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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