Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/18/2016

• 'As We Saw Them': Masao Miyoshi and the dawn of U.S.-Japan relations | The Japan Times

• Big in Japan? Faux Trump ad video goes viral | The Japan Times

• Absolutism: an acceptable price to pay for order | The Japan Times

• How Trump fares in Japan's tabloids | The Japan Times

• Japan's first lady, Akie Abe, speaks her own mind | The Japan Times

• Nation's 18- and 19-year-olds prepare to vote | The Japan Times

• Japan atomic bomb survivors criticise Obama's Hiroshima speech ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Japan: A Future Of Stagnation | Markets | Minyanville's Wall Street

• Government expresses 'urgency' over yen's 6% gain this month | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/17/2016

• Japan finance minister says deeply concerned about yen rise, vows urgent response | The Fiscal Times

• U.S. Navy eases alcohol ban for sailors in Japan - CNNPolitics.com

• Under fire, Watami pub chain gives in, agrees to union：The Asahi Shimbun

• Another one bites the dust | The Economist

• Yokohama No. 3 on list of atomic bomb targets, documents show：The Asahi Shimbun

• Is it Time for a Woman to Run Tokyo?

• Japan stocks recover as yen steadies - BBC News

• U.S. Navy lifts temporary drinking ban on its sailors in Japan | Reuters

• Tepco chief likely banned use of 'meltdown' under government pressure: report | The Japan Times

• Yen soars and Nikkei tumbles as Bank of Japan rejects further stimulus

• Japanese city helps women freeze eggs to boost birth rate - BBC News

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/16/2016

• Even after resigning, Masuzoe won’t explain scandal：The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan's share market defies global sell-off - BBC News

• Masuzoe throws in the towel | The Japan Times

• Masuzoe's departure will cost Tokyo residents ¥5 billion for new election | The Japan Times

• Who's watching whom in Japan? It's a state secret | The Japan Times

• Japan tourism hits new record; government to let hotels expand floor space | The Japan Times

• These 360 Videos Show the Aftermath of Japan’s April Earthquake | Motherboard

• Japanese train that has WINDOWS instead of walls offers views of its volcanic landscape | Daily Mail Online

• 'Master of Disaster' Builds Case for Airbnb in Japan - Bloomberg

• Japan travel agency fears leak of 7.93 million records, passport deets • The Register

• LGBT support grows among Japan schools | The Japan Times

• Line’s IPO Revives Galapagos Syndrome

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/15/2016

• Japan says Chinese surveillance vessel entered its waters

• Japan: 13 Things You Need to Know Before You Go

• Quake-hit town in Kumamoto opens first batch of temp housing units | The Japan Times

• 'Corpse hotels' offer dignity for the dead as Japan's crematoriums struggle to keep up | The Japan Times

• Personal info on 7.93 million people may have been leaked by Japan's biggest travel agency | The Japan Times

• What are the chances of a mass shooting in Japan? | The Japan Times

• 'Human remains' found in Japan bear shot after four attacks - BBC News

• Japanese police begin crackdown on coerced sex in the porn industry - LA Times

• Grote oploop bij Japans festival met virtualreality-porno - RTL Nieuws

• Tokyo governor, facing no-confidence vote, likely to resign | The Japan Times

• Only In Japan: Baseball Stadium Beer Girls | VinePair

• Repairing U.S.-Japan Ties on Okinawa - WSJ

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/14/2016

• Japan's yen - the unlikely investment haven - BBC News

• For 'overtime refugees,' home is where the heart isn't | The Japan Times

• What are the chances of a mass shooting in Japan? | The Japan Times

• Free Wi-Fi coming to McDonald’s Japan branches | RocketNews24

• Kiwi captain's Otaru canal tours are popular with visitors | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/13/2016

• Why Being Cute in Japan Won’t Help Line Abroad - WSJ

• 4 People Died in Apparent Bear Attacks in Northern Japan - ABC News

• Street artists in Japan try to wipe out conservative views toward graffiti | The Japan Times

• Japan's Nikkei falls 3.5% as yen strengthens - BBC News

• Japan fund managers get bearish on Abenomics: Survey

• House Parties Could Be Big in Japan if People Knew How to Throw Them - WSJ

• Weleens 10 katten in een kinderwagen gezien? - VK Magazine

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/12/2016

• Graffiti writers told to clean up act on Tottori Sand Dunes：The Asahi Shimbun

• Abenomics' failure and the curse of 'Japanization' | The Japan Times

• No guarantees: the struggle of being old and alone in Japan | The Japan Times

• Foreigners illegally working on farms in Japan increases sharply | The Japan Times

• MSDF emerges as option to help coast guard protect Senkakus | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/11/2016

• U.S. sailors allowed off Japan bases; booze ban remains - CNNPolitics.com

• Japanse chat-app Line naar de beurs voor 5 miljard - rtlz.nl

• Chiba municipality to offer young women subsidies to freeze their eggs | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/10/2016

• Chinese tourists search far and wide for Japan’s rare whiskies - FT.com

• While you may be safe in Japan, your umbrella probably isn’t — Quartz

• Is the Eiken doing Japan's English learners more harm than good? | The Japan Times

• Japan’s Harajuku Station to be rebuilt ahead of 2020 Tokyo Olympics | RocketNews24

• Japan's high school kids cautious and lacking confidence compared with peers overseas, poll shows | The Japan Times

• First Chinese warship to skirt Senkakus triggers protest from Tokyo | The Japan Times

• Why Japan Is the Most Running-Obsessed Culture in the World - Men's Journal

• Meet Japan's first female warship captain

• A Tour of Tokyo's Bookstores

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/08/2016

• Why does Japan accept so few refugees? - BBC News

• JR East to rebuild Tokyo's Harajuku Station amid tourism boom | The Japan Times

• JAPON : L'inemuri, ou la culture de la sieste-minute - Clique.tv

• Evacuation advisory to be lifted for most of Iitate, Fukushima, next March 31 | The Japan Times

• Radioactive soil to be used in base layer for new roads | The Japan Times

• Most new Japanese voters find party policies hard to grasp | The Japan Times

• Japan's conflicted art of World War II | The Japan Times

• Achtergelaten Japans jongetje vond bossen 'eng' | NU - Het laatste nieuws het eerst op NU.nl

• Is the Japan-Russia Honeymoon Over Before It Even Began? | The Diplomat

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