The Japan Times / The New York Times Weekend Edition 発売日・バックナンバー

★ COVER
=======================================
- Stars out for Olympic opening

★ FOCUS
=======================================
- Bhopal victims hold protest Olympics


WORLD IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Bo’s wife is charged with murder (CHINA) ※
- Batman movie shooter charged (UNITED STATES) ※
- President decries ’failed coup” (ROMANIA)
- ”Miracle 33” to start souvenir brand (CHILE)
- Ex-president Arroyo released on bail (PHILIPPINES)
- Milosevic disciple to be new leader (SERBIA)

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WORLD
=======================================
- Aleppo assault ”nail in Assad’s coffin”: Panetta (SYRIA)
　シリア政府軍が北部アレッポに猛攻
- Pussy Riot becomes cause celebre in Putin’s Russia (RUSSIA)
　ロシア女性バンド、プーチン批判で長期勾留
- China rolls out red carpet for its newest city (CHINA)
　中国、3諸島管轄の三沙市を発足 (CHINA)
- Iraq attacks raise specter of al-Qauda’s return (IRAQ)
　イラクで大規模テロ、アルカイダ勢力復活か
- Wife of N. Kore’s Kim is former singer, media says (NORTH KOREA)
　金正恩総書記、妻の存在が明らかに
- Boys just can’t help being boys in France’s National Assembly (FRANCE)
　フランス下院はセクハラ男の巣窟？


JAPAN IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Anti-nuclear demonstrators encircle Diet ※
- New growth strategy revealed
- Ex-bureaucrat wins Yamaguchi race
- Green party launched ※
- Ozawa party takes populist route
- Kanagawa cops accused of harassment
- Nomura Holdings CEO to resign

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NATIONAL
=======================================
- DPJ scrambles to stop defections
　民主党、離党阻止のため結束働きかけ
- Fuel imports put trade deficit near 3 trillion
　燃料の輸入増大で記録的貿易赤字
- Young men just want to look pretty
　見た目にこだわる若者が増加中
- Pet longevity rising, as is the long-term care bill
　ペット高齢化で高まる飼い主への負担


BUSINESS
=======================================
- Apple earnings fail to meet expectations
　市場予測を下回ったアップル決算
- Sky’s the limit: Galaxy phones drive Samsung to record profit
　サムスン電子は過去最高益を記録


OPINION
=======================================
- The joy of the Olympics　※
- Osprey’s controversial arrival ※
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OTHER CONTENTS
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- SCIENCE > Being cured of HIV is ’wonderful’ 他
- CLOSE-UP > India battles against gender imbalance
- SPOTLIGHT > F.A. charges Terry with more racial abuse 他
- BOOKS > Excruciating details emerge on Jewish ghettos 他
- VIEWPOINTS > Food security 他
- COMMENTARY > Colorado horror feels all too familiar
- EASY READING > South Korea’s K-pop spreads to Latin America
- TOPIC > Bayreuth Festival opens after Nazi tattoo scandal

★ COVER
=======================================
AFTER 16 MONTHS OF VIOLENCE, 17,000 DEATHS
- Syria free falls into ’civil war’

★ FOCUS
=======================================
- Island art colony rises from ruination


WORLD IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Lawmakers angered by China-made Olympic kit (UNITED STATES) ※
- Head of military removed (NORTH KOREA) ※
- Dlamini-Zuma elected to top AU job (SOUTH AFRICA)
- Growth shows to three-year low (CHINA)
- Terry cleared of racial abuse (BRITAIN)
- FIFA’s Blatter says Havelange must go (SWITZERLAND)
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WORLD
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- Is Italy’s Berlusconi plotting a comeback? (ITALY)
　ベルルスコーニ伊元首相の復帰求める声
- Mexico vote challenge threatens Nieto legitimacy (MEXICO)
　メキシコ大統領選結果に2位候補が講義
- S. Sudan turns 1, but oil, border issues remain (SOUTH SUDAN)
　南スーダン独立1周年、課題山積
- Dictator’s daughter runs for S. Korea presidency (SOUTH KOREA)
　かつての独裁者の娘、韓国大統領選に立候補
- Why Mali’s Islamists are destroying Muslim shrines (MALI)
　マリの世界遺産をイスラム過激派が破壊
- Olmert legacy revisited after acquittal (ISRAEL)
　汚職疑惑のイスラエル前首相に無罪判決


JAPAN IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Bullying a crime that goes noticed and ignored ※
- Death toll from heavy rain reaches 28
- Hoshide blasts off for ISS on Soyuz
- Envoy returns over isle row
- JCP struggles for relevance
- Ueno panda cub dies of pneumonia ※
- Tepco chief seeks swift rate hike deal
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NATIONAL
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- Ozawa, DPJ rebels form new party
　小沢氏、民主党離党者と新党結成
- BOJ holds off fresh easing, eyes growth
　日銀、追加金融緩和策を見送り
- Slayings tied to inmate rehabilitation limits
　元受刑者をどう社会に迎えるか
- Battle is joined for e-book market
　日本でも本格的な電子書籍時代が到来へ


BUSINESS
=======================================
- Tokyo take note: Costs of hosting Olympics questioned
　五輪開催の経済効果に疑問符
- Russian Duma approves historic WTO accession
　ロシア下院がWTO加盟を可決


OPINION
=======================================
- Discovery of Higgs particle ※
　ヒッグス粒子の発見
- Rakuten’s English drive ※
　楽天の英語公用語化
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OTHER CONTENTS
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- SCIENCE > 500-year-old map showing ’America’ found 他
- CLOSE-UP > Niger, where child marriages mean survival
- SPTLIGHT > Saints QB Brees agrees to $100 million deal 他
- BOOKS > New books offer to bring food science lab home
- VIEWPOINTS > Hong Kong powering on 他
- COMMENTARY > America’s political whopper hall of shame
- EASY READING > Olympics: 2020 vision as Japan eyes record haul
- TOPIC > Rolling Stones hint at 50th anniversary shows
　
　
　

★ COVER
=======================================
REGIONAL FORUM ALL AT SEA?
- ASEAN tries to control China

★ FOCUS
=======================================
- View China’s natural beauty with a trip down the Li River


WORLD IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Faulty data misled pilot in Air France crash (FRANCE) ※
- Common child illness linked to deaths (CAMBODIA) ※
- New president challenges military (EGYPT)
- Coalition survives first crucial test (GREECE)
- Oscar-winner Borgnine dies (UNITED STATES)
- NATO route opened after U.S. apology (PAKISTAN)

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WORLD
=======================================
- Libyan election hints at blow to Islamists (LIBYA)
　リビアでカダフィ後初の自由国政選挙
- Ex-Argentine dictators convicted of stealing babies (ARGENTINA)
　アルゼンチンの元独裁者、乳児誘拐で有罪に
- Syrian opposition ends Cairo meeting divided (SYRIA)
　シリア反体制派の会議が紛糾
- New test findings revive debate over Arafat’s mysterious death (PALESTINA)
　アラファト議長毒殺の可能性、議論再燃
- Sensational Malaysian submarine scandal resurfaces (MALAYSIA)
　マレーシア政界揺るがす汚職疑惑
- As White House race enters July lull, Obama holds slight lead over Romney (UNITED STATES)
　米大統領選は接戦のまま夏休みへ


JAPAN IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Donors pledge over $16 bil. in Afghan aid through 2015
- Government to make bid for Senkakus
- Clinton vows safe operation of Osprey
- Ozawa courting Hashimoto for tie-up ※
- Shin Shin nursing newborn cub ※
- JR West ex-execs deny negligence
- IMF director praises sales tax hike

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NATIONAL
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- New registration rules scare illegal immigrants
　在留管理強化で不法滞在者に不安
- Nuclear crisis man-made: Diet panel
　原発事故は人災と国会事故調査委員会
- Garden on the bay plots agricultural revival
　都心に広がる屋上農園
- Groups supportive of East Timor shift focus to fair trade in coffee
　コーヒーを介して東ティモールを支援


BUSINESS
=======================================
- Barclays rating scandal shocks global finance
　バークレイズの金利不正操作疑惑
- Euro zone unemployment hit new record in May
　5月のユーロ圏の失業率が過去最悪に


OPINION
=======================================
- Tripped up by Japanese red tape even in Holland
- Reactor restarted in absence of road map to reduce nuclear power ※
　脱原発依存を棚上げした再稼動
- Strategy needed to attract more foreign tourists to disaster-hit Tohoku ※
　東北の外国人観光客誘致強化を

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OTHER CONTENTS
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- SCIENCE > Eureka! Scientists find the particle 　他
- CLOSE-UP > Ads to help save Europe’s treasure
- SPTLIGHT > Kobayashi downs 68.5 hot dogs to kick off new contest 他
- LIFESTYLE > Olympics find home from home in London
- VIEWPOINTS > EU-style vacation 他
- COMMENTARY > President Barack Obama’s ’Arab Spring’ mess
- EASY READING > Cosmetics in Japan face a pretty future
- TOPIC > Small world: Show for N. Korea’s Kim goes Disney

★ COVER
=======================================
- Ozawa leads DPJ sales tax revolt


★ FOCUS
=======================================
- Languid Lumbini: visit and understand


WORLD IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Armstrong faces formal doping charges (UNITED STATES) ※
- It has to be ’win-win’ in nuclear talks (IRAN)
- Pena Nieto claims presidential poll (MEXICO)
- Peace plan leaves open Assad’s role (SYRIA) ※
- New leader takes office (HONG KONG)
- Fighters destroy World Heritage tombs (MALI)

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WORLD
=======================================
- Egypt’s president-elect vows to fight for authority (EGYPT)
エジプト新大統領、軍部に「宣戦布告」
- EU leaders’ breakthrough defies expectations after 19 summits (EU)
EU首脳会議、金融安定化策と成長戦略で合意
- Pakistan’s judiciary sets collision course with PM (PAKISTAN)
パキスタン最高裁と首相、再び衝突か
- Assange’s Ecuador asylum attempt sparks bizarre escape plans (GREAT BRITAIN)
奇妙な憶測呼ぶアサンジ容疑者の亡命計画
- Australia rejects bill to deport asylum seekers (AUSTRALIA)
豪上院、難民移送法案を否決
- Health-care win boosts Obama legacy, fires up conservatives (UNITED STATES)
オバマ医療保険改革に最高裁の合憲判決


JAPAN IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Oi reactor goes critical as protests mount
- Power-saving measures kick in
- Osprey deployment plan rejected
- Raw beef liver off the menu
- Nomura chops exec’s pay over leaks
- Anonymous still on attack: member
- Rakuten ’Englishnization’ takes effect ※

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NATIONAL
=======================================
- FIT has solar advocates sky high
再エネ固定価格買い取り制度が開始
- Utilities defy shareholders’ anti-nuke calls
電力会社、脱原発を求める株主の声を無視
- Foreign caregiver exits put program in doubts
介護士帰国の原因は政府の説明不足
- Major companies roll out red carpet for Chinese recruits in Japan
中国留学生に日本企業の熱い視線


BUSINESS
=======================================
- Coca-Cola bets big on India as growth in U.S. goes flat
コカ・コーラがインドに多額の投資
- Murdoch to split News Corp. empire into two companies
ニューズ社が娯楽部門と出版部門に2分割へ



OPINION
=======================================
- Collusion on sales tax hike　 ※
- Time for kids to start talking!　 ※

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OTHER CONTENTS
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- SCIENCE > 110 terra-cotta warriors unearthed 　他
- CLOSE-UP > North Korea: learning to hate Americans
- SPTLIGHT > Spain runs over Italy in Euro 2012 triumph
- BOOKS > Book gives Japan’s death-row inmates a voice
- VIEWPOINTS > Euro zone 他
- COMMENTARY > Olympians no more ’immortal’ than we are 　他
- EASY READING > Asian reality stars go abroad in quest for fame 　他
- TOPIC > Rebooting Spider-Man, in a flash

★ COVER
=======================================
- Sales tax hike passes Lower House


★ FOCUS
=======================================
- Rohingya: one of the world’s most persecuted minorities


WORLD IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Paraguay’s president impeached, ousted (PARAGUAY) ※
- Ankara warns of Syrian ’threat’ (TURKEY) ※
- Breivik ends trial by defending attacks (NORWAY)
- Amid turmoil new PM elected (PASKITAN)
- First test tube baby’s mom dies (BRITAIN)
- Women get Olympic go-ahead (SAUDI ARABIA)

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WORLD
=======================================
- Rio+20, the unhappy environmental summit (BRAZIL)
　 リオ＋20、具体策には踏み込めず
- Egypt’s new leader: dutiful, pragmatic Islamist (EGYPT)
エジプトにイスラム主義の大統領
- Saudi throne succession challenge as princes age (SAUDI ARABIA)
サウジ皇太子死去、後継問題が鮮明に
- New conflict feared as nuclear talks between Iran and P5-plus-1 stall
イラン核協議進展せず、新たな対立の恐れ
- First ladies and the art of discretion (FRANCE)
大統領の妻の発言はどこまで許される？
- Indonesia’s ’Demolition Man’ sentenced to 20 years for 2002 Bali bombings (INDONESIA)
バリ島の爆発テロ犯に禁錮20年


JAPAN IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Oi prompts domestic, U.S. anti-nuke rallies
- Toyota, BMW up ’green car’ partnership
- Okinawans mark day guns fell silent
- Iwakuni passes anti-Osprey motion
- AIJ sent falsified report to Advantest
- Tepco lashes Prime Minister’s Office ※
- Sony to buy 10% stake in Olympus

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NATIONAL
=======================================
- Tax hike’s economic impact divides experts
消費税増税の影響、意見分かれる
- If Mainali retrial fails, extradition is not likely
マイナリ元被告の再審決定も出廷の義務はなし
- Biomass town shining amid Fukushima gloom
バイオマス発電で町おこし
- Tokyo’s wood houses a quake risk
東京の防災の課題は木造住宅の密集地域


BUSINESS
=======================================
- Leaders weigh stimulus versus austerity at G-20
実り薄かったG20首脳会議
- Moody’s credit rating downgrade hits 15 of world’s top banks
ムーディーズが大手銀１５行を格下げ



OPINION
=======================================
- Negotiating with Russia　 ※
- Regrettable ’go’ on reactors　 ※

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OTHER CONTENTS
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- SCIENCE > Neanderthals may have been first cave artists 　他
- CLOSE-UP > Killing of environmentalists on rise
- SPOTLIGHT > LeBron finally wins his championship 他
- LIFESTYLE > ’Vampire’ rites still have bite in Bulgaria 　他
- VIEWPOINT > North’s horrific ideals 　他
- COMMENTARY > Obama takes a risk on immigration front
- EASY READING > Craft beer finds growing U.S. fan base
- TOPIC > Microsoft going it along with new Surface tablet

★ COVER
=======================================
FEARS REMAIN OVER EUROPE’S FINANCIAL HEALTH
- Greek bailout wins voters’ backing

★ FOCUS
=======================================
- Chinese female astronaut travels to space


WORLD IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Suu Kyi accepts 1991 Nobel Peace Prize (MYANMAR) ※
- U.N. suspends observer mission (SYRIA)
- LA riots’ Rodney King dies (UNITED STATES)
- Socialists take control of parliament (FRANCE) ※
- Ben Ali sentenced to life in absentia (TUNISIA)
- Officials suspended over forced abortion (CHINA)

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WORLD
=======================================
- Taliban ban anti-polio drive in Pakistan’s tribal region (PAKISTAN)
部族地域で予防接種が「禁止」に
- Brotherhood claims victory in Egypt (EGYPT)
エジプト大統領選でイスラム系が勝利
- Tens of thousands protest Putin despite crackdown (RUSSIA)
モスクワで大規模な反プーチンデモ
- Chavez makes energetic start in re-election bid (VENEZUELA)
ベネズエラ大統領選、チャベス氏が出馬表明
- Hillary Clinton for 2016? (UNITED STATES)
オバマの次はやっぱりヒラリー？
- The untold story of Poland’s secret WWII soccer leagues (POLAND)
歴史の試練を乗りこえたポーランドサッカー


JAPAN IN BRIEF
=======================================
- DPJ, LDP, Komeito reach sales tax hike agreement ※
- Utilities to lose 4.4 tril. if reactors axed
- AIJ head arrested over pension fund fraud
- Organs of brain-dead boy harvested
- Ishin no Kai flip-flops on election ※
- Edano urges Kepco to ensure Oi safety

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NATIONAL
=======================================
- Trials to revisit Aum’s atrocities
高橋容疑者逮捕で蘇るオウム事件の凶悪性
- Further restarts of reactors up to new watchdog
今後の原発再稼動は新たな規制組織しだい
- Ex-Fukushima worker’s new priority: family
原発技術者が仕事をやめて家族の元へ
- Court interpreters unsung but growing in importance
高まる法廷通訳の重要性


BUSINESS
=======================================
- Premier League wins extra $1.5 billion in new TV deal
英プレミアリーグの放映権が急騰
- Asian electric car consortium in deal to buy Sweden’s Saab
日中の企業連合がサーブを買収


OPINION
=======================================
- Did ’out of sight, out of mind’ shield Aum fugitives?
- Livelihood protection should be extended to people truly in need ※

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OTHER CONTENTS
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- SCIENCE > Alien life rides tsunami debris to U.S. 他
- CLOSE-UP > Escape from Alcatraz anniversary
- SPOTLIGHT > Underdog Webb Simpson wins U.S. Open 他
- BOOKS > India’s unlikely romance with Ayn Rand 　他
- VIEWPOINT > Bloodshed in Syria 　他
- COMMENTARY > We can’t have a scandal without the -gate
- EASY READING > California to ban foie gras in anti-cruelty move
- TOPIC > Hollywood’s go-to arms maker is in India

■ The Japan Times WEEKLY 6/16号 目次


★ COVER
=======================================
- Environment nears tipping point


★ FOCUS
=======================================
- Gamers game-up for E3 gaming expo


WORLD IN BRIEF
=======================================
- French Socialists poised to take parliament (FRANCE)
- Coroner rules dingo took baby (AUSTRALIA) ※
- Solar plane lands after historic flights (MOROCCO)
- ’C’ is for corruption: ’g’ is for graft (PAKISTAN) ※
- President admits to another love child (PARAGUAY)
- Einstein was right, researchers admit (SWITZERLAND)

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WORLD
=======================================
- Spain relieved, angry over humiliating bank rescue (SPAIN)
　 ユーロ圏がスペインを支援へ
- Pinochet homage heats up bitter debate over legacy (CHILE)
ピノチェト賛美映画にチリ世論は分裂
- Al-Qaida near to demise with assassination of No. 2 (UNITED STATES)
アル・カーイダのナンバー2、米軍が殺害
- Romney could find success in Walker’s Wisconsin template (UNITED STATES)
ウィスコンシン州知事選、ロムニー氏にヒント
- Distrust fuels anti-Muslim violence in Myanmar (MYANMAR)
ミャンマー西部で宗教対立が深刻化
- ’The Firm’ set for bigger role after queen’s jubilee (GREAT BRITAIN)
即位60年、英女王の『公務継承』が始まる


JAPAN IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Osaka man arrested after stabbing two
- Fukui panel gives OK for Oi reactors
- Total pullout never option: Shimizu
- Foreign residents decline a third year
- Mainali granted retrial ※
- Takahashi hid in plain sight in city ※
- Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, 66 dies

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NATIONAL
=======================================
- Plutonium reprocessing plan raises alarms
警戒招く核燃料再処理計画
- Kansai leaders’ reactor nod puzzles
疑問広がる関西広域連合の再稼動容認
- Universities teach about cult activities, dangers
カルトの危険性を学生に伝える
- Facebook emerges as marketing tool
フェイスブックでマーケティング


BUSINESS
=======================================
- Asia struggles to ward off impact of Europe crisis
欧州危機がアジアを脅かす
- Zippo produces its 500 millionth lighter
ジッポが累計生産5億個目のライターを製造



OPINION
=======================================
- Pursuing green growth　 ※
- New category of vehicles　 ※

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OTHER CONTENTS
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- SCIENCE > New therapy motivates paralyzed rats to walk 　他
- CLOSE-UP > China playing Russian roulette with food
- SPOTLIGHT > Nadal wins 7th French Open title 他
- LIFESTYLE > Theater-train takes Shoah story to Central Europe 　他
- VIEWPOINT > Spain’s banking crisis 　他
- COMMENTARY > Seeking justice for the Tiananmen massacre
- EASY READING > Medical direction from the East and West
- TOPIC > Italy’s ’Door of Paradise’ all cleaned up

★ COVER
=======================================
- REACHING OUT TO OPPOSITION
Noda juggles Cabinet in tax hike push

★ FOCUS
=======================================
- Britain holds Diamond Jubilee celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II


WORLD IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Mubarak gets life for protesters’ deaths (EGYPT) ※
- 153 die as plane crashes in Lagos (NIGERIA) ※
- Edwards fraud case ends in mistrial (UNITED STATES)
- Four jailed over terror plot (DENMARK)
- Charles Taylor sentenced to 50 years (LIBERIA)
- Dragon capsule splashes down safely (MEXICO)

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WORLD
=======================================
- Ties challenged by U.S. Navy’s shift to Pacific (UNITED STATES)
米海事力の強化で変わるアジアの力学
- Houla massacre new low in Syrian uprising (SYRIA)
シリアで子どもを含む108人が虐殺の犠牲に
- Curtains open in Myanmar, a crack in N.Korea (MYANMAR, N.KOREA)
民主化の動きが異なるミャンマーと北朝鮮
- Constitution deadlock snarls Nepal (NEPAL)
ネパール、新憲法制定ならず、混迷深まる
- In Cairo’s City of the Dead, election brings living hope (EGYPT)
エジプト初の民主選挙に貧困層の期待
- Ukraine, Poland hit back over racism fears at Euro 2012 soccer tournament (UKRAINE, POLAND)
人種差別批判にポーランドとウクライナが反論


JAPAN IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Ex-Aum cult member Kikuchi arrested
- Two-year high school graduation eyed
- Hosono pushes for restart of Oi reactors
- Japan plans embassy in Bhutan
- Domestic output at high risk: Toyota ※
- AirAsia enters LCC fray via 5 flights ※

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NATIONAL
=======================================
- Suspected Chinese spy’s case sent to prosecutors
スパイ疑惑の中国人書記官を書類送検
- Yen-Yuan currency deal aims high
円と元の直接取引が始まる
- Convenience store chains go with flow, grow
女性とシニアの力で業績伸ばすコンビニ
- Skytree waiting list too long? Some hotel packages include tickets
スカイツリーに上るならホテルもセットで


BUSINESS
=======================================
- Spain goes from boom to bust in a hectic 10 years
スペイン危機はなぜ起こったか
- Irish say ’yes’ to EU pact, now seek EU growth deal
アイルランド国民投票、新財政協定を承認


OPINION
=======================================
- Trying to make Japanese ’cool and fun’ for the kids
- Lay judge system should be reviewed to prevent false charges ※
- Tokyo faces challenges to host 2020 Summer Olympic Games ※

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OTHER CONTENTS
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- SCIENCE > Study finds java drinkers live longer 他
- CLOSE-UP > Vietnam ’napalm girl’ photo turns 40
- SPOTLIGHT > Kagawa to join Manchester United 他
- BOOKS > Michelle, Michelle how did your garden grow? 他
- VIEWPOINT > Support for Afghanistan 他
- COMMENTARY > Online grief: Tweet it and weep
- EASY READING > Theme parks opening new attractions, rides
- TOPIC > New York obesity war targets portions

★ COVER
=======================================
- Egypt faces deeply divisive runoff


★ FOCUS
=======================================
- Love takes the top honor at Cannes


WORLD IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Russia condemns ally Syria over massacre (RUSSIA) ※
- 13 kids among 19 dead in mall fire (QATAR)
- Doctor who helped find bin Laden jailed (PAKISTAN) ※
- Bankia asks for largest ever bailout (SPAIN)
- Unabomber updates Harvard alumni (UNITED STATES)
- Serial child rapist castrated (SOUTH KOREA)

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WORLD
=======================================
- Tel Aviv race riots evidence of divided (ISRAEL)
　 イスラエルで反移民運動
- Vatican in chaos after pope’s butler arrested (Vatican)
情報リークでローマ法王の執事が逮捕
- Foreigner-bashing rises in step with China’s woes (CHINA)
中国で反外国人感情が激化
- Sana blast shows al-Qaida’s reach (YEMEN)
イエメン自爆攻撃、アルカイダ勢力範囲拡大
- Afghan civilians forgotten people at NATO summit (AFGHANISTAN)
忘れ去られたアフガン難民たちの運命
- As U.S. presidential race begins to tighten, Obama turns nasty (UNITED STATES)
接戦でネガキャンに走るオバマ陣営


JAPAN IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Kan tells nuke probe 3/11 overwhelmed us ※
- Crested ibis chicks leave Sado nest
- Head of bus firm in fatal crash arrested
- Noda pledges 40 bil. yen Pacific islands
- Tokyoite scales world’s 14 highest peaks
- Water scare linked to Gunma firm ※
- Death-inmate7s retrial plea rejected

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NATIONAL
=======================================
- Power companies profit most from homes
電力会社の利益、大半が家庭向けから
- Tokyo makes shortlist for 2020 Olympic Games
東京、2020年夏季五輪１次選考を通過
- Canteens put worker’s health on the menu
タニタが日本の社員食堂を変える
- Ichihara City ensures that its natural beauty doesn’t go down the pan
『世界一大きな公衆トイレ』が千葉県にお目見え


BUSINESS
=======================================
- Protecting the Olympic brand
『オリンピック』ブランドを守れ
- Investor lawsuits mount over Facebook’s $16 billion IP fiasco
フェイスブックIPOで集団訴訟



OPINION
=======================================
- Christening of Tokyo Skytree　 ※
- Bracing for power savings　 ※

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OTHER CONTENTS
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- SCIENCE > SpaceX Dragon capsule docks with ISS　　他
- CLOSE-UP > Chileans fight for education reform
- SPOTLIGHT > Violinist takes second in Belgium contest 他
- LIFESTYLE > ’Adopted’ French minister sparks Korean introspection 　他
- VIEWPOINT > Facebook’s IPO　他
- COMMENTARY > Finding forgiveness in unlikely places
- EASY READING > Artist creates bodhisattvas in Yokohama
- TOPIC > The Golden Gage Bridge’s big celebration

★ COVER
=======================================
- TALL ORDERS
Tokyo Skytree opens, aims high


★ FOCUS
=======================================
- The timeless glamour of ’Vieux Nice’


WORLD IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Chen starts new life in U.S. ; China silent (UNITED STATES - CHINA)
- NATO allies on course to end war (AFGHANISTAN) ※
- Nationalist wins presidential runoff (SERBIA) ※
- 96 soldiers killed in suicide bombing (YEMEN)
- Bee Gees Robin Gibb dies (BRITAIN)
- First transgender contestant misses cut (CANADA)

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WORLD
=======================================
- Convicted Lockerbie bomber takes answer to his grave
　 パンナム機爆破事件の犯人が死去
- Mladic masterminded ethnic cleansing, Hague court told (BOSNIA)
ボスニア紛争の戦犯の裁判始まる
- Hollande proposes ’new pact’ for Europe (FRANCE)
新仏大統領、新たな財政協約を提案
- Palestinian prisoners to end mass hunger strike (ISRAEL)
イスラエルのパレスチナ囚人、ハンスト終結
- Vatican mystery deepens after bones found in tomb (VATICAN)
バチカン巻き込む人骨ミステリー
- Money talks: Same-sex marriage issue shows importance of gay fundraisers (UNITED STATES)
オバマ同姓婚発言の影にLGBT支援者の力


JAPAN IN BRIEF
=======================================
- G-8 spotlight falls on Noda, but holding stage a challenge
- Tone River water said normal
- Mayor orders staff to cut boozing
- H-IIA successfully launched
- Japanese woman oldest atop Everest
- Nuclear declaration delayed: Kaieda
- Osaka’s tattoo policy in the limelight ※

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NATIONAL
=======================================
- Okinawa still struggling 40 years after
本土復帰から40年、課題の多い沖縄
- Electricity-saving plan for summer announced
政府、この夏の電力需給対策を決定
- Low income leads to surge of never-married men
なぜ男性は結婚しないままなのか
- ’Suicide forest’ helps skew Yamanashi’s statistics
山梨県が自殺者数全国1位、理由は樹海？


BUSINESS
=======================================
- Indian wheat rots in open after a bumper harvest
倉庫不足でインドの穀物が無駄に
- Facebook IPO falls flat
フェイスブックのIPOは期待はずれ？


OPINION
=======================================
- Love it or hate it, but you can’t miss Skytrree
- Government should help further facilitate Okinawa’s development

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OTHER CONTENTS
=======================================
- SCIENCE > Bionic marathoner makes history 他
- CLOSE-UP > Owner OK with Tokyo bid to buy isles
- SPOTLIGHT > Facebook founder Zuckerberg marries 他
- BOOKS > Fifty Shades too steamy for some libraries 他
- VIEWPOINT > Euro zone、Putin’s 3rd term 他
- COMMENTARY > Is shakespeare still relevant? There’s the rub
- EASY READING > Orangutans use iPads for communication
- TOPIC > ’Ring of fire’ wows millions in Asia, U.S.

★ COVER
=======================================
- Greece fails to form new government


★ FOCUS
=======================================
- World won’t end this year: Maya


WORLD IN BRIEF
=======================================
- First pill to block HIV infection gets FDA nod (UNITED STATES) ※
- Peace plan can’t stop bloodshed (SYRIA)
- Leading peace negotiator shot dead (AFGHANISTAN) ※
- Plot to attack Winter Olympics foiled (RUSSIA)
- Castaway sues over rescue failure (PANAMA)
- Voters reject Islamist alliance (ALGERIA)

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WORLD
=======================================
- Form-fitting bomb designed to foil security (UNITED STATES)
　 進化するアルカイダの爆弾
- Egypt wrestles with being able to choose a leader for the first time (EGYPT)
初の民主選挙にとまどうエジプト
- Netanyahu emerges as big winner in unity deal (ISRAEL)
イスラエル、大連立で与野党合意
- Obama takes gamble on gay marriage (UNITED STATES)
オバマ氏同性婚支持を表明、大統領選争点に
- Just how real is North Korea’s nuclear threat? (NORTH KOREA)
北朝鮮の核の脅威の切迫度は
- 3 Serie A clubs to answer for match-fixing (ITALY)
セリエAの3クラブが八百長捜査の対象に


JAPAN IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Trilateral declaration omits North Korea
- Bic Camera to acquire Kojima
- Oi assembly OK’s reactors’ restart
- Tepco files for 10% rate increase ※
- Hashimoto group seeks party status
- Ozawa faces appeal over his acquittal ※

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NATIONAL
=======================================
- Kansai to face reactor-free summer heat
原発ゼロの夏を迎える関西
- Ruling aids online drug vendors
市販薬の通信販売規制は違法と東京高裁判決
- Japanese-Brazilians head ’home’ to tap boom
日系ブラジル人の帰国ブーム
- More Japanese flock to Southeast Asia
日本人の東南アジアへの移住が増加


BUSINESS
=======================================
- After JP Morgan loss, a call for stricter oversight
JPモルガンの巨額損失に高まる批判
- Thompson out, Levinsohn in as Yahoo CEO
ヤフーCEOが学歴詐称問題で辞任



OPINION
=======================================
- More than slogans needed　 ※
- Few ’flyjin’ in fact fled　 ※

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OTHER CONTENTS
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- SCIENCE > Ancient map may offer new clue to fate of 16th-century ’Lost Colony’　　他
- CLOSE-UP > Afghan woman sets sights on presidency
- SPOTLIGHT > LeBron James wins 3rd NBA MVP award 他
- LIFESTYLE > Nepali girls confined by stigma, superstition 　他
- VIEWPOINT > French & Greek polls　他
- COMMENTARY > What sustains China’s brave truth-tellers?
- EASY READING > Tokyo to be treated to rare annular eclipse
- TOPIC > ’Suicide statues’ atop Brazil rooftops give fright

★ COVER
=======================================
- Europe heads in a new direction


★ FOCUS
=======================================
- WTC back on top in New York City


WORLD IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Long fight expected in Gitmo 9/11 case (UNITED STATES) ※
- Putin sworn in as president (RUSSIA) ※
- U.S. airstrike kills al-Qaida leader (YEMEN)
- Nine hanged for ’glass’ trafficking (IRAN)
- London re-elects Johnson as mayor (BRITAIN)
- Rape charges dropped against 3 women (ZIMBABWE)

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WORLD
=======================================
- Argentine ad ’politicizes’ Olympics, IOC charges (ARGENTINA)
　 アルゼンチンが五輪を「政治利用」
- Chen deal a face-saver for Washington, Beijing (UNITED STATES - CHINA)
人権活動家問題に米中関係の成熟を見る
- Obama melds commander in chief, election roles (UNITED STATES)
オバマ氏大統領選に向けアフガン訪問
- Murdoch ’not fit’ to run major company, panel says (BRITAIN)
英特別委、メディア王マードック氏を批判
- Turkish arts under pressure from conservative government (TURKEY)
トルコで保守派政府と芸術家の対立
- Annan haunted by Bosnia, Rwanda failures in battle with Syria’s Assad (SYRIA)
行き詰まるアナン特使のシリア調停


JAPAN IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Bus company in crash violated safety regulations
- Under-15 population keeps on dropping
- Hirose promoted to Tepco president
- Imperial Couple to visit Britain
- F-35 order tab set at $10 billion
- Cool Biz effort starts month early
- 76 million donated to Senkaku fund ※

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NATIONAL
=======================================
- Tax hike no solution to disparity
増税も年金の世代間格差は解決せず
- Japan nuke-free for first time since ’70
70年代以来初めて原子力発電がゼロに
- Tokyo cat cafes’ nights far from purrfect
「猫カフェ」の夜間営業は是か非か
- Municipalities scramble to guard water resources
水資源の保全に動く地方自治体


BUSINESS
=======================================
- Australian billionaire plans to build Titanic II
豪資産家がタイタニック2号を建造へ
- Delta Air Lines to purchase refinery in bid to cut fuel bill
デルタ航空が製油所を買収


OPINION
=======================================
- An irresistible opportunity - right in your lap
- Cautious attitude imperative to constitutional revision proposals ※

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OTHER CONTENTS
=======================================
- SCIENCE > Paralyzed man moves robot with his mind 他
- CLOSE-UP > Cracking China’s great cultural wall
- SPOTLIGHT > Lady Gaga teacup fetches $75,300 in Japan auction 他
- BOOKS > Harrison’s widow hopes book fills in blanks 他
- VIEWPOINT > U.S.-Japan summit 他
- COMMENTARY > Sometimes the death penalty is warranted
- EASY READING > To France, Japan, the world is their oyster
- TOPIC > Around the world on a solar-powered boat

★ COVER
=======================================
- Noda, Obama agree on new vision


★ FOCUS
=======================================
- ’Commoner Kate’ charms in her first year as the Duchess of Cambridge


WORLD IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Chinese dissident escapes to U.S. Embassy (CHINA)
- Suu Kyi to swear oath in parliament (MYANMAR)
- Ex-Libyan oil chief found dead (AUSTRIA) ※
- Former PM escapes debt punishment (ICELAND)
- Government falls; austerity deal passes (NETHERLANDS) ※
- Bin Laden wives not tied to terrorism (SAUDI ARABIA)

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WORLD
=======================================
- Taylor conviction warning to tyrants (LIBERIA)
　 リベリア元大統領が戦争犯罪で有罪に
- ’No silver bullet’ for al-Qaida, Panetta says (UNITED STATES)
アルカイダは弱体化、ただし脅威は消えず
- Syrian bloodshed worsens as moderate voices stilled (SYRIA)
過激化するシリア両陣営
- Experts play down mad cow risk (UNITED STATES)
アメリカで狂牛病を6年ぶりに確認
- Rodney King reflects on life since L.A. riots (UNITED STATES)
ロス暴動から20年、キング氏の今
- Ukraine launches new Chernobyl shelter on disaster’s 26th anniversary (UKRAINE)
チェルノブイリ原発の新シェルター建設開始


JAPAN IN BRIEF
=======================================
- LDP drafts revisions to Constitution
- U.N. OKs Japan claim to expand shelf
- Spring decoration recipients announced
- Tepco 10-year reform plan submitted
- Imperial Couple prefer cremation
- Tsuruga plant may sit atop active fault ※
- Tokyo raises funds for Senkakus ※

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NATIONAL
=======================================
- Political showdown looms as Ozawa acquitted
小沢元代表に無罪判決、政局混乱も
- BOJ boosts asset buys to tune of 5 trillion yen
日銀、資産買い入れ基金を5兆円増
- Firms vying for slice of green energy pie
再生可能エネルギーに参入競争
- Poverty a serious issue for women
女性の貧困問題に国民の理解を


BUSINESS
=======================================
- Austerity push drives EU voters to extremes
緊縮財政で既成政党の有権者離れ



OPINION
=======================================
- Joining Hague Convention　 ※
- Protection from parental abuse　 ※

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OTHER CONTENTS
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- SCIENCE > Firm plans to mine asteroids’ riches　　他
- CLOSE-UP > Real missiles or another Trojan horse?
- SPOTLIGHT > No. 1 NFL pick Luck ready to start in Indy 他
- LIFESTYLE > Nepal war children head from poverty to university 　他
- VIEWPOINT > France’s presidential poll　他
- COMMENTARY > Secret Service needs more women -- in its ranks
- EASY READING > Tablets in class launchpads to learning
- TOPIC > Shakespeare tragedy set amid the strife in Iraq

★ COVER
=======================================
- Le Pen holds keys to the Elysee

★ FOCUS
=======================================
- The ones to watch: Olympic medal hopefuls for the London games


WORLD IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Suu Kyi boycotts parliament opening (MYANMAR) ※
- EU imposes new sanctions (SYRIA) ※
- John Edwards’ trial begins (UNITED STATES)
- 10 barred from presidential vote (EGYPT)
- Ex-guerrilla wins presidency (EAST TIMOR)
- New checks ordered after fatal crash (PAKISTAN)

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WORLD
=======================================
- As killer gloats in court, Norway shows no anger (NORWAY)
　 ノルウェー連続テロ裁判が始まる
- Dream of luxury Kabul hotel turns into violent nightmare (AFGHANISTAN)
カブールでタリバン系の砲撃テロ
- Bashir threatens to oust South government (SUDAN)
スーダン大統領、南スーダン打倒宣言
- Huff Post has a new answer to critics: a Pulitzer (UNITED STATES)
ハフィントン・ポストがピュリツァー賞受賞
- Carnal Cartagena blase about U.S. Secret Service sex scandal (COLOMBIA)
売春スキャンダルに地元の困惑
- India’s nuclear missile test has few critics, unlike North Korea (INDIA)
インドのミサイル実験を国際社会は許容


JAPAN IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Analysts query value of IMF contribution
- First wild ibis chicks hatched since 1976
- Censure motions passed on ministers ※
- Mekong states get 600 billion in ODA
- New Olympus picks defeat protests ※
- Tourism rebounded 92% in March
- Bailout official to head Tepco

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NATIONAL
=======================================
- Abduction issue even more muddled by North Korea’s rocket launch
北朝鮮ロケット発射、拉致問題複雑に
- Ishihara’s plan to buy Senkakus a wake-up call
石原都知事の尖閣諸島買収問題、国に警鐘
- Radiation expert takes on red tape for victims
周辺住民から信頼される現場主義の専門家
- Lone farmer in no-go zone sticks to defiant existence
福島警戒区域内に一人住み続ける男性の戦い


BUSINESS
=======================================
- Takeover of oil firm thrills Argentines, riles investors
アルゼンチンが石油会社を「再国営化」
- American Jim Yong Kim chosen to head World Bank
世銀新総裁に韓国系米国人キム氏

OPINION
=======================================
- A risk-free, empty life at the touch of a button
- Government announces new worst-case scenario for megaquake ※

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OTHER CONTENTS
=======================================
- SCIENCE > Baboons can identify real words 他
- CLOSE-UP > Rejected adoptive boy seeks normal life
- SPOTLIGHT > Matsuzaka begins rehab assignment 他
- BOOKS > J.K. Rowling’s next book to be black comedy 他
- VIEWPOINT > NATO in Afghanistan 他
- COMMENTARY > Ukraine at a crossroads
- EASY READING > Nintendo aids Louvre modernity drive
- TOPIC > Hangover helper: Bus revives Vegas Strip revelers