Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

*** Japan Times E-mail News Service ***
__________ Monday, August 22, 2011 ________________


TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Reprieve for Ozawa won't fly: Okada
Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Katsuya Okada speaks out against lifting  the ruling party's suspension of former leader Ichiro Ozawa.
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 http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110822a1.html

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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Cabinet polls at new record low of 15.8%
The support rate for Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Cabinet tumbles to 15.8 percent -- the lowest since the tough-talking lawmaker took office last year.
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  http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110822a2.html

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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Yen's rise spurs acceleration of emergency measures
Japan plans to accelerate emergency measures to counter the yen's persistent strength by tapping reserves from the principal fiscal 2011 budget.
[MORE] ->
  http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110822a1.html


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OTHER NEWS
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Hot cow count in Fukushima rises to 12
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110822a3.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Yonaguni plot eyed for GSDF monitoring post
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110822a4.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Bon return rush peaks at Narita
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110822a5.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Kamikaze prop linked to late attack kept in Russia
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110822a6.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Envoy impressed by Tibetans' faith
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110822a7.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Bill that would divert civil servant pay for reconstruction postponed
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110822a8.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Car with nine kids flips, killing one
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110822a9.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Morioka mayor wins third term
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110822b1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Task force to aid Fukushima cleanup
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110822b2.html


BUSINESS
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Trend won't doom economy: BOJ
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110822n1.html


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OPINION
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[JT EDITORIAL]
China's dream boat
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ed20110822a1.html

[OPINION]
Bureaucrats blame Kan for sapping their initiative
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110822a1.html

[OPINION]
Latest famine in Somalia born of old failures
NURUDDIN FARAH
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110822a2.html

[OPINION]
New foreign policy for Obama
CARLOS LOZADA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110822a3.html

[OPINION]
Tyranny of the quest for shortcuts
NORMAN MANEA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110822a4.html

[OPINION]
Apple core of capitalism
KEVIN RAFFERTY
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110822a5.html

[OPINION]
Lessons from the affairs of Cuban crocodiles
CESAR CHELALA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110822cc.html

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FEATURES
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[EDUCATION AND BILINGUAL]
Whose fault is the rise and fall of the Japanese ojisan?
KAORI SHOJI
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ek20110822a1.html


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SPORTS
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[BASEBALL]
Brewers rally to beat Mets for key victory
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110822a1.html

[BASEBALL]
Swallows beat Giants, avoid sweep
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110822j1.html

[SOCCER]
Reds pile misery on Arsenal
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sc20110822a1.html

[AMERICAN FOOTBALL]
Cardinals, Fitzgerald agree on new $120 million contract
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sf20110822a1.html

[GOLF]
Cho wins first JGTO title in Kansai
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sg20110822a1.html

[GOLF]
Arimura edges Morita at CAT Ladies
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sg20110822a2.html

[SPORTS]
Japan spikers pull off shock victory
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110822a1.html

[RUGBY]
Japan beats U.S. in rugby tuneup
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sr20110822a1.html

[RUGBY]
Steyn leads Boks over All Blacks
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sr20110822a2.html

[TENNIS]
Murray survives, sets up final against No. 1 Djokovic
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/st20110822a1.html

[TENNIS]
Clijsters pulls out of Tokyo tourney
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/st20110822a2.html

[TENNIS]
Date Krumm doubtful for U.S. Open
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/st20110822a3.html


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