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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