Daily Yomiuri Online :: Wednesday, April 29, 2009

• Ex-mayor avoids prison term for rigging bids (Apr.29)
  OSAKA--The Osaka District Court on Tuesday sentenced Hiroshi Nakatsuka, 53, former mayor of Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, to 1-1/2 years in prison, suspended for three years, for his involvement in rigging bids for a public works construction contract. continued ...


• Govt must act now to prevent pandemic (Apr.29)
  It must be an anguished decision.
  The World Health Organization on Monday raised its global alert level as a result of swine flu--which has spread from Mexico to other parts of the world--from Phase 3 to Phase 4, one level closer to the highest level of Phase 6, the pandemic phase. continued ...