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*** Japan Times E-mail News Service ***
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TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Final Aum fugitive traced to Kawasaki
Katsuya Takahashi, the last Aum Shinrikyo fugitive still on the run for the 1995 sarin attack on the Tokyo subway system, probably lived in a Kawasaki apartment under the name Shinya Sakurai until late last year and may still be in the city.
[MORE] ->
 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120606a1.html

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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Disaster reconstruction work has claimed 18 lives so far
Unsafe working conditions are largely responsible for the deaths of 18 workers helping to rebuild areas in the three prefectures hit hardest by the March 2011 disasters, while 420 have been injured.
[MORE] ->
  http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120606a2.html

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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Watchdog let utilities justify omitting nuclear plant power supply safety steps
A newly revealed document shows the Nuclear Safety Commission backed a claim by utilities in a 1992 report that no safety measures were needed to deal with a long-term complete power loss at nuclear plants.
[MORE] ->
  http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120606a3.html


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OTHER NEWS
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Nonpolitician status OK: new defense chief
NATSUKO FUKUE
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120606a4.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Special goggles can fool wearers into eating less
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120606a5.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Government to crack down on welfare fraud as payouts balloon
AYAKO MIE
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120606a6.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
DPJ mulls wards in areas other than Tokyo
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120606a7.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Funds raised for baby's treatment
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120606a8.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Kids to join Iwate disaster workshop
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120606a9.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Nuke agency likened radioactive fallout to 'agitated wife'
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120606b1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Youngsters fret about incomes, pensions: report
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120606b2.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Tepco retirees endorse pension cuts
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120606b3.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Fertility rate expected to remain flat
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120606b4.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Princess Akiko cuts Europe trip short
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120606b5.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Policy panel member calls for withdrawal from reprocessing all spent fuel
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120606b6.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Cabinet's support rate rebounds after Noda's reshuffle
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120606b7.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
A few simple steps at home can save energy
MINORU MATSUTANI
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120606f1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
It's all about keeping yourself cool
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120606f2.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
At 46, actor continues in father's kabuki footsteps
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120606f3.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Ginowan retiree rues failure to close Futenma
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120606f4.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
India activist wins Asian culture prize
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120606f5.html


BUSINESS
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Ministry sets stage for debut, big use of ultracompact cars
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120606a1.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Jellyfish help Yamagata aquarium avoid bankruptcy
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120606a2.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Business circles hope for fiscal reform after reshuffle
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120606a3.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Suntory mulls alliance with Tsingtao of China
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120606a4.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Exchange aids small power suppliers
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120606a5.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
New heads of expressway firms OK'd
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120606a6.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Mazda in no rush to form capital alliance with Fiat: Yamanouchi
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120606a7.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
New FSA boss vows crackdown on insider trading
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120606n1.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Sony to slash executives' pay after years of losses
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120606n2.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Daiwa execs' compensation dips 21%
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120606n3.html


OPINION
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[JT EDITORIAL]
Cabinet reshuffle for convenience
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ed20120606a1.html

[JT EDITORIAL]
A failure to protect workers
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ed20120606a2.html

[OPINION]
LDP's dangerous proposals for amending antiwar article
CRAIG MARTIN
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20120606a1.html

[OPINION]
First law on holes: when you're in one, stop digging
CHRIS CILLIZZA
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20120606a2.html

[OPINION]
Europe faces a grim choice
ROBERT J. SAMUELSON
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20120606rs.html

[More Op-Ed stories]
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion.html


FEATURES
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[COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY NEWS]
E3: The one that got away from Japan
BRIAN ASHCRAFT
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nc20120606ba.html


[For features]
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life.html
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/entertainment.html


SPORTS
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[BASEBALL]
Kawasaki hit lifts Mariners
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20120606a1.html

[BASEBALL]
Sugiuchi maintains stellar form
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20120606j1.html

[BASEBALL]
Gonzalez thrives after recent return to Giants
JASON COSKREY
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20120606j2.html

[BASEBALL]
Sugiuchi, Aoyama win May awards
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20120606j3.html

[SOCCER]
Kagawa to join Manchester United
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sc20120606a1.html

[SOCCER]
Ronaldinho changes club in Brazil
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sc20120606a2.html

[SOCCER]
Barton arrested after nightclub fight
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sc20120606a3.html

[AMERICAN FOOTBALL]
Manning airs it out in practice
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sf20120606a1.html

[ICE HOCKEY]
Kings close in on Cup
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sh20120606a1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Surging Thunder put Spurs on brink
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sk20120606a1.html

[SPORTS]
Boxer Mosley announces retirement
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120606a1.html

[SPORTS]
Japan men miss chance to climb to top of volleyball standings
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120606a2.html

[SPORTS]
Durant, Green show class of West's best organizations
PETER VECSEY
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120606pv.html

[RUGBY]
Sakata chosen for International Rugby Board's Hall of Fame
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sr20120606a1.html

[TENNIS]
Sharapova stumbles through at French Open; Li crashes out
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/st20120606a1.html


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