Today's top news: U.S. Marines to move; base row will drag on

*** Japan Times E-mail News Service ***
__________ Thursday, February 9, 2012 ________________

TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
U.S. Marines to move; base row will drag on
Tokyo and Washington agree to revise a 2006 bilateral accord aimed at transferring U.S. Marines from Okinawa to Guam, making their redeployment no longer contingent upon construction of a replacement airfield by 2014.
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Emails bare NRC's Fukushima chaos
In the confusion that followed the earthquake and tsunami that damaged the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear complex last March, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission was standing by to help, but groping for information.
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http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120209a2.html

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[NATIONAL NEWS]
1 in 3 women living alone are in poverty, as are 1 in 4 men
About 1 in 3 women between the ages of 20 and 64 who live alone are living in poverty, compared with 1 in 4 men in the same category, a study shows.
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http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120209a3.html

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OTHER NEWS
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Plan for new marketplace on Tsukiji site gets mixed reviews
JUN HONGO
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120209a4.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Foreign visitor target set at 18 million by 2016
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120209a5.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Reactor 2 temperatures said trending lower
KAZUAKI NAGATA
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120209a6.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Seoul axes intel agent for spilling beans in Tokyo
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120209a7.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Search for five workers continues in flooded tunnel
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120209a8.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Myanmar investment talks set
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120209a9.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Fukushima Hawaiian-themed resort fully reopens
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120209b1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
NISA to OK report on Oi reactors' stress tests
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120209b2.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Environmental panel rejects Futenma move
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120209b3.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Biomass plants to burn quake debris
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120209b4.html

BUSINESS
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Nissan sales rise but profits decline
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120209a1.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
\5 billion set for rare earth projects
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120209a2.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Diet OKs fourth extra '11 budget
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120209a3.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Current account surplus hits lowest level in 15 years
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120209a4.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Electronics giants start chip integration talks
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120209a5.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Yen-yuan exchange market touted
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120209a6.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
U.S. Treasurys foiling intervention
MONAMI YUI and SHIGEKI NOZAWA
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20120209n1.html

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OPINION
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[JT EDITORIAL]
The Iran-Israel dynamic
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ed20120209a1.html

[OPINION]
What an Obama or Romney win means
MICHAEL BOSKIN
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20120209a1.html

[OPINION]
Turkey's AKP is no role model for Arab countries
KEMAL KILICDAROGLU
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20120209a2.html

[OPINION]
Dubious reasons to attack Iran
GREGORY CLARK
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20120209gc.html

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FEATURES
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[ART]
Finding a piece of mind in contemporary art
MATTHEW LARKING
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20120209a1.html

[ART]
The emotional cadence of Nambata's abstract score
C.B. LIDDELL
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20120209a2.html

[ART]
"Okumura Akio and Works"
TOMOKO HORI
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20120209o1.html

[ART]
"Kobe: Beautiful Colors"
TOMOKO HORI
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20120209o2.html

[ART]
"Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions: How Physical"
YUHEI WADA
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20120209t1.html

[ART]
"World of Kato Kunio"
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20120209t2.html

[MUSIC]
Goth-Trad hatches postdisaster pop
ARNI KRISTJANSSON
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fm20120209a1.html

[MUSIC]
Galileo Galilei "Portal"
PATRICK ST. MICHEL
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fm20120209l1.html

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SPORTS
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[BASEBALL]
Matsui not feeling any pressure
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20120209a1.html

[SOCCER]
Spurs boss Redknapp cleared of tax evasion
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sc20120209a1.html

[SOCCER]
Blackpool, Millwall advance in cup
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sc20120209a2.html

[AMERICAN FOOTBALL]
N.Y. hails champion Giants
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sf20120209a1.html

[ICE HOCKEY]
Capitals start strong, move into first place
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sh20120209a1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Durant shoots Thunder past Warriors
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sk20120209a1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Shaq fine with Kobe's achievement
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sk20120209a2.html

[SPORTS]
Contador vows to race again once ban expires
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120209a1.html

[SPORTS]
Raikkonen returns with fastest time
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120209a2.html

[SPORTS]
More to Europe than meets the eye for players moving abroad
ANDREW McKIRDY
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120209am.html

[RUGBY]
Parks quits Scotland after defeat
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sr20120209a1.html

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