*** Japan Times E-mail News Service *** __________ Thursday, June 2, 2011 ________________ TODAY'S TOP STORIES ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] No-confidence vote set for Kan Cabinet The Liberal Democratic Party, New Komeito and Tachiagare Nippon (Sunrise Party of Japan) submit a binding no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Naoto Kan, shaking the administration to the core as discontented members of the Democratic Party of Japan, including Cabinet appointees, threaten to support it. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110602a1.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Risk of tsunami underestimated: IAEA Japan underestimated the risks of tsunami that led to the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, the International Atomic Energy Agency says in a preliminary summary, while pointing out the need to reinforce the independence of its nuclear regulators. 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