*** Japan Times E-mail News Service *** __________ Tuesday, May 29, 2012 ________________ TODAY'S TOP STORIES ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] Kan tells nuke probe: 3/11 overwhelmed us Former Prime Minister Naoto Kan admits that the unprecedented triple calamity that struck on March 11, 2011, was beyond the scope of the national crisis-management system and that there was no legal framework in place for dealing with it. [MORE] -> http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120529a1.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Butcher arrested in Fukushima beef ploy The former head of a butcher shop in Osaka is arrested for allegedly mislabeling beef from radiation-tainted Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures in order to sell the shunned goods. [MORE] -> http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120529a2.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] 'Various reasons' halted sex slave exhibit: Nikon Nikon: Nikon vaguely announces that it canceled an upcoming photo exhibition on wartime sex slaves for "various reasons," stoking allegations of censorship involving the "comfort women" atrocity. [MORE] -> http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120529a3.html [More news] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news.html OTHER NEWS ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] Chief of bus operator in fatal crash arrested http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120529a4.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Hashimoto school grads prep for run ERIC JOHNSTON http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120529a5.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Rail station disaster fixes eyed http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120529a6.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Penguin picked up case of pinkeye http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120529a7.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Sydney sub wreck opened to divers http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120529a8.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Ahead of Noda meeting, Ozawa repeats his opposition to tax hike http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120529a9.html [NATIONAL NEWS] \15 million in swords stolen from Osaka antique shop http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120529b1.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Chinese figure's TV documentary promo called off http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120529b2.html [NATIONAL NEWS] JICA to fund emigration monument http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120529b3.html [NATIONAL NEWS] 1,228 unknown war dead laid to rest http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120529b4.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Lightning kills one, injures another as bad weather rolls across Honshu http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120529b5.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Renesas to expand chip production tieup with Taiwan Semiconductor http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120529b6.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Fukushima cesium isotopes found in tuna caught off U.S. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120529b7.html [NATIONAL NEWS] For famed sculptor, life has been a work of art MIWA MURPHY http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120529f1.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Actor hopes popularity can ease mutual distrust with China http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120529f2.html [NATIONAL NEWS] New feed-in tariff system a rush to get renewables in play ERIC JOHNSTON http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120529i1.html BUSINESS ========================= [BUSINESS NEWS] Olympics marketing blitz takes off http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120529a1.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Toyota's resurgence may hinge on retooling ties with parts suppliers http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120529a2.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Automakers saw April output soar in year following March 11 calamity http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120529a3.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Tokyo Skytree gets 564,000 visitors http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120529a4.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Mazda takes 20,000 CX-5 orders http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120529a5.html [BUSINESS NEWS] JGB streak beats Treasurys on BOJ easing expectations http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120529n1.html [BUSINESS NEWS] BOJ counters 'misunderstanding' http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120529n2.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Sumitomo Mitsui in insider probe http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120529n3.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（入学随時） 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************* ===================================================================== OPINION ========================= [JT EDITORIAL] More forensic experts needed http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ed20120529a1.html [JT EDITORIAL] Time for the Diet to act http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ed20120529a2.html [OPINION] Frustrated financial dreams KEVIN RAFFERTY http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20120529a1.html [OPINION] Eight-day junket to China: a quest to discover how much communism is left in the economy MICHAEL KINSLEY http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20120529a2.html [More Op-Ed stories] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion.html FEATURES ========================= [LIFE IN JAPAN] Safe blood requires strict, and detailed, standards ASHLEY THOMPSON http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20120529at.html [LIFE IN JAPAN] Your haiku: the good, the bad and the ugly of Japan http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20120529hs.html [LIFE IN JAPAN] Manjiro, patron saint of eikaiwa, watches over English teachers CHARLES LEWIS http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20120529lg.html [LIFE IN JAPAN] Tokyo: What do you think of the move by two hotels at Tokyo Disney Resort to offer same-sex marriage ceremonies? JULIAN PETERS http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20120529vf.html [LIFE IN JAPAN] Photos reunite left-behind parents with lost children, but only on film SIMON SCOTT http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20120529zg.html [LIFE & STYLE] A spring jewelry collection JEAN SNOW http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fs20120529a2.html [LIFE & STYLE] Japan's house of the rising sun TOMOKO OTAKE http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fs20120529a3.html [For features] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life.html http://www.japantimes.co.jp/entertainment.html ===================================================================== ■■■ 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 ===================================================================== SPORTS ========================= [BASEBALL] Darvish overcomes back problem, upset stomach to earn seventh victory http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20120529a1.html [BASEBALL] Nakata stars as Fighters beat Giants JASON COSKREY http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20120529j1.html [BASEBALL] Inaba leads All-Star voting http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20120529j2.html [GOLF] Johnson edges Dufner at Colonial http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sg20120529a1.html [BASKETBALL] Spurs keep winning streak alive in Game 1 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sk20120529a1.html [SPORTS] Disappointed Sato rues late mistake at Indy 500 PAUL NEWBERRY http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120529a1.html [SPORTS] Franchitti wins Indy, remembers Wheldon http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120529a2.html [SPORTS] Webber wins Monaco Grand Prix http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120529a3.html [SPORTS] Rally car kills two during Irish race http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120529a4.html [SPORTS] Sakamoto JASON COSKREY http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120529jc.html [SPORTS] Gebrselassie misses London cut http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120529t1.html [SUMO] Kyokutenho: the first Japanese yusho in six-plus years . . . sort of http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ss20120529mb.html [TENNIS] Roddick beaten in first round of French Open http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/st20120529a1.html [INTERNATIONAL SOCCER] Japan exits Toulon Tournament after loss to Egypt http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sw20120529a1.html [More Sports Stories] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports.html http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/sumo.html
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