Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 11/29/2014

• Abe, LDP becoming prickly with media reporting on Lower House election - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Affligemse kok start frituur in Tokio | HLN Affligem

• China overtakes Japan as world's second-biggest stock market | The Japan Times

• Japanese Paper Regrets Use of Term 'Sex Slaves' - ABC News

• How to say “I love you” in Japanese – 47 different ways 【Videos】 | RocketNews24

• Volcanic Smoke From Japan's Mount Aso Spreads Ash - NBC News.com

• Subway Etiquette Posters From 1970s Japan Are Just as Relevant Today

• Skid Row, Yokohama: Homelessness and Welfare in Japan | Nippon.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 11/28/2014

• Yomiuri, Japan’s biggest newspaper, apologizes for using term ‘sex slaves’ - The Washington Post

• Japan's ruling party accused of shying from election questions | Daily Mail Online

• Japan inflation slows in October, highlights challenge facing Abe

• CNN series 'On the Road' looks at drinks and drums in Japan | The Japan Times

• 'For science’s sake’: Japan insists on whaling despite world condemnation — RT News

• Oh no, osechi! Why don’t young people in Japan like eating traditional New Year’s dishes? | RocketNews24

• FIBA hands down Japan ban; JBA sorry | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 11/27/2014

• Japan as you've never seen it before

• Government, paper makers welcome addition of 'washi' to UNESCO list | The Japan Times

• Why Japan lost its tech edge to Silicon Valley - San Francisco Chronicle

• ‘Money Politics’ in Japan | The Diplomat

• POINT OF VIEW/ Genichiro Takahashi: Japan, a country that allows modern-day slavery - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japanese language group puts compound verbs in one place | The Japan Times

• Japan is running out of economic options | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 11/26/2014

• Japanese Official: It's 'Eco-Imperialism' To Tell Us We Can't Eat Whales

• Can “Womenomics” Save the Japanese Economy? | Nippon.com

• From Japan, the Joy of Minimalism at Home - ABC News

• Japan Is Running Out of Options - Bloomberg View

• For Travellers by Travellers — 11 Quick and Dirty Tricks to Travel Cheaply in...

• Can women really 'shine' under Abe? | The Japan Times

• Abe not laughing after online stunt pokes fun at snap election call | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 11/25/2014

• Japan's Young People Are Really Bummed - Business Insider

• Japan's young fret as unexpected recession hits - Yahoo News

• Japan's Young Fret as Unexpected Recession Hits - ABC News

• Japan: Residents riled by smelly nuts - BBC News

• Baffled by snap election, voters may stay home and erode the mandate Abe seeks | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 11/24/2014

• Why Russia and Japan Are Making Nice | The Diplomat

• Japan sanctioning mass 'slave labor' by duping foreign trainees, observers say | The Japan Times

• Face masks | The Japan Times

• In Tokyo’s sake bars the mood turns grim as weary workers brace for more pain | World news | The Guardian

• North Korea warns of wiping Japan 'off world map' over U.N. resolution | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 11/23/2014

• Japan earthquake collapses homes, causes injuries - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Abe's 'risky' election gambit may backfire, U.S. expert claims | The Japan Times

• Strong earthquake shakes Japan's Nagano area

• Japan hit by strong earthquake - CBS News

• Is happiness worth the risk of addiction? | The Japan Times

• Magnitude-6.8 quake strikes Nagano area, injuring more than 20 people | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 11/22/2014

• Abe laat kiezer oordelen over economisch beleid | NOS

• Rich get richer, poor poorer under mixed results of Abenomics' | The Japan Times

• Jilted hedge funds even more in love with Japan

• Japanese politics: Taking up arms | The Economist

• It’s Official: Japan Will Hold a Snap Election | The Diplomat

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 11/21/2014

• Japan in Recession: Questions to Ask on the Future of Abenomics | Brookings Institution

• ASAHI POLL: Cabinet support rate falls below nonsupport rate after Abe calls snap election - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan woman arrested for 'poisoning husband with cyanide' - BBC News

• Millionaire with seven dead partners arrested over suspicion of poison murder | World news | The Guardian

• With Bad Economic News for Japan, Abe’s Magic Seems to Evaporate - NYTimes.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 11/20/2014

• Japanese woman suspected of killing former husbands, partners | Fox News

• Japan voters to PM Abe: why call an election now?

• Deregulation at heart of Japan's new robotics revolution

• Japan's 2011 earthquake and nuclear disaster still fracturing families - LA Times

• EU to Japan: Drink more beer

• Tokyo department stores to target foreign tourists with lucky bags this New Year | The Japan Times

• Japan's Unfavorable Demographics

• As debt piles up, Japan tries to lock in low borrowing costs

• This May Be the Most Dangerous — and Most Costly — Photo In Japan | VICE News

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 11/19/2014

• Japan's election won't just be a referendum on Abenomics | World news | theguardian.com

• Opposition leaders rip Abe's 'twisted logic' in holding vote on tax hike delay - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• EDITORIAL: Abe's patently self-serving, short-circuited election move - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• NPO Radio 1 - Japanse recessiereeks: ons voorland? - 23:09 18-11-2014

• Japan's economy: About that debt | The Economist

• Choosing Fast and Cheap Over High-End Chic in Yokohama, Japan - NYTimes.com

• Could This Be the End of Reform in Japan? - WSJ

• New repair manual needed for Japan's broken economy

• Beledigende en beschadigende datingtips: #takedownjulienblanc - nrc.nl

• Japan verlaagt doelstellingen walvisvangst | MO*

• Japan zit weer in een krimp - De Standaard Mobile

• Japan needs action, not a general election | The Japan Times

• Actor Ken Takakura, who defined image of yakuza anti-heroes, dies at age 83 | The Japan Times

• Abe to dissolve Lower House on Friday for Dec. 14 election | The Japan Times

• Markets up on Japanese stimulus hopes; Wall Street at new highs

• Calling Early Elections in Japan, Abe Rolls the Dice on the Economy - NYTimes.com

• Abe is banking on getting a new voter mandate | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 11/18/2014

• Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe calls election

• Japan beperkt walvissenjacht - NOS Nieuws

• Japanse premier Abe schrijft verkiezingen uit

• Cinema Star Takakura Ken Passes Away at 83 | Nippon.com

• Japans acteur Takakura Ken overleden (83) - MovieScene

• PLUS | Niet geregistreerd - De Standaard Mobile

• Japan's economy: Shock drop | The Economist

• Japan's economy takes a dive as Abe weighs delay of second tax hike | The Japan Times

• Au Japon, l'effet Abenomics n'a pas eu lieu - L'Express

• Okinawa elects leader determined to halt new US Marine air base - CSMonitor.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 11/17/2014

• BBC News - Japan's economy makes surprise fall into recession

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• Beleid Bank of Japan werkt niet | RTL Nieuws

• Japan Sinks Into Recession (Again) | TIME

• Tokyo shares skid as Japan slips into recession

• Japan Unexpectedly Enters Recession as Abe Weighs Tax Delay - Bloomberg

• Defying Expectations, Japan’s Economy Falls Into Recession - NYTimes.com

• Japan Through the Looking Glass - NYTimes.com

• Japan ruling party candidate loses Okinawa poll, setback for U.S. base move

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 11/16/2014

• Man to sue women's university for rejecting his application, a test of constitutionality - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan's 21st-century tsunami stones | The Japan Times

• Getting a grip on karoshi | The Japan Times

• Right-wing ideologue Ishihara, ex-Tokyo governor, may not run in Lower House election | The Japan Times

• 'Godfather' of Abenomics: Japan's sales tax hike must be delayed - Telegraph

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 11/15/2014

• Japan Inc. still can't help shooting itself in the foot: Bloomberg opinion | OregonLive.com

• U.S. Treasury's Lew urges Japan to use three arrows of policy-official

• As Okinawa prepares to pick new governor, U.S. military bases are on voters’ minds - The Washington Post

• The Comfort Women and Japan’s War on Truth - NYTimes.com

• Japan: Train fans experience super-fast maglev speed - BBC News

• Man likely committed self-immolation to protest Japan’s push to expand defense role - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 11/14/2014

• It May Be Too Late for Japan’s PM to Fix the World’s Third Largest Economy | TIME

• Politics in Japan: Snapping to attention | The Economist

• A Guide to Tokyo, From an Outsider (and Insider) - NYTimes.com

• Fukushima £11bn cleanup progresses, but there is no cause for optimism | Environment | The Guardian

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 11/13/2014

• Should Paul Krugman Apologize To Japan? - Forbes

• Japan's Abe appears to have decided on poll: LDP official to media

• Exclusive: Japan firms overwhelmingly want Abe to delay tax hike - Reuters poll

• Japan's stock market hits 7-year high. Can it last? - Nov. 12, 2014

• Japanese High School Holds

• The case for a more multicultural Japan | Al Jazeera America

• Japan Election Would Risk Clouding Economy Reform Outlook - Businessweek

• Half of Mount Ontake victims killed by erupting volcano in Japan were found clutching phones | Daily Mail Online

• Japan's nuclear cleanup stymied by huge distraction: coping with tons of radioactive water | Fox News

• Boerenbusiness.nl - Boter op rantsoen in Japan door hete zomer

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 11/12/2014

• Japan man self-immolates 'in protest over military shift' - BBC News

• Japan is trying to become a better destination for Muslim tourists

• Japan snap election: a sign Abenomics is crumbling?

• Japan's Abe to postpone tax hike, call December election: media | Reuters

• Japan Abe Aides Preparing for Snap Poll - WSJ - WSJ

• Shinzo Abe Ponders Political Oblivion | SNA Japan

• Japan denied a dram of its winning whisky | The Japan Times

• Despite denial, don't be surprised if Abe calls snap election | The Japan Times

• Japan Abe defends BOJ stimulus, says not aimed at weakening yen

• Can China and Japan ease their tensions? - The Washington Post

• INSIGHT: Praise from Japan, caution from China after Abe-Xi meeting - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 11/11/2014

• China-Japan meeting: Media welcome talks - BBC News

• Japan Tries to Tap Growing Muslim Tourist Market - ABC News

• Preparing for the afterlife | The Wider Image | Reuters

• China, Japan Meet At APEC After More Than 2 Years Of Deep Tensions Over Island Dispute

• Japan maakt werk van alchoholmisbruik - AD.nl

• Abe meets Xi for first China-Japan summit in more than two years | The Japan Times

• 36,000 don't want 'pick-up artist' Julien Blanc to drop in on Japan | The Japan Times

• None for the road: Japan finally takes a sober look at alcohol abuse | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 11/10/2014

• PLUS | Niet geregistreerd - De Standaard Mobile

• Leaders of China and Japan hold first talks

• China's Xi, Japan's Abe hold landmark meeting after awkward handshake | Reuters

• INSIGHT: Japan, China both claim advantage in pre-summit document - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Can Japan Deny Entry To a “Pickup Artist” with a History of Racialized Sexual Violence? | Autostraddle

• Collectible Japanese Performance Cars: Nihon Ahead of the Curve - Forbes

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 11/09/2014

• Japan PM Abe considers sales tax hike delay, snap election: media

• Will they, won't they? Abe-Xi summit hangs in the balance | The Japan Times

• Determining good and evil, with the kids | The Japan Times

• You won't believe the most popular flowers in Japan

• Right-wing witch hunt signals dark days in Japan | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 11/08/2014

• Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011) Articles, Photos, and Videos - Los Angeles Times

• NPO Radio 1 - Japanse whisky verslaat Schotse trots - 09:32 08-11-2014

• China media claim victory after Japan agreement - Channel NewsAsia

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• JTA launches quake and tsunami warning app in English | The Japan Times

• Japanse leiders snakken weer naar kernenergie - De Standaard

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 11/07/2014

• Villa Kujoyama reopening cements France-Japan cultural collaboration | Art and design | The Guardian

• Report: Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota died of drug overdose - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Akkoord voor eerste herstart Japanse kernreactoren

• OK Given to Restart Nuclear Plant in Japan - ABC News

• Chinese coral poachers encroaching on Japanese fishermen | The Japan Times

• Freak Scene: The Public Life of Japan’s Private Eccentrics | Nippon.com

• VOX POPULI: Chinese coral poaching in Japan a sign of broader maritime ambitions? - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 11/06/2014

• Let's ensure no happy returns to Japan for this vile 'dating coach' | The Japan Times

• Prius populairste auto in Japan | NU - Het laatste nieuws het eerst op NU.nl

• Frontman Arsenal giet fascinatie voor Japan in film

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 11/05/2014

• 'Abenomics' struggle to boost Japan's economy - Features - Al Jazeera English

• FCCJ - Sink the Asahi!

• Japanese Wages Continue to Fall in Real Terms - WSJ

• Fresh monetary easing exposes cracks in Japan's growth blitz - Yahoo News

• America Could Learn a Lot From How Japan Listens to Music - Mic

• Japan's star sushi chef warns of raw deal from overfishing ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Japan on the Brink - NYTimes.com

• Storage site for radioactive debris near Fukushima No. 1 is one step closer | The Japan Times

• Abe Cabinet says deal with China preventing Yasukuni visit 'does not exist' | The Japan Times

• Japan set to indefinitely postpone casino legalization: sources | Reuters

• Klachten over de balans werk en privé? In Japan is het pas slecht gesteld - nrc.nl

• In demographically impaired Japan, women still face gender bias - LA Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 11/04/2014

• UPDATE 3-Bank of Yokohama merger plan signals shake-up for Japan's rural lenders

• 'Fireball meteor' seen over western Japan - BBC News

• Scotland loses out as Japanese whisky named best in the world - Telegraph

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• Euforie op Japanse beurs - Beursduivel.nl

• Art of Lacquerware Preserved in Japan - NYTimes.com

• Dementia Crisis Roils Japan as 10,000 Seniors Go Missing - Bloomberg

• Xi, Abe may not meet at APEC summit next week: Xinhua commentary | The Japan Times

• 10 misconceptions Japanese people think foreigners have about Japan | RocketNews24

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 11/03/2014

• Godzilla’s Analog Mayhem and the Japanese Special Effects Tradition | Nippon.com

• Japan's rich Muslim past and present - Al Jazeera English

• Why Japan's fight against deflation may fail - The Economic Times on Mobile

• Strawberry milk-flavoured Pepsi is an actual thing in Japan apparently | Metro News

• Is Japan 2020 stadium too big? In 60 seconds - BBC News

• Cheaper tomorrow? Bank of Japan battles entrenched 'deflation mindset' - Yahoo News

• Japanese chefs earn place in French sun - The Japan News

• Japan's whisky 'best in world': Single malt dubbed a work of 'incredible genius' takes title in 'wake up call' to the Scottish industry  | Daily Mail Online

• Slapen en wandelen in de Japanse Alpen, een hele ervaring! - Honshu centraal, Japan | Reisreporter.nl

• Met Het Oog Op Morgen » Blog Archief » Zaterdag: ouder worden in Japan

• Japanese women still have to choose between career or family - Telegraph

• Tsunami evacuees caught in $30-B Japan money trap | ABS-CBN News

• Weird Japanese girl services: 7 weird and wonderful things just for women - Telegraph

• Wounded Japan PM grapples with tax jinx after BOJ eases - Yahoo News

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 11/02/2014

• Robertson Calls Monetary Policy Like Japan’s ‘Dangerous’ - Bloomberg

• Japan's Princess Masako Makes a Rare Public Appearance : People.com Mobile

• How This Working Man Became Japan's Most Controversial Marathoner

• Gender gap in Japanese labor market still significant: OECD | The Japan Times

• Food heaven: Regional cuisine at hole-in-the-wall restaurants in Japan steals the show - Page2 - The Economic Times on Mobile

• Why Japan Can’t Come to Terms with its Past | Inquirer Opinion

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 11/01/2014

• 'Handelsmissie levert zelden iets op' | Binnenland | de Volkskrant

• Q&A: Why Japan's economy needs more juice - Yahoo News

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• Japanse landbouw te kleinschalig - NOS Nieuws

• Yen daalt scherp na verder verruiming centrale bank Japan | RTL Nieuws

• Does right-wing extremism threaten Japan's democracy? | The Japan Times

• BOJ shocks by expanding stimulus, sending stocks soaring | The Japan Times

• Japan is er klaar mee, Nederland nog niet - Buitenland - TROUW

• DECLINE OF A GIANT: Inflated with success, Sony bungled strategy for flat-screen TV sets - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 10/31/2014

• A second home for foreign correspondents in Japan since 1945 | Tom Benner Reports

• Map of ‘Haunted’ Homes Is Landlords’ Nightmare in Japan - WSJ - WSJ

• Going Viral: Japan's Mania for Masks Is Finally Cool

• Japan faces boom or bust: Chris Taylor Neptune Japan Opportunities Fund - Telegraph

• Special Report: Tsunami evacuees caught in $30 billion Japan money trap

• Apologizing to Japan - NYTimes.com

• Japan remains near bottom of gender gap ranking | The Japan Times

• Kunaicho: verschrikking voor iedere journalist | RTL Nieuws

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