Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

*** Japan Times E-mail News Service ***
__________ Thursday, September 1, 2011 ________________


TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Noda's key first task: filling Edano's shoes
One of Prime Minister-elect Yoshihiko Noda's main tasks will be picking a right-hand man to fill the shoes of departing Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano.
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 http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110901a1.html

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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Tepco plans to flood reactors, extract fuel
Tokyo Electric Power Co. says that it plans to remove the melted nuclear fuel from inside the crippled reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant after repairing the reactor containers and filling them with water.
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  http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110901a2.html

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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Strong typhoon nears Pacific coast
A powerful typhoon traveling west-northwest in waters off the Ogasawara Islands, about 1,000 km south of Tokyo, prompts the Meteorological Agency to issue a warning over storm surges and strong winds hitting the eastern coast.
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  http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110901a3.html


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OTHER NEWS
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Iwate shuts down last evacuation shelters
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110901a4.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Whistle-blower wins Olympus suit on appeal
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110901a5.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Noda hoping to hold talks with Obama soon
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110901a6.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
DPJ's new No. 2 close ally of Ozawa
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110901a7.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Billed as a 'hawk,' Noda sparks wariness in China
MALCOLM FOSTER
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110901a8.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Court drops 'Kimigayo' damages suit
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110901a9.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
JOC files for Tokyo's Olympic bid
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110901b1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Tohoku volunteer work shifts from labor to care
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110901f1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Farmer recovers tsunami-hit land
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110901f2.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
U.S. still monitoring residual radioactivity on Bikini Atoll isle
NOBUKO NISHIGORI
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110901f3.html


BUSINESS
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Geithner vows continued close ties
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110901a1.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Sharp, rivals join  to adopt 3-D glasses standard
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110901a2.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Toshiba, Hitachi, Sony to create top global LCD firm
KAZUAKI NAGATA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110901a3.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Production up less than expected in July; high yen cited
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110901n1.html