Today's top news: Reconstruction minister quits after week

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__________ Wednesday, July 6, 2011 ________________

TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Reconstruction minister quits after week
Ryu Matsumoto resigns as reconstruction minister just a week into his stint after drawing flak for insulting two governors in the disaster-hit Tohoku region he was tasked to rebuild, and his exit drives Prime Minister Naoto Kan into a deeper political quagmire.
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
45% of kids sustained thyroid radiation
Around 45 percent of children in Fukushima Prefecture checked by the prefectural and central governments in late March experienced thyroid exposure to radiation, although in all cases in trace amounts that officials said didn't warrant further examination.
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Noda: Pass bond bill or nation goes bust
Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda says the government may run out of money as early as October unless a bill authorizing bond sales is passed in the Diet.
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OTHER NEWS
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
LDP planning major energy policy rethink
KAZUAKI NAGATA
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110706a3.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Tepco pledges \300,000 more to each evacuee
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110706a4.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Tohoku riled by Matsumoto's shortcomings
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110706a5.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
ASDF F-15 and pilot missing in the East China Sea
ALEX MARTIN
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110706a6.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Utility seeks support toward Hamaoka restart
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110706a7.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Kin bequeath writer Inoue's works to Sendai
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110706a8.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
LDP expels Hamada, suspends two
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110706a9.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Triple-killer's death penalty final
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110706b1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Summer holiday travelers to slip
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110706b2.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Cutting power at night may be overdoing it
MINORU MATSUTANI
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110706f1.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
UNHCR exec lauds refugee strides, urges more
ALEX MARTIN
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110706f2.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Tepco hit up for rumor damages
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110706f3.html

[NATIONAL NEWS]
Crisis may worsen lack of nuclear skills
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110706n2.html

BUSINESS
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[BUSINESS NEWS]
Cabinet OKs \2 trillion quake-aid budget
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110706a1.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
787 makes trial flight from Tokyo to Osaka
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110706a2.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Nippon Life mulls more Tepco loans
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110706a3.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Underwater mining of rare earths economically not viable: expert says
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110706n1.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Geneva's oldest private bank eyes doubling assets held by Japanese
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110706n2.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
NEC looking to boost sales in Brazil by 30%
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110706n3.html

[BUSINESS NEWS]
Billionaire eyes Gree listing abroad
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nb20110706n4.html

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OPINION
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[JT EDITORIAL]
Mr. Thaksin wins again
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/ed20110706a1.html

[OPINION]
Brace for a surge in Southeast Asian piracy
BRITTANY DAMORA and EVAN JENDRUCK
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110706a1.html

[OPINION]
China rocks South China Sea boat
JOHN J. METZLER
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110706a2.html

[OPINION]
Lagarde in the IMF inferno
KEVIN RAFFERTY
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/eo20110706a3.html

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FEATURES
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[COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY NEWS]
Video games now have the same U.S. protection as books and films
BRIAN ASHCRAFT
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nc20110706ba.html

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SPORTS
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[BASEBALL]
Jeter held hitless in return
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110706a1.html

[BASEBALL]
Marines' Castillo makes eyecatching return to Japan
JASON COSKREY
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sb20110706j1.html

[SOCCER]
Zaccheroni spurns interested suitors
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sc20110706a1.html

[SOCCER]
Inoha to join Croatia's Hajduk Split
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sc20110706a2.html

[SOCCER]
Otsu set for Monchengladbach move
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sc20110706a3.html

[AMERICAN FOOTBALL]
NFL retirees file court complaint
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sf20110706a1.html

[GOLF]
Miyazato sets sights on U.S. Open
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sg20110706a1.html

[BASKETBALL]
Suzuki retires to coach HeatDevils
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sk20110706b1.html

[OLYMPICS]
Pyeongchang battling hard to host 2018 Winter Games
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/so20110706a1.html

[SPORTS]
American Farrar takes July 4th stage
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110706a1.html

[SPORTS]
IOC approves slopestyle for Sochi
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sp20110706w1.html

[INTERNATIONAL SOCCER]
Chile rallies
past Mexico
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/sw20110706a1.html

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