Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 01/24/2015

• Obesity a growing problem among children in Fukushima - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• TEPCO to rely on cosmic beams to glimpse melted fuel inside Fukushima reactors - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Did Japan Botch ISIS Hostage Deal? - The Daily Beast

• Japan Awaits Hostages’ Fate After Islamic State Deadline Passes - Bloomberg

• Japan vows to 'never give up' search for Islamic State hostages - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

• Japanese PM’s ‘Triple Disaster’ Response to ISIS Ransom Demands · Global Voices

• Japan's silly response to ISIS propaganda did what the U.S. government couldn't

• Isil Kidnappings Trigger Debate Japan Global Role | Al Jazeera America

• Nobel Prize-winner Shuji Nakamura to Japan’s young people: “Get out of Japan” | RocketNews24

• In Japan, some blame the victims for Islamic State hostage crisis

• Why Japan Lacks Sympathy for the Hostages Held by ISIS | TIME

• Tourists tempted by paid, free Wi-Fi access campaigns | The Japan Times

• Fate of Japanese hostages unknown as ISIS deadline apparently passes - CNN.com

• Abe briefing paper rules out Japan strike on Islamic State

• Japan: No longer Asia's fastest-aging nation?

• Geschokt Japan ziet onthoofding tegemoet - NRC Handelsblad van vrijdag 23 januari 2015

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