Today's top news: \2 trillion reconstruction bill clears Diet

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TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
\2 trillion reconstruction bill clears Diet
The Diet enacts a \2 trillion second extra budget for fiscal 2011 to finance disaster relief and reconstruction since March 11, one of the three conditions laid down by Prime Minister Naoto Kan for his exit.
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
China's train accident unthinkable here: expert
expert: A Japanese expert who analyzed video footage of Saturday's fatal bullet train accident in China says it was an accident hard to imagine happening here, even though one of the trains involved appears to be one modeled on a domestic shinkansen.
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
World Cup-winning women's soccer team may get top honor
The government is considering giving the People's Honor Award to the national women's soccer team, which won the Women's World Cup last week, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano says.
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OTHER NEWS
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
IAEA chief's tour of stricken plant sobering; help offered
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110726a4.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Kan hopes to apologize to Saga, Genkai leaders
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110726a5.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
DPJ's Nakai prods North envoy to get abduction probe restarted
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110726a6.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
'Big eater' Sone gets married to program director
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110726a7.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Governor protests U.S. drills plan
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110726a8.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
New K-pop craze in Shinokubo draws in young
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110726f1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Radiation tester in hot demand via beef scare
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110726f2.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
TV: Analog out, digital in, with rivals Net, satellite, cable
ALEX MARTIN
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110726i1.html

BUSINESS
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Strong yen has BOJ's Shirakawa cautious
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110726a1.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Cirque Du Soleil to end at Disney
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110726a2.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Honda's third Vietnam bike plant
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110726a3.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Top analyst named BNP research cohead
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110726n1.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
More Aussie beef in pipeline amid cesium fears
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110726n2.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Energy woes boost Asian sweet crude demand
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110726n3.html

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OPINION
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[JT EDITORIAL]
Ensure food safety
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ed20110726a1.html

[JT EDITORIAL]
Preventing child abuse
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ed20110726a2.html

[OPINION]
EU breaks the lock on hungry North Koreans
GLYN FORD
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110726a1.html

[OPINION]
Push FTA of South Korea, Japan, China toward TPP
SHINJI FUKUKAWA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110726sf.html

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FEATURES
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[LIFE IN JAPAN]
The more things change ... the more they stay the same
NEIL GARSCADDEN
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fl20110726a1.html

[LIFE IN JAPAN]
Tokyo summer festivals offer taste of faraway lands without the travel
MAMI MARUKO
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fl20110726a2.html

[LIFE IN JAPAN]
Where there's the will for a will, there's a way
ASHLEY THOMPSON
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fl20110726at.html

[LIFE IN JAPAN]
Chair of the Japanese Association for Suicide Prevention Yukio Saito
JUDIT KAWAGUCHI
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fl20110726jk.html

[LIFE IN JAPAN]
Nagoya: What's the best reason to visit Nagoya?
STEPHEN CARR
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fl20110726vf.html

[LIFE IN JAPAN]
Living and loving The Alien from Nagoya
NEIL GARSCADDEN
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fl20110726zg.html

[LIFE & STYLE]
Fun and function for office and home
JEAN SNOW
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/fs20110726a2.html

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SPORTS
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[BASEBALL]
Alomar leads new class into Baseball Hall of Fame
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110726a1.html

[BASEBALL]
Mariners fall to Red Sox, set new record for defeats
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110726a2.html

[BASEBALL]
Nakajima leads Lions to victory
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110726j1.html

[GOLF]
Miyazato cards first win of year at Evian
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sg20110726a1.html

[SPORTS]
Evans ends long wait for Tour de France title
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110726a1.html

[SPORTS]
Hamilton wins German Grand Prix
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110726a2.html

[SPORTS]
Japan's new wave challenged NPB's best in All-Star Series
JASON COSKREY
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110726jc.html

[SPORTS]
Kitajima misses out
HIROKI NODA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110726s1.html

[SUMO]
Harumafuji sets sights on promotion
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ss20110726a1.html

[INTERNATIONAL SOCCER]
Forlan double helps Uruguay win Copa
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sw20110726a1.html

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