Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

*** Japan Times E-mail News Service ***
__________ Sunday, April 8, 2012 ________________


TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
SDF, U.S. ships deployed for North's rocket
Three Japanese destroyers depart for the East China Sea to shoot down debris from a rocket North Korea plans to launch, while ground-based PAC-3 interceptors are deployed in Okinawa.
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 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120408a1.html

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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Mayors organize antinuclear forum
Fifteen current and former mayors intend to hold a conference to lobby for the abolition of Japan's nuclear power plants.
[MORE] ->
  http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120408a2.html

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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Mizuho joins rush to tap Myanmar's emerging market
Mizuho Corporate Bank opens an office in Myanmar, joining the legion of Japanese companies seeking to tap into the previously isolated market.
[MORE] ->
  http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120408a3.html


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OTHER NEWS
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Hosono makes new debris plea to Fukushima towns
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120408a4.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
DPJ to get biggest state subsidies for third straight year
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120408a5.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Japan, China may bolster IMF funds to stem eurozone crisis
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120408a6.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Crown Princess prone to fatigue
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120408a7.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Panasonic to slash execs' pay by 30%
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120408a8.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Noda hoping Diet debate on sales tax hike will begin this month
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120408a9.html


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OPINION
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[JT EDITORIAL]
Orangutans in danger
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ed20120408a1.html

[JT EDITORIAL]
Auditing work conditions in Asia
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ed20120408a2.html

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FEATURES
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[BOOKS]
Purity and pollution in Japan
MICHAEL HOFFMAN
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fb20120408a1.html

[BOOKS]
Buddhist wisdom and questions of science
JOSEPH S. O'LEARY
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fb20120408a2.html

[BOOKS]
18th-century murder mystery still delivers
DAVID COZY
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fb20120408a3.html

[MEDIA]
Keene shares his love for Tohoku
ERIKO ARITA
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fd20120408a1.html

[MEDIA]
Lack of strong ties spurs business of dying alone
MICHAEL HOFFMAN
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fd20120408bj.html

[MEDIA]
Tamori-Nakai hanami; family life as seen by Takashi Okamura; CM of the week: Daiichi-Sankyo
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fd20120408cs.html

[MEDIA]
Mainstream media tows the line on sales tax
PHILIP BRASOR
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fd20120408pb.html

[ENVIRONMENT]
Procreation begets problems for pandas
ROWAN HOOPER
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fe20120408rh.html

[LIFE IN JAPAN]
War criminal's son and British 'railway man' bridge war's painful divide
ROGER PULVERS
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20120408rp.html

[LIFE IN JAPAN]
Fashion Week Tokyo escapes comfort zone
MISHA JANETTE
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20120408x1.html

[LIFE IN JAPAN]
'Anything goes' unites women's collections
MISHA JANETTE
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20120408x2.html

[LIFE IN JAPAN]
New York fashion gurus applaud 'second-tier' Tokyo
PAUL MCINNES
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20120408x3.html

[LIFE IN JAPAN]
21st-century schizoid menswear
SAMUEL THOMAS
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20120408x4.html

[TRAVEL]
Moving and shaking on Sakurajima
MATTHEW HOLMES
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fv20120408a1.html


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SPORTS
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[BASEBALL]
Pujols hitless as Angels blank Royals in opener
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20120408a1.html

[BASEBALL]
Takeda blanks punchless Marines as Fighters notch third straight victory
JASON COSKREY
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20120408j1.html

[AMERICAN FOOTBALL]
Petrino wanted no 911 call: police
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sf20120408a1.html

[GOLF]
Couples shares Masters lead
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sg20120408a1.html

[ICE HOCKEY]
Coyotes rout Blues, eye division crown
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sh20120408a1.html

[J.LEAGUE SOCCER]
Cerezo storm past Ardija after break
ANDREW MCKIRDY
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sj20120408a1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Spurs win 10th straight, move into first in West
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sk20120408a1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Singleton carries 89ers in win over Phoenix
ED ODEVEN
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sk20120408b1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Satterfield on move to Venezuela
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sk20120408b2.html

[SPORTS]
Japan's strong showing at worlds bodes well for future
JACK GALLAGHER
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120408it.html

[SPORTS]
Triumphant Irie disappointed with 'slow' time in 200-meter backstroke final
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120408s1.html


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