Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Thursday, 3 November 2011

*** Japan Times E-mail News Service ***
__________ Thursday, November 3, 2011 ________________


TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Xenon means recent fission in reactor 2
Tepco says that some of the melted fuel in reactor 2 at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant may have triggered a brief criticality event.
[MORE] ->
 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111103a1.html

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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Iwate tsunami debris Tokyo-bound for disposal
Workers begin transporting quake and tsunami debris to Tokyo from the coastal city of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture.
[MORE] ->
 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111103a2.html

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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Karen refugees snub farm, try luck in Tokyo
The first two ethnic Karen families who arrived from Myanmar under a third-country resettlement program have rejected an offer to continue working on a farm in Chiba Prefecture where they were training, and are currently residing in Tokyo, one of their lawyers says.
[MORE] ->
 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111103a3.html


[More news]
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news.html

OTHER NEWS
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Safety zones around nuclear plants to be widened to 30 km
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111103a4.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Atomic power demand rises despite Fukushima
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111103a5.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Restarted Genkai unit produces power
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111103a6.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Radiation reports may rise: officials
HIROKO NAKATA
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111103a7.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
More lawmakers hit by cyber-attacks
MASAMI ITO
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111103a8.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Amami-Oshima Island sees record downpour
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111103a9.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Foreign Ministry slams South Korean plan to build on disputed islets
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111103b1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Japanese female political empowerment below curve
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111103b2.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Top court nixes drunk driver's appeal
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111103b3.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Whaling 'not depleting' minke stock
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111103b4.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
U.N. chief welcomes SDF dispatch
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111103b5.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Obituary: Akihiro Takahashi
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111103b6.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Timing may be everything in TPP
ALEX MARTIN
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111103f1.html


BUSINESS
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Toyota to export U.S.-built minivan to South Korea
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20111103a1.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Slump forces TV manufacturers to change strategies
MIE SAKAMOTO
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20111103a2.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Nerves of steel: AA battery robots finish triathlon
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20111103a3.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Vietnam leader welcomes investment
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20111103a4.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Sony looking at fourth straight year in the red
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20111103n1.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Toyota, Honda  U.S. sales buck rosy forecasts
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20111103n2.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Nomura may slash domestic jobs after quarterly loss
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20111103n3.html


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OPINION
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[JT EDITORIAL]
Schooling for cyclists
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ed20111103a1.html

[OPINION]
Japan has viable options on the TPP conundrum: Why not use one?
JAMES R. SIMPSON and  THOMAS J. SCHOENBAUM
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20111103a1.html

[More Op-Ed stories]
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion.html


FEATURES
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[ART]
Undressing the myth behind Goya
C.B. LIDDELL
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20111103a1.html

[ART]
Chu Enoki's sculptural landscapes, cast from an iron will
MATTHEW LARKING
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20111103a2.html

[ART]
"To See as Artists See: American Art From The Phillips Collection"
CY KRUPNIK
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20111103b1.html

[ART]
'Beatriz Inglessis, The Primal Scene'
EMILY WAKELING
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20111103b2.html

[MUSIC]
Record stores fuel Nagoya's scene
IAN MARTIN
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fm20111103a1.html

[MUSIC]
Must-see indie groups coming out of Aichi
IAN MARTIN
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fm20111103a2.html

[MUSIC]
Bitch Magnet
SHAWN DESPRES
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fm20111103l1.html

[MUSIC]
Canopies and Drapes "Violet, Lilly, Rose, Daisy" (Love Action)
PATRICK ST. MICHEL
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fm20111103l2.html


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


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SPORTS
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[BASEBALL]
Dragons take opening game
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20111103j1.html

[BASEBALL]
Hawks looking to atone for past against Lions
JASON COSKREY
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20111103j2.html

[SOCCER]
Messi scores 200th goal as Barcelona reaches knockout phase
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sc20111103a1.html

[ICE HOCKEY]
Ovechkin sits as Caps rally to win over Ducks
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sh20111103a1.html

[J.LEAGUE SOCCER]
Everything to play for as three-way title race gets serious
ANDREW MCKIRDY
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sj20111103n1.html

[BASKETBALL]
NBA mired as original start date passes by
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sk20111103a1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Niigata hits road in winning fashion
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sk20111103b1.html

[SPORTS]
Butt, Asif found guilty in cricket fixing trial
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20111103a1.html


[More Sports Stories]
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports.html
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/sumo.html