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TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Land in disaster area basically nontaxable
Land prices in areas devastated by the March 11 disasters have plummeted in terms of inheritance and donation tax calculations, and are effectively worthless in the immediate area of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
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Cesium in pollen not viewed as health risk
The Forestry Agency believes cedar pollen next spring contaminated by cesium fallout from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant will be well below the legal safety limit.
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Record \7.5 trillion sold in forex intervention: estimate
The government and the Bank of Japan spent around \7.5 trillion in their currency market interventions Monday to weaken the yen against the dollar, according to a trader's estimate based on data released by the central bank.
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OTHER NEWS
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Winter power cuts for Kansai, Kyushu
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Mayor OKs Genkai plant reactor restart
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
GSDF dispatch to South Sudan gets go-ahead
MASAMI ITO
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Aide denies Ozawa saw fund reports
SETSUKO KAMIYA
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Five people hurt as train hits stalled truck in Saitama
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
AKB48 single tops 1 million in sales
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Setagaya radiation said to be radium
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Cops to use cellphone GPS data
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Japan to give Thailand more flood aid
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
TPP bandwagons play tunes not all find pleasing to the ear
JUN HONGO
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
H.K. nuke fears abate; Japanese food is back
JANICE TANG
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Penguin chick makes public debut
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BUSINESS
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
U.S. investor demands access to Olympus board minutes
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Floods halve Honda N. America output
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Azumi: Intervention G-20-tolerable
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Summer bonuses decrease 0.8%
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
India to get shinkansen sales blitz
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Hitachi's profit plunges 67.8%
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Sony regroups ailing TV business
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
MF Global fired 15 employees at Japanese unit before bankruptcy: union
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OPINION
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[JT EDITORIAL]
Important elections for Osaka
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Restoring Tohoku fisheries
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[OPINION]
Myanmar's new guardian?
NAING KO KO and SIMON SCOTT
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[OPINION]
The end of population growth
SANJEEV SANYAL
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[OPINION]
Mitt Romney, the pretzel candidate
GEORGE WILL
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[OPINION]
U.S. military spending cuts have gone too far
ROBERT J. SAMUELSON
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FEATURES
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[COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY NEWS]
Shōgi showdown for supercomputer
TOMOKO OTAKE
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[COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY NEWS]
Preorders keep that 'I-can't-wait-to-play' energy alive
BRIAN ASHCRAFT
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SPORTS
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[BASEBALL]
La Russa calls it quits after 33 years as manager in majors
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[BASEBALL]
Yankees reward Sabathia with new deal
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[BASEBALL]
Lewis returns to Rangers for 2012
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[BASEBALL]
Pennant-winning Dragons face stiff test from Swallows in second stage
JASON COSKREY
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[BASEBALL]
Ramirez wants to leave Giants: source
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[BASEBALL]
Longtime closer Kobayashi retires
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[AMERICAN FOOTBALL]
Chiefs drop Chargers in OT
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[ICE HOCKEY]
Stalberg lifts Hawks in OT
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[BASKETBALL]
NBA fines Heat owner Arison
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[SPORTS]
Dunaden captures Melbourne Cup
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[SPORTS]
Ando won't compete this season
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[SPORTS]
Unlikely trio in spotlight as Swallows reach CLCS second stage
JASON COSKREY
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[RUGBY]
Henry bids All Blacks farewell
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