Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/13/2014

• Empress bids farewell to friend and former Belgian Queen Fabiola - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Chronic apathy has economic consequences in Japan - Chicago Tribune

• Japan facing butter shortage as dairy farms dwindle - SFGate

• Japan's Weak Opposition Makes Abe Default Choice - ABC News

• Ten things Japanese people are worrying about ahead of the snap election | World news | The Guardian

• Why Japanese Voters Feel Hopeless - NYTimes.com

• The Reactionary Visionary |

• Japan May Be In A Post-Growth Era, With Or Without Abe : NPR

• The Nanjing massacre: Lest they forget | The Economist

• Abe's base aims to restore past religious, patriotic values | The Japan Times

• Ishikawa aims to become first openly gay member of Lower House | The Japan Times

• What's behind Japan's snap election? - BBC News

• Zaha Hadid calls Japanese architects hypocrites – The Time Out Tokyo blog

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