Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/30/2013

• Japan OKs fuel removal from pool at nuclear plant - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Chicago Tribune - Tepco shouldn't be in charge of Fukushima shutdown: Japan panel

• Drijvende windturbine in Japan begint productie : Groene Courant - Het meest actuele nieuws over schone energie en duurzaamheid

• De Yakuza-connectie in Japan - Radio1. nl

• Heropening megakerncentrale Japan onzeker - HLN.be

• BBC News - China media: Japan tensions

• The lust beneath Japan's sex drought | The Japan Times

• Shady loans have long history; laws slow to catch up | The Japan Times

• Tepco refuses to fund outside cleanup | The Japan Times

• Japanese feel inflation pain as Abenomics kicks in | Business Line

• BBC News - Japan probes banks over possible yakuza gangster links

• BBC News - Japan minister: China threatens peace in islands row

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/29/2013

• Special Report: Help wanted in Fukushima: Low pay, high risks and gangsters | Reuters

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/27/2013

• Japan embraces prestige of colourful Tour - Yahoo! New Zealand Sport

• Fukushima disaster put spotlight on Japan's finest people, says ABC's Mark Willacy - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

• Loco in Yokohama | The Japan Times

• Japan's Thatcher: Meet the man determined to end the "lost decades"

• BBC News - Japan will stand up to China, says PM Shinzo Abe

• Get Koizumi: Nuclear village goes on offensive | The Japan Times

• Japan: no safe country for foreign women | The Japan Times

• What's with the police purge on dance clubs? | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/26/2013

• Japan-Pacific islands summit to be held in Fukushima in 2015 | GlobalPost

• Missed opportunity for Japan | GlobalPost

• The Lust Beneath Japan's Sex Drought  - Bloomberg

• Japan volgt toeristen via hun mobieltjes - Toeristisch nieuws, reisreportages en vakantieaanbod op Puur op reis

• Zware aardbeving in buurt van Fukushima

• Frenchman missing five days in Yamanashi mountains | The Japan Times

• Aardbeving nabij Fukushima in Japan | VTM NIEUWS

• Help wanted in Fukushima but low pay, high risks and gangsters - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Krachtige aardbeving in Fukushima - De Standaard

• BBC News - Small tsunami reaches Japan after earthquake

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/25/2013

• Is Japan really bored with sex? | www.wpxi.com

• AFP: Japan bank to punish executives over loans to gangsters

• Japan deploys YouTube as new weapon in dispute over island chain - CNN.com

• Toyota stopt met iQ - Autovisie | Het laatste nieuws over auto's op Autovisie.nl van De Telegraaf [Toyota]

• Knack.be - Nieuws, opinie en duiding

• Japan secrecy act stirs fears about press freedom, right to know - chicagotribune.com

• A gourmet tour of Japan in one spot | The Japan Times

• Mr. Abe's undemocratic secrecy bill | The Japan Times

• Opposition disparity: No end in sight | The Japan Times

• Radiation doubles to new high in No. 1 plant water ditch | The Japan Times

• Abenomics Could Widen Japan's Income Gap - Businessweek

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/24/2013

• Japan may scale down new 2020 stadium - The Times of India

• Why Japanese Women Are Choosing Their Careers Over Having Sex - And Aren't That Bothered About It

• BBC News - The Japanese men who prefer virtual girlfriends to sex

• Shinzo Abe Loses His Grip on the Hard Right (The Diplomat)

• Japanese chef brings taste of Fukushima to France | GlobalPost

• Wrong about Japan and Sex

• UNESCO to recognize Japanese food culture | The Japan Times

• Tepco eyes fuel removal from Fukushima reactor 4 pool in early November | The Japan Times

• Big typhoons may collide off Honshu | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/23/2013

• ‘Washoku’ to be listed on UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• IAEA urges Japan to give public a dose of reality on decontamination work - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Radioactive cesium again detected off coast of Japan | The Japan Times

• Japanse jeugd heeft geen zin meer in seks - De Standaard

• Why Japan Wants to Break Free of Its Pacifist Past | TIME.com

• ‘In Japan is de chrysant een feestelijke ... (Lier) - Het Nieuwsblad

• Het celibaatsyndroom: hoe een maatschappij haar jongeren alle interess...

• Japan’s elderly are increasingly taking up a bizarre hobby: stalking – Quartz

• Japan's technology ranking slips | The Japan Times

• Japan's 'helplessness' crisis | The Japan Times

• Japan to join child custody pact in April | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/21/2013

• BBC News - Japan's Fukushima in toxic water leak after heavy rain

• BBC News - Japan posts trade deficit for 15th consecutive month

• Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuke plant releases cancer-causing agent - The Standard

• Japan delaying cleanup of towns near nuclear plant - NBC29 WVIR Charlottesville, VA News, Sports and Weather

• Whether Tepco fails or not, it's taxpayers' tab | The Japan Times

• Aide: Abe may visit Yasukuni this year | The Japan Times

• Why have young people in Japan stopped having sex? | World news | The Observer

• Update: Fukushima blijft tijdbom, ook onder Olympische Spelen van 2020 : Duurzaamnieuws.nl

• Japan sees record trade deficit in September - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/20/2013

• Japan's Abe likely to visit Yasukuni shrine by end of year: aide - Yahoo News

• Japan PM Abe's brother 'goes to Yasukuni shrine' | Bangkok Post: news

• EenVandaag :: Riskante schoonmaakoperatie kerncentrale Fukushima

• China, Japan clash over war shrine visit - Manila Standard Today

• A New State Secrecy Law for Japan? :: JapanFocus

• The Lessons of Japan’s Economy - NYTimes.com

• Exploring the local life in Tokyo, Japan | Herald Sun

• Minister orders defiant school board to use conservative book | The Japan Times

• Fukushima 2020: Will Japan be able to keep the nuclear situation under control? | The Japan Times

• Decontamination in Fukushima municipalities may take 3 years longer to complete - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Abe to retain Japan’s past apology statements - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/19/2013

• PHOTO: The first snow to cap Mount Fuji arrives 19 days late - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan faces dead end at Yasukuni Shrine - Frontpage - CHINA - OP-ED - Globaltimes.cn

• Race is on to develop self-driving autos | The Japan Times

• 'No privacy worries' as Japan Tourism Authority tracks tourists via 'meta data' | The Japan Times

• Water radiation soars at Fukushima No. 1 | The Japan Times

• Japan launches anti-radiation underwear after Fukushima crisis - Telegraph

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/18/2013

• Chicago Tribune - 'Cool Japan' struts the runways at Fashion Week in Tokyo

• Photos showing Nagasaki recovering from A-bomb found in U.S. archives - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Kritiek op futuristisch Olympisch Stadion Japan - nrc.nl

• Japan hails Kennedy as 1st female U.S. envoy | GlobalPost

• Japan’s shocking, deadly deluge from Typhoon Wipha: 33 inches of rain in 24 hours

• Japan Gets Anti-Radiation Swimwear and Underwear

• Japan P.M. sends offering to war-linked shrine | The Japan Times

• Japan open to all ideas on how Fukushima No. 1 can be scrapped | The Japan Times

• Press freedom in Japan: Secrecy and lies - chicagotribune.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/17/2013

• Typhoon flushes out radioactive strontium at Fukushima nuclear plant - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Ministry fails to use 77% of Fukushima decontamination budget; TEPCO refuses to pay - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/16/2013

• Gent een uur lang op Japanse televisiezender (Gent) - Het Nieuwsblad

• Japanse striptekenaar Yanase (94) overleden

• BBC News - Japan Typhoon Wipha kills 17 people

• Minstens 13 doden door tyfoon in Japan | VTM NIEUWS

• The Japanese Love Industry | VICE United States

• Documentary trashes legal restrictions on dancing - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Typhoon Wipha whips through Tokyo area | The Japan Times

• Japan's social-networking pioneer turns matchmaker | The Japan Times

• Japanese firm's mascot name earns ridicule | The Japan Times

• Chicago Tribune - Insight: Japan politics looms over ANA's choice between Airbus, Boeing

• Japan’s ‘Fukuppy’ firm rethinks mascot after Fukushima misunderstanding — RT News

• Abe says Japan must continue efforts to fight deflation | GlobalPost

• Typhoon threatens Japan; precautions at Fukushima nuclear plant | GlobalPost

• Japan couple marries on train where they met | thv11.com

• Japanese PM Pledges to Bolster Economy, Defense - Page 1

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/15/2013

• Fukushima Watch: Tepco to Drain Water Before Storm -- Again - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• What is happening at Fukushima? - Channel 4 News

• 'Anpanman' cartoonist dies in Japan | Culture , Art | THE DAILY STAR

• Noodles for the U.S. masses - The Japan News

• Japan Awaiting UNESCO Heritage Status Decision on its Food - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Le moment le plus dangereux pour l'humanité depuis la crise des missiles cubains

• Japan's 'Fukuppy' firm creates a 'scatterbrained' mascot - News - Society - The Voice of Russia: News, Breaking news, Politics, Economics, Business, Russia, International current events, Expert opinion, podcasts, Video

• Japan PM hints at amending pacifist constitution | GlobalPost

• Japan telt 1,3 miljoen miljonairs minder dan vorig jaar

• Powerful typhoon Wipha eyes Tokyo, Japan

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/14/2013

• 10 Things You May Not Know about Tokyo (Japan)

• Japan’s History Problem | The Editor | The Diplomat

• Abe set to overturn legacies of Koizumi and Nakasone | The Japan Times

• Radiation estimates for No. 1 workers likely 20% too low: U.N. | The Japan Times

• Abe faces tall order in extra Diet session | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/13/2013

• Has business blackballed the yakuza? Don't bank on it | The Japan Times

• Paniek in trein om man met volle blaas | nu.nl/opmerkelijk | Het laatste nieuws het eerst op nu.nl

• UN panel says Japan nuclear workers may have got higher radiation

• How Airbus flew into Japan skies - Economic Times

• Abe to stay away from Yasukuni Shrine festival to appease China, South Korea | The Japan Times

• Documentary shows hardships of mixed-race individuals in Japan - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japanese High School Graduates Display Similar Literacy Levels to Italian University Graduates | Tokyo Desu

• High radiation near N-plant water tanks - The Japan News

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/12/2013

• Mizuho losing clients amid mob loan fiasco | The Japan Times

• “Japan needs to put data in English”, says International Atomic Energy Agency : Japan Subculture Research Center

• Fukushima Corportation unveils new mascot with an unfortunate (but hilarious) name | RocketNews24

• High radiation reported near tanks | The Japan Times

• Japan Steps into the Void - Business Insider

• Sony CEO praises Japan leader for 'Abenomics' - Businessweek

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/11/2013

• High radiation reported near tanks | The Japan Times

• Gathering of Murakami's former schoolmates disappointed again at Nobel miss - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/10/2013

• Fukushima : vivre dans la zone d'exclusion

• BBC News - Japan monkey attack victims to be given compensation

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/09/2013

• Airbus’s CEO Breaches Japan Fortress With Sake and Ski Lifts - Businessweek

• Ex-Mizuho president 'knew of yakuza loans' | The Japan Times

• Japan structural reforms critical to meeting inflation goal: IMF | Reuters

• AFP: Japan's defeat in WWII not only due to atomic bombs, says China

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/08/2013

• Fuzzy Phrases Blur What Went Wrong At Mizuho - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Red-faced Mizuho Bank confirms that 2 presidents knew of gangster loans - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan man busted for arranging senior citizen sex | GlobalPost

• AFP: Japan asks WTO to intervene on S.Korean atomic fish ban

• Krachtige tyfoon bedreigt zuiden van Japan - De aarde - De Morgen

• Young Japanese Men With No Interest in Cars Baffle Toyota CEO - Businessweek

• Documents detail how Imperial military forced Dutch females to be 'comfort women' | The Japan Times

• Court bans rightists' hate speech, rallies | The Japan Times

• 'Keizer Hirohito was geen Japanse Hitler, noch een onschuldig figuur' - opinie - VK

• Japanse rechtbank: publicatie bedrijvenlijst met 'dood door overwerk' mag niet - nrc.nl

• Corporate Japan's Power Struggle [Video] - NASDAQ.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/07/2013

• “Hafu” Chronicles the Experience of Half-Japanese - Scene Asia - WSJ

• 20% of fire stations at risk of collapse in major earthquake - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• BBC News - Airbus and Japan Airlines agree landmark $9.5bn deal

• Eerste order Japan Airlines bij Airbus | RTL | Volg het nieuws terwijl het gebeurt

• Documents detail how Imperial military forced Dutch females to be

• Abe seeks help to end Fukushima water crisis | The Japan Times

• Abe's wife speaks up for international exchanges | The Japan Times

• Japan vraagt hulp buitenland voor Fukushima - Het Nieuwsblad

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/06/2013

• Abe promotes secrecy, sidelining transparency and open government | The Japan Times

• Japanese language diplomacy | The Japan Times

• BBC NEWS | South Asia | India-Japan baby in legal wrangle

• Think you know Japan? Take our quiz to find out. - Karaoke - CSMonitor.com

• Has business blackballed the yakuza? Don't bank on it | The Japan Times

• China's smog polluting Fuji, new study says | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/05/2013

• Japan Study: China is 'Polluting' Mt. Fuji — Naharnet

• EU hopes exhibit on hanged killer spurs debate | The Japan Times

• Suddenly eloquent Abe exudes confidence as he seeks long tenure - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Column Vincent van der Vinne: 50 jaar Japanse auto’s in Nederland - Autovisie goeroes | Het laatste autonieuws leest u op Autovisie.nl van De Telegraaf [Vincent van der Vinne]

• Japan and Abenomics: Taxing times | The Economist

• Sony ex-boss seeks to boost start-ups | The Japan Times

• Utilities still paying village for planned reactors | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/04/2013

• Kerry at 'Japan's Arlington' in apparent US Yasukuni push | GlobalPost

• Kan kunst het Japanse platteland redden?

• Without Nuclear Power, Japan CO2 Emissions Rise - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• TEPCO's water decontamination system out of action again - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Why Japan's 2020 Olympics will revolutionize tech | PCWorld

• AFP: Japan sales tax hike 'welcome first step': Lagarde

• Is Japan’s new baseball record a home run for Abenomics?

• Japanese fast food chain to grow rice close to Fukushima nuclear plant - Telegraph

• In Japan, Will Hafu Ever Be Considered Whole? | The Diplomat

• Reeks : Terug naar Japan - Vrouwen in Japan Radio1

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/03/2013

• Japanse vrouwen moeten kiezen tussen werk of huishouden

• Japan's new luxury new sleeper train - Kyushu Seven Stars - Telegraph

• Japan's Experimental 'Micro Apartments' Look Pretty Dilapidated After 41 Years - seattlepi.com

• Soros Adviser Turned Lawmaker Sees Crisis by 2020: Japan Credit - Bloomberg

• Japanse zal zeer zware crisis beleven in 2020 - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Fukushima Watch: Stemming One Water Leak at Nuclear Plant Causes Another - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Overflowing tank cause of new leak at Fukushima plant ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Japan fast-food chain to grow food 100 km from wrecked nuclear plant | Reuters

• Koizumi takes up post for Tohoku reconstruction | The Japan Times

• Kaori Matsumoto: The 'beast' of Japan - or like Peter Pan? - CNN.com

• Reeks: Terug naar Japan: Groene energie | Radio1

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/02/2013

• Markt werkt in Japan niet meer, situatie is scheefgetrokken - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Zijn energy farms de toekomst voor Japan?

• ANALYSIS: Consumption tax numbers don't add up to reduced public debt - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Koizumi's call for nuclear-free Japan raises speculation about his intent - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Analysts divided over chilling effects of April consumption tax hike - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan zet stimulering in tegen hogere btw - HLN.be

• Japan’s Nuclear Refugees, Still Stuck in Limbo - NYTimes.com

• Attracting 10 million tourists to Japan | The Japan Times

• Nintendo stopt met productie Wii in Japan - XGN

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/01/2013

• The joy of art: why Japan embraced sex with a passion | Art and design | The Guardian

• Key Points of Japan Stimulus Package - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Reeks: Terug naar Japan | Radio1

• Japan is about to dive off its own version of the fiscal cliff – Quartz

• Abe Shrinks Minds With Sales Tax Speech - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• BBC News - Japanese government to go ahead with sales tax rise

• FUKUSHIMA WATER CRISIS: Japan should request international help, IAEA chief says - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan Rolls Out Controversial Tax Hike

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• Former Prime Minister Koizumi urges Abe to end nuclear power immediately - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Samen oud worden op het werk in Japan

• Triumph of Tokyo Olympic bid sends wrong signal to Japan's resurgent right | The Japan Times

• Abe betting this tax hike will be different | The Japan Times

• Lezing: Schattigheidscultuur in hedendaags Japan door prof.dr. K.J. Cwiertka - DeStadAmersfoort.nl

• Japan’s anti-bullying law goes into effect, guidelines to follow - The Japan Daily Press

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 09/30/2013

• Famed social novelist Toyoko Yamasaki dies at 88 - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Reeks: Terug naar Japan | Radio1

• Is Japan terug? (deredactie.be)

• Japan's luxury fruit masters grow money on trees - YouTube

• De schaduw van het verleden in de Oost-Aziatische diplomatieke onderhandelingen | Veto

• Mission Impossible. What Future Fukushima? :: JapanFocus

• Japanse overheidsschulden zullen uiteindelijk door het dak vliegen - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Abe's overture to Wall Street lost in translation | The Japan Times

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