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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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/13/2016

• Japan ontkent corruptie voor Spelen in Tokio: “1,8 miljoen e... - Het Nieuwsblad Mobile

• Stricken Mitsubishi Motors in talks with Nissan over ¥237 billion stake | The Japan Times

• Van Het Wereldse Naar Het Hogere In Kamakura – Tokio, Japan | Columbus Travel

• Japan to investigate claim of illicit Olympic payment - Yahoo Sports

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/12/2016

• Japanese hail Hiroshima visit, say apology not needed | The Japan Times

• Japan, America welcome Obama Hiroshima plans; Pearl Harbor visit mooted | The Japan Times

• Japan's foreign workers policy riddled with contradictions, says lawmaker | The Japan Times

• Mitsubishi cheating scandal expands to every model sold in Japan | Tampa Bay Times

• o buy 34% stake in Mitsubishi Motors

  o buy 34% stake in Mitsubishi Motors

• Oud Japans kasteel blijkt zwaar beschadigd na aardbevingen | NOS

• Racisten kunnen hun gang gaan in hedendaags Japan - Buitenland - RD.nl

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/11/2016

• Mitsubishi: Mileage cheating may be on all models in Japan

• 20ste editie Brussels bloementapijt in Japans thema - De Standaard Mobile

• Japan Travel: Country Inns that Blend Japanese Tradition with Western Style and Comfort

• In Japan’s Economic Extremity, Few Ideas Are Too Extreme - WSJ

• 'Killing the Practice of Whale Hunting is the same as Killing the Japanese People': Identity, National Pride, and Nationalism in Japan’s Resistance to International Pressure to Curb Whaling | The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus

• Japan Today

• Why Japanese may see Obama's Hiroshima visit as an apology anyway

• NPO Radio 1 - Wil Japan excuses voor atoombommen?

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/10/2016

• Obama to make historic visit to Hiroshima - The Washington Post

• Barack Obama to visit Hiroshima on Asia trip - BBC News

• Japanese Government Misinformation On North Korea’s Rocket Launch | The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus

• Obama eerste zittende president die Hiroshima bezoekt - NRC

• Bloementapijt in Brussel viert 150 jaar Belgisch-Japanse vriendschap - Citytrips - Reizen - KnackWeekend.be

• Japan now has more electric car charge points than petrol stations | World news | The Guardian

• To be a more complete Japanese speaker, leave your sentences incomplete | The Japan Times

• Abe's questionable handling of the Kumamoto quakes | The Japan Times

• Anti-poverty advocates launch petition for state-backed scholarship program | The Japan Times

• Japan’s decisive defence development | European Council on Foreign Relations

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• Vaginakajaks zijn te obsceen voor Japan - De Standaard

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/09/2016

• A look inside 'Japan's kitchen'

• Obama Weighs Visiting Hiroshima or Nagasaki - NYTimes.com

• Japan vagina artist cleared over kayak model but fined for data distribution - BBC News

• Japanse mag 'vagina-kano' niet digitaal verspreiden | NOS

• Japan finance minister hints at yen intervention

• Japan's Aso Fires Another Verbal Salvo at the Strong Yen - Bloomberg

• 25 ways Japanese politeness can get on the nerves of Japanese people ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• LDP to focus campaign pledges on child-rearing, disaster recovery ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Trump proposals for Japan will not become U.S. policy, expert says | The Japan Times

• Censored? Japan vagina artist convicted in high-profile obscenity case | South China Morning Post

• Does the Japanese Constitution mean anything? | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/08/2016

• Hyakusenrenma, Japan's Airbnb, Raises $13M | Digital Trends

• Meet Japan’s Biggest YouTube Star · Global Voices

• News Analysis: Lingering territorial spat casts shadow over Russia-Japan rapprochement - Xinhua | English.news.cn

• Japan to open slopes to foreign ski instructors ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• The vagina, in all its 'obscene' glory | The Japan Times

• Abe meets Putin, agrees to 'new approach' in bid to resolve festering territorial dispute | The Japan Times

• Tokyo's governor is in a high-spending league of his own | The Japan Times

• Don’t Fart In Public, Japan Tells Tourists

• Pizza Hut Japan asks customers “Don’t you hungry?” 【Why does Engrish happen in Japan?】 | RocketNews24

• Depending on the weak yen | The Japan Times

• Cost of Living in Japan - Blog

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/07/2016

• 30 groups show radioactive soil levels to address Fukushima fears：The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/06/2016

• Myriad closes Japan hedge fund as Abenomics disappoints | The Japan Times

• Election 2016: Donald Trump Wants Japan To Pay More For American Military Facilities

• Shares in Japan rise after holiday - BBC News

• Stijn Meuris bezoekt Belgisch bierfestival in Japan - Het Belang van Limburg Mobile

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/05/2016

• Japan Today

• Japan Today

• Japan Today

• Discount stores multiplying in Japan- Nikkei Asian Review

• Rallies for and against revising Constitution held across Japan：The Asahi Shimbun

• De Tsukiji Uogashi Wordt Verplaatst... – Tokio, Japan | Columbus Travel

• Tokyo has high hopes for Abe's unofficial meeting with Putin | The Japan Times

• Foreign priests find a spiritual home in Shinto | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/04/2016

• Graduating from marriage in Japan - CNN.com

• Japan Today

• Graduating from marriage in Japan - Honolulu, Hawaii News and Weather - KITV Channel 4

• Vrijhandelsverdrag EU en Japan dichterbij | Telegraaf.nl

• Kamakura boasts ancient history, hip beaches | The Japan Times

• Abe's revisionist agenda subject of opposing rallies on Constitution Day | The Japan Times

• Japan Bets on a Hydrogen-Fueled Future - Scientific American

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• Belgische groepen ‘big in Japan’: “Een verademing tegenover ... - Het Nieuwsblad Mobile

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/03/2016

• Charles Michel: “België zet alles op alles voor veiligheid i... - De Standaard Mobile

• Drones voeren prachtige lichtshow op | Metro

• Tourists can't save Japan from its consumer demand deficiency- Nikkei Asian Review

• Japan Today

• Should We Be Turning Japanese? - POLITICO Magazine

• Secrecy, hierarchy haunt Japan corporate culture despite Abe's reforms

• Wierook In Kamakura – Japan, Japan | Columbus Travel

• Natsume Soseki museum in London to close | The Japan Times

• The Japan Times - News on Japan, Business News, Opinion, Sports, Entertainment and More

• Handful of schools reopen in Kumamoto as rescue efforts wind down | The Japan Times

• Cool Biz dress campaign kicks off with earlier end date | The Japan Times

• Systemic avoidance of political issues by schools keeps youth vote in the dark | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/02/2016

• Stalking the elusive subtleties of Japan's political humor | The Japan Times

• Japan Today

• Do Not Come to Japan This Week

• Foreign volunteers helping to rebuild lives in Kumamoto | The Japan Times

• Traveling to Japan on a budget – the best FREE places to visit in the country | RocketNews24

• How Can Japan Settle The Issue Of Fukushima Daiichi Tritium? Drink It. - Forbes

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 05/01/2016

• Abenomics is failing, warns Japanese opposition leader — FT.com

• Enjoy your life in Japan, for the moments | The Japan Times

• Majority against amending Constitution under Abe: survey | The Japan Times

• Top companies move to hire more foreigners | The Japan Times

• Yen surge 'extremely worrying' warns Japan's finance minister

• Drone bedient Japanse golfers met drank en snacks | Metro

• 70-cm fault slippage in cliff found in Kumamoto：The Asahi Shimbun

• Hakone in hot water: Romance, gimlets and raunchy 'onsen' | The Japan Times

• China Lays Out Firm Conditions for Improved Ties With Japan - NYTimes.com

• Japan's meek media kowtows to the government | The Japan Times

• Foreign ministers of Japan and China OK plan to boost bilateral ties | The Japan Times

• Japanse buitenlandminister voor eerst in vier jaar naar China | China en Japan | De Morgen

• Why does McDonald’s Japan sell more Filet-O-Fish when it rains? | RocketNews24

• Japan Today

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 04/30/2016

• In rare meeting, foreign ministers of China, Japan attempt to reduce mistrust | The Indian Express

• China wants 'cooperation, not confrontation' with Japan | Daily Mail Online

• Kumamoto kicks off housing drive for evacuees; Kyushu Expressway reopens | The Japan Times

• Fukushima No. 1 plant's ice wall won't be watertight, says chief architect | The Japan Times

• Japan looks to reform rigid tour guide exams as part of wider tourism push | The Japan Times

• Hitomi: Japan to abandon costly satellite sent to study black holes - BBC News

• How France sank Japan's $40 billion Australian submarine dream | Reuters

• Underwater envy | The Economist

• Japan doesn't want the U.S. to apologize for bombing Hiroshima. Here's why - LA Times

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