Japan Nieuwsbrief 10/31/2011

• Japan plays card trick on yakuza gangsters (The Australian)

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• Criticism renews against revised law for foreigners (Asahi)

• Fukushima Nuclear Cleanup Faces 'Nimby' Challenge (Japan Real Time)

• Gov't should thoroughly explain health risks from internal radiation exposure through food (Mainichi)

• Experts say it will take at least 30 years to close Japan's tsunami-hit nuclear power plant (Washington Post)

• Fire extinguisher in bottle big hit with consumers (Asahi)

• Cyclists piste at Tokyo police crackdown (Japan Times)

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• Fukushima shiitake cesium spikes (Japan Times)

• Japan intervenes in currency markets and yen weakens 5% (BBC)

• Digital divas: Japan's newest pop idols wow crowds (smh)

• Why Japan Is Preparing to Battle Over Whaling (seattlepi)

• 'Mystery man' gave leads on hot spots in Setagaya Ward (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 10/30/2011

• Sleepless in Tokyo (Japan Times)

• more Japanese are realizing they've been the sheep, and that they don't need to be (EX-SKF)

• The Other Japan Inc. Scandal: Daio Paper to Take Ex-Chairman to Court (Japan Real Time)

• Japan's public debt to hit record $13.5 tln (AFP)

• Travel Postcard: 48 Hours in Tokyo (Reuters)

• 8,000 Bq/Kg of radioactive sewage sludge incinerated ash is being dumped in Tokyo Bay | Fukushima Diary

• Japan: Minister must not cave in to pressure on death penalty

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 10/29/2011

• Fukushima towns struggle to store radioactive waste | Reuters

• Filmmaker Wenders visits Fukushima | The Japan Times Online

• Panel lowers limit of radiation in food | The Japan Times Online

• Gov't should thoroughly explain health risks from internal radiation exposure through food - The Mainichi Daily News

• Study: Japan nuke radiation higher than estimated - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• New food safety criteria must help ease public unrest : Editorial : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)

• Japan's population rises, but there are fewer Japanese - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• 'Meer dan 30 jaar nodig om kernreactoren Fukushima te ontmantelen' - Gva.be

• Another Scandal Unsettles Corporate Japan - NYTimes.com

• Wintersport in Japan - DePers.nl

• Japan cabinet approves last of key reconstruction bills

• New report: Fukushima released twice as much radiation as government estimated - The Washington Post

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 10/28/2011

• Reformist Japan farmers urge free trade to spur change | Reuters

• Archeologists believe shipwreck found off Japan belongs to Kublai Khan’s 13th-century “lost fleet” | The Envoy - Yahoo! News

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 10/27/2011

• At Olympus, Western Questions for Old-School Ways (NYTimes)

• In Japan's Disaster Zone, Volunteers Help Recovery (TIME)

• Discounts and time off work: how Japan is battling a birthrate in decline (guardian.co.uk)

• Japan's monks turn to wife matchmaking parties (Telegraph)

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• 2.5 micro Sv/h from concrete (Fukushima Diary)

• Analysis: Japan, slowly, waking up to the mess at Olympus (Reuters)

• Un mal étrange frappe les voyageurs japonais à Paris (RTBF)

• Pet Pampering Taken To A New Level (Japan Trends)

• Gruwelijke massamoorden in Japanse asiels (AD)

• Nintendo's net loss widens because of the stronger yen (BBC)

• May Shigenobu: Daughter of the Japanese Red Army (BBC)

• Fukushima Fallout Could Have Been Much Worse, Study Says (Japan Real Time)

• Navigation systems for bicycles hitting market (Asahi)

• At Olympus, Western Questions for Old-School Ways (NYTimes)

• Tokyo ignored calls to issue iodine during crisis (Asahi)

• Japan Gets Electricity Wake-Up Call (NYTimes)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 10/26/2011

• Massale cyberaanvallen treffen Japan | Webwereld

• Negen Japanse ambassades gehackt - De Standaard

• Analysis: Japan, slowly, waking up to the mess at Olympus | Reuters

• Virus Infects Computers in Japan’s Parliament - NYTimes.com

• Radioactive ash from incinerator nearing limit (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 10/25/2011

• Monks place their faith in matchmaking to find wives - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Cosplay competition attracts entrants from across Asia (Asahi)

• Tokyo hit plume of Cs-137 on 3/21 (Fukushima Diary)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 10/24/2011

• Tokyo Police Target Subway Molesters - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Tsunami steps saved Tokai from meltdown | The Japan Times Online

• Wreck of 13th century Mongol invasion ship discovered | The Japan Times Online

• Dealers selling radioactive used cars in Japan | Majirox News

• Fukushima: Tokyo et Paris vont accro

• ‘Volkswagen onttroont Toyota als grootste autobouwer' - Bedrijven - Nieuws - Trends.be

• Novel ‘1Q84’ offers a parallel Japan as characters drift through time - KansasCity.com

• France, Japan to boost nuclear energy cooperation - MarketWatch

• Foreign films' Japanese titles often read like riddles | The Japan Times Online

• Kashiwa hot spot linked to Fukushima | The Japan Times Online

• 2 Japanese Bankers at Heart of Olympus Fee Inquiry (NYTimes)

• OLYMPUS: Bringing It Into Focus–A Special Breach Of Trust? (Japan Subculture Research) Center

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Weekly Overview 17 - 23 Oct

• Topman wordt klokkenluider (Trouw)

• Chocolate becoming Japan's favourite flavour (AFP)

• French PM witnesses 'desolate' Japan tsunami zone (asiaone)

• Japan to take 'decisive action' against yen's rise (AFP)

• Germany's Heute Show making fun of TEPCO, Japanese government (EX-SKF)

• Cancer Still Overshadows Japan Health Record (Japan Real Time)

• Japan's Renewable Energy Bill - Q & A (Kurashi)

• The complete Tokyo Train map from Japan post (JapanSugoi)

• iBousai Evacuee Support Kits for Wellness and Lifestyle (Japan Trends)

• TEPCO Ties To The Yakuza: Gone? Police Sources Still Skeptical (Japan Subculture Research Center)

• Shady Business Scandal: Olympus Paid $687 Million to Mystery Adviser (Japan Probe)

• Disaster Recovery Minister: March 11th Tsunami Killed "Idiots" (Japan Probe)

• Japan approves $157bn quake budget for reconstruction (BBC)

• In Japan, a Trend to Make Straight Teeth Crooked (NYTimes)

• The Fierce Imagination of Haruki Murakami (NYTimes)

• Radiation map gives close-up fallout readings (Japan Times)

• Hashimoto, Osaka face watershed poll (Japan Times)

• Fukushima cedar pollen to be tested (Japan Times)

• Two boys found with high internal radiation exposure (Japan Times)

• Hara kiri: Death of a samurai. Japans op zijn zeventiende .. (De Standaard)

• Tepco's 'Deal With Devil' Signals End to Japan's Postwar Era (BusinessWeek)

• Panasonic to drop planned Japan solar panel plant: source (Reuters)

• While Rebuilding After Tsunami, Japan Seeks to Prevent Future Disasters (PBS NewsHour)

• Japan's Empress Michiko, turning 77, says staying healthy is an uphill battle (Washington Post)

• minister onder vuur ondat hij mensen die niet gevlucht zijn idioten noemt (hln)

• Japan relishes status as country with most three-starred Michelin restaurants (Telegraph)

• Decon Bubble in Fukushima: Contractors Charging US$13,000 Per House (EX-SKF)

• My last fight (Fukushima Diary)

• Wandering seal a welcome relief for nervous Japanese (Reuters)

• Gevlekte zeehond in Japan groeit uit tot ster (Parool)

• Olympus Execs Woodford and Kikukawa: The Way We Were (Japan Real Time)

• High radiation detected at Tokyo school (Yomiuri)

• Olympus defends action against Woodford, but stock still falls (Asahi)

• Japan sinks 2.4 cm after March 11 quake (Asahi)

• Radiation detected at Tokyo elementary school (Asahi)

• Rosenthal: Ramp Japan is niet te bevatten (bnr.nl)

• Sexless marriages, ineffective police ( Japan Times)

• What does the firing of Olympus’ CEO teach us about Japan? (Foreign Policy Blogs)

• After CEO Exit, Olympus Address Fails to Redress (Japan Real Time)

• Factbox: Compensation for Fukushima crisis victims (Reuters)

• Japan Tops France for 3-Star Michelin Restaurants (Japan Real Time)

• The right to peaceful protest (Mainichi)

• Olympus scandal highlights board inadequacies in Japan (Reuters)

• Fukushima City begins decontamination of homes (Japan Today)

• Fukushima recriticality again (Fukushima Diary)

• Le Japon champion du monde des restaurants trois étoiles devant la France TSN&M6

• Fukushima Debris On Course to Hit U.S. (Scientific American)

• New Murakami book creates buzz in Britain (FRANCE 24)

• Meer driesterrenrestaurants in Japan dan in Frankrijk (Nieuwsblad)

• West Japan challenges Tokyo's tasty Michelin crown

• Fukushima victims: homeless,desperate and angry

• Radioactive Used Car: 20.38 Microsieverts/Hr Car Destined for Kenya Stopped (EX-SKF)

• Fukushima reactors may be shut down ahead of schedule (CNN)

• Japan's nuclear industry tries to clean up its image (BBC)

• Japan's Nuclear Accident Spreading to Some Parts of the United States - MarketWatch

• What Japan is doing to fight older generation's post-tsunami isolation (CSM)

• Cold shutdown in sight for yearend: road map (Japan Times)

• Facing the reality of radioactive decontamination (Mainichi)

• Cheating Boyfriends? There's an App for That (kotaku)

• 'Comfort women' issue resolved: Noda (Japan Times)

• How to Apply for the 10,000 Free Flights to Japan ( Japan Real Time)

• Haruki Murakami: How a Japanese writer conquered the world (BBC)

• Japanse burgemeester vraagt sluiting van 'zijn' kernreactor (De Morgen)

• Japan's ear-cleaning salons offer childhood fantasy (My Sinchew)

• Japan cities face growing radioactive ash, troubles ahead (Reuters)

• One Tokyo Neighborhood Still Oblivious to Radiation Hot Spot (voanews)

• Tokyo shock over boyfriend-tracker (ANN)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 10/23/2011

• Topman wordt klokkenluider (Trouw)

• Chocolate becoming Japan's favourite flavour (AFP)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 10/22/2011

• French PM witnesses 'desolate' Japan tsunami zone (asiaone)

• Japan to take 'decisive action' against yen's rise (AFP)

• Germany's Heute Show making fun of TEPCO, Japanese government (EX-SKF)

• Cancer Still Overshadows Japan Health Record (Japan Real Time)

• Japan's Renewable Energy Bill - Q & A (Kurashi)

• The complete Tokyo Train map from Japan post (JapanSugoi)

• iBousai Evacuee Support Kits for Wellness and Lifestyle (Japan Trends)

• TEPCO Ties To The Yakuza: Gone? Police Sources Still Skeptical (Japan Subculture Research Center)

• Shady Business Scandal: Olympus Paid $687 Million to Mystery Adviser (Japan Probe)

• Disaster Recovery Minister: March 11th Tsunami Killed "Idiots" (Japan Probe)

• Japan approves $157bn quake budget for reconstruction (BBC)

• In Japan, a Trend to Make Straight Teeth Crooked (NYTimes)

• The Fierce Imagination of Haruki Murakami (NYTimes)

• Radiation map gives close-up fallout readings (Japan Times)

• Hashimoto, Osaka face watershed poll (Japan Times)

• Fukushima cedar pollen to be tested (Japan Times)

• Two boys found with high internal radiation exposure (Japan Times)

• Hara kiri: Death of a samurai. Japans op zijn zeventiende .. (De Standaard)

• Tepco's 'Deal With Devil' Signals End to Japan's Postwar Era (BusinessWeek)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 10/21/2011

• Panasonic to drop planned Japan solar panel plant: source - Yahoo! Finance

• While Rebuilding After Tsunami, Japan Seeks to Prevent Future Disasters (PBS NewsHour)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 10/20/2011

• Japan’s Empress Michiko, turning 77, says staying healthy is an uphill battle - The Washington Post

• minister onder vuur ondat hij mensen die niet gevlucht zijn idioten noemt (hln)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 10/19/2011

• Japan relishes status as country with most three-starred Michelin restaurants - Telegraph

• Decon Bubble in Fukushima: Contractors Charging US$13,000 Per House (EX-SKF)

• My last fight (Fukushima Diary)

• Wandering seal a welcome relief for nervous Japanese (Reuters)

• Gevlekte zeehond in Japan groeit uit tot ster (Parool)

• Olympus Execs Woodford and Kikukawa: The Way We Were (Japan Real Time)

• High radiation detected at Tokyo school (Yomiuri)

• Olympus defends action against Woodford, but stock still falls (Asahi)

• Japan sinks 2.4 cm after March 11 quake (Asahi)

• Radiation detected at Tokyo elementary school (Asahi)

• Rosenthal: Ramp Japan is niet te bevatten (bnr.nl)

• Sexless marriages, ineffective police ( Japan Times)

• What does the firing of Olympus’ CEO teach us about Japan? (Foreign Policy Blogs)

• After CEO Exit, Olympus Address Fails to Redress (Japan Real Time)

• Factbox: Compensation for Fukushima crisis victims (Reuters)

• Japan Tops France for 3-Star Michelin Restaurants (Japan Real Time)

• The right to peaceful protest (Mainichi)

• Olympus scandal highlights board inadequacies in Japan (Reuters)

• Fukushima City begins decontamination of homes (Japan Today)

• Fukushima recriticality again (Fukushima Diary)

• Le Japon champion du monde des restaurants trois étoiles devant la France TSN&M6

• Fukushima Debris On Course to Hit U.S. (Scientific American)

• New Murakami book creates buzz in Britain (FRANCE 24)

• Meer driesterrenrestaurants in Japan dan in Frankrijk (Nieuwsblad)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 10/18/2011

• West Japan challenges Tokyo's tasty Michelin crown

• Fukushima victims: homeless,desperate and angry

• Radioactive Used Car: 20.38 Microsieverts/Hr Car Destined for Kenya Stopped (EX-SKF)

• Fukushima reactors may be shut down ahead of schedule (CNN)

• Japan's nuclear industry tries to clean up its image (BBC)

• Japan's Nuclear Accident Spreading to Some Parts of the United States - MarketWatch

• What Japan is doing to fight older generation's post-tsunami isolation (CSM)

• Cold shutdown in sight for yearend: road map (Japan Times)

• Facing the reality of radioactive decontamination (Mainichi)

• Cheating Boyfriends? There's an App for That (kotaku)

• 'Comfort women' issue resolved: Noda (Japan Times)

• How to Apply for the 10,000 Free Flights to Japan ( Japan Real Time)

• Haruki Murakami: How a Japanese writer conquered the world (BBC)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 10/17/2011

• Japanse burgemeester vraagt sluiting van 'zijn' kernreactor (De Morgen)

• Japan's ear-cleaning salons offer childhood fantasy (My Sinchew)

• Japan cities face growing radioactive ash, troubles ahead (Reuters)

• One Tokyo Neighborhood Still Oblivious to Radiation Hot Spot (voanews)

• Tokyo shock over boyfriend-tracker (ANN)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 10/16/2011

• Must Read: Asahi Shinbun

• News “The actual contamination of Fukushima” | Fukushima Diary

• Strontium in Yokohama: Citizen Threatened for Breaking the News | EX-SKF

• Superdry: Popular UK Fashion Brand Uses Gibberish Japanese ( Japan Probe)

• Average Joe could be collateral damage in war against yakuza | The Japan Times Online

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• Boat, other tsunami debris found drifting off Midway | The Japan Times Online

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 10/15/2011

• Report reveals Japan feared aftershocks would cause fuel melt at crippled nuke plant (Washington Post)

• Hundreds turn out to 'Occupy Tokyo' (Japan Times)

• No one is safe from the new yakuza (Japan Subculture Research Center)

• Immigration control to be simpler, quicker (Yomiuri)

• Will Japan Give Free Airfare to 10,000 Foreign Tourists? Maybe Not (Japan Probe)

• IAEA urges Japan to be less conservative in nuclear cleanup (Daily Times)

• Radioactive Hot Spots in Tokyo Raise Fears of Wider Contamination (NYTimes)

• Japan's Olympus Ousts Michael Woodford as President (NYTimes)

• Tokyo radiation scare turns out to be radium stored under house floor (Japan Times)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 10/14/2011

• IAEA team praises Japan after Fukushima visit (AP)

• Loach Lifestyle: Noda is Japan's Poorest PM (Japan Real Time)

• Yokohama City tests soil for strontium (Nippon Sekai)

• Did Obama Want to Apologize For Hiroshima? (Japan Probe)

• Germany's ZDF's Latest on Fukushima: Interviews with Workers at Fukushima Nuke Plant (EX-SKF)

• Tokyo radiation hotspot 'not linked to Fukushima' (BBC)

• Japan's Olympus demotes first-ever foreign chief (AFP)

• For foreign tourists, there's room at the inn (Japan Times)

• Fukushima said not Tokyo hot spot source (Japan Times)

• La peine de mort toujours appliquée au Japon (Japon Information)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 10/13/2011

• DPJ nuclear power skeptics finding themselves isolated - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Huge memorial park to be set up in quake-stricken Tohoku region - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Media digitisation: Book transubstantiation | The Economist

• Ministry eyes 70 as pension eligibility age | The Japan Times Online

• m.guardian.co.uk

• Full Map of the Cesium Counts Shisaku)

• Japan Blogs have now a home base (Japan Subculture)

• Arakawa River Seal Sighting Ignites Media Frenzy (Japan Probe)

• Radioactive strontium detected in Yokohama (Asahi)

• WikiLeaks: Japan Rebuffed Idea Of U.S. Apology For Hiroshima :(NPR)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 10/12/2011

• Occupy Tokyo Struggles to Find its Footing (Japan Real Time)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 10/11/2011

• Government decontamination plans cover 8 prefectures (Asahi)

• Good for business: 3/11 disaster triggers wedding boom (Asahi)

• Mount Fuji, Kamakura have a lot to offer as World Cultural Heritage sites (Mainichi)

• Strontium in Yokohama (Fukushima Diary)

• Yokohama city gov decided not to do anything for strontium (Fukushima Diary)

• Japanese buyers still hot for Lamborghinis, Rolls-Royces (Asahi)

• IAEA team inspects Fukushima school after decontamination work (Japan Times)

• Shunning Nuclear Plants at Home, Japan Pursues Building Them Overseas (NYTimes)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 10/10/2011

• Tourism industry in Fukushima facing greatest challenge (Asahi)

• Support for Japan PM dips after 1 month in office (Reuters)

• Tokyo under illusion that things are normal while Fukushima remains a war zone (Mainichi)

• De GP van Japan van kilometer tot kilometer (AD)

• Japan offers 10,000 free trips to revive tourism (GMA News)

• News: Nothing’s improved (Fukushima Diary)

• Free Trip to Japan for the Lucky 10,000 Foreigners Next Year (EX-SKF)

• Strontium-90 Discovered in Yokohama City (Ex-SKF)

• Free tickets to Japan from the Japanese government (Danny Choo)

• National power-saving campaign heading into winter (Asahi)

• As compensation payouts begin, Tepco pays the price for its nuclear disaster (Washington Post)

• Fukushima begins child thyroid checks (Japan Times)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 10/09/2011

• How to Use Japanese Toilet! (mgntoshi)

• New 'lake' delights tourists in Nikko marshlands (Asahi)

• France 24 Program on Fukushima Workers (EX-SKF)

• News "Save the propaganda" (Fukushima Diary)

• News: Tokyo tap water in crisis (Fukushima Diary)

• Radiation in Japan: Hot spots and blind spots (The Economist)

• Television's skewed version of poverty (Japan Times)

• Nonprofits in Japan help 'shut-ins' get out into the open (Japan Times)

• U.S. cuts Fukushima plant travel alert to 20 km (Japan Times)

• North Korean agent's assassination tools made public (Asahi)

• Japan Prime Minister Vows to Resolve Decades Old Abductions by North Korea (voanews)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 10/08/2011

• TEPCO orchestrated 'personal' donations to LDP (Asahi)

• Japan grounds fighter jet fleet (BBC)

• Japan na de ramp (Reformatorisch Dagblad)

• Okutama cesium level seen spiking (Japan Times)

• Fukushima: Should Japan relax its radiation safety standards? (Asian Correspondent)

• Japanse politicus pleit 'onschuldig' in rechtszaak (Aziatische Tijger)

• Poepfiets verovert Japan (RTL)

• Cesium levels off Fukushima Prefecture 58 times higher than before quake (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 10/07/2011

• Japan tsunami psychological injuries slow to heal (AFP)

• Okutama cesium level seen spiking (Japan Times)

• News: Helicopter monitoring data is published (Fukushima Diary)

• Cesium surges in ash halt Kashiwa incinerator (Japan Times)

• Vijf Belgische vrouwen in Japanse gevangenis voor drugssmokkel (De Morgen)

• Ghosn Says Japan Failing to Curb Yen Shows Jobs Not Top Priority (Businessweek)

• Japan extends its post-quake loan scheme by six months (BBC)

• F1 drivers hope to bring joy to Japan (CNN)

• AFP: Japan nuclear plant worker dies (AFP)

• Virtual Dating App Fights Constipation (Japan Trends)

• Japan's earthquake actually altered Earth's gravity, scientists find (CSMonitor)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 10/06/2011

• Japan's Ministry of the Environment Determined More Than Ever to Spread Radioactive Disaster Debris All Over Japan (EX-SKF)

• Fuku I Worker Who Pointed Finger at Livecam: Why He Did It, In His Own Words (EX-SKF)

• In Tokyo, Apple Customers in Ginza Wonder About Future After Death of Steve Jobs (Japan Real Time)

• Nuclear contamination found beyond Japan no-go zone (AFP)

• Breaking News: All Japanese for Kamikaze (Fukushima Diary)

• Japanese political power broker Ozawa goes on trial (BBC)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 10/05/2011

• In Japan, Wrestling Masks Aren't Just for Half-Naked Dudes in Boots (Kotaku)

• F1 Roar: Red Bull Denies Brought Own Food to Japan (Japan Real Time)

• iPhone 4S Siri App Stokes Bottom Jokes in Japan (Japan Real Time)

• NHK Special - Mega Tsunami - Hidden Perils (Nippon Sekai)

• Japan's KDDI to sell new iPhone (Reuters)

• Tokyo Train’s Go Online With Train Net (Japan Trends)

• Japan's decision day on whaling (BBC)

• New Zealand attacks Japan's decision to resume whaling (BBC)

• Noda's 1000 Yen Haircut and the Imperative of Regulatory Reform (Forbes)

• Tourist numbers still down, but slowly picking up pace (Asahi)

• Nuclear reactor shuts down in southern Japan in another blow to the crippled industry (Boston Globe)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 10/04/2011

• BBC News - Japan confirms whaling fleet to sail

• Those Who Fled Fukushima in Panic Made a "Rational Decision", Says Government (EX-SKF)

• Fukushima Children Humiliated by Their Teacher for Not Drinking Fukushima Milk, and Cabinet Secretary Sneers (EX-SKF)

• Former Prime Minister Naoto Kan Restarts Shikoku Pilgrimage (Japan Real Time)

• The measurement of plutonium was abandoned in Japan (Fukushima Diary)

• News From Japan: Kan On The Shikoku Pilgrimage Trail (Kurushii)

• Amazing Fountain Clock in Osaka (Kirainet)

• Fake Book Cover: Why Do Japanese People Stare At Foreigners? (Japan Probe)

• Red Bull Racing verscheept eigen voedsel naar Japan (F1 Today)

• Comment le lobby nucléaire japonais manipule l'opinion (Japon Information)

• Japan sends nine North Korean refugees to South Korea (BBC)

• Japan needs less ganbatte, more genuine action | The Japan Times Online

• Fukushima to post radiation levels at schools on Net (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 10/03/2011

• Japan's finances: Tax squish, not a tax squeeze | The Economist

• Japan's big manufacturers expect conditions to improve (BBC)

• Anti-whaling campaign goes 'kamikaze' (Stuff.co.nz)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 10/02/2011

• Japanese Enka Music in Ethiopia (Japan Probe)

• Japan PM support falls in first month to 55 pc (Reuters)

• Adultery in Japan Danny Choo)

• Majority of N-crisis evacuee households report health, financial woes (Yomiuri)

• Japan's leaders still don't get it - but whither that 'heretical' 1960s spirit? (Japan Times)

• Press miss the point at antinuke demo (Japan Times)

• Bikes keep the wheels of progress rolling (Japan Times)

• NISA, energy agency tried to skew public opinion (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 10/01/2011

• Mount Fuji’s Mystery Pond (Japan Probe)

• Ministry maps strontium, plutonium fallout (Asahi)

• Radioactive Ekiden (ex-SKF)

• Anti-Yakuza Laws Go Into Effect (Japan Subculture Research Center)

• Tokyo, Okinawa usher in antigang legislation (Japan Times)

• Cesium fallout map illustrates Kanto levels (Japan Times)

• Panel queries TEPCO rates / Customers pay price for flawed accounting, wasteful spending (Yomiuri)

• Prof. Yukio Hayakawa: Radiation Contamination Route Map (EX-SKF)

• Korean Soccer Fans Celebrate Japanese Earthquake (Japan Probe)

• Hiking - Japan's New Extreme Sport (Shisaku)

• Plutonium traces found in Iitate soil (Japan Times)

• Cesium fallout map illustrates Kanto levels (Japan Times)

• Plutonium detected 45 kilometers from nuke plant(Pu-239) (InvestmentWatch)

• 'Noah' ready for Japan's next tsunami (msnbc.com)

• Tentoonstelling in Japan afgelast uit angst voor straling (HLN)

• Japan Reopens Areas Near Fukushima Daiichi Plant (NYTimes)

• Tepco Faces 'Zombie' Future as Fukushima Damage Claims Mount (BusinessWeek)

• Single females mean big bucks to Japan tourism (Japan Today)

• After a half-century in Hiroo, National Azabu to close Oct 31 (Japan Today)

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