Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 03/09/2015

• FOUR YEARS AFTER: Raw voices from Fukushima's aftermath heard in Tokyo - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Deadly wartime firebombings of Tokyo and other Japanese cities largely ignored - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Mort du mangaka Yoshihiro Tatsumi

• ‘Do mention the war,’ Merkel urges Japanese | World news | The Guardian

• Hachiko finally reunited with owner in statue erected at University of Tokyo - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• FOUR YEARS AFTER: Population shrinks by 92,000 in 39 disaster-hit municipalities - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Merkel calls on Japan to reduce tensions with Asian neighbors - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Visiting Merkel reminds Japan to face wartime past

• Japanse economie groeit minder dan gedacht - Beursduivel.nl

• In a Test of Wills, Japanese Fighter Pilots Confront Chinese - NYTimes.com

• BBC News - Five killed in stabbing at house in Sumoto, Japan

• Japan Gets a Look at Its Future Population Drain in Fukushima Today - Bloomberg Business

• Record 30% of Japanese want SDF beefed up: Cabinet survey | The Japan Times

• Abe calls for swift security legislation at LDP convention | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 03/08/2015

• Rikuzentakata looks to future with new tourism ventures | The Japan Times

• Japan’s contaminated Fukushima debate four years on | East Asia Forum

• Japan vier jaar na de tsunami

• Think your week was hard? Tokyo salary man’s insane work diary goes viral – Quartz

• VOX POPULI: Lower voting age a welcome breath of fresh air in stale political milieu - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Center preserves wartime memory of the Great Tokyo Air Raid - Pacific - Stripes

• The problems and pleasure of publishing the horrors of the 3/11 tsunami | The Japan Times

• Rikuzentakata looks to future with new tourism ventures | The Japan Times

• Japan set to share lessons of 2011 disasters at U.N. forum in Sendai | The Japan Times

• The ongoing fallout from Japan’s nuclear meltdown | East Asia Forum

• Electricity and gas deregulation | The Japan Times

• Japanese defense bills set to reflect 3 new criteria - Pacific - Stripes

• Centennial lessons for Abe from the '21 Demands' | The Japan Times

• Okinawa's story told differently in Tokyo | The Japan Times

• More Fukushima evacuees are deciding to stay away for good | The Japan Times

• Where will 'proactive pacifism' lead us? | The Japan Times

• Okinawa's story told differently in Tokyo | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 03/07/2015

• The Paleo Diet, Japanese Style | The Weekly Standard

• Luc Bossyns (Aquafin) haalde zijn beste advies uit Japan - Ondernemen - Trends Mobile

• Japan's economic losses from disasters were world's third-biggest in last decade | The Japan Times

• FOUR YEARS AFTER: More than 60% of evacuees still stuck in temporary housing - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Fukushima is overal - Vrij Nederland

• Japan, China to hold first security talks in four years

• Tokyo to open 'one-stop' office to help foreigners launch businesses | The Japan Times

• Cabinet moves to put SDF officers, civilians on equal footing | The Japan Times

• Shisaku: First Read - 7 March 2015

• Farm vice minister says sorry for smooching fellow lawmaker - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan: Abe Misses Chance on Immigration Debate | The Diplomat

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 03/06/2015

• Abe presses forward on collective defense | The Japan Times

• Mais quel est ce démon japonais qui ressemble tant à Jacques Chirac ?

• Chasing Chinese Planes 400 Times a Year Is Wearing Out Japan's Top Guns - Bloomberg Business

• Japan ranks 113th worldwide in women in legislature after 2014 election, up from 127th place | The Japan Times

• Japan, U.S. resume TPP talks but pact's future very much in doubt | The Japan Times

• Growth in Japan uneven, tied to population size: poll | The Japan Times

• Kawasaki teen murder highlights hardships faced by single parents in Japan - 毎日新聞

• Japan’s energy conundrum | East Asia Forum

• Japan’s Youngest Mayor Acquitted of Bribery - WSJ

• ‘Pear Fairy’ Funassyi Shakes Up Japanese Character World - WSJ

• LDP lawmaker calls for yen to strengthen to 100 | The Japan Times

• Major parties submit bill to lower voting age to 18 next year | The Japan Times

• In Japan, People Are Flipping Out Over The Flip-Phone (Galapagos Phone): What's Old Is New Again - Forbes

• Japan and the past: Undigested history | The Economist

• Inflation in Japan: The signal and the noise | The Economist

• Fukushima fears no longer a drag on tourism | The Japan Times

• Imperial Japan’s Musashi: The Greatest Battleship Ever Built? | The Diplomat

• How Momofuku Ando invented instant ramen — and transformed Japanese cuisine - Vox

• Mazda starts production of new MX-5 Miata in Japan

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 03/05/2015

• Georgie Anne Geyer commentary: After 7 decades, Japan might emerge from isolation | The Columbus Dispatch

• Al 300.000 Brugse Zotten getapt in Tokio | HLN Brugge

• Japan's Obsession With Cartoon Characters - Bloomberg Business

• Japan: Swift Fly the Years, 117 So Far - NYTimes.com

• The End of Japan’s Sense of Security | Nippon.com

• Did Japan Just Change Its Attitude Toward South Korea? | The Diplomat

• Putting a foreign face on the 3/11 recovery effort | The Japan Times

• Japan’s Cat Island: A bad precedent or new form of tourism? - CSMonitor.com

• Own Up to the War Former Japan PM Tells Abe - Bloomberg Business

• Japanese prime minister under pressure over political donations | World news | The Guardian

• U.S. author recounts 'lecture' he got about 'comfort women' from uninvited Japanese guests | The Japan Times

• Many evacuees say they need state support once housing subsidies end | The Japan Times

• Abe government mulls dispatching SDF troops on EU missions | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 03/04/2015

• Wrak Japans reuzenslagschip na 70 jaar ontdekt

• Countermeasures for Japan's changing demographics | The Japan Times

• Hospitable Tokyo wins bragging rights as world's best city to call home - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• What Are Chinese Tourists Buying In Japan?

• Japanese island overrun with cats after population explodes - Asia - World - The Independent

• Spring break: The real reason Michelle Obama is going to Japan - CSMonitor.com

• Roedel herten legt Japanse luchthaven plat - AD.nl

• Why do most concerts held in Japan prohibit taking pictures? | RocketNews24

• FOUR YEARS AFTER: 71% of residents dissatisfied with work at Fukushima nuclear plant - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• In the Cockpit With Japan's Kamikaze Pilots - Bloomberg Business

• Workers getting smaller share of corporate earnings despite record profits | The Japan Times

• Why Japan Does Not Have America's Super-Rich Problem

• Interview: Haruno Yoshida, Japan business lobby’s first female executive - FT.com

• US billionaire Paul Allen discovers wreck of Japan's biggest warship Musashi | World news | The Guardian

• Schools told not to use 'inappropriate' supplementary teaching materials: Sankei | The Japan Times

• « Tokyo Fiancée » : le Japon d’Amélie Nothomb de nouveau à l’écran

• Japan’s Solar Power Growth Falters as Utilities Balk - NYTimes.com

• Emperor and prime minister diverge on Japan’s memory of war

• Fukushima data show rise and fall in food radioactivity : Nature News & Comment

• U.S. researchers criticize Japanese gov't for pressure over history textbook - 毎日新聞

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 03/03/2015

• Polish president's shogun joke shock in Japan - Thenews.pl :: News from Poland

• Thomas Piketty's Japanese tour | The Japan Times

• Rebooting innovation in Japan - BBC News

• Small step by Tokyo district could be giant leap for LGBT equality

• Abe's LDP chapter got funds from subsidized firms | The Japan Times

• Japan PM Abe faces questions about political donations

• Donations scandal ensnares Japan leaders - FT.com

• TV drama, plaudits: a cocktail of success for Japanese whiskey | The Japan Times

• Local Politics: Heading for extinction? | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 03/02/2015

• Japanese retain fascination with Anne Frank | Culture | DW.DE | 02.03.2015

• Terrorism is low on the list of dangers threatening Japan | The Japan Times

• Japan to Continue to Push its Stance on History

• North Korean missile launch draws swift protest from Japan | The Japan Times

• A bottle of prescribed Adderall lands an Oregon woman in a Japanese jail | OregonLive.com

• Prince William meets Japan tsunami survivors who handwrote newspaper - BBC News

• Japan’s Young Stand to Gain Stronger Voice - WSJ

• Japan's high child poverty rate driven by an increasing number of single-parent families - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

• Abe's choice of words | The Japan Times

• Prince William encourages Miyagi 3/11 survivors | The Japan Times

• Abe visits Futaba to check out radioactive waste site | The Japan Times

• DPJ vows at convention to hold firm against Abe's security legislation | The Japan Times

• Toyota Starts Building Mirai In Japan, Shares

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 03/01/2015

• Prince William Gets Close Look at Tsunami Disaster in Japan - ABC News

• Inflammatory articles aren't helping mags' circulation numbers | The Japan Times

• Sony Japan lost all its 20th Anniversary PS4 winners | GamesRadar

• Volcano grows Japanese island - CNN.com

• Omotenashi — Japanese hospitality? | The Japan Times

• Britain's Prince William visits Fukushima with Abe | The Japan Times

• Tokyo to rejigger three Olympic venues in cost-cutting drive | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 02/28/2015

• The candy, the whip and freedom of press in Japan | The Japan Times

• BBC News - Prince William is dressed as samurai warrior in Japan

• FCCJ - Four Years After: An Illustrated Guide

• As Abe pushes for more robust military, Japanese push back - CSMonitor.com

• Brutal 'ISIS-inspired' teenager’s killing shocks Japan — RT News

• Prince William lays flowers at Yokohama war cemetery | The Japan Times

• Two more Cabinet ministers ensnared in money scandals | The Japan Times

• Japan and the ‘Counter-Pivot’ | The Diplomat

• Is Japan's Prime Minister the Next Putin?

• Prince William Strikes a Friendly Contrast to Japan's Prince - ABC News

• FCCJ - Confessions of an Instant! News! Celebrity!

• In Japan, Chinese tourists are a welcome boost — if a loud, messy one - The Washington Post

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