*** Japan Times E-mail News Service *** __________ Tuesday, April 24, 2012 ________________ TODAY'S TOP STORIES ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] Teen driver kills woman, girl in Kyoto A minicar plows into a group of mostly children in west Kyoto, killing a 7-year-old girl and a woman and injuring eight other kids as they make their way to school. [MORE] -> http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120424a1.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Chiba Prefectural Police admit blowing fatal stalker case The Chiba Prefectural Police admit they could have prevented the murders of two people last year who were related to a female stalking victim if they hadn't dismissed her father's complaint. [MORE] -> http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120424a2.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Fukushima air to stay radioactive in 2022 A decade from now, the air in parts of Fukushima Prefecture is still expected to be radiating a hazardous 50 millisieverts a year after the power plant crisis, a report says. [MORE] -> http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120424a3.html [More news] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news.html OTHER NEWS ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] Crested ibis chicks hatched in wild http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120424a4.html [NATIONAL NEWS] WEF warns of break with nuclear http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120424a5.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Officials weigh restart of Shikoku Electric reactor http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120424a6.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Plant used bad breaker for decades http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120424a7.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Vice minister makes case for reactor restart http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120424a8.html [NATIONAL NEWS] 14-year-old held in Hachioji bus driver stabbing http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120424a9.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Noda, Obama to make joint call for new order in Asia-Pacific region http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120424b1.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Glue plant searched for evidence http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120424b2.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Elevator upgrades to be subsidized http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120424b3.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Abductions chief takes to airwaves http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120424b4.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Tomari, Tsuruga nuke plants at risk of stronger than expected quakes http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120424b5.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Some municipalities set to deny services to illegal foreign residents: poll http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120424b6.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Indonesia declares businessman suspect in bribed judge case http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120424b7.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Amid restart protests, Kansai leaders offer fuel storage ERIC JOHNSTON http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120424b8.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Physicist's ice creams wow chefs in London WILLIAM HOLLINGWORTH http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120424f1.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Narita's second runway marks 10 contentious years http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120424f2.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Hiraoka rues resumption of executions KEIJI HIRANO http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120424f3.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Yahoo Japan: Same name, very different company MINORU MATSUTANI http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120424i1.html BUSINESS ========================= [BUSINESS NEWS] Japan Tobacco names Koizumi as next president http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120424a1.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Japan, Australia apart on FTA talks http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120424a2.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Asahi Kasei acquires Zoll Medical http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120424a3.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Toyota to unveil new hybrid, compact models in China http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120424n1.html [BUSINESS NEWS] JAL may use 787s to fly to Madrid, Berlin after Boston debut CHRIS COOPER and KIYOTAKA MATSUDA http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120424n2.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Growing 'butterfly gap' shows 10-year JGBs top bet http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120424n3.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Clean energy rates may get boost http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120424n4.html ===================================================================== Follow The Japan Times on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/thejapantimes and Twitter: http://twitter.com/japantimes ===================================================================== OPINION ========================= [JT EDITORIAL] Driving eligibility for epileptics http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ed20120424a1.html [JT EDITORIAL] A sad Summit of the Americas http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ed20120424a2.html [OPINION] Flagging will for gun control ADAM WINKLER http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20120424a1.html [OPINION] How much should one's birth gender matter? PETER SINGER and AGATA SAGAN http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20120424a2.html [OPINION] 'Cruel and unusual' punishment of teenagers GEORGE WILL http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20120424gw.html [More Op-Ed stories] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion.html FEATURES ========================= [LIFE IN JAPAN] Will I have trouble re-entering Japan if I lose my gaijin card? ASHLEY THOMPSON http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20120424at.html [LIFE IN JAPAN] Polish journalist-designer-photographers Pawel Musialowski and Malgorzata Gajderowicz JUDIT KAWAGUCHI http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20120424jk.html [LIFE IN JAPAN] Poetic, but maybe not justice: Japan demystified in haiku COLIN P.A. JONES http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20120424lg.html [LIFE IN JAPAN] No legal cure-all for fixed-term job insecurity HIFUMI OKUNUKI http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20120424lp.html [LIFE IN JAPAN] Tokyo: What do you think of Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara's plan to buy the disputed Senkaku Islands? ALLY MACKENZIE http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20120424vf.html [LIFE IN JAPAN] Tokyo gets double dose of gay pride for 2012 TOBY SIGUENZA http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20120424zg.html [LIFE & STYLE] Rethinks that reboot familiar concepts JEAN SNOW http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fs20120424a2.html [For features] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life.html http://www.japantimes.co.jp/entertainment.html [Text ad in Japanese] ===================================================================== ジャパンタイムズでご結婚のお祝いをしてみませんか？ ご同僚、お友達、ご家族のご結婚を今までとは一味違ったサプライズと 感動のメッセージで祝福してみませんか？ 詳細はこちら URL: www.japantimes.co.jp/wedding ===================================================================== SPORTS ========================= [BASEBALL] Chen solid; Orioles top Angels in 10th inning http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20120424a1.html [SOCCER] Title race blown open http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sc20120424a1.html [SOCCER] Van Persie chosen as player of year http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sc20120424a2.html [ICE HOCKEY] Giroux, Flyers knock hated Penguins out of postseason http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sh20120424a1.html [BASKETBALL] World Peace elbow mars Lakers victory http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sk20120424a1.html [SPORTS] Vettel wins Bahrain GP; no problems reported http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120424a1.html [SPORTS] Fighters pitchers performing at high level early in season JASON COSKREY http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120424jc.html [SUMO] Kakuryu set for ozeki debut http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ss20120424a1.html [TENNIS] Nadal routs Djokovic to claim Monte Carlo title http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/st20120424a1.html [INTERNATIONAL SOCCER] Japan to play Azerbaijan in warmup http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sw20120424a1.html [More Sports Stories] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports.html http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/sumo.html
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