Japan Nieuwsbrief 06/30/2011

• Ook Japan bekeert zich tot hernieuwbare energie - Hbvl.be

• 5.4 quake shakes Japan's Nagano area - UPI.com

• Japan's Nuclear Spokesman Nishiyama Replaced After Affair Allegations - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Single-member households top 30% in Japan (Kyodo)

• Grote opleving van Japanse industrie (Aziatische Tijger)

• Lady Gaga's Japan earthquake wristbands spark cash row (BBC)

• Clothiers alter job-hunt look via Super Cool Biz (Japan Times)

• Treating radioactive water the key at Fukushima plant, TEPCO chief says (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 06/29/2011

• Japan culture expo in Europe to feature schoolgirl uniforms (Asahi)

• Ghosn best betaalde topman in Japan (beursduivel)

• Online Matchmaking for Japanese Geeks (Japan Trends)

• Strengthening of nuclear safety more important than TEPCO's 'internal company logic' (Mainichi)

• As Japan Boils, Heatstroke Cases Rise Fivefold (Japan Real Time)

• Sony Shareholders Believe in Yesterday (Japan Real Time)

• Shareholders, Not Protesters, Blast Tepco Managers (Japan Real Time)

• Salaryman Blues: Reduced Allowance Budget Prompts Homemade Lunch, No Happy Hour (Japan Real Time)

• Tokyo Foodies Celebrate Young Chefs (Japan Real Time)

• Japanse industrie veert sterk op na ramp (beursduivel)

• TEPCO: Will Someone Turn Off the Lights? (The Atlantic Wire)

• Kan bent on taking down utility interests with him (Asahi)

• Spent fuel causing headaches for nuclear power plants (Asahi)

• Kan hints at playing nuclear energy card (Japan Times)

• Kan's personnel moves suggest lack of focus on quake victims (Asahi)

• Japan's radiation dilemma: Leave or live in fear (CBS News)

• Dit jaar weinig strandplezier in Oost-Japan (Aziatische Tijger)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 06/28/2011

• Japan moves "giant step" toward resolving nuclear crisis (Reuters)

• Radioactive water leaks from Tepco plant - Yahoo! News

• Tepco Builds New Roof for Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Reactor - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Kan finally spells out conditions for resignation - The Mainichi Daily News

• News Navigator: Can a referendum on nuclear power plants be held in Japan? - The Mainichi Daily News

• Japanese TV show 100 person mob prank - JapanSugoi - Everything Cool about Japan

• Daylight saving: Is it finally time to convert? | The Japan Times Online

• Kan revamps Cabinet posts | The Japan Times Online

• Fukushima starts health checks | The Japan Times Online

• Circulation system tried on reactors | The Japan Times Online

• Japanese parents fume over Fukushima radiation | Reuters

• Premier Japan benoemt ministers voor herstel | nu.nl/algemeen | Het laatste nieuws het eerst op nu.nl

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 06/27/2011

• Japan’s Travel Agencies Offer Long Summer Vacations - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• LDP defector joins rebuilding agency | The Japan Times Online

• Wives Tighten Purses on Japan’s Salarymen - Bloomberg

• BBC News - Tepco treats radioactive water at Fukushima plant

• Japan seeks alternative ways to keep cool - Channel NewsAsia

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• Lady Gaga aangeklaagd

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• UPDATE 3-Japan could face a third lost decade-Moody's | Reuters

• Japanese Ask: What Kind Of Changes Do We Want? : NPR

• Entrepreneurs in Japan: Something must give | The Economist

• Fukushima residents' urine now radioactive | The Japan Times Online

• Hiraizumi gets listed as Heritage site | The Japan Times Online

• Japan begins nuclear charm offensive (AFP)

• Power industry's chokehold (Japan Times)

• Experts urge great caution over radiation risks (Japan Times)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 06/26/2011

• Japan PM 'may step down by mid-August' (AFP)

• Japanese parents fume over Fukushima radiation impact (Reuters)

• Vending machines try to keep cool under pressure (Yomiuri)

• Sunflowers to clean radioactive soil in Japan - Yahoo! News

• Kan could resign before August if 3 policy goals achieved: Okada ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• INTERVIEW/ Tadashi Maeda: Japan should nationalize all nuclear power plants (Asahi)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 06/25/2011

• asahi.com（朝日新聞社）：Three-sided tug of war could lead to Diet stalemate - English

• ‘Safety Myth’ Left Japan Ripe for Nuclear Crisis - NYTimes.com

• Mountains of rubble remain a headache in Fukushima - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

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• Zevende lid van Japanse popgroep blijkt digitale popster - Multimedia - Algemeen - bndestem

• Survey shows disappointment, anger among Fukushima evacuees (Asahi)

• Japan¿s suicide rates soar by up to 39 per cent in areas hit by the earthquake (Daily Mail)

• Japan's "throwaway" nuclear workers (Reuters)

• Robot, drone fail on Japan nuke-plant missions

• Sunflowers to clean radioactive soil in Japan - Yahoo! News

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 06/24/2011

• Japan Inc balks at staying put amid quake, power | Reuters

• Saving Energy, Frustrating Parents - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• The last thing a suffering Japan needs is yet another change of prime minister

• New Japan v old Japan: Stepping out | The Economist

• Japan's energy crisis: A matter of trust | The Economist

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 06/23/2011

• Kojima: Japan moet westers talent inhuren | Games | Tweakers.net Nieuws

• Kan Cabinet rejiggering said in offing | The Japan Times Online

• Japan's 'Sense-Roid' replicates human hug - Yahoo! News

• Book Talk: Aunties and men face off in Japan - Yahoo! News

• BBC News - Nissan forecasts profits fall after earthquake

• Twitter Users Strike Balanced View of Japan - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• Forced Marriage Proposal Kits for Aggressive Girlfriends

• 'Lady Gaga-san' says Japan safe for tourists (AFP)

• Tokyo, the megacity that works - Yahoo! News

• Summer heat tops 30 C for 1st time this year in Tokyo+

• Large earthquake hits north-east Japan | World news | guardian.co.uk

• Japan utility paying $1B to nuclear plant evacuees (AP)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 06/22/2011

• Japan parliamentary session to be extended for 70 days+

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• AKB48's 'newest member' turns out to be computer-generated image ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• AFP: Japan develops 'swimming' capsule endoscope

• Missing pets - a lingering legacy of Japan's disasters | Reuters

• Japan to Extend Parliament Session as Kan Aims to Prolong Term - Businessweek

• Japan tsunami and earthquake: Pictures of recovery 3 months later | Mail Online

• Okinawa row: Japan and US drop Futenma airbase deadline (BBC)

• VIDEO. Dit is de steilste achtbaan ter wereld (De Standaard)

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Japan Nieuwsbrief 06/21/2011

• Preventing radiation contamination more important than TEPCO's stock prices - The Mainichi Daily News

• iTWire - Japan reclaims top supercomputer position

• Kan gives green light for resumption of nuclear reactors (Asahi)

• Yokohama: What useful Japanese words have you learned from the 3/11 disasters? | The Japan Times Online

• Trade deficit in May second-biggest ever | The Japan Times Online

• Beginning of the end for nuclear power in Japan? - CSMonitor.com

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