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)

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.