*** Japan Times E-mail News Service *** __________ Friday, June 24, 2011 ________________ TODAY'S TOP STORIES ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] Kan Cabinet entertaining new lineup Prime Minister Naoto Kan might reshuffle his Cabinet by the end of the month to appoint a reconstruction minister but is also rumored to be thinking of switching some other portfolios. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110624a1.html --- [BUSINESS NEWS] Four Japanese make Forbes list of top givers Four Japanese tycoons are named to Forbes Asia's list of the region's top 48 philanthropists. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110624a1.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Okinawa marks loss Okinawa marks the 66th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa, which left more than 200,000 people dead toward the end of World War II. 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