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• Features

• Van Cleef & Arpels adds sparkle to Japanese economy
• Modest civil servant transforms into Miss Universe Japan 2010 (13)
• Here's hoping Formula One gets even more boring (6)
• No. of passengers using regular domestic flights down 9.6% (1)
• Young people sending bowling into the gutter (33)

• National

• Minister wants top-level foreign doctors to provide medical care in Japan (21)
• 2 pairs of crested ibis building nests in Sado
• Pasco loses hard disk containing personal info of 200,000 (3)
• Russian Navy surveillance ship resumes sailing off Japan (2)
• Strong winds buffet Japan, causing injuries, affecting transport system (20)

• Crime

• 1997 Kobe murderer writes apology to one victim's family (5)
• DNA data mix-up leads to warrants issued on innocent man (17)
• California sushi restaurant closes doors after serving whale meat illegally (37)
• Tokyo marks 15th anniversary of subway sarin attack (9)
• Man arrested over hit-and-run death in Hino (2)

• Entertainment

• Sakaguchi, Yada to star in Japanese version of 'Die Hard' (22)
• Mari Yaguchi offers Japanese beef at low prices in Roppongi (18)
• Actresses gear up for 'Y200 mil' kimono play (1)
• Gackt to hold concert just for men (56)
• S Korean actress Han wants to act in Japan (21)

• Politics

• Japan considering additional aid as Okada visits quake-hit Haiti (1)
• U.S. not adamant about existing Futenma relocation plan: Hatoyama (18)
• LaHood's Japan trip to focus on Toyota safety, high-speed rail system (8)
• Gov't to work out site for Futenma relocation on Tuesday (19)
• Assembly skips vote on regulation on sexual imagery in comics (24)

• Business

• Uniqlo to open 1st store in Russia in April (3)
• Toyota shareholders in U.S. sue over fallen stock price (26)
• Hitachi to skip dividend payment for latter half of FY 2009
• EU railway firms call on Japan to play fair (28)
• Adviser backs Steel Partners' call for Sapporo management change (3)

• Technology

• Sony delays start of lithium ion battery production at Fukushima plant
• Toshiba, Hitachi, MHI expected to secure Indian infrastructure orders
• Mitsui allies with Nucor Corp in steel processing business
• Gov't eyes construction of over 10 nuclear power plants by 2030 (2)
• Rohm announces 1st presidency change since foundation

• Sports

• 9th-inning rally lifts Orix over Rakuten in Pacific League
• Takahashi stays hot at plate for Giants
• World champion gymnast Uchimura receives Y3 mil cash reward (2)
• Baruto rolls on in spring sumo (2)
• Miyazawa earns Yamagata point against Reds

• World

• Obama order on abortion locks in health care votes (92)
• Recount calls add to Iraq's political tension
• Israel: No building restrictions in east Jerusalem (17)
• French left beats Sarkozy's party in regional vote
• Frustrations await former presidents Bush, Clinton in Haiti

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