Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 01/18/2014

• Abe-Koizumi duel looms in Tokyo gubernatorial election - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan approves Tepco business plan - UPI.com

• Businessman missing in Tokyo is found alive in Yorkshire 'after running from Japanese mafia' | Mail Online

• Japanese rice vodka. Better than sake? - Weekend Sip - MarketWatch

• Quake-hit Kobe calls for vigilance 19 years on | The Japan Times

• Ditch reactors, don't focus on Olympics: Hosokawa quote | The Japan Times

• More Japanese opting to have ashes scattered at sea after death - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Volunteers Crowdsource Radiation Monitoring to Map Potential Risk on Every Street in Japan | Democracy Now!

• Protests Grow in Japan: "We Want to Bring Our Message to the World to Stop Nuclear Power Plants" | Democracy Now!

• Mayor of Town That Hosted Fukushima Nuclear Plant Says He Was Told: “No Accident Could Ever Happen” | Democracy Now!

• "We Want to Fight For This Cause": Nuclear Refugees from Fukushima Join Anti-Nuke Protests | Democracy Now!

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.