*** Japan Times E-mail News Service *** __________ Tuesday, April 12, 2011 ________________ TODAY'S TOP STORIES ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] Month marked since twin disasters struck Along the devastated Tohoku coast, people gather for remembrance ceremonies exactly a month after the historic temblor and tsunami killed up to 25,000 people and triggered a nuclear disaster. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110412a1.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Aftershock kills one, halts pumps A magnitude 7.0 aftershock jolts northeast Japan, halting cooling operations at damaged reactors in Fukushima and prompting the Meteorological Agency to warn of a huge level 7 quake striking in the near future. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110412a2.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Evac zone to widen as exposure fears grow Residents in some municipalities outside the 20-km evacuation zone will be told to leave the area in a month to avoid long-term radiation exposure. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110412a3.html [More news] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news.html OTHER NEWS ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] Disaster toll still incalculable KANAKO TAKAHARA http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110412a4.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Experts urge external cooling system KAZUAKI NAGATA http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110412a5.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Election losses mark another DPJ setback http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110412a6.html [NATIONAL NEWS] National crisis helps Ishihara stay at helm TOMOYUKI TACHIKAWA http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110412a7.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Hashimoto falls short of goal for majorities ERIC JOHNSTON http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110412a8.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Edano denies flying family abroad MASAMI ITO http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110412a9.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Nation's unpreparedness ahead of disaster is blasted JUN HONGO http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110412f1.html [NATIONAL NEWS] High radiation well past no-go zone: Greenpeace JUN HONGO http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110412f2.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Offshore windmills weather crisis MINORU MATSUTANI http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110412f3.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Rescuers finally save aged man trapped in no-go area ERIC TALMADGE http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110412f4.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Life away from home in shelters 'unbearable' http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110412f5.html BUSINESS ========================= [BUSINESS NEWS] Economic outlook dimmer a month after earthquake http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110412a1.html [BUSINESS NEWS] BOJ slashes growth forecasts after twin disasters http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110412a2.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Korean firm eyes Takefuji rehab http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110412a3.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Small firms outside crises zone hurt http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110412a4.html [Text ad in Japanese] ===================================================================== 無┃料┃メ┃ー┃ル┃で┃英┃語┃力┃を┃大┃幅┃ア┃ッ┃プ┃!┃ ━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛ ボキャブラリーを増やして、Japan Times を読みこなしましょう! ●完全無料! ●ネイティブの音声つき ●TOEICやTOEFL対策も http://www.hungryforwords.com/japan.asp?idcampaign=8212 ===================================================================== OPINION ========================= [JT EDITORIAL] Reconstruction after the disaster http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ed20110412a1.html [OPINION] A modest proposal for sustaining growth JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ and OTHERS http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110412a1.html [OPINION] Refigure a way to renew Japanese society MICHAEL SUTTON http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110412a2.html [More Op-Ed stories] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion.html FEATURES ========================= [LIFE IN JAPAN] Quake aid, local services ASHLEY THOMPSON http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fl20110412at.html [LIFE IN JAPAN] 'Judge not,' 'fly-jin' and saving electricity: views from readers http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fl20110412hs.html [LIFE IN JAPAN] Kashiwa: What are you doing to save energy in these troubled times? 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League open to Copa proposal http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sj20110412a1.html [BASKETBALL] James turns up heat on Celtics http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sk20110412a1.html [SPORTS] Japanese baseball finally ready to get season under way JASON COSKREY http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110412jc.html [SPORTS] Tomita stuns Kitajima in qualifier http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110412s1.html [SPORTS] Lewis to run for New Jersey Senate http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110412t1.html [SUMO] Two more wrestlers forced to quit sumo http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ss20110412a1.html [TENNIS] Nishikori comes up short in final http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/st20110412a1.html [TENNIS] Clijsters doubtful for French Open http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/st20110412a2.html [More Sports Stories] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports.html http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/sumo.html
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