Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Monday 20 May 2013

The Japan Times

TOP NEWS STORIES

U.S. shale gas alters Japan’s energy plans

Japan is hoping LNG from the U.S. shale gas boom will give it the power to rework bruising long-term contracts linked to oil prices.

Amari wants wage talks with bigwigs

Economic revitalization minister Akira Amari revealed Sunday that he plans to open talks with national labor and management representatives on how to convince companies to ...

High school teams from Hyogo, Nara win U.N. negotiating awards

Two high schools won awards Saturday for their efforts at the Global Classrooms International Model U.N. Conference, which assembled nearly 2,500 students from 23 countries ...

Arrest highlights U.S., Russian spies’ rich history

The embarrassing arrest of a suspected CIA officer in Moscow is the latest reminder that, even after the Cold War, the U.S. and Russia are ...

Groundwork being laid for rise of fuel cell cars

Japan is gearing up to launch fuel cell vehicles as the next-generation of environmentally safer cars. Oil distributors have started to establish hydrogen station networks, while ...

‘All issues on table’ in China-India talks

India says all issues will be "on the table," including a recent border spat and a festering trade imbalance, during Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit ...


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Tsuruga reactor’s active fault

The identification of a geological fracture zone beneath a Tsuruga nuclear plant reactor as an active fault may force the decommissioning of the reactor in ...

E-cigarettes blow fog into ban on D.C. Metro

Smoking is not allowed on Washington D.C.'s Metro system. But the prospects for e-smoking — which delivers nicotine but doesn't produce smoke — are as ...

Creating roadblocks to cuts in nuclear arms

U.S. congressional dysfunction on defense rears its head when a subcommittee chair threatens to withhold funds for implementing the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.

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Nihongo Drills for Intermediate Learners: Vocabulary
Reinforce your intermediate-level Japanese!

TOP LIFE STORIES

Product names show language creativity at work

Recently I was asked to write a blurb for a new liquid plant-nutrient. As soon as I saw the name of the product, 早根早起 (Hayane ...

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Yokohama captures first-ever bj-league title

One team's quest for a first title has ended. The other team's fight will continue next season. The Yokohama B-Corsairs outplayed the Rizing Fukuoka in Sunday's ...

Bradley survives miscues, keeps lead

Keegan Bradley overcame two early bogeys — and a dropped shot on the 18th for the third-straight day — to maintain his lead at the ...

Tigers outlast Lions in interleague slugfest

The Hanshin Tigers beat the Seibu Lions 10-5 on Sunday in a battle of pitching aces that saw precious little quality from the mound. Tigers ace ...

Jamaicans sweep Diamond League sprint titles; Jeter pulls up injured

Jamaica dominated the sprint races at the Diamond League meet in Shanghai on Saturday, with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce winning the women's 100 meters and Warren Weir ...

Cano homers twice as Yanks beat Jays again

Yankees manager Joe Girardi has proved to be quite adept at lineup juggling and position shuffling during an injury-plagued first two months. Still, there's one ...

Triple Crown drought continues as Oxbow upsets Orb

A pair of not so over-the-hill Hall of Famers pulled off a huge upset in the Preakness and ended any hopes of a Triple Crown ...

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