Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 02/12/2015

• Japan’s Abe Vows to Push Ahead with Reforms to Farm Lobbies - WSJ

• Abe Makes Impassioned Appeal to Change Constitution - NYTimes.com

• Abe and ministers pile pressure on Japan firms to raise wages | Reuters

• Two more Japan nuclear reactors get safety clearance | Reuters

• Is Japanese cinema sinking into a self-censorship swamp? | The Japan Times

• In Japan, happiness is... wearable sensors?

• 'Conformist society' pushing Net addiction among Japan's youths | The Japan Times

• Japan Faces a Crucial Test of Growing Military Role After Barbaric ISIS Murders - Breitbart

• Visiting Japan? You'll love this menu translation service

• Fear of missing out drives net addiction in Japan

• BBC News - Man jailed for attacking Japan's AKB48 girl band

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 02/11/2015

• Don’t Even Think About Going to Syria, Japan Tells Its Journalists | TIME

• Japan after the tsunami: Grinding on | The Economist

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 02/10/2015

• Au Japon, la fascination trouble des faits divers

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 02/06/2015

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• Fukushima Dai-ichi: Mission impossible | The Economist

• Japan at a Crossroads - The New Yorker

• Inside Japan's New War With the Islamic State | VICE News

• Some Japanese See Slain Hostages, Abe as Troublemakers - NYTimes.com

• U.S. scholars express strong protest against Japan's attempt to 'censor history'

• Shinzo Abe vs. ISIS: Japan's Military Goes Abroad? | The National Interest

• Some Japanese see slain hostages, Abe as troublemakers - The Washington Post

• BBC News - Japanese child star in coma after helium stunt goes wrong

• In foreign policy, Japan trapped by history | Other Views | NewsObserver.com

• Au Japon, l’amour en chocolat - LeTemps.ch

• Hostage crisis over, Abe looks to 2016 to launch constitutional amendment drive | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 02/05/2015

• Brother of slain Japanese hostage calls for end to cycle of killing | The Japan Times

• Conversation: Japan Reflects on Defense and Normalization | Stratfor

• Build a Temple for Your Cat: Post-Death Pet Care in Japan | Catster

• ISIS Hostage Beheading: Why Japan's Efforts to Rescue Kenji Goto and Haruna Yukawa Failed

• BEIJING: China fears Japan will use hostage crisis to drop pacifist policies | World | The State

• Why is Japan turning to robots as bankers? (+video) - CSMonitor.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 02/04/2015

• Japan Today

• Why ISIS Murdered Kenji Goto - The New Yorker

• Japan fire head coach Aguirre

• Constitutional change necessary to protect Japanese citizens: Abe | The Japan Times

• Hostage crisis could influence Japan's Mideast priorities | The Japan Times

• Japan sack coach Javier Aguirre due to ongoing match-fixing investigation | Football | The Guardian

• Japan huilt - Nederlands Dagblad

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 02/03/2015

• Goto's final days saw him swapped between Islamic State factions | The Japan Times

• EDITORIAL: Japan's pacifist credo best defense against terrorism - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• DPJ to use Piketty’s income inequality argument to assail 'Abenomics' - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan's leader grilled by lawmakers over handling of hostage crisis | Fox News

• Critics Say Abe's 'Interventionism' Made Japan A Target For ISIS : NPR

• Japan hostage killing: Critical test for PM Shinzo Abe - BBC News

• The Limits of Japan's Soft Power

• Hostage killings highlight threat, meager options for Japan - US News

• Japan vows revenge for ISIS beheadings | Christian News on Christian Today

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 02/02/2015

• Japan faces scrutiny over failed hostage negotiations - The West Australian

• Tweet on Patience by Journalist Goto Spreads Through Social Media - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Opposition lawmakers to confront Abe over timing of Jan. 17 anti-IS aid pledge - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• INSIGHT: Japan, Jordan had little to work with in trying to free hostages - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Crime and punishment: Abe's Mideast crisis | The Japan Times

• Japan to debate rescue missions after Islamic State executions | Reuters

• Japan's leader defends handling of hostage crisis - Yahoo News

• Analysis: The world's problems enter Japan's psyche, again - Yahoo News

• Hostage Crisis Deepens Debate Over How to Defend Japan | TIME

• Horror in Japan as Video Purports to Show Hostage Beheaded - ABC News

• Departing From Country’s Pacifism, Japanese Premier Vows Revenge for Killings - NYTimes.com

• Crisis awakens Japanese to shortcomings, realities

• Japan’s Prime Minister Knew He Was Putting Hostage Lives at Risk - The Daily Beast

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 02/01/2015

• BBC News - Japan wakes up to bad news about Kenji Goto

• Prime Minister Abe’s Statement on Japanese Hostage - WSJ

• Wereldwijde veroordeling executie journalist:

• 'Heinous': Outrage After Claim That ISIS Killed Japanese Hostage - NBC News.com

• 'Japan zal de terroristen nooit vergeven' | RTL Nieuws

• Prime Minister Abe’s Statement on Japanese Hostage - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Hostage crisis an excuse for Japan to remilitarize? | Asia-Pasific | Worldbulletin News

• Islamic State Militants Say They Killed 2nd Japanese Hostage - NYTimes.com

• Video: Islamic State group beheads Japanese journalist - US News

• Diplomatic blundering on hostages and history | The Japan Times

• The changing motives behind juvenile crime in Japan | The Japan Times

• IS onthoofdt tweede Japanner: ‘De nachtmerrie voor Japan is begonnen’ - De Standaard Mobile

• Kenji Goto's reporting is voice of humanity in times of atrocity - Committee to Protect Journalists

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 01/31/2015

• Crime and punishment: Abe's Mideast crisis | The Japan Times

• Diplomatic blundering on hostages and history | The Japan Times

• Japan Self-Censors Images, Words Linked to Hostage Crisis - ABC News

• PLUS | Niet geregistreerd - De Standaard Mobile

• TOKYO: Japan self-censors images, words linked to hostage crisis | Television News | Idahostatesman.com

• Japan: de onderhandelingen met IS zitten muurvast - nrc.nl

• Japan self-censors images, words linked to hostage crisis

• Jordan, Japan Wait For News Of 2 ISIS Hostages

• Jordan And Japan In Dark On IS Hostages

• New ODA policy raises risks | The Japan Times

• Japan's hope may be found in its hinterlands | The Japan Times

• How Americans Changed The Way Japanese People Ate Sushi

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