Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

*** Japan Times E-mail News Service ***
__________ Friday, April 29, 2011 ________________


TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
School that lost 70% of its pupils mourns
An elementary school that lost 70 percent of its students to the March 11 tsunami remembers them with a Buddhist service on the 49th day since they were taken.
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Hamaoka reactor restart in July urged
Chubu Electric plans to restart a nuclear reactor at its Hamaoka plant in Shizuoka Prefecture in July.
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  http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110429a2.html

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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Rubble cleanup bares asbestos
Inside the debris smashed by the March 11 tsunami hides a health risk that has been overshadowed by a nuclear crisis: the nearly invisible threat of asbestos.
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  http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110429a3.html


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OTHER NEWS
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
378 students killed, 158 missing in disaster
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110429a4.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
DisneySea reopens for holiday
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110429a5.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Kan eyes 10 years for repairs
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110429a6.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
ASDF, MSDF relief elements looking to stand down
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110429a7.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Rethink in offing for crises response
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110429a8.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
22,000 file suit over Kadena night flights
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110429a9.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Bill to suspend abusive parent rights gets OK'd
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110429b1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
NPA panel proposes autopsy units
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110429b2.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Law makes suing foreign firms easier
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110429b3.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Evacuee mayor's community torn
NATSUKO FUKUE
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110429f1.html


BUSINESS
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Apple's long-awaited new iPad model debuts
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110429a1.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
PlayStation customer sues Sony over theft
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110429n1.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Debt rating threat may hasten tax hike push
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110429n2.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Economy took bigger hit than estimated
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110429n3.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
BOJ policymakers reject plan to expand asset buying
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110429n4.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Canon lowers earnings forecasts
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110429n5.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Sumitomo Metal posts wider loss
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110429n6.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Orix renews $600 million credit line
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110429n7.html


OPINION
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[JT EDITORIAL]
Living with risk
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ed20110429a1.html

[OPINION]
Attacks on physicians in Bahrain
CESAR CHELALA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110429cc.html

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FEATURES
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[ART]
Divides in the Pure Land
MATTHEW LARKING
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fa20110429a1.html

[ART]
ArtGig offers 'Dirty, dirty! Sex, sex!' -- for free
MIO YAMADA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fa20110429a2.html

[ART]
Making Kyoto's modern architecture part of the city's heritage
SACHIKO TAMASHIGE
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fa20110429a3.html

[FILMS]
Left-field family drama lifted by a little foreign spirit
MARK SCHILLING
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ff20110429a1.html

[FILMS]
Italian jaunt puts its stamp on romance in this sweet-natured chick flick
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ff20110429a2.html

[FILMS]
For the best human stories, keep it simple
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ff20110429a3.html

[FILMS]
Wright, Cera get 1-up in 'Scott Pilgrim' flick
DANIEL ROBSON
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ff20110429r1.html

[GOURMET]
Sake lovers congregate at international event
MELINDA JOE
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fg20110429d1.html

[GOURMET]
Sake lovers congregate at international event
MELINDA JOE
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fg20110429d2.html

[MUSIC]
Logic System sets the mood for Moog
MIKE SUNDA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fm20110429a1.html

[MUSIC]
Bright set out to lighten spirits
MARIKO LOCHRIDGE
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fm20110429a2.html

[MUSIC]
Is Tropical
SAM MOKHTARY
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fm20110429l1.html

[TRAVEL]
Golden Week plan at New Otani Tokyo
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fv20110429ho.html


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SPORTS
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[BASEBALL]
Mets keep streak alive
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110429a1.html

[BASEBALL]
Kitagawa guides Buffaloes to win over Marines
JASON COSKREY
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110429j1.html

[BASEBALL]
Tateyama hurls two-hitter; Swallows extend unbeaten streak to 11
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110429j2.html

[SOCCER]
Messi shows way in Barca victory
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sc20110429a1.html

[ICE HOCKEY]
Bruins eliminate Canadiens in Game 7 OT thriller
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sh20110429a1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Spurs survive Game 5 after Neal saves day
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sk20110429a1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Rizing triumph in OT, reach semis
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sk20110429b1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Hamamatsu's Parmer named season MVP
ED ODEVEN
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sk20110429n1.html

[SPORTS]
Media should be included in voting for bj-league awards
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110429eo.html

[SPORTS]
Chan leads worlds
after short program
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110429f1.html


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