Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 08/31/2013

• Open door: The readers' editor on… how we fell into the trap of reporting Japan's eyeball-licking craze as fact

• Your Future Is in the Palm of Your (Surgeon’s) Hand - The Daily Beast

• Keeping up with China? Japan to expand diplomatic presence worldwide - CSMonitor.com

• Chicago Tribune - Once-reluctant Japanese get behind Tokyo's bid

• Haunted houses give Japan chills in hot summer

• Kyoto, Japan: Trip of a Lifetime - Telegraph

• Japan public pension investment gains undermined by losses on yen bonds

• Government finally decides on basic policy to help Fukushima victims - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Fishermen ponder whether Olympic bid, not safety is priority for Diet - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Takafumi Horie’s comeback: Up, up and away | The Economist

• Most unaware of government's position on Senkakus | The Japan Times

• Fukushima fishermen can't catch a break | The Japan Times

• Japan under increasing pressure to accept outside nuclear help | The Japan Times

• Sony trekt stekker uit PlayStation Home in Japan - PSX-Sense

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