Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/30/2013

• Japanese PM Shinzo Abe wants more patriotic tone in school textbooks | South China Morning Post

• New Tensions Cloud Deal for Okinawa Base - NYTimes.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/29/2013

• Abe Slaps America's Face

• In Textbook Fight, Japan Leaders Seek to Recast History - NYTimes.com

• A Shifting View of Japanese History - NYTimes.com

• In Textbook Fight, Japan Leaders Seek to Recast History - NYTimes.com

• Aiming to Reinvent Itself, Panasonic Moves Beyond the Living Room - NYTimes.com

• Japanese prime minister’s visit to war memorial was provocative act - The Washington Post

• Geisha girls, robots and temples: Discover Japan's modern technology and ancient spirit | Travel | Life & Style | Daily Express

• Japan to provide medical services overseas by 2020 | Big News Network

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/28/2013

• Anger spreads in Asia over Abe’s visit to Yasukuni - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Miss Japan Ikumi Yoshimatsu joins battle against mafia in the media - Asia - World - The Independent

• BBC News - Japan moves close to beating 15 years of falling prices

• Kritiek op bezoek premier Japan aan monument - Buitenland | Het laatste buitenlandse nieuws leest u op Telegraaf.nl [buitenland]

• Kerncentrale Fukushima vraagt 7 miljard euro staatssteun

• Apple verkoopt 'gelukstassen' in Japan | Hardware.Info Nederland

• Japan stemt in met relocatie VS-legerbasis

• Beetje Nederland In Japan.. – Kyushu, Japan | Reisreporter.nl

• Another backward step by Abe | The Japan Times

• Japan halfway to inflation target but wages remain key - The Economic Times

• INSIGHT: 'Unstoppable' Abe marches on to Yasukuni Shrine - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• VOX POPULI: Yasukuni visit by 'emperor in new clothes' - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan’s national-security strategy: Island defence | The Economist

• ‘Japan too proud to ask for Fukushima foreign help’ — RT Op-Edge

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/27/2013

• Bike-riding bureaucracy may threaten the classic 'obāchan dismount' | The Japan Times

• AFP: War shrine shows limit in US support to Japan

• Nieuw eilandje ten zuiden van Tokio smelt samen met ouder eiland

• Washington vexed by Abe Yasukuni visit | The Japan Times

• Abe's visit to Yasukuni to further incite hard-liners in China, South Korea | The Japan Times

• Abe's visit to Yasukuni Shrine a futile act of self-righteousness - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/26/2013

• Japanese prime minister Abe visits controversial war shrine - CNN.com

• Japanese PM Abe visits shrine for war dead, China angered | Reuters

• Are Japan-China relations trapped in the past? - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japanse premier bezoekt omstreden schrijn

• Japan Shrine An Unwelcome Symbol for Many - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Nakaima cuts deal with Abe | The Japan Times

• First lady scrutinizes blackballing of beauty queen | The Japan Times

• Inwoners Fukushima mogen met eindejaar naar huis

• Virtual women lure men to Japan's vending machines | Crave - CNET

• Yasukuni visit is pledge against war: Japan PM Abe - Yahoo News

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/25/2013

• Haast niemand wil eindejaar in Fukushima vieren - HLN.be

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/24/2013

• Christmas In Japan Is Finger Lickin’ Good (KFC Christmas) | Tofugu

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/23/2013

• Emperor marks 80th birthday, looks back at his life - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• VOX POPULI: LDP specialty makes a comeback - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Navy sailors have radiation sickness after Japan rescue | New York Post

• Emperor's funeral plan praised in aging Japan, elderly urged to make own life-end plans early | Star Tribune

• This year's buzzwords show how Japanese is evolving | The Japan Times

• Abe's second strike against freedoms | The Japan Times

• Emperor turns 80, aims to do best in shadow of father time | The Japan Times

• Aging population pushes up sales of adult diapers - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/22/2013

• Early End-Life Plan for Elderly in Aging Japan - ABC News

• Business - Record Japan budget

• Does Japanese Shunga turn porn into art? | Katie Engelhart | Comment is free | theguardian.com

• Getting on with life in Japan after tsunami's mental challenges

• Abe controls direction of policy debate | The Japan Times

• UPDATE: Tokyo governor goes from Olympic-bid hero to disgraced 'amateur' - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• La Miss japonaise qui défie les yakuza - France - France 24

• Vivre le Japon | Hikari Editions

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/21/2013

• Japan Unveils Record Budget for 2014 as Debt Burden Mounts - Bloomberg

• BBC News - China denounces Japanese military strategy

• Probability of powerful quake raised for Kanto region - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan achieves 10 million tourist target for 2013 | The Japan Times

• Kyushu fisheries boss shot dead | The Japan Times

• Conflict tussen China en Japan om eilandjes zit diep - Buitenland - Reformatorisch Dagblad

• Japan’s national-security strategy: Island defence | The Economist

• Japan in Depth / Hospital sale talks with Tokuda led to Inose’s fall - The Japan News

• Japanese gov’t to pay more for Fukushima cleanup - The Washington Post

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/20/2013

• EDITORIAL: What Tokyo must do in preparing for the Big One - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan’s largest airline targets UK travellers, with new route between London and Tokyo

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/19/2013

• Mt. Fuji Photo Collection 2013 - Japan Travel Blog

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• Shisaku: Inose's Fall And After

• Japan’s Miss International Takes on Mob-Backed Entertainment Complex - The Daily Beast

• BBC News - Tokyo Governor Naoki Inose resigns over money scandal

• Tokyo governor announces resignation over money scandal - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Defectors from Your Party form new opposition force | The Japan Times

• Chicago Tribune - Abe labor reforms may boost Japan's 'disposable' workers, crimp wages

• A secrets law for whom? Look who gets a free pass | The Japan Times

• Tepco geeft de laatste twee reactoren van Fukushima op - HLN.be

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• Handelstekort Japan stijgt verder - Beursduivel.nl

• Defectors from Your Party form new opposition force | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/18/2013

• Voyage au cœur de la centrale de Fukushima

• Calls grow for Tokyo Governor Inose to resign over money scandal - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Survey finds thousands of workplaces rampant with labor violations - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japanse economie zendt schizofrene signalen uit - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• EDITORIAL: Abe's national security strategy undermines Japan's postwar pacifism - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Alweer een uitdijend conflict | www.dagelijksestandaard.nl

• Japan takes defence policy into uncharted waters | euronews, world news

• BBC News - Japan's military revolution hints at Shinzo Abe's nationalist aims

• Japan as Galápagos Again--Now It's the Cars - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• A Life of Noodles Comes Full Circle - NYTimes.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/17/2013

• Japans kaartenhuisje kan eerder vroeg dan laat instorten - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Japan’s Dangerous Anachronism - NYTimes.com

• Japan and national security: Island defence | The Economist

• Kyojima: Tokyo's epicenter of disaster risk? | The Japan Times

• Abe shows totalitarian bent | The Japan Times

• Japan business mood hits six-year high as 'Abenomics' takes hold | Reuters

• Japan verhoogt militaire uitgaven om eilanden te beschermen - De Standaard

• BBC News - Japan boosts military forces to counter China

• Abe shows totalitarian bent | The Japan Times

• Japan’s Top Voice - High, Polite and on the Phone - NYTimes.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/14/2013

• BBC News - Japan and Asean nations seek 'freedom of overflight'

• Tokyo's 'ninja homes' find a niche among Japanese young - CNN.com

• ANALYSIS: Jang's execution likely to alienate ordinary North Koreans - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Scientists develop method to wash most radioactive cesium from farm soil - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• More airlines submit flight plans to China, while Japanese carriers hold out - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Minami-Soma OKs rice planting for 1st time in 4 years - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Record radiation levels detected in well at Fukushima nuke plant - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Abe's stimulus only a short-term fix | The Japan Times

• English education set to get serious | The Japan Times

• Japan announces plans for earlier English classes - UPI.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/13/2013

• Fukushima evacuees face dilemma over return to former no-entry zone - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• INTERVIEW: Foreigners' rights activist says new secrecy law may encourage xenophobia - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• ‘Like father like son’: win een reis naar Tokio | Radio1

• Japan plans $53B stimulus as recovery falters - Appeal-Democrat: National

• De gruwel van de Japanse dodencel - De Standaard

• Japan Executions Seem Excessive?

• Japanese cuisine is cultural heritage - CNN.com

• Gamasutra - Japan is now the world's biggest spender on mobile apps

• Japan to boost military amid row with China - Channel NewsAsia

• Japan hangs killers, bringing PM Abe's count to eight | GlobalPost

• Japan condemned for 'secret' executions | World news | theguardian.com

• Two men hanged in latest round of executions | The Japan Times

• Record 2013 tourism in Japan despite islands spat, nuclear fallout - latimes.com

• ‘Eén lading vis uit Japan vernietigd sinds Fukushima’ - Het Nieuwsblad

• Asahi to tap Japan's premium beer boom with upmarket Super Dry | Reuters

• Japanse Yen voor slimme beleggers -

• Japan Buddhists launch Monks Without Borders | Business Standard

• Japan’s New ‘Fukushima Fascism’ » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names

• Japan kanji of the year is 'ring' after Olympics bid

• Celebrity stands up to talent agency 'stalker' | The Japan Times

• Ishiba’s call for media controls draws ire from opposition parties - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan voert opnieuw executies uit - De Standaard

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/11/2013

• Japan's post-Fukushima 'secrecy' clampdown - News - The Ecologist

• New Japan volcanic islet here to stay, for now — Official – BorneoPost Online | Borneo , Malaysia, Sarawak Daily News | Largest English Daily In Borneo

• Ontmanteling kerncentrale Fukushima in cruciale fase | DeWereldMorgen.be

• Japan Geeft Meest Uit Aan Apps | NUtech.nl - Technieuws voor iedereen

• KIMIN: JAPAN'S FORGOTTEN PEOPLE, the Story of Japan's Tsunami Refugees, is Now Available - BWWBooksWorld

• Japanese PM Thinks His People Just Don't Understand The State Secrecy Bill | TechPresident

• Joe Biden asked the right question about women in Japan's workforce | The Japan Times

• ‘Nuclear Nation’ Focuses on Japan’s 2011 Crisis - NYTimes.com

• Is food the future of entrepreneurial Japan? - CSMonitor.com

• Japan seeking to become world's safest country toward Tokyo Olympics | GlobalPost

• Can Abenomics revive Japan's economy? - CNN.com

• National security strategy to include need for patriotism - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Abe's words fail to clear distrust about secrecy law - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/10/2013

• Opposition splinter group faces uphill battle against LDP - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japanese Cuisine Goes Global - NYTimes.com

• Study: Radioactive cesium in forests likely didn't reach groundwater - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• With a Crucial Test Looming for Abenomics, Japan's Economy Falls Short - Businessweek

• Japon : Akie Abe, une première dame pas très raccord - Libération

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/09/2013

• A walk in the sex park: Yoshiwara and the Tokyo bordello | the tokyo files 東京ファイル

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• ANALYSIS: Abe relaxes, but state secrets law creates higher hurdles - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• BBC News - Japan's economic growth revised down

• Chicago Tribune - Japan PM Abe's ratings slide after state secrets act

• Bound by the Web: Internet Addiction in Japan | Nippon.com

• Japan Parliament Committee to Monitor State Secrets, Ishiba Says - Bloomberg

• 'Negative: Nothing' film documents Swiss man's journey on foot through post-disaster Japan－ 毎日新聞

• Don’t own a TV? NHK doesn’t care, but still wants your money ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Japan passes a democracy-muzzling Patriot Act | GlobalPost

• Doctor Helps Grandma Die to Avoid Japanese Feeding Tube - Businessweek

• A Public Works Boom in Japan Has Echoes From the Lost Decade - NYTimes.com

• Abe Gets Toyota-Hitachi Help in Japan Push for Wage Gains (2) - Businessweek

• UN recognises unpalatable truth: Japan cuisine dying - Indian Express

• U.S. welcomes Japan's secrecy law: official | GlobalPost

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/08/2013

• More women working for less | The Japan Times

• Re-examining Yasujiro Ozu on film | The Japan Times

• Japan whaling ships leave for Antarctic hunt | SciTech | GMA News Online

• Sino-Japanese tensions more a matter of muscle-flexing than a lead-up to war - The Irish Times - Fri, Dec 06, 2013

• AFP: Japanese parliament passes controversial secrets law

• Japan feared to extend air zone over Dokdo: observers

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/07/2013

• Record outdoor radiation level detected at Fukushima plant - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Le Japon protège ses secrets et verrouille les libertés - Libération

• Ruling coalition acts alone as thousands protest state secrets law - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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• INTERVIEW/ Peter Bradford: Independent watchdog needed to monitor Fukushima work - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/06/2013

• UPDATE: Diet enacts state secrets law despite widespread protests - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• BBC News - Biden urges Seoul-Tokyo co-operation amid Asia tensions

• Japan zet weer in op kernenergie - Kernenergie - De Morgen

• Japan gaat nog veel meer geld bijdrukken -

• AFP: Japan set to pass secrets law despite public outcry

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/05/2013

• Princess Masako’s health improves ahead of 50th birthday - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Upper House committee approves secrets bill despite oversight concerns - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• In Japan, no escape from The Eye's perpetual policing glare | The Japan Times

• Hele wereld houdt van sushi, behalve de Japanse jeugd - Buitenland - De Morgen

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• Japan Wages Must Rise for Abenomics Success: GS Matsui - Businessweek

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/04/2013

• 'Japan pakt problematiek Fukushima nu beter aan' | nu.nl/buitenland | Het laatste nieuws het eerst op nu.nl

• Japan Keeps Three-Star Culinary Title - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Grijpt Japan naar de wapens nu het nog kan? - Opinie - De Morgen

• Biden Backs Ally Japan but Avoids Roiling China - NYTimes.com

• The Economist explains: Who really owns the Senkaku islands? | The Economist

• Foreign journalists in Japan raise concerns over state secrets protection bill - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• EDITORIAL: Diet abandoning mission as one of 3 powers of government - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Movie industry starts group against state secrets bill - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• The politics of secrets | The Japan Times

• Japan food scandals, poor regulation hurting premium food export push - Australia Network News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

• Japan's secrets bill turns journalists into terrorists | The Japan Times

• U.S. backs Japan against ADIZ: Biden | The Japan Times

• The politics of secrets | The Japan Times

• Japan proposes more steps to store Fukushima water - The Washington Post

• Japan PM: U.S.-Japan alliance basis to dealing with China's actions | Reuters

• Japan Salaries Extend Slide as Inflation Begins to Take Root - Bloomberg

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/03/2013

• Japan's yakuza mobsters becoming 'Goldman Sachs with guns' | GlobalPost

• In touristy Tokyo, Harajuku still stands out from the crowd | The Japan Times

• Shinzo Abe heeft een wonder nodig om Abenomics te doen slagen - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• „Christendom staat haaks op Japans denken” - Kerknieuws - Kerk & Religie

• Ishiba softens criticism of bill protesters | The Japan Times

• Between dreams and discrimination, Japanese build new lives in the City by the Bay | The Japan Times

• Abenomics zal het probeem van de Japanse overheidsschulden niet oplossen - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Japan diplomat held over arson, embezzlement in DR Congo | GlobalPost

• Japans bedrijf wil enorme energiecentrale gaan bouwen op de maan | Astroblogs

• Japan students regain rankings in 2012 international academic tests | GlobalPost

• Eco-Cars and Sports Cars Among the Highlights at the Tokyo Motor Show | Nippon.com

• Unprocessed radioactive waste in Tokai could explode if safeties fail - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• INTERVIEW/ Joe Biden: Japan, China need crisis management framework - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Store closure marks the end of an era in Tokyo's Akihabara | PCWorld

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/02/2013

• Nightnomics: 1 in 20 Japanese adult women worked in sex industry | The Tokyo Reporter

• Yuma most popular name for baby boys in 2013; Yuina for girls ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/01/2013

• Japan baffled by U.S. telling airlines to respect new Chinese air zone - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• LDP senior official causes uproar, labeling noisy protests as terrorism - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan takes China airspace issue before U.N. agency - Hawaii News - Honolulu Star-Advertiser

• Japanese young people not having sex? The Guardian and the border of racism | Modern Tokyo Times

• Why Japan's hot spring towns want casinos | ABS-CBN News

• U.S. 'advising' airlines to 'comply' with China on disputed zone - CNN.com

• Leading drugmaker Takeda picks French exec as first foreign boss | The Japan Times

• Book review: ‘Japan 1941: Countdown to Infamy,’ by Eri Hotta | Dallas Morning News

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 11/30/2013

• China sends fighters to ID flights by US, Japan over disputed zone - Worcester Telegram & Gazette - telegram.com

• Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan - Japan’s Abe appoints first ever female PM aide

• Japan's top drugmaker appoints first foreign boss | GlobalPost

• Abe vows to remain steadfast on China | The Japan Times

• Two-thirds of department stores in Japan misrepresenting food: industry | The Japan Times

• Waarom maken China en Japan steeds ruzie om een paar eilanden? - Nieuws - VK

• China achtervolgt Amerikaanse en Japanse vliegtuigen - De Standaard

• Japan's menu scandal leaves bad aftertaste

• Japan’s new Secrets Bill Threatens To Muzzle The Press and Whistleblowers

• Radio 1 - Tien jaar de cel in voor het publiceren van overheidsinformatie in Japan - 14:05 29-11-2013

• Ghosn: ‘Mijn opvolger moet Japans zijn’ | Autonieuws - AutoWeek.nl

• Japan: Man switched at birth regrets lost life | News24

• Japan’s Mega Banks Have Mega Yakuza Trouble

• China, Japan and America: Face-off | The Economist

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