Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

*** Japan Times E-mail News Service ***
__________ Thursday, August 16, 2012 ________________


TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Chinese activists land on Senkaku islet; Japan arrests 14
Fourteen activists from Hong Kong are promptly arrested by Japanese authorities after seven of them land on one of the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.
[MORE] ->
 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120816a1.html

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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Lee demands apology over war sex slaves
A day after saying the Emperor should apologize for Japan's colonial rule over the Korean Peninsula, South Korea's president demands that Tokyo take responsibility for Japan's wartime sexual slavery.
[MORE] ->
  http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120816a2.html

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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Two Cabinet ministers visit Yasukuni
Two Cabinet ministers visit war-related Yasukuni Shrine on the 67th anniversary of the end of World War II, the first by such high-ranking officials since the Democratic Party of Japan took office.
[MORE] ->
  http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120816a3.html


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OTHER NEWS
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
NISA told Tepco to delay reporting looming explosion
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120816a4.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
No. 1 workers' stress, stigma jeopardizing motivation
AYAKO MIE
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120816a5.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Cesium in those near No. 1 rated low, now
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120816a6.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Isle protest staged at embassy in Beijing
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120816a7.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Abductee issue clouds restart of North talks
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120816a8.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
\71 trillion cap eyed for '13 budget but growth plans to drain \2 trillion extra
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120816a9.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Vietnam to get help in creating redress plan for any nuclear accident
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120816b1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Holiday over; Bon throng returns
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120816b2.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Okinawans sue for war redress
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120816b3.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Photographer finds dignity in a dark time
AYAKO MIE
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120816f1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
DPJ could use electoral reform bills to postpone calling general election
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120816f2.html


BUSINESS
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Companies' pretax profit declines 7%
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120816a1.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
JX launching big solar effort in '13
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120816a2.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Hanoi signs on to waste power generation project
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120816a3.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Game developers shrug off ban on sales tactic
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120816a4.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Toshiba may sell up to 16% of Westinghouse
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120816a5.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Yen most overvalued currency: poll
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120816a6.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Database of engineers to aid overseas expansion
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120816a7.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
DoCoMo's roaming service restored
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120816a8.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Expensive watches back in demand
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120816a9.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Inpex unit gets Gulf of Mexico stake
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120816b1.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
BOJ policymakers fear price falls
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120816b2.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Riot-hit Maruti plant set to reopen
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120816b3.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Sumitomo in India auto steel JV
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120816b4.html



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OPINION
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[JT EDITORIAL]
Strain on Tokyo-Seoul ties
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ed20120816a1.html

[JT EDITORIAL]
Remarkable Olympic performance
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ed20120816a2.html

[OPINION]
Spillover could force Washington to consider how to end Syria's war
KENNETH M. POLLACK
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20120816a1.html

[OPINION]
Five myths about Obama's economic stimulus
MICHAEL GRUNWALD
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20120816a2.html

[OPINION]
Civilians sweep up in Egypt
GWYNNE DYER
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20120816gd.html

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http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion.html


FEATURES
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[ART]
Izumo: The myths and gods of Japan's history
SACHIKO TAMASHIGE
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20120816a1.html

[ART]
Yoko Ono, Kenji Yanobe lend a hand to art biennale in crisis-hit Fukushima
EDAN CORKILL
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20120816a2.html

[ART]
New MoMA show promises to put Tokyo, and Japan, on the world art map
EDAN CORKILL
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20120816ec.html

[ART]
"The Yayoi Period: Analyzing its Culture Through Agricultural Tools"
TOMOHIRO OSAKI
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20120816o1.html

[ART]
"Nikkatsu 100: A Century of Japanese Cinema"
TOMOHIRO OSAKI
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20120816t1.html

[ART]
"Exchange Ships"
TOMOHIRO OSAKI
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20120816t2.html

[ART]
"Hubert Robert "
TOMOHIRO OSAKI
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20120816t3.html

[MUSIC]
Teen Runnings rewrite their Tokyo story
IAN MARTIN
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fm20120816a1.html

[MUSIC]
New Order hooks up with a new bassist and is ready to start again
SHAUN CURRAN
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fm20120816a2.html

[MUSIC]
Miu Sakamoto "I'm Yours!"
PATRICK ST. MICHEL
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fm20120816l2.html

[MUSIC]
Shinya Okamoto
MARK JARNES
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fm20120816rb.html


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SPORTS
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[BASEBALL]
Kuroda dominates Rangers
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20120816a1.html

[BASEBALL]
Diamondbacks place Saito on DL
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20120816a2.html

[BASEBALL]
NPB executives to discuss WBC strategy
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20120816j1.html

[BASEBALL]
Kokubo to retire at end of season
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20120816j2.html

[SOCCER]
Ribery, Benzema charged in sex case
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sc20120816a1.html

[AMERICAN FOOTBALL]
Tebow working hard to balance life, career
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sf20120816a1.html

[OLYMPICS]
Team Japan makes triumphant return from London
KAZ NAGATSUKA
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/so20120816a1.html

[SPORTS]
Japan rises to third in women's volleyball rankings
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120816a1.html

[SPORTS]
Fukuhara holds up China as example
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120816a2.html

[SPORTS]
Broad: I'm not behind fake account
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120816a3.html

[SPORTS]
Man in court for spying on swimmers
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120816a4.html

[SPORTS]
Olympic achievements cement Japan's place in world game
ANDREW McKIRDY
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120816am.html

[TENNIS]
Bad back fells Roddick in Cincinnati
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/st20120816a1.html

[INTERNATIONAL SOCCER]
Japan, Venezuela play to draw
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sw20120816a1.html


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http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports.html
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