Japan-related news links for today:

Selling The F-22: For thousands of workers in Georgia, Texas and California, the question of what aircraft Japan chooses to replace its aging fighter jet fleet could mean their jobs. [Link]

It’s Coming: A large and powerful typhoon brought heavy rain to Okinawa’s main island on Friday as it was moving north away from Naha. [Link]

Backwards Priorities: Major disparities have emerged between the policy priorities of Upper House election candidates and the concerns of ordinary voters, according to a survey by The Asahi Shimbun and the University of Tokyo. [Link]

Fujimori Fans: Disgraced former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori’s supporters hailed him as a hero as they took to Tokyo’s streets to kick off his campaign in absentia for the July 29 House of Councilors poll. [Link]

Not Fans: The Peruvian government lodged a protest Thursday against the rejection by the Chilean Supreme Court of a call to extradite former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, who is under house arrest. [Link]

Check Your Elevator: Leading elevator manufacturer Fujitec Co. used substandard steel in more than 12,000 elevators, 560 of which could fall short of mandatory strength standards. [Link]

Rampaging Student: A junior high school boy who went on a rampage at his home in Yokohama on Thursday afternoon was arrested after slashing a police officer. [Link]

Anti-Smoking Patrols: A no-smoking patrol began Friday along Osaka’s Midosuji main street which the city government has designated this month as one of the zones included in the banning of street smoking. [Link]

Plumbing: The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry intends to introduce punitive measures against companies that process local resident registries in cases where data has been compromised. [Link]

3G Network In Hawaii: Japan’s NTT DoCoMo and Atlanta-based AT&T’s wireless unit will work together to build a high-speed mobile network throughout Hawaii, catering to Japanese tourists. [Link]

Imperial Praise: In a first for the Imperial family, part of a speech by Emperor Akihito commemorating the 300th anniversary of the birth of Swedish scientist Carl Linnaeus is published in the prestigious British science journal Nature. [Link]

Imperial Paleontology: Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito visited Mongolia’s Natural History Museum and a paleontology center in Ulan Bator on Thursday and took part in fossil excavation work. [Link]

McStarbucks: McDonald’s Japan said Thursday it will launch 15 McCafe coffee shops in the Tokyo area on August 29, hoping to tap into the country’s growing love of coffee but at lower prices than rivals. [Link]

Bugging Golf: Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) apologized Friday for asking a participant in the Kanto Amateur Golf Championship to allow it to place a microphone on him in a bid to catch the voice of popular teenage golfer Ryo Ishikawa. [Link]

Get A Job, Or Die: The body of a 52-year-old man who withdrew his application for welfare benefits after being instructed by a municipal government official to find a job was discovered Tuesday in Kokura-kita Ward, Kitakyushu, it has been learned. [Link]

Use A Bank: About 10 million yen in cash has been stolen from a chest of drawers at the home of a 65-year-old man in Saitama Prefecture. [Link]

A Warning: Yamanashi police have warned an unemployed man after he threw away 57 10,000-yen notes from pedestrian bridges. [Link]