*** Japan Times E-mail News Service *** __________ Friday, June 3, 2011 ________________ TODAY'S TOP STORIES ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] Kan offers exit, beats no-confidence vote Prime Minister Naoto Kan survives a no-confidence motion after suddenly announcing his intention to resign once disaster-hit Tohoku is back on its feet and the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant is safely under control. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110603a1.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Kan buys time but cedes advantage to opposition Prime Minister Naoto Kan handily prevails over an opposition-backed no-confidence motion, in part because he compromised with foes within his Democratic Party of Japan to step down in the near future after he feels he has accomplished his disaster-response duties. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110603a2.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Plan outlines 10% hike in sales tax The government outlines its social security reform plan, proposing doubling the consumption tax to 10 percent in stages by fiscal 2015 to finance Japan's swelling welfare costs at a time when the population is aging. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110603a3.html [More news] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news.html OTHER NEWS ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] Life insurers to hasten payments to families of missing http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110603a4.html [NATIONAL NEWS] March 9 foreshock should've led to Big One alert: expert http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110603a5.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Tohoku, Tokyo residents lash out at Diet backbiting http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110603a6.html [NATIONAL NEWS] 30 blankets made by Israeli kids sent to orphanage http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110603a7.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Fertility rate edges up to 1.39 http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110603a8.html [NATIONAL NEWS] NHK wins subscription fee lawsuits http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110603a9.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Peru trade minister applauds Japan EPA ALEX MARTIN http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110603f1.html [NATIONAL NEWS] School radiation cleanup slammed http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110603f2.html [NATIONAL NEWS] State, not internal veteran exec, should run Tepco: critics TSUYOSHI INAJIMA http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110603n1.html BUSINESS ========================= [BUSINESS NEWS] Kan wins Pyrrhic victory: analysts http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110603a1.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Sony to defend response to data breach in Congress http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110603a2.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Yodobashi has big plans for Sendai http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110603a3.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Nissan says U.S. Leaf sales may reach 12,000 in '11 http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110603n1.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Tepco debt forgiveness is risk for Japanese bank ratings, S&P warns http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110603n2.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Nation's finances under scrutiny as debt mounts: BOJ's Nakamura http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110603n3.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Japan Steel Works sees shift away from nuclear http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110603n4.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Companies' capital spending grows at slower pace since quake http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110603n5.html [BUSINESS NEWS] PlayStation Network up in U.S. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110603n6.html [Text ad in Japanese] ===================================================================== The Japan Times Weekly ６月４日号の編集部オススメ記事 ■■■ EDITOR'S PICK ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ■ ■ Kan center stage at French G-8 ■ 菅首相提唱の新エネルギー政策、 G8での評価は? ■ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 購読はこちらから http://club.japantimes.co.jp/jw/ ===================================================================== OPINION ========================= [JT EDITORIAL] Back to basics with Russia http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ed20110603a1.html [OPINION] Economic transformation in one generation MAHMOUD MOHIELDIN http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110603a1.html [OPINION] The Fukushima disaster and Japan Disincorporated GREGORY CLARK http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110603gc.html [More Op-Ed stories] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion.html FEATURES ========================= [ART] "Expressing Ocean And Water in Modern Art -- Paul Signac, Fukuda Heihachiro, Sugimoto Hiroshi and Others" TOMOKO HORI http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fa20110603o1.html [ART] "The 30th Anniversary of Ito Cultural Foundation -- Highlights of The Donation" TOMOKO HORI http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fa20110603o2.html [ART] "1960's-2000's Fashion" TOMOKO HORI http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fa20110603o3.html [ART] "Making of Tokyo Sky Tree -- Construction Site In The Sky" MIKE HAMILTON http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fa20110603t1.html [ART] "Visions of Fuji: A Portrait Of The Japanese People as Seen Through Mt. Fuji" MIKE HAMILTON http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fa20110603t2.html [FILMS] 'Keibetsu (Egoist)' MARK SCHILLING http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ff20110603a1.html [FILMS] 'Red Riding Hood' GIOVANNI FAZIO http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ff20110603a2.html [FILMS] 'Son of Babylon' KAORI SHOJI http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ff20110603a3.html [FILMS] Herzog movie marathon in Tokyo screens classics old and new MIKE HAMILTON http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ff20110603a4.html [GOURMET] Basque in the flavor of rustic, refined cuisine ROBBIE SWINNERTON http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fg20110603rs.html [GOURMET] Other dining options in Upper Shibuya ROBBIE SWINNERTON http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fg20110603sr.html [MUSIC] Decade of fine tuning yields gold for capsule IAN MARTIN http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fm20110603r1.html [OF NOTE] The Met tours Nagoya, Tokyo ERIKO ARITA http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fq20110603a1.html [OF NOTE] 'Bedge Pardon' rethinks famed Soseki sojourn NOBUKO TANAKA http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fq20110603a2.html [OF NOTE] Yokohama marks the opening of its port with weekend party MARK JARNES http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fq20110603a3.html [TRAVEL] Grand Pacific Le Daiba hotel offers amenities for runners http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fv20110603ho.html [For features] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life.html http://www.japantimes.co.jp/entertainment.html ===================================================================== Nihongo Drills for Intermediate Learners: Vocabulary The book for reinforcing vocabulary basics to get you to intermediate- level Japanese! 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