Japan Nieuwsbrief 12/01/2010

• Princess Aiko celebrates 9th birthday (Mainichi)

• Job Market Bleak for Japanese Grads; Brighter for Asian Peers (WSJ)

• Japan's Suicide Epidemic (CNN)

• Japan's response to North Korea takes on a sharper edge (CSMonitor)

• Toyota: Keeping Prius Customers Happy? (WSJ)

• Foreign dentists, nurses get easier visa durations (JTimes)

• New kanji list mirrors the depressing character of today's society (Mainichi)

• Hot spring gets traveling, monster-hunting gamers (Japan Trends)

• Tokyo salon owners sound off on current state of male style (Japan Today)

• Japan: Debt, demographics and deflation (BBC)

• New bus service at Narita set to slash prices to ¥1,000 for backpackers (JTimes)

• WikiLeaks Japan: North Korea Collapse?; 'Going Nuclear'; UN Security Council (WSJ)

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.