Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/08/2010

• With staid Japan as host, no silly shirts for APEC (AP)

• China: No plan for leader to meet Japan PM at APEC (taiwannews)

• Yokohama on high alert ahead of APEC meet (Yomiuri)

• As Japan Prime Minister Kan Prepares to Host APEC Summit, Opinion Polls Show Shaky Diplomacy Scuttling his Poll Ratings (WSJ)

• Courting a courtesan's life (Mainichi)

• Japan's diplomatic policy paralyzed amid Asia's changing security environment (Mainichi)

• Japan Starts Criminal Investigation of China Boat Video Leaked to YouTube (Bloomberg)

• Japanese prime minister faces tests at home and abroad (CNN)

• Surprising facts about Kanto versus Kansai (What Japan Thinks)

• APEC talks kick off in Yokohama (JT)

• Met veel liefde in de oren punniken (Metro)

• FACTBOX - APEC: The who, what, when, and how of Pacific rim group (Reuters)

• Japan says it will open up economy, seek more FTAs (AP)

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