Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Friday 27 April 2012


*** Japan Times E-mail News Service ***
__________ Friday, April 27, 2012 ________________


TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Ozawa not guilty of fund conspiracy
Former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa is acquitted of conspiring to falsify financial reports by his political fund management body at the Tokyo District Court.
[MORE] ->
 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120427a1.html

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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Political showdown, and possibly poll, loom
Ichiro Ozawa's exoneration of financial skullduggery will likely result in Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda facing a two-pronged attack: A full-on assault by opposition parties in the Diet, and a potential internal coup led by Ozawa to regain power.
[MORE] ->
  http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120427a2.html

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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Emperor, Empress wish to be cremated in simple funerals
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko wish to be cremated in simple funeral services, according to the head of the Imperial Household Agency.
[MORE] ->
  http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120427a3.html


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OTHER NEWS
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Cops spilled victims' contact info to father of Kyoto teen driver who killed two
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120427a4.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
SDF U.N. units may get nod to aid defense
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120427a5.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Jury out on if inquest system lived up to role
SETSUKO KAMIYA
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120427a6.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
DPJ No. 2 eager to reinstate the don
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120427a7.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
1,843 line up to view last session
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120427a8.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Key events in kingpin's fund scandal
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120427a9.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Ex-envoy Takasu appointed U.N. undersecretary general for management
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120427b1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Noda eyes Mori as Russia isles envoy
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120427b2.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Restart of Tsuruga nuclear reactors 'almost impossible': safety commission chief
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120427b3.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
METI official talks up Oi reactor restart in Fukui
ERIC JOHNSTON
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120427b4.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Fighters launched 156 times for China
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120427b5.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Astronaut to do sports experiments on ISS
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120427f1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Tokyo cat cafes' night hours to be no meow
KYOKO HASEGAWA
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120427f2.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Two women vie to break Mount Everest age record
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120427f3.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Explosions at Waki glue plant hurled 6-ton fragment 600 meters into river
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120427f4.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Traumatized firefighters to get help
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120427f5.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Nanotech used to reduce amputation risk in diseased mice
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120427f6.html


BUSINESS
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Municipalities scramble to guard water resources
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120427a1.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Beef-related industries react calmly to U.S. BSE case; no curbs planned
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120427a2.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
JAL to seek late-June share relisting
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120427a3.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Nomura unit in new SESC probe
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120427a4.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Daihatsu logs 23.9% 2011 net profit
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120427a5.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Nippon Steel sues Posco over tech
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120427a6.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Tokyo Disneyland operator logs record-high profit in fiscal 2011
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120427a7.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Solar industry beaming; wind sector deflated
CHISAKI WATANABE
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120427n1.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
'Disaster' foreseen if BOJ declines to keep easing
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120427n2.html


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OPINION
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[JT EDITORIAL]
Mr. Ozawa's bittersweet court victory
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ed20120427a1.html

[OPINION]
U.S. again imposes its pick for World Bank president
KEVIN RAFFERTY
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20120427a1.html

[OPINION]
Increasing condemnation of the Cuba embargo
CESAR CHELALA
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20120427cc.html

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


FEATURES
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[ART]
Representing Japan at Art Kyoto
MATTHEW LARKING
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20120427r1.html

[FILMS]
'Thermae Romae'
MARK SCHILLING
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ff20120427a1.html

[FILMS]
'I'm Still Here'
GIOVANNI FAZIO
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ff20120427a2.html

[FILMS]
'Last Night (Japan Title: Koi to Ai no Hakarikata'
KAORI SHOJI
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ff20120427a3.html

[GOURMET]
What to eat when you can't stand the heat
MAKIKO ITOH
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fg20120427f1.html

[OF NOTE]
Acrobatic bicyclists to make Shizuoka a stage
NOBUKO TANAKA
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fq20120427a1.html

[OF NOTE]
Multilingual art event hopes to educate
MAAYA KONAGAI
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fq20120427a2.html

[OF NOTE]
Fans experience the Web in real time at party
MAAYA KONAGAI
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fq20120427a3.html

[TRAVEL]
Mother's Day lunch with carnations
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fv20120427ho.html


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SPORTS
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[BASEBALL]
Rookie Ross lifts Rangers
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20120427a1.html

[BASEBALL]
Lefty Wada to seek second opinion
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20120427a2.html

[BASEBALL]
Williams memorabilia to be sold
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20120427a3.html

[BASEBALL]
Inaba falls just short of milestone in Fighters victory
KAZ NAGATSUKA
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20120427j1.html

[SOCCER]
High drama in Bayern victory
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sc20120427a1.html

[ICE HOCKEY]
Champion Bruins ousted by Caps in OT
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sh20120427a1.html

[ICE HOCKEY]
San Jose loses ATP World Tour event
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sh20120427a2.html

[BASKETBALL]
Sun likely sets on Nash's career in Phoenix; Bobcats lose again
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sk20120427a1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Lin tests out knee, status in doubt
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sk20120427a2.html

[BASKETBALL]
Staten an island of strength for Jets in inaugural season
ED ODEVEN
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sk20120427n1.html

[SPORTS]
LDP committee lends its support to skater Tran
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120427w1.html

[TENNIS]
Date-Krumm set to play in Osaka
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/st20120427a1.html


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