Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 09/29/2014

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• Y a-t-il une « saison » des volcans ? | Passeur de sciences

• Communing with the Dead on Japan’s Terrible Mountain | Nippon.com

• If arrested, police can likely access your phone or tablet | The Japan Times

• Abe to shift gears as Diet session kicks off | The Japan Times

• SDP's Takako Doi, first female leader of major political party in Japan, dies at 85 | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 09/28/2014

• Volcanologists: With few telltale signs, Mt. Ontake’s eruption hard to predict - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Hyperbole over Asahi affair tarnishes brand Japan | The Japan Times

• More than 30 feared dead on Japan volcano, police say - Yahoo News

• 7 rescued, 32 missing as volcano erupts in Japan - Yahoo News

• Japan volcano: 30 hikers feared dead on Mt Ontake - BBC News

• ​Volcano erupts in central Japan, sending hundreds of hikers fleeing - CBS News

• The feminist politics of Takako Doi and the social democratic party of Japan — ScienceDirect

• Climbers Flee Erupting Volcano in Japan - NBC News.com

• Overvallen door aswolk - NOS Nieuws

• Mount Ontake: Japan's second highest volcano erupts - video | World news | The Guardian

• Abenomics: will the sun rise on Japan again? - Telegraph

• 50 foto's die bewijzen dat Japanners het zotste volk ter wereld zijn

• Cheering on Japan's latest high-tech robotics - Al Jazeera English

• Read up on books about books about Japan | The Japan Times

• Volcano eruption on Nagano-Gifu border kills hiker, wounds 46; Abe mobilizes SDF | The Japan Times

• Abe cautious on U.S.-led airstrikes | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 09/27/2014

• Mystery Man Who Moves Japanese Markets Made More Than 1 Million Trades - Bloomberg

• Stelende Japanse zwemmer uit Aziatische Spelen gezet - HLN.be

• Volcano Erupts in Japan, Injuries Reported - ABC News

• Japan's Hidden Unemployment Problem | Seeking Alpha

• More students leaving college due to lack of money | The Japan Times

• Japan’s cabinet rocked by new claims of links to neo-Nazis who target the ethnic Korean population - Asia - World - The Independent

• Foreigners take to danchi living - The Japan News

• More students leaving college due to lack of money | The Japan Times

• Beautiful scenery captured by auto crash recorders an Internet hit - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 09/26/2014

• Japan: Let Them Eat Whale | The Diplomat

• Japan again seeks permanent UNSC seat; China the biggest hurdle - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Dengue Fever Outbreak Catches Tokyo by Surprise | Nippon.com

• China extends Japan a helping hand to resolve North Korea abductions (+video) - CSMonitor.com

• For Top Pols in Japan Crime Doesn’t Pay, But Hate Crime Does - The Daily Beast

• Japan's Debt Trap - Bloomberg View

• Japan's hottest new souvenir: Schoolbags

• Gambling in Japan: Balls in the air | The Economist

• Hate speech in Japan: Spin and substance | The Economist

• Women fight maternity harassment in the shadow of 'Abenomics' | The Japan Times

• Japan’s Annual Dolphin Hunt Has Resumed | TIME

• Perfectionist microbreweries may reverse Japan’s slide into canned cocktails – Quartz

• iPhone 6 Is Blowing Away The Competition In Japan - Forbes

• McCarthyism, Japan-style | The Japan Times

• 20% of college dropouts cite financial difficulties as reason | The Japan Times

• Unmasking the Mysterious Batman of Japan's Highways

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 09/25/2014

• Un Bulgare fait la leçon aux sumotoris nippons

• VOX POPULI: Slaying of Kobe schoolgirl another sign of a disturbing trend - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japanese right targets liberal media - Features - Al Jazeera English

• Why is Homosexuality Absent from Japanese Television? | Nippon.com

• Japan firm has thumbs up solution for bigger smartphones - Yahoo!7

• Japan, North Korea to meet next week on abductees

• Upskirt Photos Hidden Camera Shoes Confiscated by Japanese Police, Who Also Visit Customers At Home

• Japanese company plans space elevator by 2050 - CNET

• Inside Japan's love hotels ... where rooms can be rented by the HOUR | Daily Mail Online

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 09/24/2014

• Japan’s Worsening Poverty Rate | Nippon.com

• Chinese Apple-fan voorkomt 'Japanse crisis' | ThePostOnline

• Helplessness as reactor 2 lost cooling | The Japan Times

• Tepco to start removing blast debris from reactor 1 building in late 2015 | The Japan Times

• Casinos and Japan’s Gambling Addiction | The Diplomat

• With Japan-China Political Relations Still Frozen, Japan Business Delegation Gets No Meeting With Xi Or Li, Anti-Monopoly Fines Explained - Forbes

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 09/23/2014

• Monk shoots first photo of Mt. Fuji from Kyoto over 260 km away - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Pin by Lisa Center on Mandala Coloring Pages | Pinterest

• Fukushima cleanup going painfully slow | The Japan Times

• Spotify who? Most of Japan's music sales are CDs

• Q & A with Japan's tennis star Kei Nishikori

• Will pro-nuclear Abe government overcome Japan's nuke fears? - CSMonitor.com

• Le quotidien «Asahi» sous pression - Libération

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 09/22/2014

• Inside Japan's love hotels ... where rooms can be rented by the HOUR | Daily Mail Online

• OECD backs Japan tax hike, more easy money - The Economic Times

• Japan’s first lady loves sake and Facebook, and people love her for it - The Washington Post

• Robots Cannot Solve Japan's Big Problem

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• North Korea dashes hopes of Japanese parents over abductees' fate | The Japan Times

• Obuchi starts nuclear power pitch | The Japan Times

• 10 top tips for travelling in Japan | Travel | Travel News and Holiday Deals | | The Advertiser

• Why Japan is Asia’s most appealing getaway | Travel | Travel News and Holiday Deals | | The Courier-Mail

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 09/21/2014

• Glimpses of Lafcadio Hearn's Matsue | The Japan Times

• Abe wants earlier talks on decision to hike sales tax to 10% | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 09/20/2014

• Blood types | The Japan Times

• Half century on the shinkansen | The Japan Times

• Japan's popular morning drama takes an international twist - CSMonitor.com

• Japan hopes to replenish tuna stocks - Al Jazeera English

• Why does Japan have so many overhead power lines? | RocketNews24

• Abe uses letter to ask Park for summit request | The Japan Times

• Japanse politie zoekt meer dan 2 - WaarMaarRaar.nl

• Spectaculair uitzicht over Tokyo! - Tokio, Japan | Reisreporter.nl

• The press in Japan: Gotcha | The Economist

• 'Mount Fuji openbaar toilet' | Reiskrant | Telegraaf.nl

• BBC News - Japan: The rising popularity of old dog care centres

• Weird Earth Movement After Japan Earthquake Finally Explained - Yahoo News

• Japanse middenklasse dreigt weggespoeld te worden - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Japanese researchers' banana peel study wins Ig Nobel award | The Japan Times

• iPhone 6 Goes on Sale in Japan - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Japanese Minister Tells Mobile Carriers to Cool Price Wars Ahead of iPhone Launch - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Falling Yen Is Weaker Tonic for Japan - WSJ

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 09/19/2014

• Japanese universities increase classes taught in English - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• EDITORIAL: Time running out to scrap nuclear fuel recycling program - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 09/18/2014

• Who stays in a Japanese love hotel? - Telegraph

• Japanese Porn Star Mana Aoki Featured On School Book By Mistake

• In Japan, Traditional Italian Pizza Is Tops - WSJ

• Can Dating Apps Solve Japan's Sex Crisis? | Fast Company | Business + Innovation

• Japan's plutonium stockpile jumped to 47 tons in 2013 | The Japan Times

• Sony forecasts $2B loss as smartphones lag - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 09/17/2014

• Suicide prevention group saves 500th life on Fukui cliffs - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Le Japon fête ses un an sans nucléaire | Greenpeace France

• Japanse politie op zoek naar mensen met minicamera’s in scho... - De Standaard

• Photographer Turns His Lens on Cute and Sassy Alley Cats in Japan

• CD-Loving Japan Resists Move to Online Music - NYTimes.com

• Japan’s first couple push for ‘Womenomics’ in Japanese society | KHON2

• The ghost of Emperor Hirohito | The Japan Times

• Japan planning research whale meeting with both proponents and opponents | The Japan Times

• BBC News - Japan: Parents fork out for fine dining lessons

• The raw appeal of eggs | The Japan Times

• Japanse heilige berg Fuji ligt vol met uitwerpselen - HLN.be

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 09/16/2014

• Geisha finding unlikely patrons in changing times - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Canon developing photo-storage device for easier online sharing - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Sony, the catch-up king

• Magnitude 5.6 earthquake shakes Japan | New York Post

• Japan PM's liberal newspaper critic is humbled by errors - Yahoo News

• Japan 'conveniently' neglects to remember its aggressive past - The China Post

• Japan één jaar zonder kernenergie... en zonder black-out! - Blog op DeWereldMorgen.be

• Japan: 50 years of the bullet train - Telegraph

• Nissan faces battery plant cuts as electric car hopes fade | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 09/15/2014

• How a Tokyo resident found fulfillment in rural Japan - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japanese Yen: Apocalypse Now or Apocalypse Later? | InvestorPlace

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• Japan: More and more, a land of centenarians - Yahoo News

• Japanese women who have escaped from North Korea find little sympathy at home - The Washington Post

• Steeds meer mensen van honderd jaar of ouder in Japan | nu.nl/gezondheid | Het laatste nieuws het eerst op nu.nl

• Tokyo Last-Train-Home Culture Under Fire as Abe Backs Women - Businessweek

• Japan Ranks 40th of 48 Countries in TOEIC Scores - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Sōka Gakkai Founder, Makiguchi Tsunesaburō, A Man of Peace? :: JapanFocus

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 09/14/2014

• All-Japanese families take a chance on international schools | The Japan Times

• More than half of Chinese see war with Japan: Poll - Channel NewsAsia

• Japan's yen for cuties goes beyond Kitty | The Journal Gazette

• Tea Party Politics in Japan - NYTimes.com

• Vleutense brouwerij wint prijs in Japan | RTV Utrecht

• Japanese whaling: Japan to unveil redesigned Southern Ocean program following International Court of Justice ruling - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

• A world of fear for Japan's shut-ins | The Japan Times

• Internet fraud takes a turn for the strange | The Japan Times

• Abe says 'neutral' on whether to raise Japan sales tax to 10 percent | Reuters

• Emperor Showa annals offer details about wartime struggle - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Nishikori receives hero's welcome after U.S. Open run - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Say hello to this creepy virtual sex assault game courtesy of Japan | Metro News

• A world of fear for Japan's shut-ins | The Japan Times

• Abe pressures North Korea at rally for abductees' families | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 09/13/2014

• New Recruit IPO, New Era for Japan? - WSJ

• Index Ranks Japan Asia's Most Efficient Innovator - ABC News

• Railways derailing EU-Japan talks? | EurActiv

• Daily Asahi Shimbun retracts faulty Fukushima story, sacks top editor | The Japan Times

• Centenarians surge for 44th consecutive year | The Japan Times

• Abe recommits to 'womenomics' | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 09/12/2014

• New Cabinet ministers' pasts coming back to haunt Abe | The Japan Times

• LDP trio try to distance themselves from photos taken with neo-Nazi - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• 89,000 still living in temporary housing in Tohoku disaster area - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Edible tableware served in waste-reduction bid | The Japan Times

• Rakuten considering Airbnb-like home rental service in Japan: sources

• Late Fukushima manager flagged risks of Japan's big nuclear plants - Yahoo News

• Long Before Apple Pay, Japan Had ‘Mobile Wallet’ - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Dengue Fever Outbreak Catches Tokyo by Surprise | Nippon.com

• Pijnlijk: minister glimlachend naast Japanse neonazi - Buitenland - De Morgen

• In Japan, grave times for the tombstone trade | Reuters

• Male Japanese porn stars rarer than Bengal tigers, according to Japan's porn king Shimiken - Weird News - News - The Independent

• Binnenkort te koop in Japan: de volledig zwarte hamburger

• Daily Asahi Shimbun retracts faulty Fukushima story, sacks top editor | The Japan Times

• Tesla map shows big plans for China, Japan - MarketWatch

• Japan's Graying Population Needs New Solutions, Not Old Failures - Forbes

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 09/11/2014

• If the Japanese are so clean, why is there so much crap on my beach? | The Japan Times

• More than 90,000 still living in makeshift housing as buildings deteriorate | The Japan Times

• Japan's regulator OKs nuclear plant return while pushing to close old reactors | The Japan Times

• Xbox One verkoopt nauwelijks in Japan | Xbox One Nieuws - XGN

• Le Japon a adopté le paiement sans contact en... 2004, High tech

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 09/10/2014

• Dengue Fever Hits Japan - NYTimes.com

• Frenchman's 'bento' box dream comes true in Kyoto - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 09/09/2014

• FOTO'S Japan steunt tennisheld | Tennis | Telegraaf.nl

• Japan fans deflated but proud as Nishikori dream ends - Yahoo News

• Japan stevent regelrecht op Abegeddon af - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• GDP contraction revised to deeper than estimated 7.1% | The Japan Times

• A year of beer at Tokyo restaurant offering all-you-can-drink Asahi for 12 months | RocketNews24

• Before Pearl Harbor, Japan’s Emperor Cautioned Against War With U.S., Documents Show - NYTimes.com

• La folle "usine à bébés" d'un jeune millionnaire japonais - Le Nouvel Observateur

• Grandma on Feeding Tube Without Consent Symbolizes Japan - Bloomberg

• Two of Abe's new picks deny neo-Nazi links | The Japan Times

• TENNIS/ Nishikori storybook run ends in U.S. Open final - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Half of single-mother households in Japan below poverty line, among worst in OECD rankings - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Quand une île prison devient un exemple économique au Japon

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 09/08/2014

• How NHK Lost Its Way | Nippon.com

• Ministry closes Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden amid dengue fever outbreak | The Japan Times

• Japan is failliet | RTL Nieuws

• Japan PM's new picks deny neo-Nazi links - Yahoo News

• Updating the Civil Code | The Japan Times

• Two trillion becquerels of radioactive material may have escaped No. 1 | The Japan Times

• Two Japanese schoolgirls plunge from apartment building to their death | Mail Online

• 'Spirit' fades for famed Japan animation studio after Miyazaki signs off

• Pachinko parlors court Japan’s youth

• Demographic crisis empties out Japan's countryside - Yahoo News

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 09/07/2014

• Japan starts Pacific 'research' whaling

• Young Japanese job prospects and outlook are bleak

• Man arrested for taking 'normal' picture of woman on train ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Japan's bid for economy driven by women faces big hurdles - Yahoo News

• Tennis Fans Rejoice After Kei Nishikori’s Win Over Novak Djokovic - NYTimes.com

• LDP star Obuchi to lead nuclear debate | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 09/06/2014

• Toyota: Cars will be safer, but still need drivers - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Tokyo closes most of Yoyogi Park after dengue-carrying mosquitoes found | The Japan Times

• New METI chief Obuchi rules out new nuclear power plants | The Japan Times

• Er is een heel simpele oplossing om black-outs te voorkomen: Setsuden!

• Japan loosens China's grip on rare earths supplies

• BBC News - Dyson robot vacuum cleaner revealed in Japan

• WHO | Japan turning a corner in suicide prevention

• Japan is een voorbeeld dat geen navolging verdient - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Japan betaalt de prijs voor jarenlang treuzelen - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Japan's first lady says husband helps with chores - Yahoo News

• Voor het eerst sinds WOII uitbraak van knokkelkoorts in Japan

• Japan new minister says she will visit Yasukuni Shrine | World | Reuters

• “Are… they OK?” Japan National Soccer Team practice video goes viral for their crappy performance | RocketNews24

• Japan's nuclear disaster: Toxic legacy | The Economist

• JAPON • L'art d'instrumentaliser l'opinion anticoréenne | Courrier international

• Can Japan level its problem with vacant buildings? | The Japan Times

• Families fear hundreds left out of abductee debate | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 09/05/2014

• No One Tweets Like the Japanese, and That Was a Huge Problem for Twitter | Enterprise | WIRED

• FCCJ - The Asahi's Costly Admission

• Yuko Obuchi, première femme ministre de l'Économie au Japon

• How Safe is Japan? | Nippon.com

• Sony's secretive new idea division is trying to turn around '20 lost years'

• Power Lunch at Japanese Schools | Nippon.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 09/04/2014

• What an Ex-Yakuza Lieutenant Taught Me About the Type of Job You Should Never Do - IGNITION

• BBC News - Japan PM's official plane 'tracked online'

• Al bijna 50 gevallen van dengue in Japan - HLN.be

• Japan vows to cut suicide rate by 20% over 10 years | World news | theguardian.com

• Japan Seeks to Resume Antarctic Whaling Next Year - ABC News

• Kijk welke ongelofelijke dingen ze met koffie doen, de Japanners

• Abe focuses on stability with new Cabinet lineup | The Japan Times

• Abe matches Koizumi by naming five women to lineup | The Japan Times

• Abe keeps core intact in Cabinet shake-up | The Japan Times

• Quitting Japan, Top Economist Blames Labor Rules - WSJ

• Private Universities in Japan: A Race to the Bottom? | The Diplomat

• Visible minorities are being caught in police dragnet | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 09/03/2014

• Shisaku: Sense And Sensibility In the Cabinet Reshuffle Narrative, Part II

• Shisaku: Sense And Sensibility In The Cabinet Reshuffle Narrative, Part I

• Japan Distills a World-class Whisky Tradition | Nippon.com

• A First Reshuffle for Second Abe Cabinet (September 2014) | Nippon.com

• Hier zijn 23 van de zotste automaten die we zagen in Japan

• Japan wil weer walvissen vangen in Antarctische wateren - Buitenland - De Morgen

• Staying Connected When Visiting Japan: Wi-Fi Access, Prepaid SIM Cards, and Rental Devices | Nippon.com

• Japan's 'Abenomics' feared in trouble as challenges build - Yahoo Finance

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 09/02/2014

• «Mokusatsu», l’erreur de traduction qui a changé le cours de la Seconde Guerre mondiale | Slate.fr

• Tijdelijke opslag voor radioactief afval in Fukushima - Buitenland - De Morgen

• Jeroen Meus bij de sumoworstelaars:

• ANALYSIS: China gets in way of Japan, India agreement - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• On the Finer Points of Baby Talk in Japan | Nippon.com

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• Japon Armées pour le pacifisme - Libération

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 09/01/2014

• BBC News - Nuclear vow at Japan-India talks

• Kuroda And The Japanese Economy - Business Insider

• Japan's economy is stuck in 'no man's land': analyst

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• Drijvende zonnecentrales voor Japan | Duurzaam Bedrijfsleven

• Japan's annual dolphin slaughter begins at Taiji cove | Environment | theguardian.com

• U.N. panel urges Japan to regulate hate speech by law | The Japan Times

• Earthquakes and the Economy | Nippon.com

• Abe faces roadblock this fall | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 08/31/2014

• Strolling Around Old Tokyo | Nippon.com

• LDP finally begins work to stamp out hate speech - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• It's Not Just Hello Kitty: Japan's Character Craze - ABC News

• Fukushima fallout: solidarity turns to resentment in city hosting evacuees | The Japan Times

• Boob Aid: Japan porn queens take part in 24-hour 'squeeze-a-thon' for AIDS charity | The Japan Times

• Japanese soccer club fined for fan's racist gesture - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Indian students still don’t find Japan interesting. Here is why | The Indian Express | Page 99

• Anti-nuclear protesters fear that restrictions on hate speech will also target them - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• The Makioka Sisters | The Japan Times

• Conservative party to submit bill halting welfare for needy foreigners | The Japan Times

• Is it twilight for cram schools? | The Japan Times

• Dealing with addiction: Japan's drinking problem | The Japan Times

• Tokyo's robotic eyes are everywhere | The Japan Times

• Japan: Nuking the news - Al Jazeera English

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