Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/30/2011

• Keramiste gaat internationaal (Ieper) - Het Nieuwsblad

• Radiation Map by Ministry of Education: Chiba and Saitama, and Closing in on Tokyo (EX-SKF)

• Bland Japanese Prime Minister Fails to Excite International Media (Japan Probe)

• Japan tsunami: 10m yen donation found in Tokyo toilet (BBC)

• Renewing Japan’s air force: Dogfight over the archipelago (The Economist)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/29/2011

• Government to store radioactive waste in Tokyo, seven prefectures (Asahi)

• Asia Today: Tackling Japan’s High Yen (WSJ)

• Japans PM isolated, out of his depth (Lateline)

• TEPCO overcharged rates for a decade (Majirox News)

• Radioactive soil could fill 23 Tokyo Domes | The Japan Times Online

• Can Japan's Anti-Nuclear Protesters Keep the Reactors Shut Down? - TIME

• Tepco managers face demand to step down ( Japan Times)

• Japan plane's near upside down flip (NZ Herald News)

• Ministry sets radiation levels requiring decontamination (Asahi)

• "Peaceful Rally Ended with Dozens in Handcuffs" (FCCJ: The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan)

• High cesium levels detected as far away as Gunma Prefecture - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/28/2011

• Radiation Map by Ministry of Education: Gunma Looks Worse Than Expected (EX-SKF)

• Japan's PM considered evacuation of Tokyo (Radio Australia)

• Un avion japonais a frôlé la catastrophe, ventre en l’air (24heures)

• Japanese politicians: Check to the kingpin (The Economist)

• Boeing's 787 Dreamliner touches down in Tokyo (BBC)

• Did you know that the Japanese Shinkansen train was late for a total of 0.6 seconds in 2010? (Connected Travelling)

• Toyota shifts gears into growing minicar market (Asahi)

• Q+A-What's going on at Japan's crippled nuclear power plant? (Reuters)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/27/2011

• No hospital, stores, gas stations or hope (Yomiuri)

• Scots teacher on Japan earthquake six months on (BBC)

• Pro-nuclear mayor wins re-election in Kaminoseki (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/26/2011

• Japanese couples going to Thailand to pick sex of child (Asahi)

• Scosche Radiation Detector for iPhone and iPod touch (The Gadgeteer)

• Fukushima: Ou en est la menace radioactive. (Liberation)

• Video: UARS Burning Up Over Japan? (Japan Probe)

• 3 of Ozawa's aides convicted over political funding violations (Japan Today)

• Noda must make promoters of nuclear power take responsibility for disaster (Mainichi)

• Intl media give little coverage to speeches (Yomiuri)

• Pro-nuclear mayor re-elected in western Japan town (Reuters)

• Prime Minister Noda the no-sider can have no one on his side (Japan Times)

• Kyoto hotel gives capsule concept a makeover (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/25/2011

• Welfare system not faring well | The Japan Times Online

• New website offers peace of mind on liquefaction risk - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Cup noodle museum an instant hit in Japan - World (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

• Japanese Rice’s Radiation Levels Prompt More Tests - NYTimes.com

• Une blague sur le tsunami et le pastis conduit un Toulousain au tribunal (leParisien)

• Japan earthquake: Tokyo loses skyscraper passion (BBC)

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• The little rascals (Ampontan)

• 20msv/yr: What Does The Rest Of The World Think? (Japan Subculture Research Center)

• Now is the time for a 'brand Japan' that creates and inspires (Japan Times)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/24/2011

• Mount Fuji snow-capped earlier than normal (Asahi)

• First Instance of #Radioactive Rice with 500 Bq/Kg of Radioactive Cesium from Nihonmatsu City in Fukushima | EX-SKF

• 105,600 Bq/Kg of Radioactive Cesium from Apartment Bldg Rooftop in Yokohama City | EX-SKF

• Japan finds rice needing thorough radiation test

• We're living in a slow-motion 1930s - The Mainichi Daily News

• Feud between Suzuki Motor, Volkswagen heats up - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan to shut down crippled Fukushima nuclear plant by end of 2011 | EUROPE ONLINE

• Japan will not turn inward after disaster: PM Yoshihiko Noda - The Times of India

• BBC News - Plant hunters' legacy help Japan's threatened species

• Typhoon revives deep anxiety in Japan

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/23/2011

• Japanese ‘Yakuza’ Get Expelled From Entertainment Industry (The Daily Beast)

• Homestay in Japan (KnackWeekend.be)

• Current nuclear debate to set nation's course for decades (Japan Times)

• Tyfoon Roke raast over Japanse tsunamigebied ( deredactie.be)

• Yakuza: misdaadfamilies in Japan (Radio1)

• Typhoon creates commuter chaos in Tokyo (Yomiuri)

• Panel to push Mt. Fuji, Kamakura as World Cultural Heritage sites (Asahi)

• Groundwater frustrates Fukushima cleanup (Asahi)

• Typhoon Elicits Tokyo Train Staff Attitude (Japan Real Time)

• Umbrella versus Typhoon no. 15 (Nippon Sekai)

• Belgian club apologizes for Fukushima taunts (Japan Times)

• Noda's wife meets other first ladies (Japan Times)

• Questions about PM's please-everybody attitude (Mainichi)

• Train Ad Campaign Turns Railings into Star Wars Lightsabers (Trends in Japan)

• Al Jazeera: Japan Radiation Levels to Exceed Chernobyl Disaster (EX-SKF)

• Gratis kankeronderzoek redders Fukushima (NDH)

• Japanse nhk world exclusief over op hd (Totaal TV)

• Groundwater frustrates Fukushima cleanup (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/22/2011

• Radioactive ash from metropolitan area has nowhere to go - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Thirteen dead or missing as typhoon makes landfall in Japan (Washington Post)

• In pictures: Japan's Typhoon Roke (BBC)

• Beerschot-voorzitter excuseert zich bij Japanse ambassadeur - Eerste Klasse - De Morgen

• The Story of Beate Sirota Gordon | PRI's The World

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/21/2011

• Powerful Typhoon Roke hits disaster-ravaged Japan (BBC)

• Noda wants nuclear reactors back up by next summer (Asahi)

• Japan whistleblower at highest court (AP)

• Extremely Powerful Typhoon No. 15 On Course to Fukushima Nuke Plant (EX-SKF)

• Fukushima, record of a contaminated village (NHK Special)

• Actions speak louder than words over cold shutdown goal for Fukushima nuclear reactors (Mainichi)

• Powerful Typhoon Roke hits Japan (BBC)

• 70,000 psychiatric patients may be released to save money (Japan Times)

• Kawashima: 'Excuses van Beerschot zijn mooi voor mensen van Japan' (Nieuwsblad)

• Hillary Clinton looks horrified as Japanese minister hands her a photo of himself with Bill (Mail Online)

• Photographs of 60,000-Strong Anti-Nuke Demonstration in Tokyo(ex-skf)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/20/2011

• Evacuees return home to retrieve winter clothes (Asahi)

• Japan defence firm Mitsubishi Heavy in cyber attack (BBC)

• 1 million urged to flee as typhoon bears down on Japan (CNN)

• Dans la zone interdite de Fukushima, les animaux redeviennent sauvages ( Japon Information)

• 400,000 urged to evacuate as typhoon heads to Japan (AFP)

• Sugo! spreading rapidly (No-sword)

• Japan set to reduce nuclear reliance: minister (Reuters)

• Beginning of the end for skyscrapers in Japan? (BBC)

• 63,000 Bq/Kg of Radioactive Cesium from Rooftop of Apartment Bldg in Yokohama City (EX-SKF)

• Fukushima Pref. fireworks ditched over radiation fears (Yomiuri)

• Cigarette Prices Should Rise 75%, Japan's Health Minister Says (Bloomberg)

• Hold the cesium: Ways to reduce radiation in your diet (Japan Times)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/19/2011

• JK on the oversimplistic panacea of slogan "Ganbare Nippon/Tohoku" (Debito)

• Masses turn out to protest nuclear power (Japan Times)

• Thousands protest against nuclear power in Japan (Mail & Guardian)

• Bavarian opera spooked by radiation (Japan Times)

• Tokyo faced evacuation scenario: Kan (Japan Times)

• Radiation in Japan: Another Reason Not to Trust Your Goverment - Inferior Survey Meter (EX-SKF)

• Simulation shows core meltdown avoidable (Yomiuri)

• Respect for the Aged Day (Japan Real Time)

• Fleeing disaster in Japan, trio find home in Freeland (seattlepi.com)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/18/2011

• Tepco scraps plan to hike power charges 10 to 15% (Japan Times)

• Japanese schoolgirl scare crow (JapanSugoi)

• Lonely youth take meals in toilets, and a new subculture springs up (Japan Today)

• Energy in Japan: Out with the old (The Economist)

• Historic China concert for Japanese pop band SMAP (BBC)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/17/2011

• Magnitude-6.6 quake shakes Japan - Yahoo! News

• Fighting for a radiation-free Japan - Features - Al Jazeera English

• BBC News - Instant noodles museum opens in Japan

• TEPCO doles out money to greedy municipalities (Asahi)

• Nissin opens Cup Noodle museum in Yokohama (Asahi)

• Sunflowers next to useless for nuclear decontamination (Asahi)

• AFP: Series of quakes hit off Japan disaster zone

• Contamination of Fukushima forests being studied | The Japan Times Online

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• Big swath of Fukushima tainted | The Japan Times Online

• Obama urged Kan to move faster on nuclear security | The Japan Times Online

• Japan's shame: The good bureaucrat | The Economist

• Tests find excessive cesium at incinerators (Japan Times)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/16/2011

• Artist-designed rooms draw the curious to Yokohama - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Hawaii sailor finds message in a bottle sent from Japan 5 years ago - CNN.com

• Forbes.com Mobile Edition

• OECD says Japanese teachers spend too much time on office work - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Fukushima clean-up may require removal of 100 million cubic meters of soil - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Second Fukushima plant unlikely to reopen: Japan minister (AFP)

• Fun is brewing in Yokohama | The Japan Times Online

• Japanese city recruiting young women to become geisha - Telegraph

• Energy in Japan: Bright ideas needed (The Economist)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/15/2011

• Strong earthquake hits northeast Japan, no tsunami - Yahoo! News

• AFP: Japan's Sharp to stop sales of Galapagos tablets

• Hospitals take some of the pain out of mourning (Asahi)

• Video: Nissan Leaf Makes Noise for Visually Impaired (Japan Real Time)

• Sunflowers ineffective in radiation decontamination (Majirox News)

• Noda's blog now available in English (Japan Today)

• DPJ's tightened grip on information raises eyebrows (Japan Times)

• N. Korean defectors to be sent to South (Japan Times)

• LDP slams Noda over ministers' miscues (Japan Times)

• Education spending lowest in OECD (Japan Times)

• #Radioactive Landfill: Tokyo Metropolitan Government Has Been Doing It Since May (EX-SKF)

• #Radiation in Japan: Tsukuba City's Idea of Voluntary "Decontamination" (EX-SKF)

• Tepco to raise power charges up to 15% for three years (Japan Times)

• Releasing 70,000 Psychiatric Patients Shows Japan Debt Task (Businessweek)

• Over-50 first-time marriages increasing (Japan Today)

• Ichigen koji (Ampontan)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/14/2011

• PM Noda's 'sincerity' does not ring true to the heart (Mainichi)

• Edano as Japan Trade Minister May Take Tough Stance on Tepco (Businessweek)

• Smartphones replacing cameras? Not so fast! (Japan Times)

• Fukushima cesium contamination widespread but less than Chernobyl (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/13/2011

• The Fukushima Syndrome (ABC)

• Japan PM pledges fiscal reform, seeks opposition help (Reuters)

• Inside Japan's nuclear exclusion zone (BBC)

• Japan wil op termijn minder kernenergie (De Standaard)

• Japan Ends Energy-Saving Program Early (Japan Real Time)

• New Japan PM Noda in nuclear restart call (BBC)

• Possible North Korean defectors sail to Japan (CNN)

• Fukushima reactors now "stable," IAEA says (Reuters)

• A Momentary Lapse of Reason (Shisaku)

• Yakuza Banned From Festival Stalls (Japan Probe)

• In Japan vang je in een restaurant gewoon je eigen maaltijd (nrc.nl)

• Six months on: Japan tsunami survivor's story (BBC)

• Japan wil schoner energiebeleid, maar ook reactoren weer opstarten (nrc.nl)

• Key LDP official calls 9/11 'historical inevitability' (Asahi)

• The loneliness - or otherwise - of the long-distance foreigner (Japan Times)

• 3/11: no excuse for skipping your re-entry visa (Japan Times)

• Hosono to reshape nuclear policy (Japan Times)

• Nation could get 43% of power from renewable energy by '20, report says (Japan Times)

• Noda taps Edano for trade minister (Japan Times)

• Not all ministerial gaffes are equal in Japan (Reuters)

• Tokyo's Foreign Population Drops After March 11th Disaster (Japan Probe)

• Suzuki cuts ties with Volkswagen (AP)

• Japan quake: Mother uses digger in search for daughter (BBC)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/12/2011

• Yukio Edano to Become the New Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (EX-SKF)

• Yokohama's Solution of Ever-Increasing Radioactive Ashes from Sewer Sludge: Dump In the Ocean as Landfill (EX-SKF)

• After Fukushima, mother fights to get her life back (Reuters)

• Japan's tsunami debris drifting in Pacific ( Australia Network)

• Japan quake: Images of then and now (BBC)

• Photos: Six mois de catastrophe nucléaire au Japon (Le Monde)

• TEPCO finishes frame of cover for crippled reactor (Asahi)

• Japan city on border of nuclear no-go zone fights for survival (Reuters)

• Gekte in VS rondom Murakami (nrc.nl)

• Stronger yen pushing even small businesses abroad (Asahi)

• Death industry reaps grim profit as Japan dies (Reuters)

• Effect of contaminated soil on food chain sparks fears (Japan Times)

• Fukushima six months on: Japanese mark moment earthquake struck (The Guardian)

• Health care in Japan: Not all smiles (The Economist)

• Plugging leaks will end crisis, not cold shutdown: analysts (Japan Times)

• Japan marks six month since the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (Nippon Sekai)

• High levels of radiation detected in remote areas (Nippon Sekai)

• NHK Special - World's Most Extensive Liquefaction (Nippon Sekai)

• Japan - Six Months On (Nippon Sekai)

• Japan marks 6-month anniversary of quake (CBC News)

• Kōyō: Japan's autumn explosion of vibrant colors (msbc)

• Sirenes bij herdenking tsunami Japan (Stentor)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/11/2011

• Japan's Trade Minister Yoshio Hachiro Resigns in 8 Days (EX-SKF)

• President Obama's Special 9-11 Message Only for Yomiuri Shinbun (EX-SKF)

• Six Months: Living with Radiation (Japan Real Time)

• Post-tsunami Japan sticking with nuclear power (AP)

• Six months on, few signs of recovery (Japan Times)

• Niets is gevaarlijk in Japan, behalve de berg (De Groene Amsterdammer)

• Japan to mark six months since March earthquake (AFP)

• A third of Fukushima residents would move if they could (Asahi)

• Economy minister Hachiro resigns over joke about radiation (Asahi)

• Japan trade minister Hachiro quits over nuclear gaffe (BBC)

• Japan trade minister says he's resigning after remark seen as insensitive to nuclear crisis (AP)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/10/2011

• Japan’s Trade Minister Jokes About Radiation | Japan Probe

• Six months later: The Fukushima nuclear disaster in retrospect - The Mainichi Daily News

• Analysis: New Japan PM a bureaucrats' puppet or puppet master? - Yahoo! News

• Fukushima disaster: it's not over yet | Jonathan Watts | World news | The Guardian

• Radiation expert says outcome of nuke crisis hard to predict, warns of further dangers - The Mainichi Daily News

  Cold shutdown entails bringing the temperature of sound nuclear fuel in pressure vessels below 100 degrees Celsius. It would be one thing to aim for this in April, when the government had yet to confirm that a meltdown had indeed taken place. But what is the point of "aiming for cold shutdown" now, when we know that fuel is no longer sound?

• Japanse modestudenten stellen tentoon in Antwerpen - De Standaard

• The Associated Press: Japan minister slammed for gaffe over nuke crisis

• Fukushima store plan abandoned because of protests (Asahi)

• EU to maintain safety checks on food from Japan (AFP)

• Radiation, power fears lead to population decrease in Tokyo (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/09/2011

• Ontsmetten Fukushima kost Japan 2,84 miljard dollar (De Morgen)

• Beerschot AC moet verontschuldigingen aanbieden aan Japan en Kawashima (Nieuwsblad)

• Ocean Contamination 3 Times As Much As TEPCO Announced (EX-SKF)

• Here's the Man Who Pointed Finger at TEPCO's Fuku (EX-SKF)

• TEPCO's Extreme Blackout (EX-SKF)

• Gov't to lift restrictions on power use in and around Tokyo (Japan Today)

• Get your Japanese with Nihongo-busting iPhone app (Japan Today)

• Maehara urges looser rules of engagement for SDF (Asahi)

• Study: Some Fukushima residents exposed to alarming radiation levels (Asahi)

• Japan's nuclear priorities seen shifting (MarketWatch)

• Il y a de la rétention d'informations à Fukushima (Le Point)

• Coca-Cola lanceert ecologische automaten in Japan (De Morgen)

• Japan Official Ordered Fake Nuclear E-Mails, Investigators Say (NYTimes)

• Health care in Japan: Not all smiles (The Economist)

• Japanner Takashi Miyazawa wint Izegem Koerse (Nieuwsblad)

• Yakuza attacks on businesses more than double (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/08/2011

• Captain's toilet break causes 'serious incident' on domestic flight (Majirox News)

• Fukushima logs suspect in mushroom radiation contamination (Asahi)

• Fukushima plant was scary 32 years ago, says manga author (Asahi)

• Outside looking in: Giant 'snow' wall now a big hit with Taiwanese (Asahi)

• Outside looking in: Rural Japan says thank you for 'hanryu' (Asahi)

• Sushi lijdt nog altijd onder angst voor straling (HLN)

• Six Months Later: Noda's New World (Japan Real Time)

• Fukushima Crisis Is Still Hazy (Scientific American)

• Captain’s toilet break causes ‘serious incident’ on domestic flight | Majirox News

• In Fukushima, students face up to realities of nuclear disaster (Asahi)

• Honne versus Tatemae: Feelings versus Façade (Louise van Alenburg)

• ANA plane makes steep dive over Shizuoka (Japan Today)

• 'Himizu': love and madness in post-tsunami Japan (AFP)

• FOTOSPECIAL. Puin geruimd na tsunami in Japan (De Standaard)

• New Japan PM visits crippled Fukushima nuclear plant (BBC)

• Japan's new PM in crisis-hit Fukushima (AFP)

• Graphing the Noda Administration (Shisaku)

• Alarm Clock App Embarrasses Snoozers (Japan Trends)

• Naoto Kan vreesde evacuatie Tokyo door Fukushima crisis (De Aziatische Tijger)

• True glimpses of the underworld (Japan Times)

• David Boilley of ACRO (The Zone)

• Japan to decrease nuclear power? (UPI)

• De retour de Fukushima, où le silence et les mensonges tuent (Rue89)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/07/2011

• Real situation of Fukushima now that Japanese medias hiding behind (ZDF Germany)

• Former PM says he feared for Japan's survival early in nuclear crisis (Canadian Press)

• BBC News - Japan: Rescuers continue search for typhoon survivors

• Fukushima brengt uitbuiting in kerncentrales aan het licht (Volkskrant)

• Radioactief afval overspoelt Japanse waterzuiveringsstations (De Morgen)

• Why Japan's Typhoon Talas Was So Deadly (LiveScience)

• After Nuclear Mishap, Japan Debates Energy Future (NPR)

• Beerschot: ''Fukushima' wel, 'Stijnen homo' niet bestraft' (De Standaard)

• 'Sexlessness' wrecks marriages, threatens nation's future (Japan Times)

• Toyota unveils new model for Japan: a boat (Reuters)

• Radioactive waste swamps Japan sewage plants (AlJazeera)

• Tokyo Police Claim Yakuza Victory…At Festival (Japan Real Time)

• Noda's hair-raising expense: 1,000 yen for a cut (Asahi)

• Radioactief afval overspoelt Japanse waterzuiveringsstations (DeWereldMorgen)

• Outside looking in: Australian 'mates' putting out the word on white slopes of Hakuba (Asahi)

• French offered to take Fukushima fuel, Kan says (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/06/2011

• Kan: I couldn't let TEPCO withdraw from Fukushima disaster (Asahi)

• AEX opent licht lager – laagste stand Japanse beurs in twee jaar (nrc.nl)

• Japan's Typhoon Talas leaves dozens dead - video (Guardian)

• Fukushima's Long Link to a Dark Nuclear Past (NYTimes)

• Radiation in Food: Radish Boya to Set Its Own Cesium Standard (EX-SKF)

• Floods and mudslides after Talas typhoon hit Japan (BBC)

• Bijna miljoen Honda's moeten terug (Spitsnieuws)

• Official: Japanese nuclear plant stabilization ahead of schedule (CNN)

• No. 3 reactor cooling down: Tepco (The Japan Times)

• Thousands left stranded after Japan's most deadly typhoon in seven years (The National)

• De vrouw achter het symbolische beeld uit Japan (nrc)

• Former PMs Naoto Kan, Yukio Hatoyama Join Ranks Japan 'Senior Advisers' to Yoshihiko Noda - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Kunihiko Takeda: "A Girl Doesn't Talk" (EX-SKF)

• Radioactive Produce: National Government Told Fukushima Farmers to Farm as Usual (EX-SKF)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/05/2011

• Return to Tohoku – The Road to Recovery | Japan Probe

• Evacuated town's officials call for early start to decontamination (Asahi)

• Witness to disaster: Six months on from Japan's tsunami (CNN)

• Hosono: "We All Have to Share the Pain of Fukushima" (Ex-SKF)

• Typhoon Talas: Japan searches for missing dozens (BBC)

• Outside looking in: Michelin's 3-star rating luring French tourists to sacred mountain (Asahi)

• Japanese Like New Leader-So Far (WSJ)

• Picture Japan: Typhoon Talas Leaves Grim Trail (Japan Real Time)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/04/2011

• BBC News - Typhoon Talas kills at least 18 people in Japan

• NHK WORLD English

• These may be interesting times, yet we yearn to return to normality | The Japan Times Online

• Flowering of civic activism | The Japan Times Online

• Doraemon museum opens its doors | The Japan Times Online

• Typhoon Talas dumps heavy rain on Japan; 6 dead - Weather - msnbc.com

• METI chief vows to restart reactors | The Japan Times Online

• Yokohama City Mayor Does Not Understand The Radiation Problem (EX-SKF)

• New justice minister won't OK executions in near future ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Shisaku: Skeletons In The Closet

• Cesium over limit found in tea using Saitama, Chiba leaves | The Japan Times Online

• NISA left prime minister in the dark as Fukushima crisis developed (Asahi)

• Tohoku tsunami washed arsenic ashore (Asahi)

• Noda must deal with unresolved policy issues of predecessor (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/03/2011

• Japan Residents Are Told to Stay or Evacuate - WSJ.com

• AFP: Japan opposition calls for defence minister to quit

• Keene begins new life in Japan - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Noda chooses 'Doraemon' as chief Cabinet secretary (Asahi)

• PROFILE/ Koichiro Genba: New foreign minister has scant experience in foreign affairs (Asahi)

• PROFILE/ Jun Azumi: New policy challenges face incoming finance minister (Asahi)

• Over 2200 evacuated as typhoon

• Typhoon slams into western Japan; 1 dead, 3 missing ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Yasukuni stance takes practical shift | The Japan Times Online

• Japan’s Premier Says He’ll Keep Nuclear Phase-Out - NYTimes.com

• Japan is open for business - The Washington Post

• Radioactive Materials Dispersion Model by Kyushu University Researchers | EX-SKF

• Facebook and social interaction in Japan ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Jun Azumi: Finance Minister, Fan of J-Pop Boy Band 'Exile' - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Tepco Wants to Keep Hiring, But Would You Go to Work for Tepco? - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Safe choice, but wrong choice? | The Japan Times Online

• BBC News - New Japanese Prime Minister unveils cabinet

• Nieuwe premier Japan richt zich op wederopbouw :: nrc.nl

• Noda forms Cabinet, focuses on disaster recovery (Asahi)

• Japan’s Prime Minister Noda names new cabinet with eye on unity (Washington Post)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/02/2011

• Japan's new PM pledges to rebuild (CNN)

• Rien ne va plus pour la télévision japonaise (Japon Information)

• Japan PM says must be realistic on fiscal reform (Reuters)

• Japanse premier stelt nieuwe regering voor (HLN)

• Japan’s new prime minister picks close allies, young faces for key posts in Cabinet (The Washington Post)

• Schools in Tokyo ban use of playground sandboxes over radiation fears (Mainichi)

• Noda Cabinet formed (Asahi)

• Simulation Map of Cesium-137 Deposition Across the Pacific by CEREA Shows Contamination in US Greater Than That of Western Japan (EX-SKF)

• Analysis: Japan's DPJ picks up reviled habits of party it ousted (Reuters)

• Disaster Drill for PM Kan on Last Day in Office (Japan Real Time)

• Books by Poet Mitsuo Aida in Demand After Noda's Loach Comment (Japan Real Time)

• Japanese caught in a blizzard of conflicting information (Irish Times)

• Gouvernement Yoshihiko Noda, deux quadragénaires aux Finances et AE (Romandie)

• Noda unveils Japan cabinet as he seeks to boost growth (BBC)

• Japan Seeks Answers to Debt Load Without Angering Voters (NYTimes)

• 517,000 turn out for disaster drills (Japan Times)

• In Japan, evacuees weigh risks of return after Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster (Washington Post)

• Japan Seeks Answers to Debt Load Without Angering Voters (NYTimes)

• Japan’s new leader: The mud-lover (The Economist)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 09/01/2011

• Japanse onderbroek om calorieën te verbranden | zita

• Japan Marks Anniversary of 1923 Quake | News | English

• The Associated Press: Japanese whistle-blower wins damages in high court

• Japan houdt eerste rampoefening sinds zware aardbeving - Buitenland - De Morgen

• Het Nieuwsblad - Japanse mode in Antwerpen

• Which way will Noda's nuclear policy face? (Asahi)

• Humble 1st lady 'a good match' for new PM : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)

• asahi.com

• Fukushima Children vs Government Bureaucrats on Aug 17, 2011 (Video) | EX-SKF

• #Fukushima I Nuke Plant: Water Entombment Is Back on the Table | EX-SKF

• Iwate shuts down last evacuation shelters | The Japan Times Online

• Japanese cash in on high gold price (BBC)

• Fukushima leader blasts nuclear waste site plan (Asahi)

• Japan's new PM uses sports talk to calm party feuds (The Star)

• Japanese take volunteer trips to clean up after tsunami (BBC)

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