Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Saturday, 18 June 2011


*** Japan Times E-mail News Service ***
__________ Saturday, June 18, 2011 ________________


TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Tepco begins work to clean coolant water
Tokyo Electric Power Co. confirms that the treatment facility to clean highly radioactive water accumulating at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant started full-scale operations.
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Indonesia leader talks ties, South China Sea tensions
Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono hold talks on ways to enhance bilateral strategic relations as well as to deal with recent escalating tensions in the South China Sea over Beijing's territorial rows with Southeast Asian nations.
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  http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110618a2.html

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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Domestic cybercrime bill passed
The Diet enacts legislation that makes the creation or distribution of computer viruses a criminal act, but critics say the move could infringe on the privacy of communications guaranteed by the Constitution.
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  http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110618a3.html


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OTHER NEWS
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Ishihara eyes another Olympics bid, this time 2020
TAKAHIRO FUKADA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110618a4.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
43 condenser pipes damaged at Shizuoka nuke plant
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110618a5.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Some radioactive sludge to be buried
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110618a6.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
First sports law since '61 enacted
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110618a7.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
'Double loan' relief for disaster victims gets nod
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110618a8.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Japanese stages event in Tehran for quake victims
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110618a9.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
JR East to cut train services from June 24
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110618b1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Lay judges condemn triple-killer
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110618b2.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Three more held in record heist
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110618b3.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Kobe U. female chemist honored
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110618b4.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Chubu Electric urges power-saving after Kepco snub
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110618cc.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Temple hopes for UNESCO nod and big cheer for Iwate
EDAN CORKILL
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110618f1.html


BUSINESS
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Nissan-Renault eye 10 million units
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110618a1.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Toyota's North American output to return to normal in September
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110618a2.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
China car-navigation venture eyed
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110618a3.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Tsunami repair work may surpass Kobe quake's: Toyo Construction
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110618n1.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Foreign investors bearish on property since quake
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110618n2.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Hitachi joins Lithuania nuke project
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110618n3.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
BOJ can avoid more stimulus: Muto
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110618n4.html



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OPINION
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[JT EDITORIAL]
Stepping up the war on AIDS
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ed20110618a1.html

[JT EDITORIAL]
CO² emissions on the rise
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ed20110618a2.html

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FEATURES
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[LIFE IN JAPAN]
American woman pours self into noh
JANE SINGER
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fl20110618a1.html

[LIFE IN JAPAN]
Sacred Heart school using 3-D material to stimulate students
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fl20110618a2.html

[LIFE IN JAPAN]
Becoming one with spiders and snakes
AMY CHAVEZ
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fl20110618cz.html


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SPORTS
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[BASEBALL]
Fukudome's big day powers Cubs
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110618a1.html

[BASEBALL]
Padres to retire Hoffman's number
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110618a2.html

[BASEBALL]
Dykstra pleads not guilty on charges
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110618a3.html

[GOLF]
McIlroy's 65 leads
U.S. Open by three
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sg20110618a1.html

[ICE HOCKEY]
Bruins toast
of the town
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sh20110618a1.html

[J.LEAGUE SOCCER]
Reysol, Vegalta continue to impress in season of unpredictability
ANDREW MCKIRDY
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sj20110618n1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Mavs, fans celebrate first NBA championship
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sk20110618a1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Minor league team mocks LeBron
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sk20110618a2.html

[SPORTS]
UCI says Contador has right to race
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110618a1.html

[TENNIS]
Isner, Mahut to stage Wimbledon rematch
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/st20110618a1.html

[TENNIS]
Nishikori reaches Eastbourne semis
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/st20110618a2.html

[INTERNATIONAL SOCCER]
Nagai hurts ankle prior to qualifier
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sw20110618a1.html


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