*** Japan Times E-mail News Service *** __________ Thursday, March 24, 2011 ________________ TODAY'S TOP STORIES ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] Radiation rises in Tokyo water Radioactive iodine exceeding the government's regulated level for infants is detected in water in a purification plant in Katsushika Ward, Tokyo, prompting the metropolitan government to advise residents not to let babies younger than 1 year old drink tap water or powdered milk made with tap water in the 23 wards and five cities. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110324a1.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Kan widens ban on contaminated food Prime Minister Naoto Kan instructs Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato to tell local people not to eat certain leafy vegetables, including spinach, cabbage and broccoli harvested from Fukushima Prefecture, after finding radioactive materials well beyond the legal limit. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110324a2.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Tepco puts focus on reactivating cooling pumps at reactors 3, 4 Work continues to restore electricity to key equipment at the crippled nuclear reactors in the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, a day after electricity was restored to all six reactors via outside power sources. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110324a3.html [More news] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news.html OTHER NEWS ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] Evacuees served hot meals NATSUKO FUKUE http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110324a4.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan group providing warm help for victims SETSUKO KAMIYA http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110324a5.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Neutron beam observed 13 times http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110324a6.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Kaieda mulls adding more Tokyo wards to Tepco rolling blackouts http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110324a7.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Donations go to victims: aid groups ERIC JOHNSTON http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110324f1.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Preparation for nuke crisis woeful ERIC TALMADGE http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110324f2.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Disasters' cost may hit \25 trillion http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110324n1.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Tokyo Disneyland's parking lot shows the risk of reclaimed land http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110324n2.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Defect concealed in Fukushima No. 4 reactor: engineer http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110324n3.html BUSINESS ========================= [BUSINESS NEWS] Toyota, Honda assembly lines face long stretch in idle http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110324a1.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Banks eye lending \2 trillion to Tepco by monthend http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110324a2.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Mizuho clears transaction backlog http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110324a3.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Delta to cut flights by up to 20% http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110324a4.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Prius minivan April debut delayed http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110324a5.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Disaster agency eyed to oversee recovery TAKASHI HIROKAWA and KEIKO UJIKANE http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110324n1.html [BUSINESS 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