Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/29/2013

• Poor English skills saved Japan's bankers from subprime loan fiasco: Aso | The Japan Times

• Government offers dosimeters--not decontamination--for Fukushima evacuees - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Merchants struggle in Skytree’s shadow - The Japan News

• Train tours to find marriage partners grow in popularity - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Could Japan's massive debt disrupt 'Abenomics' gains? - CSMonitor.com

• Man seized in Saitama for alleged attack on three children in Tokyo | The Japan Times

• Japan vertoont sterke gelijkenissen met dot-com zeepbel van de late jaren 90 - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• When English goes global ... - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/28/2013

• Brugse Zot krijgt een themacafé in Tokyo - Het Nieuwsblad Mobile

• First MOX shipment since 3/11 arrives in Fukui | The Japan Times

• Melted fuel removal at Fukushima plant seen optimistically starting in 2020 | The Japan Times

• Japan gets 1st post Fukushima MOX fuel | News24

• BBC News - Japan's NHK sued over use of English words

• Three First-Graders Stabbed in Tokyo - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• In Japan, a Mushroom Becomes a Videogame Star - WSJ.com

• JAEA map shows early iodine fallout | The Japan Times

• Tsunami aan leenwoorden op Japanse TV? | Radio1

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/27/2013

• Japan's public broadcaster sued over use of English words | World news | guardian.co.uk

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• Internationaal gerechtshof begint aan walviszaak (NOS)

• Japan's whaling is not science, expert witness tells World Court | Reuters

• The pioneering foreign students who rebuilt Japan | News | Times Higher Education

• TEPCO rejects compensation settlement for radiation anxiety - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Observing Japan: The Japanese public's ingrained distrust of investor capitalism

• Japan’s Fad-Loving Consumer Threatens to Derail Sony’s Phone Ambitions - NYTimes.com

• Japan Leader: Ruling Party Must Win July Elections - Page 1

• Internationaal strafhof buigt zich over Japanse walvisjacht - De Standaard

• Japan to launch world’s first conversational humanoid robot into space  - NY Daily News

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/26/2013

• Japanese Wary Google Street View Violates Privacy | Tokyo Desu

• LDP panel calls for 'balanced' description of historical events in textbooks - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Survey: Kumamoto Castle most popular Japanese castle - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Tidying up for World Heritage debut - The Japan News

• Weblog Sydney » Blog Archief » 5 vragen over Australië vs Japanse walvisjacht

• AFP: Japan dumbfounded by ex-PM over China island row claim

• BBC News - Australia-Japan whaling case in international court

• Washington Post

• White paper shows Japanese delaying marriage, having children - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Wolf Urine & Lion Roars Being Used to Save/Traumatise Deer | Tokyo Desu

• Tokyo gets high marks in Olympic evaluation report; Inose pleased | The Japan Times

• Ex-Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama Draws Ire at Home After Islet Remarks - Japan Real Time - WSJ

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/25/2013

• Mt. Fuji as a place of worship - The Japan News

• Why Sony Fans Are Called

• Plutonium problem lingers as mixed-oxide fuel comes to Japan - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan eyes stability with Abe in front: analysts | Fox News

• Internationaal Gerechtshof buigt zich over Japanse walvisjacht - Planet Earth - Nieuws - Knack.be

• LDP win mimics December election | The Japan Times

• Japan Inc. suffers brain drain of engineers to S. Korea, China - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/24/2013

• Top students shunning Japan | The Japan Times

• Anti-LDP voters pick Communists over DPJ in Tokyo election - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• VOX POPULI: Mount Fuji and pine trees are closely linked - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Chicago Tribune - Japan nuclear safety upgrades dazzle, mask industry woes

• Japan’s ruling party reportedly makes big gains in closely watched Tokyo election - The Washington Post

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/23/2013

• LDP, Komeito secure majority in Tokyo metropolitan assembly - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan: Voting starts in closely watched Tokyo elections-World News - IBNLive Mobile

• Japan plans determined defence of whaling case | smh.com.au

• Storage, disposal facilities for nuclear waste urgently needed in post-Fukushima Japan - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan: Voting starts in closely watched Tokyo elections

• The lost world of Fukushima | Alex Thomson's View

• Mt Fuji: beautiful, fragile and dangerous ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Young people struggle to emerge from poverty - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• BBC News - Japan's Mount Fuji wins Unesco world heritage status

• Mount Fuji has long been an icon | The Japan Times

• Mount Fuji named World Heritage site | The Japan Times

• Hoogste berg van Japan staat op Werelderfgoedlijst

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/22/2013

• Japan's Mt Fuji granted World Heritage status - Channel NewsAsia

• Japan's Mt. Fuji gets World Heritage status - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan becoming the land of the setting sun - Outside the Box - MarketWatch

• VOX POPULI: Abe's campaign statement reveals same old LDP - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japanners eten walvissen (stiekem) op - Buitenland | Het laatste buitenlandse nieuws leest u op Telegraaf.nl [buitenland]

• Radioactive waste to be disposed of in originating prefectures: Environment Ministry－ 毎日ｊｐ(毎日新聞)

• Tôhoku: Post-Disaster Life and Business | The Diplomat

• Mt. Fuji as a place of worship - The Japan News

• Japan's Fukushima debate: How will the meltdown affect the health of residents? - CSMonitor.com

• Putting their heart into tourism | The Japan Times

• 27 judo coaches got illegal payments | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/21/2013

• CEO Ford beschuldigt Japan van manipuleren koers yen - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Haags VN-hof moet bedreigde walvissen redden - Buitenland | Het laatste buitenlandse nieuws leest u op Telegraaf.nl [buitenland]

• Do South Koreans really hate Japan? - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Abe’s Arrows of Growth Dulled by Japan’s Three Principles - Bloomberg

• In London, PM Abe Praises ‘Japan’s Keynes’ as Model - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• A Rare Sight in Japan: Commuter Train Operates while Carriage Doors Remain Open | RocketNews24

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/20/2013

• Japan’s Condominium Market Booms Ahead of Tax Hike - MoneyBeat - WSJ

• Japan becoming the land of the setting sun - Outside the Box - MarketWatch

• Strontium in groundwater at No. 1 soars | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/19/2013

• Japan Moves Toward Restarting Nuclear Reactors - NYTimes.com

• Two Japanese historical items to be listed in UNESCO's Memory of the World - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japanse export neemt flink toe - Actueel financieel nieuws leest u op DFT.nl van De Telegraaf [Nieuws]

• Japan is een rampgebied aan het worden, de klap moet nog komen - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Traffic lights on the blink / Many too old for use; some even collapse - The Japan News

• High Level of Radioactive Strontium Found in Groundwater Near Fukishima Plant - NYTimes.com

• VOX POPULI: Shameful selective memory regarding nuclear power issue - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Tensions high as hate speech-driven anti-Korean rallies clash with counter-protests－ 毎日ｊｐ(毎日新聞)

• Japan's trade deficit climbs to $10.5 billion in May - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Virtuous, vicious or just circular? Loop line to wed pair | The Japan Times

• Japan watchdog formally OKs new safety requirements at nuke plants, paves way for resumption | Fox News

• Washington Post

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/18/2013

• Shisaku: The Rootless - A Decidedly Minor Meditation

• BRIEF: Kan hits Abe's nuclear salesmanship - Financial and Business News - MENAFN

• Japan exports expected to rise as weak yen takes hold - The Economic Times on Mobile

• A Japanese Vintner in France - NYTimes.com

• Tokyo faces aging infrastructure - The Japan News

• Abe backing away from strategy to revise Constitution - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• gulftoday.ae | Love and carriage: Japan railway offers train wedding

• In polite Japan, vulgarities rise as hate speech spreads - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• LDP policy chief criticized over Fukushima death toll comment - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Tricky Ways to Pull Down a Skyscraper - NYTimes.com

• Czech Political Turmoil Derails Tokyo's Nuclear Drive - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Why workers can no longer wear their demands on their sleeves | The Japan Times

• Metropolis - Travel | Mt. Fuji: A Day-trip Climb

• Merkel says Japan PM to introduce structural reforms

• Chatting about Japan with Snowden, the NSA whistle-blower | The Japan Times

• Abe will request opposition support to amend Constitution after election | The Japan Times

• Tokyo leading race for 2020 Olympics, IOC sources say | The Japan Times

• ‘Herrijzenis van Japan is structureel’ | Het Financieele Dagblad

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/17/2013

• Japan’s ‘Science Women’ Seek an Identity - NYTimes.com

• Abenomics will fail if Japan doesn’t address its debt problem. Here’s the crucial way forward – Quartz

• The dark side of Abenomics | The Japan Times

• Out Loud: Confronting Suicide in Japan : The New Yorker

• 'Yama-girl' pioneer sets the scene for Kamikochi with manga-style guidebook - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/16/2013

• Tokyo assembly poll foreshadows result of upper house elections - The Japan News

• Okinawa pitches Futenma 'dispersal' | The Japan Times

• LDP aims for total victory in Tokyo assembly election / Strategy tied to natl poll - The Japan News

• Japan approves growth steps, promises to do more after polls | Reuters

• More than 1,000 attend symposium against constitutional revisions - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Ex-Obama official blasts Japanese leaders for controversial remarks - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/15/2013

• Nieuwste seksfetisj: oogballikken - Het Nieuwsblad Mobile

• Nieuwste seksfetisj: oogballikken - Het Nieuwsblad

• The sweet side of rice / Mirin, a staple of Japanese cuisine - The Japan News

• Japanese eyeball licking

• Hideaki Ueda, Japanese Diplomat, Tells United Nations Colleagues To 'Shut Up' (VIDEO)

• Japanese girl group sings about Abenomics, sets hemlines by the Nikkei

• In Japan, Change-Up Sent Baseballs Flying, but Now Fans Cry Foul - WSJ.com

• Observing Japan: How long will the Japanese people support Abe (and Abenomics)?

• Proof of 'Abenomics' pudding is in execution | The Japan Times

• AFP: Japan prince honours Spain's samurai past

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/14/2013

• ‘Oogballikken’ zorgt voor oogonstekingen - De Standaard

• 'Japan must show resolve on reforms to calm markets' - The Economic Times

• Japan Growth Strategies Fail to Gain Market Confidence - WSJ.com

• Tablets, smartphones steal scene at Tokyo toy show - Channel NewsAsia

• Is Abenomics Doomed—or Will Japan Un-Doom Itself? - Matthew O'Brien - The Atlantic

• North Korean schools in Japan: Class action | The Economist

• Behind Japan’s Ratification of the Hague Abduction Convention | Nippon.com

• World's Oldest Man Dies, Japan's Market Swoons - Bloomberg

• Book finds lessons in Japanese cuisine | The Japan Times

• Stocks take bearish plunge | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/13/2013

• Paniek in Japan - Financiële goeroes | Alles over de financiële wereld leest u op DFT.nl van De Telegraaf [Rob Koenders]

• BBC News - Japan tests 4K television streams over the internet

• Japan's envoy to UN tells fellow diplomats to shut up - Telegraph

• debito.org » Blog Archive » Ueda Hideaki, GOJ rep at UN Committee Against Torture, repeatedly tells people to “shut up” for audibly laughing at Japan’s human rights record

• Craftsman keeps the tradition of samurai armor alive - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan mulls hosting global collider project - Nikkei

• Engine, de-icer glitches dog 787s | The Japan Times

• Japanese U.N. diplomat's shouts of 'shut up' to fellow delegates go viral, inflame | The Japan Times

• Weer drie incidenten met Dreamliners in Japan | Z24 Zakelijk nieuws & ondernemers toolsZ24

• In Japan, a Growth Strategy With Echoes of the Past - NYTimes.com

• A juiced baseball scandal in Japan | The Strike Zone - SI.com

• A tale of two islands: England, Japan and 400 years of shared history - Asia - World - The Independent

• Chart - T Magazine

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/12/2013

• In fast-aging Tokyo, elderly to account for one-third of population in 2040 - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Oudste mens ter wereld (116) gestorven

• Nuclear advocacy lands Abe in hot water with wife | The Japan Times

• Japan: The world's new star in solar power - Fortune Tech

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/11/2013

• Japanese Disappointment Weighs on Global Markets - Page 2

• Japan’s Central Bank Holds Steady Amid Market Volatility - NYTimes.com

• Removal of nuke fuel debris at Fukushima plant set for 2020 - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Sony banks on PlayStation 4 to turn slumping company around - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Patriot Ledger : OUR OPINION: An 'arrow' flies off target in Japan

• Survey reveals Prime Minister’s nuclear power policy faces strong opposition in Japan - Energy Business Review

• Abe’s wife casts doubts on nuclear plant exports - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan’s immature attitude on sexuality | The Jakarta Post

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/10/2013

• Is er eindelijk een nieuw tijdperk voor Japan aangebroken? - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• As Japan seeks revival, hedge funds bet on a bust - Businessweek

• Japan’s Economic Stimulus Gets Its Second Wind - NYTimes.com

• How The CIA Helped The Yakuza & The LDP Get Power & Promote Nuclear Power : Japan Subculture Research Center

• Noahpinion: The Zero Upper Bound?

• BBC News - Japan growth data revision adds to recovery hopes

• Video: Japan’s Futuristic Underground Bicycle Parking Vaults | Tokyo Desu

• Job-cutting foreign banks risk missing Japan trading bonanza

• News Roundup; Monday June 10, 2013 | SimplyInfo

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/09/2013

• Imperial Family's car woes sparked Toyota whistleblower | The Japan Times

• AFP: Japan PM to step up nuclear export drive: report

• Tokyo cops make more arrests in Roppongi club Vanity probe | The Tokyo Reporter

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/08/2013

• Abe should stop using diplomacy to promote nuclear power - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Prothesemaker populair bij Japanse ex-maffia | Opmerkelijk | NU.nl - Voor het laatste nieuws

• A tale of two islands: England, Japan and 400 years of shared history - Asia - World - The Independent

• Japan’s ‘third arrow’ and a wine fuelled trade war | euronews, business weekly

• Abe, Hollande agree on N-tech / Japan, France seek greater cooperation on security - The Japan News

• COMMENTARY: Japan's horrendous past must be faced squarely - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• The Nikkei’s Surprising, Deceptively Flat Day - Japan Real Time - WSJ

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/07/2013

• Why Abe Has Staying Power - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• President Hollande begaat pijnlijke blunder in Japan

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• Japan says no panic over yen spike; few policy options | Reuters

• Viva la Révolucion? The Japanese Communist Party: Still Red And Not Dead : Japan Subculture Research Center

• Photos: French President Hollande Visits Japan - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• France's Hollande calls Japan 'China', interpreter saves day

• Japan and France agree to increase cooperation on nuclear technology and military equipment - The Washington Post

• Soros Fund Back In Japan Market After Pulling Out In May - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Soros shorting yen, buying Japan stocks: report - MarketWatch

• Japan Becoming Cheaper Place to Send Workers - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Japan’s Shinzo Abe underwhelming package of economic reforms - The Washington Post

• France's Hollande Visits Japan to Push Nuke Ties - ABC News

• Washington Post

• INTERVIEW/ Michael Swaine: Long-term study suggests Sino-Japanese tensions likely to increase - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japanse twijfels geven beleggers excuus om te verkopen - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/06/2013

• Thyroid cancer found in 12 minors in Fukushima | The Japan Times

• Abe's growth strategy hit for lack of details | The Japan Times

• UBS waarschuwt voor 'Abegeddon' in Japan - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Japan's oldest community - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

• Washington Post

• Bekritiseerde Standard-doelman met Japan naar Confederations Cup - VoetbalNieuws.be Mobiel

• Abenomics Won’t Be ’Magic Bullet’ for Japan, Says Johnson of MIT - Bloomberg

• Kawashima in Japanse selectie Confederations Cup - HLN.be

• Japan PM outlines reform strategy for economy - Business news - Boston.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/05/2013

• Abe Describes Strategy to Free Up Japan’s Economy - NYTimes.com

• Radioactive cesium found in groundwater at Fukushima plant; fishermen furious - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan PM Abe Super Cool In Shirt That's Pretty Pink - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• English Language and The Japanese: Initiative for Change / Can TOEFL reform Japan's English education? - The Japan News

• VOX POPULI: Japanese people need to review time management - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Luxury sleeper train to start service in quake-hit region by 2016 - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan tests 310mph bullet train - Telegraph

• Japan's Abe targets income gains in growth strategy | Reuters

• Japanse premier wil inkomens verhogen - Actueel financieel nieuws leest u op DFT.nl van De Telegraaf [Nieuws]

• Facebook users in Japan losing interest and heading for the exits | RocketNews24

• Met Hawaï-hemd naar het werk? - Het Nieuwsblad

• Japan becomes 1st team to qualify for 2014 World Cup, tying Australia 1-1 - The Washington Post

• Japan tweede land dat zeker is van WK-kwalificatie - Sport - De Morgen

• No place for hate speech | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/04/2013

• BBC News - Japan's Nikkei falls to six-week low amid growth fears

• BBC News - Japan's Shinzo Abe hails Africa as 'growth centre'

• Japan gaf miljard dollar van tsunamifonds uit aan kaas, wijn en schildpadden - HLN.be

• Japan's Abe stresses deregulation is priority for growth | Reuters

• By opening up the debate to the real experts, Hashimoto did history a favor | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/03/2013

• 料金・経路検索 | NEXCO西日本 お出かけ情報

• Japan-Korea Dispute Revived by Statue’s Theft - NYTimes.com

• Japan Airlines finds fault on Boeing's modified Dreamliner: Reports - The Economic Times on Mobile

• Ministry may sue Tepco for ¥16 billion | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/02/2013

• China Affirms Japan Sovereignty Over Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Ruling Party Urges Market Calm - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Japan's post-Fukushima solar boom

• Metropolis - News & Features | Gaijin Evolution

• Regular Boeing 787 intl flights resume - The Japan News

• Bullying becomes top reported workplace problem－ 毎日ｊｐ(毎日新聞)

• Police to restrict entrance to iconic Shibuya intersection during soccer match－ 毎日ｊｐ(毎日新聞)

• Apple joins other foreign brands in raising prices in Japan - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Belgian, Ugandan win Noguchi prize | The Japan Times

• Japan spooked by wheat that wouldn't die

• Geen directe gezondheidsschade door ramp Fukushima - Nederlands Dagblad

• Tokyo Tourism in Harajuku: Culture, Fashion and Religion | Modern Tokyo Times

• Defense minister: Criticism of Japan's rightward shift is 'totally wrong' - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/01/2013

• Japan wil 24 miljard euro in Afrika investeren - Economie - De Morgen

• Japan's problems could make the eurozone's look like a garden party - Telegraph

• Washington Post

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• One Obstacle Won’t Budge in Japan’s Fight With Deflation - NYTimes.com

• IMF backs Japan's 'Abenomics', but warns of risks - The Economic Times on Mobile

• Japan steekt 24 miljard in Afrika - NOS Nieuws

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/31/2013

• Japan verwerpt nieuwe regels rond bescherming haaien - De Standaard

• Japan’s constitution: Back to the future | The Economist

• More fall on rail tracks in Japan while using phone

• Japan and South-East Asia: Hand in hand | The Economist

• Japan needs to face up to its 'comfort women' history. And fast - Telegraph

• Exclusive: Japan public pension mulls shift after stock rally - sources | Reuters

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