Japan Nieuwsbrief 08/31/2011

• Japan nuke holdout resolved to stay - Yahoo! News (AP)

• New Japan premier must unify party (AP)

• With Noda as PM, Loach Hot Pot, Anyone? (Japan Real Time)

• Worker's Eerie Show on Fukushima Daiichi Webcam (Japan Real Time)

• Boer blijft na stralingsgevaar (Het Nieuwsblad)

• Today - In pictures: The Yakuza (BBC)

• Kano Secret Jacket Removal Beats Ozawa Faction, Gives Noda PM Win (Japan Real Time)

• Japan's Political Dysfunction (Asia Sentinel)

• Noda a grappler, wears many hats ( Japan Times)

• Job candidates wonder why they are asked blood type (Asahi)

• What War Criminals? Japan's New P.M. Raises Old Concerns in Asia (Time)

• Death row population at highest level ever (Japan Today)

• Who is "Yoshiko" Noda? (Foreign Newspapers Misspell Japanese Prime Minister's First Name) (Japan Probe)

• Bizarre Bold Commercials in Japan: TOUCH DE PON! (Japan Probe)

• Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda: Extreme Right-Wing Nationalist? (Japan Probe)

• Tepco-area power-saving order to end early on Sept. 9 (Japan Times)

• Japan's New Prime Minister May or May Not Mean Big Change (Contributor Network)

• Building a New DPJ (The Diplomat)

• Sun umbrellas on Tokyo's streets look like a scene straight out of Mary Poppins (Mainichi)

• Hope for mature politics as Japan ushers in new prime minister (Mainichi)

• Waarom verslijt Japan zoveel premiers? (Radio1.nl)

• New leader Noda prepares to weather Japan's media storm (CSMonitor)

• Nieuwe Japanse premier krijgt het lastig (Reformatorisch Dagblad)

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