Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/30/2014

• Nuclear-Free Japan Faces Summer Power Crunch in Heartland - Businessweek

• Hier vind je de meest hartelijke mensen ter wereld | Reiskrant | Telegraaf.nl

• Noord-Korea heropent onderzoek naar ontvoerde Japanners - nrc.nl

• Schoenmaker: Japanscenario is flauwekul | RTL Nieuws

• Japan plans to raise limit on weekly working hours

• Japan putting 'full weight' of government behind fuel-cell vehicles - CNET

• BBC News - Japan inflation rate hits 23-year high

• BBC News - Shangri-La dialogue: Japan PM Abe to urge security role

• Abandon Hope All Ye Tried in Japan - The Daily Beast

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/29/2014

• Fluffy Mascots on the Loose in Saitama | Nippon.com

• Madonna Lawmaker Targets Absurdities for Women in Japan - Bloomberg

• Tritium levels at Fukushima No. 1 top Pacific Ocean dumping limit, Tepco admits | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/28/2014

• Japan road trip video goes viral | The Japan Times

• Japan starts "review" of wartime sex slave apology

• Abe moves to boost control of bureaucrats | The Japan Times

• Japan’s Olympic Dream Rests in Hands of Foreign Workers - Businessweek

• Japan pop group AKB48 cancels events after attack - The Washington Post

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/27/2014

• Wedding Bells to Ring for Japanese Princess - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Fukushima puzzle: Who ordered halt to pumping of seawater at stricken plant? - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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• Walking Bicycle, nieuw uit Japan: snelwandelen met je loopfiets | Duurzaam ActueelDuurzaam Actueel

• Wat je in Japan niet moet doen | Secretaresse

• Aso complains his taxes shouldn't be used to fund health costs of 'lazy' | The Japan Times

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• Excerpts From WSJ Interview With Prime Minister Shinzo Abe - WSJ.com

• Outrage derails manga series 'Oishinbo' for Fukushima nuclear crisis depiction | The Japan Times

• ASAHI POLL: 67% deem Abe’s plan to reinterpret Constitution as 'improper' - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/26/2014

• A new and unexpected twist to life in Japan: tornadoes | The Japan Times

• Chinese jets, SDF flirt with 'Top Gun' scenario near Senkakus | The Japan Times

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• Dolgedraaide fan valt meidengroep aan met zaag - Muzieknieuws - De Morgen

• BBC News - Japan girl group AKB48 attacked by male fan with saw

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/25/2014

• Japan creates new national holiday for ‘overworked’ population | The Sideshow - Yahoo News

• Sony Japan Huddles, Plans For The Future Of PlayStation 4 Network; Infrastructure In Development For Digital, Downloaded, Streamed Content : Trending News : KDramaStars

• Japanese MP on a mission to get the country making babies - Telegraph

• Will Japan be a country that welcomes all? | The Japan Times

• Quieter Tokyo suburbs: Going underground

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/24/2014

• Reflect on Fukui nuclear ruling | The Japan Times

• School axes policy of barring foreigners | The Japan Times

• Kanazawa toeristenbus - Honshu centraal, Japan | Reisreporter.nl

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/23/2014

• BBC News - Hamuketsu: Japan's new craze for hamster bottoms

• Japan Planning Free WiFi Access For Tourists | Ubergizmo

• Pressure Mounting To Reopen Isahaya Bay | Nippon.com

• Japan takes holidays to G8 high with Mountain Day - Yahoo News

• deredactie.be video: Japans leger oefent heroveren eilanden

• Sony Says Shake-Up Is Pointing to Profit - NYTimes.com

• Hamuketsu: la folie pour les fesses de hamsters s'empare du Japon | Slate.fr

• An app for visiting Nagaokakyu palace as it looked 1,200 years ago - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/22/2014

• Tartan sake to invade Japan | Metro News

• Making Room for Bicycles on the Road | Nippon.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/21/2014

• Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant begins groundwater release into Pacific ocean | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis

• Tokyo Voted ‘Best Experience’ for Tourists - Japan Real Time - WSJ

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• Japanese businesses embrace napping to boost efficiency

• Yokohama unable to complete project 'zero' for daycare waiting list in desired time ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Photos of Hamster Rear Ends Are Hit in Japan - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• BBC News - Japan paper says Fukushima workers fled during 2011 crisis

• Chicago Tribune - Japan retailers target new big spenders: tourists

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/20/2014

• Japan's Snowy Winter Seen from Space | LiveScience

• 90% of TEPCO workers defied orders, fled Fukushima plant in 2011 - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Record high radiation in seawater off Fukushima plant | The Japan Times

• Mount Fuji’s Servant: Ōyama Yukio | Nippon.com

• Success of 'Abenomics' hinges on immigration policy | The Japan Times

• Getting to the heart of Abe's vision for Japan's military | The Japan Times

• In Japan is het uitklapmobieltje is nog steeds populair

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/19/2014

• Japan to establish island military posts | GlobalPost

• Cycling across the sea in stunning Hiroshima

• Success of 'Abenomics' hinges on immigration policy | The Japan Times

• Two-thirds of Japanese fear going bust in retirement | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/18/2014

• China, Japan hold first high-level meet since December | South China Morning Post

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• Government sweetening the pot for storage of Fukushima radioactive waste - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• INTERVIEW/ Ken Endo: European experience offers insight for Japan's ties with neighbors - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• 'Japan is back' but small business isn't | The Japan Times

• Abe's Article 9 blitz alarms Asia | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/17/2014

• Cultured mind interpreting Japan and its people - Retail News | Service Industry News | The Irish Times - Fri, May 16, 2014

• Population fixes have anti-foreign bias, official says | The Japan Times

• Japan to become first country to put billboard ad on moon - Washington Times

• Tokyo Olympics to be a window on nation's technological advancements - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/16/2014

• Japan's Foreign Car Sales Boom May Be Ending - Businessweek

• From NHK, an offer you can't refuse | The Japan Times

• Japan's 'anti-loneliness' cafe goes viral - CNN.com

• EDITORIAL: Collective self-defense a question of whether Japan can go to war - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Fast-food workers in Tokyo join global rally for wage hikes - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• BBC News - Japan's Sony forecasts losses until 2015 after PC exit

• BBC News - Japan PM Abe calls for new defence law interpretation

• Panel lists steps for bypassing Article 9 | The Japan Times

• Pacifism at a crossroads following panel's verdict | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/15/2014

• Au Japon, les Occidentaux n'ont jamais vendu autant de voitures depuis 1997 - Automobile - Challenges

• Is Japan betting big on casinos? - CNN.com

• Chicago Tribune - Japan's working poor left behind by Abenomics

• Chicago Tribune - Kennedy vows U.S. help to Japan for Fukushima nuclear clean-up

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/14/2014

• Chicago Tribune - Post-Fukushima, Japan's favorite monster may never go home again

• Automotive-management.nl | EU autofabrikanten tegen vrije handel met Japan

• U.S. Ambassador Kennedy visits Fukushima nuclear plant - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Sony sinks to $1.3 billion quarterly loss on PC expenses - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Are Japanese Eating into Their Savings? - Real Time Economics - WSJ

• Public Works: High-Density Living in Japan’s “Share Houses” | cityscape | Torontoist

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• Sony annonce près d’un milliard d’euros de pertes malgré les bonnes ventes de la PS4

• Abe panel's report says collective self-defense already covered by Article 9 - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• VOX POPULI: Abe trying to reinterpret Constitution in total disregard of Diet, public - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Does Japan Have the Best World Cup Slogan? - Scene Asia - WSJ

• Zita Toyota vervangt robots door... mensen Nieuws Binnenland

• Tohoku cat, missing since 2011 disaster, reunited with owners - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Chicago Tribune - Taxing times for pachinko as Japan considers casino gamble

• Tokyo to ban sales of incest-themed comic books to minors | The Japan Times

• Abe to get Article 9 proposals Thursday | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/13/2014

• Japanse regering wil pacifistische grondwet herzien | MO*

• 3 jaar na tsunami keert Japanse kat terug naar huis

• Chinese student asks for cooked sushi at Sukibayashi Jiro, gets flamed by Chinese netizens | RocketNews24

• Japan should stabilise population fall at 100m, says govt panel - Channel NewsAsia

• Piketty on Japan: Wealth Gap Likely to Rise - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Journalist now stands by Nanjing book | The Japan Times

• Amid controversy, Japan weighs reinterpreting its pacifist Constitution (+video) - CSMonitor.com

• How Sony Is Turning into a Ghost in Japan and Around the World

• Japanese Anime Star Doraemon Finally Makes U.S. Debut - Japan Real Time - WSJ

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/12/2014

• BBC News - Japan's Sharp returns to profit after restructuring

• On drinking, May and battling the blues | The Japan Times

• The Daily Item : In Japan, women abandon careers for life as hunters

• Japanese man first to be arrested for possessing 3D printed gun : PERSONAL TECH : Tech Times

• How a Single Tweet Could Land a Japanese Nuclear Activist in Jail | VICE News

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/11/2014

• Etui met gezichtsbedrog | Mixed Grill

• 'Doraemon' anime to hit small screens in U.S. this summer with slight changes - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Going nuclear: How close has Japan come? | The Japan Times

• TEPCO Announces Profits of $4.3 Billion for 2013 | Tokyo Desu

• Japan debates lowering voting age

• U.S. casino billionaires place bets in Japan's tale of two cities - Yahoo News

• Debating the death penalty in Japan - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

• A Westerner's guide to Japanese toilets

• Fukushima’s Cesium-137 levels ‘50% higher’ than previously estimated — RT News

• Tokyo to get PAC-3 missile batteries | The Japan Times

• On Location Video: Meet the beautiful, melancholy women paid to flirt in Japan | GlobalPost

• debito.org » Blog Archive » My Japan Times JUST BE CAUSE Column 75, May 1, 2014: “Tackling Japan’s ‘Empathy Deficit’ Towards Outsiders”

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/10/2014

• Japan-China Standoff in the East China Sea: Why Diplomacy needs to Work

• Japanese Cabinet Celebrates Record 500 Days - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Plutonium fever blossoms in Japan | Center for Public Integrity

• Abenomics boosts high-quality suit sales - The Japan News

• Japan imports tonnes of whale meat from Iceland, Greenpeace says - Yahoo News

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/09/2014

• In regards to “Questions surround reporter’s revisionist take on Japan’s history” : Japan Subculture Research Center

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• Why Japan builds the fastest elevators

• Journalist backtracks on best-seller after Nanjing switcheroo | The Japan Times

• Japan’s Pacifist Constitution - NYTimes.com

• Womenomics: Japan’s new growth bazooka?

• Greenpeace: Japan imports tonnes of whale meat from Iceland - Regional | The Star Online

• Japanese men baldly go into new Tokyo restaurant, with pride | Reuters

• Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the baldest of them all? Japan top for male baldness in Asia | RocketNews24

• So you thought Momotaro came from a peach? Think again - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/08/2014

• The changing face of society | The Japan Times

• Japan’s ex-PMs team up for anti-nuclear drive - Channel NewsAsia

• Valley of the Dolls Is A Town Where Missing People Have Been Replaced with Puppets

• Anne Frank exhibition under way in Tokyo - The Japan News

• Easing work-hour regulations | The Japan Times

• EU en Japan willen sneller handelsverdrag | NUzakelijk | Nieuws voor ondernemende mensen

• ÉDITORIAL • Le Japon, un pays normal ? | Courrier international

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/07/2014

• Japan split on revision to pacifist constitution

• Tokyo Olympics: A City Examines Itself in Preparation for the 2020 Games - Urban Land Magazine

• Museum in Nagasaki to show plight of Japan's 'hidden Christians' - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Locals hold 70th memorial service for U.S. B-29 crew who crashed in Wakayama - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan looks to criminalize 'revenge porn' as teen victims increase - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Ce surprenant Shinzo Abe

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/06/2014

• Japan’s union battle – which side are you on?

• The Secret of Japan's Rabbit Island - YouTube

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/05/2014

• Japanse economie stort in snel tempo in - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Strong moderately dangerous earthquake close to Ito, Japan (greater Tokyo area)

• Japon: Tepco en difficulté financière | Mediapart

• More experts challenge Tepco's 'Great Icewall' for Fukushima No. 1 | The Japan Times

• Fukushima evacuation split 50% of families: survey | The Japan Times

• Japanese PM visits Louvre as he arrives in France | GlobalPost

• Sterke aardbeving Tokio, geen gewonden - De aardbeving in Japan - VK

• Japanese still love their top-loading washing machines - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/04/2014

• Drinking in Japan: Sober words to help you socialize | The Japan Times

• Japan's solitary ode to ink | The Japan Times

• Troosteres van eenzamen - Charlotte Van Zanten

• Geisha remain important to Japanese as numbers dwindle

• Japan inked: Should the country reclaim its tattoo culture? | The Japan Times

• Why Japanese workplaces are not up to global standards | ABS-CBN News

• The Real Composer Behind the Music of Mamoru Samuragochi : The New Yorker

• Japanners uit de bol op Wannes Van de Velde - HLN.be

• Loved abroad, hated at home: the art of Japanese tattooing | The Japan Times

• Constitution Day feted, fought over | The Japan Times

• New services help families pulverize bones of deceased to scatter the ashes - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Radio 1 - Een kijkje in de wondere wereld van Japan - 01:30 03-05-2014

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/01/2014

• Disturbing trend: Japanese protesters use Nazism to attack Chinese, Koreans - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• The Japanese Go All ‘Footloose’ to Protest Nightlife Crackdown - The Daily Beast

• Accused of war glorification, city tries to show 'hell' of kamikaze pilots - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Report: Obama Didn’t Even Finish Jiro’s Sushi -- NYMag

• Paris vs. Tokyo: Which Has Better Food and Drink? - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Verlies Sony veel hoger dan verwacht

• Cool Biz season begins across Japan ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• How Japan Came To Love Jazz : A Blog Supreme : NPR

• Japan’s Consumption Hangover Begins as Car Sales Decline - Bloomberg

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 04/30/2014

• Gejuich over Japanse inflatiecijfers is voorbarig: stagflatie dreigt - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Ahead of secrets law, information concealed on nuclear facilities - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Ukrainian Crisis Further Jeopardizes Abe’s Russia Ambitions - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• The importance of a geisha | Stuff.co.nz

• AP News : Fukushima residents unsure of return to no-go zone

• Japan PM heads to Europe for trade, security talks | GlobalPost

• In Japan, vegetables becoming big business

• IMF ziet effect Abenomics verbleken | Nieuws | Telegraaf.nl

• Waarom je langer leeft dankzij een Japans dieet - Het Nieuwsblad

• Japan in love with the iPhone - Yahoo News

• www.running.be: 250 km dwars door Japan

• BBC News - Japan retail sales surge on tax hike

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