Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/10/2011

• With Japan at a crossroads, it's instructive to recall the Hidaka affair (Japan Times)

  "The Japanese don't have much of a consciousness of human rights or the rights of the individual. Even the word kenri is not really the equivalent of 'rights.' The Japanese think that insisting on your kenri is an activity associated with egoism."

• Insider blew whistle on Kyushu Electric TV stunt (Japan Times)

• Gov't to conduct 2-stage 'stress tests' for nuclear reactors (Kyodo)

• Visiting Japan this Summer (Kirainet.com)

• Decontaminatie Fukushima zal tientallen jaren duren (De Standaard)

• Japan's Economic Gloom Runs Deeper This Time (NYTimes)

• Survey: 50 percent of coastal towns have no tsunami evacuation plan (Asahi)

• Quake victims receive messages of encouragement in Paris (asahi)

• Quake jolts northeast Japan, nuclear workers evacuate (Reuters)

• Disaster-stricken prefectures lose 30,000 people (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/09/2011

• Asteroid to be named 'Ganbarou' in support of quake-affected people (Breitbart)

• Japan's Kan says nuclear clean-up could take decades (Reuters)

• All-women parties becoming fad (Japan Today)

• Q&A:What do Japan's reactor stress tests mean for nuclear power? (Reuters)

• Japan tsunami: 'Not the end of the world' (BBC)

• Kan under fire from his own team (Japan Times)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/08/2011

• Kyushu Electric bid to manipulate public opinion on reactor restart a colossal mistake (Mainichi)

• The Evolving Mantra of 'Taking Responsibility' (Japan Real Time)

• 'No mercy' for Lindsay Hawker killer, father asks judge (BBC)

• Japan Prime Minister Naoto Kan sorry for nuclear mix-up (BBC)

• After Japan's disaster: Moving on (The Economist)

• Cool Japan Products Beat Summer Heat (Japan Trends)

• Fukushima devient le cauchemar des élites japonaises (marianne.fr)

• Summer to test Japan resolve to wean itself off nuclear power (Reuters)

• Japan's current account surplus falls sharply in May (BBC)

• Water treatment, cooling systems finally working (Japan Times)

• Genkai mayor withdraws OK for two reactors' restart (Japan Times)

• Men born in late 1970s tend to stay in nonregular jobs: gov't paper (Kyodo)

• Japan: Lame-duck leaders struggle with crisis response (BBC)

• Angry Kaieda to quit after Kan shifts nuke stance (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/07/2011

• Ulrich Beck: System of organized irresponsibility behind the Fukushima crisis (Asahi)

• UPDATE 3-Japan nuclear restart in doubt as test plan provokes fury | Reuters

• Japanese homeowners to add climbing plants in place of window units this summer (MNN)

• Fukushima residents dump radiated soil in absence of plan (Reuters)

• French oyster farmers help Japan (BigPond News)

• Hot spring solution for Japan's energy problem (BBC)

• Designer Fireworks for Adults (Japan Trends)

• Azumi vents anger (Yomiuri)

• Report from Tokyo: Outrage Is Growing (Huffington Post)

• Japan groups alarmed by radioactive soil (AFP)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/06/2011

• Tokyo Governor Ishihara: I Want 2020 Olympics, Whatever the Cost (Japan Real Time)

• Fukushima nuclear crisis an exhibition of panic by the elite (Mainichi)

• Ryu Matsumoto's Self-Destruction (Japan Probe)

• Ichihashi: My duty to speak / Says he regrets rape, panicked when Hawker tried to flee (Yomiuri)

• Les Japonais ont-ils besoin d'une éducation à la différence? (Japon Information)

• Italian journalist denounces media's disaster coverage (Asahi)

• Foreign aid to Japan: Odd lots (The Economist)

• The Mouth From The South Resigns (Reprise) -- Kan's Final Desperate Moves? (Shisaku)

• Love, the moon, and translation (Durf.org)

• Japan 'to hold stress tests at all nuclear plants' (BBC)

• Japan's cabinet approves $24.7bn for disaster relief (BBC)

• 45% of kids sustained thyroid radiation (Japan Times)

• Despite concerns, Japan stretches life of nuclear plants (Asahi)

• Japan can't reject nuclear power out of hand: lawmaker (Reuters)

• Matsumoto resigns as rebuilding minister in another blow to Kan (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/05/2011

• The Mouth From The South Resigns (Shisaku)

• More on Matsumoto (Ampontan)

• Japan appoints new reconstruction minister (CNN)

• AKB48: The media response (Durf.org)

• Japan maakt 17 miljard euro extra vrij voor heropbouw (Knack.be)

• Snake on seat halts Tokaido bullet train (Japan Times)

• 'It's My Blood Type': Gaffe Reconstruction Minister Matsumoto Resigns Quickly (Japan Real Time)

• Red Cross Charity Donation Vending Machine (Japan Trends)

• Life on the edge of Japan's nuclear contamination zone (BBC)

• Lives such as Daniel's deserve to be honored in these pages (Japan Times)

• Power in Japan: The troubles of TEPCO (The Economist)

• Japan's reconstruction minister to resign (AFP)

• EU herziet exportlijst met streng gecontroleerde Japanse provincies na kernramp Fukushima (Belga)

• Construction boom hits Tohoku, but not everyone is happy (Asahi)

• 7 best dumpling shops in Yokohama Chinatown (CNN)

• Tears flow at quake victim memorial service in Fukushima (Asahi)

• Japan's tax 'will damage economy', says Heizo Takenaka (BBC)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/04/2011

• Onschuldige meisjes: fetisj van oude, Japanse mannen (Nieuws.be)

• Minister to Tsunami Victims: Sorry About That (Japan Real Time)

• Reconstruction Minister Matsumoto Blasts Miyagi Governor -- for 'Bad Manners' - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Le tsunami japonais sur Twitter - Blogs La trag

• BBC News - Lindsay Ann Hawker accused admits killing teacher

• BBC News - Japan finds rare earths in Pacific seabed

• Divorce ceremonies pick up in Japan after disaster - Yahoo! Movies

• Japan relearns how to cope with crisis (BBC)

• Robot flying ball developed by Japanese SDF (JapanSugoi)

• Fukushima : le gouvernement nous refait-il le coup de Tchernobyl? (Marianne)

• Antinuke stance within establishment slowly gathers steam (Japan Times)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/03/2011

• Governor of Saga Prefecture Holds Key to Japan’s Nuclear Future - NYTimes.com

• Youtube van de week: Fotograaf aan het werk - Internet - De Morgen

• De Standaard Online - Snelste computer ter wereld staat in Japan

• Big electricity users reach reduction goal on 1st day (Asahi)

• Tsunami couldn't silence girl's beloved grand piano (Asahi)

• Meltdown: What Really Happened at Fukushima? - Global - The Atlantic Wire

• Report: Japan has plan to nationalize nuke plants - World news - Asia-Pacific - msnbc.com

• Murakami puts a bomb under his compatriots' atomic complacency | The Japan Times Online

• Major firms start weekend shifts | The Japan Times Online

• Dairy farmer's last words blame nuclear plant crisis (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/02/2011

• Many bodies still unnamed / Police have tough time obtaining DNA samples of missing (Yomiuri)

• The Melting Sun: Japan’s Nuclear Follies

• KEPCO to seek extension of reactor past 40 years (AsahI)

• Japan car-makers to work weekends to save energy after quake (RIA Novosti)

• Food Safety, Post March 11 In Japan (Kurushii)

• How first 24 hours shaped Japan's nuclear crisis (AP)

• Shortages force Japan to impose new energy restrictions (BBC)

• Power-saving plan kicks in for big users (Japan Times)

• Employees, cities try to adapt to energy-saving shift in work days (Asahi)

• Japan's prime minister: One step ahead of the executioner | The Economist

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 07/01/2011

• Disasters sour Japan's economic picture, but hope may lie ahead (CNN)

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