*** Japan Times E-mail News Service *** __________ Tuesday, February 21, 2012 ________________ [Text ad in Japanese] ===================================================================== ┏◆◆◆◆The Japan Times Academy グローバル人材育成セミナー◆◆◆◆┓ ┃ ３月特別講座『アジアビジネス成功の鍵』（３月３日［土］開催） ┃ 現地流マネジメント＆コミュニケーション実践セミナー ┃ お申込みはお早めに！（２月２２日[水]締切り） ┗********詳細・お申込みは⇒⇒ http://jtimes.jp/mseminar から*******┛ ===================================================================== TODAY'S TOP STORIES ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] Double-killer as minor will face gallows The Supreme Court upholds the death penalty for a man convicted of strangling and raping a young mother and murdering her 11-month-old daughter in 1999 when he was 18. [MORE] -> http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120221a1.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Enrollment fall amid nuclear crisis puts German school in financial bind Following a sharp drop in enrollment amid the nuclear crisis, the century-old German School of Tokyo Yokohama is seeking aid from Berlin to overcome financial difficulties. [MORE] -> http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120221a2.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Mayor's massacre denial irks Beijing Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura riles China by telling a visiting official he doubts the 1937 Nanjing Massacre ever happened. [MORE] -> http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120221a3.html [More news] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news.html OTHER NEWS ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] Debris disposal test gives low cesium level http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120221a4.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Search for disaster victims held on Fukushima coast http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120221a5.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Residents of three towns received as much as 23 millisieverts of radiation http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120221a6.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Shark left in Yoyogi has cops fishing for motive HIROKO NAKATA http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120221a7.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Japanese-Americans call for action on internment anniversary http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120221a8.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Emperor leaves intensive care unit http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120221a9.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Call to halt sea research protested http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120221b1.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Chernobyl experts see hope for Fukushima http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120221f1.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Chongryon chief So Man Sul is dead at 84 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120221f2.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Tokyo Sky Tree opener looms large HIROKO NAKATA http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120221i1.html BUSINESS ========================= [BUSINESS NEWS] January trade deficit hits new high http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120221a1.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Fuji Heavy says \106 million taken http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120221a2.html [BUSINESS NEWS] January store sales took 1.1% fall http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120221a3.html [BUSINESS NEWS] S&P affirms AA- rating, says downgrade likely http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120221n1.html [BUSINESS NEWS] DoCoMo plans spending boost for network http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120221n2.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Citigroup picks Bakhshi for top job http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120221n3.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Panasonic forecasts mobile rise http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120221n4.html [Text ad in Japanese] ===================================================================== 無┃料┃メ┃ー┃ル┃で┃英┃語┃力┃を┃大┃幅┃ア┃ッ┃プ┃！┃ ━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛━┛ ボキャブラリーを増やして、Japan Times を読みこなしましょう！ ●完全無料！ ●ネイティブの音声つき ●ＴＯＥＩＣやＴＯＥＦＬ対策も http://www.hungryforwords.com/japan.asp?idcampaign=8212 ===================================================================== OPINION ========================= [JT EDITORIAL] Rethink national ID plan http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ed20120221a1.html [JT EDITORIAL] Court warning to prosecution http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ed20120221a2.html [OPINION] Dangerous myth of China as a harmless tiger YU JIE http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20120221a1.html [More Op-Ed stories] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion.html FEATURES ========================= [EDUCATION AND BILINGUAL] Miso's 'moya moya' ALICE GORDENKER http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ek20120221wh.html [LIFE IN JAPAN] Ill-prepared schools put returner, family in tough spot ASHLEY THOMPSON http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20120221at.html [LIFE IN JAPAN] Focus on 'exceptions' waters down abduction pact AMY J. SAVOIE http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20120221hn.html [LIFE IN JAPAN] Tokyo: What animal do you think of when you think of Japan? JULIAN PETERS http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20120221vf.html [LIFE IN JAPAN] Expectations low as Hague signing approaches COLIN P.A. JONES http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20120221zg.html [LIFE & STYLE] A man with big plans for the small world of bonsai STEPHEN MANSFIELD http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fs20120221a3.html [For features] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life.html http://www.japantimes.co.jp/entertainment.html SPORTS ========================= [BASEBALL] Beckett, Lester contrite as Red Sox open camp http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20120221a1.html [BASEBALL] Giants pitcher Vogelsong hurts back http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20120221a2.html [SOCCER] Spurs draw with third-tier Stevenage http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sc20120221a1.html [SOCCER] Sawa selected to Algarve Cup squad http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sc20120221a2.html [SOCCER] Okazaki notches spectacular goal http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sc20120221a3.html [GOLF] Haas emerges on top in stunning finish at Riviera http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sg20120221a1.html [ICE HOCKEY] Red Wings set new record with 23rd straight win on home ice http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sh20120221a1.html [BASKETBALL] Mavs become latest victims of Linsanity http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sk20120221a1.html [BASKETBALL] ESPN fires employee for Lin headline http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sk20120221a2.html [SPORTS] Ponting dropped from ODI squad http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120221a1.html [SPORTS] Chisora could face boxing sanctions http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120221a2.html [SPORTS] Judoka Suzuki falls in semifinals http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120221j1.html [TENNIS] Azarenka overcomes injury to beat Stosur http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/st20120221a1.html [More Sports Stories] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports.html http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/sumo.html
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