Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/30/2011

• Japanse schuldenberg wordt stilaan onhoudbaar - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Japan Nuclear Accident Plans Still ‘Inadequate,’ Greenpeace Says - Businessweek

• Green cars in spotlight at waning Japan auto show - Boston.com

• Japan Michelin Three-Star Restaurants Leave French Eating Dust - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Prince cites age limit for emperors | The Japan Times Online

• Okinawa defense official is sacked for indiscreet remark over drinks | The Japan Times Online

• High cesium level found in Date rice | The Japan Times Online

• Japan's energy crisis also an opportunity - News - FinanceAsia Mobile Edition

• Japan and the debt faith crisis: James Saft

• Japanse singledom bereikt recordhoogte (Radio 1)

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• Japan: Olympus scandal reaches a fever pitch | GlobalPost

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/29/2011

• Japanese bartender named world champion at cocktail contest (Asahi)

• Le point de vue japonais sur la « chasse à la baleine » (Japon Information)

• Science in Japan: Where rats and robots play (The Economist)

• Utilities to cut it close amid winter demand | The Japan Times Online

• Osaka victors' next target: Lower House | The Japan Times Online

• Japan's Olympus to review business structure amid scandal

• Toyota revs up new version of iconic '86' sports car : Business : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)

• AFP: Japan nuclear plant director sick: company

• Exclusive: New link emerges between Japan's Olympus and veteran

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/28/2011

• Japan singletons hit record high (BBC)

• Directeur Fukushima stopt om gezondheidsredenen - Buitenland - De Morgen

• BOJ Shirakawa warns Japan outlook severe | Reuters

• Japanese Imperial Family Tree & Order of Succession (Japan Probe)

• The Gods that created Japan and the Ise Shrine (Kirainet)

• Ex-Daio boss blew 9 bil. yen in Macao : National (Yomiuri)

• Japan 'gangster son' Toru Hashimoto wins Osaka ballot (BBC)

• Japan's youth turn to rural areas seeking a slower life (BBC)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/27/2011

• Monju reactor may be axed: Hosono (Japan Times)

• Comedy's a funny business in Japan (Japan Times)

• Nuke fears may spread faster than radiation (Japan Times)

• Dispatches from the labor front line (Japan Times)

• Cesium levels hit tens of billions of becquerels at river mouth (Asahi)

• Woodford: In his own words (Asahi)

• Cesium from Fukushima plant fell all over Japan (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/26/2011

• Japan reconsiders boardroom rules amid Olympus scandal

• A 'bizarre' saga for British ex-CEO of Olympus (AP)

• Japanese Police Arrest French TV Personality (Japan Probe)

• OLYMPUS: a closer look with an excerpt from THE GUARDIAN (Japan Subculture Research Center)

• Gangster son takes on conservative Osaka mayor (BBC)

• Fall's changing leaves reflect our own existence (Mainichi)

• Michael Woodford accable la direction d'Olympus (Le Figaro)

• Ex-Olympus boss says board meeting was 'constructive' (BBC)

• Japan's Imperial family 'needs change'

• 76% think Japan politics has deteriorated

• Now whistleblower, fired Olympus CEO Woodford back in Japan and calling for corporate change - The Washington Post

• Michael Woodford, Ex-Olympus CEO, Says He Would Consider Returning To Job - The Huffington Post

• Japanese leaders urged to allow branches of imperial family headed by women - BostonHerald.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/25/2011

• Le mystère du strontium de Yokohama est levé (Courrier international)

• Woodford: Olympus board brought company 'to its knees' (Asahi)

• Interview: Ex-Olympus CEO Michael Woodford ( Japan Real Time)

• Exec: Non-English speakers cannot do business in 10 years (Asahi)

• Japan may keep imperial status for married females (Asahi)

• 'Smart' apps becoming lifestyle game-changer (Japan Times)

• Ichihashi book on life on lam to be made into flick (Japan Times)

• De Japanse belegger (De Tijd)

• Japan Set to Impose Emergency Disaster Tax (VOA News)

• Olympus ex-CEO Woodford faces tense boardroom showdown (Reuters)

• Reprinted pictorial magazines show horror of past quakes (Asahi)

• Olympus execs quit before showdown with ex-CEO (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/24/2011

• Kredietbeoordelaar Standard & Poor's waarschuwt Japan (De Standaard)

• Eurofighter best option for Japan's ASDF (Yomiuri)

• Japanese-Canadian hopes to link Fukushima with rest of world (Asahi)

• Japan looks to future with earnest crown prince (Reuters)

• Japan's anti-nuclear protesters find the going tough, despite Fukushima disaster (CSMonitor)

• Magnitude-5.9 quake hits near Japan nuclear site (The Washington Post)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/23/2011

• Olympus ex-CEO says Tokyo police can get to truth behind scandal (Reuters)

• News Navigator: What has become of the AUM cult? (Mainichi)

• Jean Reno As Doraemon (Japan Probe)

• Has Arudou Debito Left Japan? (Japan Probe)

• Buffett Is No Match for Mobsters With Tattoos: William Pesek (Bloomberg)

• Japanese comedian Tatekawa dies at 75 (FRANCE 24)

• Bad bet: How Ikawa lost a fortune on gaming tables overseas (Asahi)

• Nuclear Regulator Dismissed Seismologist on Japan Quake Threat (sfgate)

• POWs, young expats struggle to reconcile Japan of then, now (Japan Times)

• Aum may be gone in name but guru still has following (Japan Times)

• AP Interview: For Shiseido VP, a lifelong quest to elevate Japanese women in the workplace (Washington Post)

• Japan's yakuza crackdown could derail effort to keep Olympus listed (Reuters)

• Japan's Sexism Makes for Terrible Economics (Bloomberg)

• Ex-Olympus CEO steels himself for return to Japan (Reuters)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/22/2011

• Have Japanese brands lost their way? (BBC)

• Doodstraf in zaak gasaanval Tokio definitief (Stentor)

• Michael Woodford, Former Olympus C.E.O., to Press Board on Fees (NYTimes)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/21/2011

• Will Japan's Public Debt Mountain Reach a Quadrillion Yen? - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Death Sentence Finalized For Aum Cultist | Japan Probe

• BBC News - Toyota restores Japan output to

• » 2011 Top 10 products and trends in Japan Kirainet.com – A geek in Japan

• Video: portret van een van de laatste zwaardsmeden in Japan :: nrc.nl

• Loyal Olympus workers feel betrayal over accounting scandal

• Japanese Evacuees Vote in Fukushima Polls - WSJ.com

• Sewage sludge keeps piling up amid radiation concerns (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/20/2011

• Cancer fallout from Japan's nuclear disaster may be hard to detect (The Globe and Mail)

• Memories of Mount Takao (Japan Times)

• French researchers seek raison d'etre of hikikomori (Japan Times)

• Is Aum's guru finally headed for the gallows? (Japan Times)

• Teachers leaving jobs | The Japan Times Online

• DPJ may exclude foreign members from voting for party chief | The Japan Times Online

• 23 prefectures reluctant to help Tohoku dispose of disaster debris | The Japan Times Online

• Japan’s economy: Whose lost decade? | The Economist

• 19.0 micro Sv/h in Shinagawa, Tokyo | Fukushima Diary

• Architect of Reactor 3 warns of massive hydrovolcanic explosion | Fukushima Diary

• Possibility of another M9.0 off shore of Kanto area | Fukushima Diary

• President Obama Seen Chewing Gum Constantly in the ASEAN Meeting in Bali, Indonesia | EX-SKF

• Strong quake jolts northern Japan, felt in Tokyo

• Aum killer Nakagawa's death penalty finalized | The Japan Times Online

• Cautious plan to rebuild Japan's tsunami-hit towns

• A trip to Japan's nuclear ghost town - The Washington Post

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/19/2011

• Kano hints rethink in testing rice for cesium (Japan Times)

• Renowned Japanese temple refuses yakuza visits (Reuters)

• Cesium-137 Deposition Simulation Shows Extensive Ocean Contamination Even in Japan Sea (EX-SKF)

• Olympus deals funneled 70 billion yen into mystery funds (Asahi)

• News caster evacuated (Fukushima Diary)

• Radiation in Japan: "Blowing in the Cold Autumnal Wind" (EX-SKF)

• Radioactive Cesium Above Government Limit Detected in Fukushima Rice (Japan Real Time)

• Opposition Targets Japanese Defense Minister for Skipping Bhutan Dinner Banquet (Japan Real Time)

• Hosono Gives Up Salary; Nishiyama to Oversee Fukushima Radiation Decontamination (Japan Real Time)

• Bhutan's Royal Couple visits Japan (Nippon News)

• Robotic bear pillow to avoid snoring (Kirainet)

• Le beaujolais nouveau, star au Japon (Le Progres)

• Aerial footage of Japan communities eight months after tsunami (BBC)

• Coming to Grips with Japan's Government Debt (Forbes)

• Woodford to discuss Olympus with Japanese authorities (Asahi)

• Hamamatsu professor invents speedy radiation detector (Asahi)

• More than half of Fukushima fallout ended up in sea: study (Japan Times)

• Cesium fallout widespread (Japan Times)

• Japan probes possible Olympus gangster link (Reuters)

• Japan's tsunami-hit towns are mostly cleaned up but barren, with much work remaining (Washington Post)

• Japan's Capsule Hotels Go High Tech and High Style (NYTimes)

• Japan's tsunami-hit towns are mostly cleaned up but barren, with much work remaining (Washington Post)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/18/2011

• TEPCO clears woodlands of trees for storage tanks - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• How to: Protect your ass in a Japanese classroom | Matador Network - StumbleUpon

• Utility Reform Eluding Japan After Nuclear Plant Disaster - NYTimes.com

• BBC News - Japan bans Fukushima rice shipment due to contamination

• Japan endorses reactor exports even as it debates nuclear policy at home - The Washington Post

• High court rules foreigners are eligible for welfare benefits | The Japan Times Online

• Olympus investigated by U.K. prosecutors | The Japan Times Online

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/17/2011

• Judge who spared Aum doctor still has doubts about verdict - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/16/2011

• Exclusive: Olympus says readying legal steps vs execs (Reuters)

• Radiation-fearing residents take matters into own hands (Asahi)

• Au Japon, la chasse à la baleine profite de l'argent de la reconstruction -(LeMonde.fr)

• Bank of Japan issues growth warning as it holds rates (BBC)

• Radioactiviteit tast landbouwgrond Noordoost-Japan aan (De Aziatische Tijger)

• Second tainted bottle found in Setagaya (Japan Times)

• Last of trials to close out Aum Shinrikyo rampage (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/15/2011

• North Korea beats Japan in World Cup qualifier (Yahoo! Sports)

• Japan now onboard TPP bandwagon, but bumpy ride ahead (Mainichi)

• North Korea Upsets Samurai Blue (Japan Real Time)

• TEPCO shareholders demand directors pay for mistakes (Asahi)

• Study: Radiation contamination likely in western Japan, Hokkaido - (Asahi)

• Fukushima golf course lawsuit against TEPCO dismissed (Majirox News)

• Tokyo ordinance a potential contract-killer (Japan Times)

• Tatemae as truth, culture clashes and Arudou's dangerous myth (Japan Times)

• VIdeo NHK: 8 months later (Nippon Sekai)

• Japan takes rare lead with Pacific trade push (Japan Today)

• Japan heads to NKorea for 1st time in 22 years; fans warned to leave drums, flags at home (The Washington Post)

• Getting Japanese Women Back on Track (Bloomberg)

• Japan's Mizuho to merge units and cut jobs (AFP)

• Japan farm radioactive levels probed (BBC)

• The Radioactive Rains of March - (Japan Real Time)

• From Minamata to Fukushima -- The Japanese Nuclear Crisis Isn't Over Yet (Huffington Post)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/14/2011

• Noda chose words carefully / TPP language thought to be aimed at soothing opponents (Yomiuri)

• Maid in Japan (The Australian)

• Weakening the underworld ( Japan Times)

• Jero Japans first black enka singer has great success (JapanSugoi)

• Failure to ask burning questions poses danger and impedes new discoveries (Mainichi)

• Japanese Women Quit Unrewarding Careers (Japan Real Time)

• INPO Report on Fukushima I Nuke Plant Accident (EX-SKF)

• Trouble Mounts at Olympus (The Atlantic Wire)

• 8 months into nuclear crisis, progress and uncertainties (Asahi)

• Japan economy expands for first time in 4 quarters, but boom already slowing (Washington Post)

• Scheiden kan ook feestelijk (Het Nieuwsblad)

• IMF: Japan moet torenhoge schuldenberg aanpakken (De Morgen)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/13/2011

• Creating a future for Japan's aging society | The Japan Times Online

• Erotica to celebrate and educate | The Japan Times Online

• Fukushima No. 1 stable: plant chief | The Japan Times Online

• Japanese tsunami victim: 'I'm one of the few with something left' (BBC)

• Eyewitness report - inside the wreckage of Japan's Fukushima nuclear reactor (Telegraph)

• Devastation at Japan Site, Seen Up Close (NYTimes)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/12/2011

• Japan plant tweede hoofdstad (Radio 1.nl)

• Yellow light was seen when reactor 3 exploded (Fukushima Diary)

• In Japan, the Revolution Spreads from Olympus to Baseball ( Japan Real Time)

• Japan allows partial glimpse inside crippled nuclear plant (Reuters)

• TPP debate breaking down traditional left-right political labels (Mainichi)

• Le Japon ouvre les portes de la centrale de Fukushima à la presse (Libération)

• More Radiation Testing for Food in Japan (Japan Probe)

• Olympus dumped by major shareholder as Japan steps up probe (Reuters)

• Japan should prioritise reducing debt, IMF chief says (AFP)

• IMF chief Lagarde holds news conference in Tokyo (EITB News)

• In pictures: A first look inside Fukushima (BBC)

• Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant opened to reporters (BBC)

• Radioactive cesium spread as far as Gunma-Nagano border (Asahi)

• Electricity shortages could mean chilly winter for some (Asahi)

• Media allowed into Japan's tsunami-hit nuke plant (AP)

• Saving Pets From Radiation in Japan (NYTimes)

• Petition seeks Woodford's return as Olympus president (Asahi)

• Japan gets cautious U.S. welcome on pan-Pacific talks (Reuters)

• SDF starts unprecedented exercise in Kyushu, Okinawa (Asahi)

• City-funded novices start courses in being a geisha (Asahi)

• Japan to Join Talks on Pacific Trade Pact (NYTimes)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/11/2011

• De Aziatische Tijger » Japanse politici verdeeld over vrijhandelsovereenkomst

• Teachers bolt jobs over mental angst | The Japan Times Online

• Grote ontsmettingsoperatie Fukushima I - Buitenland - Algemeen - Nieuws - ED

• Japan's PM Struggles with Agreement on U.S.-Led Trade Pact (International Business Times)

• Japan’s Gloomiest Area? Cheer Up, Osaka (Japan Real Time)

• No Need to Apologize, Hiroshima Leader Tells Obama (Japan Real Time)

• Japan emperor stays in hospital as temperature rises (Reuters)

• Japan After Fukushima: Is It Safe for Tourists? (TIME)

• The Olympus scandal: Big trouble in Tokyo | The Economist

• Bisschoppen Japan vragen sluiting kerncentrales (Kerknet)

• Harde aanpak van Japanse maffia | Radio Nederland Wereldomroep

• Radioactieve hotspots maken nerveus | Radio Nederland Wereldomroep

• De Wandeling: Japan - YouTube

• Analysis: Olympus investors may find courthouse door closed | Reuters

• Fukushima assembly candidates struggle to get out the vote | The Japan Times Online

• Tepco told to revise Fukushima road map | The Japan Times Online

• Corporate Japan Rocked by Scandal at Olympus - NYTimes.com

• Beleggen, BEL20, koersen, beurs, aandelen, effecten, economie - Beursduivel.be

• Olympus dropped auditor that pointed out irregularities (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/10/2011

• Tokyo police launch investigation into troubled Olympus (BBC)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/09/2011

• Woodford's road from Olympus president to whistle-blower (Asahi)

• Japan releases Chinese fishing boat (BBC)

• Study starts on 'long-term no-return zones' in Fukushima (Asahi)

• Japan's Olympus Admits To Hiding Investment Losses Dating Back Two Decades (The Huffington Post)

• Volkswagen is giving Suzuki the silent treatment (Asahi)

• Steve Jobs book sales top 1 million copies in Japan (Majirox News)

• Olympus's New Pail of Problems: Criminal Investigation, Delisting Potential? (Japan Real Time)

• Children stopped growing in Fukushima (Fukushima Diary)

• JP Gov officially admitted that Japanese food is harmful (Fukushima Diary)

• Olympus scandal tied to banker who shuffled losses (Reuters)

• Olympus used huge acquisitions to cover up losses (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/08/2011

• Analysis: Japan tries, again, to cut corporate ties to yakuza (International Business Times)

• Japan buys 10% of eurozone bailout fund's bond issue (BBC)

• Vrouwen nemen voortouw in Fukushima-protest (DeWereldMorgen.be)

• Tokyo police on patrol for dangerous bike riders (Asahi)

• Justice in Japan: An ugly decision (The Economist)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/07/2011

• A Departure From Precedent (Shisaku)

• Foreign tourism in Yamanashi plummets | The Japan Times Online

• Nog geen plannen voor radioactief afval in Japan - Groen - TROUW

• Woodford accuses investigators of dragging their feet in Olympus scandal - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Avec le «  warm biz », les Japonais s'habillent pour l'hiver (Japon Information)

• Crèches vides et parents inquiets à Fukushima (Japon Information)

• Ex-Tokyo cop speaks out on a life fighting gangs — and what you can do (Japan Times)

• Witnessing ways to make Japan's wasted woodlands pay ( Japan Times)

• Lessons of loss and healing ( Japan Times)

• Japan's emperor hospitalized with persistent fever, bronchitis (CNN)

• Mazda to end production of signature rotary engine vehicles (Asahi)

• Japan detains China boat captain off Goto Islands (BBC)

• Japan wil reservehoofdstad bouwen (De Volkskrant)

• Japan's disaster led to powerful love reactions (CBS News)

• After Japan quake, divorce more popular: survey (CBS News Video)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/06/2011

• De Aziatische Tijger » Dalai Lama bezoekt Japanse aardbevingslachtoffers

• Noda walking a tightrope with comments on tax, election - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan revives a sea barrier that failed

• Rural Japan under threat | The Japan Times Online

• Japan's upper house President Takeo Nishioka dies at 75 - Sacramento Living - Sacramento Food and Wine, Home, Health | Sacramento Bee

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/05/2011

• Tokyu action led to blackmail / Suspect reported angry after firm severed gang-related ties (Yomiuri)

• Thai floods emptying Japan shelves (Yomiuri)

• Local gov'ts urged to accept rubble from quake- and tsunami-hit areas (Mainichi)

• Shareholders eye 1.1 tril. yen suit against 60 TEPCO directors (Mainichi)

• New biographies on Hirohito add fresh perspectives (Asahi)

• Japanese V Sign (dannychoo)

• More companies recast outlook as strong yen, euro crisis take toll (Yomiuri)

• Noda will call snap poll if Diet OKs sales tax hike (Japan Times)

• The Latest On Olympus In The Japanese Media (Shisaku)

• As the Olympus Scandal Shows, Corporate Japan Is as Shoddily Governed as Ever (Time)

• No room for administrative 'sectionalism' in dealing with nuclear disaster (Mainichi)

• Nowhere is safe (Fukushima Diary)

• Koriyama City in Fukushima to Feed School Kids with Local Rice Harvested This Year (EX-SKF)

• Tepco to get $11bn government aid after plan approval (BBC)

• Science far from conclusive on low-level radiation risks (Japan Times)

• Disposal of quake debris begins (Japan Times)

• Olympus removed auditor after dispute (Reuters)

• Japan's new crisis: Radioactive waste disposal (CBS News)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/04/2011

• Power companies behind anonymous donations in Fukui (Asahi)

• Japan kent Tepco 8,3 miljard euro publieke steun toe - Buitenland - HLN

• Japan's Olympus scandal is slowly coming into focus (guardian.co.uk)

• Bedrijf komt met valse wimpers voor mannen (nu.nl)

• The longer the government dithers over nationalising Tepco, the more the costs will rise (The Economist)

• Japan's Failed Breakwaters - Video Library (The New York Times)

• 15 more hot spots in Setagaya (Fukushima Diary)

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• Japanese urged to wrap up as Warm Biz gets under way (Japan Today)

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• Sociale fobie in Japan: Hikikomori (Japan Nieuws)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/03/2011

• Radioactive bottle removed from Setagaya hot spot - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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• Editorial: Closer monitoring and more explanation of Fukushima reactors needed - The Mainichi Daily News

• Radioactive Disaster Debris Arrives in Tokyo from Iwate Prefecture | EX-SKF

• Japanese Super GT race queens so pretty - JapanSugoi - Everything Cool about Japan

• New cyberattack hits computers in Diet (Japan Today)

• More Radioactive Radium Found in Tokyo [Not From Fukushima] | Japan Probe

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• NPR.org » Japanese Town Hopes For Post-Tsunami Reinvention

• Japan not safe for meeting with panel: ex-Olympus CEO

• Jezus en Boeddha in Tokio - De Standaard

• Japanese Business Culture and Why Good Governance Matters - Forbes

• Fears of Fission Rise at Stricken Nuclear Plant in Japan - NYTimes.com

• Now and Then – Six Months after the 3.11 Earthquake (Nippon News)

• Kamperen in Japan (J Nieuws)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/02/2011

• Nakasone and Comfort Women (Shisaku)

• Cet hiver, le Japon lance le "warm biz" (Europe1.fr)

• Avec le «warm biz», le Japon met un pull plutôt que le chauffage pour économiser l'électricité (20minutes.fr)

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• Quake-hit Japan entices tourists back (BBC)

• Possible new "fission" found at Japan's wrecked nuclear plant (Reuters)

• In Japan, a foreigner speaks out (Reuters)

• Autumn in Tokyo: Japan at its best (WNEM TV 5)

• Au Japon, les étrangers en colère (Japon Information)

• Cesium in pollen not viewed as health risk (Japan Times)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/01/2011

• Occupy Wall Street inspireert ook Japanse protestbeweging (DeWereldMorgen.be)

• Smullend Door Japan In Zeven Stappen (Reisreporter.nl)

• Agency to study cesium content of cedar pollen (Asahi)

• Japanese urged to wrap up to save winter power (AFP)

• Japanese Lawmaker Drinks Water Taken From Puddle Inside Fukushima Daiichi to Prove Safety (Japan Real Time)

• The LDP Goes Overboard (Shisaku)

• Bloody sneeze (Fukushima Diary)

• Government Official's Ultimate "Performance": Drink Up Fuku-I Water (EX-SKF)

• Japan MP Yasuhiro Sonoda drinks Fukushima water (BBC)

• Ganbatte and gaman stifle debate, hinder recovery (Japan Times)

• The costly fallout of tatemae and Japan's culture of deceit (Japan Times)

• Schizophrenic Constitution leaves foreigners' rights mired in confusion (Japan Times)

• Panasonic to report second-biggest loss (Japan Times)

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