Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 01/09/2015

• Japan: In the air | The Economist

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• A New Kind of Buddhist Altar for a Changing Japan | WIRED

• Japan announces new laws to force workers to go on holiday - Telegraph

• Japanese messaging app Line has launched a taxi service in Tokyo | The Verge

• Fact check: how does Japan compare with other whaling nations? | ABC Radio Australia

• Japan’s Fight to Change Suicide Culture Hurt by Latest Recession - Bloomberg

• Japanese People Feel Their Lives Are Worse Off - WSJ

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 01/08/2015

• BBC Radio Explores Lolicon in Japan - Interest - Anime News Network

• Former Japan Party Chief Seeks Comeback to Fight Abe ‘Arrogance’ - Bloomberg

• McDonald's Japan apologizes for food safety scandal | ABS-CBN News

• Vergeten verdrag geeft Japanners recht op werk in Nederland | Economie | de Volkskrant

• DPJ leadership campaign begins, with three candidates running | The Japan Times

• Japan’s birth rate problem is way worse than anyone imagined - The Washington Post

• In ageing Japanese village, dolls take place of dwindling population | World news | The Guardian

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 01/07/2015

• Surprise Sides: Tooth, Plastic in McDonald's Meals in Japan - ABC News

• Another crisis for McDonald's Japan after plastic found in McNuggets January 07

• Key Events to Watch in Japan 2015 - WSJ

• The biggest terrorism threat in Japan | The Japan Times

• Why hasn't Japan banned child-porn comics? - BBC News

• Yokozuna Kakuryu announces engagement to 23-year-old Mongolian | The Japan Times

• Toyota makes fuel cell patents free for other manufacturers to use | The Japan Times

• Kissinger: Japan must be thoughtful in a new world - Pacific - Stripes

• Forced to leave their harpoons at home, Japan's whalers will take 'skin samples' | smh.com.au

• Activists slam Japan's ‘non-lethal whaling program’ as ships prepare for Antarctic — RT News

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 01/06/2015

• McDonald’s Japan in new food scare after vinyl found in chicken nugget | Business | The Guardian

• Remorse Without Apology: Shinzo Abe and the Second World War | The Diplomat

• Japanese prime minister says he will express remorse for World War II

• Abe says to stick to Japan apology in new WWII statement | Daily Mail Online

• Japan confirms 2014 was Earth's warmest year

• Clarkson on: Japanese cars - BBC Top Gear

• Learn first aid before eating rice cakes, say Japanese authorities, as nine people choke to death on the festive foodstuff - Weird News - News - The Independent

• Column Kees de Kort | Japanners maken geen baby's meer - BNR Nieuwsradio

• Luxury isn’t created equal in recession-hit Japan

• Kissinger interview: Japan must be thoughtful in a new world - Chicago Tribune

• Patriotic few battle addiction to peace | The Japan Times

• Olympic Stadium in Tokyo Is Dogged by Controversy - NYTimes.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 01/05/2015

• Abe to follow Murayama statement on historical recognition - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Survey reveals 55% of women in Japan wouldn’t marry a divorced man ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 01/04/2015

• Japan to keep pushing North Korea to advance abduction issue | The Japan Times

• Scientists make strides in tsunami warning | The Japan Times

• Talking tanuki — or whatever you call them | The Japan Times

• Japan's patisserie chefs lead the world in all things sweet - News - Food and Drink - The Independent

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• Clothing industry to put tag on 'genuine' Japan-made items | The Japan Times

• Abe faces critical year for diplomacy - The Japan News

• New Year’s Snack Kills Nine in Japan | The Daily Meal

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 01/03/2015

• Survey reveals 55 percent of women in Japan wouldn’t marry a divorced man | RocketNews24

• Emperor: Japan must learn from World War II calamity starting with 1931 China incident - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan PM Abe pledges reforms to boost economy - Channel NewsAsia

• Year-End Cosplay in Japan: The Cute, the Sexy, the Weird

• All eyes on Abe for war's 70th anniversary | The Japan Times

• Komeito chief wants tax breaks by autumn, urges remorse on war anniversary | The Japan Times

• As Abe pulls to the right, few go with him | The Japan Times

• What's in Apple's Japanese 'Lucky Bags'

• Mochi deaths: Traditional New Year's food proves deadly again in Japan - CBS News

• Decluttering: From Japan, the joy of minimalism at home

• A watershed year for Japan | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 01/02/2015

• Activities to ring in year of the sheep | The Japan Times

• Japan: An Economy in Need of a Crisis? - Fair Observer

• Heavy snow blankets wide area of Japan | The Japan Times

• Emperor asks nation to learn from history in New Year statement | The Japan Times

• Concern as Japan's 2014 birth rate falls to record low - BBC News

• To Rescue Economy, Japan Turns to Supermom - NYTimes.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 01/01/2015

• Donald Keene reflects on 70-year Japan experience | The Japan Times

• Abe's goal of constitutional reform faces many challenges | The Japan Times

• Is immigration a solution for Japan’s plummeting population? | East Asia Forum

• ‘Unbroken’ tells half of Japan’s war story - Opinion - Stripes

• Is this the key to unlocking Japan's working potential? | ABS-CBN News

• Japan newborn babies in 2014 fewest on record: government - Yahoo News

• Under-eye blush, pale skin and worried brows is latest look in Japan | Daily Mail Online

• Japanese Bitcoin Heist ‘An Inside Job,’ Not Hackers Alone - The Daily Beast

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/31/2014

• Japan’s economy: Pump-priming | The Economist

• Abenomics: Deepening Japan's Economic Decline | Seeking Alpha

• Japan: Family tends to Briton's grave for 143 years - BBC News

• A great year for the far right | The Japan Times

• Insects crawl onto our dinner plates — that's a good thing | The Japan Times

• Japan orders slaughter of 37,000 chickens in bird flu outbreak | Daily Mail Online

• Ruling bloc OKs tax reform plan favoring wealthy Japanese | The Japan Times

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