Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 01/22/2015

• Japan is trying to convince ISIL that its hostage death threats are misinformed – Quartz

• Hostage crisis reminds Japan it is a target: analysts - Yahoo News

• Japan Agonizes Over Ways to Free Islamic State Hostages - ABC News

• Japan: No word from ISIS on hostages as deadline draws nearer - CNN.com

• Sony spinoff applies Aibo intelligence to home electricity-measurement system - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Explaining the Japanese meme mocking ISIS (with images, tweets) · reportedly · Storify

• Forty years after Zainichi labor case victory, is Japan turning back the clock? | The Japan Times

• Mount Fuji is 'brown hill,' A-Bomb Dome is 'depressing': Whiners dis Japan's wonders | The Japan Times

• Toyota crowned world's biggest automaker for third year | The Japan Times

• Tokyo in 'race against time' to free Islamic State hostages, Abe says | The Japan Times

• Islamic State likely gave hostage ultimatum knowing difficulty of meeting it | The Japan Times

• Japanese reporter's bid to save friend led to Islamic State abduction

• Ongepast? Japanners reageren met Photoshopgekte op gijzeling landgenoten door IS 

• Bizarre portraits of ISIS-held Japanese hostages emerge - NY Daily News

• IS hostage taking of Japanese shortens Abe trip | News | DW.DE | 21.01.2015

• Official: With time ticking on hostages, Japan wants to communicate with ISIS - CNN.com

• Vandaag: Japan in de ban van lot gegijzelden

• Out of Japan's Nuclear Disaster, New Indoor Farms Grow 100x More Food - The Good News Network

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