Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

*** Japan Times E-mail News Service ***
__________ Tuesday, May 31, 2011 ________________


TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Exposure of Tepco pair exceeds limit
Two Tepco employees at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant may have absorbed several hundred millisieverts of radiation, breaking the government's new limit for the crisis.
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Heavy rains trigger tsunami-zone landslide alert
Heavy rain triggers landslide alerts in areas damaged by the March 11 quake and tsunami, adding a new dimension to the dangers.
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  http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110531a2.html

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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Evacuee housing units shy of target
The government admits failure in its effort to get 30,000 temporary housing units built for evacuees by the end of May but vows to forge on.
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  http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110531a3.html


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OTHER NEWS
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Kan foes in DPJ set to join ouster ploy
MASAMI ITO
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110531a4.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Hokkaido train dropped parts before fire
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110531a5.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
White tigers put on display at Kagoshima zoo
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110531a6.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Raise sales tax in stages, advisers tell Kan reform council
NATSUKO FUKUE
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110531a7.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Japan, China urged to boost defense talks for better ties
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110531a8.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Visa-free visits to Russian-held isles failing to achieve Japanese goals
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110531a9.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
April water, cigarette imports soared
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110531b1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Ibaraki to check radiation at beaches
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110531b2.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Evacuees long for hometowns
JUN HONGO
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110531f1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Quake coverage mitigates losses from March 11
HIROKO NAKATA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110531i1.html


BUSINESS
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Radiation zone farmer grubs his way to survival
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110531a1.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Japan blowing new wind into U.K. green industries
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110531a2.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Elderly drivers face higher premium
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110531a3.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Quake-hit Sony plants all running
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110531a4.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Trade deficit continued into early May
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110531a5.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Fujitsu to up car microcontrollers
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110531n1.html


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OPINION
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[JT EDITORIAL]
A G8 vote of support for Japan
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ed20110531a1.html

[OPINION]
Business bent deflates the sails of India's left
GAUTAMAN BHASKARAN
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110531gb.html

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FEATURES
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[LIFE IN JAPAN]
Disaster volunteers find plenty to do in Fukushima
MINORU MATSUTANI
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fl20110531a1.html

[LIFE IN JAPAN]
English magazines run gamut from poetry to prose, Kanto to Chubu
ASHLEY THOMPSON
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fl20110531at.html

[LIFE IN JAPAN]
Tokyo: What's your favorite Japanese music?http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fl20110531vf.html

[LIFE IN JAPAN]
Family slams stalled probe into Kabuki-cho death
SIMON SCOTT
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fl20110531zg.html

[LIFE & STYLE]
The ordinary made extraordinary
JEAN SNOW
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fs20110531a2.html

[LIFE & STYLE]
The edified and TEDified in Japan
KIT NAGAMURA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fs20110531a3.html


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SPORTS
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[BASEBALL]
Tigers, BoSox split twin bill in Detroit
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110531a1.html

[BASEBALL]
Giants catcher Posey out for season
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110531a2.html

[BASEBALL]
Marines-Giants makeup ends in tie
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110531j1.html

[BASEBALL]
Buffaloes send Park down to minors
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110531j2.html

[SOCCER]
FIFA clears Blatter, suspends Asia chief
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sc20110531a1.html

[SOCCER]
Barcelona celebrates latest triumph
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sc20110531a2.html

[GOLF]
Imada ends third at Byron Nelson
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sg20110531a1.html

[GOLF]
Watson wins Senior PGA in playoff
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sg20110531a2.html

[BASKETBALL]
Nowitzki's title-or-bust approach working so far
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sk20110531a1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Heat's Miller brings daughter home
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sk20110531a2.html

[SPORTS]
Wheldon scores surprise Indy win
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110531a1.html

[SPORTS]
Vettel steers to victory in Monaco
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110531a2.html

[SPORTS]
Veteran Hawks running out of time to add title to legacy
JASON COSKREY
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110531jc.html

[TENNIS]
Streaking Djokovic moves into quarters
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/st20110531a1.html


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