Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/10/2011

• Tokyo police launch investigation into troubled Olympus (BBC)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/09/2011

• Woodford's road from Olympus president to whistle-blower (Asahi)

• Japan releases Chinese fishing boat (BBC)

• Study starts on 'long-term no-return zones' in Fukushima (Asahi)

• Japan's Olympus Admits To Hiding Investment Losses Dating Back Two Decades (The Huffington Post)

• Volkswagen is giving Suzuki the silent treatment (Asahi)

• Steve Jobs book sales top 1 million copies in Japan (Majirox News)

• Olympus's New Pail of Problems: Criminal Investigation, Delisting Potential? (Japan Real Time)

• Children stopped growing in Fukushima (Fukushima Diary)

• JP Gov officially admitted that Japanese food is harmful (Fukushima Diary)

• Olympus scandal tied to banker who shuffled losses (Reuters)

• Olympus used huge acquisitions to cover up losses (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/08/2011

• Analysis: Japan tries, again, to cut corporate ties to yakuza (International Business Times)

• Japan buys 10% of eurozone bailout fund's bond issue (BBC)

• Vrouwen nemen voortouw in Fukushima-protest (DeWereldMorgen.be)

• Tokyo police on patrol for dangerous bike riders (Asahi)

• Justice in Japan: An ugly decision (The Economist)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/07/2011

• A Departure From Precedent (Shisaku)

• Foreign tourism in Yamanashi plummets | The Japan Times Online

• Nog geen plannen voor radioactief afval in Japan - Groen - TROUW

• Woodford accuses investigators of dragging their feet in Olympus scandal - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Avec le «  warm biz », les Japonais s'habillent pour l'hiver (Japon Information)

• Crèches vides et parents inquiets à Fukushima (Japon Information)

• Ex-Tokyo cop speaks out on a life fighting gangs — and what you can do (Japan Times)

• Witnessing ways to make Japan's wasted woodlands pay ( Japan Times)

• Lessons of loss and healing ( Japan Times)

• Japan's emperor hospitalized with persistent fever, bronchitis (CNN)

• Mazda to end production of signature rotary engine vehicles (Asahi)

• Japan detains China boat captain off Goto Islands (BBC)

• Japan wil reservehoofdstad bouwen (De Volkskrant)

• Japan's disaster led to powerful love reactions (CBS News)

• After Japan quake, divorce more popular: survey (CBS News Video)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/06/2011

• De Aziatische Tijger » Dalai Lama bezoekt Japanse aardbevingslachtoffers

• Noda walking a tightrope with comments on tax, election - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan revives a sea barrier that failed

• Rural Japan under threat | The Japan Times Online

• Japan's upper house President Takeo Nishioka dies at 75 - Sacramento Living - Sacramento Food and Wine, Home, Health | Sacramento Bee

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/05/2011

• Tokyu action led to blackmail / Suspect reported angry after firm severed gang-related ties (Yomiuri)

• Thai floods emptying Japan shelves (Yomiuri)

• Local gov'ts urged to accept rubble from quake- and tsunami-hit areas (Mainichi)

• Shareholders eye 1.1 tril. yen suit against 60 TEPCO directors (Mainichi)

• New biographies on Hirohito add fresh perspectives (Asahi)

• Japanese V Sign (dannychoo)

• More companies recast outlook as strong yen, euro crisis take toll (Yomiuri)

• Noda will call snap poll if Diet OKs sales tax hike (Japan Times)

• The Latest On Olympus In The Japanese Media (Shisaku)

• As the Olympus Scandal Shows, Corporate Japan Is as Shoddily Governed as Ever (Time)

• No room for administrative 'sectionalism' in dealing with nuclear disaster (Mainichi)

• Nowhere is safe (Fukushima Diary)

• Koriyama City in Fukushima to Feed School Kids with Local Rice Harvested This Year (EX-SKF)

• Tepco to get $11bn government aid after plan approval (BBC)

• Science far from conclusive on low-level radiation risks (Japan Times)

• Disposal of quake debris begins (Japan Times)

• Olympus removed auditor after dispute (Reuters)

• Japan's new crisis: Radioactive waste disposal (CBS News)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/04/2011

• Power companies behind anonymous donations in Fukui (Asahi)

• Japan kent Tepco 8,3 miljard euro publieke steun toe - Buitenland - HLN

• Japan's Olympus scandal is slowly coming into focus (guardian.co.uk)

• Bedrijf komt met valse wimpers voor mannen (nu.nl)

• The longer the government dithers over nationalising Tepco, the more the costs will rise (The Economist)

• Japan's Failed Breakwaters - Video Library (The New York Times)

• 15 more hot spots in Setagaya (Fukushima Diary)

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• Japanese urged to wrap up as Warm Biz gets under way (Japan Today)

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• Sociale fobie in Japan: Hikikomori (Japan Nieuws)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/03/2011

• Radioactive bottle removed from Setagaya hot spot - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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• Editorial: Closer monitoring and more explanation of Fukushima reactors needed - The Mainichi Daily News

• Radioactive Disaster Debris Arrives in Tokyo from Iwate Prefecture | EX-SKF

• Japanese Super GT race queens so pretty - JapanSugoi - Everything Cool about Japan

• New cyberattack hits computers in Diet (Japan Today)

• More Radioactive Radium Found in Tokyo [Not From Fukushima] | Japan Probe

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• NPR.org » Japanese Town Hopes For Post-Tsunami Reinvention

• Japan not safe for meeting with panel: ex-Olympus CEO

• Jezus en Boeddha in Tokio - De Standaard

• Japanese Business Culture and Why Good Governance Matters - Forbes

• Fears of Fission Rise at Stricken Nuclear Plant in Japan - NYTimes.com

• Now and Then – Six Months after the 3.11 Earthquake (Nippon News)

• Kamperen in Japan (J Nieuws)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/02/2011

• Nakasone and Comfort Women (Shisaku)

• Cet hiver, le Japon lance le "warm biz" (Europe1.fr)

• Avec le «warm biz», le Japon met un pull plutôt que le chauffage pour économiser l'électricité (20minutes.fr)

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• Quake-hit Japan entices tourists back (BBC)

• Possible new "fission" found at Japan's wrecked nuclear plant (Reuters)

• In Japan, a foreigner speaks out (Reuters)

• Autumn in Tokyo: Japan at its best (WNEM TV 5)

• Au Japon, les étrangers en colère (Japon Information)

• Cesium in pollen not viewed as health risk (Japan Times)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 11/01/2011

• Occupy Wall Street inspireert ook Japanse protestbeweging (DeWereldMorgen.be)

• Smullend Door Japan In Zeven Stappen (Reisreporter.nl)

• Agency to study cesium content of cedar pollen (Asahi)

• Japanese urged to wrap up to save winter power (AFP)

• Japanese Lawmaker Drinks Water Taken From Puddle Inside Fukushima Daiichi to Prove Safety (Japan Real Time)

• The LDP Goes Overboard (Shisaku)

• Bloody sneeze (Fukushima Diary)

• Government Official's Ultimate "Performance": Drink Up Fuku-I Water (EX-SKF)

• Japan MP Yasuhiro Sonoda drinks Fukushima water (BBC)

• Ganbatte and gaman stifle debate, hinder recovery (Japan Times)

• The costly fallout of tatemae and Japan's culture of deceit (Japan Times)

• Schizophrenic Constitution leaves foreigners' rights mired in confusion (Japan Times)

• Panasonic to report second-biggest loss (Japan Times)

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