Japan Nieuwsbrief 05/31/2011

• Uniqlo sees boost from light clothing in power-starved Japan (Reuters)

• May 29, 1945 and the Yokohama Peace Monument (Yokohama Life)

• The Push (Shisaku)

• Falling confidence in 'Japan brand' more than just a domestic problem (Mainichi)

• Japanese venetian blind t-shirt, perfect for summer (JapanSugoi)

• Tokyo Opens Up to Green Curtains (Japan Trends)

• Oil leaking into sea near Fukushima nuclear plant (Japan Today)

• Japan pensioners volunteer to tackle nuclear crisis ( BBC)

• Ibaraki to check radiation at beaches (Japan Times)

• Kan foes in DPJ set to join ouster ploy (Japan Times)

• Japan's economic woes continue (CNN)

• In Japan, a Culture That Promotes Nuclear Dependency (NYTimes)

• Fukushima schoolchildren long to play outdoors again (Asahi)

• Water level at Fukushima reactor rises dramatically (Asahi)

• BBC News - Storm suspends work at Japan Fukushima nuclear plant

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 05/30/2011

• Changing Japan's system to handle the 'unexpected' | The Japan Times Online

• Japan's nuclear crisis: How not to prepare for a disaster (Mail & Guardian)

• Japanners willen dat premier opstapt (Het Laatste Nieuws)

• High radioactivity found in Japan nuclear workers - The Economic Times

• Japan Appears Dispensable as a Supplier - NYTimes.com

• 'Problemen Fukushima duren tot in 2012' - De aardbeving in Japan - VK

• Gov't misses '30,000-unit' home supply goal for quake evacuees (Breitbart)

• Japan voters want new PM as nuclear crisis seen prolonged (Reuters)

• Typhoon Songda Nearing Tokyo Weakens to ’Extratropical Cyclone’ - Bloomberg

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 05/29/2011

• Japan edges toward EU free trade talks, but with not much optimism - The Mainichi Daily News

• Het Nieuwsblad - Van Rompuy: Kijk naar mij!

• AFP: Japan PM could face no-confidence motion

• As nuke workers wait, tainted water climbs (Japan Times)

• Rainy season zone reaches central Japan, Tokyo (Breitbart)

• The hot, sticky summer of our discontent (Japan Times)

• Could Japan's Debt Lead to a Crisis? (NYTimes.com)

• Tainted water ills 'massive' (Japan Times)

• From Van Rompuy to Japan: a haiku of hope (EU business)

• EU en Japan starten gesprekken voor vrijhandelsakkoord (De Standaard)

• EU, Japan join forces to improve nuclear safety (AFP)

• Potatoes may be more dangerous than other vegetables (Asahi)

• Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan 'unready for typhoon' (BBC)

• In Japan, the same old problems (Washington Post)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 05/28/2011

• Plan drafted to provide compensation for radiation rumors (Asahi)

• Japanese train derails, injuring 39 (AFP)

• Japan detects high radiation levels off coast: report (AFP)

• Unpopular Japan PM seeks party unity amid calls to quit (Reuters)

• Japan powerbroker Ozawa ready to challenge PM: report (Reuters)

• EU, Japan eye new friendship, weigh trade friction (AFP)

• Japan Bows to Fukushima Parent Pressure Over Children Radiation Health Concerns (Japan Real Time)

• Could the Kan Government Fall in the Next Two Weeks? (Shisaku)

• Kan must back energy target with specifics (Mainichi)

• Docomo's Updated Bike Sharing Service (Japan Trends)

• Japan's car production plunges due to parts shortages (BBC)

• Fitch cuts Japan credit rating outlook to negative - Yahoo! News

• Positie Japanse premier wankelt (Het Financieele Dagblad)

• Taifoen vormt nieuwe bedreiging voor Fukushima (Belga)

• Fukushima school limit: 1 millisievert (Japan Times)

• Japanse tsunami werd veroorzaakt door 'tegenschok' (nu.nl)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 05/27/2011

• Kan Faces First No-Confidence Vote as Japan Opposition Mounts (Businessweek)

• Fukushima Faces ‘Massive’ Water Problem - Bloomberg

• BBC News - Japan beats deflation for the first time in two years

• Tepco now says reactor seawater injection wasn't halted | The Japan Times Online

• Obama: Japan will emerge stronger after earthquake (AP)

• Post-quake Japan pledges green energy overhaul - Yahoo! News

• Japanese households hope to beat heat as summer looms - Yahoo! News

• Spreading the Energy Saving Message

• BBC News - Sony confirms $3.1bn annual loss

• Japanese robots long gone before Fukushima accident (Asahi)

• Tepco's handling of Japan's nuclear crisis under severe scrutiny - CSMonitor.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 05/26/2011

• Kan vows to boost 'green' power to 20 percent by 2020 (Asahi Shimbun)

• Greenpeace slams Japan response to nuclear crisis, cites sea radiation (Reuters)

• Dreamliner krijgt Japanse doop (nu.nl)

• Japan Nuclear Crisis: New Leak Feared at Stricken Japan Nuclear Plant (CNBC)

• Japanese refuse to bow to authority (Washington Times)

• Japan's Ricoh to cut 10,000 jobs (BBC)

• Cooling pipe breach now laid to temblor (Japan Times)

• Japan diplomat protests S. Korean visit to Kurils (AFP)

• Jaded by nuclear power, Japan chases the rising sun (Guardian)

• Japan PM vows to boost renewable energy (Reuters)

• Japanse export scherp omlaag door rampen (beursduivel.be)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 05/25/2011

• Japan says exports fell 12.5% in April due to quake (BBC)

• Japan PM to unveil push for renewable energy, cheaper solar (Reuters)

• Soil contamination from Fukushima crisis comparable to Chernobyl: study (Japan Today)

• IAEA begins probe into Japan nuclear emergency (AFP)

• Fukushima Daiichi Investigator: An Expert in Failure (Japan Real Time)

• Prosecutors should not appeal acquittal of two men who spent 29 years behind bars (Mainichi)

• LDP should not use nuclear crisis for political maneuvering (Mainichi)

• Le Japon impose une baisse de la consommation d'électricité (Reuters)

• Fear of Skydiving? Here's the fun Japanese solution using Google maps (JapanSugoi)

• Sony reports online security breach on various websites (BBC)

• Demand for personal Geiger counters soars in Japan (Reuters)

• No ill effects seen from radiation so far: U.N. panel (Japan Times)

• Company Believes 3 Reactors Melted Down in Japan (NYTimes)

• Japan city grapples with nuclear doubts after Fukushima (Reuters)

• Town official risked life to capture crucial moments (Asahi)

• Green curtains spreading across urban balconies to cool heat islands (Asahi)

• YouTube: Production of folding fans at its peak ahead of the summer (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 05/24/2011

• Japan's TEPCO admits further reactor meltdowns -(AFP)

• Japan: overheid richt onafhankelijke onderzoekscommissie op (Belga)

• Tokyo gov't to adopt summertime working hours from July (Japan Today)

• Outrage as Japan lifts radiation limit for kids - (ABC News)

• Japan tops pupil behaviour league table ( BBC)

• Japan raises permissible radiation levels for children (abcnews)

• Aardbeving duwt Sony diep in het rood (de standaard)

• Russell Brand deported from Japan, wife Katy Perry says | Reuters

• De Tsunami (vtm)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 05/23/2011

• Radioactive water tanks at Japan plant nearly full (AP)

• Chinese exodus hurts industries dependent on foreign trainees, interns (Asahi)

• Tokyo subways to install WiMax (Japan Times)

• Japan 'plans solar panels for all new buildings' (AFP)

• Japan's orderly Scramble intersection (latimes.com)

• Japan's nuclear plants: Half-life (The Economist)

• Smart ELP by Sassor is a great power management tool - JapanSugoi - Everything Cool about Japan

• UN atomic watchdog experts set off for Japan (AFP)

• Households asked to compete to conserve electricity this summer (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 05/22/2011

• Erratic information fuels mistrust of TEPCO - Yahoo! News

• Beijing, Seoul offer support to Japan at summit - Yahoo! News

• 'Wederopbouw Japan kost 130 miljard euro' | nu.nl/economie | Het laatste nieuws het eerst op nu.nl

• BBC News - Japan nuclear crisis debated in Tokyo summit

• Foreign students targeted for tours | The Japan Times Online

• Lay judge conviction rate 99.8% so far | The Japan Times Online

• More women than ever working, as gender income gap climbs (Asahi)

• Nuclear policy was once sold by Japan's media | The Japan Times Online

• Radiation fears dampen Chinese students' enthusiasm for studying Japan (Asahi)

• China and S Korea leaders meet Japan quake homeless (BBC)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 05/21/2011

• Japan quake: S Korea, China leaders meet victims (BBC)

• Is Japan More Child-Friendly? (Japan Real Time)

• Yearning for comfort of family life in dark post-disaster days (Asahi)

• Japan had to show U.S. it took nuclear accident seriously (Asahi)

• Analysts dispute TEPCO's estimate of height of tsunami (Asahi)

• Trilateral dialogue regarding Fukushima to happen in Japan (BBC)

• Un laboratoire français alarmé par la radioactivité à Fukushima (Challenges.fr)

• TEPCO drowning in red ink, loses 1.25 trillion yen (Asahi)

• U.N. launches study of Japan nuclear crisis (Reuters)

• Leaders of Japan, China, S. Korea meet in Fukushima (AFP)

• UN Secretary-General launches system-wide study of effects of nuclear accident in Japan (The Washington Post)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 05/20/2011

• Japan tells tourists says ‘it’s safe’ to come back, with budgets to dispel “public misperceptions about the effects of the nuclear disaster” (debito)

• Tepco lijdt grootste verlies ooit in Japan (De Tijd)

• Baas Tepco neemt ontslag (Radio 1)

• Japan must look outward, not just inward, after quake (Mainichi)

• Japan wil btw-tarief verdubbelen (De Volkskrant)

• Instruments saw Japan quake lurch (BBC)

• Sumo panel concedes match-fixing deep-rooted (Japan Times)

• TEPCO Head Steps Down After Japanese Nuclear Crisis (NYTimes)

• Nouveau mot d’ordre au Japon : préserver l’énergie | Japon Information

• Japan signs up to global child custody pact (BBC)

• Japan tells tourists says 'it's safe' to come back (AFP)

• Report: President of Japan's troubled TEPCO quitting (msnbc)

• Edano seeks to end regional monopolies of power utilities (Japan Times)

• TEPCO Photos Show Tsunami Striking Fukushima Plant (voa.news)

• Toerisme in Japan in vrije val na kernramp Fukushima (De Morgen)

• Japan to join treaty on child abductions by parents (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 05/19/2011

• 13 minutes à l'intérieur de Fukushima (Japon Information)

• Asahi Shimbun launches paid online edition (Breitbart)

• Gov't attempt to promote clean energy a test of electric power policy reform (Mainichi)

• Peeters bekijkt Vlaamse hulp in Japan (De Tijd)

• Japanese told to save electricity in wake of earthquake (BBC)

• Japan’s New Weekend: Thank God It’s…Wednesday? ( Japan Real Time)

• Grazing rights lost over 'radioactive' grass (Yomiuri)

• Data shows desperate battle waged at nuclear plant (Asahi)

• TEPCO needs to stop ignoring the 'inconvenient' (Asahi)

• TEPCO: Fukushima nuclear meltdown actually occurred just 16 hours after earthquake, more meltdowns on the way (Natural News)

• 13 minutes à l’intérieur de Fukushima | Japon Information

• Japan earthquake: Big, shallow quakes have a warning signal, say researchers (CSMonitor.com)

• Energy efficient gadgets in high demand in Japan (BBC)

• Earthquake and Aftermath Push Japan Into a Recession (NYTimes)

• Japan falls back into recession after quake (AFP)

• Atmosphere Above Japan Heated Rapidly Before M9 Earthquake  (Technology ReviewJ)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 05/18/2011

• Google opens new website for 'lost towns' in quake (Asahi)

• Que deviennent les animaux de Fukushima au Japon ? (Wamiz)

• How Can Brands Innovate Out of Disaster in Japan? (Japan Trends)

• Japan PM: must review oversight of nuclear power (Reuters)

• Can Japan's music fans party again? (CNN)

• Sexe & mariage : « les gens ont envie de vivre » au Japon ) (Japon Information)

• Ministries divided over radioactive tea (Yomiuri)

• Radioactive material dispersal prediction system proves useless (Japan Today)

• Why Japan's Shift Away from Nuclear Is Good for Business (TIME)

• Japan, the Twitter nation (Japan Times)

• Japan disaster not similar to Chernobyl: officials (AFP)

• Carl Pope: Why They Don't -- and Can't -- Get It Right (Huffingtonpost)

• In Japan, is a Tepco apology enough? (Washington Post)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 05/17/2011

• Meltdowns also likely occurred at No. 2, No. 3 reactors of Fukushima plant (Asahi)

• Japan's mortuaries struggle to cope with 14,700 bodies from quake, so far (ScrippsNews)

• Japan dresses down to save power (Telegraph)

• Tepco prepares to start pumping tainted water from No. 3 (Japan Times)

• K.U.L onderzoekt bodemvervuiling in Fukushima (Het Laatste Nieuws)

• Japan keeps Fukushima shutdown target despite setbacks (Reuters)

• Print is suffering, but English readers have never had it so good (Japan Times)

• Fukushima, un test pour le Japon (Courrier international)

• Japanese Officials Ignored or Concealed Dangers (NYTimes.com)

• Volledige meltdown in rampcentrale Fukushima (Knack.be)

• Peeters bouwt noodwoning in Japan (De Standaard)

• Giant barge to store radioactive water from Japan nuclear plant (BBC)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 05/16/2011

• TEPCO chairman, president each paid 72 million yen a year (Asahi)

• Japan evacuates residents beyond Fukushima no-go zone (BBC)

• Tokyo Electric: reviewing records of how nuclear crisis unfolded (Reuters)

• Rebuilding Japan gives many a new pride and purpose (Japan Times)

• Core of reactor 1 melted 16 hours after quake (Japan Times)

• Kris Peeters naar Japan om te praten over ramp (De Morgen)

• Japan reconstruction 'not enough', says Richard Jerram (BBC)

• Many Japan voters back PM on nuclear plant closure (Reuters)

• Witness: Japan Disaster (Humo)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 05/15/2011

• Japan nuclear: Tepco halts Fukushima cooling plan (BBC)

• Japan nuke plant in trouble before tsunami (UPI)

• New hot-weather office dress code OKs Hawaiian shirts, tees and jeans (Asahi)

• Government drafting bill on child abduction treaty (Asahi)

• Japan readies new tactics for Fukushima after setback (Reuters)

• Terug naar Japan: overzichtpagina (deredactie.be)

• Les Japonais apprennent à vivre dans des villes à peine éclairées (Le Matin)

• Le Japon rebondira (SudOuest.fr)

• Kaleidoscope of the Heart: It's natural to react differently to disaster (Mainichi)

• Japan earthquake: Dealing with mountains of debris (BBC)

• Japan nuclear crisis: Radiation fears boost sales of surgical masks in Tokyo (latimes)

• Cheap BBQ meat boss pays a high price for being variety show favorite (Japan Times)

• Media starting to tally the economic effects of foreigner flight (Japan Times)

• Nintendo's Wiining ways (Japan Times)

• The new setsuden culture (Japan Times)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 05/14/2011

• Apple biedt gratis reparaties in Japan aan (One More Thing)

• Why English Is Tough in Japan (The Diplomat)

• Fukushima kids 'get 10 mSv of radiation a yr' (Yomiuri)

• Foreigners key to recovery: Iokibe (Japan Times)

• New Michelin green guide for Japan goes on sale in France (Breitbart)

• Plan to flood Fukushima reactor could cause new blast, experts warn (Guardian)

• Energy-Saving Weddings in Tokyo (Japan Trends)

• Twitter 'vital' link to patients, say doctors in Japan (BBC News)

• "Fukushima is onze grootste kopzorg" (deredactie.be)

• Japanse vissers zijn zwaar getroffen (VRT Nieuws)

• Radioactive ash found in Tokyo after March 11 (Japan Times)

• Japan's debt earthquake is rumbling - (CSMonitor.com)

• How one Japanese village defied the tsunami (Japan Today)

• TEPCO concealed radiation data before explosion at No. 3 reactor (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 05/11/2011

• This summer, cute animal gizmos will make 'cool biz' even cooler | The Japan Times Online

• Evacuees briefly return home in no-go zone | The Japan Times Online

• Japan PM eyes June cabinet reshuffle: report (Reuters)

• Japan's Prime Minister to give up salary - CNN.com

• Ik wil de zee nooit meer zien (VRT Nieuws)

• Japan after Fukushima: village of nuclear evacuees forced to start over - again - CSMonitor.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 05/10/2011

• Japan Scraps Plan for New Nuclear Plants (NYTimes)

• Japan PM declines pay until nuclear crisis ends (AFP)

• How to live happily with pets in evacuation centers (Asahi)

• Tsunami debris to hit West Coast, Hawaii in a few years (Asahi)

• Small steps at home can add up to saving 3.1 gigawatts (Asahi)

• After the deluge, universities face foreign exodus (Japan Times)

• Yokohama hotel offers wedding ceremony with canine 'witnesses' (Breitbart)

• Japan Derives Little Electricity From its Hot Springs (NYTimes)

• Sony's massive leak of personal info another blow to Japan (Mainichi)

• Necomimi, cat ears controlled with your mind (Kirainet)

• Idyllische Japanse tuin open voor het publiek (bndestem)

• Deux mois après le séisme, où en est la situation des étrangers au Japon ? (Japon)

• Geëvacueerde Japanners mogen twee uur naar huis (De Morgen)

• Tepco wants government help for compensation payments (BBC News)

• Twitter brings world closer for Japan quake charity e-book (Reuters)

• Verboden zone Fukushima uitgebreid (VRT Nieuws)

• Veerle De Vod 'Back in Japan' (radio1.be)

• DPJ deputy head for quake task force resigns for playing golf in Philippines (Japan Today)

• Taiga Ishikawa is Japan's first openly gay elected official (TOKYOMANGO)

• Cat ears that express emotions (TOKYOMANGO)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 05/09/2011

• Another Post-Quake Controversy: Evacuee Housing (Japan Real Time)

• Preparing for the Big One (Mainichi)

• Tourists visiting Fukushima despite nuclear fears (Japan Today)

• Waarom de Japanse beving zo'n schok was (Radio 1 Nederland)

• "We zijn in shock: onze kinderen spelen hier" (deredactie.be)

• Japan nuclear plant shutdown adds new risk to economy (Reuters)

• Quake shifted Japan; towns now flood at high tide (AP)

• Tiny radiation leakage from Japan Atomic's plant (Reuters)

• Nu ook straling gelekt uit Japanse kerncentrale Tsuruga (HLN)

• Tepco also must pay redress for unfounded radiation fears: Kan (Japan Times)

• Japan expected to shut nuclear plant over quake worries (Reuters)

• Japan's ancient tsunami warnings carved in stone (AFP)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 05/08/2011

• Official: Japan won't abandon nukes despite crisis (AP)

• Reactor in Fukui Prefecture shut down after radiation levels spike (Asahi)

• Kan's attempt to shut down Hamaoka lacks legal basis (Japan Times)

• Shut down being considered for Fukushima No. 2 (Japan Times)

• U.S.-Japan joint survey reveals high radiation beyond evacuation zone (Asahi)

• Nuclear plant owner rejects Japan shutdown request - MarketWatch

• Report showed risk of Japan tsunami before the quake (FOX19 News)

• Japan radiation monitoring goes crowd, open source (CNET)

• Japan's Iwate wins World Heritage endorsement (AFP)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 05/07/2011

• 'Voluntary' restraint may be anything but in times of disaster (Asahi)

• Mechanisms from earlier tsunami seen in March 11 disaster (Asahi)

• Japanese consumers won over by mutant rice strain (Asahi)

• Hamaoka, Japan's Most Infamous Nuclear Plant? (Japan Real Time)

• French kissing machine might be the most useless Japanese gadget ever (TOKYOMANGO)

• DPJ crisis exec found playing golf (Japan Times)

• Right choice to close Hamaoka nuke plant, but other reactors also a concern (Mainichi)

• Le tsunami laisse l'économie japonaise exsangue (Nouvelobs)

• Justin Bieber treedt hoe dan ook op in Japan (DePers.nl)

• Japan anti-nuclear protesters rally after PM call to close plant (Reuters)

• Electric Vehicles Aid Relief Efforts in Japan (NYTimes)

• After Disaster Hit Japan, Electric Cars Stepped Up (NYTimes)

• Japan Orders Nuclear Plant to Suspend Operations (NYTimes)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 05/06/2011

• Disastrous pattern of academic-gov't collusion must not be allowed to continue (Mainichi)

• Japan quake: Mental health warning for survivors (BBC)

• Q+A: Health risk from troubled Japan nuclear plant (Malaysian Insider)

• Japan PM rival widens ruling party rift over crisis (Reuters)

• Les pestiférés du Japon (Japon Information)

• Sony confirms personal info theft of all 77 million network user (Japan Times)

• Triple disaster and the Constitution (Japan Times)

• Dying for Tepco (Asia Times)

• Japan's nuclear disaster: Piecing together Fukushima (The Economist)

• the qualia journal: The trip (I)

• Children's Day Koi lanterns in Japan (JapanSugoi)

• Luk van Haute over het vertalen van de boeken van Murakami (Uitgeverij Atlas)

• Geduld Japanners raakt op (NOS)

• Robot camera shows the inside of Japan's Fukushima reactor (BBC)

• Crewleden Justin Bieber willen niet naar Japan (Nieuwsblad)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 05/05/2011

• Bye Bye Kitty: The Dark Side of Art in Japan - TIME

• NOS.nl

• Belga

• 'Yakiniku' death toll reaches three | The Japan Times Online

• TheSpec - Money not reaching victims of Japan earthquake

• Beslissing over terugkeer naar verboden zone in Japan pas in januari - Aardbeving Japan - De Morgen

• Lot van Japanse vluchtelingen nucleaire ramp onzeker - Hbvl.be

• Ook radioactiviteit op twee andere containers in haven van Zeebrugge - Gva.be

• Japan Earthquake, Tsunami Spark Volunteer Boom During Holiday Week - Page 1

• Carp streamers of hope flutter high for Children's Day (Asahi)

• Tsunami debris: Mountain of a challenge for Japan (msnbc)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 05/04/2011

• Verhoogde straling vastgesteld op container in haven van Zeebrugge (FANC)

• Fukushima Daiichi, the Movie - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• New York’s New Taxi Will Be a Nissan - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Those pushing PM to resign should offer a candidate to replace him - The Mainichi Daily News

• Gov't, experts must release criteria for radiation safety around nuke plant - The Mainichi Daily News

• Kirainet.com – A geek in Japan — Golden Week

• De Standaard Online - Besmette Japanse container ontdekt

• Japan's nuclear energy debate: some see spur for a renewable revolution - CSMonitor.com

• U.S. doctors hit Tokyo radiation limit for kids | The Japan Times Online

• De Standaard Online - Peeters op handelsmissie naar Japan

• Better to be branded a 'flyjin' than a man of the 'sheeple' |(Japan Times)

• Kan must deliver on policy-reform promises (Yomiuri)

• Japan firms ignore foreign media at own peril: expert (Japan Times)

• Japanese engineers prepare to enter reactor building (AFP)

• Long, polite briefings reflect Japan crisis style (AP)

• Radiation levels in seabed near Japan plant jump (AFP)

• Japan's recovery: After the quake | The Economist

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 05/02/2011

• Tourists visiting Fukushima despite nuclear fears - Yahoo! News

• Japan says no limits to Tepco liability from nuclear disaster - Yahoo! News

• Nieuwe beelden tsunami Japan tonen zee van auto's en vliegtuigen - Gva.be

• De Standaard Online - Ook parlement Japan keurt herstelbudget goed

• Belga

• BBC News - Stradivarius to be sold to raise money for Japan quake

• Wagyu Ranchers Defy Evacuation Orders as Radiation Threatens Japan’s Farms - Bloomberg

• Japan Ranchers Defy Evacuation as Radiation Threatens - Video - Bloomberg

• BBC News - Record fall in domestic Japanese car sales

• Q+A- Can Japan secure a 2nd extra budget for quake-reconstruction? | Reuters

• BBC News - Sony to resume some PlayStation gaming services

• Many Japanese Factories Have Recovered From Quake - NYTimes.com

• Life in Limbo for Japanese Near Damaged Nuclear Plant - NYTimes.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 05/01/2011

• Tourism slowly returns to Japan - Telegraph

• Japan PM on defensive over disaster leadership - Yahoo! News

• Rethinking Tohoku's rebuilding | The Japan Times Online

• It is time to target who calls the shots in Japan when disaster strikes | The Japan Times Online

• Tabloids warn of major quake beneath Tokyo | The Japan Times Online

• Three years eyed to remove disaster debris | The Japan Times Online

• Volunteers rush to help Tohoku | The Japan Times Online

• Photos - Japon : Quand la police joue les services d'ordre de TEPCO - Autour du monde - Citizenside.com

• Japan’s Leader Defends Handling of Nuclear Crisis - NYTimes.com

• Unsafe at Any Dose - NYTimes.com

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