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TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Olympus damage control: Vast adviser fees legit
Olympus Corp., whose shares have plummeted about 50 percent over dubious money transactions, claims there was nothing illicit about the advisory fee it paid in acquiring a medical equipment firm.
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
BOJ ups asset purchase program by \5 trillion
The Bank of Japan eases its monetary policy, boosting the size of its asset purchase program by another \5 trillion to counter instability in global financial markets and economies, as well as the yen's relentless rise.
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Ban on North trips may be lifted for soccer match
The government moves toward temporarily lifting its call on Japanese citizens to refrain from going to North Korea so supporters of the national soccer team can attend a World Cup Asian qualifying game in Pyongyang.
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OTHER NEWS
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Population stat positive, but via foreigner influx
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Keeping Futenma in Okinawa 'impossible,' governor warns
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Noda looks to visit U.S. in January for Obama summit
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
U.N. nuke abolition resolution passes
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/
[NATIONAL NEWS]
Hibakusha: Swap reliance on atomic energy for renewables
SEANA K. MAGEE
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Ikeda Mayor Kurata jumps into race for Osaka governorship
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/
[NATIONAL NEWS]
Noda to make global pledge to hike sales tax at G-20 summit
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/
[NATIONAL NEWS]
Wulff honors Great War POWs
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/
[NATIONAL NEWS]
Genba China-bound to plot Noda trip
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/
[NATIONAL NEWS]
Is Yokohama 'smart city' plan blueprint for new power grid?
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/
[NATIONAL NEWS]
Team behind wasabi smoke detector reveals their long road to triumph
JUN HONGO
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Top court nixes S. Korean slave workers redress suit
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/
BUSINESS
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Ripples from Thai floods splash Japan
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Quick decision needed on joining TPP talks, Kirk says
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
AirAsia budget carrier to start routes
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Honda to release new hybrid models
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Marubeni swaps trail only Tepco in growth
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OPINION
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[JT EDITORIAL]
Reconsider Futenma relocation
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[JT EDITORIAL]
Thailand in trouble
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[OPINION]
Neighbors warily eye a more muscular Turkey
SHLOMO AVINERI
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[OPINION]
Global crises of democracy
RAMESH THAKUR
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FEATURES
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[ART]
"The Lineage of Culture: The Hosokawa Family Eisei Bunko Collection"
TOMOKO HORI
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[ART]
"Chu Enoki: Unleashing the Museum"
TOMOKO HORI
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[ART]
"Shoko Uemura"
TOMOKO HORI
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[ART]
The most popular exhibition in the world
EDAN CORKILL
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[ART]
"Honen and Shinran: Treasures Related to the Great Masters of the Kamakura Buddhism"
MONICA TANDUNG
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[ART]
"Charlotte Perriand et le Japon"
YUHEI WADA
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[ART]
"DOMA, Akioka Yoshio Ten: Mono eno Shiso to Kankei no Dezain"
YUHEI WADA
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[FILMS]
'Winter's Bone' / 'Gomorrah'
GIOVANNI FAZIO
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[FILMS]
'Sumagura (Smuggler)'
MARK SCHILLING
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[FILMS]
'Fair Game'
KAORI SHOJI
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[GOURMET]
Pig in Japan: the nation's most popular meat
MAKIKO ITOH
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[OF NOTE]
Eat, drink and be scary in Yokohama
DAISUKE KIKUCHI
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[OF NOTE]
Halloween parades across Japan
MONICA TANDUNG
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[OF NOTE]
Tohoku students and TEDx share local and global innovations on rebuilding northeastern Japan
MONICA TANDUNG
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SPORTS
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[BASEBALL]
Game 6 postponed
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[BASEBALL]
Mariners retain coaching staff
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[BASEBALL]
All eyes on Darvish in Climax opener
JASON COSKREY
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[BASEBALL]
Fighters win rights to Tokai pitcher Sugano
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/
[SOCCER]
Usami notches goal in Munich win
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/
[AMERICAN FOOTBALL]
Samuel rips Eagles over trade talk
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/
[ICE HOCKEY]
Canadiens end six-game slide
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/
[BASKETBALL]
NBA negotiations last 15 hours
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/
[BASKETBALL]
Shimane's Yamamoto plays a cerebral game
ED ODEVEN
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/
[TENNIS]
Injured Sharapova out of WTA Championships
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/
[TENNIS]
BBC, Wimbledon extend TV contract
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