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• On Japan’s school lunch menu: A healthy meal, made from scratch - The Washington Post

• Read all about it: How Kan-do attitude averted the meltdown of Japan | The Japan Times

• No room for subtleties when laying off workers | The Japan Times

• Spring pollen count expected to explode | The Japan Times

• Revisiting Japan | Inquirer Opinion

• Washington Post

• Chicago Tribune - Japan defends stimulus, yen policy under fire

• Japan's Economic Plan Feared To Be Bad News For Everyone Else : NPR

• Number of foreign tourists almost back to pre-disaster levels - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Selection of the Boeing 787’s Battery Maker Raises Questions - NYTimes.com

• Victims and survivors return from Algeria | The Japan Times

• Japan Rejects Criticism It's Using Monetary Policy to Drive Yen Lower - WSJ.com

• Foreign visitors flock back to post-disaster Japan - Daily News

• Chinese Leader Takes Conciliatory Tone in Meeting With Japanese Politician - NYTimes.com

• Kindertelefoons razend populair in Japan - Multimedia - De Morgen

• Elsevier.nl - Japan: geschil met China kan worden opgelost

• Japan ready to ditch target for emissions cut

• Japan Inc's earnings outlook brightens under Abenomics

• Monetary policy in Japan: Win some, lose some | The Economist

• In Japan, Sumo Is Dominated by Foreigners - NYTimes.com

• Paul Krugman’s Worn-Out Ideas for Japan - Bloomberg

• Ready or Not, Japan to Ease Rules on Foreign Intervention | TIME.com

• Japan logs record trade gap in 2012, yen impact yet to show

• In Japan, Gangnam Style Is a Hit, But PSY Is a Bust - Businessweek

• Japan repels Taiwan island activists

• Japan reveals record 2012 trade deficit - CNN.com

• Handelstekort Japan was nog nooit zo groot - Economie - De Morgen

• Japan faces nuclear shutdown for second time since Fukushima

• Partial disclosure of 34 inmates' executions reveal delays, clerical errors - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• With group effort, Japan suicides fall to 15-year low - CSMonitor.com

• USA TODAY

• 人質事件 家族や知人から悲しみの声　NHKニュース

• Japan's Abe treads warily around military shift after Algeria deaths | Reuters

• Uiterste poging Japan om groei te stimuleren - Actueel financieel nieuws leest u op DFT.nl van De Telegraaf [Nieuws]

• Suicide still worry despite rate drop | The Japan Times Online

• 'Nation-toughening' projects lauded | The Japan Times Online

• Apple iPhone dominates Sony’s home market of Japan, despite iPad trailing Google Nexus 7

• Column Kees de Kort | Japan: steeds groter en gekker

• Bank of Japan in boldest attempt yet to revive economy

• Japan Makes Overture to China in Islands Dispute - NYTimes.com

• Japan's inflation gambit targets growth - Jan. 22, 2013

• Experts: Public Fueling Conflict Between China and Japan - US News & World Report

• Back in Power, Abe Aims to Spend Japan Back to Economic Vitality - NYTimes.com

• Japan firms see importance of speaking in tongues | Asia | DW.DE | 22.01.2013

• Shinzo Abe's quantitative easing: Japan can have a 'free lunch' and eat it too | Mark Weisbrot | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

• Fukushima Radiation Fears Still Haunt Japan | Seafood and Seizures Affected by Radiation | LiveScience

• Japan Keeps Its Cool | Foreign Affairs

• ‘Profiteer minder van de staat en sterf aub iets vroeger' - De Standaard

• New Komeito head suggests shelving isles dispute with China - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Bank of Japan Expands Efforts to Prop Up Nation’s Economy - NYTimes.com

• Japan Finance Minister Aso Seeks Early Remedy for Death Gaffe - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Latest U.S. military incident in Japan: apparent game of ding-dong ditch - CNN.com

• Cut state funding to terminal patients so they

• 7 JGC workers in Algeria confirmed dead; three still missing | The Japan Times Online

• Sleeper train carries women looking for romance, healthy skin - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Krugman: Can Japan pull it off?

• China Says US Culpable in Japan Island Dispute - Page 1

• Japanese hostage held in Algeria says he was prepared to die | Perth Now

• Oshima was in a realm of his own | The Japan Times Online

• Single-person households seen rising to one-third in 2015 : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)

• 'Abe II' on mission to redeem Japan, himself

• The Japanese economy: Both barrels? | The Economist

• PHOTO: Shooting star a captivating sight across Kanto region - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Wordt Japan weer het land van de toekomst? | HP/deSite

• Japan's Navy: Sailing Towards the Future - The Diplomat

• Algeria confirms Japanese hostages killed | The Japan Times Online

• A nagging Japanese riddle: Who's 'left' and who's 'right'? | The Japan Times Online

• China Criticizes Clinton’s Remarks About Dispute With Japan Over Islands - NYTimes.com

• 70% of towns behind in N-plans / Municipalities struggling to prepare disaster measures by March deadline : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)

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