*** Japan Times E-mail News Service *** __________ Wednesday, February 16, 2011 ________________ TODAY'S TOP STORIES ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] Sumo figures who bet on baseball face prosecutors Tokyo police give to prosecutors their case against nine people, including four active sumo wrestlers and one former wrestler, suspected of illegally gambling on professional baseball games. [MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110216a1.html --- [NATIONAL NEWS] Trillions for biomass projects fruitless None of the government's 214 biomass promotion projects -- with public funding coming to \6.55 trillion -- over the past six years has produced effective results in the struggle against global warming, an official report says. 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[MORE] -> http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110216a3.html [More news] http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news.html OTHER NEWS ========================= [NATIONAL NEWS] Russia, China firms agree to farm sea cucumbers off disputed isle http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110216a4.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Kan vows to repatriate all dead soldiers from Battle of Iwojima KANAKO TAKAHARA http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110216a5.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Top DPJ body agrees to suspend Ozawa NATSUKO FUKUE http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110216a6.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Supreme Court: Cultist must hang http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110216a7.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Women sue to keep surnames in marriage http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110216a8.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Obituary: Juro Wada http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110216a9.html [NATIONAL NEWS] Hibakusha hit BBC jest but fret over domestic amnesia http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110216f1.html [NATIONAL NEWS] E-readers spawn scanning cottage industry PAVEL ALPEYEV and YOSHINORI EKI http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110216n1.html BUSINESS ========================= [BUSINESS NEWS] Sanyo switches off Piccadilly neon http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110216a1.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Lull receding, quarter may log growth: BOJ http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110216a2.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Seafood scam ousts Honda execs http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110216a3.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Hawaiian Airlines plans Kansai service by July http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110216a4.html [BUSINESS NEWS] Gentosha investors give nod to MBO http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110216a5.html [BUSINESS NEWS] India FTA ready; 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