Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Saturday, 3 March 2012


*** Japan Times E-mail News Service ***
__________ Saturday, March 3, 2012 ________________


TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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[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

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[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

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[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


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OTHER NEWS
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[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
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[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


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OPINION
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[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

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FEATURES
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[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


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SPORTS
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[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


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