*** Japan Times E-mail News Service *** __________ Thursday, April 26, 2012 ________________ ===================================================================== ■■■ 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 ===================================================================== TODAY'S TOP STORIES ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] Tsuruga plant may sit atop active fault Japan's nuclear watchdog admits an active and dangerous fault may lurk directly beneath a reactor at the Tsuruga nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture, a U-turn that could see the unit decommissioned. [MORE] -> http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120426a1.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Feed-in tariff to up solar power fees A government panel proposes utilities pay \42 per kwh for solar power under a renewable energy scheme that will take effect in July, a rate that could encourage investors to enter the nascent market. [MORE] -> http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120426a2.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] U.S. BSE case may affect beef import decision The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirms the country's fourth case of mad cow disease, the first such incident since 2006, in a development that could affect Japan's decision on easing import restrictions on American beef. [MORE] -> http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120426a3.html [More news] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news.html OTHER NEWS ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] Ozawa day of trial reckoning nears http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120426a4.html [NATIONAL NEWS] U.S. realignment report postponed http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120426a5.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Seventh anniversary of Amagasaki derailment marked http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120426a6.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Osprey may come to Futenma before fall http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120426a7.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Farthest-seen galaxy cluster's distance determined http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120426a8.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Kids get official nod for stellar find http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120426a9.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Pyongyang firm on nukes, Antonio Inoki conveys http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120426b1.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Tsunami-hit areas eye collective move http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120426b2.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Iwate gets 'space pumpkin' seeds http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120426b3.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Anti-, pro-TPP campaigns heat up before Noda meets Obama http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120426b4.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Lights out as last nuke reactor in operation prepares to go offline May 5: Hokkaido Electric http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120426b5.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Creating true nuclear watchdog exacts toll in time, trust AYAKO MIE http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120426f1.html [NATIONAL NEWS] 'Debris violins' pull at heartstrings MAYU YOSHIDA http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120426f2.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Government to roll out new energy-efficiency system for homes http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120426f3.html [NATIONAL NEWS] 70% of adults want to go up Tokyo Sky Tree: survey http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120426f4.html BUSINESS ========================= [BUSINESS NEWS] Shibuya revitalization kicks off with Hikarie opening http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120426a1.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Aeon opens mall geared toward seniors http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120426a2.html [BUSINESS NEWS] No holiday for phone chips http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120426a3.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Moderate economic recovery seen http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120426a4.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Warming may open key Arctic sea route to Europe http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120426a5.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Nissan to return Cima as luxury hybrid in May http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120426a6.html [BUSINESS NEWS] AIJ clients quizzed on asset losses http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120426a7.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Sumitomo Mitsui to invest in China http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120426a8.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Toyo Ink in U.S. falsification suit http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120426a9.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Fuji Xerox to repatriate output http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120426b1.html [BUSINESS NEWS] University graduates forecast to see first rise in jobs offers to seekers ratio in five years http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120426b2.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Development 'challenges' postpone maiden voyage, first deliveries of MRJ by at least a year http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120426b3.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Elpida rehab sponsor bidding postponed http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120426n1.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Sekisui foresees China home sales boosting profit to record by 2015 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120426n2.html [BUSINESS NEWS] LNG spot loads Japan-, South Korea-bound http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120426n3.html [Text ad in Japanese] ===================================================================== ジャパンタイムズでご結婚の報告をしてみませんか? お二人にとって最良の日をいっそう輝かせる演出として、 紙面上でのご報告と共にご家族、ご親戚、ご友人へ感謝の気持ちを 伝えてみませんか? 詳細はこちら URL: www.japantimes.co.jp/wedding ===================================================================== OPINION ========================= [JT EDITORIAL] Changing Tepco from the inside http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ed20120426a1.html [JT EDITORIAL] Stalemate in the Upper House http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ed20120426a2.html [OPINION] Reinventing the Sino-U.S. relationship MICHAEL SPENCE http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20120426a1.html [OPINION] Winds of change in France GWYNNE DYER http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20120426gd.html [More Op-Ed stories] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion.html FEATURES ========================= [ART] Mavo, the movement that rocked Japan's art scene MATTHEW LARKING http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20120426a1.html [ART] The strangely beautiful art of Chen Man C.B. LIDDELL http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20120426a2.html [ART] "Yuzo Saeki and Posters in Paris Around 1920s" TOMOHIRO OSAKI http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20120426o1.html [ART] "The Books That Changed the World" TOMOHIRO OSAKI http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20120426o2.html [ART] "Japanese Crossing Borders: Asia as Dreamed by Craftspeople, 1910s-1945" TOMOHIRO OSAKI http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20120426t1.html [ART] "The Cartoon Exhibition: Nuclear Power Plant and Alternative Energy" TOMOHIRO OSAKI http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20120426t2.html [MUSIC] Three seminal albums hit the 10-year mark IAN MARTIN http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fm20120426im.html [MUSIC] 2NE1 "Collection" IAN MARTIN http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fm20120426l2.html [MUSIC] 80Kidz Turbo Town PATRICK ST. MICHEL http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fm20120426l3.html [For features] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life.html http://www.japantimes.co.jp/entertainment.html SPORTS ========================= [BASEBALL] Darvish fans 10 to outduel Kuroda http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20120426a1.html [BASEBALL] Orioles lefty Wada has elbow ligament damage http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20120426a2.html [BASEBALL] Inaba moves closer to 2,000-hit milestone in win http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20120426j1.html [SOCCER] Ten-man Chelsea ousts Barca to reach showpiece final http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sc20120426a1.html [AMERICAN FOOTBALL] Vitt takes bounty blame, defends Saints players http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sf20120426a1.html [ICE HOCKEY] Zajac nets OT winner to force seventh game http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sh20120426a1.html [J.LEAGUE SOCCER] Early pace-setters Vegalta determined to last distance ANDREW MCKIRDY http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sj20120426n1.html [BASKETBALL] World Peace gets seven-game suspension for vicious elbow http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sk20120426a1.html [SPORTS] Allen comments anger snooker body http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120426a1.html [INTERNATIONAL SOCCER] Sawa wary of Olympic opponents http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sw20120426a1.html [INTERNATIONAL SOCCER] Zac pleased with progress at national team camp GUS FIELDING http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sw20120426a2.html [More Sports Stories] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports.html http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/sumo.html
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