*** Japan Times E-mail News Service *** __________ Tuesday, January 17, 2012 ________________ TODAY'S TOP STORIES ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] New condo's foundation radioactive High levels of radiation are detected at a condominium complex in Fukushima Prefecture that was built with a concrete foundation made from stones from the 20-km exclusion zone. [MORE] -> http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120117a1.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Noda to DPJ: Focus Diet on reforms Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda calls on his Democratic Party of Japan colleagues to back his social security and tax reforms and tells them to stick together for what looks to be a stormy Diet session. [MORE] -> http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120117a2.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Opposition quick to brand new defense chief an amateur New Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka draws flak from the opposition for seeming to suggest Tokyo is intent on beginning the contentious relocation of a U.S. Marine base in Okinawa by the end of the year. 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