*** Japan Times E-mail News Service *** __________ Saturday, March 3, 2012 ________________ TODAY'S TOP STORIES ========================= [BUSINESS NEWS] AIJ faces FSA penalty, loss of registration The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission will recommend that the Financial Services Agency impose an administrative penalty and revoke the registration of troubled asset management firm AIJ Investment Advisors Co. [MORE] -> http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120303a1.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Tokyo now taking Onagawa debris The Tokyo Metropolitan Government begins storing tsunami debris from Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, for incineration after conducting test burns about two months ago to determine whether the ash would present a public radiation hazard. [MORE] -> http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120303a1.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Castro to hibakusha on Peace Boat: Relate nuclear experience to world Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro tells a gathering of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic-bombing survivors to convey to the world their experiences and feelings regarding the Fukushima nuclear crisis. [MORE] -> http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120303a2.html [More news] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news.html OTHER NEWS ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] Cancer, heart disease, stroke deaths plunge to 50-year low ERIC JOHNSTON http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120303a3.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Bullying, child abuse at record highs http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120303a4.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Tokyo Sky Tree fetes completion http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120303a5.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Deep freeze: Winter saw record snow, below-average cold http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120303a6.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Hibakusha cancer mortality risk 42% higher at age 70 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120303a7.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Prosecutors: Ozawa report was dodgy http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120303a8.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Nuke crisis response fell short: Kan http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120303a9.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Futenma move still best: U.S. admiral http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120303b1.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Ice phenomenon warms up hearts in the Lake Suwa region http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120303cc.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Operation Tomodachi a huge success, but was it a one-off? ERIC JOHNSTON http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120303f1.html BUSINESS ========================= [BUSINESS NEWS] State action to cover pension loss not in cards http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120303a2.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Tepco wants six-year 10% hike, then 5% cut http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120303a3.html [BUSINESS NEWS] \3 trillion in cost cuts over 10 years http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120303a4.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Creditors' Elpida claim: \426 billion http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120303a5.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Japanese makers ride 15.7% surge in U.S. new auto sales http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120303a6.html [BUSINESS NEWS] No free pass: USTR insists Japan must be up to TPP's 'high standards' http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120303a7.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Samurai bonds off Greek debt hook http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120303a8.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Narita set to open bizjet terminal http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120303a9.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Aussie coal firm prices aid utilities http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120303n1.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Toyota denies CNN report of '06 memo on sudden acceleration worries http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120303n2.html [BUSINESS NEWS] JFE-IHI ship merger aims for \500 billion in sales http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120303n3.html [Text ad in Japanese] ===================================================================== The Japan Times Weekly 3月3日号の編集部オススメ記事 ■■■ EDITOR'S PICK ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ■ ■ On the opposition frontline in Syria ■ 政府軍に押されるシリアの反体制派の拠点ホムス ■ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 購読はこちらから http://club.japantimes.co.jp/jw/ ===================================================================== OPINION ========================= [JT EDITORIAL] Ishin no Kai's populist proposals http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ed20120303a1.html [JT EDITORIAL] Lighten the Emperor's workload http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ed20120303a2.html [OPINION] How to push reform forward SHINJI FUKUKAWA http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20120303sf.html [More Op-Ed stories] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion.html FEATURES ========================= [LIFE IN JAPAN] 'Alternative labor' helps Ishinomaki rebuild BARBARA BAYER http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20120303a1.html [LIFE IN JAPAN] Is Japan's enrollment season really a problem? AMY CHAVEZ http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20120303cz.html [For features] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life.html http://www.japantimes.co.jp/entertainment.html [Text ad in Japanese] ===================================================================== ◆◆◆◆The Japan Times Academy グローバル人材育成セミナー◆◆◆◆ ビジネススキルを通学型で学ぶ『スクール』が水道橋にオープン(4月10日[火]) 通勤前の「モーニングクラス」&お仕事帰りの「イブニングクラス」あり まずは「レベルチェック&無料体験レッスン」へ!(随時受付)) ****************詳細は⇒⇒ http://jtimes.jp/oseminar から**************** ==================================================================== SPORTS ========================= [BASEBALL] Steinbrenner aims to lower payroll for high-spending Yankees http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20120303a1.html [AMERICAN FOOTBALL] New Vikings stadium plans unveiled http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sf20120303a1.html [GOLF] Birdie deluge carries Aoyama to top http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sg20120303a1.html [GOLF] Love fires six-under 64 in first round http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sg20120303a2.html [ICE HOCKEY] Canucks roll past St. Louis http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sh20120303a1.html [J.LEAGUE SOCCER] Nelsinho, Popovic guide clubs into new season ANDREW MCKIRDY http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sj20120303a1.html [BASKETBALL] Fifty years later, Wilt's 100-point game remains an unimaginable achievement http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sk20120303a1.html [BASKETBALL] Durant's 38 spark Thunder to seventh straight victory http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sk20120303a2.html [BASKETBALL] Tyler solid for Dakota http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sk20120303b1.html [BASKETBALL] 89ers' Fitzgerald, Shimura share monthly honor for brilliance on offense ED ODEVEN http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sk20120303m1.html [SPORTS] Redknapp may make England wait CHRISTOPHER DAVIES http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120303cd.html [SPORTS] Time for league to adopt 6-foul rule ED ODEVEN http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120303eo.html [SPORTS] Farris in front at world juniors http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120303f1.html [More Sports Stories] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports.html http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/sumo.html
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