Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/31/2011

• Apple iPads shunned by Japan salarymen (tdayonlne)

• Japan PM criticizes nuclear safety agency (AP)

• M6.5 quake hits Fukushima, no impact on nuclear plant (Breitbart)

• Kan promises thorough investigation of NISA scandal (Asahi)

• Nadeshiko Japan show that a relaxed approach gets the best results (Japan Times)

• Rail rivalry outcome hinges on speed vs. safety (Japan Times)

• Fukushima teacher muzzled over radiation (Japan Times)

• Earthquake jolts north-east Japan - no tsunami warning (BBC)

• American teacher who refused to evacuate soldiers on (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/30/2011

• Nintendo to cut 3DS price by 40 percent (Asahi)

• Ministers Don't Cry (Shisaku)

• Fukushima Teacher Muzzled on Radiation Risks for School Children (sfgate)

• La SF japonaise perd son roi (nouvelobs)

• Nuclear safety agency under fire over fake questions (Japan Today)

• Gov't denies online, Twitter censorship over nuclear crisis (Japan Today)

• Floods claim first victim; 296,000 urged to evacuate in Niigata, Fukushima (Japan Today)

• Opposition Lawmakers Reduce Cabinet Minister to Tears (Japan Probe)

• Vers une «révolution» pour réduire le nucléaire (cyberpresse)

• Japan Proposes Aggressive Recovery Plan (NYTimes)

• To Japan or Not? Travelers Weigh Risks With Bargains (NYTimes)

• « A Fukushima, encore 100 000 tonnes d’eau contaminée à traiter » (Le Monde)

• NISA asked Chubu Electric to manipulate public opinion (Asahi)

• Japan urges 100,000 to evacuate flood area - Yahoo! News

• De bejubelde monocultuur houdt het niet vol - Buitenland - TROUW

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/29/2011

• Professor Tatsuhiko Kodama of Tokyo University Tells the Politicians (ex-skf)

• Japan Economy Survives Reactor Shutdowns, and Tokyo Rethinks Nuclear Policy (WSJ)

• The Next DPJ Prime Minister (Shishaku)

• Japan PM to unveil plan to reduce nuclear power (AFP)

• Japan's industrial output and household spending rise (BBC)

• Decontamination delayed / TEPCO fails to meet goal in removing radioactivity from water (Yomiuri)

• Italian in Comfort, but With the Feeling of Traditional Japan (NYTimes)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/28/2011

• 310 children transferred to schools outside Japan's Fukushima city (asiannewsnet)

• A Different Kind of Opposition (Shisaku)

• In Japan, Holding Onto Political Reins Proves Elusive (NPR)

• 1,600 workers projected over radiation limit (Japan Times)

• Pourquoi le tueur présumé norvégien admirait tant le Japon (Japon Information)

• De blunders en leugens van Tepco (De Standaard)

• Volunteers support Japan disaster clean-up efforts (MarketWatch)

• Provisional Radio Stations after the Earthquake in Japan (NYTimes)

• Look Who's Back: Japan Popular Again With Investors (CNBC)

• Slide Show: Scenes from Japan’s disaster recovery (MarketWatch)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/27/2011

• Osaka Mystery: Lady Sculptures in Red (Japan Real Time)

• Les Japonaises, les plus vieilles femmes au monde (LeMonde)

• Mount Fuji, Kamakura pursued as UNESCO world cultural heritage sites (Asahi

• Q+A-How is Japan's reconstruction plan shaping up? (Reuters)

• Kan wants elections for both chambers in '13 | The Japan Times Online

• Fukushima long ranked Japan's most hazardous nuclear plant (Reuters)

• Jake Adelstein was told "Erase the story. or we'll erase you (BBC Radio)

• A Day in the Life of Japan's 'Nuclear Gypsies' (PBS)

• Blaming everything on Kan won't solve nuclear issue (Mainichi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/26/2011

• In Tokyo, A Yakiniku Table for One (Japan Real Time)

• Tourists again allowed to view Tsukiji auction (Japan Times)

• Website Enables Japan to Thank the World (Japan Trends)

• Japan probe of contaminated beef widens (CNN)

• Japan: Japan pushes to salvage its summer tourist season (latimes)

• Sticking with nuclear could be costlier Japan option (Reuters)

• Japan passes second recovery budget (AFP)

• Hiing Trip: Nokogiriyama - 鋸山 (Kirainet)

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• Video: Fukushima residents address government official about radiation (Tokyomango)

• » Nokogiriyama – 鋸山 Kirainet.com – A geek in Japan

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• Fukushima to provide life-time cancer checks (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/25/2011

• Government posts online initial radiation maps (Asahi)

• Shopping in Tokyo (Japon Information)

• Japan Determined to Beat Tsunami-Driven Crisis:,Says Analyst (CNBC)

• Norway Shooter Admired "Monocultural" Japan (Japan Probe)

• How Japan's media sees progress on Fukushima nuclear crisis (Mainichi)

• Nissan Leaf: Can You Live With An Electric Car? (WSJ)

• Residents' brief return to Fukushima exclusion zone (BBC)

• Toyota output and sales dip in first half of the year (BBC)

• IAEA chief visits Japan's stricken nuclear plant (AFP)

• M6.2 quake jolts northeastern Japan (Japan Today)

• Japanese support PM's call to do away with nuclear power: poll (Reuters)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/24/2011

• Radioactive beef scare widens (Asahi)

• Effects of March 11 disaster still felt at Tsukiji fish market (Asahi)

• Analog TV broadcasting comes to an end in Japan after 58 years (Japan Today)

• Video: Odaiba Tilt-Shift (Japan Probe)

• Powering Japan's future (Japan Times)

• Setsuden and the magic number 28 (Japan Times)

• A bad summer for beer halls (Japan Times)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/23/2011

• Radioactive Beef in Japan: Should You Be Scared? (Japan Probe)

• Abortions double in decade / Abnormalities found during prenatal exams increase women's fears (Yomiuri)

• Romanian woman thrives as geisha (Japan Times)

• Kan not planning to call general election over nuclear issues (Kyodo)

• Kan accepts blame for lack of temporary homes for quake victims ( Kyodo)

• N-plant workers still labor under severe conditions (Yomiuri)

• Hamaoka to get seawalls of 18 meters (Japan Times)

• 1,000-year-old festival opens in Fukushima, defying tragedy (Kyodo)

• Strong 6.5 quake hits northern Japan (ABS-CBN)

• Kan apologizes for failure to keep DPJ's 2009 manifesto (Asahi)

• Japan On Its Way To Nuke Free Society (1): Summary of Public Polls (Oni oni)

• Mind the 'career gap' when job hunting in Japan (Mainichi)

• An Unbelievable Share Of Donations To Japan's Liberal Democratic Party Came From The Power Industry (Business Insider)

• A new way to bet on Japan (CNN Money)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/22/2011

• Yokohama offers "Kokurikozaka Kara" guided tours (Asahi)

• Fukushima : après le "Melt-through", le "Melt-out" : le corium attaque les nappes phréatiques (Le blog de Fukushima)

• Are worries over meat overblown? (Japan Times)

• Air Conditioned Shoes Keep Japanese Salarymen Cool (Japan Trends)

• Japan vier maanden na de tsunami (EenVandaag.nl)

• Japan nuclear scare triggers run for radiation checks (Reuters)

• Le désespoir des éleveurs de Fukushima (Cyberpresse)

• Per fiets naar Tokio (De Telegraaf)

• Gov't names 4 more radiation 'hot spots' near Fukushima plant (Japan Today)

• Japanese murderer jailed for Lindsay Hawker death (BBC)

• Minister vows to keep Japan's 25% carbon cut pledge despite disaster ( Japan Times)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/21/2011

• Safecast

• BBC News - Japan posts surprise trade surplus as exports recover

• Japanese Court Interpreters Lack Necessary Language Skills | Japan Probe

• Ichihashi gets life imprisonment over death of Hawker ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• World Blog - Japan's citizen scientists map radiation, DIY-style

• Plugging reactors no longer stated goal for Tepco | The Japan Times Online

• BEEF SCARE: Cesium-laced beef reached 43 prefectures (Asahi)

• All reactors off by spring — a once unthinkable scenario (Japan Times)

• Man gets jail sentence for computer virus (Kyodo)

• Japan's period drama 'Mito Komon' to end its 40-year history (Kyodo)

• Typhoon Ma-on eases, exits, leaves one dead (Japan Times)

• Donnez-nous notre bain quotidien (Courrier international)

• Caption Technology Opens Up World of YouTube Japan (Japan Real Time)

• Fukushima crisis: Nuclear only part of Japan's problems (BBC)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/20/2011

• Over 1,000 cows fed nuclear-contaminated feed shipped in Japan (Reuters)

• Japan Won't Rule Out Possibility Radioactive Fukushima Beef Was Exported (Bloomberg)

• Where to Find Safe Food?? (BiOS)

• Dozens injured as Typhoon Ma-On lashes Japan (AFP)

• Will Japan invite Google+ into its growing circle of social networks? (Japan Times)

• Tepco plans for cold shutdown by January (Japan Times)

• » Finepix X100 Commercial Kirainet.com (A geek in Japan)

• Japanese squat toilet is better for you (JapanSugoi)

• In Tokyo, High-Rise Apartment Sales Plunge (NYTimes.com)

• In Japan, nuclear bestsellers reflect new debate (Washington Post)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/19/2011

• Japan cites Fukushima progress but sees long road ahead - Yahoo! News

• 'Air-conditioned clothes' help Japan beat heat - Yahoo! News

• Stabilising Japan nuclear crisis on schedule: PM - Yahoo! News

• Japan suspends Fukushima beef shipments over radioactive feed - The Mainichi Daily News

• BBC Sport - Women's World Cup: Japan celebrate win on penalties

• BBC News - Today - Could Japan's recovery fail?

• Japan scrambles to expand probe nationwide on tainted straw, beef+

• Kan defends remarks about nuclear phaseout+

• Japan's incompatible power grids | The Japan Times Online

• Titel Japan zet beeld vrouwen op zijn kop - Voetbal | Het laatste voetbalnieuws leest u op Telesport.nl van De Telegraaf [Voetbal]

• Japan scrambles to protect damaged reactor from typhoon (CNN)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/18/2011

• Japanse vrouw woont jaar lang ongemerkt in kast in flat - stand der dingen - De Morgen

• How Soccer Rallies Japan as Nadeshiko Win Women's World Cup Title - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Don't fall ill in a nuke crisis | The Japan Times Online

• » Yodobashi Camera song Kirainet.com – A geek in Japan

• Japan’s Youngest Sake Expert: 10-Year-Old Akane Niikura | Japan Probe

• United States 2, Japan 2 - World Soccer (AP)

• Japan beats United States in Women's World Cup final (AP)

• Japan plans to ban Fukushima beef (BBC)

• Japan pakt wereldtitel vanop stip na bloedstollende finale - Buitenlands Voetbal - HLN

• Maiden World Cup crown for Japan's women (CNN)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/17/2011

• 84 more Fukushima cows found shipped (Japan Times)

• It seems Japan has literally gone to the dogs (Japan Times)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/16/2011

• Could radioactive cesium-contaminated beef threaten human health? (Mainichi)

• Japan PM visits Fukushima amid talk of cut in zone (AFP)

• Reactoren in Fukushima drie maanden na ramp 'stabiel' (Hbvl)

• 'Kosten wederopbouw Japan 152 miljard dollar' (Elsevier)

• Fukushima and Cultural Superiority (The Diplomat)

• Zaitokukai Neonazis march in Tokyo Shibuya July 9, 2011, with ugly invective ( debito

• Japan Operator Shutting Down Nuclear Reactor After Malfunction (NYTimes)

• Japanese High School Team Pursues Tournament Berth After Much Angst (NYTimes)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/15/2011

• Japan to report progress on nuclear crisis (AFP)

• Beef Contamination Spreads in Japan as Straw Tainted (Businessweek)

• Women's soccer a "beautiful flower" for post-disaster Japan (CNN)

• Volunteers wanted more than ever for disaster areas (Asahi)

• Japan's Korean Air boycott draws Seoul ire (BBC)

• » Visiting tourist sights with Google Street View (Kirainet)

• Sanitary conditions deteriorating in shelters as mercury rises: Hirano (Japan Times)

• Japan's World Cup Team Lifts a Country (NYTimes)

• Japan walkout throws whaling talks into disarray (msnbc)

• U.S. to face 'sentimental' favorite Japan in World Cup (CNN)

• Sunflowers back in bloom in Fukushima (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/14/2011

• VS vs Japan is WK-finale vrouwenvoetbal (De Morgen)

• Kan Says Japan Should Shift From Nuclear Power (NYTimes.com)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/13/2011

• Japan moet streven naar samenleving zonder kernenergie (Belga)

• How Can Tokyo Be the Most Expensive City in Asia? (Japan Real Time)

• Testing system urgently needed after discovery of radiation-tainted beef (Mainichi)

• Japan PM Naoto Kan urges nuclear (BBC)

• 10 reasons why Tokyo is the best (NYPOST.com)

• Japan 'to continue' Antarctic whaling (BBC)

• With Power Shortage Looming, Japan Hustles to Prove Nuclear Reactors Are Safe (Time)

• Former Reconstruction Gaffe Minister Matsumoto Hospitalized (Japan Real Time)

• Female-Only Apartments Teach Japanese Women to Go Solo (Japan Trends)

• Suicide Jumper's Body Injures 4 People (Japan Probe)

• New Japan Tourism Promotion Campaign (Japan Probe)

• Heatstroke Deaths Quadruple as Japan Shuns AC (Bloomberg)

• Radioactive beef already sold, eaten (Japan Times)

• Google Streetview documenteert Japanse vernieling (De Morgen)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/12/2011

• Support for Japan PM at record-low 15 percent (AFP)

• In Japan, Style Arises From Disaster (Japan Real Time)

• Fukushima plant site originally was a hill safe from tsunami (Japan Times)

• Doubts emerge over gov't plan to assess safety of nuclear power plants in two stages (Mainichi)

• Quick action helps Google win friends in Japan (Times of Oman)

• Bye-bye to the gaijin card, welcome to the Juki Net in '12 (Japan Times)

• 'Stress tests' to be done in two stages (Japan Times)

• Japan PM says must reduce dependence on nuclear power (Reuters)

• Meat of 6 cows fed radioactive straw reaches 9 prefectures (Kyodo)

• Social Fallout: Marginalization After the Fukushima Nuclear Meltdown (Japan Focus)

• What is the renewable energy bill that Kan wants to pass so much? (Mainichi)

• World's Steepest Roller Coaster (Japan Probe)

• Radioactivité, évacuations, pertes... où en est le Japon? (L'Express)

• Q&A: What do Japan reactor stress tests mean for nuclear power? (Reuters)

• Japan announces new nuclear safety tests (CNN)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/11/2011

• Slow progress at Fukushima plant 4 months after disaster (CNN)

• Japan’s Victims: Surviving Day by Day (New America Media)

• Heatstroke surge feared as people save power (Japan Times)

• Japan Forced School Children To Clean Radioactive Dirt From Swimming Pools (Examiner.com)

• Fukushima government inspects farm over beef radiation fears (Japan Times)

• Small tsunami reaches Japan after major quake - Yahoo! News

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/10/2011

• With Japan at a crossroads, it's instructive to recall the Hidaka affair (Japan Times)

  "The Japanese don't have much of a consciousness of human rights or the rights of the individual. Even the word kenri is not really the equivalent of 'rights.' The Japanese think that insisting on your kenri is an activity associated with egoism."

• Insider blew whistle on Kyushu Electric TV stunt (Japan Times)

• Gov't to conduct 2-stage 'stress tests' for nuclear reactors (Kyodo)

• Visiting Japan this Summer (Kirainet.com)

• Decontaminatie Fukushima zal tientallen jaren duren (De Standaard)

• Japan's Economic Gloom Runs Deeper This Time (NYTimes)

• Survey: 50 percent of coastal towns have no tsunami evacuation plan (Asahi)

• Quake victims receive messages of encouragement in Paris (asahi)

• Quake jolts northeast Japan, nuclear workers evacuate (Reuters)

• Disaster-stricken prefectures lose 30,000 people (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/09/2011

• Asteroid to be named 'Ganbarou' in support of quake-affected people (Breitbart)

• Japan's Kan says nuclear clean-up could take decades (Reuters)

• All-women parties becoming fad (Japan Today)

• Q&A:What do Japan's reactor stress tests mean for nuclear power? (Reuters)

• Japan tsunami: 'Not the end of the world' (BBC)

• Kan under fire from his own team (Japan Times)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/08/2011

• Kyushu Electric bid to manipulate public opinion on reactor restart a colossal mistake (Mainichi)

• The Evolving Mantra of 'Taking Responsibility' (Japan Real Time)

• 'No mercy' for Lindsay Hawker killer, father asks judge (BBC)

• Japan Prime Minister Naoto Kan sorry for nuclear mix-up (BBC)

• After Japan's disaster: Moving on (The Economist)

• Cool Japan Products Beat Summer Heat (Japan Trends)

• Fukushima devient le cauchemar des élites japonaises (marianne.fr)

• Summer to test Japan resolve to wean itself off nuclear power (Reuters)

• Japan's current account surplus falls sharply in May (BBC)

• Water treatment, cooling systems finally working (Japan Times)

• Genkai mayor withdraws OK for two reactors' restart (Japan Times)

• Men born in late 1970s tend to stay in nonregular jobs: gov't paper (Kyodo)

• Japan: Lame-duck leaders struggle with crisis response (BBC)

• Angry Kaieda to quit after Kan shifts nuke stance (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/07/2011

• Ulrich Beck: System of organized irresponsibility behind the Fukushima crisis (Asahi)

• UPDATE 3-Japan nuclear restart in doubt as test plan provokes fury | Reuters

• Japanese homeowners to add climbing plants in place of window units this summer (MNN)

• Fukushima residents dump radiated soil in absence of plan (Reuters)

• French oyster farmers help Japan (BigPond News)

• Hot spring solution for Japan's energy problem (BBC)

• Designer Fireworks for Adults (Japan Trends)

• Azumi vents anger (Yomiuri)

• Report from Tokyo: Outrage Is Growing (Huffington Post)

• Japan groups alarmed by radioactive soil (AFP)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/06/2011

• Tokyo Governor Ishihara: I Want 2020 Olympics, Whatever the Cost (Japan Real Time)

• Fukushima nuclear crisis an exhibition of panic by the elite (Mainichi)

• Ryu Matsumoto's Self-Destruction (Japan Probe)

• Ichihashi: My duty to speak / Says he regrets rape, panicked when Hawker tried to flee (Yomiuri)

• Les Japonais ont-ils besoin d'une éducation à la différence? (Japon Information)

• Italian journalist denounces media's disaster coverage (Asahi)

• Foreign aid to Japan: Odd lots (The Economist)

• The Mouth From The South Resigns (Reprise) -- Kan's Final Desperate Moves? (Shisaku)

• Love, the moon, and translation (Durf.org)

• Japan 'to hold stress tests at all nuclear plants' (BBC)

• Japan's cabinet approves $24.7bn for disaster relief (BBC)

• 45% of kids sustained thyroid radiation (Japan Times)

• Despite concerns, Japan stretches life of nuclear plants (Asahi)

• Japan can't reject nuclear power out of hand: lawmaker (Reuters)

• Matsumoto resigns as rebuilding minister in another blow to Kan (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/05/2011

• The Mouth From The South Resigns (Shisaku)

• More on Matsumoto (Ampontan)

• Japan appoints new reconstruction minister (CNN)

• AKB48: The media response (Durf.org)

• Japan maakt 17 miljard euro extra vrij voor heropbouw (Knack.be)

• Snake on seat halts Tokaido bullet train (Japan Times)

• 'It's My Blood Type': Gaffe Reconstruction Minister Matsumoto Resigns Quickly (Japan Real Time)

• Red Cross Charity Donation Vending Machine (Japan Trends)

• Life on the edge of Japan's nuclear contamination zone (BBC)

• Lives such as Daniel's deserve to be honored in these pages (Japan Times)

• Power in Japan: The troubles of TEPCO (The Economist)

• Japan's reconstruction minister to resign (AFP)

• EU herziet exportlijst met streng gecontroleerde Japanse provincies na kernramp Fukushima (Belga)

• Construction boom hits Tohoku, but not everyone is happy (Asahi)

• 7 best dumpling shops in Yokohama Chinatown (CNN)

• Tears flow at quake victim memorial service in Fukushima (Asahi)

• Japan's tax 'will damage economy', says Heizo Takenaka (BBC)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/04/2011

• Onschuldige meisjes: fetisj van oude, Japanse mannen (Nieuws.be)

• Minister to Tsunami Victims: Sorry About That (Japan Real Time)

• Reconstruction Minister Matsumoto Blasts Miyagi Governor -- for 'Bad Manners' - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Le tsunami japonais sur Twitter - Blogs La trag

• BBC News - Lindsay Ann Hawker accused admits killing teacher

• BBC News - Japan finds rare earths in Pacific seabed

• Divorce ceremonies pick up in Japan after disaster - Yahoo! Movies

• Japan relearns how to cope with crisis (BBC)

• Robot flying ball developed by Japanese SDF (JapanSugoi)

• Fukushima : le gouvernement nous refait-il le coup de Tchernobyl? (Marianne)

• Antinuke stance within establishment slowly gathers steam (Japan Times)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/03/2011

• Governor of Saga Prefecture Holds Key to Japan’s Nuclear Future - NYTimes.com

• Youtube van de week: Fotograaf aan het werk - Internet - De Morgen

• De Standaard Online - Snelste computer ter wereld staat in Japan

• Big electricity users reach reduction goal on 1st day (Asahi)

• Tsunami couldn't silence girl's beloved grand piano (Asahi)

• Meltdown: What Really Happened at Fukushima? - Global - The Atlantic Wire

• Report: Japan has plan to nationalize nuke plants - World news - Asia-Pacific - msnbc.com

• Murakami puts a bomb under his compatriots' atomic complacency | The Japan Times Online

• Major firms start weekend shifts | The Japan Times Online

• Dairy farmer's last words blame nuclear plant crisis (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/02/2011

• Many bodies still unnamed / Police have tough time obtaining DNA samples of missing (Yomiuri)

• The Melting Sun: Japan’s Nuclear Follies

• KEPCO to seek extension of reactor past 40 years (AsahI)

• Japan car-makers to work weekends to save energy after quake (RIA Novosti)

• Food Safety, Post March 11 In Japan (Kurushii)

• How first 24 hours shaped Japan's nuclear crisis (AP)

• Shortages force Japan to impose new energy restrictions (BBC)

• Power-saving plan kicks in for big users (Japan Times)

• Employees, cities try to adapt to energy-saving shift in work days (Asahi)

• Japan's prime minister: One step ahead of the executioner | The Economist

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/01/2011

• Disasters sour Japan's economic picture, but hope may lie ahead (CNN)

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