Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/19/2012

• Visit to war shrine may not be indicative of Abe's diplomacy | The Japan Times Online

• Wedding costs rise in Japan despite economic slump | The Japan Times Online

• Tepco to expand compensation for tourism industry losses | The Japan Times Online

• Cesium above new limit in Miyagi beef | The Japan Times Online

• Japan’s Justice Minister To Resign Over Yakuza Ties - The Daily Beast

• US commander in Japan apologizes, orders curfew after 2 sailors charged with rape in Okinawa - The Washington Post

• Japanese Police Discover Three Bodies Under House in Hyogo - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• China’s slowing economy hits Japan, other countries - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• debito.org » Blog Archive » Kyodo: NJ on welfare (unlike Japanese on welfare) now need to pay pension premiums, says Japan Pension Service

• Japan's Reaction to Haruki Murakami Not Winning the Nobel Prize : The New Yorker

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