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

★ COVER
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- Failed launch blow for Kim Jong Un


★ FOCUS
=======================================
- Indonesia’s sunken ships plundered


WORLD IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Sanity key issue in Norway massacre trial (NORWAY) ※
- Truce unravels as U.N. arrives (SYRIA) ※
- Trayvon’s killer faces murder charge (UNITED STATES)
- U.S. Secret Service agents sent home (COLOMBIA)
- Country’s founding father dies (ALGERIA)
- Police for rent, 30 euros an hour (GREECE)

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WORLD
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- GOP ’veepstakes’ off and running with Santorum gone (UNITED STATES)
　 ロムニー候補の課題はパートナー選び
- Three outsiders gunning for French presidential upset (FRANCE)
仏大統領選で気を吐く小党の候補たち
- S. Korea ruling party hangs on to majority (SOUTH KOREA)
韓国総選挙、与党が過半数を維持
- Bo’s demise a test for China Politburo (CHINA)
薄煕来失脚に試される中国共産党指導部
- Avalanche shines light on ’futile’ border standoff
印パ係争地の氷河で雪崩、軍基地を襲う
- Fear and looting new way of life in Malian city of Gao as rebels seize north (MALI)
マリ北部に隣国のイスラム過激派


JAPAN IN BRIEF
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- Government seeks local help on Oi restart ※
- Incumbent mayor re-elected in Hamaoka
- Kijima given death sentence
- New Tomei opens to ease holiday rush
- Neko’s Olympic hopes in doubt
- Noda to make official visit to U.S.
- Hirai announces Sony’s new strategy ※

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NATIONAL
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- Postal privatization comes off back burner
郵政民営化法改正案、衆院を通過
- Pension scandal shakes trust in cherished system
AIJ問題により揺らぐ民間年金制度への信頼
- Startups test global waters in contest
英語を武器に世界に戦いを挑む企業家たち
- Daily warmed evacuees’ hearts
避難所の人々の心を支えた子ども新聞


BUSINESS
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- Facebook buying Instagram for $1 billion
フェイスブックがインスタグラムを買収
- Income inequality is rising in developing Asia, ADB report says
アジア諸国の経済成長に格差の拡大が悪影響


OPINION
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- Reimpose arms export ban　 ※
- Money to study abroad　 ※

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OTHER CONTENTS
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- SCIENCE > Fossil of furry cousin of T. rex unearthed in China　　他
- CLOSE-UP > Taiwan, Japan share atomic dilemma
- SPOTLIGHT > U.S. sorry for Indian star’s airport hassle 他
- LIFESTYLE > Early study abroad splits families in S. Korea 　他
- VIEWPOINT > Falklands war anniversary　他
- COMMENTARY > 100 years after Titanic, we’re not unsinkable
- EASY READING > Myanmar struggling to handle surge in visitors
- TOPIC > Oregon town inspired Springfield, creator says

★ COVER
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- More deaths greet peace deadline


★ FOCUS
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- Wagering on Titanic’s unsinkable appeal


WORLD IN BRIEF
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- Russia wants ’Merchant of Death’ back (RUSSIA) ※
- South says North prepping nuclear test (SOUTH KOREA)
- Agreement ends coup (MALI) ※
- Santorum suspends campaign (UNITED STATES)
- Former spy chief seeks presidency (EGYPT)
- Student sells kidney for iPhone, iPad (CHINA)

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WORLD
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- Carla, Valerie battle to be the next French first lady (FRANCE)
　 仏ファーストレディーになるのは誰？
- 9/11 mastermind, planners face possible death penalty (UNITED STATES)
９・１１テロ首謀者を軍事法廷に追訴
- Argentina opens new Falklands campaign (ARGENTINA)
フォークランド紛争30年、緊張高まる
- Bosnia still riven along ethnic lines (BOSNIA)
ボスニア内戦から20年、民族対立続く
- Dutch, Belgians mark decade of mercy killings (NETHERLANDS & BELGIUM)
オランダとベルギーで安楽死10年
- Obama, Romney struggle to feel the pain of ordinary Americans (UNITED STATES)
ロムニーとオバマ、共通の『課題』


JAPAN IN BRIEF
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- Heated debate growing over ’local’ reactor consent ※
- Sony to lay off 10,000 worldwide
- Hatoyama criticized for Iran visit ※
- Tokyo asked to bear Futenma costs
- Kokumin Shinto remains in coalition
- Softbank plans Hokkaido solar plant
- Olympus to pare digital camera line

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NATIONAL
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- 10% tax too little to dent deficit
消費税増税10％では不十分と識者
- Japan Inc. rushes to tap Myanmar’s emerging market
ミャンマー進出に急ぐ日系企業
- Liquefaction driving away Chiba residents
　大震災で千葉県の人口が戦後初の減少
- Colorful origami from around the global cheers up tsunami-hit city
被災地を声援する折り鶴が世界から


BUSINESS
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- James Murdoch quits BSkyB
マードック氏次男、英テレビ局会長を辞任
- PetroChina surpasses Exxon to lead world in oil production
中国石油が原油生産量『世界一』に


OPINION
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- Preparing to have one’s inburgering examined
- New graduates should prepare for possible volatility in job market　 ※
- Institutional intolerance prevails in Osaka, undermining democracy　 ※

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OTHER CONTENTS
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- SCIENCE > Mercury’s a weird little world　　他
- CLOSE-UP > Craving for horn endangering rhinos
- SPOTLIGHT > Darvish wins MLB debut for Rangers 他
- BOOKS > Obliging barman dishes dirt on Hollywood 　他
- VIEWPOINT > EU’s insufficient firewall　他
- COMMENTARY > The scariest thing about Trayvon Martin
- EASY READING > 250-year-old rare paintings on display in U.S.
- TOPIC > Long, lonely voyage of Japanese ghost ship ends

★ COVER
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- Suu Kyi leads NLD to landslide win


★ FOCUS
=======================================
- Studio tour in London opens up the rich world of Harry Potter for its fans


WORLD IN BRIEF
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- Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood bids for presidency (EGYPT) ※
- Guerrillas free captives held 12 years (COLOMBIA) ※
- It’s Magic for the Dodgers (UNITED STATES)
- Bombs kill 14, injure 340 (THAILAND)
- ’Lust isn’t crime’: DSK lawyers (FRANCE)
- Prisoner organ donations to end (CHINA)

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WORLD
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- Sat image shows activity at N. Korea launch site (NORTH KOREA)
　 衛星が捉えた北のミサイル発射場
- Priest who exposed Khmer Rouge condemns trial (CAMBODIA)
カンボジア特別法廷に仏人聖職者が『ノン』
- Syrian forces fight on despite cease-fire pledge (SYRIA)
シリア、停戦受諾後も反体制派を攻撃
- Supreme Court’s health-care ruling could deal blow to Obama presidency (UNITED STATES)
米医療保険改革法違憲訴訟、大統領選に影響
- Uganda’s new slave trade is sex trafficking (UGANDA)
アジアで暗躍するウガンダの売春組織
- Middle East surge in executions boosts global toll in 2011, Amnesty says
世界の死刑執行数が増加、中国は数千人


JAPAN IN BRIEF
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- 800,000 new recruits mark 1st day at work
- Gloomy tankan surprises market ※
- SDF gets orders to intercept missile
- Nankai quake menaces Pacific coast
- Prosecutors avoid prison for cover-up
- Three hanged first since 2010 ※
- 36 foreign caregivers pass exam

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NATIONAL
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- Diet deliberations over sales tax hike unclear
消費税増税案、先行きは不透明
- Noda failed to lift Japan’s profile at Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul
野田首相、核安保サミットで存在感示せず
- Visa overstayers rally to maintain privileges
情報公開進む天皇の健康問題
- Airports tap budget airline benefits
LLCで活性化を狙う地方空港


BUSINESS
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- Political gaffe revives U.S. love affair with Etch A Sketch
米選挙戦が復活させたレトロな玩具
- Developing world needs one World Bank nominee: Ocampo
オカンポ世銀総裁候補が途上国の結束呼びかけ


OPINION
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- Nuclear security falls short　 ※
- Mr. Okada’s pseudo-reform　 ※

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OTHER CONTENTS
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- SCIENCE > Peking Man may be under Chinese parking lot　　他
- CLOSE-UP > Olympic security review in London
- SPOTLIGHT > No charges filed against Osaka Evessa star 他
- LIFESTYLE > Transsexual Thai air hostesses: gimmick or equality? 　他
- VIEWPOINT > Nuclear arsenals　他
- COMMENTARY > In politics murder is popular, seductive, useful
- EASY READING > Washoku served up as World Heritage
- TOPIC > Welcome to Helmut Newton’s provocative world

★ COVER
=======================================
- NUKE SUMMIT UPSTAGED BY NORTH’S MISSILE PLAN
Obama cranks up pressure in Seoul


★ FOCUS
=======================================
- Titanic director James Cameron travels to the Earth’s deepest point


WORLD IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Toulouse killer shot dead in standoff (FRANCE) ※
- President concedes to ex-protege (SENEGAL) ※
- Leung wins bitter election battle (HONG KONG)
- Government ousted in coup (MALI)
- Ex-VP cheney gets a new heart (UNITED STATES)
- Soccer ban sparks deadly riot (EGYPT)

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WORLD
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- EU sanctions Syria’s ’Marie Antoinette’ (SYRIA)
　 シリア大統領夫人に「経済制裁｣
- Florida shooting echoes civil rights era (UNITED STATES)
黒人少年射殺事件で全米に波紋
- Despite French efforts, anti-Semitism still lurks (FRANCE)
仏に潜む反ユダヤ、教師と子ども殺害
- Timor to hold runoff vote after Ramos-Horta loses (EAST TIMOR)
東ティモール大統領選、現職ホルタ氏が敗北
- Gaza flare-up stokes debate on Israel’s targeted killings (ISRAEL)
武装組織指導者を狙った空爆は是か非か
- New photographic clue gives hope to solving Amelia Earhart mystery (UNITED STATES)
エアハート遭難の真実を求めて


JAPAN IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Hashimoto draws 2,000 for election ’army’ ※
- Tepco unplugs last reactor
- Ship lost in tsunami found off Canada
- Honda resumes production in Thailand
- AIJ searched by SESC ※
- AKB48’s Maeda calls it quits

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NATIONAL
=======================================
- Restarting idled reactors key topic in new energy policy discussion
原発再稼動がエネルギー政策の焦点に
- Kyoto aiming to get some royals to come back
京都、皇室の一部移転を構想
- Tokyo eateries support Tohoku reconstruction
レストランが東北復興に一役
- Disney-themed merchandise attracts grown-ups
大人向けディズニーグッズが大人気


BUSINESS
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- Osborne gambling all with divisive budget: British press
英予算案にメディアが総攻撃
- Cash-flush Apple to pay share dividend, start stock buybacks
アップルが17年振りに配当、自社株買いも


OPINION
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- Human ties growing thin
人間関係希薄化で孤立死急増
- Diversifying LNG sources　 ※
液化天然ガス、多様な調達先確保を

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OTHER CONTENTS
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- SCIENCE > Not so fast: 2nd experiment refutes faster-than-light find　　他
- CLOSE-UP > ’The Lady’: from prisoner to candidate
- SPOTLIGHT > Pop icon turns into sugar mamma 他
- BOOKS > Ian Fleming’s magical Chitty car flies again 　他
- VIEWPOINTS > Copyright violations　他
- COMMENTARY > Ignorance, racism a losing combination
- EASY READING > First N.Korean restaurant in Europe opens
- TOPIC > Polish ice box is Welsh rugby team’s open secret

★ COVER
=======================================
- TOLL TOPS 9,000 IN SYRIAN UNREST
Assad survives year of bloodletting


★ FOCUS
=======================================
- USS Enterprise takes its final voyage


WORLD IN BRIEF
=======================================
- N. Korea plans to launch long-range rocket (N. KOREA) ※
- Two executed for subway bombing (BELARUS) ※
- Ian Thorpe’s Olympic bid torpedoed (AUSTRALIA)
- Rape escape clause attacked (MOROCCO)
- Le Pen enters presidential race (FRANCE)
- Disgraced governor begins jail term (UNITED STATES)

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WORLD
=======================================
- World Santorum nod hand Obama second term? (UNITED STATES)
　 共和党サントラム候補なら負けは確実？
- Russia signals end to protest ’tolerance’ (RUSSIA)
プーチン当選で凍りついた「ロシアの春」
- Water crisis could reach boiling point soon: U.N. (U.N.)
国連、世界水発展報告書を発表
- China’s Wen calls for political reforms (CHINA)
中国温家宝首相、緊急の政治改革を求める
- Jury still out on war crimes court after a decade (ICC)
発足から10年、国際刑事裁判所で初の判決
- Negotiation is the ’only way out’ for West in Afghanistan, experts say (AFGHANISTAN)
問題山積のアフガン情勢、出口はどこに


JAPAN IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Tanigaki cool to grand coalition with DPJ
- Aichi to build quake debris incinerator
- Oe featured at Paris Book Fair
- New iPad tablet computer debuts
- Station renamed after Sky Tree
- Uniqlo opens top flagship in Ginza ※
- Ichihashi fights life sentence in appeal ※

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NATIONAL
=======================================
- Atomic power forges ahead across globe
福島原発事故後も勢い増す原子力産業
- AIJ fiasco points to wider abuses
AIJ企業年金消失問題、広がる不安
- An uphill struggle for food exporters
苦戦続く日本の食品輸出
- ’Invisible enemy’ stalks Fukushima
放射能による健康被害への不安は消えず


BUSINESS
=======================================
- Exiting exec blasts Goldman’s ’muppet manifesto’
ゴールドマン・サックス幹部が批判手記
- Volkswagen targets revenue rise in 2012
フォルクスワーゲンの純利益が過去最高


OPINION
=======================================
- Peace of mind is worth the price I have to pay
- Smooth, prompt reconstruction efforts needed for the rebirth of Japan　 ※
円滑で迅速な復興に向けて

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OTHER CONTENTS
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- SCIENCE > Full Titanic site mapped for 1st time　　他
- CLOSE-UP > Hong Kong race roiled by scandals
- SPOTLIGHT > Police arrest bj-league’s Washington 他
- LIFESTYLE > Cuban paracyclist sets sights on London 　他
- VIEWPOINTS > Perlis of U.S. retreat　他
- COMMENTARY > Stop feeding North Korea’s
- EASY READING > Dutch Gouda cheese named world’s best
- TOPIC > D.C. celebrates 100 years of cherry blossoms

★ COVER
=======================================
- MORE THAN 15,000 DEAD, MORE THAN 3,000 MISSING
Japan remembers March 11, 2011


★ FOCUS
=======================================
- A year on since the March 11, 2011, disaster, Tohoku still stuck in limbo


WORLD IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Annan ends Syria trip with no deal (SYRIA) ※
- Left wins election, vows to defend euro (SLOVAKIA)
- France may quit visa-free zone (FRANCE) ※
- Al-Qaida claims troop base massacre (YEMEN)
- Embattled soccer chief quits(BRAZIL)
- Kid’s sex abusers to be castrated (MOLDOVA)

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WORLD
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- Acid attacks on women increase in Colombia (COLOMBIA)
　 コロンビアで女性を酸で襲う事件が多発
- Civilian killings intensify Obama’s Afghan problems (AFGHANISTAN)
アフガンで米兵が銃乱射、16人死亡
- GOP race takes toll on front-runner Romney (UNITED STATES)
スーパーチューズデーでロムニー氏6勝
- Gandhi’s Congress party badly beaten in election (INDIA)
インド最大州の議会選で与党が大敗
- Woman taxi driver breaks down barriers in Egypt (EGYPT)
エジプトの肝っ玉女性ドライバー
- Anti-Putin forces at crossroads (RUSSIA)
ロシアの反プーチン運動の行方は


JAPAN IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Anti-nuke protests erupt nationwide
- Debris overture is welcomed ※
- Real estate magnate Mori dies
- Three years in jail sought for Ozawa ※
- Madarame wants to exit NSC
- Deficit in current account biggest ever
- Keene granted Japanese citizenship

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NATIONAL
=======================================
- Worst nuke crisis scenario withheld
公表されなかった原発事故「最悪シナリオ」
- Recovery from disasters could block reform
震災復興が改革の障害にも
- Tokyo may drop fugu license ordinance
東京都、フグ販売規制条例を緩和へ
- Medevac copters expected to cover entire nation soon
日本全国に広がるドクターヘリの救急網


BUSINESS
=======================================
- French soccer sees red over Socialists’ 75% tax
富裕層増税に仏サッカー界が反発
- GM-Peugeot alliance aims to sidestep overcapacity problem
GMとプジョーが業務・資本提携


OPINION
=======================================
- Sellinig food and tourism　 ※
日本の食品と観光の輸出
- Lighten Emperor’s load　 ※
天皇陛下の過重な公務負担軽減を

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OTHER CONTENTS
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- SCIENCE > A bite much bigger than its bark　　他
- CLOSE-UP > Sun could soon set on British Empire
- SPOTLIGHT > Canadian skier dies in freak accident 他
- BOOKS > J.K. Rowling has deal for new novel for adults 　他
- VIEWPOINTS > Russian ruler　他
- COMMENTARY > Advertisers give Limbaugh the bum’s rush
- EASY READING > New entrepreneurs go to Silicon Valley
- TOPIC > Nabisco’s iconic Oreo cookie turns 100 years old

★ COVER
=======================================
- Putin crushes election opponents


★ FOCUS
=======================================
- Banned festival returns to Myanmar’s 2,600-year-old Shwedagon Pagoda


WORLD IN BRIEF
=======================================
- EU leaders endorse Serbian candidacy (EU) ※
- More than 200 die in arms depot blast (REPUBLIC OF CONGO) ※
- Ex-prime minister goes on trial (ICELAND)
- Ahmadinejad foes claim parliament (IRAN)
- Monkees singer Davy Jones dies (UNITED STATES)
- FIFA to probe 10-0 World Cup win (BAHRAIN)

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WORLD
=======================================
- Arizona sheriff unveils Obama birth probe (UNITED STATES)
　 有名保安官がオバマの出生証明に異議
- China to raise defense spending by 11.2% (CHINA)
中国の12年度国防予算は11.2％増
- Colombia faces bumpy road despite FARC vow (COLOMBIA)
コロンビア革命軍、政府に歩み寄り
- N. Korea suspend nuke activities (NORTH KOREA)
北朝鮮、食糧支援と引き換えに核活動中止
- More American boots on the ground in Africa (UNITED SATES)
中央アフリカにも米軍のプレゼンス
- Poor Brazilians eke out life in seized high-rises (BRAZIL)
好景気のブラジルで高層ビルがスラム街に


JAPAN IN BRIEF
=======================================
- DPJ, LDP execs in grand coalition talks: sources
- Ex-insurance official plugged AIJ
- Emperor goes home to recover
- Lawmaker’s salary cut proposed ※
- Cut-rate carrier Peach starts flights
- Winter saw record snow, severe cold
- Tsuga vows to chase profits ※

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NATIONAL
=======================================
- Panel lays bare Fukushima recipe for disaster
民間原発事故調査委、報告書を発表
- Yen’s historic rise slows, but relief may not last
円高が一服、いつまで続くか
- Emperor’s care process becomes more open
情報公開進む天皇の健康問題
- Reform means the world for Todai
東大の『秋入学』導入は是か非か


BUSINESS
=======================================
- Sun on Sunday arrives with ethics pledge, celebrity forth
マードックが新・日曜タブロイドを発刊
- BP agrees to $7.8 billion Gulf of Mexico oil spill settlement
BPがメキシコ湾石油流出事故で和解


OPINION
=======================================
- Get thee to a nunnery if you want to learn Dutch
- Support for children, child-rearing families should be improved　 ※

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OTHER CONTENTS
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- SCIENCE > Horses ’downsized’ to survive 56 million years ago　　他
- CLOSE-UP > Security tight in Tibetan enclave
- SPOTLIGHT > One-eyed matador returns to the ring 他
- LIFESTYLE > Mirrors ease Cambodian amputees’ phantom pain 　他
- VIEWPOINT > Clash of values　他
- COMMENTARY > Showing the world the power of women’s voices
- EASY READING > Tokyo Sky Tree opener looms large
- TOPIC > Titanic auction as 100th anniversary nears

★ COVER
=======================================
- On the opposition front line in Syria


★ FOCUS
=======================================
- The Artist finds its voice at Academy Awards and takes home five Oscars


WORLD IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Gillard survives leadership challenge (AUSTRALIA)
- Plot to kill Putin foiled (RUSSIA) ※
- Berlusconi bribery case thrown out (ITALY) ※
- Warship’s sunken treasure goes home (SPAIN)
- Leader quits; paralysis looms (HAITI)
- Christchurch remembers 2011 quake (NEW ZEALAND)

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WORLD
=======================================
- Mexican prison massacre part of escape plot (MEXICO)
　 メキシコの刑務所で暴動・脱獄事件
- It’s not easy for presidents to say ’sorry’ (UNITED STATES)
「ごめんなさい」が許されない米大統領の事情
- Nuclear talks failure heightens Iran tensions (IRAN)
イラン、IAEAの核施設査察を拒否
- Chavez surgery throws Venezuela into uncertainty (VENEZUELA)
ベネズエラのチャベス大統領、再手術へ
- 15,000 people die each year in India’s railway ’massacre’ (INDIA)
インド鉄道事故の深刻さに警鐘
- Bomb plot reveals alarming gaps in Thailand’s security, experts say (THAILAND)
連続爆発事件に見るタイのテロ対策の遅れ


JAPAN IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Noda, Nakajima apart over base relocation
- Elpida seeks bankruptcy protection
- Olympus to promote Sasa as new head
- AIJ rerouted pension assets via Caymans
- Yamaguchi-gumi on U.S. sanction list
- Civil servant pay cuts clear Lower House ※
- Naruhito wants to cut Emperor’s duties

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NATIONAL
=======================================
- Hopes fade for ’dream reactor’
実現遠のく「夢の原子炉」
- Nagoya mayor won’t budge on Nanjing remark
河村市長、南京事件発言「撤回はしない」
- Job slog grinds down students, companies
時代の変化について行けない就活
- Industrial revival claims ring hollow as manufactures flee Japan
懸念される日本の製造業の空洞化


BUSINESS
=======================================
- First Chinese automaker opens EU plant in Bulgaria
中国自動車メーカーが初の欧州生産
- The money men shaping the U.S. election campaign
米大統領選を動かす超富裕層とPAC
※PAC･･･political action committees 政治活動委員会： 特定の候補者や政策を支援するための政治献金を集める組織


OPINION
=======================================
- Rethink national ID plan　 ※
共通番号制度、さらなる議論を
- Expensive education　 ※
学費は高く援助は少ない国

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OTHER CONTENTS
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- SCIENCE > Listening to Stonehenge’s secrets　　他
- CLOSE-UP > Inquest: Did a dingo kill the baby?
- SPOTLIGHT > Luck, Griffin steal spotlight at NFL combine 他
- BOOKS > New, darker portrait of legendary American 　他
- VIEWPOINTS > Yemen’s future　他
- COMMENTARY > And the Oscar goes to... the world’s soccer cheats
- EASY READING > 10,000,000,000,000,000: world’s fastest computer
- TOPIC > Fashion crowd digest new designs in Milan

★ COVER
=======================================
- Does U.S. still have the right stuff?


★ FOCUS
=======================================
- Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival reaches dazzling climax


WORLD IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Iran cuts oil exports to Britain, France (IRAN) ※
- No decision on presidential election (EGYPT) ※
- Human rights activist to be president (GERMANY)
- More than 350 die in prison fire (HO0NDURAS)
- ’Underwear bomber’ gets life (UNITED STATES)
- Aussie ’Pearl Harbor’ remembered (AUSTRALIA)

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WORLD
=======================================
- Diplomat attacks deepen Iran nuclear puzzle (ISRAEL)
　 イスラエル外交官襲撃の裏にあるもの
- U.S. mulling up to 80% cut in deployed nuclear weapons arsenal (UNITED STATES)
オバマ政権が核兵器の削減を検討
- Sarkozy faces tough battle for re-election (FRANCE)
仏大統領、世論調査でサルコジ氏劣勢
- Xi wraps up scripted visit to U.S. (CHINA)
中国の習近平国家副主席、訪米を終える
- Court activism sign of Pakistan power shift (PAKISTAN)
司法の動きに見るパキスタンの変化
- Dickens’ tales of inequality, injustice as relevant today as 170 years ago (ENGLAND)
生誕200年のディケンズと現代の共通項


JAPAN IN BRIEF
=======================================
- January trade deficit hits new high ※
- Double-killer as minor to hang ※
- Tanaka visits Okinawa for base talks
- Emperor leaves intensive care unit
- Depositions against Ozawa thrown out
- Execs arrested over Olympus loss
- Nuclear safety boss faults agency

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NATIONAL
=======================================
- Cabinet gets ball rolling on sales tax hike
社会保障と税の一体改革の大綱を決定
- Hashimoto forges ahead with fiery reform agenda
維新の会『船中八策』、内容は急進的
- New robot offers up tasks of avatar
アバターみたいな遠隔操作ロボット
- Machikon perfect business match
日本各地で『街コン』人気が上昇中


BUSINESS
=======================================
- Italian court sentences two for asbestos deaths
アスベスト禍で元雇用主に禁固刑
- Will non-American replace Zoellick at World Bank?
アメリカ人でない初の世銀総裁は誕生するか


OPINION
=======================================
- ’Linsanity’ or admiration for perseverance?
- Japan’s condition, neither failure nor success, offers important lesson　 ※

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- SCIENCE > There may be ’gold’ in that thar moon　　他
- CLOSE-UP > BOJ action reflects political pressure
- SPOTLIGHT > Hall of Fame catcher Carter dies at 57 他
- LIFESTYLE > Gender-bending model pushes limits of runway 　他
- VIEWPOINT > Chavez’s strong rival　他
- COMMENTARY > Why U.S. should arm Syrian opposition
- EASY READING > Consumers pamper pets with healthier products
- TOPIC > Algerian artist paints his generation’s despair

★ COVER
=======================================
- Syria sits at center of powder keg


★ FOCUS
=======================================
- Visiting the wild Holy Land


WORLD IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Alleged Bali bomber goes on trial (INDONESIA) ※
- Prime minister charged with contempt (PAKISTAN) ※
- Whitney Houston dies aged 48 (UNITED STATES)
- Sudans ink non-aggression pact (SUDAN)
- Famous human rights judge convicted (SPAIN)
- Government finally approved (BOSNIA)

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WORLD
=======================================
- Argentine nuclear claim raises tensions with U.K. (ARGENTINA)
　 フォークランド諸島をめぐり再び対立
- Greece passes new austerity deal amid widespread rioting (GREECE)
ギリシャで緊縮財政案が国会を通過
- Romney’s losses show conservative woes (UNITED STATES)
ロムニー氏苦戦、保守派の行方に暗雲
- Violence spreads across Maldives after ’coup’ (MALDIVES)
モルディブで暴動、大統領辞任はクーデターか
- Building toppled by NZ quake was substandard, report says (NEW ZEALAND)
NZ地震で倒壊したビルは『欠陥ビル』
- Another England soccer soap opera as manager Capello quits (ENGLAND)
サッカーのイングランド代表監督が電撃辞任


JAPAN IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Quarterly GDP skidded by faster-than-expected 2.3%
- Reactor 2 heat spike reading said error
- Sakima elected mayor of Ginowan ※
- Reconstruction Agency makes debut ※
- Emperor to undergo heart operation
- Tepco to get additional ￥689.4 billion
- U.N. honors ’Forest Hero’ fisherman

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NATIONAL
=======================================
- New U.S. deal worries Okinawans
日米両政府、米軍再編計画を修正
- Outline approved for Hague treaty child custody bills
ハーグ条約加盟へ向け、国内法の要網を決定
- Contamination of ocean fish minimal so far
魚の放射能汚染はどこまで続く
- Search for corpses of 3,000 missing since March 11 continues in Tohoku
行方不明者を探す海の男たち


BUSINESS
=======================================
- Sanctions-hit Iran turns more to Asia for trade
制裁でイランとアジアの関係を強化
- Eastwood’s Chrysler Super Bowl ad might have made Obama’s day
クライスラーがCMでオバマ支援？


OPINION
=======================================
- Nation’s bullet train blues　 ※
- Imperial family talking point　 ※

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- SCIENCE > Scientists unlock spider-web secrets　　他
- CLOSE-UP > Eichmann exhibition lifts Mossad veil
- SPOTLIGHT > Hudson honors Houston at the Grammys 他
- BOOKS > Time Guerrilla: Fidel Castro presents his memoirs 　他
- VIEWPOINT > Davos inequality　他
- COMMENTARY > A world without Putin?
- EASY READING > Crazy Coffins breaks British silence about death
- TOPIC > Overlooked, Lin rises to stardom in the NBA

★ COVER
=======================================
- Fears grow of Israeli attack on Iran


★ FOCUS
=======================================
- Super Bowl censors go MIA as a middle finger upstages Madonna


WORLD IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Russia, China slammed for Syria veto ※
- Government collapses after protests (ROMANIA) ※
- Khmer Rouge jailer gets life (CAMBODIA)
- Suu Kyi’s parliament run OK’d (MYANMAR)
- Queen marks 60 years on the throne (BRITAIN)
- 110 missing as ferry goes down (PAPUA NEW GUINEA)

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WORLD
=======================================
- Cairo clashes rage on after 74 die in soccer riot (EGYPT)
　 カイロで治安部隊とデモ隊が衝突
- 50 years on, Algerian war divides French (FRANCE)
アルジェリア戦争めぐり分裂続ける仏世論
- Netanyahu win might bring early elections (ISRAEL)
ネタニヤフ党首再選で総選挙前倒しか
- Isolated Peru tribe assailing outsiders (PERU)
アマゾンの謎の部族による襲撃事件相次ぐ
- Katmandu orders eviction of ’river squatters’ (NEPAL)
ネパールのスラム街に強制排除の影
- Afghan woman killed, apparently for bearing girl (AFGHANISTAN)
止まらないアフガン女性への人権侵害


JAPAN IN BRIEF
=======================================
- U.S. proposes transferring Marines to Iwakuni air base
- MMC to close assembly plant in Europe
- Sugai wins Swiss ballet competiton
- Record lows recorded at 38 locations
- Manabe denies he aimed to sway voters ※
- Sony’s new chief promises revival ※

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NATIONAL
=======================================
- How far can Osaka Mayor Hashimoto ride wave?
どこまで人気の波に乗れるか橋下大阪知事
- Nuclear summit aims to restore confidence after Fukushima disaster
核安全保障サミット、3月に開催
- Cooking classes popular among male retirees
定年後の男性に料理教室が人気
- TV makers face perilous future
テレビ事業不振にあえぐ日本の家電メーカー


BUSINESS
=======================================
- Removal of ex-RBS boss’ title sparks concern
経営破綻の責任取って爵位も剥奪
- Facebook aims to raise $5 billion from IPO
フェイスブックが株式公開へ


OPINION
=======================================
- Tolerant no more, Dutch pressure foreigners to fit in
- Government should be censured for epic information failure ※
- Long-term policy needs to be adopted to reduce trade deficit ※

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OTHER CONTENTS
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- SCIENCE > 10-years-old tabby gets a new high-tech knee　　他
- CLOSE-UP > Artist seeks site for terror victims tribute
- SPOTLIGHT > Japan advances to Fed Cup playoffs 他
- LIFESTYLE > Brazil’s bikinis are not so itsy-bitsy anymore 　他
- VIEWPOINT > EU’s austerity plan　他
- COMMENTARY > 2012: end of the world or a new beginning?
- EASY READING > Ethnic Chinese lose their taste for shark fins
- TOPIC > Afghanistan’s new history, without the wars

★ COVER
=======================================
- Rich-poor gap for all to see in Davos


★ FOCUS
=======================================
- Hugo, Artist bring nostalgia to Oscars


WORLD IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Ex-Guatemalan leader may face genocide charges (GUATEMALA)
- Fighting reaches Damascus (SYRIA) ※
- Court rejects appeal, Wade to run (SENEGAL)
- U.S. raid frees hostages (SOMALIA) ※
- Ex-head of breast implant maker held (FRANCE)
- Larger U.S. military presence OK’d (PHILIPPINES)

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WORLD
=======================================
- Armenian ’genocide’ bill causes France-Turkey rift (FRANCE)
　 仏、アルメニア人虐殺否定を禁止する法律
- Russia tries to sap opposition (RUSSIA)
ロシアの反政府運動の行方は
- Obama speech puts him in campaign arena (UNITED STATES)
オバマ氏、選挙に向けた一般教書演説
- Suu Kyi becomes key to complex Myanmar politics (MYANMAR)
スー・チー氏、ミャンマー下院選挙出馬へ
- China’s Tibetan Buddhists trapped in ’vicious cycle’ (CHINA/TIBET)
チベットで続く焼身自殺と抗議
- A year after revolution, thousands return to Cairo’s Tahrir Square (EGYPT)
エジプト、民主化要求デモから一年


JAPAN IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Japan, Russia to boost business, security ties
- Foreigner’s nurse tests to be charged ※
- Aichi governor launches political group
- 40% of universities mull fall start
- Hosono asks for aid disposal effort
- Press freedom hurt by nuclear crisis ※
- Kitanoumi returns as JSA chairman

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NATIONAL
=======================================
- ’Nuclear Alley’ conflicted over reactors
原発再開の可能性に揺れる福井の原発銀座
- Nation logs its first trade deficit since 1980
30年ぶりに貿易赤字
- Japanese women chase opportunities overseas
海外にチャンスを見出す女性たち
- Storyteller hopes to broaden appeal of rakugo
日本の落語を世界のお笑いに


BUSINESS
=======================================
- Strauss-Kahn’s wife joins new Le Huffington Post
ハフィントンポスト仏版にあの人の妻
- Top soccer clubs in Europe fall foul of major debt issues
もう１つの債務危機に揺れる欧州サッカー界


OPINION
=======================================
- Tax plan ill-timed, conceived ※
時機悪く構想も甘い税制改革

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OTHER CONTENTS
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- SCIENCE > Solar radiation bombards Earth　　他
- CLOSE-UP > Apartheid’s other divide slow to heal
- SPOTLIGHT > Nishikori hits new highs Down Under 他
- BOOKS > TLC at Rome’s book ’hospital’ 　他
- VIEWPOINT > EU sanctions on Iran　他
- COMMENTARY > Counting the cost of polio
- EASY READING > Cambodia’s ’second Angkor’ stirs to life
- TOPIC > Turkish film highlights gay honor killings

★ COVER
=======================================
- Muslim Brotherhood takes power


★ FOCUS
=======================================
- Muhammad Ali still the ’Greatest of All Time’ as he celebrates 70th birthday


WORLD IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Coordinated attackes kill 143 in Nigeria (NIGERIA) ※
- EU bans Iranian oil imports (IRAN)
- Suu Kyi launches election bid (MYANMAR)
- Islamist coup plot foiled, says army (BANGLADESH)
- Blues legend Etta James dies (UNITED STATES)
- News Group to pay hacking victims (BRITAIN) ※

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WORLD
=======================================
- Gingrich, Romney begin key Florida battle (UNITED STATES)
　 ギングリッチ勝利で共和党指名レースは混戦
- Arab League calls on Syria’s Assad to step down (ARAB)
アラブ連盟がアサド大統領に退陣要求
- Dragon year spells bad omen for H.K. moms (CHINA, HONG KONG)
中国でベビーブームか、香港は懸念
- Aussies fret over rising boat people (AUSTRALIA)
豪州、ボート難民の増加を懸念
- Nigeria strike a flashback to military era (NIGERIA)
ナイジェリア民主化の夢はどこへ
- British publisher to issue first German postwar reprint of Hitler’s ”Mein Kampt”
「わが闘争」がドイツで戦後初の復刊


JAPAN IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Noda pledges to realize tax hike ※
- Tokyo faces ’Big One’ within 4 years?
- LDP chief pursues snap election ※
- No minutes kept of nuke crisis meetings
- Shiga gets youngest female mayor
- Olympus survives TSE delisting, for now
- Todai aims for fall start in five years

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NATIONAL
=======================================
- Nuke opponents warn of more Fukushimas
原発稼動最長60年、反対派は警告
- Graying society nudges firms to support employees caring for aged parents
高齢化で広がりはじめた社員への介護支援
- Ginza satellite stores offer hometown tastes
地方名産の味は銀座で探せ
- Youthful farmers blaze a trail
若い力で農業の革新を目指す


BUSINESS
=======================================
- Cruise disaster unlikely to halt industry growth
豪華客船事故でも業界への打撃は小さい
- Share jump welcomes departure of ’Chief Yahoo!’
ヤフーのヤン共同創業者が辞任


OPINION
=======================================
- Finding your own level of exclusivity, access
- Importance of whaling questioned as the meat rarely sold at home ※

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OTHER CONTENTS
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- SCIENCE > Tiny frog is world’s smallest vertebrate　　他
- CLOSE-UP > Deadly rains, scant preparation in Brazil
- SPOTLIGHT > Darvish lands $60m deal, and divorces 他
- LIFESTYLE > Can cosmetic surgery tame its Wild West side? 　他
- VIEWPOINT > Costa Concordia disaster　他
- COMMENTARY > We’re all guilty of dehumanizing the enemy
- EASY READING > ’Most expensive’ tea grown in panda poo
- TOPIC > Hockney revists English roots for new show

★ COVER
=======================================
- Ma has concerns closer to home


★ FOCUS
=======================================
- What Scott taught us in Antarctica


WORLD IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Myanmar frees many political prisoners (MYANMAR) ※
- Ratings of nine European nations cut (UNITED STATES) ※
- Prime minister ruled in contempt (PAKISTAN)
- Strike ends with troops on streets (NIGERIA)
- Scotland to get independence vote (BRITAIN)
- Religious compensation law OK’d (CZECH REPUBLIC)

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WORLD
=======================================
- Cruise captain ’committed’ errors,’ says ship’s owners (ITALY)
　 豪華客船の座礁は『船長のミス』
- Syria’s first lady falls from grace (SYRIA)
シリアのアサド夫人に失望の声
- Iranian nuclear scientist killed in bomb attack (IRAN)
イランの核科学者暗殺、犯人は不明
- Singh calls malnutrition India’s ’national shame’ (INDIA)
子供の栄養失調深刻、印首相『国家の恥』
- Sarkozy, far-right’s Le Pen battle over ’Maid of Orleans’ (FRANCE)
仏大統領選に利用されるジャンヌ・ダルク
- Symbolic Doomsday Clock one tick closer to midnight
『終末時計』の針が1分進む


JAPAN IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Entrance exam system faces review ※
- 11 people live in no-entry zone
- Tanaka criticized as amateur ※
- Escaped convict caught in Hiroshima
- METI bigwig nabbed for insider trading
- Co-op checking meals for cesium
- Former JR West chief acquitted

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NATIONAL
=======================================
- New Noda Cabinet on tax push
野田改造内閣が発足
- Japan to reduce Iran oil imports
日本、イランからの原油輸入量削減の意向
- Skyscraper boom in China, India may herald downturn
超高層ビル建築ブームは不況の前触れ？
- Automakers lure youth with gadgets and sleek designs
機能とデザインで若者市場を自動車産業


BUSINESS
=======================================
- Skyscraper boom in China, India may herald downturn
超高層ビル建築ブームは不況の前触れ？
- Automakers lure youth with gadgets and sleek designs
機能とデザインで若者市場を狙う自動車産業


OPINION
=======================================
- Pension reductions coming ※
- Thinner and thinner

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OTHER CONTENTS
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- SCIENCE > Time cloak: Now you see it, now you don’t　　他
- CLOSE-UP > Mystery killings highlight seals’ plight
- SPOTLIGHT > Matsui set to miss MLB opener in Tokyo 他
- BOOKS > Book depicts tensions between first lady, aides 　他
- VIEWPOINT > U.S. military strategy　他
- COMMENTARY > Autocracy returns to Central Europe
- EASY READING > ’Octomom’ in one-child China stuns public
- TOPIC > Masters get new life at New York’s Met museum

★ COVER
=======================================
- Obama turns eyes, military to Asia


★ FOCUS
=======================================
- Beyond Everest and across borders, the complete Himalayan adventure


WORLD IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Anwar found not guilty of sodomy (MALAYSIA) ※
- Deadly clashes as general strike starts (NIGERIA) ※
- Cabinet OKs immunity law for Saleh (YEMEN)
- Attacks targeting Shiites kill 72 (IRAQ)
- Ex-army chief arrested in coup plot (TURKEY)
- Fernandez said to be cancer-free (ARGENTINA)

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WORLD
=======================================
- As feud with West deepens, Iranians brace for war (IRAN)
イラン国民は戦争を覚悟、現実は･･･
- Fractured U.S. conservatives seek a ’not-Romney’ (UNITED STATES)
共和党保守派が求める「非ロムニー」候補
- Sudden reunification spells trouble for both Koreas (KOREA)
朝鮮統一なるか、急げば両国に負担
- India anti-graft crusade loses steam (INDIA)
インドでの反汚職運動、勢いを失う
- Smalls victory for Saudi Arabian women (SAUDI ARABIA)
サウジ、女性用下着店で男性の接客を禁止
- Russia has the expertise to embalm Kim Jong Il (RUSSIA)
遺体保存処置技術を誇るロシア


JAPAN IN BRIEF
=======================================
- Cabinet defies opposition, OKs draft for sales tax hike ※
- Royal couple may visit China
- Sony eyes golden boy Hirai for president
- New Yamanote Line station mulled
- Woodford ends fight to lead Olympus ※
- Nine DPJ defectors set up new party
- Cops trying to trace Hirata’s cohorts

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NATIONAL
=======================================
- New year could prove daunting for Noda
野田政権、2012年は苦難の年に
- Solid trilateral alliances key as diplomatic challenges shaping up
日中米の連携が国際社会の安定の鍵
- Social funding sites to projects’ rescue
やりたい夢の資金集めはネットで
- Film demonstrates teachers’ battles
信条を曲げない教師たちの物語


OPINION
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- A silver safety net for Holland’s aging Japanese
- Kizuna, meaning bonds or ties, to resound through 2012 as in 2011 ※

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