Japan Nieuwsbrief 12/05/2010

• Classroom breakdown (Yomiuri)

• Controversy brews over '3rd-category beer' tax hike (Mainichi)

• 'A robot is like a friend' in Japan (BBC)

• Rape: A crime for which hush-up society ought to stand trial, too (Japan Times)

• Tokyo-Aomori bullet train debuts (Japan Times)

• Japan feels sense of crisis over N. Korea (The Star)

• Japan's Petty Diet (The Diplomat)

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