Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Friday, 19 August 2011


*** Japan Times E-mail News Service ***
__________ Friday, August 19, 2011 ________________


TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
U.S. mulled moving forces out: Maher
The U.S. government considered evacuating part of its forces out of Japan in a "worst-case scenario" in the early days of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, former senior U.S. diplomat Kevin Maher says.
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 http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110819a1.html

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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Kaieda set to run; Maehara undecided
Trade minister Banri Kaieda plans to run for president of the Democratic Party of Japan to replace Prime Minister Naoto Kan and will officially announce his candidacy Friday.
[MORE] ->
  http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110819a2.html

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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Trio still missing in boat sinking
Authorities confirm the death of a second woman in a tour boat accident on the Tenryu River in Shizuoka Prefecture, while continuing the search for the missing -- two men and a 2-year-old boy.
[MORE] ->
  http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110819a3.html


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OTHER NEWS
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Women's soccer team gets People's Honor Award
MASAMI ITO
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110819a4.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
No NISA penalties for now: new head
KAZUAKI NAGATA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110819a5.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Water decontamination a 'major challenge' in nuclear crisis: Hosono
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110819a6.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
No time to foresee blasts: worker
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110819a7.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Youths from quake zone work out with Ripken
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110819a8.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Shimane generator to be down one month
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110819a9.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Double hibakusha's story comes to London; BBC producers AWOL
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110819b1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Nanjing Massacre film set for Tokyo
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110819b2.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Shindo, 99, releases 'last film'
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110819b3.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Thai activists protest Thaksin visa
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110819b4.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
JICA joins polio eradication effort
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110819b5.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Reformist bureaucrat gets shuffled off to sidelines
KAZUAKI NAGATA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110819f1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Indonesians to get book on Japanese freedom fighter
CHRISTINE T. TJANDRANINGSIH
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110819f2.html


BUSINESS
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Taking different postquake tacks
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110819a1.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Exports declined for fifth straight month in July
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110819a2.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Nakao calls yen rise 'speculative'
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110819a3.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Next leader faces 10% cut in state spending
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110819a4.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Composite index revised upward
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110819a5.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Store starts cook-your-own chain
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110819a6.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Toyota yanks Yaris sedan in U.S.
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110819n1.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Apple may invest $1 billion in Sharp plant in Mie
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110819n2.html


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OPINION
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[JT EDITORIAL]
A grand coalition for what?
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ed20110819a1.html

[JT EDITORIAL]
An economic dark cloud ahead?
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ed20110819a2.html

[OPINION]
It's Erdogan's turn to try a new conservative design
SONER CAGAPTAY
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110819a1.html

[OPINION]
Lighter shade of NATO fading still
GEORGE WILL
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110819gw.html

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http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion.html


FEATURES
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[ART]
"Sweet Memory: Even For Fairy Tale Princes"
TOMOKO HORI
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fa20110819o1.html

[ART]
"Summer De Museum"
TOMOKO HORI
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fa20110819o2.html

[ART]
"Picture For Children"
TOMOKO HORI
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fa20110819o3.html

[ART]
"Leo Rubinfien: Wounded Cities"
YUHEI WADA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fa20110819t1.html

[ART]
"Kusama's Body Festival in '60s"
YUHEI WADA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fa20110819t2.html

[ART]
"Gaka Murata Makoto 'Sekai No Kyosho Seriese' "
YUHEI WADA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fa20110819t3.html

[FILMS]
'LennoNYC"Upside Down: The Creation Records Story' / 'It Might Get Loud'
GIOVANNI FAZIO
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ff20110819a1.html

[FILMS]
'Usagi Doroppu (Bunny Drop)'
MARK SCHILLING
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ff20110819a2.html

[FILMS]
'Kung Fu Panda 2'
KAORI SHOJI
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ff20110819a3.html

[FILMS]
Pitt, Penn heap praise
on Malick's 'real world'
GEORGE HADLEY-GARCIA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ff20110819r1.html

[GOURMET]
Perfect BBQ and beer for a long, hot summer
ROBBIE SWINNERTON
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fg20110819rs.html

[GOURMET]
Dying for a crafty pint? Head down to Kanda
ROBBIE SWINNERTON
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fg20110819sr.html

[OF NOTE]
Children's art depicts quake
WADE BUNNELL
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fq20110819a1.html

[OF NOTE]
Cruising on a
summer's eve
in Kagoshima
REIMI DASDEB
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fq20110819a2.html

[OF NOTE]
Mount Fuji prepares to host its final climb in 2011
SALLY KIKUCHI
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fq20110819a3.html

[OF NOTE]
Kimono exhibition provides a taste of history
SALLY KIKUCHI
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fq20110819a4.html

[TRAVEL]
Take swimming lessons at a hotel
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fv20110819ho.html


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SPORTS
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[BASEBALL]
Price is right as Rays
stifle Red Sox again
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110819a1.html

[BASEBALL]
Kikuchi throws first complete game for Lions
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110819j1.html

[BASEBALL]
Dice-K pleased with pace of rehab
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110819j2.html

[SOCCER]
Barcelona beats Real Madrid with late winner from Messi
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sc20110819a1.html

[SOCCER]
Car of Mikel's missing father found
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sc20110819a2.html

[AMERICAN FOOTBALL]
49ers add depth at QB in McCown
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sf20110819a1.html

[AMERICAN FOOTBALL]
NCAA five months into Miami case
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sf20110819a2.html

[GOLF]
Ishikawa won't play PGA Fall Series
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sg20110819a1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Former NBA ref, wife found dead
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sk20110819a1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Evessa excited to have
talented Aoki on board
ED ODEVEN
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sk20110819n1.html

[SPORTS]
Injured Mulaudzi won't defend title
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110819t1.html


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