Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 01/19/2016

• Oud-trainer dolfijn Flipper vastgehouden in Tokio - AD.nl

• Japan rejoices as boyband Smap say they are not splitting up | World news | The Guardian

• Japan's plan to drop swastikas as temple symbol sparks backlash - BBC News

• Nearly 20 Million Tourists Visited Japan Last Year - WSJ

• Japan: The Manga Military | The Diplomat

• World's oldest man Yasutaro Koide dies aged 112 in Japan - BBC News

• POINT OF VIEW/ Morihiro Hosokawa: Approach to erotic art illustrates Japanese aversion to making waves - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• How Fujifilm's cameras and lenses are Made in Japan | The Verge

• Tourists Flood Japan, as Nation Struggles to Receive Them - WSJ

• Japan pop group SMAP denies it is breaking up - BBC News

• Snowfall disrupts traffic in Tokyo - The Japan News

• How a 217.1 kilometre run became a national bonding ritual in Japan

• Japan to remove swastikas from maps as tourists 'think they are Nazi symbols' - Telegraph

• Another year of living precariously in 21st-century Japan | The Japan Times

• Women Forced to Work in Wartime Brothels Were Not Sex Slaves, Japan’s Foreign Minister Says | TIME

• Japan to set up certification program for 'washoku' chefs overseas | The Japan Times

• Japan Today

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