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==================================================================== TODAY'S TOP STORIES ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] Threatening, active faults found off Boso Two new active faults are found off the Boso Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture, prompting warnings that an earthquake of magnitude 8 to 9 could strike right off Tokyo. [MORE] -> http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120327a1.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] ASDF command now at Yokota base The Air Self-Defense Force gets a new command post up and running at U.S. Yokota Air Base after exiting the Tokyo suburb of Fuchu to improve joint operations with the United States. [MORE] -> http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120327a2.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Old guard see despot in Hashimoto As Toru Hashimoto's push to reform Japan gains steam, so does criticism from Tokyo that the Osaka mayor is leading not only a national revolt against established parties, but also a mass movement reminiscent of Nazi Germany. [MORE] -> http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120327a3.html [More news] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news.html OTHER NEWS ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] Hokkaido has only reactor still operating http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120327a4.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Noda to join other leaders in urging North to scrub launch http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120327a5.html [NATIONAL NEWS] NISA OKs Ikata reactor stress test http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120327a6.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Artists thank U.S. under blossoms http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120327a7.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Visa overstayers rally to maintain privileges after immigration revision AYAKO MIE http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120327a8.html [NATIONAL NEWS] AKB48's Maeda calls it quits at 20 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120327a9.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Indonesian ferry calls for help http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120327b1.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Japan declares island near Senkakus new national asset http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120327b2.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Foreign pass rate for national nurse exam triples http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120327b3.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Dortmund set sights on Sakai http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120327b4.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Japan to take on Venezuela in Sapporo http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120327b5.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Water level in Fukushima plant's No. 2 reactor only 60 cm http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120327b6.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Tohoku in rebuilding bubble ERIC JOHNSTON http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120327i1.html BUSINESS ========================= [BUSINESS NEWS] Electric cars risk losing green sheen over nuclear ties http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120327a1.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Sharp plans to open new color printer plant in China KAZUAKI NAGATA http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120327a2.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Honda fires up flood-hit Thai plant http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120327a3.html [BUSINESS NEWS] JAL gets two Boeing 787 Dreamliners http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120327a4.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Kansai-Nagasaki Peach route opens http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120327a5.html [BUSINESS NEWS] BOJ bond move was 'desperate' act http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120327n1.html [BUSINESS NEWS] JGBs, not tax hikes, way to go, Sakakibara says SHIGEKI NOZAWA and MONAMI YUI http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120327n2.html ===================================================================== ■■■ The Japan Times CAREER DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL ■■■■■■■■■ Get tips for enhancing your marketability in international sphere. - Networking and information gathering tools to widen career opportunity - Professional development courses for business people - Ways to make your English skill to your bread and butter http://www.japantimes.co.jp/works/career_development.html ===================================================================== OPINION ========================= [JT EDITORIAL] Ensure justice in Mr. Ozawa's trial http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ed20120327a1.html [JT EDITORIAL] Rare earths dispute now before WTO http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ed20120327a2.html [OPINION] Democracy's corrupted version of itself is a bigger threat than totalitarianism: Tony Judt KEVIN RAFFERTY http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20120327a1.html [OPINION] The cracks in the BRICS BRAHMA CHELLANEY http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20120327bc.html [OPINION] Bizarre logic of America's 'freedom' campaign RAMZY BAROUD http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20120327rb.html [More Op-Ed stories] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion.html FEATURES ========================= [LIFE IN JAPAN] False eyelashes, an authentic Eid, but we're not in Karachi anymore KANZA AZEEMI http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20120327a1.html [LIFE IN JAPAN] Suginami Ward 'informers' just doing their job ASHLEY THOMPSON http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20120327at.html [LIFE IN JAPAN] JET teacher outfoxes board, Dr. Savoie's Hague prescription: readers' responses http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20120327hs.html [LIFE IN JAPAN] Yasuo Sasano, manager of Kurumi Mansion JUDIT KAWAGUCHI http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20120327jk.html [LIFE IN JAPAN] A promise of employment is binding, Supreme Court ruled in late 1970s case HIFUMI OKUNUKI http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20120327ll.html [LIFE IN JAPAN] Shonan: What do you think about the government's plan to create citizen ID numbers for tax and other purposes? CHARLES LEWIS http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20120327vf.html [LIFE IN JAPAN] Detainees' families fighting for dignity -- and hugs SUMIE KAWAKAMI http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20120327zg.html [LIFE & STYLE] Double espresso or a Twin Tea Cup? JEAN SNOW http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fs20120327a2.html [LIFE & STYLE] Dover Street Market Ginza: a bazaar concept DANIELLE DEMETRIOU http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fs20120327a3.html [LIFE & STYLE] Kohei Nawa's 'White Pulse' breathes life into a commercial space DANIELLE DEMETRIOU http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fs20120327a4.html [For features] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life.html http://www.japantimes.co.jp/entertainment.html SPORTS ========================= [BASEBALL] Darvish shaky in intrasquad contest http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20120327a1.html [BASEBALL] Suzuki homers as Tigers beat A's http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20120327a2.html [BASEBALL] Iwakuma shaky as Giants beat Mariners JASON COSKREY http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20120327j1.html [BASEBALL] Kawasaki's personality winning over Mariners JASON COSKREY http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20120327j2.html [GOLF] Tiger ends 30-month run without PGA win http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sg20120327a1.html [ICE HOCKEY] Moment of Crosby brilliance quells Devils' rally http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sh20120327a1.html [J.LEAGUE SOCCER] Gamba sack Serrao after five defeats http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sj20120327a1.html [BASKETBALL] Kentucky crushes Baylor; Kansas stops UNC in Elite Eight http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sk20120327a1.html [BASKETBALL] Hawks see off Jazz in four-OT marathon http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sk20120327a2.html [SPORTS] Famed boxing writer Sugar dies http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120327a1.html [SPORTS] Miyaguni makes most of his chance to face A's JASON COSKREY http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120327jc.html [More Sports Stories] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports.html http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/sumo.html
