JAPANESE NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - JUNE 6, 2011.

TOKYO, June 6 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers:

NIKKEI DAILY:

- The welfare ministry has sent to prefectural governments in areas affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami a guideline for their municipalities to refer to in determining their official death tolls, ministry officials said Monday.

- The Tokyo metropolitan government introduced summertime working hours for its employees Monday to help the capital's economy reduce electricity consumption due to expected supply shortages amid the ongoing nuclear crisis.

- Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said Monday morning a system needs to be established for enabling broad cooperation at the Diet for swiftly dealing with the Great East Japan Earthquake and nuclear accident at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s (9501) Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

- The leader of a business group said Monday that the government will eventually have to set an upper limit for the amount of compensation Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501) will pay for the accident at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

YOMIURI DAILY:

- The leader of a business group said Monday that the government will eventually have to set an upper limit for the amount of compensation Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501) will pay for the accident at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

ASAHI DAILY:

- Sharp Corp. and Panasonic Corp., the nation's two leading flat-panel TV makers, are scaling back domestic production as they struggle to compete with South Korean rivals.

- Mazda Motor Corp. is expected to end production of its vehicles in the United States.

- Sharp Corp. is negotiating an alliance with Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. to help it compete with South Korean manufacturers of liquid crystal display (LCD) televisions, sources said.

- With normal distribution channels disrupted by the Great East Japan Earthquake, many editors in the publishing industry looked to the Internet for inspiration and as a means of getting stories to the public.

ASIA PULSE ms 06-06 1750