*** Japan Times E-mail News Service *** __________ Saturday, April 9, 2011 ________________ TODAY'S TOP STORIES ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] 7.1 Tohoku aftershock kills four At least four people die and 141 are injured by the strongest aftershock to rattle Miyagi Prefecture and its vicinity since the devastating March 11 temblor, tallies by firefighters and police show. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110409a1.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Latest jolt tests other nuclear plants, but no leaks Tohoku suffers its largest aftershock since the March 11 killer temblor, but no abnormalities are found in radiation levels around nuclear reactors along the region's Pacific coast, including the crippled Fukushima No. 1 power plant, according to government officials. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110409a2.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Toshiba hopes to decommission reactors in 10 years Toshiba Corp. has proposed decommissioning four troubled nuclear reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant in about 10 years, much shorter than the 14 years needed to dismantle the Three Mile Island nuclear plant, industry sources say. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110409a3.html [More news] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news.html OTHER NEWS ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] Curbs on summer power use in offing http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110409a4.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Tax waivers for lost assets, large donors http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110409a5.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Contamination spread around hemisphere http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110409a6.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Lacking facts, U.S. played it safe with 80-km evac zone http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110409a7.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Better fishing port defenses urged http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110409a8.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Safe Fukushima produce get nod http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110409a9.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Maldives sends 600,000 cans of tuna http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110409b1.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Kan to visit tsunami-hit Ishinomaki http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110409b2.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Disaster splits interns from 'family' http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110409b3.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Fish processors rise to challenge MIZUHO AOKI http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110409f1.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Eerie quiet reigns in evacuation zone http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110409f2.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Calls rise for global atomic enforcer YURIY HUMBER http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110409n1.html [NATIONAL NEWS] No divine punishment for Ishihara? http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110409n2.html BUSINESS ========================= [BUSINESS NEWS] Tohoku coastal-area job losses look to top 81,500 http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110409a1.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Life insurer payouts in billions http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110409a2.html [BUSINESS NEWS] March 11 to clip exports by up to 1.6%: WTO http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110409a3.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Toyota to restart all domestic plants http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110409a4.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Quake delays start of TSE-OSE merger talks http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110409a5.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Thailand to require 'radiation certificates' be supplied for food from Japan http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110409a6.html [BUSINESS NEWS] 'Economy watchers' index dips at record pace http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110409a7.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Brazil rail bid delayed until July http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110409a8.html [BUSINESS NEWS] GS Yuasa seals EV battery deals http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110409a9.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Bankruptcies drop 11.3% on year http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110409b1.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Sony, Nikon shut plants as aftershock causes outages http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110409n1.html [Text ad in Japanese] ===================================================================== The Japan Times Weekly 4月9日号の編集部オススメ記事 ■■■ EDITOR'S PICK ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ■ ■ Radiation could leak for months ■ 福島原発の放射能漏れ、長期化の予想 ■ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 購読はこちらから http://club.japantimes.co.jp/jw/ ===================================================================== OPINION ========================= [JT EDITORIAL] New food contamination rules http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ed20110409a1.html [JT EDITORIAL] Sumo must clean up its act http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ed20110409a2.html [OPINION] With the world looking in, Japan needs to speak out KUMI SATO and MICHAEL J. 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