Japan Nieuwsbrief 01/08/2011

• Over 30,000 suicides in Japan in 2010 for 13th-straight year (Mainichi)

• Kan Reflects at First-Ever Live Internet Broadcast of Japanese Prime Minister: Sometimes Down, Not for Quitting (Japan Real Time)

• Thousands flock to Nintendo 3DS premiere in Japan (AFP)

• Online, Kan commiserates with short-lived predecessors (Japan Times)

• Japan offers to fund part of US high-speed rail project (AFP)

• 'Japan is failliet, en Europa?' ( RTL Z)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 01/07/2011

• Rakuten continues internationalization push with hire of 16 Indian engineers (Mainichi)

• Suicides in Japan top 30,000 for 13th straight year in 2010 (Breitbart)

• Japanese microbloggers break records with 'Happy New Year' tweets (Independent)

• Elderly people seeking new amusements (Yomiuri)

• Japanese sake exports reach record high in 2010 (Mainichi)

• Sega Installs 'Toylet' Games in Japan's Urinals (Wired.com)

• Haneda's nighttime services falling short with travelers (Japan Times)

• Japanese Lawmaker's Childbirth Sparks Debate (WSJ)

• WikiLeaks: Secret whaling deal plotted by US and Japan (Guardian)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 01/06/2011

• Jobs can mean difference between life and death (Asahi)

• Dying goes unnoticed amid the hustle, bustle of urban areas (Asahi)

• Struggling Japan PM tries to seize policy initiative (Reuters)

• Sengoku Says Japan’s Finances Near ‘Edge of a Cliff’

• Japan far behind in global language of business (Japan Times)

• Trade pacts one thing, immigrant labor another (Japan Times)

• Japan's population ages: Will it put its elderly back to work? (CSMonitor)

• Raging against Japan’s media machine (Asia Times)

• Flight to see the first dawn of the year (Kirainet)

• Idol pop group sells trips with big discounts (Japan Trends)

• Japan New Year tuna sale sets record of nearly $400,000 (BBC)

• Q+A-Japan PM Kan faces multiple hurdles as year starts (Reuters)

• Japan to Propose Closer Military Ties With South Korea (NYTimes)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 01/05/2011

• Kan heaps more coals on Ozawa fire | The Japan Times Online

• Runner takes wrong turn right before the finish line and loses - TOKYOMANGO

• Omikuji matters? — Tokyo Times

• Japanese miniskirts even in Winter - JapanSugoi - Everything Cool about Japan

• Ie gaaru home girls stay in for lazy cute

• QR Code tourist maps revive old town

• Gov't to launch hot line for victims of sexual, domestic violence (Breitbart)

• Tokyo department stores enjoy brisk New Year sales (Yomiuri)

• “Arudou’s Alien Almanac 2000-2010″ (debito)

• Arudou's Alien Almanac: 2010 (Japan Times)

• Japan open to talks with N Korea - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 01/04/2011

• Japanese pray for good fortune as working year starts
  | Reuters

• Zen and the art of finding employment (Yomiuri)

• Rush of returning travelers peaks in Japan (Breitbart)

• Foreign crime hits local areas (Yomiuri)

• Le mochi tueur a encore frappé (Aujourd'hui le Japon)

• Japanese women 'can have it all' (Japan Times)

• Global Update - Japan Is on High Alert for Avian Flu (NYTimes)

• Japan's Past Draws China Off Course (NY Times)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 01/03/2011

• Six killed by New Year mochi rice cakes in Tokyo (News.com.au)

• Moms more worried about children's safety commuting to school than bullying (Mainichi)

• Backroom politics may be endangered art, but floundering DPJ must learn the basics (Mainichi)

• In Japan, an 'I don't' ceremony (Washington Post)

• Its Workers Aging, Japan Turns Away Immigrants (NY Times)

• Japan not alone in demographic conundrum (Japan Times)

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Weekoverzicht

• The New Japan Bulls - Seeking Alpha

• Snow storm hits Japan (UPI)

• Apple lovers in Japan camp out for 'Lucky Bag' sale (TVAW)

• Judo deaths alarm Japanese parents (ABS-CBN)

• Record 1.19 million Japanese died in the country in 2010 (AP)

• 1,000 cars get stuck in Tottori Pref. due to heavy snow, accident (Breitbart)

• Sake industry looking abroad for inspiration (Asahi)

• Japan could face prospect of another new prime minister in 2011 (Japan Today)

• Japan PM plans cabinet reshuffle (AFP)

• Recordkrimp van Japanse bevolking (AD)

• Japanese law enforcement: A suspicious deah (The Economist)

• 7 Lessons learned from living in Japan (The Act of Traveling)

• Tokyo, Japan | Things to do | Attractions |48 hours (smh)

• Kan looks to send Sengoku packing (Japan Times)

• Japan's gender gap (Asahi)

• Photos: Japan's Top Newsmakers of the Year (Japan Real Time)

• Even tougher year may lie ahead for Kan (Japan Times)

• Rabbit New Year cards (Pink Tentacle)

• Behind the Senkaku Island uproar: the collapse of Chinese economic containment (Mainichi)

• Dewa mountains: Try a quick ascetic training course (Asahi)

• DPJ's diplomatic weakness all too evident (Japan Times)

• Kura Focuses on Efficiency, and Profits (NYTimes)

• Japan voor beginners (Het Laatste Nieuws)

• Japan falls for novel on management guru Drucker (Japan Today)

• Japan's best English language blogs of 2010 (CNN)

• No. of scorching hot days in Tokyo up nearly 50-fold over last century (Breitbart)

• Nintendo 3DS could be hazardous to children under 6 (LA Times)

• Elderly flock to 'healthy' mah-jongg (Japan Times)

• Gov't probes disposal of cremation ashes as competition for gold in bodies rises (Mainichi)

• Japan's sushi chefs to go on global training mission (ABS-CBN News)

• Japan's National Pension, the World's Largest, Faces Reform Pressure (aiCIO)

• The Mystery Of What Foreigners Like About Japan (Kotaku)

• Living in Japan: There's an app for that (Japan Times)

• When it applies to makeup, Tokyo women the most dolled up: Kanebo poll (Japan Times)

• Japanese demonstrations (Kirainet)

• Japan admits whale meat scam - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

• PlayStation phone coming in spring 2011 (networkworld)

• Kabuki going strong, 400 years on (Japan Times)

• Japan calls in the 'sushi police' (Herald Sun)

• Japan's 'Shadow Shogun' to testify over funds scandal (AFP)

• Prijzen in Japan dalen al bijna twee jaar (beursduivel)

• Kan's bid to woo small party flops (Japan Times)

• For Japan, 2010 was a year to forget (China Daily)

• Japan bakery scores surprise hit with 'edible iPhone' (AFP)

• Japan consumer prices continue to slide (AFP)

• Comment faire un bon saké (Aujourd'hui le Japaon)

• aiCIO - Japan’s National Pension, the World’s Largest, Faces Reform Pressure

• JR Tokai introduces 'family cars' on Tokyo-Shin-Osaka bullet train route (Mainichi)

• 'Business hotel for the dead' opens in Tokyo (Yomiuri)

• Oh my Bento: A perfect balance of beauty and taste (Mainichi)

• Hundreds of vehicles still stranded in Fukushima (Japan Times)

• Princess Aiko's caretaker resigns for 'personal reasons' (Breitbart)

• Japanese Universities Draw Foreign Students With Manga (NYTimes)

• Au Japon, chiens et chats sont rois : la folie du pet 'business' (rue.89)

• Sengoku suggests Ozawa leave DPJ (Japan Times)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 01/02/2011

• The New Japan Bulls - Seeking Alpha

• Snow storm hits Japan (UPI)

• Apple lovers in Japan camp out for 'Lucky Bag' sale (TVAW)

• Judo deaths alarm Japanese parents (ABS-CBN)

• Record 1.19 million Japanese died in the country in 2010 (AP)

• 1,000 cars get stuck in Tottori Pref. due to heavy snow, accident (Breitbart)

• Sake industry looking abroad for inspiration (Asahi)

• Japan could face prospect of another new prime minister in 2011 (Japan Today)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 01/01/2011

• Japan PM plans cabinet reshuffle (AFP)

• Recordkrimp van Japanse bevolking (AD)

• Japanese law enforcement: A suspicious deah (The Economist)

• 7 Lessons learned from living in Japan (The Act of Traveling)

• Tokyo, Japan | Things to do | Attractions |48 hours (smh)

• Kan looks to send Sengoku packing (Japan Times)

• Japan's gender gap (Asahi)

• Photos: Japan's Top Newsmakers of the Year (Japan Real Time)

• Even tougher year may lie ahead for Kan (Japan Times)

• Rabbit New Year cards (Pink Tentacle)

• Behind the Senkaku Island uproar: the collapse of Chinese economic containment (Mainichi)

• Dewa mountains: Try a quick ascetic training course (Asahi)

• DPJ's diplomatic weakness all too evident (Japan Times)

• Kura Focuses on Efficiency, and Profits (NYTimes)

• Japan voor beginners (Het Laatste Nieuws)

• Japan falls for novel on management guru Drucker (Japan Today)

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