Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 01/11/2016

• Hoe ruimer de regeling voor vaderschapsverlof, hoe minder ze wordt geb...

• Japan to see 23.5 million visitors from abroad in 2016: JTB travel agency | The Japan Times

• Low wages at the heart of foreign labor shortage woes | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 01/10/2016

• La pub génante d’un traducteur de poche qui permettrait d’embrasser un maximum de Japonaises

• Critics assail Abe after middle-class income gaffe highlights wealthy upbringing | The Japan Times

• Japan, UK Announce Increased Defense And Security Cooperation

• The Forest review – copse chiller set in Japan loses its path | Film | The Guardian

• Majority of Tokyo urbanites crave escape to coastal Kanagawa area - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 01/09/2016

• Japan Today

• Documentary depicts struggles of freed death row inmate - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan Keeps The Defunct Kami-Shirataki Train Station Open for Just One High-School Girl - CityLab

• Liever pampers dan Japans parlement - De Standaard

• 'The Forest' can't see the woods for the props | The Japan Times

• Japanese pay least attention to vacation days: survey | The Japan Times

• Tokyo joins Washington in doubting Pyongyang H-bomb claim | The Japan Times

• Creating a Cuteness Empire in Japan, One Fuzzy Bear Suit at a Time - NYTimes.com

• RAF fighters 'bound for Japan for first time in decades' as UK builds military ties - Telegraph

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 01/08/2016

• Kensuke Miyazaki is allereerste Japanse politicus die vaderschapsverlof neemt: 'Ik wil een voorbeeld zijn en ophef veroorzaken' - Radar - KnackWeekend Mobile

• Aokigahara Suicide Forest | VICE | United States

• The Forest turns Japan's suicide forest into an obstacle course for Americans | The Verge

• 'Japan Airlines meest punctuele luchtvaartmaatschappij in 2015' | Luchtvaartnieuws

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 01/07/2016

• From longer hours to all-you-can drink offers, Japan's restaurants evolve in battle for customers | The Japan Times

• For many young Japanese, marriage — and sex — are low priorities | The Japan Times

• Is The Suicide Forest In Japan Real? The Inspiration For 'The Forest' Is Eerie | Bustle

• Why North Korea's Nuclear Test Isn't Business as Usual | Mother Jones

• White House has doubts about North Korea's nuclear test claims; U.N. Security Council vows action - LA Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 01/06/2016

• Abe blasts North Korea's hydrogen bomb test - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 01/05/2016

• Japanse berg Fuji fonkelt als diamant | NOS

• Japan leadership pledges bolder steps to hit price growth target - Yahoo Finance

• Japan PM Shinzo Abe urges talks for Russia peace treaty - BBC News

• My Number gets nationwide kickoff amid security concerns, distribution hurdles | The Japan Times

• Abe to push for constitutional revision as ruling bloc seeks Upper House majority | The Japan Times

• Deze West-Vlaamse acteur bestormt Tokio: 'Je leeft maar één keer, wees gulzig!' - Humo: The Wild Site

• Japan mochi rice cakes cause death of elderly woman in Tokyo - CBS News

• Blackstone's Byron Wien Predicts Abenomics Will Begin Working For Japan In 2016 - Forbes

• In a First, Element Will Be Named by Researchers in Japan - NYTimes.com

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 01/04/2016

• In Abe's Japan, a woman's place is on the margins | The Japan Times

• NHK sees ratings for 'Kohaku' music show sink to lowest ever | The Japan Times

• Japan Today

• Book review: Go deep into Japan's food culture with 'Rice, Noodle, Fish' - Books - Fredericksburg.com

• Battles over history, the media and the message scar 2015 | The Japan Times

• Woman leads sex education drive to enlighten clueless youths | The Japan Times

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 01/02/2016

• Why Abe's 'womenomics' program isn't working | The Japan Times

• Abe vows Japan will exercise leadership in year of challenges ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Burakumin: Descendants of caste considered 'tainted' face new discrimination in Japan | Asia | News | The Independent

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Japan Nieuwsbrief Daily 12/31/2015

• Japan: 'Eerst monument verwijderen, dan krijgen troostmeisjes geld' - De Standaard Mobile

• Waarom Japanners gieren om de naam Scheveningen

• South Korea defends accord with Japan to settle 'comfort women' issue

• Saying sorry for sex slavery | The Economist

• Japan and South Korea: A New Beginning? - FPIF

• F1-wagens losgelaten op de weg in Japan - AutoGids

• Rare giant squid encounter filmed by diver in Toyama Bay, Japan – video | World news | The Guardian

• Coming to Terms on Japan’s Wartime Sex Slaves - The New York Times

• Scholar of Japan, Keene Finds His Life Intertwined With It - ABC News

• In new habit, Japan's Buddhist temples seek slice of foreign tourism boom | Reuters

• 'Comfort women': Taiwan tells Japan to extend compensation - BBC News

• 'Comfort women' deal likely to fuel Tokyo-Seoul military cooperation, aid Obama pivot | The Japan Times

• Ook Taiwan wil Japanse excuses voor troostmeisjes

• Olympics to generate up to ¥30 trillion for economy: BOJ | The Japan Times

• Ook Nederlandse 'troostmeisjes' willen nu excuses | NOS

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