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[NATIONAL NEWS]
SOFA change to see U.S. base civilian tried
Okinawa prosecutors indict a civilian employee of the U.S. Air Force over a fatal vehicle collision in January in what is believed to be the first attempt to make use of a new bilateral agreement that conditionally gives Japan more jurisdiction over crimes involving nonmilitary personnel at U.S. bases.
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Giants ex-GM Kiyotake tells his side of the story
Former Yomiuri Giants General Manager Hidetoshi Kiyotake says he is ready to take legal action against the Yomiuri Shimbun group for "illegally" and "unjustly" firing him last week after he publicly criticized group Chairman Tsuneo Watanabe for meddling in the team's hiring affairs.
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Woodford: Board must be purged
Rehabilitating disgraced Olympus Corp. should begin with the ouster of many of its current board members, former President Michael C. Woodford says in Tokyo.
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OTHER NEWS
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Dog honored for keeping man, girl warm in wrecked car
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Fujimura says 'stable' system of Imperial succession needed
MASAMI ITO
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Watanabe instrumental in forging cozy political-news media relationship
MINORU MATSUTANI and MASAMI ITO
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Fire hits Yokohama thermal plant
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Stress tests to start for nuke storage, reprocessing sites
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Mom to drop Kobe appeal in U.S. custody battle
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Kansai lobby eyes fund for disaster-hit firms
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Tohoku repair agency to debut before March 11
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Sexes set record in dating disinterest
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Lee to visit for Noda parley in December
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Kamei eyes new party to check Noda
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Yairi using tsunami pine for guitars
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No-go zone a wasteland frozen in time
CHICO HARLAN
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BUSINESS
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Pension payments to follow deflation for second year
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Premium revenues up at five of top nine life insurers
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Intervention not needed now: Azumi
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Japan eyes wheat binge as glut undercuts corn price
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Consumer prices fall for first time since June
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