Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

*** Japan Times E-mail News Service ***
__________ Wednesday, May 25, 2011 ________________


TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Tepco admits two more meltdowns
Tokyo Electric Power Co. admits what many experts had long suspected: The cores of reactors 2 and 3 at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant likely melted down and dropped to the bottom of their pressure vessels, just as happened at unit 1.
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Court acquits pair after serving decades in jail
Two men who served nearly 30 years in prison for a 1967 murder and robbery are acquitted by the Tsuchiura branch of the Mito District Court.
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Record-low 91% of new graduates got jobs in April
The employment rate of new university graduates at the April 1 start of fiscal 2011 edged down 0.7 percentage point from the year before to match the record-low 91.1 percent recorded in 2000.
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OTHER NEWS
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Independent panel created to probe cause of crisis
MASAMI ITO
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110525a4.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Sendai to resume international flights in June
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110525a5.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
No ill effects seen from radiation so far: U.N. panel
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110525a6.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Japan to allow U.S. to export new missile
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110525a7.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Peace clock counter is given reset
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110525a8.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Man held in first crackdown on Web film posting
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110525a9.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Foreign refugees pitch in to help
SETSUKO KAMIYA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110525f1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Effort to ease radiation fears in Asia may have limited effect
MAYA KANEKO
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110525f2.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Kan faces internal DPJ backlash over tax hike plan
TORU FUJIOKA and KYOKO SHIMODOI
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110525n1.html


BUSINESS
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Budget airline goes for a Peach of an image
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110525a1.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Toshiba expects slower reactor sales
HIROKO NAKATA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110525a2.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Weak assessment remains unchanged
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110525a3.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Toyota told to loosen control, heed criticism
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110525a4.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Sony's fiscal year hurt by 'smack in the eye'
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110525n1.html


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OPINION
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[JT EDITORIAL]
Another Middle East standoff
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ed20110525a1.html

[OPINION]
Japan's nuclear conundrum
NANDAKUMAR JANARDHANAN
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110525a1.html

[OPINION]
Risky business, IMF style
TOM PLATE
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110525tp.html

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FEATURES
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[COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY NEWS]
Walkman's latest version and a new camera from Panasonic
RICK MARTIN
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nc20110525rm.html


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SPORTS
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[BASEBALL]
Jays show grit, power to beat Yanks
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110525a1.html

[BASEBALL]
Tigers end losing streak, climb out of last place
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110525j1.html

[SOCCER]
Takahashi leads Cerezo past Gamba
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sc20110525a1.html

[SOCCER]
Beckham to play in Neville testimonial
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sc20110525a2.html

[ICE HOCKEY]
Bruins top Lightning, move within win of berth in finals
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sh20110525a1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Mavs rally
by Thunder
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sk20110525a1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Nakamura's Phoenix tenure ends
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sk20110525b1.html

[SPORTS]
Hiroshima is replacement site: JVA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110525a1.html

[SPORTS]
Brooks impresses veteran coaches
PETER VECSEY
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110525pv.html

[TENNIS]
Djokovic racks up another victory, now 38-0 in 2011
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/st20110525a1.html


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