Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 04/28/2014

• Japan’s shrinking society 1-1 / ‘Black hole’ Tokyo draws youth, faces collapse in future - The Japan News

• Japan's first lady Akie Abe joins gay parade - Latest - New Straits Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 04/27/2014

• What Obama and Abe Didn't Talk About - Bloomberg View

• Chinese vice premier raps Abe but voices hope to mend ties with Japan | The Japan Times

• Japan launches first whale hunt since ICJ ban | The Japan Times

• Obama Japan Visit Report Card: Security Pledge Yes, Trade Deal No

• BBC News - Japan: Bridal photo shoots for men an untapped market

• Japan restarts whale hunting

• Japan says comfort women issue not a diplomatic topic after Obama comments - Channel NewsAsia

• Obama and Japan’s Abe fail to reach trade accord | West Hawaii Today

• If you go: Kyoto, Japan - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 04/26/2014

• Government panel raises possibility of magnitude-8 quake striking Kanto - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• In Seoul, Obama urges Japan to settle 'terrible' sex slave issue | The Japan Times

• Japan vangt vanaf zaterdag weer walvissen voor zijn eigen kusten | Metro :: nieuws en entertainment

• Obama wil oplossing in zaak troostmeisjes | Buitenland | Telegraaf.nl

• VOX POPULI: 'Sushi summit' fails to work again 20 years later for Obama, Abe - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 04/25/2014

• BBC News - Tokyo consumer price growth at 22-year high

• Avril Lavigne: Ik ben geen racist | RTL Nieuws

• Obama finds Japanese robots ‘a little scary’

• When will Abe learn? | The Japan Times

• Summit kept to script that sidestepped many issues | The Japan Times

• Abe secured only half of key goals at meeting | The Japan Times

• INSIGHT: A series of firsts in Obama meeting with Abe - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Obama’s First Order of Business in Tokyo: Sushi From the Master - NYTimes.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 04/24/2014

• What's it like to eat at the world's best sushi bar? | CNN Travel

• How Justin Bieber inadvertently stepped into one of the world’s greatest geopolitical controversies

• Japan's Toyota sets new 12-month sales record | Business | DW.DE | 23.04.2014

• Obama's Japan visit kicks off with dreams of sushi - CSMonitor.com

• Obama arrives for summit, to assure security ties are solid | The Japan Times

• Suicides among cancer patients 20 times that of general population | The Japan Times

• In a world of pretense, are Japanese just more honest about lying? | The Japan Times

• Bieber bezoekt omstreden oorlogsmonument in Tokio - Buitenland - De Morgen

• BBC News - Obama pledges Japan islands support as Asian tour begins

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 04/23/2014

• BBC News - Obama, Abe and a high-stakes trade deal

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 04/22/2014

• Bill enacted to aid foreign lawyers - The Japan News

• Japanese minister, MPs visit Yasukuni Shrine on eve of Obama visit | Reuters

• Japan overhauls its public pension fund, the world's biggest | Reuters

• Handelstekort Japan loopt sterk op | Nieuws | Telegraaf.nl

• Asahi poll: 60% of Japanese want whaling to continue - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• INSIGHT: China says seizure of Mitsui ship unrelated to wartime compensation - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• China ship seizure hikes redress fears | The Japan Times

• How not to lose your home when going bankrupt in Japan | Beacon Reports

• The Japanese Family on the Brink of Change? | Nippon.com

• BBC News - China seizes Japanese cargo ship over pre-war debt

• Japon : un ascenseur capable de monter 94 étages en 43 secondes, un record

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 04/21/2014

• Scholars use NHK controversy as segue to assess Japanese society - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Yokohama museum dedicated to famed Edo Period slaying to close - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan PM sends offering to Yasukuni Shrine: Japanese media

• Fukushima No. 1 boss admits water woes out of control | The Japan Times

• Japan to Continue its Whaling in the Pacific but with Limited Numbers | News Tonight Africa

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 04/20/2014

• Cannabis: the fabric of Japan | The Japan Times

• Japan minister at shrine honoring war criminals - The Washington Post

• Japanse walvisjacht gaat gewoon door - NOS op 3

• Whaling to be pared, not halted | The Japan Times

• Japan rekent op hogere lonen in strijd tegen deflatie - De Standaard

• Japan to Arm Remote Western Island, Risking More China Tension

• Japan Snaps Up Murakami’s Latest - Japan Real Time - WSJ

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 04/18/2014

• Baleines/Pacifique: le Japon poursuit la chasse

• Kumamoto bird flu strain ID'd as H5N8, new to Japan | The Japan Times

• Chicago Tribune - Manager at Japan's Fukushima plant admits radioactive water 'embarrassing'

• Japan Inc resilient in face of sales tax rise: Reuters poll: Thomson Reuters Business News - MSN Money

• Japan Tourism Agency will analyze tweets to gauge tourists' needs - eTurboNews.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 04/17/2014

• Hague jars with Japan's family law, a zero-sum game with only one outcome | The Japan Times

• Hyogo blocks release of nuke crisis study data | The Japan Times

• Japan to face tight power supply in summer; blackouts not expected | Reuters

• Here’s Japan’s latest trend: ‘Zentai’

• Shibuya Station to be rebuilt | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 04/16/2014

• EDITORIAL: Abe administration's disturbing signs of 'Galapagos' syndrome - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Found in translation ... when misquoting someone is the best way to be fair and accurate | Mind your language | Media | theguardian.com

• Japan intends to resume Antarctic whaling next year - UPI.com

• Flawed foreign labor plan | The Japan Times

• Diet members dine on whale meat in defiance of ICJ ruling | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 04/15/2014

• Nakako Hayashi's delicate war against big fashion | The Japan Times

• Graying Japan Passes A Milestone - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• STAP replication 'not conclusive' | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 04/14/2014

• Japan's embattled stem cell institute splurges on luxury furniture: Report

• China boos op minister Japan na bezoek heiligdom

• Overspel-datingsite populair in Japan | Dating

• Suspected outbreak of H5-type bird flu discovered at two Kumamoto farms | The Japan Times

• Japan military in popularity push

• How Japan Copied American Culture and Made it Better | Travel | Smithsonian

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 04/12/2014

• Au Japon, la précocité d'un cerisier de l'espace intrigueprofondément – metronews

• Japan's Nikkei suffers worst week since Fukushima - CNBC

• Only one Japanese elementary textbook to mention Fukushima

• How Japan's Murder Rate Got To Be So Incredibly Low | Business Insider India

• Metropolis - News & Features | Ramen Nation

• Article 9 nominated as candidate for Nobel Peace Prize | The Japan Times

• Cabinet OKs new energy policy, kills no-nuclear goal | The Japan Times

• Buddhists forced to address violence against monks in training - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 04/11/2014

• The Japanese World View: Three Keys to Understanding | Nippon.com

• In With the New: The Seasonal Tradition of Entrance Ceremonies | Nippon.com

• Skymark flight attendant mini dresses raise hemlines, eyebrows - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• A Skytree Grows in Tokyo (Photos) | Nippon.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 04/10/2014

• Japanese Words With No English Equivalent - Business Insider

• Japan, N. Korea had informal talks in China in early April | GlobalPost

• How Japan Replaced Half Its Nuclear Capacity With Efficiency | Justin Guay

• Japan opposition fears Abe "destabilising" region - Channel NewsAsia

• Japan, U.S. fail to move closer over TPP before Obama visit | The Japan Times

• Foreign workers fear exploitation as Olympic projects gather steam | The Japan Times

• Van ryokan tot onsen: dit mag je niet missen in Japan - Verkeersbureaus.info

• Japan’s Foreign Minister Says Apologies to Wartime Victims Will Be Upheld - NYTimes.com

• Japan vangt veel minder walvissen dan vooropgesteld

• TEPCO moving to divert groundwater from Fukushshima reactors - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japon : louer un «ami» pour ne pas perdre la face | Geopolis

• INSIGHT: Armed Chinese fishermen landing on Senkakus? Who is kidding who? - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 04/08/2014

• Chicago Tribune - 'Japanese Only' banner sparks intolerance debate

• Abenomics begint in Japan steeds catastrofalere vormen aan te nemen - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Japan’s Energy Policy Impasse :: JapanFocus

• 11 extremely practical Japan travel tips - CNN.com

• Japan's Death Row - NYTimes.com

• Nearly 75% of schools used as tsunami evacuation sites 'unsafe' | The Japan Times

• Les restaurants japonais de Paris vus par la TV japonaise | DozoDomoDozoDomo

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 04/07/2014

• Stores sharing biometric face data - The Japan News

• Japan Today

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 04/06/2014

• BBC News - US to send two more warships to Japan by 2017

• Foreign trainee program given OK for expansion | The Japan Times

• The Japan Times ST

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 04/05/2014

• Nobel laureate calls young researchers 'immature,' need education in ethics - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Abe may reduce tax benefits for women | The Japan Times

• Japan’s Russian dilemma - Livemint

• Wijn van het zuiverste water - De Standaard

• Hagel: US strongly committed to protecting Japan - The Washington Post

• Japan's puffer fish capital: Delicious and deadly | KETK | East Texas News, Weather and Sports | Tyler, Longview, Jacksonville

• Pourquoi le Japon chasse-t-il la baleine ? - Le Nouvel Observateur

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 04/04/2014

• Japan supermarket prices rose less than sales tax on 1st day -index | Reuters

• Helmut Schmidt: Japan Has No Friends In Asia. Neither Does China. Part II

• Wapens uit Japan straks overal te koop - De Standaard

• Japan kondigt tsunamialarm af na aardbeving in Chili

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 04/03/2014

• Land van de rijzende zonnecellen - Groen - TROUW

• Japan’s Desperate Housewives Opting for Adulterous Online Dating - The Daily Beast

• Yamaguchi-gumi hopes website boosts image | The Japan Times

• Rakuten stops selling whale meat, but will still sell thermometers : Japan Subculture Research Center

• Datingsite voor gehuwden is very big in Japan | Radio1

• U.N. panel takes issue with radiation exposure data submitted by TEPCO - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan to suspend Antarctic whaling next season; Abe criticizes delegation - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Rising Japanese scientist faked heralded stem cell research, lab says

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 04/02/2014

• Antwerpenaar waagt zich aan Japanse koffie (Antwerpen) - Het Nieuwsblad

• Abe eases weapons export rules | The Japan Times

• Obokata falsified data in STAP papers: probe | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 04/01/2014

• Japan moves to expand controversial foreign worker scheme - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Rare rondleidingen | Reiskrant | Telegraaf.nl

• Haneda home to new routes, more flights - The Japan News

• Japan Ends Half-Century Ban on Weapons Exports - NYTimes.com

• International Court orders Japan to stop part of its whaling program; Japan wails in protest : Japan Subculture Research Center

• Two men die at immigration center | The Japan Times

• Omwonenden kerncentrale Fukushima terug naar huis - HLN.be

• Japan lab says stem cell research falsified - The Washington Post

• Radio 1 - Japan moet stoppen met walvisjacht - 12:00 31-03-2014

• Walvis belangrijk onderdeel van de Japanse eetcultuur - NOS.nl

• 'Goede hoop dat Japan walvisvangst staakt' - De Standaard

• April fool?: 'Scent alerts for train stations set to cue JR's distracted commuters" - The Japan Times

• Toerisme Vlaanderen verlengt marketingalliantie in Japan | Metro :: nieuws en entertainment

• The sounds of everyday Japanese life | The Japan Times

• Abe takes first swing at reinterpreting Constitution | The Japan Times

• Japan might win more friends if it just shuts up | The Japan Times

• Riken accuses Obokata of wrongdoing in breakthrough research papers - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• ICJ ban on Japan’s ‘scientific whaling’ stuns officials, restaurants - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Price hike ‹ Japan Today

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 03/31/2014

• So Japan can't hunt whales any more? That doesn't mean they're safe | Philip Hoare | Comment is free | theguardian.com

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