Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/18/2016

• 'As We Saw Them': Masao Miyoshi and the dawn of U.S.-Japan relations | The Japan Times

• Big in Japan? Faux Trump ad video goes viral | The Japan Times

• Absolutism: an acceptable price to pay for order | The Japan Times

• How Trump fares in Japan's tabloids | The Japan Times

• Japan's first lady, Akie Abe, speaks her own mind | The Japan Times

• Nation's 18- and 19-year-olds prepare to vote | The Japan Times

• Japan atomic bomb survivors criticise Obama's Hiroshima speech ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Japan: A Future Of Stagnation | Markets | Minyanville's Wall Street

• Government expresses 'urgency' over yen's 6% gain this month | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/17/2016

• Japan finance minister says deeply concerned about yen rise, vows urgent response | The Fiscal Times

• U.S. Navy eases alcohol ban for sailors in Japan - CNNPolitics.com

• Under fire, Watami pub chain gives in, agrees to union：The Asahi Shimbun

• Another one bites the dust | The Economist

• Yokohama No. 3 on list of atomic bomb targets, documents show：The Asahi Shimbun

• Is it Time for a Woman to Run Tokyo?

• Japan stocks recover as yen steadies - BBC News

• U.S. Navy lifts temporary drinking ban on its sailors in Japan | Reuters

• Tepco chief likely banned use of 'meltdown' under government pressure: report | The Japan Times

• Yen soars and Nikkei tumbles as Bank of Japan rejects further stimulus

• Japanese city helps women freeze eggs to boost birth rate - BBC News

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/16/2016

• Even after resigning, Masuzoe won’t explain scandal：The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan's share market defies global sell-off - BBC News

• Masuzoe throws in the towel | The Japan Times

• Masuzoe's departure will cost Tokyo residents ¥5 billion for new election | The Japan Times

• Who's watching whom in Japan? It's a state secret | The Japan Times

• Japan tourism hits new record; government to let hotels expand floor space | The Japan Times

• These 360 Videos Show the Aftermath of Japan’s April Earthquake | Motherboard

• Japanese train that has WINDOWS instead of walls offers views of its volcanic landscape | Daily Mail Online

• 'Master of Disaster' Builds Case for Airbnb in Japan - Bloomberg

• Japan travel agency fears leak of 7.93 million records, passport deets • The Register

• LGBT support grows among Japan schools | The Japan Times

• Line’s IPO Revives Galapagos Syndrome

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/15/2016

• Japan says Chinese surveillance vessel entered its waters

• Japan: 13 Things You Need to Know Before You Go

• Quake-hit town in Kumamoto opens first batch of temp housing units | The Japan Times

• 'Corpse hotels' offer dignity for the dead as Japan's crematoriums struggle to keep up | The Japan Times

• Personal info on 7.93 million people may have been leaked by Japan's biggest travel agency | The Japan Times

• What are the chances of a mass shooting in Japan? | The Japan Times

• 'Human remains' found in Japan bear shot after four attacks - BBC News

• Japanese police begin crackdown on coerced sex in the porn industry - LA Times

• Grote oploop bij Japans festival met virtualreality-porno - RTL Nieuws

• Tokyo governor, facing no-confidence vote, likely to resign | The Japan Times

• Only In Japan: Baseball Stadium Beer Girls | VinePair

• Repairing U.S.-Japan Ties on Okinawa - WSJ

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/14/2016

• Japan's yen - the unlikely investment haven - BBC News

• For 'overtime refugees,' home is where the heart isn't | The Japan Times

• What are the chances of a mass shooting in Japan? | The Japan Times

• Free Wi-Fi coming to McDonald’s Japan branches | RocketNews24

• Kiwi captain's Otaru canal tours are popular with visitors | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/13/2016

• Why Being Cute in Japan Won’t Help Line Abroad - WSJ

• 4 People Died in Apparent Bear Attacks in Northern Japan - ABC News

• Street artists in Japan try to wipe out conservative views toward graffiti | The Japan Times

• Japan's Nikkei falls 3.5% as yen strengthens - BBC News

• Japan fund managers get bearish on Abenomics: Survey

• House Parties Could Be Big in Japan if People Knew How to Throw Them - WSJ

• Weleens 10 katten in een kinderwagen gezien? - VK Magazine

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/12/2016

• Graffiti writers told to clean up act on Tottori Sand Dunes：The Asahi Shimbun

• Abenomics' failure and the curse of 'Japanization' | The Japan Times

• No guarantees: the struggle of being old and alone in Japan | The Japan Times

• Foreigners illegally working on farms in Japan increases sharply | The Japan Times

• MSDF emerges as option to help coast guard protect Senkakus | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/11/2016

• U.S. sailors allowed off Japan bases; booze ban remains - CNNPolitics.com

• Japanse chat-app Line naar de beurs voor 5 miljard - rtlz.nl

• Chiba municipality to offer young women subsidies to freeze their eggs | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/10/2016

• Chinese tourists search far and wide for Japan’s rare whiskies - FT.com

• While you may be safe in Japan, your umbrella probably isn’t — Quartz

• Is the Eiken doing Japan's English learners more harm than good? | The Japan Times

• Japan’s Harajuku Station to be rebuilt ahead of 2020 Tokyo Olympics | RocketNews24

• Japan's high school kids cautious and lacking confidence compared with peers overseas, poll shows | The Japan Times

• First Chinese warship to skirt Senkakus triggers protest from Tokyo | The Japan Times

• Why Japan Is the Most Running-Obsessed Culture in the World - Men's Journal

• Meet Japan's first female warship captain

• A Tour of Tokyo's Bookstores

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/08/2016

• Why does Japan accept so few refugees? - BBC News

• JR East to rebuild Tokyo's Harajuku Station amid tourism boom | The Japan Times

• JAPON : L'inemuri, ou la culture de la sieste-minute - Clique.tv

• Evacuation advisory to be lifted for most of Iitate, Fukushima, next March 31 | The Japan Times

• Radioactive soil to be used in base layer for new roads | The Japan Times

• Most new Japanese voters find party policies hard to grasp | The Japan Times

• Japan's conflicted art of World War II | The Japan Times

• Achtergelaten Japans jongetje vond bossen 'eng' | NU - Het laatste nieuws het eerst op NU.nl

• Is the Japan-Russia Honeymoon Over Before It Even Began? | The Diplomat

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/07/2016

• Japan Fukushima thyroid cancer patient is first to speak out - CBS News

• Will US Navy′s alcohol ban in Japan soothe public anger? | Asia | DW.COM | 07.06.2016

• Missing Hokkaido boy discharged from hospital, ending 10-day drama | The Japan Times

• Italian priest imprisoned in 18th century may have been influential in Japan's development | The Japan Times

• Parents of boy abandoned in Hokkaido won't face neglect charge | The Japan Times

• U.S. Navy bans drinking for personnel in Japan following drunk driving incident | Miami Herald

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/06/2016

• Navy imposes new liberty, booze restrictions in Japan - Pacific - Stripes

• As Abenomics struggles, Japan PM pushes 'equal pay' to lift economy | Reuters

• Japon : le petit Yamato, un cas d'école ? - Le Point

• Donald Trump asked about Japan nuclear weapons position

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/05/2016

• Landmark dyslexia event in Yokohama aims to educate and inspire | The Japan Times

• Japan's police still unfettered by the law, or the truth | The Japan Times

• Rainy season declared in central, western Japan, Kyushu | The Japan Times

• Japan to encourage government workers to go home early in summer | The Japan Times

• Beer essentials: The craft beer boom in Japan shows no sign of running dry | The Japan Times

• There's no hiding in Japan's toilets | The Japan Times

• PressTV-‘N Korean ship docks at Japan port’

• The struggles of a local sumo hero | The Japan Times

• Japan Today

• NSA whistleblower Snowden says U.S. government carrying out mass surveillance in Japan | The Japan Times

• Japan baffled by the intricacies of LGBT issues | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/04/2016

• That Japanese Man Yuta uses YouTube to show us what Japan really thinks | The Japan Times

• Energy in Japan: Is a Post-Nuclear Future Sustainable? | Asia Society

• Students visit Tokyo mosque to get unbiased glimpse of Islam | The Japan Times

• Why Japanese will pay a fortune for luxury chocolates | The Japan Times

• Case of missing boy receives mix of sympathy and criticism from residents, experts | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/03/2016

• The extraordinary survival of the boy left in a Japanese forest | World news | The Guardian

• 'Japanse ouders zijn normaal niet zo streng' | NOS

• Hij had geluk en hij was slim: zo overleefde de Japanse jongen in het woud | Japan | De Morgen

• Uber Finds a Niche in Japan - Fortune

• Researchers find high-grade gold ore in waters south of Tokyo | The Japan Times

• Japan ranked most popular spot for international conferences in Asia for fourth consecutive year | The Japan Times

• Obama reworked Hiroshima speech many times in bid to find right balance | The Japan Times

• Obama's Hiroshima visit the culmination of delicate diplomatic dance | The Japan Times

• The Quest to Revise Japan’s Constitution | The Diplomat

• Bones of 18th-century Italian priest shed new light on Japan's Christian past | Public Radio International

• The Japan syndrome - Livemint

• The lost boy and Japan’s parenting debate - BBC News

• Missing boy Yamato Tanooka is found alive after six nights in forest | World news | The Guardian

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/02/2016

• Schadevergoeding Mitsubishi aan Chinese dwangarbeiders WOII | Buitenland | de Volkskrant

• Don't Underestimate Japan's Consumers - Bloomberg Gadfly

• After 5 Days, No Clues About Missing Boy in Japan - ABC News

• Japan's TV stations tapping tourism boom, reaching out overseas | The Japan Times

• Why Obama Is Shinzo Abe’s Enabler - NYTimes.com

• Two Japanese arrested over massive ATM heist | The Japan Times

• Why was Nagasaki nuked? | The Japan Times

• Diet scraps dated marriage-ban law as session wraps up | The Japan Times

• As voters welcome Japan's tax-hike delay, experts warn on costs | The Japan Times

• Japanese military joins hunt for boy abandoned in Hokkaido forest by parents - CBS News

• Japan’s Delayed Tax Increase Shows ‘Abenomics’ Is Sputtering - WSJ

• Japan's Ultra-Polite Taxi Drivers Are Worried Uber Will Undermine Traditions | Motherboard

• Japan Stocks Drop as Abe’s Lack of Stimulus Details Disappoints - Bloomberg

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/31/2016

• 'Spotify maakt zich op voor lancering Japan' - Telecompaper

• Het wordt er niet beter op in Japan | BNR Nieuwsradio

• Quake victims in Kumamoto still stay in garages, greenhouses：The Asahi Shimbun

• Rescuers Struggle For Clues In Search For Boy Left In Forest By Parents - NDTV.com

• In Japan, the Ainu language is largely unknown and unloved, but linguists are fascinated by its mysteries | Public Radio International

• La banalité du harcèlement sexuel au Japon, dans les bureaux comme en politique

• Cool Biz energy-saving campaign kicks off | The Japan Times

• Japan shedding 1940s morality by relaxing rules on nightclubs | The Japan Times

• Obama visit highlighted differences in Japan and U.S. over 'an apology' | The Japan Times

• Science Council of Japan considers overturning long-held opposition to military research | The Japan Times

• Japan on Alert After Threat of Potential North Korean Missile Launch - ABC News

• Hate speech in Japan

  Hate speech in Japan

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/30/2016

• 11 Spots You Need to Visit as a Photographer in Tokyo - ONWARD

• Jumpei Yasuda: Japan believes hostage photo is genuine - BBC News

• To be a female politician in Japan, sometimes you have to put up with being groped by voters — Quartz

• Abe tells party official Japan will delay tax hike by two-and-a-half years - Yahoo Finance

• Japan parents left missing boy in woods 'as punishment' - BBC News

• Opposition demands Abe's head in event of tax-hike deferral | The Japan Times

• ​The flags of their fathers - CBS News

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/29/2016

• We reizen alsmaar verder: Japan in de lift, Tunesië keldert - HLN.be

• Mystery shrouds origin of the ubiquitous V sign | The Japan Times

• 'Neighborhood Tokyo' dispels myths about the megacity | The Japan Times

• Poverty and boredom gnaw at Japan | The Japan Times

• Shooting the messenger: journalism under siege in Japan | The Japan Times

• Obama Hiroshima visit draws mixed reviews | The Japan Times

• Watertanden bij... namaakgerechten - Radar - KnackWeekend Mobile

• US military in Japan agrees to restrict troops' movements after Okinawa murder | Fox News

• Shooting the messenger: journalism under siege in Japan | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/28/2016

• EDITORIAL: After Hiroshima, Obama needs to follow up with specific actions：The Asahi Shimbun

• A-bomb victims in Nagasaki offer mixed views on visit by Obama：The Asahi Shimbun

• Bombing Hiroshima changed the world, but it didn't end WWII - LA Times

• Japan rouwt om heengaan van oudste olifant

• Americans React To Obama's Speech In Hiroshima, Japan : NPR

• President Greets Survivors at Ceremony - The New York Times

• Obama makes history, confronts past in Hiroshima | The Japan Times

• Obama Thanks Iwakuni Personnel, Talks of Bridging U.S.-Japan Differences > U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE > Article View

• Lost in Translation: ‘Let's Drink. Get Drunk!’ Will Japan ever get the hang of English?

• The Silencing of Japan’s Free Press | Foreign Policy

• U.S. Marines briefing links crimes to 'gaijin power'; for Okinawans, 'it pays to complain' | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/27/2016

• Obama: Let’s find the courage to pursue world free of nukes：The Asahi Shimbun

• Hiroshima : « Il est inacceptable que la bombe atomique puisse encore exister sur cette terre »

• Japanese swoon over Canada's 'hunky' Prime Minister Justin Trudeau | The Japan Times

• At Hiroshima Memorial, Obama Says Nuclear Arms Require ‘Moral Revolution’ - NYTimes.com

• Économie mondiale : Le Monde.fr pour mobiles

• Barack Obama à Hiroshima : « Il y a 71 ans, la mort est tombée du ciel »

• Survivors Recount Horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - NYTimes.com

• Text of President Obama’s Speech in Hiroshima, Japan - NYTimes.com

• Obama roept in Hiroshima op tot minder kernwapens - NRC

• Terecht zal Obama in Japan geen excuses maken voor Hiroshima - Elsevier.nl

• A Japan atomic bomb survivor remembers the Nagasaki attack

• Korean Air evacuates plane at Japan's Haneda airport after engine smoke | Reuters

• Obama à Hiroshima, une visite sous le signe de « la poursuite de la paix »

• Obama's visit to Japan goes off-script for Abe - CNN.com

• Japan’s notoriously ruthless criminal justice system is getting a face lift — Quartz

• When It Comes To Fiscal Policy, Japan Is No Role Model

• PLUS | Niet geregistreerd - De Standaard Mobile

• 'Japan wil vooral dat Obama ziet hoe vreselijk een atoombom is' | NOS

• Japan Fails in Bid to Have G-7 Warn of Global Crisis Risk - Bloomberg

• Japan's Abe may delay sales tax hike by two years: media | Reuters

• Les Japonais et la mémoire brûlante de Hiroshima

• Korean Air jet catches fire at Haneda, forcing evacuation | The Japan Times

• In Hiroshima, Obama will offer a chance for reconciliation that is fraught on all sides - The Washington Post

• The Guardian view on Obama in Hiroshima: facing a nuclear past, not fixing a post-nuclear future | Editorial | Opinion | The Guardian

• Here's why Obama decided to go to Hiroshima - CNNPolitics.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/26/2016

• Japan prime minister warning about 'Lehman-scale crisis'

• Legal Inside Information Used for Years in Japan Is Suddenly Taboo - Bloomberg

• Obama’s Japan Visit Starts With Apology–Although Not For Hiroshima

• Nuclear-free aims of Obama, Abe conflict with messy reality：The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan hoopt dat Obama komt om te leren - NRC

• Afwijkend gedrag in Japan loont|Lodewijk van der kroft| Telegraaf.nl

• Japanese troops 'accidentally' fire dozens of live rounds at each other in botched training exercise

• Japan's prime minister scolds Obama at the G7

• Japanese leader lashes out at Obama over 'despicable' murder case | TheHill

• G7 in Japan: concern over world leaders' tour of nationalistic shrine | World news | The Guardian

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/25/2016

• Obama's Hiroshima trip parachutes him into history disputes

  Obama's Hiroshima trip parachutes him into history disputes

• Obama arrives in Japan after 'rapping' up visit to Vietnam - Washington Times

• Justin Trudeau's First-Ever Trip To Japan As Prime Minister Of Canada | MTL Blog

• Japan's Abe visits Shinto holy site before G7 summit | Daily Mail Online

• 11 millions d’euros retirés frauduleusement en moins de 3 heures partout au Japon

• Diet passes Japan's first law to curb hate speech | The Japan Times

• Diet passes legislation to revamp Japan's criminal justice system | The Japan Times

• President Obama's balancing act during visit to Japan (+video) - CSMonitor.com

• Here’s What Happened During the First U.S. Presidential Trip to Japan | TIME

• Tectonic plate quake-trigger spots accumulating in Nankai Trough | The Japan Times

• Shikoku pilgrimage booming among foreign visitors ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/24/2016

• Robot bars and ghostly superstitions make Japan a travel experience like no other - Mirror Online

• Werkzaamheden aan Japanse kerncentrale Fukushima stilgelegd tijdens G7 - HLN.be

• Some Japanese teens in poverty have no choice but prostitution：The Asahi Shimbun

• The secret joy of being a Japanese woman (no, really) | The Japan Times

• 'Economisch beleid Japan werkt niet' - rtlz.nl

• Why are some politicians impervious to facts? | The Japan Times

• What's mine is yours: build bridges by sharing cultures | The Japan Times

• Anti-stalking law under fire after stabbing of Japanese idol singer | The Japan Times

• Japanese activist groups call on Abe to boost support for Syrian refugees | The Japan Times

• Japan ATM scam using fraudulent cards nets $12.7m - BBC News

• Japanese pop star in critical condition after knife attack by fan | World news | The Guardian

• Cool Japan or Coal Japan?

• Has Abenomics Been Good for Japan? - Bloomberg

• Prime Minister of Japan will Take G7 Leaders to the Renowned Shinto Shrine at Ise - World Religion News

• Horrific Persecution of Japan's Early Christians Revealed in New Book, 'Christ's Samurai'

• Why Japan's luxury marques pursue controversial styling | LeftLaneNews

• Security tightens in Tokyo and Mie ahead of summit | The Japan Times

• Convenience store ATM heist sees ¥1.4 billion stolen in two hours across Japan | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/22/2016

• Do Japan's porn actresses and actors have labor rights? | The Japan Times

• Japanese artist's beautiful macabre tattoos - BBC News

• 'Christ's Samurai' is an account of the days when Japan went to war with Christianity | The Japan Times

• Putin says Russia will not sell isles to Japan | The Japan Times

• Obama expected to mention 'special responsibility' U.S. bears over Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings | The Japan Times

• Whither the taxi in a withering Japan? | The Japan Times

• Wrath awaits Japanese women who shun their childbearing 'destiny' | The Japan Times

• Female idol stabbed multiple times by purported fan at event in western Tokyo: police | The Japan Times

• Shikoku's 'path less traveled' is busier than ever | The Japan Times

• President Obama's Trip To Vietnam and Japan: Five Things To Watch - ABC News

• What to expect ahead of Obama’s visit to Japan | PBS NewsHour

• Japan uses G7 to shine light on often overlooked Mie Prefecture

• apologizes over murder of Okinawa woman

  apologizes over murder of Okinawa woman

• Japan's top three insurers see Kumamoto quake payout at Y19 bil

  Japan's top three insurers see Kumamoto quake payout at Y19 bil

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/21/2016

• Japan's opposition party mocked over logo which appears to show man groping someone's rear | Daily Mail Online

• Japan Won’t Depopulate Quietly Into The Night | The Diplomat

• Japan Unveils Beautiful New Passport Design

• This New Logo for Japan’s Democratic Party Looks a Little Naughty | TIME

• OECD's chief economist urges Japan to consider alternative rollout for sales tax hike | The Japan Times

• Japan laat 150 Syriërs toe als 'uitwisselingsstudenten' - HLN.be

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/20/2016

• Hibakusha: Obama apology nice, but priority is disarmament：The Asahi Shimbun

• Rebuilding bridges | The Economist

• Japan's Democratic Party reveals new logo to cries of plagiarism and indecency | The Japan Times

• Putin may visit in December, meet Abe in Yamaguchi | The Japan Times

• Japan’s demand for seafood declines, especially among young generation: report

  Japan’s demand for seafood declines, especially among young generation: report

• Japan's Empty Bow

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/19/2016

• Tearful Koizumi backs U.S. vets suing over 2011 nuclear disaster：The Asahi Shimbun

• Ze komen uit Japan om pralines te leren maken bij deze Gente... - Het Nieuwsblad Mobile

• Brusselse Bloementapijten in Japan - Bloem en Blad | Vakblad voor de bloemendetailhandel

• Is Japan klaar voor The Big One? - NRC

• Suzuki Says Used Wrong Fuel Economy Tests in Japan

• Mitsubishi Motors President to Resign as Japan Auto Scandal Engulfs Suzuki - WSJ

• Former Prime Minister Koizumi backs U.S. sailors suing over Fukushima radiation | The Japan Times

• Japanese economy avoids recession - BBC News

• Japan PM Abe: No change to plan of raising sales tax

• The Secrets of the Lawson Copy Machine | All About Japan

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/18/2016

• 'Many suffer but no one talks about it': the rise of eating disorders in Japan | World news | The Guardian

• Naschoolse Activiteiten In Japan – Kyoto, Japan | Columbus Travel

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/17/2016

• Magnitude-5.5 quake rattles Tokyo; experts warn more temblors possible | The Japan Times

• G-7 summit may put Japan's depopulation woes in limelight | The Japan Times

• Tokyo 2020 Bid Leader Questioned in Japan's Parliament - ABC News

• Laat je inspireren door Japanse interieurinrichting - bouwenwonen.net

• Artist’s photos from early 1900s Japan are little windows into another world 【Photos】 | RocketNews24

• Japan's coal-fired plants 'to cause thousands of early deaths' | World news | The Guardian

• Le publicitaire Dentsu tire-t-il les ficelles des médias japonais ? | InaGlobal

• The Girl’s Guide to Decluttering and Hunting (in that order) | Japan Subculture Research Center

• Sotsukon : une alternative au divorce au Japon – Modes de vie

• In Japanese, the past tense is present where and when you least expect it | The Japan Times

• While Tokyo counts fewer homeless in daytime, advocacy group finds higher numbers at night | The Japan Times

• South Korea, Japan to join U.S. for missile-defense exercise - CNN.com

• Foreign LGBT people feel comfortable in Japan, although problems include lack of spouse visa | The Japan Times

• Night Scenes in Japan (Photos) | Nippon.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/16/2016

• Why It’s Hard to Shatter Japan’s Glass Ceiling

• Strong Quake Shakes Eastern Japan; No Tsunami Danger - ABC News

• South Korea, U.S., Japan plan drills to track N. Korean missiles

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/15/2016

• Japan Coast Guard takes action to keep women from quitting | The Japan Times

• Time for Japan to accept the consequences of a shrinking population | afr.com

• Take Two | The complicated history of racial representation in Japanese media | 89.3 KPCC

• .S. expert questions if Japan applying 2011 lessons at Kumamoto

  .S. expert questions if Japan applying 2011 lessons at Kumamoto

• Abe can't break out of tunnel vision | The Japan Times

• ver 10,000 people still in shelters one month after Kumamoto quakes

  ver 10,000 people still in shelters one month after Kumamoto quakes

• She’s cute, but… Three types of girls to watch out for when dating in Japan【Video】 | RocketNews24

• 'Sayonara' reveals the complexity of Western fantasies about Japan | The Japan Times

• 'Love hotels' targeted for conversion to meet lodging shortage | The Japan Times

• Obama's Hiroshima visit sparks 'what if' questions | The Japan Times

• Has pacifism always been doomed to fail in Japan? | The Japan Times

• There's no escape from big data's eye | The Japan Times

• Cracks appear in media's view of disasters | The Japan Times

• Kumamoto faces a host of challenges a month after first quake | The Japan Times

• VOX POPULI: History lesson in museum raises the question: Whither Japan?：The Asahi Shimbun

• Travel agency cancels offer to fly with Tokyo student in 'book of beautiful girls' | World news | The Guardian

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/14/2016

• Obama's Hiroshima trip rekindles decades-old controversies：The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan Has a Kit Kat for Every Taste, and Then Some - NYTimes.com

• Rechten Japanse homo's ondermaats | GaySite.nl

• 'Massive' yen headwind hits Japanese car makers as R&D needs grow | Reuters

• Japan has more poor children than it thought | The Economist

• Japan to ease visa rules for Chinese before summer in push for 40 million visitors by 2020 | The Japan Times

• Mitsubishi Motors fuel efficiency manipulation may have been organized from top down

• Japan too far

• Ghosn certain deal for Mitsubishi is a bargain

  Ghosn certain deal for Mitsubishi is a bargain

• Almost half of Japanese people hide when doorbell rings: survey

  Almost half of Japanese people hide when doorbell rings: survey

• PLUS | Niet geregistreerd - De Standaard Mobile

• Japan PM to delay tax hike over economy fears: report - The Times of India on Mobile

• Hiroshima to open up its horrors to Barack Obama during historic visit | World news | The Guardian

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