Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Friday 24 June 2011


*** Japan Times E-mail News Service ***
__________ Friday, June 24, 2011 ________________


TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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[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.
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 http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110624a1.html

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[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

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[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.
[MORE] ->
  http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110624a2.html


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OTHER NEWS
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Fund to track Fukushima health
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110624a3.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
6.7-magnitude quake jolts Aomori, Iwate prefectures
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110624a4.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Crown Prince thanks German president for quake assistance
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110624a5.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Help on hand for quake-zone fish owners
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110624a6.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Sugihara visa recipient Manski dies at age 90
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110624a7.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
First Aussie air force joint drills eyed
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110624a8.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Panel wants Chinese captain indicted
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110624a9.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Sendai overseas flights resume
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110624b1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Nuke regulatory reform easier said than done
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110624f1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Failure guru probes nuclear crisis for lessons, not culprits
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110624n1.html


BUSINESS
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Automakers facing rough road overseas
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110624a2.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Suzuki expects Asia sales to boost net profit 10.7% in '11
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110624a3.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
OSE's trade sessions to get longer on Nov. 21
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110624a4.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Rebound seen in third quarter
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110624a5.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Sharp vows to boost green sales
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110624a6.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Development Bank picks new chief
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110624a7.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Saudi women, barred from driving, urge Subaru to go
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110624n1.html


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OPINION
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[JT EDITORIAL]
Restart of reactors is premature
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ed20110624a1.html

[OPINION]
Fat, dumb profile-gazers
KEVIN RAFFERTY
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110624a1.html

[More Op-Ed stories]
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion.html


FEATURES
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[ART]
"Communication: Visualizing the Human Connection in the Age of Vermeer"
TOMOKO HORI
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fa20110624o1.html

[ART]
"Kansai Chairs Now: Have a Seat in Oyamazaki Villa"
TOMOKO HORI
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fa20110624o2.html

[ART]
"Jim Dine: Theme And Variation: A Half Century of Printmaking"
TOMOKO  HORI
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fa20110624o3.html

[ART]
"Tea Party a la Japonaise from the Davey Collection"
KIWAKO TABATA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fa20110624t1.html

[ART]
"Ming Wong: Life of Imitation"
MIKE HAMILTON
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fa20110624t2.html

[ART]
"French Poetry and Prints"
JAE LEE
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fa20110624t3.html

[FILMS]
'Hesher'
GIOVANNI FAZIO
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ff20110624a1.html

[FILMS]
'Tokyo Koen (Tokyo Park)'
MARK SCHILLING
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ff20110624a2.html

[FILMS]
'Biutiful'
KAORI SHOJI
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ff20110624a3.html

[FILMS]
First Tohoku documentary captures tsunami aftermath
KAORI SHOJI
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ff20110624a4.html

[FILMS]
Director Ishii brings style to family drama
MARK SCHILLING
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ff20110624r1.html

[GOURMET]
Keep a low-power kitchen this summer
MAKIKO ITOH
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fg20110624f1.html

[OF NOTE]
Stars to hit charity flea market
MIKE HAMILTON
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fq20110624a1.html

[OF NOTE]
Black Stripe gets weighty with new play
NOBUKO TANAKA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fq20110624a2.html

[OF NOTE]
Noh theaters to present English performance
TOMOKO OTAKE
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fq20110624a3.html

[OF NOTE]
Foreign residents take part in Japanese traditional dance contest
REIMI DASDEB
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fq20110624a4.html

[TRAVEL]
Five Osaka hotels host lunch fair
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fv20110624ho.html


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SPORTS
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[BASEBALL]
Lee, Phillies
blank Cards
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110624a1.html

[BASEBALL]
PL struggled at gate in interleague
JASON COSKREY
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110624n1.html

[SOCCER]
Donovan lifts U.S. into Gold Cup final
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sc20110624a1.html

[AMERICAN FOOTBALL]
NFL owners, players begin talks again
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sf20110624a1.html

[GOLF]
Injured Tiger to skip AT&T National
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sg20110624a1.html

[ICE HOCKEY]
Perry beats out Sedin for NHL MVP
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sh20110624a1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Doshisha hoop team headed to Manila
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sk20110624a1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Babby insists Nash won't  be traded
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sk20110624a2.html

[BASKETBALL]
Prospects look grim
for HeatDevils in Oita
ED ODEVEN
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sk20110624n1.html

[SPORTS]
Tornadoes damage Churchill Downs
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110624a1.html

[TENNIS]
Date-Krumm falls
to Venus in thriller
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/st20110624a1.html

[INTERNATIONAL SOCCER]
Prinz grabs spotlight before Germany's World Cup
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sw20110624a1.html

[INTERNATIONAL SOCCER]
Pele gives advice to Neymar
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sw20110624a2.html


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