Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/30/2014

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• Dutch King and Queen welcomed by Japanese Imperial Family | Lifestyle | GMA News Online

• How Japan fell in love with Halloween for adults - MarketWatch

• South Korean Court Orders Japanese Firm Nachi-Fujikoshi to Pay Forced Laborers - NYTimes.com

• After Fukushima, Japan Gets Green Boom _ and Glut - ABC News

• Land Loophole Looks Ever Juicier as Japan Bumps Inheritance Tax - Bloomberg

• NPO Radio 1 - 'Japan moet voorbeeld nemen aan Duitsland' - 18:13 29-10-2014

• Japan: Company Launches 'Solo Weddings' for Single Women

• Koning spreekt in Japan over oorlog - NOS Nieuws

• Invite foreign interns to settle in Japan, think tank says | The Japan Times

• Japanese officials hold second day of talks in Pyongyang | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/29/2014

• Fortune Beckons: Japan’s Lucky Cat Figurines | Nippon.com

• Japan and North Korea meet over abductions | World news | The Guardian

• Nederlandse buurtzorg voor vergrijzing in Japan - NOS Nieuws

• Japan's Rakuten Inc launches cheap smartphone service

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/28/2014

• Japanese Village Grappling With Wartime Sins Comes Under Attack - NYTimes.com

• Is that as good as it gets for Abenomics? | East Asia Forum

• Revival agenda of Japan's Abe challenged as money scandals, economic woes mount | Fox News

• Chefs and scientists team up to make Japanese food even more delicious - The Washington Post

• Abe ministers hit by more scandals | The Japan Times

• Will Volcanic Activity Refuel Japan’s Reactor Restart Concerns? | Uranium Investing News

• Ontake victims mourned a month after eruption as tourism industry scrambles to recover | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/27/2014

• Japan Warns of Increased Activity at Volcano near Nuclear Plant - Scientific American

• Japanese hospitals battle for survival | West Hawaii Today

• Has a Russian sexual predator been on the loose in Hokkaido? : Japan Subculture Research Center

• Le révisionnisme gagne du terrain au Japon - LeTemps.ch

• Japan Meteorological Agency blows volcano eruption forecasts over 80% of the time | The Japan Times

• Moral education's slippery slope | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/26/2014

• Abe downsized, comfort women reprised | The Japan Times

• Video: Japan approves law to allow dancing past midnight - Telegraph

• Japanese man becomes first person to be jailed for making gun with 3D printer - Telegraph

• Blondes have more fun in NHK's morning drama | The Japan Times

• Senior Japan official calls for Abe to delay sales-tax hike

• Spooky tales from beyond the grave | The Japan Times

• Down and out in upscale Japan - Al Jazeera English

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/25/2014

• The foodie traveller … Japan goes gooey for proper pizza | Travel | The Guardian

• Kimono's evolution reflects changing Japan - DailyHerald.com

• In Japan, Fukushima residents are frustrated but resigned - The Washington Post

• The Wrong Way to Revive Japan - Bloomberg View

• Minister Japan declareert SM-bezoek | Spitsnieuws.nl

• Tokyo's Soft Power Problem - NYTimes.com

• Former Japan PM Fukuda to meet China's Xi next week: source

• Japan blighted by zombie housing - FT.com

• 'Clever' Japan firm donates high-tech masks for Ebola fight - Yahoo News

• Japan's party animals closer to dancing the night away

• Japanese carmakers: Lots of oomph | The Economist

• Western media distorts Japan | The Japan Times

• 'No change' in atomic restart policy, says new industry minister | The Japan Times

• 3/11 charges for Tepco execs delayed by three months | The Japan Times

• Cabinet OKs bill to allow all-night dance clubs, subject to lighting levels | The Japan Times

• The Coca-Colonization of Japan by Ian Buruma | The Gallery | The New York Review of Books

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/24/2014

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• ‘Whip it!’ Japanese Prime Minister Abe’s Cabinet Of Horrors - The Daily Beast

• Colossal volcanic eruption could destroy Japan: study - Yahoo News

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/23/2014

• Major Volcanic Eruption Could Make Japan ‘Extinct,’ Study Warns - WSJ

• Train seats designed to end annoyance of outstretched legs - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Media slam Japan over 'comfort women' denial - BBC News

• IMF urges Japan to go ahead with planned tax hike next year

• Support group of Japan's new trade minister spent funds at S&M bar

• Study: 1% chance of catastrophic eruption striking Japan in 100 years - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan's new airliner: Money spinner or money burner? | The Economist

• Mount Fuji hiking fees to be spent partly on safety and conservation projects, prefecture says | The Japan Times

• Prosecutors set to decide whether to indict Tepco execs over nuclear disaster | The Japan Times

• How Japan’s Culture of Apologies Is Teaching Me to Stop Saying ‘I’m Sorry’ All the Time | TIME

• Japan's Chrysanthemums: More Than Symbol of Autumn - ABC News

• Japan's export growth fails to narrow trade deficit - BBC News

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/22/2014

• Japan in the 1950s - In Focus - The Atlantic

• Japan exports rebound, but economy still not out of woods

• Why ‘womenomics’ is the way forward for Japan | East Asia Forum

• Japan to send officials to North Korea for update on abductee investigation

• Japanse rijkaard ziet vermogen hardst groeien - Beursduivel.nl

• How Japan Makes Winter Food Very, Very Cute

• Japanese ‘hate speech’ debate abandoned as insults fly | World news | The Guardian

• Lawmakers in Japan's tsunami-hit region eye casino to hasten recovery

• The Future of Japanese Energy | The Diplomat

• Abe's 'womenomics' is little more than skin deep | The Japan Times

• Japan orders travelers from Ebola nations to report twice daily | The Japan Times

• Hate Speech Debate Gets Ugly, Fast - WSJ

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/21/2014

• Spinnenplaag Japan door verwarmde toiletbrillen | Spitsnieuws.nl

• How an Aesop’s Fable Became a Symbol of Japan’s New Activism - Bloomberg

• Bicultural Japanese baby names can be double the trouble | The Japan Times

• Abe's damage control may have been in time to ward off further woes | The Japan Times

• Two of Abe's female ministers resign over separate scandals | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/20/2014

• Abe names successors to Obuchi, Matsushima - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan's Justice Minister Undone by Cheap Paper Fan - ABC News

• 3D-printed gun maker draws jail term in Japan | PCWorld

• Slowing the Population Drain From Japan’s Regions | Nippon.com

• Abe balances tax rise against economic damage

• First joint drill held for Mt. Fuji volcanic eruption - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Setback for Japan PM as trade minister quits, media say another to resign

• Japan firms want government action if yen weakens: Reuters poll

• Sendai reactors vulnerable to eruptions, state-picked volcanologist warns | The Japan Times

• Abe expected to accept industry minister Obuchi's resignation | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/19/2014

• Japans Sacred Rice Farms Rotting From Inside - NDTV

• Russian Jets Invading Japan Airspace In Record Numbers Over Past Year, Japan Wants To Know Why

• 5 tips for staying healthy while traveling in Japan this winter! | RocketNews24

• A dark force targets youth at their jobs | The Japan Times

• Obuchi scandal bad omen for Abe | The Japan Times

• Japan's trade minister denies plans to quit - Yahoo News

• Japan ministers at Tokyo war shrine despite warming China ties - Yahoo News

• Japan unveils first passenger jet in four decades - Yahoo News

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/18/2014

• 3 Cabinet members visit Yasukuni Shrine as Tokyo tries to improve ties with China - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Nuclear reactors near active volcanos in Japan called unsafe | Fox News

• In blow to Abe, Japan trade minister to resign over funds scandal - media

• Meer dan 100 Japanse parlementsleden bezoeken omstreden Yasukuni-schrijn - De Standaard Mobile

• Japan Cabinet’s Rising Star Hit by Funding Irregularities - WSJ - WSJ

• Japan's timid coverage of Fukushima led this news anchor to revolt — and he's not alone | Public Radio International

• Japan’s economy: Consumptive | The Economist

• Japan, Seeking Revision of Report on Wartime Brothels, Is Rebuffed - NYTimes.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/17/2014

• Japan lawmakers say open to limits on casinos in push for bill's passage

• Japan's trade minister apologises over reports political funds misused

• Ex-US POWs Visit Japan, Recall Horrors of War - ABC News

• Japan must embrace ‘womenomics’ to modernise economy | Women in Leadership | The Guardian

• Japan, Seeking Revision of Report on Wartime Brothels, Is Rebuffed - NYTimes.com

• As Japan eyes nuclear restarts, renewables get shut out of grid

• Abenomics struggles to lift Japan out of economic doldrums | The Miami Herald

• Japan PM Abe sends offering to Yasukuni Shrine for war dead: Kyodo

• Why does Engirsh happen in Japan? | RocketNews24

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• Snow suspends search on Mount Ontake until next year | The Japan Times

• Obuchi is grilled over political funds abuse | The Japan Times

• Chinese Tourists in Japan: Return of the Big Spenders | Nippon.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/16/2014

• Is it time to bid bye-bye to 'haro'? | The Japan Times

• Web page on 'comfort women' donations taken down by Foreign Ministry | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/15/2014

• The Myth of Japanese Remilitarization | The National Interest

• Japan's Nobel win should spur Abe to action | The Japan Times

• The Big Lie Behind Japanese Whaling - NYTimes.com

• Typhoon Vongfong heads off Japan coast; 1 dead, 2 missing

• Cabinet approves state secrecy law guidelines | The Japan Times

• Elderly Japanese women at the top of their game: ministry | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/14/2014

• What It’s Like To Be Half-Japanese | Thought Catalog

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/13/2014

• This Translation App Helps Professionals Traveling in China and Japan

• Legendarisch Okura Hotel in Japanse hoofdstad Tokio tegen de vlakte | Het Financieele Dagblad

• Long-time personal attendant reveals human side of Emperor Showa - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• OECD chief tells Japan to go for second stage of sale tax hike | The Japan Times

• Japan breekt wereldrecord zwaarste vuurwerk - De Standaard Mobile

• Shelters have helped 165 female stalking victims since 2012: survey | The Japan Times

• Japan's Divided Education Strategy - NYTimes.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/12/2014

• Making noise about keeping the decibels down | The Japan Times

• Japan rises to challenge of becoming 'hydrogen society' | The Japan Times

• ‘Bottomless swamp’ of ash on Japan’s Mt. Ontake after surprise eruption that killed at least 55 | National Post

• Selective history: Hirohito's chronicles | The Japan Times

• Japan’s International Tourism Challenge | The Diplomat

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/11/2014

• Japan's Best Kept Secret: Shochu | What is Shochu?

• Gluten kunnen ongemerkt je lichaam slopen

• Can Japan overcome the ‘language barrier’ for foreign workers? | East Asia Forum

• Article 9 campaigners disappointed by Nobel decision | The Japan Times

• PLUS | Niet geregistreerd - De Standaard Mobile

• Japan Is Going Back To Whaling, Calling It 'Scientific' | ThinkProgress

• Ambitious New High-Speed Rail Plan Will Fly Americans To Japan To Use Their Trains | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

• JAPON • Nakamura, le chercheur justicier devenu Prix Nobel | Courrier international

• «Abenomics», un programme qui rate sa cible - LeTemps.ch

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/10/2014

• Beyond Tokyo: Hiking Japan’s Historic Villages and Lush Farmlands

• Google Suffers New Privacy Setback in Japan - WSJ

• Want to give some of your local taxes to charity? In Japan you can | Public Leaders Network | The Guardian

• Tokyo court orders Google to delete search results that implied criminality - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan and China: Edging closer | The Economist

• Chinese media accuse Japanese manga star Doraemon of subverting youth | World news | The Guardian

• The Nobel Peace Prize should not be awarded to the people of Japan - Comment - Voices - The Independent

• How feminism could save Japan from demographic doom - Vox

• Is it time for Japan to get over trying to connect your personality and blood type? | RocketNews24

• Japan PM Abe's growth plan hits new obstacle: Daycare NIMBY - Yahoo News

• 50 Years, 50 Changes: Japan’s Transformation Since Tokyo Olympics - WSJ

• Japan braces as super typhoon Vongfong powers north - Yahoo News

• Tokyo stays fourth in global city ranking | The Japan Times

• The shiny Uniqlo empire has a dark side | Public Radio International

• Nobel laureate says Japan's business culture stifles innovation | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/09/2014

• More Females In Workforce Japan's Saving Grace

• Is Japan’s Economy on the Verge of a Recession? - WSJ

• Tsunami, not Quake, Seen as Main Cause of Fukushima Accident - WSJ

• Japanse meloenen naar Europa?

• China media criticise 'growing' US-Japan military ties - BBC News

• Ambitious female scientists leave Japan to escape ‘male domination’ | News | Times Higher Education

• Japanese mothers react to being called by their first names after years of just being “Mama” | RocketNews24

• Suicide in Japan | Nippon.com

• Les pôles magnétiques terrestres peuvent s’inverser brutalement | Passeur de sciences

• Nobel-Winning Scientist Was Japanese Salaryman Who Fought Employer - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Biased pamphlet bodes ill for left-behind foreign parents outside Japan | The Japan Times

• Fukushima No. 1 plant workers kept in the dark over hazard pay | The Japan Times

• 69 Years Ago: US Suppressed Shocking Footage on Atomic Bombings of Japan

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/08/2014

• Abe aide suggests new paper will nullify Kono statement on ‘comfort women’ - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• How Japan's Article 9 was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize | The Japan Times

• U.S. Experts Challenge Abe View of ‘Comfort Women’ - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Japanese media fall behind Western journalists in criticism of racism - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Ultimate Japan Wagyu beef guide | Travel - Home

• Adventures in ramen: Japan's soup scene

• Japan's Deadly Ontake Volcano Seen From Space | WIRED

• A stroll through Nishiki, Kyoto's favorite food market | The Japan Times

• Abenomics' women problem | The Japan Times

• Japanese win Nobel Prize in physics for blue LEDs | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/07/2014

• 3 Japanese scientists shine brightly with Nobel Prize in Physics for blue LED - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Saving the smiles of Japan's quake survivors

• Nobelprijs natuurkunde naar Japanse uitvinders LED-lamp | Nobelprijzen | de Volkskrant

• The Economist explains: The mystery of Japan’s sluggish exports | The Economist

• Typhoon heads out to sea, leaving at least one dead | The Japan Times

• What 50 Years of Bullet Trains Have Done for Japan - Atlantic Mobile

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/06/2014

• Japan Wrongly Blames U.S. For Repressive Japanese Secrecy Law

• Popularity of shrine weddings in Shimane rises with princess’s marriage - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• BBC News - Deadly Typhoon Phanfone heads out of Tokyo

• Nippon.com on Twitter: "Red weather warnings related to Typhoon Phanfone cover much of central Japan. http://t.co/AiqFeHiXxp http://t.co/hqfvagO1y6"

• Families run into twin 'walls' as they seek after-school care | The Japan Times

• Princess Noriko marries son of Izumo Taisha priest, relinquishes royal status | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/05/2014

• POINT OF VIEW/ David A. Welch: The dangerous false fear of Japanese militarism - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Women joining hands to combat 'maternity harassment' at work - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Typhoon Phanfone bears down on Japan

• Japan volcano victims leave photos of last moments - Yahoo News

• Tourists may not warm to Japan's welcome | The Japan Times

• New tax exemption system for foreign visitors to Japan starts today! | RocketNews24

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/04/2014

• Could Fuji be the next volcano to blow? | The Japan Times

• Wife shows photos taken by Mt. Ontakesan climber before his death - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japanese parliament sees red over minister’s scarf worn in chamber — RT News

• 6 English-Language Blogs to Help You Better Understand Japan · Global Voices

• As Easy As ABC? English Education in Japan | The Diplomat

• Japan: A Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing | The Diplomat

• Japan's Tragic Wake-Up Call - Bloomberg View

• Inheritance tax in Japan may not be the burden you imagined | The Japan Times

• SoftBank, Legendary Entertainment agree on strategic tie-up | The Japan Times

• Hague treaty returns two children to Japan | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/03/2014

• Albert Edwards Says Watch Japanese Yen and Be Very, Very Afraid - Bloomberg

• Typhoon 'threatens Japanese GP' - BBC Sport

• Japan's Obuchi: Political 'princess' could be first female PM

• Japan's struggle with women in powerful positions | abc13.com

• Swiss court sends child back to Japan under mom's Hague treaty request | The Japan Times

• Tokyo Camii: Japan’s Biggest Mosque | Nippon.com

• The Economist explains: Why Japan's high-speed trains are so good | The Economist

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/02/2014

• Risks to 'Abenomics' growing, whether Japan PM raises tax or not - Yahoo Finance

• Typhoon Phanfone threatens Japanese GP | Japan Grand Prix | Sky Sports Formula 1

• Japan’s Defense Ministry Has Been a Godawful Mess — War Is Boring — Medium

• Abe Seen Likely to Visit War Shrine Again While in Office - Businessweek

• Abe: No plan right now to replace Kono statement - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• What 110 Yen to the Dollar Means for Japan’s Consumers - Bloomberg

• Risks to 'Abenomics' growing, whether Japan PM raises tax or not

• In Japan, Fear and Panic as a Revered Peak Explodes - NYTimes.com

• IN PHOTOS: Powerful images as Japanese volcano Mount Ontake erupts - National | Globalnews.ca

• 9 Ways Japan Can Better Tell Its Story to the World | The Diplomat

• 'Abenomics' colors Japan's art market after years of pallid returns | The Japan Times

• The achievements of Takako Doi | The Japan Times

• Mount Ontake death toll rises to 47, making it Japan's worst volcanic disaster in almost 90 years | The Japan Times

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• Japan unveils 'anti-loneliness' hugging chair

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/01/2014

• Rescue workers describe exhaustion, fears on Mt. Ontakesan - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan volcano death toll hits 48 as new bodies found - Yahoo News

• Don Quijote leads Japan tourism push to rake in sales

• No One’s Party | SNA Japan

• Why Japan's beaches are deserted - despite the sunshine - BBC News

• Tesla Breaks into Japan - Forbes

• The Mount Ontake eruption | The Japan Times

• Eruption of Mt. Ontakesan puts officials around Mt. Fuji on edge - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Tokyo Disney Resorts to introduce plethora of new attractions for 2015 | RocketNews24

• Japanese ministry's child abduction pamphlet shows white father hitting child

• The death penalty in Japan: Hanging tough | The Economist

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• Japan's throwaway children - Al Jazeera English

• 'Abenomics' goed voor Japanse kunst

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 09/30/2014

• More gloomy data casts doubt on Japan recovery - Yahoo News

• Could Fuji be the next volcano to blow? | The Japan Times

• Rescue workers recovering bodies on Mount Ontake after deadly eruption | The Japan Times

• Japan, N. Korea Discuss Abductions of Japanese - ABC News

• Mount Ontake barst uit: waarom zag niemand dat aankomen?

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