Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 07/09/2013

• Former Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Chief Dies - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Shisaku: Unthinking On Why Abe Will Visit Yasukuni In August

• JAPON • L’ex-directeur de la centrale de Fukushima meurt d’un cancer | Courrier international

• Zware hittegolf treft Japan (oproep) - Gva.be

• BBC News - Japan nuclear companies apply to restart 10 reactors

• Japan wil defensie versterken - Buitenland | Het laatste buitenlandse nieuws leest u op Telegraaf.nl [buitenland]

• Japan Says China Trying to Change Status Quo by Force - Bloomberg

• Fukushima Watch: Radioactive Cesium Levels Also Spiking in Groundwater at Nuclear Plant - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Police 'foreign crime wave' falsehoods fuel racism | The Japan Times

• World's 'toughest nuclear safety standards' take effect | The Japan Times

• 4 million studying Japanese abroad | The Japan Times

• This month's genuine pearls of fashion wisdom | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 07/08/2013

• Japan moves closer to restarting nuclear reactors | Environment | guardian.co.uk

• Equal-opportunity infidelity comes to Japan | The Japan Times

• Japan PM Abe seeks personal redemption in upper house election | Reuters

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 07/07/2013

• Abe ups the ante, calls China's gas field development a 'clear violation' - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan stap dichter bij herstarten kernreactoren - nrc.nl

• Japanese power firms have no plans to scrap more nuclear reactors: poll | The Japan Times

• Japan's flight attendants land new uniforms - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan's growth in renewable energy dims as nuclear strives for comeback - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 07/06/2013

• Japan housewives’ secret stash reaches record: poll - Taipei Times

• BBC News - Hikikomori: Why are so many Japanese men refusing to leave their rooms?

• Japan PM's ruling bloc headed for big election win: surveys

• Dichtbij.nl - Maastrichtse kraanvogels vliegen naar Japan

• Japan's DoCoMo holds out to iPhone mania, but at what cost? - The Economic Times on Mobile

• Japan utility hires nuclear safety advocate - Asia news - Boston.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 07/05/2013

• ABE ON FACEBOOK: Media, political critics analyze prime minister’s Facebook strategy - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• CRUCIAL VOTE: Clear divide over revising two articles of Constitution - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• FOKBLOG.nl / Weblog / Oh, Japan!: De zomerhit van Japan / FOK!weblog

• Ban Lifted, Japan’s Politicians Race Online - NYTimes.com

• What Abe Can Learn From Japan Inc.’s Mavericks - Bloomberg

• Alternatives to Mr. Abe's way | The Japan Times

• Abe camp faces little true opposition, also little mandate | The Japan Times

• Japan: Building Nuclear Safety Culture Will Take 'Long Time'

• Japan gears up for decisive election | Fox News

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 07/04/2013

• Abe aside, war apology stands: Suga | The Japan Times

• Would Affirmative Action Help Women in Japan? - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Shisaku: The July 21, 2013 Election - Where Are The Opposition's Economists?

• 'Captain Ichiro Ozawa' Literally Kicks Off Japan Election Campaign With TV Ad as Goalkeeper - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Japan's man doubts whale kill | smh.com.au

• Japan says building nuclear safety culture will take a long time

• Olympus trio avoid prison for fraud | The Japan Times

• Japan PM vows to speed up reconstruction as he kicks off election campaign in Fukushima | Fox News

• Couple climb Mt. Fuji for 14th year - The Japan News

• Bunny outfit rebuke costs Kanebo | The Japan Times

• Japan Kicks Off Key Election Campaign - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• gulftoday.ae | Bosses forced Japan woman to wear bunny ears

• Ahead of Election, LDP Heavyweight Sings the Blues - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Japanse Yen glijdt verder weg « De Kritische Belegger

• Washington Post

• BBC News - Japan complains over China drill rig near disputed gas field

• Japanese men's pocket money at 30-year low

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 07/03/2013

• Japan PM Abe Defends Use of Facebook - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• SFCPressPoint: Tokyo 2020 pledges that Tokyo is the

• Niigata governor opposes nuke plant restarts, criticizes TEPCO - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• As Senkaku isles row deepens, Beijing circles Aug. 15 on calendar - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan Party Leaders Debate Ahead of July 21 Vote - ABC News

• Suspended Sentences in Olympus Accounting Fraud Case - NYTimes.com

• Bizarre Japanse monetaire politiek is gedoemd om te mislukken - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Man nears half-century on Japan death row | Fox News

• Japanese flag to return home 68 years after Battle of Okinawa - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• VOX POPULI: Japan has good reason to worry about U.S. bugging - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan two-party politics in doubt as drubbing of Democrats looms

• 'Japan brengt walvisstand niet in gevaar' - Buitenland - TROUW

• Japan Nears Switching on Reactors After Tepco’s Meltdown: Energy - Bloomberg

• Japan attacks Australian role in whaling 'moral crusade'

• Washington Post

• Japan verdedigt walvisvangst bij ICJ - Nederlands Dagblad

• OESO: Japan, VS, VK zien zwaarste keuzes bij terugdringen schuld | RTL | Volg het nieuws terwijl het gebeurt

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 07/02/2013

• Japan Stocks Rise for Fourth Day as Yen Weakens; Tepco Surges - Businessweek

• Photos: Opening of Mount Fuji Climbing Season - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Summers in Japan becoming intolerable ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Department stores in Ginza transforming - The Japan News

• Scroll in British Museum shows humorous side of Perry's 1854 visit to Japan - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Koekjestekort in Japan - De Standaard

• Japan to return fire in Hague whaling case

• The Economist explains: Why are there North Korean schools in Japan? | The Economist

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 07/01/2013

• Did Poor English Save Japan From Subprime? - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• LDP alone in fighting nuclear power exit | The Japan Times

• Toyota's Big Wheels Stress Need for Speed, Flexibility - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Trekkers converge on Mount Fuji at start of climbing season - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Ginza’s oldest department store closes after 88 years - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• INSIGHT: Abe cozies up to new type of business entrepreneur - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Asahi poll: Support for Abenomics wanes; LDP maintains lead - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Matchmaking for Cheaters Finds a Virtual Home in Japan - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Japan Spends Millions in Order to Be Cool | TIME.com

• Japan Business Sentiment Hits Highest Point in Two Years - NYTimes.com

• SURVEY: 'Sexless' marriages top 50% - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Fukushima: de l'eau hautement radioactive dans un puits près de l'océan - FRANCE 24

• Employee flushes 40 liters of soap, bubbly carnage ensues | RocketNews24

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 06/30/2013

• More students aim to go universities abroad - The Japan News

• Japan prime minister chided for rethinking war apology - Hawaii News - Honolulu Star-Advertiser

• POINT OF VIEW/ Hirohito Ono: We cannot allow return to nuclear power without proper debate - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• PAC-3 may be permanently deployed in Tokyo - The Japan News

• Toraya 登良屋 – Yokohama Seasider

• Yokohama day care centers scramble to keep kids off waiting lists | The Japan Times

• Fallout decontamination efforts falling short | The Japan Times

• Japan's abandoned Battleship Island is now on Google Street View

• Abe's rhetoric reveals a growth strategy aimed at global conquest | The Japan Times

• Mt. Fuji entrance fee set at 1,000 yen on trial basis - The Japan News

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