Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Friday 28 October 2011

*** Japan Times E-mail News Service ***
__________ Friday, October 28, 2011 ________________


TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Olympus damage control: Vast adviser fees legit
Olympus Corp., whose shares have plummeted about 50 percent over dubious money transactions, claims there was nothing illicit about the advisory fee it paid in acquiring a medical equipment firm.
[MORE] ->
 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20111028a1.html

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[BUSINESS NEWS]
BOJ ups asset purchase program by \5 trillion
The Bank of Japan eases its monetary policy, boosting the size of its asset purchase program by another \5 trillion to counter instability in global financial markets and economies, as well as the yen's relentless rise.
[MORE] ->
 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20111028a2.html

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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Ban on North trips may be lifted for soccer match
The government moves toward temporarily lifting its call on Japanese citizens to refrain from going to North Korea so supporters of the national soccer team can attend a World Cup Asian qualifying game in Pyongyang.
[MORE] ->
 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111028a1.html


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

OTHER NEWS
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Population stat positive, but via foreigner influx
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111028a2.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Keeping Futenma in Okinawa 'impossible,' governor warns
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111028a3.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Noda looks to visit U.S. in January for Obama summit
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111028a4.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
U.N. nuke abolition resolution passes
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111028a5.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Hibakusha: Swap reliance on atomic energy for renewables
SEANA K. MAGEE
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111028a6.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Ikeda Mayor Kurata jumps into race for Osaka governorship
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111028a7.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Noda to make global pledge to hike sales tax at G-20 summit
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111028a8.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Wulff honors Great War POWs
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111028a9.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Genba China-bound to plot Noda trip
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111028b1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Is Yokohama 'smart city' plan blueprint for new power grid?
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111028f1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Team behind wasabi smoke detector reveals their long road to triumph
JUN HONGO
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111028f2.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Top court nixes S. Korean slave workers redress suit
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111028f3.html


BUSINESS
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Ripples from Thai floods splash Japan
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20111028a3.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Quick decision needed on joining TPP talks, Kirk says
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20111028a4.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
AirAsia budget carrier to start routes
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20111028a5.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Honda to release new hybrid models
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20111028a6.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Marubeni swaps trail only Tepco in growth
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20111028n1.html


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OPINION
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[JT EDITORIAL]
Reconsider Futenma relocation
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ed20111028a1.html

[JT EDITORIAL]
Thailand in trouble
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ed20111028a2.html

[OPINION]
Neighbors warily eye a more muscular Turkey
SHLOMO AVINERI
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20111028a1.html

[OPINION]
Global crises of democracy
RAMESH THAKUR
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20111028rt.html

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


FEATURES
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[ART]
"The Lineage of Culture: The Hosokawa Family Eisei Bunko Collection"
TOMOKO HORI
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20111028o1.html

[ART]
"Chu Enoki: Unleashing the Museum"
TOMOKO HORI
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20111028o2.html

[ART]
"Shoko Uemura"
TOMOKO HORI
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20111028o3.html

[ART]
The most popular exhibition in the world
EDAN CORKILL
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20111028r1.html

[ART]
"Honen and Shinran: Treasures Related to the Great Masters of the Kamakura Buddhism"
MONICA TANDUNG
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20111028t1.html

[ART]
"Charlotte Perriand et le Japon"
YUHEI WADA
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20111028t2.html

[ART]
"DOMA, Akioka Yoshio Ten: Mono eno Shiso to Kankei no Dezain"
YUHEI WADA
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20111028t3.html

[FILMS]
'Winter's Bone' / 'Gomorrah'
GIOVANNI FAZIO
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ff20111028a1.html

[FILMS]
'Sumagura (Smuggler)'
MARK SCHILLING
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ff20111028a2.html

[FILMS]
'Fair Game'
KAORI SHOJI
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ff20111028a3.html

[GOURMET]
Pig in Japan: the nation's most popular meat
MAKIKO ITOH
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fg20111028f1.html

[OF NOTE]
Eat, drink and be scary in Yokohama
DAISUKE KIKUCHI
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fq20111028a1.html

[OF NOTE]
Halloween parades across Japan
MONICA TANDUNG
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fq20111028a2.html

[OF NOTE]
Tohoku students and TEDx share local and global innovations on rebuilding northeastern Japan
MONICA TANDUNG
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fq20111028a3.html

[TRAVEL]
Needle away your stresses in Kyoto
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fv20111028ho.html


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SPORTS
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[BASEBALL]
Game 6 postponed
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20111028a1.html

[BASEBALL]
Mariners retain coaching staff
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20111028a2.html

[BASEBALL]
All eyes on Darvish in Climax opener
JASON COSKREY
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20111028j1.html

[BASEBALL]
Fighters win rights to Tokai pitcher Sugano
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20111028j2.html

[SOCCER]
Usami notches goal in Munich win
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sc20111028a1.html

[AMERICAN FOOTBALL]
Samuel rips Eagles over trade talk
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sf20111028a1.html

[ICE HOCKEY]
Canadiens end six-game slide
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sh20111028a1.html

[BASKETBALL]
NBA negotiations last 15 hours
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sk20111028a1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Shimane's Yamamoto plays a cerebral game
ED ODEVEN
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sk20111028n1.html

[TENNIS]
Injured Sharapova out of WTA Championships
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/st20111028a1.html

[TENNIS]
BBC, Wimbledon extend TV contract
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/st20111028a2.html


[More Sports Stories]
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports.html
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/sumo.html