Japan Nieuwsbrief 12/31/2011

• AppleInsider | Steve Jobs' love affair with Japan

• BBC News - Japan quake

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 12/30/2011

• Fukushima : ce que dénonce le rapport d'enquête | Japon Information

• 45% on death row given meds for stress (Yomiuri)

• Tsunami en kernramp in Japan - Verhalen van 2011 - Dossiers - Knack.be

• Debris from Japan tsunami washes up on B.C. shores

• Japan’s pro-Pyongyang Koreans say goodbye to Kim

• Japanese vending machines: Now dispensing Wi-Fi | ZDNet

• Ramp, woede en angst brengen Japanse kernenergie tot stilstand - Buitenland - Reformatorisch Dagblad

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 12/29/2011

• No executions in 2011 for 1st time in 19 yrs (Yomiuri)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 12/28/2011

• Japan Recommends Temporary State Control for Tokyo Electric - NYTimes.com

• De Aziatische Tijger » Japan schoot zwaar tekort bij kernramp Fukushima

• Futenma plan once again thorn in side of DPJ | The Japan Times Online

• Tepco Falls to Low on Possible Nationalization - Bloomberg

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 12/27/2011

• Omroep Brabant: Sea Shepherd-actievoerder Erwin Vermeulen uit Veldhoven langer vast in Japan

• Japan versoepelt wapen-embargo - Het Nieuwsblad

• UPDATE 2-Japan trade min to call for Tepco nationalisation-Nikkei

• Japan's nuclear response filled with errors, report says - CNN.com

• Women Beat Men to Jobs as Japan’s ‘Mancession’ Spurs Deflation - Businessweek

• China and Japan Agree to New Currency Dealings - NYTimes.com

• Report Condemns Japan’s Response to Nuclear Accident - NYTimes.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 12/26/2011

• Apple verrast Japanners met Lucky Bags - MacWorld

• Japan reageerde 'rommelig' na kernramp Fukushima - Het Nieuwsblad

• A look back at the buzzwords and street slang of 2011 | The Japan Times Online

• Japan urges China to help keep North Korea in check | Reuters

• Japan PM's public support plunges - Channel NewsAsia

• PHOTO/ Shutterbugs capture night views afar of Tokyo Sky Tree - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan’s ‘Lolita’ style: cutesy and disturbing

• Japan bets on casinos to fund earthquake recovery | World news | guardian.co.uk

• Japan Asks China For Help on North Korea | Asia | English

• Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of Japan Visits Beijing (NYTimes)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 12/25/2011

• NOS Nieuws - 2011: Van wederopbouw geen sprake in Japan

• Behold! Christ's grave in Shingo, Aomori Prefecture | The Japan Times Online

• In Japan, Radiation Fears Reshape Lives : NPR

• Japan woman freed in U.S. after returning daughter : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 12/24/2011

• BBC News - Japanese public chooses 'kizuna' as kanji of 2011

• Government evacuation order to come under fire | The Japan Times Online

• Japans schilderij in kapel ... (Berendrecht-Zandvliet-Lillo) - Het Nieuwsblad

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 12/23/2011

• Japan’s emperor praises the nation for coming together following quake and tsunami disasters - The Washington Post

• Aparte kerst voor dakloze dominee Fukushima - Buitenland - Algemeen - Nieuws - Gelderlander

• AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Beving, tsunami en kernramp in Japan - Binnenland | Het laatste nieuws uit Nederland leest u op Telegraaf.nl [Maart]

• Japan ziet strenger toe op buitenlanders | Radio Nederland Wereldomroep

• m.guardian.co.uk

• Japan and the Reality of Suffering - Businessweek

• RPT-China, Japan leaders to meet amid North Korea angst

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 12/22/2011

• Govt likely to take over TEPCO / Liability fund would hold stock majority : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)

• Analysis: Abductees feud constrains Japan diplomacy with N.Korea - chicagotribune.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 12/21/2011

• Japan prosecutors raid Olympus after revelations of dubious accounting, hidden losses - The Washington Post

• Immigration changes to come as new law takes effect in July | The Japan Times Online

• PlayStation Vita’s Japanese launch is a mixed bag - The Washington Post

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 12/20/2011

• Replacing your alien card; blasts from the past | The Japan Times Online

• 'Prepare for the unexpected': Noda | The Japan Times Online

• Four years after 'Nova shock,' eikaiwa is down but not out | The Japan Times Online

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 12/19/2011

• Japan vreest negatieve impact veiligheid na Kim's dood - RTL Z

• Japan preparing for unexpected after Kim's death - Yahoo! News

• Japan getting ready for unexpected after Kim's death

• Seksslavernij zorgt voor spanningen tussen Zuid-Korea en Japan - Buitenland - HLN

• Japan Quake Has Consumers Spending as They Bolster Family Ties - Businessweek

• Nederlandse activist nog steeds vast in Japan | nu.nl/binnenland | Het laatste nieuws het eerst op nu.nl

• Drinking the blues away and how to do it properly | The Japan Times Online

• Les disparus de Fukushima - Le blog de Fukushima

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 12/18/2011

• South Korean president presses Japan on wartime sex slaves, issue remains ‘stumbling block’ (The Washington Post)

• Daunting tasks await despite declaration of cold shutdown | The Japan Times Online

• Japan less likely to trust officials, main media, since disaster - latimes.com

• Global Spin

• AVAAZ : Tsunami-hulpfondsen gebruikt om walvissen te doden?‏ / Persmededelingen / Politics.be - Jouw politieke portaalsite

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 12/17/2011

• Why a nation obsessed with whales is drowning in a sea of bureaucracy (smh)

• 'Absolutely no progress being made' at Fukushima nuke plant, undercover reporter says (Mainichi)

• Few believe assertion that Fukushima crisis is over (Asahi)

• Chocolatier M op Japans avontuur (Het Nieuwsblad)

• First Japanese tsunami debris washes up on West Coast 9 months after disaster (Mail)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 12/16/2011

• Japan to declare 'cold shut-down' at Fukushima (BBC)

• Seoul Statue Becomes Focal Point of Dispute With Japan - NYTimes.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 12/15/2011

• Japan Set to Declare Control Over Damaged Nuclear Reactors - NYTimes.com

• The Olympus scandal: Coming clean | The Economist

• Statue of 'comfort woman' erected outside Japanese Embassy in Seoul | The Japan Times Online

• Evacuation proposal shelved 11 days after first blast | The Japan Times Online

• Japanese scientists to use wild monkeys to track radiation - CNN.com

• Olympus Restates Earnings, Showing Loss - NYTimes.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 12/14/2011

• A Delisting for Olympus Puts Japan in a Debate | Ocala.com

• No Yakuza Photos, Please: City Calendar Recalled | Japan Probe

• Google's Street View shows Japan before and after tsunami - latimes.com

• Le Japon reprend la chasse à la baleine et ravive les oppositions - RTBF Economie

• Last death sentence upheld in 1995 Tokyo subway gas attack - Yahoo! News

• Olympus reveals $1 billion balance sheet hit (Reuters)

• Het schandaal bij het Japanse Olympus (De Groene Amsterdammer -)

• Evacuations too late outside no-go zone (Japan Times)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 12/13/2011

• » Bonds 絆 chosen as 2011 Kanji of the year (Kirainet.com)

• Golf in Japan (dannychoo)

• New Street View images of Japan tsunami disaster show full extent of damage

• One-fifth of kids deprived of contact with one parent | The Japan Times Online

• De Aziatische Tijger » Japan stuurt spionagesatelliet de ruimte in

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 12/12/2011

• Analysis: Little appetite in Japan for major post-Olympus reform (Reuters)

• Is Japan cracking up? (Al Jazeera)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 12/11/2011

• Japan’s top five hiking spots : Hiking, Japan (BBC)

• Close-up: Japan's amazing lunchboxes (BBC)

• The Scot who shaped Japan (Japan Times)

• Meiji ignored tipoffs on cesium in formula (Japan Times)

• Olympus's Ousted CEO, Michael Woodford, Presses On With Battle To Win Back His Job (The Huffington Post)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 12/10/2011

• Analysis: Japan debt stays lukewarm as Europe boils over (Reuters)

• Electricity Demand Hits 93% as Tokyo Chills (Japan Real Time)

• Japanese Whaling Authorities File Lawsuit Against Sea Shepherd (Japan Real Time)

• Japan has ended (TOKYOMANGO)

• Difficult to suck up to noodle-slurping custom for many Westerners in Japan (Mainichi)

• One Year in Japan by CaDs (Kirainet.com)

• Korean Copies of Japanese Products (Japan Probe)

• Big radioactive water leak at second Japanese plant (Times)

• Professor Hayakawa's Fukushima-Chernobyl Comparison Map, Updated (EX-SKF)

• Radioactive water leaks inside nuclear plant in southwestern Japan (The Washington Post)

• One in three single Japanese women poor, says study (Majirox News)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 12/09/2011

• PM says Japan plans to declare tsunami-hit nuclear plant stable by end of year as planned (The Washington Post)

• Pearl Harbor in new light, 70 years on (Japan Times)

• Tepco may be nationalized to stay afloat (Japan Times)

• Japan says some tsunami reconstruction funds going to whaling (CNN)

• Japanese Twitterers Do Not Believe Yoshida's Cancer is in the Esophagus (EX-SKF)

• Japan nationaliseert bedrijf achter kernramp (RTL)

• Kengo Kuma Designs Starbucks (Japan Trends)

• Many in Japan Are Again Heading for the Hills (NYTimes)

• Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? (Mainichi)

• Top US nuclear official in Japan: concerns over spent fuel at Fukushima plant were justified (The Washington Post)

• Former chief of crippled Japan nuke plant has cancer, officials say it’s not related to crisis (The Washington Post)

• Living with Fukushima City's radiation problem (Greenpeace International)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 12/08/2011

• AFP: Japan using quake disaster budget for whaling aid

• Japan FM feels 'deep emotion' about Pearl Harbor (AP)

• Public enemy (Fukushima Diary)

• Japan baby formula recalled over radioactivity fears (BBC)

• Japan Plans to Expand Rice-Shipment Ban as Contamination Spreads (Businessweek)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 12/07/2011

• Olympus promises to go after erring executives (AP)

• Japan's own debt crisis is closer than you think (Mainichi)

• A Reluctant Enemy (NYTimes)

• Dec. 7, 1941 | Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor (NYTimes)

• New NASA Study Shows That Japan's Merging Tsunami Doubled the Destruction (TIME)

• Cesium found in milk powder made by Japan's Meiji (Asahi)

• With Masako still undergoing medical treatment, second prince stealing the show (Asahi)

• Japan gebruikt geld rampenfonds voor walvisjacht -(Het Laatste Nieuws)

• Japanese Split on Fukushima Radiation Cleanup (NYTimes)

• Bust of Gas Panic bars in Roppongi due to “poorly behaving” foreigners allegedly breaking J laws against “dancing” (debito)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 12/06/2011

• Olympus Report: Untangling the Web (Japan Real Time)

• How Organized Crime Infested Japan Inc (Time)

• Olympus investigation panel finds 'rotten' management (BBC)

• Panel urges legal action in damning Olympus report (Asahi)

• PM Noda looks to promote nuclear exports (Yomiuri)

• Japan whaling fleet off to Antarctica (AFP)

• Up to 1 million people could get Fukushima compensation (Asahi)

• Japanse politie over crash autofanaten: 'Stelletje narcisten' (De Volkskrant)

• Japan's Olympus shares surge as moment of truth approaches (Reuters)

• Panel doubts TEPCO claim tsunami caused nuke accident (Asahi)

• "THE SARTORIALIST IN TOKYO" | 「サルトリアリスト　イン　東京」 (YouTube)

• For the sake of Japan's future, foreigners deserve a fair shake (Japan Times)

• New radiation scare for rice in Japan (CNN)

• Japanese Perception of Risk Lowered by Tsunami (LiveScience)

• Contaminated water found leaking at Japanese nuclear plant (CNN.com)

• Tokyo Motor Show: de indrukken van Vroom.be (De Standaard)

• Traffic Accident Wrecks a Dozen Luxury Cars in Japan (NYTimes)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 12/05/2011

• Noda's call for reviving middle class lacks specifics (Asahi)

• Olympus hid up to $1.7b, no proof of yakuza link - source - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Pearl Harbour memo shows US warned of Japanese attack - Telegraph

• 8 Ferraris, 3 Mercedes-Benz & A Lamborghini Crash In Japan

• Massive Japanese crash claims eight Ferraris, three Benzes, and a Lamborghini (Jalopnik)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 12/04/2011

• Daigaku Imo - Japanese University Sweet Potatoes | Just Hungry

• Support for Japan PM down, majority seeks election | Reuters

• Japan's 'nuclear gypsies' face radioactive peril at power plants - latimes.com

• China's skiers lift Japan as tourism defies yen | The Japan Times Online

• Occupy Wall Street resonates within Japan | The Japan Times Online

• 'Nadeshiko' buzzword of year, 3/11 terms next | The Japan Times Online

• AFP: Nissan Leaf electric wins Japan car of the year

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 12/03/2011

• Cesium-tainted ash being returned to Tokyo area - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• TEPCO's interim Fukushima report short on answers - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan's defence minister faces growing calls to quit - media

• A Nuclear Japan's Biggest Fans: Mayors - WSJ.com

• Japan maakt extreem levensechte robots - news - ZDNet.be

• Massive Sea-floor Shove Triggered Japan's Tsunami (LiveScience)

• How Organized Crime Infested Japan Inc. - Yahoo! News

• Prince Akishino Says Need to Consider Setting Retirement Age for Emperor - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Metro - Yakuza: Japan's not so secret criminal underworld

• Dr. Sebastian Pflugbeil “Tokyo is on the path of Kiev” | Fukushima Diary

• Michelin Restaurant Diner Hospitalized After Eating Puffer Fish - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Moderate quake hits near Tokyo - Channel NewsAsia

• David Slater and Yomiuri on how activism re Fukushima is being stifled, contamination efforts stymied (debito.org)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 12/02/2011

• Tokyo Motor Show: Is hi-tech the answer for Japan's car industry? (BBC)

• Japan looks to giant nuclear-washer (BigPond News)

• Analysis: Japan's silent majority may find voice over Olympus (Reuters)

• All N-fuel may have fallen to outer vessel / TEPCO: Up to 68 tons likely melted in No. 1 reactor, eroding concrete of containment unit (Yomiuri)

• Noda's schedule for tax-hike plan faces high hurdles (Asahi)

• Near Fukushima, Japan, famed mayor loses residents' support - latimes.com

• Japan may announce Fukushima cold shutdown on Dec. 16: Yomiuri | Reuters

• First radiation limit set for school meals | The Japan Times Online

• Woodford in bid to retake Olympus | The Japan Times Online

• Japan's battle of Olympus | Karen Maley | Commentary | Business Spectator

• Banyan: Tribal Japan | The Economist

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 12/01/2011

• Prince Akishino's remarks show Imperial family crisis : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)

• Fukushima governor wants all reactors decommissioned - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• AFP: Japan nuclear meltdown ?maybe worse than thought?

• Princess Aiko celebrates 10th birthday (Asahi)

• Strict radioactivity standards set for school lunches (Asahi)

• Bikes for businessmen, custom-fit suits for cyclists (Asahi)

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• BBC News - Japan's carmakers apply talents to world's problems

• http://m.cbsnews.com/postwatch.rbml?videoid=50115780&feed_id=29

• The Associated Press: Study shows deeper meltdown at Japan nuke reactor

• De Aziatische Tijger » Aardbeving Japan: nog 4 jaar nodig voor wederopbouw

• Twitter, mixi take on Facebook in Japan – USATODAY.com

• Zen and Loneliness in Japan - Forbes

• Simulation shows deeper meltdown at tsunami-hit Japan nuclear reactor than previously thought - The Washington Post

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/30/2011

• Japanse schuldenberg wordt stilaan onhoudbaar - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Japan Nuclear Accident Plans Still ‘Inadequate,’ Greenpeace Says - Businessweek

• Green cars in spotlight at waning Japan auto show - Boston.com

• Japan Michelin Three-Star Restaurants Leave French Eating Dust - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Prince cites age limit for emperors | The Japan Times Online

• Okinawa defense official is sacked for indiscreet remark over drinks | The Japan Times Online

• High cesium level found in Date rice | The Japan Times Online

• Japan's energy crisis also an opportunity - News - FinanceAsia Mobile Edition

• Japan and the debt faith crisis: James Saft

• Japanse singledom bereikt recordhoogte (Radio 1)

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• Japan: Olympus scandal reaches a fever pitch | GlobalPost

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/29/2011

• Japanese bartender named world champion at cocktail contest (Asahi)

• Le point de vue japonais sur la « chasse à la baleine » (Japon Information)

• Science in Japan: Where rats and robots play (The Economist)

• Utilities to cut it close amid winter demand | The Japan Times Online

• Osaka victors' next target: Lower House | The Japan Times Online

• Japan's Olympus to review business structure amid scandal

• Toyota revs up new version of iconic '86' sports car : Business : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)

• AFP: Japan nuclear plant director sick: company

• Exclusive: New link emerges between Japan's Olympus and veteran

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/28/2011

• Japan singletons hit record high (BBC)

• Directeur Fukushima stopt om gezondheidsredenen - Buitenland - De Morgen

• BOJ Shirakawa warns Japan outlook severe | Reuters

• Japanese Imperial Family Tree & Order of Succession (Japan Probe)

• The Gods that created Japan and the Ise Shrine (Kirainet)

• Ex-Daio boss blew 9 bil. yen in Macao : National (Yomiuri)

• Japan 'gangster son' Toru Hashimoto wins Osaka ballot (BBC)

• Japan's youth turn to rural areas seeking a slower life (BBC)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/27/2011

• Monju reactor may be axed: Hosono (Japan Times)

• Comedy's a funny business in Japan (Japan Times)

• Nuke fears may spread faster than radiation (Japan Times)

• Dispatches from the labor front line (Japan Times)

• Cesium levels hit tens of billions of becquerels at river mouth (Asahi)

• Woodford: In his own words (Asahi)

• Cesium from Fukushima plant fell all over Japan (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/26/2011

• Japan reconsiders boardroom rules amid Olympus scandal

• A 'bizarre' saga for British ex-CEO of Olympus (AP)

• Japanese Police Arrest French TV Personality (Japan Probe)

• OLYMPUS: a closer look with an excerpt from THE GUARDIAN (Japan Subculture Research Center)

• Gangster son takes on conservative Osaka mayor (BBC)

• Fall's changing leaves reflect our own existence (Mainichi)

• Michael Woodford accable la direction d'Olympus (Le Figaro)

• Ex-Olympus boss says board meeting was 'constructive' (BBC)

• Japan's Imperial family 'needs change'

• 76% think Japan politics has deteriorated

• Now whistleblower, fired Olympus CEO Woodford back in Japan and calling for corporate change - The Washington Post

• Michael Woodford, Ex-Olympus CEO, Says He Would Consider Returning To Job - The Huffington Post

• Japanese leaders urged to allow branches of imperial family headed by women - BostonHerald.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/25/2011

• Le mystère du strontium de Yokohama est levé (Courrier international)

• Woodford: Olympus board brought company 'to its knees' (Asahi)

• Interview: Ex-Olympus CEO Michael Woodford ( Japan Real Time)

• Exec: Non-English speakers cannot do business in 10 years (Asahi)

• Japan may keep imperial status for married females (Asahi)

• 'Smart' apps becoming lifestyle game-changer (Japan Times)

• Ichihashi book on life on lam to be made into flick (Japan Times)

• De Japanse belegger (De Tijd)

• Japan Set to Impose Emergency Disaster Tax (VOA News)

• Olympus ex-CEO Woodford faces tense boardroom showdown (Reuters)

• Reprinted pictorial magazines show horror of past quakes (Asahi)

• Olympus execs quit before showdown with ex-CEO (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/24/2011

• Kredietbeoordelaar Standard & Poor's waarschuwt Japan (De Standaard)

• Eurofighter best option for Japan's ASDF (Yomiuri)

• Japanese-Canadian hopes to link Fukushima with rest of world (Asahi)

• Japan looks to future with earnest crown prince (Reuters)

• Japan's anti-nuclear protesters find the going tough, despite Fukushima disaster (CSMonitor)

• Magnitude-5.9 quake hits near Japan nuclear site (The Washington Post)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/23/2011

• Olympus ex-CEO says Tokyo police can get to truth behind scandal (Reuters)

• News Navigator: What has become of the AUM cult? (Mainichi)

• Jean Reno As Doraemon (Japan Probe)

• Has Arudou Debito Left Japan? (Japan Probe)

• Buffett Is No Match for Mobsters With Tattoos: William Pesek (Bloomberg)

• Japanese comedian Tatekawa dies at 75 (FRANCE 24)

• Bad bet: How Ikawa lost a fortune on gaming tables overseas (Asahi)

• Nuclear Regulator Dismissed Seismologist on Japan Quake Threat (sfgate)

• POWs, young expats struggle to reconcile Japan of then, now (Japan Times)

• Aum may be gone in name but guru still has following (Japan Times)

• AP Interview: For Shiseido VP, a lifelong quest to elevate Japanese women in the workplace (Washington Post)

• Japan's yakuza crackdown could derail effort to keep Olympus listed (Reuters)

• Japan's Sexism Makes for Terrible Economics (Bloomberg)

• Ex-Olympus CEO steels himself for return to Japan (Reuters)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/22/2011

• Have Japanese brands lost their way? (BBC)

• Doodstraf in zaak gasaanval Tokio definitief (Stentor)

• Michael Woodford, Former Olympus C.E.O., to Press Board on Fees (NYTimes)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/21/2011

• Will Japan's Public Debt Mountain Reach a Quadrillion Yen? - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Death Sentence Finalized For Aum Cultist | Japan Probe

• BBC News - Toyota restores Japan output to

• » 2011 Top 10 products and trends in Japan Kirainet.com – A geek in Japan

• Video: portret van een van de laatste zwaardsmeden in Japan :: nrc.nl

• Loyal Olympus workers feel betrayal over accounting scandal

• Japanese Evacuees Vote in Fukushima Polls - WSJ.com

• Sewage sludge keeps piling up amid radiation concerns (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/20/2011

• Cancer fallout from Japan's nuclear disaster may be hard to detect (The Globe and Mail)

• Memories of Mount Takao (Japan Times)

• French researchers seek raison d'etre of hikikomori (Japan Times)

• Is Aum's guru finally headed for the gallows? (Japan Times)

• Teachers leaving jobs | The Japan Times Online

• DPJ may exclude foreign members from voting for party chief | The Japan Times Online

• 23 prefectures reluctant to help Tohoku dispose of disaster debris | The Japan Times Online

• Japan’s economy: Whose lost decade? | The Economist

• 19.0 micro Sv/h in Shinagawa, Tokyo | Fukushima Diary

• Architect of Reactor 3 warns of massive hydrovolcanic explosion | Fukushima Diary

• Possibility of another M9.0 off shore of Kanto area | Fukushima Diary

• President Obama Seen Chewing Gum Constantly in the ASEAN Meeting in Bali, Indonesia | EX-SKF

• Strong quake jolts northern Japan, felt in Tokyo

• Aum killer Nakagawa's death penalty finalized | The Japan Times Online

• Cautious plan to rebuild Japan's tsunami-hit towns

• A trip to Japan's nuclear ghost town - The Washington Post

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/19/2011

• Kano hints rethink in testing rice for cesium (Japan Times)

• Renowned Japanese temple refuses yakuza visits (Reuters)

• Cesium-137 Deposition Simulation Shows Extensive Ocean Contamination Even in Japan Sea (EX-SKF)

• Olympus deals funneled 70 billion yen into mystery funds (Asahi)

• News caster evacuated (Fukushima Diary)

• Radiation in Japan: "Blowing in the Cold Autumnal Wind" (EX-SKF)

• Radioactive Cesium Above Government Limit Detected in Fukushima Rice (Japan Real Time)

• Opposition Targets Japanese Defense Minister for Skipping Bhutan Dinner Banquet (Japan Real Time)

• Hosono Gives Up Salary; Nishiyama to Oversee Fukushima Radiation Decontamination (Japan Real Time)

• Bhutan's Royal Couple visits Japan (Nippon News)

• Robotic bear pillow to avoid snoring (Kirainet)

• Le beaujolais nouveau, star au Japon (Le Progres)

• Aerial footage of Japan communities eight months after tsunami (BBC)

• Coming to Grips with Japan's Government Debt (Forbes)

• Woodford to discuss Olympus with Japanese authorities (Asahi)

• Hamamatsu professor invents speedy radiation detector (Asahi)

• More than half of Fukushima fallout ended up in sea: study (Japan Times)

• Cesium fallout widespread (Japan Times)

• Japan probes possible Olympus gangster link (Reuters)

• Japan's tsunami-hit towns are mostly cleaned up but barren, with much work remaining (Washington Post)

• Japan's Capsule Hotels Go High Tech and High Style (NYTimes)

• Japan's tsunami-hit towns are mostly cleaned up but barren, with much work remaining (Washington Post)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/18/2011

• TEPCO clears woodlands of trees for storage tanks - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• How to: Protect your ass in a Japanese classroom | Matador Network - StumbleUpon

• Utility Reform Eluding Japan After Nuclear Plant Disaster - NYTimes.com

• BBC News - Japan bans Fukushima rice shipment due to contamination

• Japan endorses reactor exports even as it debates nuclear policy at home - The Washington Post

• High court rules foreigners are eligible for welfare benefits | The Japan Times Online

• Olympus investigated by U.K. prosecutors | The Japan Times Online

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/17/2011

• Judge who spared Aum doctor still has doubts about verdict - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/16/2011

• Exclusive: Olympus says readying legal steps vs execs (Reuters)

• Radiation-fearing residents take matters into own hands (Asahi)

• Au Japon, la chasse à la baleine profite de l'argent de la reconstruction -(LeMonde.fr)

• Bank of Japan issues growth warning as it holds rates (BBC)

• Radioactiviteit tast landbouwgrond Noordoost-Japan aan (De Aziatische Tijger)

• Second tainted bottle found in Setagaya (Japan Times)

• Last of trials to close out Aum Shinrikyo rampage (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/15/2011

• North Korea beats Japan in World Cup qualifier (Yahoo! Sports)

• Japan now onboard TPP bandwagon, but bumpy ride ahead (Mainichi)

• North Korea Upsets Samurai Blue (Japan Real Time)

• TEPCO shareholders demand directors pay for mistakes (Asahi)

• Study: Radiation contamination likely in western Japan, Hokkaido - (Asahi)

• Fukushima golf course lawsuit against TEPCO dismissed (Majirox News)

• Tokyo ordinance a potential contract-killer (Japan Times)

• Tatemae as truth, culture clashes and Arudou's dangerous myth (Japan Times)

• VIdeo NHK: 8 months later (Nippon Sekai)

• Japan takes rare lead with Pacific trade push (Japan Today)

• Japan heads to NKorea for 1st time in 22 years; fans warned to leave drums, flags at home (The Washington Post)

• Getting Japanese Women Back on Track (Bloomberg)

• Japan's Mizuho to merge units and cut jobs (AFP)

• Japan farm radioactive levels probed (BBC)

• The Radioactive Rains of March - (Japan Real Time)

• From Minamata to Fukushima -- The Japanese Nuclear Crisis Isn't Over Yet (Huffington Post)

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