*[top] Mikasa sales of tainted rice net arrests//*quoted from
"The Japan Times" 2009.02.11
Scam put grain meant for glue into food chain
*Stimulus or sink, Obama warns
Remember Japan's 'Lost Decade' of the '90s, Congress is told
*Truth panel on Bush 'abuses' is touted
A U.S. "truth commission" should investigate Bush administration policies
including the promotion of war in Iraq, detainee treatment and wiretapping
without a warrant, an influential senator proposed Monday.
*Evacuation policies under review after Australia fires
Authorities searching for answers to the carnage from Australia's worst-ever
wildfires said Tuesday they would rethink policies allowing residents to decide
for themselves whether to evacuate their homes.
*Bad loans back, top 12 trillion
Bad loans at the nation's 121 banks ballooned by 889 billion to reach 12.294
trillion during the six-month period to Sept. 30, the Financial Services Agency
said Thesday.
*Panasonic recalls employees'kin, citing flu fear
Panasonic Corp. has instructed some employees working overseas to send their
family members back to Japan as soon as possible as a precaution against an
outbreak of a new type of influenza, company officials said.
**scam//**quoted from "英辞郎"
【名】（信用）詐欺｛（しんよう）さぎ｝、詐欺事件、悪徳商法
・The court yesterday sentenced a man to a year in prison for his role in a
telemarketing scam in which more than 300,000 dollars was stolen from an
elderly Texas resident. 裁判所は昨日、テキサス在住の老人から30万ドル以上を
だまし取った電話勧誘詐欺にかかわったとして、ある男を懲役1年の刑に処した。
【自動-1】詐欺を働く
【他動】ペテン［詐欺］にかける、だまし取る、詐取する
**detainee
【名】抑留者
・He apologized for the treatment of Japanese detainees in Siberia.
彼はシベリアの日本人抑留者に対する扱いについて陳謝した。
**wiretapping
【名】〔他人の電話会話の〕盗聴、通信傍受
"The Japan Times" 2009.02.11
Scam put grain meant for glue into food chain
*Stimulus or sink, Obama warns
Remember Japan's 'Lost Decade' of the '90s, Congress is told
*Truth panel on Bush 'abuses' is touted
A U.S. "truth commission" should investigate Bush administration policies
including the promotion of war in Iraq, detainee treatment and wiretapping
without a warrant, an influential senator proposed Monday.
*Evacuation policies under review after Australia fires
Authorities searching for answers to the carnage from Australia's worst-ever
wildfires said Tuesday they would rethink policies allowing residents to decide
for themselves whether to evacuate their homes.
*Bad loans back, top 12 trillion
Bad loans at the nation's 121 banks ballooned by 889 billion to reach 12.294
trillion during the six-month period to Sept. 30, the Financial Services Agency
said Thesday.
*Panasonic recalls employees'kin, citing flu fear
Panasonic Corp. has instructed some employees working overseas to send their
family members back to Japan as soon as possible as a precaution against an
outbreak of a new type of influenza, company officials said.
**scam//**quoted from "英辞郎"
【名】（信用）詐欺｛（しんよう）さぎ｝、詐欺事件、悪徳商法
・The court yesterday sentenced a man to a year in prison for his role in a
telemarketing scam in which more than 300,000 dollars was stolen from an
elderly Texas resident. 裁判所は昨日、テキサス在住の老人から30万ドル以上を
だまし取った電話勧誘詐欺にかかわったとして、ある男を懲役1年の刑に処した。
【自動-1】詐欺を働く
【他動】ペテン［詐欺］にかける、だまし取る、詐取する
**detainee
【名】抑留者
・He apologized for the treatment of Japanese detainees in Siberia.
彼はシベリアの日本人抑留者に対する扱いについて陳謝した。
**wiretapping
【名】〔他人の電話会話の〕盗聴、通信傍受