*** Japan Times E-mail News Service *** __________ Sunday, June 19, 2011 ________________ TODAY'S TOP STORIES ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] Halted reactors safe to fire up: Kaieda Industry minister Banri Kaieda calls for restarting nuclear reactors currently suspended for inspections, saying countermeasures have been taken "appropriately" at the nation's power plants. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110619a1.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Tepco halts treatment of water after five hours Tokyo Electric Power Co. delays a plan to use treated water to cool reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant after problems develop with the newly installed water treatment system. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110619a2.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Third extra budget to top \10 trillion The No. 2 man in the Democratic Party of Japan, Katsuya Okada, says a third extra budget will be readied for the Diet by mid-August to get reconstruction work in full swing. 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