Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 08/30/2013

• Manami Okazaki: Tokyo Girls Collection, Where Japanese Schoolgirls Rule - Scene Asia - WSJ

• BBC News - Japan consumer price rises pick up pace on energy costs

• Is Japan's economic recovery gaining traction?

• Taiwan’s Complicated Love Affair With Japan | Nippon.com

• Government under fire for slow response to Fukushima leak - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan's Aso Says Economic Data Positive For Sales Tax Hike

• Japan Shrine | CNN Travel

• Government must take over Fukushima nuclear cleanup | The Japan Times

• Fukushima spill snags reactor restart quest | The Japan Times

• Japan test 's werelds snelste trein: 581 km/u - HLN.be

• Entrepreneurs in Japan: Time to get started | The Economist

• Japan official wants Fukushima operator liquidated | Blouin News

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 08/29/2013

• JOHCM’s Japan stars: why Abenomics' third arrow is irrelevant - Citywire

• Why Do Some Chinese People Hate Japan?

• Japan weather agency to issue extreme weather warnings | GlobalPost

• Japan no longer sees U.N. chief's remarks as questionable | GlobalPost

• deredactie.be video: Japan test nieuwe MAGLEV-trein

• Japan PM pledges greater government role at Fukushima - Channel NewsAsia

• Japan finally considers acccepting help as nuclear waste leaks all over the place / Scrape TV - The World on your side

• Apple opent na jaren weer winkel in Tokio - De Standaard

• Havens van Antwerpen en Nagoya ondertekenen zusterverdrag - Gva.be

• Zadelsnuiver slaat 203 keer toe | Spitsnieuws

• Japanese-language schools see sharp decrease in Chinese students - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japanese mother tells of heartbreak years after North Korea abducted 13-year-old daughter - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• NRA urges monitoring of Fukushima sea - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Imperial palace that stood 1,300 years ago to be restored in ancient capital of Japan - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 08/28/2013

• Japan should stop 'confusing messages' on Fukushima | Bangkok Post: news

• Japan fed up with 'whack-a-mole' approach to Fukushima - CNN.com

• Fukushima water leak likely went undetected for more than a month - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan formally raises Fukushima water leak to INES Level 3 incident

• Radiation Affects Food From and In Japan : Food World News

• 'Japan heeft Fukushima nooit onder controle gehad' - Planet Earth - Knack.be

• Tepco Faces 132 Olympic Pools Worth of Radioactive Water - Bloomberg

• Japan Airlines to include for-women-only section, new menu for flights to Hawaii - The Japan Daily Press

• Japan coast guard seeks more money|Asia-Pacific|chinadaily.com.cn

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• Japan to launch Internet ‘fasting camps’ for half a million Web-addicted students | Fox News

• Japanse regering is aanpak Tepco in Fukushima beu - De Standaard

• Japan wil internetverslaafde kinderen heropvoeden | PCM

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 08/27/2013

• Japan suspends satellite rocket launch at last minute | Bangkok Post: news

• Kjeld Duits: strenger toezicht op kerncentralebeheerder Tepco - NOS Nieuws

• Japan still struggling to control crippled reactors - Independent.ie

• Japanse overheid heeft vanaf nu leiding rond lek Fukushima - KERNRAMP JAPAN - PAROOL

• Japanse regering neemt leiding Fukushima over - HLN.be

• Regering Japan is falen Fukushima zat | Spitsnieuws

• Japan turns up pressure on pro-Pyongyang schools

• Japan's Rooftop Sanctuaries | Stuff.co.nz

• Radioactive groundwater at Fukushima: Will Japan dump at sea? - CSMonitor.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 08/26/2013

• Caroline Kennedy: A Fresh Face at the US Embassy | Nippon.com

• Tokyo : Un Power Ranger aide les gens dans le métro

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 08/25/2013

• Japan's Abe battles doctors' lobby over 'Third Arrow' reform

• Japan making plans for single women to freeze ova for later use | The Jakarta Post

• Travel deal: Japanese ryokans | Detroit Free Press | freep.com

• Japan radiation yet to threaten China: official - Xinhua | English.news.cn

• Aangetaste naden mogelijk oorzaak nieuw lek Fukushima - De Standaard

• Strong oversight of Tepco needed | The Japan Times

• Leak at Japan nuclear power plant is fifth since last year

• Japan eyes new law to define steps toward collective self-defense | GlobalPost

• Movies remain central to Japanese, S. Korean cultural exchanges - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan's Abe battles doctors' lobby over Third Arrow reform | Reuters

• Fukushima's Invisible Crisis | The Nation

• Call for UN intervention in global Fukushima nuclear disaster

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 08/24/2013

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• Japan's Abe to visit Middle East in nuclear push | Maan News Agency

• Nieuwe ramp dreigt in Fukushima - HLN.be

• New Fukushima leak puts spotlight on plant operator - again - CSMonitor.com

• Nuclear Operator Raises Alarm on Crisis - NYTimes.com

• Masked hero hauls bags, babies up and down Tokyo subway stairs | Reuters

• Japan’s Never-Ending Nuclear Nightmare | Pacific Money | The Diplomat

• Fukushima inspectors 'careless', Japan agency says, as nuclear crisis grows | Reuters

• Tepco radioactive flow raises alarm over seafood safety | The Japan Times

• Tepco hit for failing to foresee menace of radioactive groundwater, tank leaks | The Japan Times

• Tokyo 2020 Olympics bid committee girds for the final presentation | The Japan Times

• Cross-Cultural Parenting in Japan: Differences in Affection | Sherilyn Siy

• Japan selects candidate site for linear collider | symmetry magazine

• Gloom in Japan over proposed sales tax hike - Business News | The Star Online

• Japan’s Abe to lead group at Olympic vote; Tokyo governor says nuclear leak won’t harm bid - The Washington Post

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 08/23/2013

• TEPCO faces 'biggest management crisis' after toxic water leak from Fukushima tank－ 毎日ｊｐ(毎日新聞)

• L'Autorité nucléaire se rend à Fukushima - 7SUR7.be

• Fukushima's Invisible Crisis | The Nation

• Japanese women retake top spot for longest life expectancy | CTV News

• Woman found bound at home tied herself up to avoid going to work ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Japan's Nuclear Contamination Nears

• Japan's Women to the Rescue - NYTimes.com

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• What being a minority allows us to see | The Japan Times

• Japanese animator under fire for film tribute to warplane designer | World news | The Guardian

• Time to Discretely Rebalance Social Security? - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Abe’s Japan Is Blind to Scary Nuclear Reality - Bloomberg

• Tokyo Says Make It Rain - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Japan’s Fukushima plant leaking highly radioactive water - The Washington Post

• New Radiation Hot Spots Found at Japanese Nuclear Plant

• Financial Fukushima: Is ‘Abenomics’ making Japan ‘Abenauseous’? — RT Op-Edge

• Chicago Tribune - Japan firms standing pat on hiring, brace for tax hit: Reuters survey

• The News From Fukushima Just Gets Worse, and the Japanese Public Wants Answers | TIME.com

• Rate of radioactive flow to Pacific alarming | The Japan Times

• The ramen burger that ate New York | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 08/22/2013

• Radioactive water leak from tank at Fukushima No. 1 may have reached sea: Tepco | The Japan Times

• Tepco caused suicide, wife tells court | The Japan Times

• ‘Wij zien werken nog te vaak als een straf’ (Peer) - Het Nieuwsblad

• Japan's nuclear crisis deepens, China expresses 'shock' | News | GMA News Online

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 08/21/2013

• Wat is er aan de hand met de centrale van Fukushima? - De aardbeving in Japan - VK

• Mysterie achter

• Japan verhoogt alarmniveau bij Fukushima na lek

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• Japanese prime minister fails to move back into 'haunted' residence | World news | theguardian.com

• Tank at No. 1 lost 300 tons of radioactive water | The Japan Times

• iPhone 5S vanaf 20 september in Japan

• Japan to issue gravest warning since earthquake on Fukushima leaks - CNN.com

• Fukushima-lek opgeschaald naar 'ernstig incident' - nrc.nl

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 08/20/2013

• Abe and his ministers give anti-foreigner rallies tacit green light | The Japan Times

• Bigger Sakurajima eruption not in cards despite outburst | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 08/19/2013

• Okinawa shows vulnerability of Japan PM's popular appeal - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan opens beaches near damaged power plant - CBS News

• Japan Seeks 'Escape From Postwar Regime' : NPR

• Japan's ¥1,000,000,000,000,000 debt no problem for BOJ chief Kuroda | The Japan Times

• Japan can't shake memory of war crimes | Sudbury Star

• Chicago Tribune - Dogfight over Tokyo: Japan's big airlines vie for landing rights

• Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant to become tourist attraction - Telegraph

• Can Japan Expect More From Abenomics? - iExpats

• EU-Japan FTA Negotiations: Ready for Prime Time | Pacific Money | The Diplomat

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 08/18/2013

• How green is Tohoku's 'Green Connections' project? | The Japan Times

• Return rush peaks after Bon holiday season | The Japan Times

• 67% of leading Japanese firms back sales tax hike to aid fiscal recovery | The Japan Times

• Japan steelmaker 'will accept S.Korea slave labour ruling' | Fox News

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 08/17/2013

• Layoffs Illegal, Japanese Workers Head to Boredom Room - NYTimes.com

• Some words of self-introduction | The Japan Times

• Akiko Kuraoka's documentaries find fresh relevancy amid Fukushima crisis | The Japan Times

• Independent Investor: Japan's defense dilemma - North Adams Transcript

• A veteran's legacy: Promoting peace by describing war atrocities - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• EDITORIAL: Clearer government role needed for Fukushima cleanup - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Abe refuses to move into prime minister's 'haunted' mansion - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 08/16/2013

• Former Child Workers from Taiwan Preserve the Memory of Their Time in Japan | Nippon.com

• Japan moet het vanaf september weer zonder kernenergie doen - HLN.be

• It's time Japan acted to end the war over Yasukuni Shrine | The Japan Times

• It's time Japan acted to end the war over Yasukuni Shrine | The Japan Times

• Factbox: Japan's Yasukuni Shrine honoring war dead

• Japan’s Premier Stays Away From War Shrine, but Sends Offering - NYTimes.com

• China protesteert tegen bezoek aan Japans schrijn voor gesneuvelden uit WOII - Belga Politiek - Knack.be - Knack.be

• Fcatbox: Japan's Yasukuni Shrine honoring war dead

• Japan shrine still flashpoint 68 years after war - Timesonline.com: Asia

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 08/15/2013

• Abe ignores war damage on Asian nations in memorial speech - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Insight: After disaster, the deadliest part of Japan's nuclear clean-up | Reuters

• Harvard students inspire Japanese high school students to study abroad - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Bliksem slaat in op rijdende trein in Japan - De Standaard

• Vanaf midden september moet Japan het weer stellen zonder kernenergie - Belga Algemeen - Knack.be - Knack.be

• Tijdelijk geen kernenergie in Japan - De Standaard

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 08/14/2013

• Chicago Tribune - Japan PM Abe may make offering to shrine for war dead: reports

• Japan Watchdog Takes Bigger Role in Fukushima Decommissioning - Bloomberg

• Nieuwe rage op Twitter: Japanners tweeten telefoonnummer

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 08/13/2013

• Japan gebukt onder extreme hitte - De Standaard

• Tax hike backers seize on positive GDP data | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 08/12/2013

• Economic Expansion Slows Down in Japan - NYTimes.com

• Toxic water detected in newly built well at Fukushima nuclear plant | The Japan Times

• Big week of Japan data could test government resolve to hike tax

• Sushi-go-round: Japan tradition served with technology - Channel NewsAsia

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 08/11/2013

• Erotic Art and Japan: Beardsley, Hokusai and the World of Art Nouveau and Shunga | Modern Tokyo Times

• Japan: lessen uit drie decennia stilstand :: Nieuws.be

• Heat wave hits Japan | ABS-CBN News

• JAPAN: Troubling question remains of where to store radioactive waste - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Three versions of the 'good wife' in Japan | The Japan Times

• Four found dead in Akita landslide; torrential rain continues in Tohoku | The Japan Times

• Japan’s debt hits a huge number | euronews, economy

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 08/10/2013

• Another Japan minister mulls Yasukuni shrine visit on war anniversary | GlobalPost

• Observing Japan: Will Abe lead on the consumption tax?

• Mr. Abe's constitutional runaround | The Japan Times

• Tepco starts pumping groundwater | The Japan Times

• Groot alarm, maar aardbeving Japan is maar licht - De aardbeving in Japan - VK

• Japan to decide on sales tax hike schedule late September: economics minister | Reuters

• Faultless in Fukushima: Media says ex-Japan PM escapes blame over nuclear accident — RT News

• Japan ruim 1.000.000.000.000.000 yen in het krijt

• Japan – Is Abenomics Running Out of Steam? | Bill Witherell | FINANCIAL SENSE

• Tokyo beach reopens after five-decade effort | The Japan Times

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• Tokyo beach reopens after five-decade effort | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 08/08/2013

• Wederopbouw Japan verloopt traag - Radio 1

• Nieuw lek dreigt in centrale van Fukushima

• Tepco needs public cash to dig deep wall | The Japan Times

• BBC News - China media: Warning over Japan warship

• Cesium hotspots found in seabed east of Fukushima - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan's Nuclear Nightmare - Bloomberg

• As tensions with China grow, Japan unveils largest warship since Second World War - Asia - World - The Independent

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 08/07/2013

• Tokyo Electric can't stop radioactive flow at Fukushima plant | The Japan Times

• Japan marks anniversary of Hiroshima bombing - latimes.com

• Japan unveils largest warship since World War II - Asia news - Boston.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 08/06/2013

• IMF Urges Japan To Implement Abe's 'Three Arrows', Warns On Debt

• Japan nuclear body says radioactive water at Fukushima an ‘emergency’ | TheGazette

• Forbes India Magazine - Japan's Abe-nomics is Desperate like its Kamikaze Strategy in WWII

• Opnieuw alarm over Fukushima | Volg het nieuws terwijl het gebeurt

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• Japan Sends Talking Humanoid Robot Into Space | Neon Tommy

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 08/05/2013

• 9,640 Fukushima plant workers reach radiation level for leukemia compensation - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 08/04/2013

• Radioactive Fukushima groundwater rises above barrier: media

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 08/03/2013

• GlobalTalk 21: There Are Gaffes; Then There Are Gaffes

• Doubts cast over TEPCO's plan to block radioactive water at Fukushima plant - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Weaker yen buoys earnings of Japanese automakers - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• State minister Inada to visit Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15 - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Upper House gets first LDP president in six years | The Japan Times

• Abe pick sets stage for collective defense OK | The Japan Times

• When Facial Expressions Get Strange In Japan | Kotaku Australia

• Japan foreign arrivals set new six-month record - eTurboNews.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 08/02/2013

• GlobalTalk 21: Some Thoughts around the Looming Cabinet Legislation Bureau Makeover

• Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso's Nazi remarks cause furor - CNN.com

• Weaker Yen Not Bad News for Japan's Competitors, IMF Says - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Long-stay program starts for Fukushima nuclear disaster evacuees - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan's deputy PM Aso says he won't resign over Nazi comments | Reuters

• Radioactivity levels higher in water deeper underground at Fukushima plant - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan looking for ways to restart top-level meetings with China - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• EDITORIAL: Aso’s Nazi remark shows ignorance of constitutional affairs - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• VOX POPULI: Rising culture of home-sharing could change Japanese society - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Shimane confirms 1760s maps showing Takeshima as part of Japan | The Japan Times

• Japan PM set to stay away from controversial Yasukuni war shrine | The Australian

• Fukushima Watch: What’s Behind Tepco’s Confidence? - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Haiku killer reveals remote Japanese community's elderly feud - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

• BBC News - Japan Deputy PM Taro Aso retracts Nazi comments

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 08/01/2013

• Japan Finance Minister under fire for comment referring to Nazis and constitutional change - The Washington Post

• Japanse vicepremier noemt nazi's voorbeeld - Buitenland | Het laatste buitenlandse nieuws leest u op Telegraaf.nl [buitenland]

• Japan dark tourism brings light to disaster zones | GulfNews.com

• Obama, end the 'Abe passing' | The Japan Times

• Tepco trying to keep radioactive water from reaching sea, but can it? | The Japan Times

• Trillions for rebuilding Tohoku go unused | The Japan Times

• Japanse wetshervorming haalt mosterd bij nazi-Duitsland - Gva.be

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 07/31/2013

• Japan envoy meets China foreign minister amid strained ties | GlobalPost

• Arirang News

• Justice Ministry frustrated by delays in executing Aum Shinrikyo founder - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Suspect pleads guilty in gyoza poisoning case - The Japan News

• Yasukuni Shrine: ground zero for unrepentant wartime remembrance | The Japan Times

• Average power bill in Tokyo to top ¥8,000 in September | The Japan Times

• It's time for conservatives of Japan to get over the war | The Japan Times

• Fukushima Clean-up Turns Toxic for Japan's TEPCO

• TEPCO's N-plant delays cause for worry - The Japan News

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