Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/10/2010

• Six-mat chic: Small spaces suit us just fine (JT)

• Japan’s Other Territorial Headache (The Diplomat)

• Suntory whiskey beats all comers in London contest (JT)

• Japan and China in rare earth dispute (BBC)

• Japan beefs up security around the venue where Asia-Pacific trade and foreign ministers are to meet in Yokohama (WSJ)

• Japan will have tough time protecting farmers from trade liberalization under TPP (Mainichi)

• Japanner pleegt zelfmoord live op internet (Nieuwsblad)

• Japan deploys huge police presence for APEC summit (AFP)

• Fall of Nagatsuma symbolizes DPJ's weakening stance on bureaucracy (Asahi)

• Citizens praise leak of Senkaku footage (Asahi)

• Japanese Wedding Masters Upgrade to iPad Technology (WSJ)

• Japan struggles to compete with South Korea in global market (Mainichi)

• Decision on whether to join TPP deferred till June (JT)

• Japan deploys huge police presence for APEC summit (Sinchew)

• Japan, Singapore top destinations for migrants: study (AFP)

• Japan coastguard employee leaked collision video: NHK (AFP)

• Japan's dangerous deglobalised dream | Guy Sorman (Guardian)

• Toyota Prius verbreekt eigen record ( De Telegraaf)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/09/2010

• Japan collision footage leak probe gets under way (BBC)

• School confirms 6th-grader that killed herself was bullied (Mainichi)

• More Japanese firms recruiting foreigners as they step up overseas activities (Mainichi)

• Japan as Punching Bag (Asia Sentinel)

• Business is business in Japan's Chinatown (Reuters)

• Eyewitness report on how NPA is targeting NJ in Gotanda as security risk for APEC Summit in Yokohama (debito)

• Worstelend Japan steeds gewilder (De Telegraaf)

• Ideas, Identity and Ideology in Contemporary Japan: The Sato Masaru Phenomenon (JapanFocus)

• Maffe mobieltjes maand in Japan (All About Phones)

• Recept Japans gestoofde pompoen (Koken)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/08/2010

• With staid Japan as host, no silly shirts for APEC (AP)

• China: No plan for leader to meet Japan PM at APEC (taiwannews)

• Yokohama on high alert ahead of APEC meet (Yomiuri)

• As Japan Prime Minister Kan Prepares to Host APEC Summit, Opinion Polls Show Shaky Diplomacy Scuttling his Poll Ratings (WSJ)

• Courting a courtesan's life (Mainichi)

• Japan's diplomatic policy paralyzed amid Asia's changing security environment (Mainichi)

• Japan Starts Criminal Investigation of China Boat Video Leaked to YouTube (Bloomberg)

• Japanese prime minister faces tests at home and abroad (CNN)

• Surprising facts about Kanto versus Kansai (What Japan Thinks)

• APEC talks kick off in Yokohama (JT)

• Met veel liefde in de oren punniken (Metro)

• FACTBOX - APEC: The who, what, when, and how of Pacific rim group (Reuters)

• Japan says it will open up economy, seek more FTAs (AP)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/07/2010

• Secluded 'hikyo' train stations attract stressed urbanites with nostalgic charms (Mainichi)

• Japan fans separated at China Asiad match (AFP)

• Kan to Embrace Obama -- Sort of (WSJ)

• Excerpts From Naoto Kan Interview (WSJ)

• Japan to join Pacific free-trade talks: reports (AFP)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/06/2010

• Dalai Lama in Japan, backs Chinese dissident Liu ( Reuters)

• Security Beefed-up in Yokohama for APEC Summit (Japan Probe)

• Anti-China rally held in Japan after video leak of collision (Channel NewsAsia)

• What's on the agenda at APEC meetings in Japan (Reuters)

• Senkaku collisions video leak riles China (JT)

• Collision DVDs left at Saitama station; memo swipes at DPJ (JT)

• Hooters shows why deflation may never go away (TodayOnline)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/05/2010

• Japan investigating China collision video (Reuters)

• Toyota profits continue to soar despite the strong yen (BBC)

• Information leaks in Japan: Oops (The Economist)

• Japan: The land of the rising nationalism (The Independent)

• Lonely carnage abounds in Japan's 'suicide forest' (CNN)

• Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka lights up for last Christmas (Japan Today)

• Miniskirts on Mount Fuji as Japan's `Yama Girls' Spur Trekking (Bloomberg)

• Japan 'Cove' town should try ecotourism: dolphin activist (AFP)

• Purported video behind China-Japan clash leaked (AP)

• Japan's leader appears either assertive or incompetent (vancouversun)

• Women in late 30s giving birth more than those in late 20s in Tokyo (Breitbart)

• No end in sight to Ryoma craze (JT)

• Massive Police leak risks security catastrophe in Japan (asiaone)

• Video of China-Japan ship collision leaked on YouTube (AFP)

• Les étudiants au régime sec (Courrier international)

• Medvedev plans 'active' role in Japan APEC summit (AFP)

• A Russo-Japanese tiff: Unsettling territory (The Economist)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/04/2010

• Toyota roept 4.100 wagens in België terug voor software-update (Nieuwsblad)

• Vienna Philharmonic musician dies in Japan (AP)

• Toyota recalls 135,000 cars in Japan, Europe (AP)

• Lack of vision defines Kan's diplomacy (Asahi)

• Dutch court: Miffy yes, Sanrio no (JT)

• Beijing puts ball in Tokyo's court in APEC runup (JT)

• Rumored China-Russia tieup testing DPJ's ability (JT)

• Russia flexes muscles over island spat with Japan (AP)

• Island disputes reveal Asia's evolving powers (BBC)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/03/2010

• U.K. paper picks Tokyo as favorite overseas city (Breitbart)

• Processed food expiration dates to get revamp (JT)

• Local Election Key to U.S. Okinawa Bases (WSJ)

• Nijntje is niet zo banaal of triviaal (Boek9)

• Japan anti-terrorism data leaked on internet (BBC)

• U.S. backs Japan over isle dispute with Russia (JT)

• Rows pull diplomatic shortcomings to fore (JT)

• China shuns U.S. mediation in its island dispute with Japan (CNN)

• Debate over dolphin hunt a sham: The Cove star (Reuters)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/02/2010

• Russian president to visit other isles off Japan (Reuters)

• Eilandruzie met Japan loopt op (NRC)

• In Japan, dieting moms, smaller babies (Bloomberg)

• Japan No Longer Home For Panasonic? (WSJ)

• Kanpai! Summer Bonuses Up (WSJ)

• Former islanders protest in Hokkaido over Medvedev's visit to Northern Territories (Mainichi)

• Japan still teaching the world (Asia Times)

• Japan Recalls Envoy to Russia Over Islands Dispute (NYT)

• Medvedev's visit just show of muscle (JT)

• Japan says PM to meet Russian president despite row (Reuters)

• Toilets: Japan power behind throne (JT)

• Recipe found for cross-cultural love (JT)

• 'Homogeneous,' 'unique' myths stunt discourse (JT)

• In Japan, the Girls rule, big time (JoongAng Daily)

• Japan firms worry about impact of worse ties with Russia (Japan Today)

• iPhone 4 bestverkochte telefoon in Japan (All About Phones)

• Snap analysis: Russia scolds Japan with disputed island visit (Reuters)

• Some Japan Firms Coping With the Yen's Rise (TheStreet)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/01/2010

• Sony breaks silence over ‘PlayStation phone’ rumours (Telegraph)

• Video shows China ship to blame for collisions: lawmakers (AFP)

• Au Japon, les freeters ne se tuent pas au boulot (Ouest-France)

• Factbox: Japan and Russia's territorial spat (Reuters)

• Japan Faces New Territorial Headache as Russian Presented Medvedev Visits Disputed Islands off Hokkaido (WSJ)

• China media labels Japan foreign minister 'extremist' (AFP)

• Fur items become fashion fad heading into winter (Mainichi)

• Japan protests Russian president's visit to Kunashiri Island (Japan Today)

• Shoplifters getting older ( JT)

• Japan in new diplomatic row after Russian isle visit (Reuters)

• Le double visage des alariés au Japon dans Enquête Exclusive (Le zapping du PAF)

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