*** Japan Times E-mail News Service *** __________ Tuesday, June 21, 2011 ________________ TODAY'S TOP STORIES ========================= [BUSINESS NEWS] Trade deficit in May second-biggest ever Japan logs its second-biggest trade deficit ever as exports in May continued to slump amid the disruptions from the March 11 disasters, darkening the outlook for the economy. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110621a1.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] DPJ prods noncommittal Kan on exit Despite nudging by senior members of his party to resign around mid-July after securing a second extra budget, Prime Minister Kan refuses to commit. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110621a1.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Reconstruction agency bill passed A basic law for rebuilding Tohoku, including plans to form a new agency for the task, clears the Diet an agonizing three months after the March megaquake and tsunami ripped the region. 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