The Japan Times 2011: Index

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JAPAN TIMES INDEX
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IDU International Democrat Union |
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IEA International Energy Agency
ABM anti-ballistic missile
IFC International Finance Corp.
ACCJ American Chamber of Commerce in Japan
liSS International Institute for Strategic Studies
ADB Asian Development Bank
ILO International Labor Organization
ADRs american depositary receipts
IMF International Monetary Fund
AEC Atomic Energy Commission
INTELSAT International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
AIDS acquired immune deficiency syndrome
INTERPOL International Criminal Police Organization
ANC African National Congress
IOC international Olympic Committe
AP Associated Press
IPI International Press Institute
APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
IRA Irush Republic Army
ASDF Air Self-Defense Force
IWC International Whaling Commission
ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
IVANS International Value-Added Networks
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JAA Japan Artistis' Association
BIS Bank of International Settlements
JAAF Japan Amateur Athletic Federation
‘BOJ Bank of Japan
JAIA Japan Automobile Importers’ Association
BSE bovine spongiform encephalopathy
JAIDO Japan International Development Organization
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JAMA Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association
CAPTAIN Character and Pattern Telephone Access Information JAMSTEC Japan Maritime Science and Technology Center
_ Network JANCPEC Japan National Committee for Pacific Economic
CATV community antenna television Cooperation
CB covertible bond JASA Japan Amateur Sports Association
CCD charge-coupled device JATA Japan Association of Travel Agents
CD certificate of deposit JCCI Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry
CEO chief executive officer JCP Japan Communist Pary
CFCs chiorofluorocarbons
JET Japan Exchange and Teaching Program
CHONGRYUN General Association of Korean Residents in Japan
JETRO Japan External Trade Organizaition
CIA Central Intelligence Agency
JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency
CIS Commonwealth of Independent States
JICHIRO (ZENNIHON JICHIDANTAI RODOKUMIAI) ALL Japan Pre-
CP commercial paper
fectural and Municipal Workers’ Union
CTBT Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
JOC Japan Olympic Committee
CWAJ College Women’s Association in Japan —_
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KANKEIREN (KANSAI KEIZAI RENGOKAI) Kansai Economic Federa-
DAT digital audio tape
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DEA Drug Enforcement Administration
KEDO Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization
DPJ Democratic Party of Japan
KEIZAI DOYUKAI Japan Association of Corporate Executives
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DVD Digital Versatile Disc .
LBO leveraged buyout
LDP Liberal Democratic Party
EBRD European Banks for Reconstruction and Development
LSI large-scale integration
- EC European Communities
ECOSOC Economic and Social Council
M&A merger and acquisition
EDTV extended-definition television |
METI Ministy of Economy, Trade and Industry
EFTA European Free Trade Association
MIA missing in action
EMS European Monetary System
MIPRO Manufactured Imports Promotion Organization
EPA Economic Planning Agency
MOSS Market-Oriented, Sector-Selective
ERM European Exchange Rate Mechanism
MPD Metropolitan Police Department
ESA European Space Agency
MSDF Martime Self-Defense Force
ESCAP U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific a
EU European Union
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NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization
NASDA National Space Development Agency of Japan
FAQ frequently asked questions |
NASDAQ National Association of Securities Dealers Automated
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
Quotations
FCCJ Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan
FDA Food and Drug Administration
_ FRB Federal Reserve Board
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USTR U.S. Trade Representative
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
UV-B ultraviolet-B
NGO nongovernmental organization
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NHK (NIHON HOSO KYOKAI) Japan Broadcasting Corp.
VAT Value-Added Tax
NICHIBENREN (NIHON BENGOSHI RENME)D) Japan Federation of
VCRs videocassette recorders
Bar Associations
VOA Voice of America
NIEs Newly Industrializing Economies
VTRs videotape recorders
NIKKYOSO (NIHON KYOSHOKUIN KUMIAI) Japan Teachers’ Union
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NIPPON KEIDANREN (NIPPON KEIZAI DANTAI RENGOKAI) Japan
WHO World Health Organization
Business Federation
WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization
NPA National Police Agency
WTO World Trade Organization
NPO nonprofit organization
WWF World Wide Fund for Nature
NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.
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NYMEX New York Mercantile Exchange
ZENCHU (ZENKOKU NOGYO KUMIAI CHUOKA)D) Central Union of
NYSE New York Stock Exchange
a ae Agricultural Co-operatives
ZENGINKYO (ZENKOKU GINKO KYOKAD) Japanese Bankers Asso-
OAPEC Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
ciation
OAS Organization of American States
ZEN-NO (ZENKOKU NOGYO KYODO KUMIAI RENGOKAI) National
OAU Organization of African Unity
Federation of Agricultural Co-operative Associations
OCCi Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry
ODA Official Development Assistance
OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
OECF Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund
OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OSI open systems’ interconnection
OTC over-the-counter
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PCBs polychlorinated biphenyl
PECC Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference
PEN Poets and playwrights, Essayists and editors, and Novelists
PKF Peace Keeping Forces
PKO Peace Keeping Operation
PLO Palestine Liberation Organization
POWs prisoners of war
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R&D research and development
RENGO (NIHON RODOKUMIAI SORENGO-KAI) Japanese Trade
Union Confederation
ROK Republic of Korea
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SAS Scandinavian Airlines System
SDF Self-Defense Forces
SDI Strategic Defense Initiative
SDP Social Democratic party
SESC Securities and Exchanges Surveillance Commission
SHITETSU-SOREN (NIHON SHITETSU RODOKUMIAI
SORENGO-KAI) General Federation of Private Railway
Workers' Unions of Japan
SNF Short-Range Nuclear Force
SOR synchrotron orbit radiation
STA Science and Technology Agency
START Strategic Arms Reduction Talks
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TCCI Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry
TOPIX Tokyo stock price index
TRISTAN transposable ring-intersecting storage accelerator in Nippon
TRON the realtime operating system nucleus
_ TSE Tokyo Stock Exchange
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UAE United Arab Emirates
U.K. United Kingdom
U.N. United Nations
UFO unidentified flying object
ULSIs ultra-large-scale integrated circuit chips
UNC United Nations Command
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNEP United Nations Environment Program
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organiza-
tion |
UNFPA United Nations Fund for Population Activities
UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund |
- UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization
UNMOVIC United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Com-
mission
UNSC United Nations Security Council
UPI United Press International
News of July 2011 Kan’s exit will spur reforms talk: Edano (p2)
Foreign vocational grads get break (p2)
July 1 (Friday) Foreign News
_ Front Page News Communist Party marks 90th anniversary (p4)
Doubled sales tax by ’16 gets nod Nepalese “brought cholera to Haiti’ (p4)
Cesium found in child urine tests China opens longest sea bridge (p4)
Hitachi may join LCD tieup Libyan rebels call for more weapons; Syrian Army
Former Taiwan leader Lee charged with graft stops exodus to Turkey (p5)
Debate rages as China Communist Party turns 90 Hezbollah top figure named in indictment (p5)
Magnitude 5.4 quake jolts Nagano, leaving 11 injured Chavez confirms cancer surgery (p5)
Domestic News New software sheds light on Bible scribes (p6)
113 households identified as radioactive hot spots (p2) Astronomers find most distant quasar (p6)
Last nuclear evacuees leave closed Grand Prince Population in U.K. grew 500,000 in ’10 (p6)
Akasaka hotel (p2) Business News
Dolls link kids to Haiti counterparts (p2) JAL in final talks with Jetstar on budget carrier (p7)
Canada inviting 150 students from disasters zone (p2) Rice futures back after 72 years (p7)
Japan to support Myanmar rights, Suu Kyi assured Sports News
(p2) NBA lockout begins as deal expires (p15)
- Police OK with partial taping of confessions (p2) K-League threatened with closure (p15)
Foreign News Sharapova storms into final (p16)
Three Gorges Dam causing seismic shift (p4) Editorial
AP to open bureau in Pyongyang (p4) Spreading anti-unclear sentiment (p13)
Saudis cut visas for domestic workers (p4) Depths of a transplant scandal (p13)
France admits arming civilians in Libya (p5)
Iran ‘testing nuke-capable missiles’ (p5) July 3 (Sunday)
_ Britain faces mass public servant strike (p6) Front Page News
U.S. admits ‘limited contacts’ with Muslim Strauss-Kahn freed from house arrest
Brotherhood in Egypt (p6) Socialists hope ex-IMF chief runs for president
Belarus finally pays electricity bill (p6) Major firms start weekend shifts
Business News
Defiant Gadhafi threatens attacks in Europe if
Defiant Tepco rallies utilities around future of nuke airstrikes continue
power (p7) Bin Laden was trying to rebuild drone-decimated
Video game sales lowest since ’03 (p7) terror network
Sports News Syria’s Assad dismisses key governor
Federer bounced by Tsonga (p9) Domestic News
No sign of break in stalemate between NBA, players Power pinch may hit five utilities in winter (p2)
(p9) Nissan Leaf pulls ahead of GM Volt (p2)
S-Pulse fined for nuke banner row (p10) Ebizo back on kabuki show bills (p2)
Editorial Ministry pitches plan to use Mage for U.S. carrier jet
Mr. Kan’s thoughtless headhunting (p11) - drills to locals (p2)
New security statement (p11) U.S. fans gather for Anime Expo in Los Angeles (p2)
Ricoh to buy Pentax camera brand (p2) |
July 2 (Saturday) Over 200 firms done in by disasters (p2)
Front Page News Sengoku urges Kan to resign soon (p2)
Power-saving plan kicks in for big users Foreign News
Jobless rate fell to 4.5 % in May Dalai Lama insists China has no role in picking heir
Suit seeks to shut Hamaoka reactors for good after his death (p3)
Saga governor comes under fire over Genkai restart Few signs of readiness for promised Egyptian vote
Strauss-Kahn in court as sex case crumbles (p4)
Domestic News Russia to deploy brigades to Arctic (p4)
Japan, Brazil move to ease visa rules (p2) Violence, torture stems movement of illegals to U.S.
Inter-Korean dialog said trumps six-party talks (p2) (p5)
Mayor raps ex-Tepco president (p2) Venezuela puts brave face on Chavez’s cancer
revelation (p5) More robust SDF presence in U.N. peacekeeping
Shriver files to divorce Schwarzenegger, may get half urged (p2)
his earnings (p5) Lawmakers’ income sinks to a record low (p2)
Sports News Matsumoto, Yang address sea spats (p2)
Sawa’s hat trick powers Japan in rout of Mexico (p16) Snake on seat halts Tokaido bullet train (p2)
Editorial Foreign News
The dying oceans (p6) Suu Kyi begins first trip since release (p4)
Boost women’s role in society (p6) U.S. senators slam Afghan pullout plan (p5)
Mladic ejected from genocide trial (p5)
July 4 (Monday) North Sudan wants U.N. forces out (p5)
Front Page News Jordan king navigates warily to keep ‘Arab Spring’ at
Hose rip interrupts cooling of reactor 5 bay (p8)
Tsuruga reactor lacks emergency vent _
Belarus police arrest, beat applauding protesters (p8)
Thaksin allies win landmark poll Yemen youth militias fight al-Qaida (p8)
Accuser’s lies jeopardize Strauss-Kahn case, experts Business News
say BOJ upgrades seven regional economies (p9)
Abuse fears cloud U.S. funding of Sudan Arm NEC-Lenovo venture targets 30% of PC mart (p9)
Domestic News _
Strauss-Kahn’s accuser now center of suspicion (p10)
Toyota plants start weekend operations (p2) Exxon downplays oil spill on Yellowstone River (p10)
Himeji thermal plant halted (p2) Sports News
Hawkers arrive to attend trial (p2) Djokovic tops Nadal for Wimbledon title (p18)
First Boeing 787 arrives for test flights by ANA (p2) Ichiro to miss first All-Star Game of MLB career
Ishigaki trawlers head out toward Senkakus (p2) (p18)
Novelist Yoshimoto receives Italy’s Capri Award (p2) Editorial
Foreign News Safety of Genkai nuclear plant (p13)
- Journalists in H.K. warn they are losing freedoms (p4) Power conservation in summer (p13)
Aussie carbon tax to exclude gasoline (p4)
Afghans infuriated after deaths caused by shelling July 6 (Wednesday)
from Pakistan (p4)
Front Page News
U.S. eyes costlier Afghan supply routes as Pakistan Reconstruction minister quits after week
ties sour (p4) J 45% of kids sustained thyroid radiation
Chain nixed U.S. request for war cargo corridor: Noda: Pass bond bill or nation goes bust
WikiLeaks (p4) U.K. tried to play down nuke crisis
Hezbollah rules out arrests in ‘void’ Hariri case (p4) Global race on to match U.S. drone capabilities
Yemen’s economy on verge of collapse (p6) ~ Domestic News
AU to ignore ICC warrant on Gadhafi (p6) Crisis may worsen lack of nuclear skills (p2)
Sports News LDP planning major energy policy rethink (p2)
Uchimura cruises to another title (p15) Tepco pledges ¥300,000 more to each evacuee (p2)
Japan golfers lose to South Korea (p15) Utility seeks support toward Hamaoka restart (p2)
Kvitova scores upset to win Wimbledon (p16) Kin bequeath writer Inoue’s works to Sendai (p2)
Editorial LDP expels Hamada, suspends two (p2)
‘Software’ to deal with disasters (p10) Foreign News
China linked to blip in global warming (p4)
July 5 (Tuesday) Burgas to come off under Aussie state’s new law (p4)
Front Page News North Koreans hold anti-South rally (p4)
Ichihashi denies intent to kill Hawker Future uncertain for Chavez despite strong comeback
Matsumoto rips Tohoku governors (p5)
Sea mud rich with rare-earth metals Dutch blamed for Srebrenica deaths (p6)
Turkey recognizes Libya rebels, pledges $200 million DSK faces attempted rape lawsuit (p6)
in aid Ben Ali gets another 15-year stretch (p6)
Domestic News Business News
Genkai mayor OKs restart of reactors (p2) Cabinet OKs ¥2 trillion quake-aid budget (p7)
Paralyzed man off to best peak in robotic suit (p2) Underwater mining of rare earths economically not
viable: expert says (p7) China rushes to quell rumors of Jiang’s death
Inquiries to call center about digital TV surging ahead Ichihashi says he couldn’t let Hawker escape
of changeover (p7) Domestic News
Sports News Water treatment, cooling systems finally working (p2)
Zaccheroni spurns interested suitors (p15) Minamata recognition 38 years late (p2)
IOC approves slopestyle for Sochi (p15) Attacks on NPA website originated in China (p2)
Editorial Japanese English teachers leave for U.S. looking to
Mr. Thaksin wins again (p12) broaden horizons (p2)
Chikushi’s heirs hit for tax dodge (p2)
July 7 (Thursday) No penalty for posting exam questions (p2)
Front Page News Foreign News
All nuclear plants face ‘stress tests’ North ‘bribed its way to nuclear statehood’ (p4)
Reactors kept on full test run; no formal nod Russia to seek Arctic border expansion at U.N. (p4)
Net attacks likely drills linked to Pyongyang U.K. phone hacking scandal mushrooms, boycott
_ Kan under fire in wake of Matsumoto’s resignation grows (p5) :
Ailing Portugal reels after downgrade to junk U.S. fears human time bomb plots (p5)
China ‘lowballed local government debt by $500 Obama offers compromise in debt battle (p6)
billion’ Long-term study shows it’s never too late for pregnant _
Domestic News smokers to butt out (p6)
Job 1 for Hirano is rebuilding public trust (p2) Business News
Tepco assessing radiation levels escaping plant (p2) Top bureaucrat probed over insider trading (p7)
Heatstroke cases in aid cars up three-fold (p2) JR East plans to monitor Chinese patent filings on
North IOC member may visit Tokyo (p2) high-speed rail (p7)
All nurseries to provide preschool education service Pension fund lost ¥300 billion in fiscal ’10 (p7)
(p2) Nokia exits Japan cellphone market (p7)
Foreign News Sports News
Dalai Lama in U.S. for two-week visit (p4) A-Rod’s doctor admits wrongdoing (p10)
Tape shows war crimes claim untrue: Sri Lanka (p4) Editorial
10,000 U.S. troops on offer for Iraq (p5) Nuclear accident disclosure (p11)
Syria committed crimes against humanity in May
siege of city: Amnesty (p5) July 9 (Saturday)
197 migrants drown off Sudan coast (p5) Front Page News
Urine “better ovulation predictor than calendar’ (p6) Kan under fire from his own team
Business News Cabinet OKs bill to let state handle tsunami debris
Sony to cut staff at appliance subsidiary (p7) cleanup
Toyota to fully restore output a month ahead of Utility execs said behind talk-up
schedule (p7) As scandal grows, Murdoch kills off News of the
Companies adopting their own daylight saving time World
programs (p7) Hawker’s father urges harshest punishment
Hacks by Murdoch tabloid shock U.K. (p8) Domestic News
Sports News Shikoku utility delays restarting of reactor (p2)
Kitajima enters two events at worlds (p15) Kaieda takes flak, vows to stay on (p2)
Japan ends group stage with loss (p16) Strides made in creating liver cells (p2)
Editorial Street View to include disaster-zone images (p2)
Minister chokes on hard tack (p10) 60 F ilipino caregivers finish Japanese course (p2)
Matters of concern with China (p10) S. Korean women offer quake aid (p2) —
Foreign News
July 8 (Friday) Pakistan behind journalist’s death, Mullen charges
Front Page News (p4)
Genkai mayor withdraws OK for two reactors’ restart Malaysia police kill kindergarten hostage-taker (p4)
Kyushu Electric TV stunt slammed ‘Megawombat’ found in Australia (p4)
South Korea buries rivals to clinch 2018 Olympics Israel locks down airport, halts ‘flytilla’ (p5)
Tokyo may drop bid for ’20 Games Canada ends combat mission in Afghanistan with 157
dead (p5) July 12 (Tuesday)
Italy to recall carrier from conflict (p5) Front Page News
Texas executes Mexican deprived of consul’s help ‘Stress tests’ to be done in two stages
(p6) Cesium found in Fukushima cattle feed
Russia scraps travel ban on high-profile critics (p6) U.S. freezes Pakistan military aid
Michigan gunman kills seven, himself (p6) Ichihashi should hang if guilty: Hawker family
Business News U.N. warns of humanitarian disaster in drought-ridden
Toyota sees Prius topping 2010 sales in U.S. as supply Somalia
grows (p7) Domestic News
China claims its rail tech superior to Japan’s (p7) Utility planted ‘citizens’ to support restart of reactors
Sony to retire MD Walkman players (p7) (p2)
Tabloid shutdown shows Murdoch’s business savvy Antinuke posture threatens economy (p2)
(p38) Makeshift malls slow to open (p2)
Sports News 21 communities hit in past swamped again (p2)
Japan earns 1-2 finish in pole vault (p15) Response to crisis shows deepening ties, Seoul’s new
Editorial ambassador says (p2)
A new face at the IMF (p13) Foreign News
Rescuers hunt for survivors in train wreck (p4)
July 10 (Sunday) Top Chinese, U.S. officers hold talks (p4)
Front Page News Drug-resistant gonorrhea emerges (p5)
Ending nuclear crisis to take decades: Kan Scores missing in Volga boat sinking (p6)
Fukushima beef tops cesium limit Scandal-tainted News of the World tabloid says
Insider blew whistle on Kyushu Electric TV stunt goodbye in last edition (p6)
Ex-aide to U.K. leader arrested in scandal Plastic waste ‘poses lethal threat to whales’ (p7)
NASA’s last space shuttle blasts into history Rules on food ads for kids targeted (p7)
The birth of a nation: South Sudan becomes world’s Business News
newest country Lender urges quick passage of Tepco bill (p8)
Domestic News Firms seek new ways to cope with power shortage
Students from Taiwan denied disaster funds (p2) (p38)
Nuke crisis panel to question hundreds of people (p2) Some power-saving steps said iffy (p8)
Automatic redress plan mulled for victims of medical Sports News
malpractice (p2) Hakuho swats aside Tosayutaka on day two (p15)
Heatstroke surge feared as people save power (p2) Seo braves weather to close in on major (p16)
Sendai restarts international flights (p2) Editorial
Meet marks 20th anniversary of U.N. antideath Nuclear reactor stress tests (p11)
penalty protocol (p2)
Foreign News July 13 (Wednesday)
Nearly 100 dead in Karachi (p3) Front Page News
Mullen to visit China as regional drill ends (p3) Radioactive beef already sold, eaten
Weak job growth dents Obama’s 2012 bid (p4) Fukushima plant site originally was a hill safe from
Syria slams Western ‘saboteurs’ as protest numbers tsunami
surge (p4) Murdoch tries to save BSkyB deal as hacking scandal
House votes to block same-sex marriages on military gathers pace
bases (p35) Life term urged for Ichihashi
Sports News Syrian protesters attack U.S., French embassies
Domestic News
Japan recovers to roar past Tonga (p15)
Report claims Yao to retire (p16) Appraisals of damage vary widely (p2)
Editorial Sharp cut in aid for China called off (p2)
Snapshot of current thought (p6) Poverty rate hit record high in ’09 (p2)
Judicial system reform (p6) Kan plan set to end nuke goal (p2)
Prefecture cannot gauge cow’s internal exposure (p2)
July 11 (Monday) Payoff-fighting Britain, Japan square off at whaling
No paper was issued due to press holiday. meet (p3) }
Disaster zone students to visit U.S. as ‘envoys’ (p3) Sanrio to cut reliance on Hello Kitty (p8)
Foreign News Insurers’ disaster costs hit $60 billion (p8)
France to open office in N. Korea (p4) IMF names first Chinese deputy (p9)
Influential brother of Afghan president assassinated Sports News
(p5) Kaio matches Chiyonofuji’s career wins mark (p17)
Russia neo-Nazis jailed for killing 27 (p5) Prince, relief convoy give NL All-Star win (p18)
Anger mounts over Cyprus munitions blast as power Lockout likely to delay NFL training camps (p18)
cuts loom (p5) Editorial
Dugard tells of ‘stolen life’ as captive (p6) Space Shuttle finale (p12)
GOP leaders reject Obama’s call to raise taxes (p6) Commendable expressways (p12)
Business News
Tepco and other utilities seeking ¥5 trillion extra in July 15 (Friday)
crisis funds (p7) Front Page News
BOJ trims 2011 growth estimate (p7) Tepco injects nitrogen into No. 3 reactor
Rice prices soaring as wholesalers increase inventories Nuke panel downplayed power loss risk
(p7) Japan advances to World Cup final
Subscribers to get tablet computers (p8) Murdoch forced to drop bid for BSkyB
Sports News Blasts in Mumbai kill 17; India hunts for attackers
_ Ryu gets best of Seo in U.S. Open playoff (p16) Domestic News
Editorial Tohoku land-use guidelines take two-track approach
_ The quest for food security (p12) (p2)
Okinawa seeks to block Osprey deployment (p2)
July 14 (Thursday) U.S. urged not to send North food aid and lessen
Front Page News abductee leverage (p2)
Japan must ditch nuclear power: Kan Phasing out nuke power an aspiration, not policy:
GE plan followed with inflexibility Edano (p2)
Son starts national energy initiative Sanitary conditions deteriorating in shelters as
Radioactive beef sold off in eight prefectures mercury rises: Hirano (p2)
Domestic News Foreign News
Tokyo steps up power-saving (p2) Nike still dogged by worker abuses (p3)
Utility comes clean on Kyushu TV scheme (p2) Scientists look to take sting out of sunburn (p3)
Disaster may have made Kanagawa quake more likely Egypt sacks more than 600 police (p5)
(p2) Moody’s may lower U.S. credit rating (p6)
NISA slaps Tepco over worker overexposures (p2) Israel gives go-ahead to museum opposed by Muslims
Japan, Sea Shepherd trade blows at whaling meet (p2) (p6)
Panel targets English proficiency (p2) Men more likely to die from cancer (p6)
- Genki Mail sends notes of hope to quake-zone kids Amazon planning iPad rival: WSJ (p6)
(p3) Business News
Foreign News HondaJet aims for 15% market share (p7)
Pakistan eyes pulling troops from border region (p4) Strong yen may force further shift abroad (p7)
Suspension of aid to Islamabad may only boost Amazon targets Japanese Kindle (p7)
anti-U.S. resolve (p4) Sports News
Karzai brother’s killing robs U.S. of most influential U.S. edges into final (p9)
ally (p5) Kaio sets record with 1,046th win (p10)
Gadhafi ‘running out of fuel, cash’ (p5) Union urges NBA players to go abroad (p10)
Last spacewalk of shuttle era ends (p5) Editorial
Pills prevent HIV infection in studies (p7) A long shot at what cost? (p11)
Fukushima sparks U.S. safety rethink (p7) Japan’s power-short economy (p11)
Smelly socks tested in Tanzania as way to prevent
malaria (p7) July 16 (Saturday)
Schwarzenegger to return to acting (p7) Front Page News
Business News Fukushima cattle shipments banned
Toyota to consolidate domestic producers (p8) Reactor stress tests heavy on redundancies
Monju reactor project faces the ax Australia fights to contain deadly virus (p3)
Images show mass graves in Sudan Out-of-work Scottish couple scoop record °185
¥684 million stolen from ATMs in hardest-hit million lottery jackpot (p4)
prefectures Opposition hardens in Syrian capital (p4)
Domestic News Search engines may affect memory (p4)
Fukushima to scrap nuclear plants (p2) NASA probe orbiting 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid
Kyushu Electric head must resign: Kaieda (p2) (p5)
Walkout throws whaling talks into disarray (p2) Eight-meter Marilyn sculpture unveiled in Chicago
¥2 trillion reconstruction budget submitted; July 22 (p5)
passage seen (p2) Sports News
Top court clears Osaka governor in murder trial libel Chinese duo capture diving gold (p15)
(p2) Doi, Morita beat Argentine foes (p15)
Five news outlets to start Web portal (p2) Editorial
Foreign News Autumn admissions (p6)
Monsoon hampers search for clues to Mumbai blasts English teachers sent abroad (p6)
(p4)
Sister offers first details of artist Ai’s detention (p4) July 18 (Monday)
‘Arab Spring’ drifts into summer stalemates (p5) Front Page News
Southerners in Sudan to lose citizenship (p5) No-go zone easing may be moved up
U.S. Afghanistan drawdown begins (p5) New nuke body by April: Hosono
Pentagon reveals huge defense hack (p5) Beef cattle shipment ban 1s set to expand
Humans blamed for big predators’ decline (p6) - Disaster energizes fresh push into foreign markets
Pamplona accused of hushing up assaults (p6) Yemeni protesters form opposition interim council
Biggest marijuana farm found in Mexico (p6) Domestic News
Business News Broken communities seek higher ground (p2)
Buyers warned of ‘illegal’ Geiger counters (p7) 20-meter tsunami hit 300-km stretch (p2)
Eco-point program may return (p7) Japan, U.S. plan Tomodachi Fund (p2)
Quake insurance sales rise fivefold (p7) Heatstroke deaths quadruple as nation shuns air
Sports News conditioners (p2)
JOC chief virtually guarantees bid (p15) Info on Toshiba customers leaked (p2)
Sasaki lays out path for Japanese victory (p16) Japan teens win gold at biology Olympiad (p2)
Editorial Foreign News
Cutting the nuclear cord (p13) Eye test may offer Alzheimer’s clue (p3
China hits ‘interference’ after Obama, Dalai Lama talk
July 17 (Sunday) (p3)
Front Page News Ramadan entertainment ban nixed (p3)
84 more Fukushima cows found shipped Sleaze-hungry public feeds U.K. media misbehavior
Fukui reactor shut down after cooling glitch (p4)
JOC launches bid for 2020 Olympics on centennial Murdoch ads apologize for hacking, bribes (p4)
day : Active-duty troops, veterans march in San Diego’s gay
Libyan rebels land U.S. diplomatic recognition pride parade (p4)
Eights banks fail contentious EU stress tests; 16 in Transition to Afghan forces begins (p4)
danger zone Plan to unite Syria opposition fails (p5)
Domestic News Forests soak up one-third of fossil fuels’ emissions
Nuke workers toiling under intense heat (p2) (p6)
Priority shifts to removing fuel from reactors 3, 4 (p2) Dinosaur-killing impact evidence gets boost (p6)
In-U-turn, Tepco to compensate noncommercial Largest school cheating scandal in U.S. history
entities (p2) documented (p6)
Hosono vows funds to remove waste (p2) Sports News
Kitazawa, Panetta agree on Futenma (p2) Japan advances in Fed Cup play (p15)
Foreign News Editorial
Obama to meet Dalai Lama (p3) Enough with nuclear deception (p10)
India prods Sri Lanka to probe ‘war crimes’ (p3) Disaster role for schools (p10)
July19 (Tuesday) Seoul hits Korean Air official snub (p2)
Front Page News Four win medals in Chemistry Olympiad (p2)
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Japan celebrates Women’s World Cup win
Scandal rocks British political elite ‘Terrorists’ behind brazen Xinjiang raid (p4)
Typhoon heading for main islands Maritime dispute tops agenda at ASEAN talks (p4)
Marketed beef cesium levels soar; ban looms ‘Russian Hubble’ telescope launched (p4)
Domestic News Kids ‘safest in grandparents’ cars’ (p5)
Pride, victory shine through emotional, tumultuous Syria deaths raise fears of Iraq-style sectarian unrest
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Reactor closures crimp Kepco (p2) Hungarian man cleared of war crimes in Serbia (p6)
Arizona Memorial bilateral first: Urasenke master’s U.K. vetoes HQ for EU military (p6)
tea ceremony (p2) Business News
Suzuki discussing VW cooperation, other ties (p2) Toyota to build engines, small hybrids in Tohoku (p7)
Ishihara labels antinuclear push ‘hysteric reaction’ China urged to ensure stable rare earth supply (p7)
(p3) Kepco woes mean Kansai must use less juice: Edano
Tohoku may cohost if Tokyo wins ’20 Games (p3) (p7)
Foreign: News Student textbooks available on Kindles (p8)
Taliban claim assassination of key Karzai adviser (p4) Sports News
Indonesia group targets radical Islam (p4) No. 1 wins leader Kaio decides to end career (p15)
Syria widens crackdown (p4) World Cup final sets rating record (p15)
U.K. Afghan force was weak: report (p5) U.S. team gets warm reception despite loss in final
GPS to track U.S. staff in risky areas (p5) (p16)
Egyptian antiquities chief Hawass loses Cabinet post Editorial
(p6) 3/11 victims face welfare cuts (p12)
Business News
Success with debt crisis may help Obama woo July 21 (Thursday)
independents (p8) Front Page News
Murdoch’s rivals face questions on motives in Kan: State may buy tsunam1-hit property
coverage of scandal (p8) Plugging reactors no longer stated goal for Tepco
Sports News _ Murdochs apologize, deflect blame in scandal
Hakuho, Harumafuji stay flawless in Nagoya (p15) Mogul’s wife lands blow, steals show
_ U.S. magic runs out in World Cup final (p16) Somalia facing worst hunger crisis in 20 years
Clarke ends long wait for British Open title (p16) Typhoon Ma-on eases, exits, leaves one dead
Editorial Domestic News
Again, justice for Cambodia (p12) LDP’s nuke power advocacy stands, but renewables
OK (p2)
July 20 (Wednesday) Kansai area urged to reduce power usage by 10% (p2)
Front Page News Reports of child abuse top 50,000 in 2010, a record
Fukushima cattle under shipment ban high (p2)
Film on double A-bomb survivor Yamaguchi set for
Cows to be culled, tested for radiation
“Nadeshiko’ Japan feted upon return British debut (p2)
Tepco plans for cold shutdown by January Taiji to beef up police for hunt (p2)
Typhoon may spare Fukushima Shed jacket, pop parasol, sweat less (p2)
British leader moves to stanch fallout of Foreign News
phone-hacking scandal Pakistan ISI tied to U.S. influence-peddling scheme
Domestic News (p4)
_ Beef radiation scare recalls mad cow fiasco (p2) Riots hit Aussie immigration sites (p4)
Mongolia to be home for spent nuclear fuel (p2) 14 ‘rioters’ killed in Xinjiang attack (p4)
Kan meets soccer champs, perks up (p2) Philippine officials visit disputed islands (p4)
Top octopus soccer prognosticator missed picking Police under fire over ties to Murdoch press (p5)
Japan in Cup final (p2) Egypt’s military eyes political autonomy (p6)
Japan-Jordan nuclear treaty in limbo amid Serbia captures last top fugitive (p6)
crisis-handling flap (p2) Autopsy confirms suicide of Chile’s Allende (p6)
Israel takes over Gaza-bound ship (p6) Export drop slows as output recovers (p7)
Business News ANA, AirAsia tie up for budget carrier (p7)
IMF urges more in deflation fight (p7) Toyota to pay Tesla $100 million to develop joint EV
Hitachi maintains reactor sales goal despite nuclear (p7)
crisis fallout (p7) Sports News
Tata eyes $1 billion sales in Japan (p7) A’s Matsui launches 500th career homer (p9)
Apple posts record iPhone, iPad sales (p8) Paraguay advances to Copa final (p9)
Sports News Japanese divers struggle at worlds (p10)
Yao retires from basketball (p16) Editorial
Kotoshogiku takes big step toward promotion with A killing in Kandahar (p11)
upset of Hakuho (p16)
Editorial July 23 (Saturday)
A Nadeshiko moment (p10) Front Page News
Step 2 of nuclear crisis control (p10) Hamaoka to get seawalls of 18 meters
Ex-cops, inspector held in probe leak
July 22 (Friday) Greece gets new bailout; euro rescue fund revamped
Front Page News NASA’s next mission: the outsourcing of space flight
Domestic News
Ichihashi gets life for Hawker rape, murder
DNA casts doubt on Nepalese man’s guilt Simpler radiation detectors to be permitted for beef
Atlantis lands, ending 30-year shuttle history (p2)
State to buy all radioactive beef Kansai Electric seeks approval to run four-decade-old
Income, corporate tax hikes mulled reactor (p2)
British leader drags opponents into phone-hacking Child benefits may be cut if net income tops ¥10
scandal million (p2)
Domestic News Police white paper features cybercrimes, disaster (p2)
Contaminated beef may have been sent abroad (p2) Todai plans English-only course (p2)
More hot spots to be named (p2) China hits call to indict fisherman (p2)
Minister vows to keep Japan’s 25% carbon cut pledge Foreign News
despite disaster (p2) Korea negotiators talk; South China Sea deal struck
Lay judges deny media influenced Ichihashi decision (p4)
(p2) Canadian court rules to deport top China fugitive (p4)
Nepali hopes to prove innocence (p2) Australia, Malaysia nearing deal to return 800 asylum
Ministry to survey radioactive rubble (p2) seekers (p4)
Sunflower seeds sown in Fukushima hot spot to War, corruption turned Somalia drought into
denuclearize field (p3) full-blown famine (p5)
Foreign News Cypriots swelter amid energy crisis (p7)
Gadhafi could resign, stay in Libya: France (p4) Eurozone split over retreat or federalization (p7)
Afghans block U.S. bid to stop aid theft (p4) Anonymous says it hacked NATO (p7)
China sub achieves dive milestone (p4) 10 killed during Malawi protests (p7)
Hubble spots tiny fourth Pluto moon (p4). Volcanic activity slows warming (p8)
Egypt refuses election monitors (p4) Hess’ bones burned, scattered at sea (p8)
Nepal to measure Mount Everest (p4) Business News
New sex allegation hits former IMF chief (p5) Toyota targets over 16,000 U.S. plug-in Prius sales
Hadzic arrest ends horrific chapter in Balkan history
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(p5) Government points to lack of resiliency (p9)
Al-Qaida plans to recruit kids using cartoons (p6) Apple tops Nokia in smartphones (p12)
U.S. mulls sanctioning Iceland over whaling (p6) Sports News
HIV risks increase with use of hormone-based birth Owners vote in favor of CBA; players wait (p19)
control: study (p6) Harumafuji, Hakuho prepare for showdown (p19)
TSA introduces less-revealing body scanners (p6) CL powers past PL in first game of All-Star Series
Business News (p20)
Kansai biz leaders issue urgent petition to restart Editorial
nuclear reactors (p7) } News of the World scandal (p17)