? Egypt
GWYNNE DYER
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110316gd.html

[More Op-Ed stories]
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion.html


FEATURES
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[EDUCATION AND BILINGUAL]
Through the shaking, Japan comes together
KAORI SHOJI
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ek20110316ks.html

[COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY NEWS]
Sorting through information after the quake
RICK MARTIN
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nc20110316a1.html

[COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY NEWS]
The mobile-Internet is a lifeline for people in postquake confusion
AKKY AKIMOTO
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nc20110316aa.html


[For features]
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life.html
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/entertainment.html


SPORTS
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[BASEBALL]
Pa League to delay start of season
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110316j1.html

[BASEBALL]
Eagles faced with formidable obstacles in wake of disaster in Tohoku
WAYNE GRACZYK
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110316wg.html

[ICE HOCKEY]
Hossa scores two goals as Blackhawks skate past Sharks
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sh20110316a1.html

[J.LEAGUE SOCCER]
J. League schedule still up in air
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sj20110316a1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Kings top Warriors
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sk20110316a1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Season hangs in the balance
ED ODEVEN
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sk20110316b1.html

[SPORTS]
World championships may move to S. Korea
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110316f1.html

[SPORTS]
Return to Pacers could be in cards for Walsh
PETER VECSEY
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110316pv.html

[SUMO]
Meeting called off for sumo match-fixing investigation
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ss20110316a1.html

[TENNIS]
Sharapova relates to nuclear worries
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/st20110316a1.html


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