Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Sunday 27 February 2011


*** Japan Times E-mail News Service ***
__________ Sunday, February 27, 2011 ________________


TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
DPJ doyen sees Kan exit as option to save budget
Senior ruling party lawmaker Kozo Watanabe suggests that the resignation of Prime Minister Naoto Kan should be considered as an option to gain Diet approval for bills vital to the fiscal 2011 budget.
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 http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110227a1.html

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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Nintendo's pioneering 3-D hand-held debuts
Nintendo's latest game machine, offering glasses-free 3-D images, goes on sale ahead of a global rollout, and analysts say it promises to be the world's first 3-D mass-market product.
[MORE] ->
  http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110227a1.html

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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Student crashes bus in suicide bid
A university student who said he was bent on suicide is arrested for overturning a highway bus and injuring 12 people onboard after seizing control of the steering wheel from the driver.
[MORE] ->
  http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110227a2.html


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OTHER NEWS
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Rescue teams still looking for N.Z. survivors
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110227a3.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
TPP info forums get under way
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110227a4.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Actress Komukai arrested at Narita
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110227a5.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Some hospitals stop kids' life support
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110227a6.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Court throws out surname request
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110227a7.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
KANSAI: Who & What
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110227k1.html


BUSINESS
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Group eyes \20 billion JAL boost
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110227a2.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Judge may let Toyota guard code
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110227a3.html


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OPINION
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[JT EDITORIAL]
Japan in Cambodia
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ed20110227a1.html

[JT EDITORIAL]
Thriving arms industry
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ed20110227a2.html

[OPINION]
Beijing in Washington's footsteps
KEVIN RAFFERTY
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110227a1.html

[OPINION]
Indefensible costs of military one-upmanship
HIROAKI SATO
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110227hs.html

[More Op-Ed stories]
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FEATURES
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[BOOKS]
Murder and mystery behind the burqa
MARK SCHREIBER
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fb20110227a1.html

[BOOKS]
Touched by teen suicide
KRIS KOSAKA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fb20110227a2.html

[MEDIA]
Japanese TV funnymen target U.S.
EDAN CORKILL
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fd20110227a1.html

[MEDIA]
The actor, the Prince and the fan mail
TOMOKO OTAKE
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fd20110227a2.html

[MEDIA]
Ditching materialism for the simple life
MICHAEL HOFFMAN
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fd20110227bj.html

[MEDIA]
Nine nights of AKB48 dramas; Tamori's stroll through Tokyo; CM of the week: InterFM
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fd20110227cs.html

[MEDIA]
Skipping the ads gets harder as shows become infomercials
PHILIP BRASOR
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fd20110227pb.html

[ENVIRONMENT]
Don't give up on Japan's kids
STEPHEN HESSE
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fe20110227sh.html

[LIFE IN JAPAN]
All hail the wonders of Japanese cuisine -- if not what Japanese eat
ROGER PULVERS
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fl20110227rp.html

[LIFE IN JAPAN]
Nationalism and its discontents
JEFF KINGSTON
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fl20110227x1.html

[LIFE IN JAPAN]
History museum takes no prisoners
JEFF KINGSTON
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fl20110227x2.html

[LIFE IN JAPAN]
Minding the gaps
JEFF KINGSTON
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fl20110227x3.html

[LIFE IN JAPAN]
Papering over the CCP cracks
JEFF KINGSTON
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fl20110227x4.html

[TRAVEL]
Notes from the underground
KIT NAGAMURA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fv20110227kn.html


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SPORTS
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[BASEBALL]
MLB loaned Mets $25 million to make payroll
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110227a1.html

[BASEBALL]
Torre named MLB executive: source
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110227a2.html

[BASEBALL]
Fighters' Saito tosses scoreless inning in preseason debut
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110227j1.html

[BASEBALL]
Hype may be biggest obstacle for Saito as rookie
WAYNE GRACZYK
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110227wg.html

[SOCCER]
Glazers not selling
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sc20110227a1.html

[AMERICAN FOOTBALL]
Japan trounces South Korea, qualifies for IFAF World Championship
HIROSHI IKEZAWA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sf20110227a1.html

[AMERICAN FOOTBALL]
Bears extend Smith's contract
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sf20110227a2.html

[GOLF]
No mystery to this Holmes-Watson saga
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sg20110227a1.html

[ICE HOCKEY]
Sharks stay hot on road
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sh20110227a1.html

[J.LEAGUE SOCCER]
Narazaki saves day for Grampus in Xerox Super Cup
ANDREW McKIRDY
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sj20110227a1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Pistons survive mutiny, fall to 76ers
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sk20110227a1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Cal hoop program gets probation
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sk20110227a2.html

[BASKETBALL]
Apache beat Golden Kings, stretch win streak to five
ED ODEVEN
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sk20110227b1.html

[SPORTS]
Aussies win 25th straight match
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110227a1.html

[SPORTS]
Kitajima, Irie set national records
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110227s1.html

[SPORTS]
Niiya wins women's 6-km race
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110227t1.html

[SPORTS]
Riesch takes super-combined, increases World Cup lead
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110227w1.html

[TENNIS]
Federer back in Dubai final
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/st20110227a1.html


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