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Saturday, 5 November 2011

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TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Noda will call snap poll if Diet OKs sales tax hike
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda says he is willing to dissolve the Lower House and call a snap election provided the Diet first approves a bill to raise the consumption tax.
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 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111105a1.html

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[BUSINESS NEWS]
\900 billion OK'd as initial Tepco compensation fund
The government gives the green light to provide about \900 billion to Tokyo Electric Power Co. so the cash-strapped utility has funds until next March to pay massive compensation over the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant crisis.
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 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20111105a1.html

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[NATIONAL NEWS]
No chain reaction in reactor 2, expert says
The discovery of xenon in the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant's reactor 2 earlier this week was likely a result of "spontaneous fission," a nuclear expert says, agreeing with an earlier conclusion by Tokyo Electric Power Co. that some of the melted fuel did not reach the condition of "criticality," or sustained chain reaction, of nuclear fission.
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 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111105a2.html


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OTHER NEWS
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Utility logs \627 billion first-half loss over crisis
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111105a3.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Eurozone debt deal concerns Noda
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111105a4.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Princess contracts pneumonia
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111105a5.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Age questions prompt Tokyo court to dismiss piracy suspect's indictment
ALEX MARTIN
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111105a6.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Almost 2,000 men set shaving record
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111105a7.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Six found dead in gutted car
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111105a8.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Postdisaster radiation exposure survey pushed by U.S. think tank
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111105a9.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Translation service for DoCoMo cells
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111105b1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Tohoku Electric holds nuke drill
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111105b2.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Less prison time, more rehab eyed for first-timers
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111105b3.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Micro-hydro power set to light up cherry tree
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111105cc.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
TPP debate boils down to clash between business, farm sectors
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111105f1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
March 11 exhibition opens at embassy in Washington
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111105f2.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Fukushima cleanup to cost \1.1 trillion
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111105n1.html


BUSINESS
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Flood spurs nine-state Toyota output curb
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20111105a2.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Foreign carmakers attending Tokyo Motor Show double
HIROKO NAKATA
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20111105a3.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Kirin takes control of Brazil's Schincariol
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20111105a4.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Canon tests waters in film industry with launch of its first movie camera
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20111105a5.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Olympus delays earnings release pending M&A probe
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20111105n1.html


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OPINION
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[JT EDITORIAL]
Problem with restart of reactor
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ed20111105a1.html

[JT EDITORIAL]
SDF principle in South Sudan
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ed20111105a2.html

[OPINION]
The domestic logic behind Iran's foreign policy plots
MEHDI KHALAJI
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20111105a1.html

[OPINION]
Conformity enforced in the name of diversity
GEORGE WILL
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20111105gw.html

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FEATURES
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[LIFE IN JAPAN]
Hokkaido roots spur woman to bring folk tales to masses
KRIS KOSAKA
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20111105a1.html

[LIFE IN JAPAN]
What are they thinking?
AMY CHAVEZ
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20111105cz.html

[LIFE IN JAPAN]
Refusal, disposal, separation . . . exasperation
THOMAS DILLON
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20111105td.html

[LIFE IN JAPAN]
Ex-Tokyo cop speaks out on a life fighting gangs -- and what you can do
EDAN CORKILL
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20111106x1.html

[LIFE IN JAPAN]
Ex-Tokyo cop speaks out on a life fighting gangs -- and what you can do
EDAN CORKILL
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20111106x2.html

[LIFE IN JAPAN]
Ex-Tokyo cop speaks out on a life fighting gangs -- and what you can do
EDAN CORKILL
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20111106x3.html


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SPORTS
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[BASEBALL]
Former batting champ Alou passes away at 72
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20111105a1.html

[BASEBALL]
Hawks pull within a win of punching ticket to Japan Series
KAZ NAGATSUKA
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20111105j1.html

[BASEBALL]
Uchikawa proving to be valuable addition for Hawks
KAZ NAGATSUKA
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20111105j2.html

[BASEBALL]
DeNA buys BayStars, awaits nod to add its name to team's
ALEX MARTIN
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20111105j3.html

[BASEBALL]
Ripken to make return to Japan
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20111105j4.html

[SOCCER]
Milan's Cassano has heart surgery
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sc20111105a1.html

[AMERICAN FOOTBALL]
Bradshaw may play with broken foot
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sf20111105a1.html

[ICE HOCKEY]
Khabibulin blanks Kings as Oilers extend win streak to six
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sh20111105a1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Decertification reports surface for NBA players union
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sk20111105a1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Shaq sues over invasion of privacy
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sk20111105a2.html

[BASKETBALL]
Gardener, Hargrow share offensive accolade for October
ED ODEVEN
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sk20111105m1.html

[SPORTS]
Thorpe finishes seventh in comeback
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20111105a1.html

[SPORTS]
Best for Capello to leave Terry out
CHRISTOPHER DAVIES
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20111105cd.html

[TENNIS]
Djokovic rolls to easy victory
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/st20111105a1.html


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