Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/30/2010

• 'Meertalige universiteit is de toekomst' (brusselnieuws)

• Nintendo New 3DS Handheld Packs More Features than Just 3-D (WSJ)

• China frees three Japanese detained in 'military zone' (BBC)

• Maehara hangs tough on Senkaku dispute (JT)

• Toyota has big hopes for small cars in Japan (Yomiuri)

• Chinese Developers Tap Into Japanese Insecurity (NYT)

• US raises pressure on Japan child abductions (AFP)

• De man die 2 miljard dollar inzet op de val van Japan (express.be)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/29/2010

• Conditions were ripe for an escalating dispute with China (Asahi)

• Japan Softens on Refugees (The Diplomat)

• Tokyo Landlords Lose Century-Old `Gift Money' as Rents Slump (Bloomberg)

• Photos: 50+ years of Japanese concept cars (Pink Tentacle)

• Chinese official says dispute with Japan 'mostly over with' (Mainichi)

• Bath salts for different blood types (Kirainet)

• Japan urges resolution on nationals held in China (Reuters)

• Japan urges Russian leader not to visit disputed islands (CNN)

• No winners in Japan-China trawler showdown (Asahi)

• China lifts rare earth export ban to Japan: trader (Reuters)

• Japan mulls troops for disputed islands: report (AFP)

• Block on Minerals Called Threat to Japan’s Economy - NYTimes.com

• Japanese wine cartoon makes Bordeaux grower famous
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• BBC News - Japan welcomes Burmese refugees

• Heard on the Street: The Death of an Industry in Japan - WSJ.com

• China Row Fuels Japan's Right Wing - WSJ.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/28/2010

• 'No territorial issue' over islands, says Japan (Reuters)

• Kan Administration criticized over spat with China (Asahi)

• Japan insists it owns disputed islands (AFP)

• Behind the facade of family law (JT)

• Japan PM to attend Asia-Europe meet amid China feud (Reuters)

• Descendants of 1860 Japanese delegation to U.S. celebrate 150th anniversary of voyage (Mainichi)

• US praises Japan PM as 'statesman' (AFP)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/27/2010

• Japan Toughens its Stance Against China After Captain's Release (WSJ)

• SANDERS: Japan-China dust-up is worrisome (Washington Times)

• Japan, China test each other's diplomatic resolve (AP)

• 'Galapagos,' Japan (and Sharp's) Buzzword (WSJ)

• Japan: the next global time bomb? (Fortune)

• Slightly bleak Tokyo barbecue? (Tokyo Times)

• Students Scarce for Japan's New Graduate Schools (NYT)

• Japan to ask China to pay for damaged patrol vessels (BBC)

• Honne and Tatemae (Kirainet)

• No touch (Ampontan)

• ‘Japan riskeert faillissement’ (Volkskrant)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/26/2010

• Top U.S. envoy Roos makes his 1st visit to Nagasaki (Japan Today)

• Defense Ministry searches for solutions for suicide-plagued Self-Defense Forces (Mainichi)

• Sensible or weak-kneed decision? (JT)

• Japan 'ready' for more yen action (BBC)

• Japan PM refuses to apologize in China row (Reuters)

• Captain's Release Sparks Furor in Japan (WSJ)

• The return of Lafcadio Hearn (JT)

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• Home truths: To buy or not to buy? (JT)

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• For young staff, the workplace is no joke (JT)

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• Yakuza groups shoveled aside by Japan's frustrated contractors (JT)

• Caught in the jaws of Japan's justice system (JT)

• Mount Fuji's peak sees season's first snow six days early (JT)

• China 'undemocratic': Okada (JT)

• China and Japan: Getting their goat | The Economist

• Battery powered robot on journey along historic Tokaido route - The Mainichi Daily News

• Who wants to work abroad? Almost no-one › Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Okada calls China undemocratic for demanding apology over collision › Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Richard Gere and his furry friend are big in Japan (USA Today)

• China’s Call for an Apology Is Met With Anger in Japan - NYTimes.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/25/2010

• Japan refuses China demand for apology in boat row (Reuters)

• Japan weigert excuses aan te bieden aan China (NRC)

• China's Pyrrhic Victory? (The Diplomat)

• Kan makes Japan's pitch for U.N. Security Council seat (Breitbart)

• Japan refuses China demand for apology in boat row (Reuters)

• Why Japan Cares About Rare Earth (WSJ)

• Mixed Response to Chinese Captain's Release (WSJ)

• Release of Chinese skipper sparks criticism in Japan (Mainichi)

• Japan rejects China's call for apology, compensation over collision (Japan Today)

• Q&A: Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara on the Territorial Spat With China and the Yen Valuation (WSJ)

• China demands Japan apology as boat captain returns (BBC)

• China, Japan and the Sea (NYT)

• China demands apology from Japan over captain's detention (CNN)

• Japan in deep hibernation (The Star)

• Japan PM calls for calm in Japan-China ties (AP)

• China's spat with Japan: Out but not over (The Economist)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/24/2010

• Japan to free Chinese boat captain amid row (BBC)

• China krijgt praatjes (Reformatorisch Dagblad)

• Amid Tension, Japan to Release Chinese Captain (NYT)

• Cina en Japan op gespannen voet (Radio 1)

• Japan laat Chinese kapitein vrij (NRC)

• Kan's total lack of vision will be his undoing, says former ally (Asahi)

• China now trying to scale back tourism to Japan (Asahi)

• Japan intervenes in market again to weaken yen (Forbes)

• Kanagawa to open language center (JT)

• In Japan, Tomorrow's Vending Machines Today (WSJ)

• The Associated Press: Obama: US-Japan alliance a security (AP)

• China Is Said to Be Restricting Rare Earth Exports (NYT)

• Un manga japonais fait d'une cuvée sans histoire un vin culte (Libération)

• Four Japanese 'filmed Chinese military zone' (BBC)

• Clinton urges Japan and China to end dispute (Washington Post)

• China's spat with Japan: Deng's heirs ignore his advice (The Economist)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/23/2010

• Autumn signs on Shubun no Hi (Tokyo Times)

• Over-active Memories of China's Past (Shisaku)

• China Denies Report of Rare-Earth Export Ban to Japan Amid Diplomatic Spat (Bloomberg)

• Amid Tension, China Blocks Crucial Exports to Japan (NYT)

• Evolta mascot robot walking from Tokyo to Kyoto (Pink Tentacle)

• Cockpit video footage lands crew member of JAL subsidiary in hot water (The Mainichi)

• Key prosecutor arrested for data tampering in postal abuse case (Mainichi)

• Odaiba (kirainet)

• Dwingende toon (Volkskrant)

• Japan PM to skip Asia-Europe meeting in Brussels (eubusiness)

• Sumo falls prey to Japan's mafia (BBC)

• Paris Hilton, meet Japan's hardline policy on drugs (CSMonitor)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/22/2010

• China and Japan shouting across the water (The Economist)

• Paris Hilton denied entry to Japan (BBC)

• China's Wen threatens new action in Japan boat row (AFP)

• China Takes On Japan? Watch Ninja Take On Panda Instead (Forbes)

• Paris Hilton leaves Japan after she's refused entry (CNN)

• Mismatched intentions end up intensifying Japan-China row over islands (Asahi)

• Japanese women and menopause (bellonline)

• China tells U.S. to keep out of South China Sea dispute (Reuters)

• Residential land prices down for 19th straight year in Japan (Breitbart)

• Hilton stopped from entering Japan (smh)

• China premier threatens Japan over boat dispute (AP)

• Video: 100 (Pink Tentacle)

• Website on how to respond to emergencies created for foreigners (Mainichi)

• No Japan-China summit meeting in New York this week (Asahi)

• A call to end confusion over foreign names (JT)

• Hot summer helps some, hurts others (JT)

• Japanese vegetable farm is a hit in Britain (JT)

• SMAP shows in Shanghai are called off (JT)

• Travel industry fears major impact from China dispute (JT)

• Gasveld verdeelt China en Japan (Volkskrant)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/21/2010

• Japan, China out of step in handling of fishing boat collision incident (Mainichi)

• Not All Tokyo Game Show Cosplayers Are Japanese

• English school Web series debuts | The Japan Times Online

• China's maritime aggression should be wake-up call to Japan | Shadow Government

• Asia Times Online :: Japan News and Japanese Business and Economy

• BBC News - The mystery of Japan's missing centenarians

• 'Japan loopt vijf jaar achter in game-ontwikkeling' | nu.nl/games | Het laatste nieuws het eerst op nu.nl

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/20/2010

• Japanese Youth Scrap Shanghai Expo Visit (WSJ)

• Kan presses the reset button (Observing Japan)

• Jan Lauwereyns schrijft Gedichtendagessay 2011 (Knack)

• Nissan increases China production target (BBC)

• Japanse meisjes vallen op simpel Disney-beertje (Z24.nl)

• Japan urges China to act calmly in islands row (BBC)

• Defense Ministry seeking to expand GSDF strength by 13,000 personnel (JapanToday)

• New Foreign Minister Maehara faces immediate challenge in fixing ties with Beijing (Asahi)

• Kan must persuade opposition blocs to help, not hinder, progress (Asahi)

• Tokyo prepared to act if China starts drilling in gas field (Asahi)

• Japan urges calm after China severs contacts (AP)

• China and Japan Escalate Standoff Over Fishing Captain (NYT)

• China schort contacten op hoog niveau met Japan op (deredactie.be)

• China woedend op Japan (Telegraaf)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/19/2010

• China schort contacten op hoog niveau met Japan op (deredactie.be)

• China woedend op Japan (Telegraaf)

• China 'suspends bilateral exchanges with Japan' (AFP)

• China schort contact met Japan op (NRC)

• China halts ministerial-level contacts with Japan (AP)

• China halts top-level ties with Japan over boat dispute (BBC)

• Domestic media hangs on Chiba's every comment (JT)

• Japan mulls drilling near disputed gas field: media (Reuters)

• Japan's constant change (networkworld)

• Why Japanese Girls Go Mad for Korean Girl Bands (Chosun Ilbo)

• Ozawa questioned for 4th time over false financial report (Japan Today)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/18/2010

• Phone apps big at Tokyo Game Show (Asahi)

• A different face of Haruki Murakami (Asahi)

• Kan not up to economic challenge: experts (JT)

• 'Japanese Schoolgirl Confidential': They're Sparkly, Sexy and Can Really Kick Ass! (PopMatters)

• Hakone: One of the first and best tourist spots (Asahi)

• Ex-POWS touring Japan disappointed at not receiving apologies from firms over slave labor (Mainichi)

• PM's new Cabinet focuses on administrative reform, but lack of Ozawa supporters controversial (Mainichi)

• Kan's new Cabinet leaves Ozawa in the cold (Asahi)

• Japan press welcomes cabinet but warns on yen, China (AFP)

• Spanning China en Japan na maritiem incident (NRC)

• Security and rain dampen Chinese protests against Japan (Reuters)

• Kan replaces over half of his Cabinet (JT)

• Emily Parker: Japan: Lost in Translation? (WSJ)

• Former US POWs want Japanese company apology (AP)

• Q&A: China-Japan islands row (BBC)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/17/2010

• Japan says China working on disputed gas field amid row (AFP)

• Japanese PM Naoto Kan announces cabinet reshuffle (BBC)

• Japan PM in sweeping cabinet reshuffle (AFP)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/16/2010

• Japan's Workers: Please Don't Send Me Abroad. Ever. (WSJ)

• Twijfel over interventiekracht Japan (De Telegraaf)

• Shibuya ward seals off park after citizens' group angered by Nike deal (Mainichi)

• Monetary policy: Beggar, then sneakily enrich, thy neighbour (The Economist)

• Japan slips in global university rankings, overtaken by China (Mainichi)

• DPJ's 'apprenticeship' is over; now it's time to show what it can do (Asahi)

• Divided Parliament puts Kan's budget plan, key bills in peril (Asahi)

• Japan embassy warns nationals amid China boat row (AFP)

• Japanese wary in China as fishing captain remains detained (CNN)

• Yen Intervention for Beginners: How it All Happens (WSJ)

• Yet another Tokyo time-lapse (Kirai)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/16/2010

• Yen Intervention for Beginners: How it All Happens (WSJ)

• Yet another Tokyo time-lapse (Kirai)

• Japanse vishandel goochelt met nieuwe soorten (IPS)

• Ozawa bows out (The Economist)

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• China protest calls grow in Japan dispute (Reuters)

• Mr. Shirakawa, Will Yen Intervention Work? (WSJ)

• Ozawa to take advantage of votes from 200 DPJ legislators to wield influence in party (Mainichi)

• Common sense prevailed in re-electing Kan as DPJ leader (Mainichi)

• Steve Jobs no ninja, says Apple (The Register)

• Japan moves to combat rising yen (BBC)

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Japan Nieuws 09/14/2010

• Steve Jobs 'nooit meer naar Japan' (DePers.nl)

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• Japan's Premier Survives Challenge (NYT)

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• Japanse premier overleeft leiderschapstest (De Tijd)

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• China blasts Japan, demands immediate release of fishing captain (CNN)

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• Schwarzenegger rides Japan's newest bullet train (AFP)

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• Bar exam pass rate falls for 4th year (Yomiuri)

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• Japan's mighty whale mountain (JT)

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• Web series taps comedy, drama of eikaiwa (JT)

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• Time running out for Japan (Asia Times)

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• Desperate parents join children at matchmaking parties (JT)

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• Did Japan apologize to US POWs in exchange for Hiroshima visit? (CSMonitor)

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• Japan zoekt zijn honderdplussers (de Volkskrant)

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Japan Nieuws 09/13/2010

• China Will Dispatch a Team to Japn to Investigate the Death of Giant Panda Kou Kou After it Died During an Artificial Insemination Procedure - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Asia Times Online :: Japan News and Japanese Business and Economy

• Factbox: Ties and tensions between China and Japan
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• Japan leadership battle Tuesday could bring new PM - Yahoo! News

• Japan foreign minister apologizes to US POWs - Yahoo! News

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• Japan frees 14 from Chinese trawler, holds captain - Yahoo! News

• Factbox: Policies of Japan PM candidate Ozawa
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• Japan Releases Chinese Crew - NYTimes.com

• HLN Meer Sport - Gouden medailles op WK judo in Japan (1156474)

• Japan dominates at judo world championships - USATODAY.com

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