Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/09/2013

• A walk in the sex park: Yoshiwara and the Tokyo bordello | the tokyo files 東京ファイル

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• ANALYSIS: Abe relaxes, but state secrets law creates higher hurdles - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• BBC News - Japan's economic growth revised down

• Chicago Tribune - Japan PM Abe's ratings slide after state secrets act

• Bound by the Web: Internet Addiction in Japan | Nippon.com

• Japan Parliament Committee to Monitor State Secrets, Ishiba Says - Bloomberg

• 'Negative: Nothing' film documents Swiss man's journey on foot through post-disaster Japan－ 毎日新聞

• Don’t own a TV? NHK doesn’t care, but still wants your money ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Japan passes a democracy-muzzling Patriot Act | GlobalPost

• Doctor Helps Grandma Die to Avoid Japanese Feeding Tube - Businessweek

• A Public Works Boom in Japan Has Echoes From the Lost Decade - NYTimes.com

• Abe Gets Toyota-Hitachi Help in Japan Push for Wage Gains (2) - Businessweek

• UN recognises unpalatable truth: Japan cuisine dying - Indian Express

• U.S. welcomes Japan's secrecy law: official | GlobalPost

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/08/2013

• More women working for less | The Japan Times

• Re-examining Yasujiro Ozu on film | The Japan Times

• Japan whaling ships leave for Antarctic hunt | SciTech | GMA News Online

• Sino-Japanese tensions more a matter of muscle-flexing than a lead-up to war - The Irish Times - Fri, Dec 06, 2013

• AFP: Japanese parliament passes controversial secrets law

• Japan feared to extend air zone over Dokdo: observers

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/07/2013

• Record outdoor radiation level detected at Fukushima plant - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Le Japon protège ses secrets et verrouille les libertés - Libération

• Ruling coalition acts alone as thousands protest state secrets law - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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• INTERVIEW/ Peter Bradford: Independent watchdog needed to monitor Fukushima work - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/06/2013

• UPDATE: Diet enacts state secrets law despite widespread protests - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• BBC News - Biden urges Seoul-Tokyo co-operation amid Asia tensions

• Japan zet weer in op kernenergie - Kernenergie - De Morgen

• Japan gaat nog veel meer geld bijdrukken -

• AFP: Japan set to pass secrets law despite public outcry

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/05/2013

• Princess Masako’s health improves ahead of 50th birthday - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Upper House committee approves secrets bill despite oversight concerns - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• In Japan, no escape from The Eye's perpetual policing glare | The Japan Times

• Hele wereld houdt van sushi, behalve de Japanse jeugd - Buitenland - De Morgen

• NOS.nl

• Japan Wages Must Rise for Abenomics Success: GS Matsui - Businessweek

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/04/2013

• 'Japan pakt problematiek Fukushima nu beter aan' | nu.nl/buitenland | Het laatste nieuws het eerst op nu.nl

• Japan Keeps Three-Star Culinary Title - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Grijpt Japan naar de wapens nu het nog kan? - Opinie - De Morgen

• Biden Backs Ally Japan but Avoids Roiling China - NYTimes.com

• The Economist explains: Who really owns the Senkaku islands? | The Economist

• Foreign journalists in Japan raise concerns over state secrets protection bill - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• EDITORIAL: Diet abandoning mission as one of 3 powers of government - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Movie industry starts group against state secrets bill - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• The politics of secrets | The Japan Times

• Japan food scandals, poor regulation hurting premium food export push - Australia Network News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

• Japan's secrets bill turns journalists into terrorists | The Japan Times

• U.S. backs Japan against ADIZ: Biden | The Japan Times

• The politics of secrets | The Japan Times

• Japan proposes more steps to store Fukushima water - The Washington Post

• Japan PM: U.S.-Japan alliance basis to dealing with China's actions | Reuters

• Japan Salaries Extend Slide as Inflation Begins to Take Root - Bloomberg

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/03/2013

• Japan's yakuza mobsters becoming 'Goldman Sachs with guns' | GlobalPost

• In touristy Tokyo, Harajuku still stands out from the crowd | The Japan Times

• Shinzo Abe heeft een wonder nodig om Abenomics te doen slagen - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• „Christendom staat haaks op Japans denken” - Kerknieuws - Kerk & Religie

• Ishiba softens criticism of bill protesters | The Japan Times

• Between dreams and discrimination, Japanese build new lives in the City by the Bay | The Japan Times

• Abenomics zal het probeem van de Japanse overheidsschulden niet oplossen - Beursnieuws - Moneytalk.be - Moneytalk.be

• Japan diplomat held over arson, embezzlement in DR Congo | GlobalPost

• Japans bedrijf wil enorme energiecentrale gaan bouwen op de maan | Astroblogs

• Japan students regain rankings in 2012 international academic tests | GlobalPost

• Eco-Cars and Sports Cars Among the Highlights at the Tokyo Motor Show | Nippon.com

• Unprocessed radioactive waste in Tokai could explode if safeties fail - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• INTERVIEW/ Joe Biden: Japan, China need crisis management framework - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Store closure marks the end of an era in Tokyo's Akihabara | PCWorld

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/02/2013

• Nightnomics: 1 in 20 Japanese adult women worked in sex industry | The Tokyo Reporter

• Yuma most popular name for baby boys in 2013; Yuina for girls ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/01/2013

• Japan baffled by U.S. telling airlines to respect new Chinese air zone - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• LDP senior official causes uproar, labeling noisy protests as terrorism - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan takes China airspace issue before U.N. agency - Hawaii News - Honolulu Star-Advertiser

• Japanese young people not having sex? The Guardian and the border of racism | Modern Tokyo Times

• Why Japan's hot spring towns want casinos | ABS-CBN News

• U.S. 'advising' airlines to 'comply' with China on disputed zone - CNN.com

• Leading drugmaker Takeda picks French exec as first foreign boss | The Japan Times

• Book review: ‘Japan 1941: Countdown to Infamy,’ by Eri Hotta | Dallas Morning News

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 11/30/2013

• China sends fighters to ID flights by US, Japan over disputed zone - Worcester Telegram & Gazette - telegram.com

• Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan - Japan’s Abe appoints first ever female PM aide

• Japan's top drugmaker appoints first foreign boss | GlobalPost

• Abe vows to remain steadfast on China | The Japan Times

• Two-thirds of department stores in Japan misrepresenting food: industry | The Japan Times

• Waarom maken China en Japan steeds ruzie om een paar eilanden? - Nieuws - VK

• China achtervolgt Amerikaanse en Japanse vliegtuigen - De Standaard

• Japan's menu scandal leaves bad aftertaste

• Japan’s new Secrets Bill Threatens To Muzzle The Press and Whistleblowers

• Radio 1 - Tien jaar de cel in voor het publiceren van overheidsinformatie in Japan - 14:05 29-11-2013

• Ghosn: ‘Mijn opvolger moet Japans zijn’ | Autonieuws - AutoWeek.nl

• Japan: Man switched at birth regrets lost life | News24

• Japan’s Mega Banks Have Mega Yakuza Trouble

• China, Japan and America: Face-off | The Economist

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