Today's top news: Foreign minister to handle parental abductions

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__________ Monday, January 23, 2012 ________________

TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Foreign minister to handle parental abductions
Japan will assign the task of handling parental abductions and cross-border child custody disputes arising from international marriages to the foreign minister.
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http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120123a1.html

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[NATIONAL NEWS]
LDP chief pursues snap election at party rally
LDP leader Sadakazu Tanigaki targets the ruling DPJ with a snap election at his party's annual convention but draws a mild rebuke over the tactic from the nation's powerful business lobby.
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http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120123a2.html

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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Okada rejects snap poll before tax bills
Deputy Prime Minister Katsuya Okada rules out the possibility of a snap election being held before contentious bills for doubling the consumption tax are enacted.
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http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120123a3.html

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OTHER NEWS
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
ASIMO chief arrested on DUI charge in Tochigi
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120123a4.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Off-clock radiation exposure ignored
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120123a5.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Two Diet members survey isles
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120123a6.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Rightist rams car into SDP's head office
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120123a7.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Ainu take aim at Upper House with new party
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120123a8.html

BUSINESS
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
U.S. won't breach 'mixed treatment' medical insurance rules in TPP talks
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120123a1.html

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OPINION
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[JT EDITORIAL]
Shaping a human rights panel
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ed20120123a1.html

[JT EDITORIAL]
All parties should debate tax hike
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ed20120123a2.html

[OPINION]
Watch for new arrests of political opponents before singing the praises of Myanmar's spring
NAING KO KO and SIMON SCOTT
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20120123a1.html

[OPINION]
The art of misquotation -- it's a form of flattery
ALEXANDRA PETRI
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20120123a2.html

[OPINION]
Spring erosion of Seoul's ruling party forecast
LEE BYONG CHUL
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20120123a3.html

[OPINION]
Europe's potion is now its poison with China inheriting the benefits
GREGORY CLARK
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20120123gc.html

[OPINION]
Typecast 'vulture capitalist' has work cut out
ROBERT J. SAMUELSON
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20120123rs.html

[OPINION]
More crucial than English
TAKAMITSU SAWA
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20120123ts.html

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FEATURES
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[EDUCATION AND BILINGUAL]
It's Murphy's Law if you don't get the joke in Japanese
MARK SCHREIBER
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ek20120123a1.html

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SPORTS
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[BASEBALL]
O's look to make their mark on city
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20120123a1.html

[BASEBALL]
Braun skips details at MVP dinner
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20120123a2.html

[BASEBALL]
Bard, BoSox avoid salary arbitration
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20120123a3.html

[SOCCER]
Dempsey hits treble as Fulham claims win
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sc20120123a1.html

[SOCCER]
Komano's Belgium move hits buffers
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sc20120123a2.html

[SOCCER]
Hosts open Cup of Nations with win
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sc20120123a3.html

[AMERICAN FOOTBALL]
Paterno experiencing health complications
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sf20120123a1.html

[AMERICAN FOOTBALL]
Current group of tight ends reshaping position
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sf20120123a2.html

[ICE HOCKEY]
Gaborik scores twice to lead Rangers past Bruins in matchup of top teams
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sh20120123a1.html

[J.LEAGUE SOCCER]
Makino determined to get career back on track at Urawa
ANDREW MCKIRDY
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sj20120123a1.html

[J.LEAGUE SOCCER]
Big crowd pays tribute to Matsuda
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sj20120123a2.html

[BASKETBALL]
Bosh scores 30 points as Heat run past Sixers
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sk20120123a1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Big Joho performance lifts Grouses over 89ers
ED ODEVEN
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sk20120123b1.html

[SPORTS]
Yoshimura captures table tennis title
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120123a1.html

[SPORTS]
Takeuchi takes ski jump STV Cup
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120123w1.html

[SUMO]
Hakuho calls time on Baruto's perfect record
DAVE HUESTON
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ss20120123b1.html

[TENNIS]
Clijsters shrugs off injury, comes back from brink to beat Li
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/st20120123a1.html

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