Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/30/2012

• RIP Ampontan: Blogger Bill Sakovich passes away | Japan Probe

• BBC News - Japan PM Abe praises Fukushima nuclear work during visit

• Japan’s emphatic general election: Abe agonistes | The Economist

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/29/2012

• Cement Magnate’s Son Aso Takes Reins of Japanese Economy - Bloomberg

• New Japan PM Visits Tsunami-Wrecked Nuclear Plant - Page 1

• Japan death row inmates want prior warning | Inquirer News

• Abe this time around to skip daily interviews in order to keep gaffes at bay | The Japan Times Online

• China 1950 paper says Senkakus are Japan's | The Japan Times Online

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/28/2012

• Insight: Under siege, Japan central bank wakes up to political reality | Reuters

• Einde van een tijdperk: PS2-productie in Japan gestopt - Nieuws - InsideGamer

• Abe Cabinet starts out with 62% support rate, 22% disapproval: Kyodo poll | The Japan Times Online

• Eight U.S. sailors sue Tepco for millions for falsely downplaying Fukushima radiation exposure | The Japan Times Online

• Abe Cabinet signals big changes ahead | The Japan Times Online

• Will Japan Unapologize to 'Comfort Women'? - NYTimes.com

• Special - History of the Senkaku Islands dispute - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan Might Revise Apology on Wartime Sex Slaves - NYTimes.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/27/2012

• Rajan Menon: Japan's Coming Challenges: What Awaits Shinzo Abe

• Mr. Abe has his work cut out | The Japan Times Online

• Shift to right risks mistrust in foreign capitals | The Japan Times Online

• Nationalism takes back seat to the economy | The Japan Times Online

• Abe ready for 'fresh' restart as Cabinet is sworn in | The Japan Times Online

• NOS.nl

• Shinzo Abe Selected as Japan’s Prime Minister - NYTimes.com

• Real Estate in Japan - NYTimes.com

• Japan’s new PM says his top mission is to save economy, diplomacy from crisis - The Washington Post

• NOS.nl

• Analysis: Japan's yen offensive may give Toyota an edge over Hyundai | Reuters

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/26/2012

• Formed in childhood, roots of Abe's conservatism go deep | The Japan Times Online

• Inactivity amid nuclear crisis leaving Fukushima children out of shape | The Japan Times Online

• Kaieda takes DPJ helm; Ozawa overture hinted | The Japan Times Online

• The year in quotes: 25 windows on the way things were in 2012 | The Japan Times Online

• deredactie.be: Japanse manga-tekenaar Keiji Nakazawa overleden

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/25/2012

• Japan's incoming PM promises fresh policies

• Nieuwe premier Japan belooft vernieuwing en aanpak economie :: nrc.nl

• After election loss, Japan party names new leader - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Fault-linked nuke plants sitting on 800 tons of fuel | The Japan Times Online

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/24/2012

• Japan: On path to rearming?

• Switching to mama mode is not easy for today's gals | The Japan Times Online

• Re-elected prime minister thinking big in Japan | South China Morning Post

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/23/2012

• Beware the nuclear village as it readies to rear-end docile Japan again | The Japan Times Online

• Public works funds best spent fixing aging infrastructure | The Japan Times Online

• Abe hints at scrapping reactor ban | The Japan Times Online

• 19 tunnel ceilings to be removed / Suspension design in Sasago accident becomes focus of safety concerns : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)

• Japanese Emperor Turns 79, Shows Gratitude over Heart Surgery - JIJI PRESS

• New test identifies radioactive cesium in the environment - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• The mighty downfall of Japan's tech giants - Features - Al Jazeera English

• 'Abenomics' — a dangerous policy of print and spend | The Japan Times Online

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/22/2012

• Abe seeking better ties with S. Korea - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• People Flee Japan Nuke Disaster to Faraway Okinawa - ABC News

• Tourism to break record in 2013 rebound: JTB | The Japan Times Online

• Probability of strong quakes revised upward for eastern Japan | The Japan Times Online

• Japan's Abe to send envoy to China to mend ties: Nikkei

• The Japan-China Bout - NYTimes.com

• In a year of big elections, Japan’s was Godzilla | Ian Bremmer

• Japan says economy's condition stable, but weak | Reuters

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/21/2012

• In Japan, a Test of Inflation Targets - NYTimes.com

• Analysis: Japan's new cabinet likely to be long on loyalty, short on reform | Reuters

• Starbucks Japan Customers Find Less Coffee in Their Cups - Bloomberg

• Japan’s emphatic general election: Abe agonistes | The Economist

• Shinzo Abe’s Second Chance in Japan - NYTimes.com

• Japan, Where Christmas Is More Fun - NYTimes.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/20/2012

• Early Japan reactor restarts unlikely despite LDP win - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Factions seeking comeback after LDP victory : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)

• With LDP swollen, will faction rivalries return? | The Japan Times Online

• Matsutaro Shoriki: Japan’s Citizen Kane | The Economist

• Business under Japan’s new government: Are nukes back? | The Economist

• COMMENTARY/ Makoto Hara: LDP should not pursue economic growth fantasy - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan’s election: Go on Mr Abe, surprise us | The Economist

• INTERVIEW/ Documentary maker Rene Duignan: How to reduce Japan's suicide rate - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/19/2012

• Why Japan is so safe from guns  - NY Daily News

• Japan wil 118 miljard investeren in economie - Beursduivel.nl

• Lichaam gevonden in Japan uit de 6e eeuw

• To Japan-China Row, Add One Potential Provocateur - NYTimes.com

• BBC News - Japan exports decline for sixth consecutive month

• BBC News - Japan faces up to China's long shadow

• Japan's hawkish Abe claims the win, but not a mandate - CSMonitor.com

• Amanpour

• U.S. Nervous About Japan's New Prime Minister : NPR

• Global Public Square

• Abe's first gaffe: Bush just called | The Japan Times Online

• Pay gap worst for Japan's mothers | The Japan Times Online

• Lower House seat distribution, votes out of sync | The Japan Times Online

• Abe prepares ruling bloc, pressures BOJ | The Japan Times Online

• BBC News - Asia papers split over return of Japan's Abe

• Japan’s Next Leader, Shinzo Abe, Shifts Focus - NYTimes.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/18/2012

• Japan's hawkish Abe claims the win, but not a mandate - CSMonitor.com

• Fukushima plant situation 'volatile,' a year after cold shutdown declared - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• BBC News - Who, What Why: Why do Japanese politicians wave fish?

• Researcher: Gravity of moon, sun likely unleashed Tohoku quake - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Nothing left for the election-gutted DPJ to do but rebuild | The Japan Times Online

• 'Third force' had high hopes but got stung | The Japan Times Online

• Abe vague on manning Senkakus, Yasukuni visits | The Japan Times Online

• Japan's new PM to tap Taro Aso, former prime minister, for finance post - CSMonitor.com

• Washington Post

• Analysis: Low expectations abroad for Japan economic sea change

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/17/2012

• Japan's Abe makes economy top priority - Dec. 17, 2012

• Hoe anders wordt het beleid onder Shinzo Abe? | Radio1

• Japan's next PM piles pressure on BOJ, vows to resolve China row | Reuters

• Liberal Democratic Party Returns to Power in Japan - NYTimes.com

• Hawkish Abe wants to change Constitution | The Japan Times Online

• Nippon Ishin falls short, readies for next race | The Japan Times Online

• LDP aware voters just punished DPJ | The Japan Times Online

• LDP flattens DPJ in bruising return to power | The Japan Times Online

• UPDATE 10-Japan's LDP surges back to power, eyes two-thirds majority with ally

• Economic implications of Japan's election

• deredactie.be: Conservatieven behalen klinkende zege in Japan

• BBC News - Japan election: LDP's Shinzo Abe vows tough China line

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/16/2012

• BBC News - Japan election: Shinzo Abe and LDP in sweeping win - exit poll

• Japanese Election: And The Winner Is… - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Without Babies, Can Japan Survive? - NYTimes.com

• Japan's LDP back in power with two-thirds majority with ally | Reuters

• LDP headed for landslide win in Lower House races, exit polls show - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• deredactie.be: Fukushima, China en de economie natuurlijk

• Mount Fuji's lacustrine Gang of Five | The Japan Times Online

• Even more than meltdowns; this election is essentially about Japan's war-renouncing Constitution | The Japan Times Online

• An aging country learning to adapt | The Japan Times Online

• Opening old wounds unhealed after decades | The Japan Times Online

• WHO downplayed health effects of nuclear crisis on Fukushima residents : German physician | The Japan Times Online

• Japan loses its cool as South Korea heats up | The Japan Times Online

• Les Verts japonais, grands perdants des élections | Japon Information

• Verkiezingen Japan: liberalen op winst - Radio 1

• Japanese back at the booths for general election

• China Steps Up Pressure On Japan in Island Dispute - NYTimes.com

• Japan heads to polls, conservative LDP seen returning to power

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/15/2012

• Huffington Post to come to Japan in new deal with Asahi Shimbun - The Japan Daily Press

• Washington Post

• Woman modifies koto to play jazz, world music - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• A Political Pendulum in a Disgruntled Japan - NYTimes.com

• Party strategists shift focus to seat counts | The Japan Times Online

• Magnitude 10 temblor could happen: study | The Japan Times Online

• Can LDP take Upper House as well? | The Japan Times Online

• Voters weary, confused as Japan looks set for 7th leadership change since 2006 - World News

• Washington Post

• Nationalist Rhetoric High As Japanese Head To Polls : NPR

• A Nervous Japan Swings Right Ahead of Dec. 16 Polls. But Don’t Expect Real Change | TIME.com

• Column Kees de Kort | Japan staat stil

• A discontented Japan is likely to return opposition party to power - The Washington Post

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/14/2012

• Japan's Shinzo Abe: comeback kid with conservative agenda | Reuters

• Anxious Japan shifts to right ahead of poll

• Japan election a world away from tsunami-hit town - CNN.com

• Worst Premier for JGBs Since ’94 Poised for Return: Japan Credit- Bloomberg

• Japanese operator in most frank admission over nuclear disaster

• Japan kiest een nieuw parlement | Radio1

• LDP headed for landslide win, survey says - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• LDP likely to win nearly 300 seats in election: poll | The Japan Times Online

• Eilandenruzie tussen Japan en China flakkert opnieuw op - Buitenland - Nieuws - Knack.be

• Students' eagerness remains low / Survey shows low percentage of middle schoolers like science, math : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)

• Insight: Japan largely excludes foreign firms in Fukushima clean-up

• Japan Tops List of Healthiest Countries - ABC News

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/13/2012

• 2012 Kanji of the Year: Gold - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• In Japan, a sprightly 94-year-old fights election battle

• Slide Show: Shiho Fukada Photographs the Jobs Crisis in Japan : The New Yorker

• Waiting for Japan's election: Could the the 'Abe trade' be justified?

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/12/2012

• Au Japon, regain de nationalisme à l'occasion des élections | Japon Information

• Twaalf twaalf twaalf hoera - De Standaard

• Japan election campaign fuels feud over how to revive stagnant economy; no cure-all in sight - The Washington Post

• deredactie.be: Noord-Korea lanceert succesvol langeafstandsraket

• TEPCO unable to locate source of leak in Fukushima reactor - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• INTERVIEW/ Yohei Kono: Rightward shift could doom liberals to extinction - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Bright, clean and airborne gift ideas | The Japan Times Online

• La Corée du Nord a lancé sa fusée sans réaction japonaise | Japon Information

• Tepco president admits No. 1 plant workers hired via murky system | The Japan Times Online

• Why Japan Is Still Not Sorry Enough | TIME.com

• Sea Shepherd zet Japan voor joker

• Analysis: Japan election points to return of construction state

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/11/2012

• Japan als voorland | www.dagelijksestandaard.nl

• Analysis: Japan's Abe gets second chance at loosening limits on military

• Analysis & Opinion | Reuters

• Washington Post

• Do Japan a favor: Don't stop being a critic | The Japan Times Online

• Some election campaign rules outdated, quirky | The Japan Times Online

• Book reveals human drama in Fukushima No. 1 crisis | The Japan Times Online

• 'Changed' Abe makes case for fresh chance | The Japan Times Online

• Revised data show nation in recession | The Japan Times Online

• Scientists: Fault Under Japan Nuke May Be Active - ABC News

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/10/2012

• Japan Sinks Into Recession as Abe Calls for More Stimulus Steps- Bloomberg

• Abe rules out forming coalition government with DPJ after election | The Japan Times Online

• ANA pilot to be investigated after overshooting runway at Shonai Airport | The Japan Times Online

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/09/2012

• AFP: Japan heist unsolved, 44 years on

• The politics of pop music | The Japan Times Online

• World still waits for Japan to stop being apathetic about whaling | The Japan Times Online

• Liberals left behind in turn to the right | The Japan Times Online

• New breed of 'criminal elements' emerging from the shadows | The Japan Times Online

• Shintaro Ishihara, Right-Wing Japanese Politician, Makes Gains - NYTimes.com

• Is Japan losing its cool? - CSMonitor.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/08/2012

• Lessons of 2011 led to better evacuations this time - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Dec. 7 quake: larger aftershocks possible - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Tsunamialarm in Japan opnieuw ingetrokken - De Standaard

• Japan Quake in Nuclear Plant Area Stirs Brief Alarm - NYTimes.com

• Japanse situatie evolueert van kwaad naar erger - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• WPR Article | Japanese Election a Potential Turning Point for East Asia

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/07/2012

• Japan trekt tsunamiwaarschuwing in - Aardbevingen - De Morgen

• Tsunami Nation — Then and Now - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Addressing the nuclear power issue | The Japan Times Online

• Strong quake hits off Japan near Fukushima - Yahoo! News

• deredactie.be: Krachtige aardbeving treft noordoosten van Japan

• Strong earthquake hits northeast Japan - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• BBC News - Japan earthquake tsunami warning issued

• Japan Orders Military to Destroy Any North Korea Rocket Debris- Bloomberg

• Many voices but no clear messages | The Japan Times Online

• Third force's reform proposals flashy but unreal | The Japan Times Online

• Michelin-starred food you can afford | The Japan Times Online

• LDP: Gays don't need special rights | The Japan Times Online

• Japanese eat more meat, fewer vegetables than decade ago: official data | The Japan Times Online

• What's Bringing China and Japan Back Together? Pornography, Apparently.

• 'Air Kentucky,' Japan Airlines' In-Flight KFC Meal, Looks A Bit Sad (PHOTO) - The Huffington Post

• Japan scientists took utility money - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/06/2012

• Tokio opnieuw gekroond tot beste culinaire hoofdstad - De Standaard

• AP Exclusive: Japan scientists took utility money - News - Boston.com

• Japan brengt afweerraketten in stelling tegen Noord-Korea - Buitenland - De Morgen

• Le port du masque chirurgical au Japon, une protection psychologique | Japon Information

• Japan tunnel collapse ignites debate about infrastructure spending - CSMonitor.com

• Who’s Who In Japan’s 2012 General Election - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Kabuki star Kanzaburo dies at 57 | The Japan Times Online

• Japan opposition LDP set to win solid election majority: polls

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/05/2012

• Japan's Vibrant Democracy, Abe's Election Rhetoric, and Coming Together with China over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands - Forbes

• Problems for 'third force' hopefuls | The Japan Times Online

• Poll set to yield just a reign of chaos? | The Japan Times Online

• Fukushima key stumping ground as campaign starts | The Japan Times Online

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/04/2012

• Japan Tunnel Disaster Shows Aging of Public Works - ABC News

• 'Kada effect' weakened by Ozawa's influence : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)

• Japan candidates hit streets in first national vote since Fukushima disaster

• Japan's Campaign Starts, Focus on Economy, Nuclear - ABC News

• Softbank's policies on foreign customers hard to pin down | The Japan Times Online

• 'Wild, daro?' tops buzzword list for 2012 | The Japan Times Online

• Tepco moves up nuclear salvage schedule for Fukushima fuel rods to 2014 | The Japan Times Online

• deredactie.be: Japan onderzoekt tunnels na fatale instorting

• Japanse levenslessen - YouTube

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/03/2012

• BBC News - Japan orders tunnel inspections after Sasago collapse

• Washington Post

• New View from Inside Fukushima: Chaos and Uncertainty - NYTimes.com

• Two die in Japan lift accidents | My Sinchew

• deredactie.be: Japan onderzoekt tunnels na fatale instorting

• Japan ontplooit luchtafweergeschut tegen Noord-Koreaanse ... - Het Nieuwsblad

• Japan Opposition Leads Polls; Ruling Party Closing Gap - WSJ.com

• The best-kept secret in Japanese politics is that policies don't matter | The Japan Times Online

• Ishihara nuke flip-flop puts party in crisis | The Japan Times Online

• Analysis: Nationalist strains echo on Japan campaign trail

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/02/2012

• Minstens zeven vermisten na instorting tunnel in Japan - Buitenland - De Morgen

• ‘Exposure,’ the Story of a British Whistle-Blower in Japan - NYTimes.com

• BBC News - Japan tunnel collapse 'traps cars'

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/01/2012

• Thuiseten: On-Japanse praktijken - THUISETEN - PAROOL

• High thyroid radiation doses in 178 Fukushima workers - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Ozawa clearly still a force to be reckoned with - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan Airlines serves in-flight KFC for the holidays | CNN Travel

• Japan Airlines serves in-flight KFC for the holidays | CNN Travel

• How will S. Korea's presidential election affect ties with Japan? : Editorial : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)

• Plate dates hiragana to 9th century : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)

• Jennifer Lind: Japan, the Never Normal | Asia Unbound

• The best-ever tips on learning Japanese | The Japan Times Online

• DPJ's promise to change the system failed | The Japan Times Online

• Voters get little to go on when it comes to nuclear issue | The Japan Times Online

• Vows DPJ made to get in sounded too good to be true | The Japan Times Online

• Media grill party chiefs in televised debate | The Japan Times Online

• The Women Who Free-Dive, Finding Riches in the Sea - NYTimes.com

• Nippon Ishin's dream to be main challenger to DPJ, LDP threatened | The Japan Times Online

• De Lloyd > Europa mag vrijhandelsakkoord met Japan onderhandelen

• Beware: Stronger yen may soon destroy Japan - MarketWatch.com

• Japan’s Space Agency Says Rocket Information Was Stolen by Computer Virus - NYTimes.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 11/30/2012

• Sumo - Japan's ancient sport threatened in 'age of convenience'

• LDP Seen Winning Japan Vote That Risks Policy Gridlock - Businessweek

• Japan split on whale hunts, poll shows

• 5 Things Nobody Tells You About Living in Japan | Cracked.com

• LA Times - KFC in the air: Japan Airlines to serve fast food on holiday flights

• Japan’s Nuclear Mistake - NYTimes.com

• Japan: land van rijzende Michelinsterren - De RestaurantKrant - het vakblad voor restaurants - restaurant nieuws - restaurantnieuws - horeca

• EU gaat praten over handelsverdrag Japan - Buitenland | Het laatste buitenlandse nieuws leest u op Telegraaf.nl [buitenland]

• Mr. Abe's problematic BOJ plan | The Japan Times Online

• Vessel that grounded on Sado with five dead men aboard probably a North Korean fishing skiff | The Japan Times Online

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